Personal Occurrences of Visits and Travelers This Week
Mr and Mrs Henry Hagan left Des Moines after two weeks with his parents in Keokuk and calls on friends in Concord New Hampshire en route to Chicago. Blanche Keith Margaret Turner and Harold Walker travel to Lewistown Montana to visit relatives then proceed to Fair Morgan Colorado. Kenneth Gelwix and family arrive from Orinda California to visit D T Buck and E A Cobb with Marion Cobb and Amos Cobb. Rev C Max Buck returns from Newton Iowa after Iowa State convention with Mrs Frank Chandler of Gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hagan
E. E. Hagan
Chicago
Keokuk
William Haller
Concord
New Hampshire
Hattie Haller
Des Moines
Blanche Keith
Margaret Turner
Harold Walker
Lewistown
Mont
Fair Morgan
Colo
Kenneth Gelwix
Kenneth, Jr
Orinda
Calif
D. T. Buck
E. A. Cobb
Frank Chandler
Gravity
Robert Bates
U. S
San Diego
Bedford
Glenwood
WW. J. Bates
N. J. Bates
Trimble
Francis Mathews
Joyce
Robert
Springfield
Bedford area social notes recount visits and travels
A long stream of residents and visitors is listed from Bedford and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. Lawrence R. Lytle Cincinnati visiting Mount Ayr, families from Denver and Fort Collins planned trips, doctors and nurses, teachers and students returning home for summer, and travelers joining relatives in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence R. Lytle
Cincinnati
Ohio
P. O. Crouch
Crouch
Mount Ayr
Lytle
Bedford
Mr. Lytle
Severs Family Welcomes Daughter Home From Indianola
Miss Mildred Severs arrived home Tuesday from Indianola where she studies at Simpson College to spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Leon Severs. She will teach music pupils locally this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Engle and son Henry Churchill left Sunday for a vacation in the Ozarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Reynolds
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
C. A. Reynolds
Omaha
Gretchen Holman
Pauline Anderson
State University
Iowa City
T. E. Anderson
Orie Jones
Cheyenne
Wyo
Linnie Butts
Ocelwein
Iowa
Sarah . Butts
Olive Orth
Clare Orth
Jack Orth
Parsons College
Fairfield
Mildred Severs
Indianola
Simpson College
Leon Severs
Miss Severs
Byron Engle
Henry Churchill
Ozarks
Lenore Beauchamp
Tule
Oklo
A. W. Lauer
J. W. Beauchamp
Mary Beth Mohler
State Teachers College At
Maryville
Marion Mohler
J. F. Longfellow
Helen
Howard
Pendleton
Oregon
Memorial Day address at Dallas Center cemetery noted
The Methodist Church observed Memorial Day at Dallas Center cemetery near New Market with Rev. Robert Boshen delivering the address on Sunday afternoon. The region hosted a flurry of visitors and local events including church services and community gatherings throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Boshen
Dallas Center Cemetery
New Market
Church notes on convention attendance and temperance meeting
The Church of Christ notes a State Convention in Newton Iowa with about 1000 attendees and uplifting messages. It urges members to attend future conventions and to support temperance efforts, announcing a Temperance Educational meeting at the Lord's Day evening service and a choir group picnic next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Newton
Iowa
Frank Chandler
Gravity
Presbyterian Church
Birthday Party Prep and Young Peoples Conference Plans
Church notes invite all choir helpers to a church picnic with a weiner roast. Next Friday June 18 is the all church Birthday Party with plans to be announced Sunday. A group of four young people, May Wyckoff Dorothy Dotson Helen Tucker Doris Weingarth, will attend the Southern Iowa Young Peoples Conference at Tabor due to limited finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiner
Tabor
Southern
Baptist Church Service Set With Des Moines Leader
Sunday school at the usual time will precede the morning sermon preached by Dr. Frank Anderson executive secretary of the State Convention Des Moines at Baptist Church on Sunday June 13 with the usual schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
J. A. Walls
M. E
South America
South American
Jesus
Births in Bedford Area Honor June New Arrivals
