Locals Chronicle Visits Across Counties and Families
Local residents travel between Bedford Sheridan Cameron Des Moines and surrounding towns for visits and family occasions. Notable mentions include Miss Eula Bond's Chicago trip after Bedford visits, the Mohler family in Cameron, Chloe Wisdom in Bedford, and Ross Perkins in town from Los Angeles with relatives. Several extended families gather for anniversaries and illnesses, with Dr. Steward in Bedford and relatives from Idaho and New York visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Bond
Chicago
Bedford
Sheridan, Mo
Joe Levy
David
Coffeyville
Kans
Local residents undergo surgery and recoveries
Mrs. Ray McMullen of Bedford, Mrs. Dale Hughes and daughter Joyce, and Leslie Jean Blake are among residents who had surgeries at Municipal hospital Clarinda and St. Francis Maryville. Dean Mullen, Ray Breach, Bertha Hamblin, Chas. Perdew, Claude Swartz, Bert Hart, and Bill Geagley are released or improving after procedures or ailments in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell
Omaha
Ivan Terrell
Creston
Clarkson Hospital
Fonday
St. Ivan
Charles Terrell
Bedford
Greater Community Hospital
McMullen
Ray McMullen
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Hughes
Dale Hughes
Joyce
St. Francis Hospital
Ray Breach
Conway
Maryville
Swartz
Claude Swartz
Gravity
Bill Geagley
Taylor County Motor
Sacred Heart Church Sunday service times listed
Sacred Heart Church Rev A S Riez Ist 3rd and 5th Sundays 10 am 2nd and 4th Sundays 8 am Christian Church Elmer Baker Minister Ken Burright Supt SS June Ellen Stephens pianist Time change Church school 930 am Worship 1030 am C Y F and Chi Rho 630 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Uncle Cy Wolverton a Bedford Wrestler and Town Character
Bedford’s early blacksmith Uncle Cy Wollerton, famed for pins collecting and daily morning visits to the City Hall, recalled for wrestling tales with John Hovey. He drove big John into a snowbank in a famed 136 to 210 pound clash and joked about paying Marion Adams ten dollars in change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Wollerton
Bedford
Walker
Masonic Temple
Uncle Cy
Wyatt Blakemore
Wyatt
John Alcorn
John Hovey
Doc
Tennett
Big Johnny Hovey
John
Big John
Marion Adams
Marion
Pony
Big John Hovey
Zealous Workers Meet Friday at Mrs Irene Stone Home
The Zealous Workers class plans a meeting Friday June 13 at the home of Mrs Irene Stone. The Loyal Partners class will hold its regular meeting Sunday June 15. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH activities include Kenneth Miler as minister Sunday school and worship at usual hours with Duane Thummel listed for Sept 10 a.m. worship. Sermon titled Condition for Happiness and 6 p.m. Sunday Methodist Youth Fellowship. Elaine Cummings teaches, Howard Freemyer conducts worship, Ronnie Spencer leads recreation. June 22 Des Moines Iowa Conference convenes at Ames. June 27 All WSCS Circles meet. June 28 Methodist Youth Caravan arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Stone
Loyal Partners
Duane Thummel
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Elaine Cummings
Howard Freemyer
Ronnie Spencer
Iowa Des Moines
Ames
Methodist
Methodist Church Service by Anthony Blankers Minister
Anthony Blankers, minister, will lead Sunday worship at the Methodist Church in the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Anthony Blankers
A.m
Philosophy of Living by Helen Keller Gift Book
A new Doubleday collection presents Keller’s philosophy of living in gathered paragraphs from her earlier works. Katherine Cornell writes the introduction. The volume aims as a gift for teens and readers who enjoy philosophical reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doubleday
Helen Keller
Katherine Cornell
Peacocks and Avarice Enchants Readers in Whately Memoir
The review lauds a warm, beautifully written memoir titled Peacocks and Avarice. Set in the Whately rectory, it chronicles a happy childhood and follows Joyce Warren now in Washington Ohio. Tony Walton provides annual illustrations for the character cast, and Emily Kimbrough praises the work as enchantingly readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whately
England
Joyce Warren
Washington
Ohio
New Yorker
Tony Waton
Emily Kimbrough
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bryan D. Mohler
Cameron, Mo
James F. Bowman
Chloe Wisdom
Des Moines
Eastern Star Chapter
Delmar Smith
Linda
Steven
Jefferson
Iowa
Darrell Irwin
Ross Perkins
Los Angeles
Ralph Perkins
Robert Perkins
W. E. Crum III
Paul Morris
Ed Beard
Donald Beard
H. C. Dougan
Arthur Dinwiddie
Clare Wright
Royal Arch Masons
Liza Ovrom
A. P. Ovrom
A. W. Hamblin
Jennie Ovrom
P. A. Blake
Aucille Blake
Bertha Carter
Carl Cordell
Sharpsburg
Paul Wolverton
Jim Ross
Harold Ross
Lyndel
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wolvertons
Rosses
George Reece
Oak Ridge
Tenn
John Reece
Agnes Montgomery
Xenia
Bill Wright
Buffalo
Carl Smith
Pocatello
Idaho
Gaten Smith
Montpelier
Kirk Smith
Auburn
New York
Willard H. Smith
Don Wyckoff
Alice Tibbetts
Pickering
Willard Smith
Rochester
Pnn
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary's Hospital
O. H. Bond
H. Bond
Miser Zula Bond
W. C. Martin
John Stephens
Stephens
Glen
Ruth] Woods
Cumberland
Doyle
Annabelle] Savage
Robert
Susan
Kansas City
Marvin
Dorothy] Ruhl
Washington State
Ted Davies
Nodaway
Dean Mullen
Perdew
Chas
Clavinda
Hart
Bert Hart
Sheridan
Loren Hart
Parnell
Chure
Enid Stephens
Marcelene Loghry
Nancy Carlson
Janet Gunson
Joyce Weir
Kay Russell
Delores Burwell
Barbara Bix
Charlene Brown
Lois Davidson
Rebecca Timberlake
Linda Louisen
Cy Wolverton
By Bruce E. Mahan
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Miler
Rene
Lge
Angel Food Wonder
Oxydol
Maxwell House
California
Iwder Shears
William
Otoe
AF Ab Bedford Wholesalert. Co
Armour
Armour’s Cann
Tia
Mrs. Ellen Beebe
Taylor County
Grandstand
All Kinds Insurance Real Estate
Cpesncpr
PECK
Bedford Cafe
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