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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
7
Local residents travel to Bedford events and nearby towns as families visit kin. A lengthy list details visits by the Riffe and McNeese families, plus many others from Council Bluffs Ames Denver and Cres ton.
Mare A D Hahn and daughter Misa Julia Hahn spent the weekend in Muscatine Iowa with relatives. They were joined home by Mrs Ed L Hahn who visited briefly and then accompanied Hahn and three children Julia Decker and Paul to Rolla Missouri for a visit with relatives.
Robert L. Burt of Creston is among fifty seven successful bar exam entrants from eighty three, earning the right to practice law in Iowa. Burt, a 1928 Creston High School graduate, studied at Cedar Falls and in Creston, seat 42 in the legislature once occupied by his father M. L. Burt.
The schedule lists monthly church services at M. E. Boshen Pres. Hoge Christian and Baptist churches from June to August with dates and ministers. An emergency could trigger changes and offerings at each service are divided five ways among the five churches and the Minister's Association.
The Floyd Van Reenen grain and feed store has enlarged and redecorated its office room. Counters and other office equipment have been installed to improve business efficiency and provide better accommodation for operations.
Meetings commence Tuesday evening June 16 at the corner lot south of Prugh's store in Bedford. Rev T J Overholt of New Market and Shambhaugh will conduct the services with assistance from Rev J Hygema of Clarinda. Malcolm MacGregor, on his honeymoon, marvels at the Falls while the bride remains in Baltimore.
A worn assessor’s book dating to 1877 was discovered by D. O. Belt on his farm south of Maryville. The volume is labeled Nodaway township Taylor county Iowa and lists J. F. Brown as assessor along with 164 names.
The assessor records show a township between ages 18 and 43 subject to military duty. The assessor's book also lists timber and fruit tree exemptions.
The blotched OCR fragment references timber value and fruit trees planted with totals around 176 605 and 170 in land values. It notes vehicles as scarce and mentions returns from a recapitulation sheet with limited readable figures.
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