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bud McCoy of Rock Port Missouri on Monday June 7 named Shirley Ann. The baby rests with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McCoy at Siam. Also Mrs. Wishon of Marian Nebraska welcomed a daughter Shirley Ann formerly Eva Smith of Siam. Mrs. Halbert Hensley of the Valley area near Bedford welcomed a daughter Nancy Jean on Sunday June 6. Mrs. Clarence Denton of Cherryville Kansas welcomed a daughter La donna Sue on Wednesday June 2. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Marsh of Bedford on Monday June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud McCoy
Rockport, Mo
Shirley Ann
Henry Wishon
Marian
Nebra
Wishon
Eva Smith
Siam
Halbert Hensley
Valley
Bedford
Nancy Jean
Clarence Denton
Cherryville
Kans
Ladonna Sue
Denton
W. C. Denton
Byron Marsh
Local Hurt and Illness Report From Area Towns
Sick individuals including Mrs Henry Edwards of Sharpsburg and Mr and Mrs Myers of Gravity are listed as ill after hospital visits. Bobbie Bishoff of Conway treated for facial injuries after a ball accident in Bedford. Wildman and son connected to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for clinic care. May Duncan of New Market remains in Omaha Methodist Hospital with a compound hip fracture from a fall. condition listed as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Edwards
Sharpsburg
Shenandoah
Myers li
Fred Myers
Gravity
Bert Myers
Northboro
Bobbie Bishoff
Roland Bishoff
Conway
Bedford
Hospital
Wildman
Blockton
Mayo’s
Rochester
Minn
J. E. Wildman
Ed Schneider
May Duncan
New Market
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Hold Last Rites For J. J. Stegdill
Funeral services for J. J. Stegdill who died at his home near Gravity on Wednesday June 2 were held at his home Sunday afternoon June 4. Burial was in Memory Cemetery. He was the son of Jess Jefferson Stegdill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Stegdil
Gravity
Jess Jefferson Stigdill
Sor
Will Shepherdd
Cal Stogdill
Jess Stogdill
Stogdill
Effie Black
Osceola
Kebra
Joe Cochran
Jess Dresher
Bedford
Louise Hamilton
Death of Morris Stogdill of Mark Iowa at 59
Morris Stogdill born September 18 1877 in Mark Iowa died aged 59 years 3 months 15 days. He married Nora Ann Stogdill in 1900 and had six children Alice Mae Howard Clyde Dale Lebert and Zelma Shepherd. The family lived in Davis Page and Taylor counties. he is survived by his wife four sons a daughter one grandson Donald Shepherd three brothers W L Stogdill Franz Stogdill and Samuel Stogdill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris and
Eden Stogdill
Bor
Mark
Iowa
Nora Ann Stogdill
Alice Mae
Howard
Clyde
Dale
Lebert
Zelma Shepherd
Davis County
Page County
Taylor County
Donald Shepherd
W. L. Stogdill
Malvern
Franz Stogdill
Samuel Stogdill
Nelson Savage Dies in St Joseph Missouri
Nelson Alison Savage, 71, of Gravity died June 5 at Missouri Methodist Hospital St Joseph. Funeral at Church of Christ Gravity June 7. burial Gravity Cemetery. Survived by wife Ida Agnes Mick, two sons Chester and Cleo, five grandchildren, a Denver niece, and foster parents deceased. He served as Elder or Deacon in Gravity Church of Christ and was Worthy Master of Sunlight Lodge No 459 Free Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson. Savage
Gravity
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Church of Christ In
C. Max Buck
Nelson Alison Savage
M. A. Savage
Sweden
America
Sweedsburg
Osa la Poe
Denver
Colo
Savage
Church of Christ At Gravity
Sunlight Lodge of Free Masons
Community Gatherings and Obituaries in Sharpsburg
A June 6 family reunion near Sharpsburg hosted by Ernest and Mrs. Huber featured a noon basket dinner and evening ice cream and cake with many local residents in attendance. Nelson Savage funeral at Gravity noted along with obituaries for Mrs. Eyres and other local church notices and upcoming Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church June 14 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Huber
Sharpsburg
Guy Kerns
Wayne Kerns
Phyllis
Elmo Grace
Clarinda
Harold Kerns
Norma Lee
Donald
Lenox
Lewis Barker
Mildred
First Presbyterian Church
Ray W. Cornwell
Presbyterian Church
Community Notes Show Local Visits and Death Nearby
A long list of visits and movements around Sharpsburg, Lenox, Gravity, Bedford and nearby towns highlights neighbors attending flower shows, graduation events, funerals, and family gatherings. Notable items include the Stogdill death after a stroke, Jess Stagdill’s death, and multiple family and friend visits across Iowa towns.
