Bedford's Past Glimpses Span Four Decades and Events
A historical roundup chronicles Bedford area life from 1944 to 1973 with notes on graduations, family observances, local business changes, fire losses, community award recipients, sports, and public notices. It highlights Ensign Purcell’s Iowa State graduation, Shupe’s minor league status, local fires, and school and civic milestones across multiple eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign William T. Purcell
Iowa State University
L. A. Purcell
Ed Purcell
Iowa City
Wes Ebert
Floy Maxwell
Nevada
Shupe
Son City Yankees
National Association of Professional Baseball
BCHL
Gene Hannon
Reeal Steph
Aulen
Illinois Street
Bedford
Stephens
Jim Wilmarth
BCHS
Neill Wilmarth
Guy Weir
Iowa Angus Auxiliary
Chicago
William E. Johnston
The
Accountants Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Blockton News highlights from area visits and events
Weekend guests visited Waive Johnston and others from Redding Skidmore Des Moines and Manhattan Kansas. Wedding attendance at Sa ville and Steve McMillen and Taylor County service board appointment for Grott. Camp Fire Girls plan weekend at Silver Dollar City with craft demos and reduced all inclusive tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Mary Ettleman
Brenda Maxwell
Vickie Rowe
Debbié ‘Mattes
Karen Tribotet
Karen Weller
Bedford
Alpha Gamma
Gamma Sigma Sigma Service Sorority
Nwms College
HK Russell
Iowa
Des Moines
Aren Good
University of Iowa
Washington, D.C
U of
Karen
Bruce Good
Waive Johnston
Otis Hanks
Redding
Ion Hanks
Skidmore
Russell Persons
Derby
Wayne Evens
Carla
Jon Voge
Hugh Miller
Blockton
Saville
Steve McMillen
Eldon Stroburg
Vivien Johnston
John Lambley
al Clayton
Ban Morris
Dale Lembley
Herb Knutison
Kevin
Manhattan
Kansas
Zelbert Freemyer
Ray Lambley
Bailey Kelley
Scotts City
Leota Abarr
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Vivian Johnston
Myrtle Kettle
Mabel Smith
Jean Haidsiak
Carolyn Williams
Bennington
Nebraska
Ledges State Park
Sue Turner
Larry Lewellyn
Davis
Doyle Cortner
California
George Hillers
Shenandoah
Ben Adams
Grace Wilson
Kate Lawrence
Silver Dollar City
Missouri Ozarks
Carrie Nelson
Kent Lemasters
Branson-Lakes Area
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Times-Press
Sharon Henry
Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs
Michael Jay Whiteker
Italy
Lawrence Whit
Eker
Omaha
Colonial Manore
Elvin H. Beemer
Jack A. Campbell
Roy Volkmar
Wayne Caskey
Treas
Barbara Brummett
Robert Straight
Taylor County
4-H
KSIB
Gary Hoops
John Anderson
Bill Everhert
Bedford Bulldogs
Bob Dalton
Steve Shupe
Bob Janson
John Neil
Jerry Thrasher
Fon Shay
Steve Bailie
Roger Sickels
Vic Wetmore
Dewey Hensley
Roger Selley
Roy Salley
Villisca
Iowa Boys
Tommie Thompson
Creston
Norway
Sweden
Bertha Wintermute
David Thompson
Elaine Lucas
Simpson College
Dick Ridenour
Gravity
Leland Duncan
San Antonio
Texas
Wayland Duncan
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Wayne Owen
Grinnett College Choir
Harlan
Red Oak
Billy Lee
Guss
Walter £. Greenway
Bedford Saddle Club
al O'Dell
Conway
Reynolds
Pete
Lawler Grocery
Daisy Walker
Court Street
Caskey Jewelry
Aisy's Shoppe
Miss Walker
Norma Simmons
West Bedford
Jack Campbell
Harlan S. Campbell
John Adams
H.S. Campbell
Elbert Adams
Harlan L. Pete
Rexall
Ames
Jerry
Betty
Lows State College
Patsy
Cottey College
Duane Simmons
Hawkeye State
Congress
Simmons
Don Smith
Charlotte Kennedy
Annabelle Carmichael
Jenny Edmundson Hospital
Mark C. Pickering
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Delno Pickering
Richard Thompson
Sylvia
Wabash
Indiana
Thompson
5. E. Thompson
Guy Thompson
Thompson Mercantile
James Tranbarger
J. C. Tranbarger
Dorothy Kingsley
D. J. Kingsley
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
Contin Jobe
Siam
Floyd
J. L. Brown
J. L
American Lung Association of Iowa
Blockton News
Brott
Taylor County Service Board
Charles W.grott
Taylor County Selective Service
United States
Robert D. Alay
H. J. Fleisbacker
Selective Service
Grott
Taylor County Local Board
Post Office
Camp Fire Girls
Tacmaelecci
St. Joseph
Channel 2
Bud Spoonemore Sales & Service
Lenox
GAN Uy
Farmaurea Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Harlan Brown
Lenox, Ph
Surance
Jerry Davis
Taylor C
Black & Decker Power Tools
Torsen
STADY
William C. Kints
Richard W. Godfrey Loan
Hotpoint Heritage Room
Bedford Building Supply
Bedford National Bank
DIAL
Flowers Kissinger’s
Marguerite Robinson
Mgr
James A. Campbell
Clarinda
Bedford Photographic Service
Bruce Kuechmann
J. B. Martin
Optometrist
West Side
Squere Clarinda
Attorn
A. Elton Jensen Ey
Bedford, Iowa
Otatl
Bedford Medical Center
John D. Ott
D.D
Dad
Scott Feed and Grain
Sharpsburg
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