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Bedford Hatchery
Charles C. King
Fort Collins
Gould Cass
John Burnside
Coronel Holland
South Dakota
W. E. Scrake
Besco Hospital
W. H. Gooding
Tracy’s
George Brown
San Antonio
Texas
Hoy Rains, Jr
Versailles
California
Dale Rankin
C. A. Hills
Rochelle, N
Atty
C. J. Kirketey
Hills
Rochelle
Ruth Stingley
Margaret Swan
Lois Swan
Clearfield
Times-Press
Irvin Hanna
Margaret of Hopkins
Charles Worley
John Fanning
Albert Lindley
Roy Ross
Clearmont
3.A
Will Boyd
Herbert Keefe
Trenton
George Irwin
Irwin
Miss Brunner
Brookfield
O. J. Kirketey
University of Iowa
Leonard L. Moore
Zearing
Mr. Moore
E. F. Moore
Wisconsin
Canada
Niagara Falls
William Parrish
Washington, D. C
Alice Parrish
Dean Parrish
Mr. Parrish
East
M. R. Talley
Winterset
Elmer Key
B. A. Shaddy
Key
Alice Weatherwax
Harrison
New Jersey
Community
Mary Key of
Ilene Shaddy
A. D. Hahn
Julia
Decker
Paul
Rolla, Mo
Mrs. Hahn
Armine and
Norman Tucker
Hahn
A. E. Overhulser
Fort Madison
Rev
W. F. Overhulser
A. W. Hamblin
Henry
Mary
Carl Bruns
Ames
Iowa Vocational Agricultural Teachers’ Conference
Ed Fleming
Balentine, Mont
Ira Smith
David van Camp
W. J. Nevins
Will Heater
Savannah
R. B. Monahan
George Combs
Kenneth Abbott
Bob Peterson
Bob
V. Loy
Wewoka
Wallace Loy
Pittsburg
Geneva Burrell
Petersons
Loy
Eunice Hamilton
Bonnie Jean
Lavonne
Lucile Livingston
Rollie
Kansas City
Stephens & Brice
DR. M
A Francis
Williams Harness Shop
Liquified Natural Gas Corp
Lucile Hensley
Duane Anderson
Cora Beall
Beatrice Beall
Bus Dickert
Helena, Mont
Vern Trumbe
Mr. Dickert
R. J. Locke
Marcella
Lucile
J. R. Locke
Primghar
Harry Carney
Sharon
J. E. Moody
R. C. Polton
Julia and
Dean Reid
Farragut, Iowa
W. A. Polton
Jake Hensley
Martha Moody
Jack Moody
Rex Moody
Kathleen McCoun
Drake University
A. B. McCoun
Margaret Falstad
Duluth, Minn
Methodist Church
Uvetliuide
Church
The
Robert Bashen
Church School
Union
Boshen
Henry C.link
Ivan Wells’ Sale
East Main Street
Bedford, Iowa
Bedford Sales Company
J. J. Stegdill
Nelson Savage
St. Joseph, Mo
Ralph A. Rutledge
Abel Rutledge
Grace Selders
Chas. Reed
Lou Cundy
Cloyd Plander
Earl Farnham
Ferne Farnham
Clyde Damewood
Clyde Stephens
Willie Weller
W. T. Brown
Chas. Weller
Marvin Brown
Lexington
D. R. Moser
Martin Max Cochran
Junior Selders
D. M. Brown
Jack Blood
Orie Nelson
Ted Selders
Okla Dalghren
Hamburg
Warren Stagdill
Seymour
Town
Jess Stagdill
Blaine Stogdill
Genevieve Beemer
Margaret Wurster
Milton Bricker
Ralph Rutledge
Abe Rutledge
Helen Shum
Harrisburg
D. S. Jordon
Verb Black
Neb
Paul MeKelvey
Wm, Pfander
Myrtle
Ira Pfander
Chester Akers
L. C. Kirby
O. M. Brown
Ada Brown
Wm. Pfander
James Sawyer
del Pennebaker
Chas. Jones
Harry Stewart
Creston
Chas. Eyres
Eddie Brown
Chas. Edwards
Burrows
Harlan Grimm
Della Filbert
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Filbert
Carl Newkirk
Clifford Underwood
Edward Anderson
Mark Anderson
Franklin Anderson
C. P. Thompson
Cecil Reed
Fred Blood
Leona
Mason Philpott
Yairfaz
Irene Boor
LeRoy
John Sundell
Clyde Basher
Allen
Lyle Underwood
Monna Stogaill
Agnes Basher
Davenport
Dan Kiner
Cal Stogdith Monna
Blaine and
Maynard
Marion McArthur
Diagonal
Clyde McArthur
Washington
Jud Grimm
Nelson
Roy Kerns
Robert Hayes
Phyllis Grimm
Clearsfield
Charlie Brown
Orle Shum
Marion Straight
Milton Faurot
James Faurot
North Dakota
James
Albert Fickess
Faurot
Elva Butman
Trent
S. Dak
Darlene Fickess
Mr. Griffin
Lee Griffin
Leona Sturm
Colorado Springs
Elmo
Skelgas
B. Prugh & Sons