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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
3
A nearby county editor receives a bouquet from citizens at a gathering that also features a local church quartet and a minister’s brief address. After the talk six husky locals escort him to a 1940 planned sedan, and the town returns home content, though the editor’s appreciation is framed as eventually coming after death.
The Morton family mansion Arbor Lodge in Nebraska City, now state property, offers a peek into 1890s upscale living. Two furnished rooms retain period decor and the vast inventory of china, silver, and linens highlights maintenance needs of the grand home, while a surrounding state park draws hundreds of summer visitors.
Work on a new C. G. W. depot to replace the one destroyed by fire in March 1938 will start Monday. The building will be about the same size as the burned structure and cost roughly 3000 dollars. Carpenters have begun tearing down the old foundation walls to prepare for a new foundation.
A visitor from the East praised the local Polish and Chinese refugee aid work in Maryville. She noted the East Fifth Street Poland China Association building and commended the Middle West for supporting foreign needy and refugees in Poland and China.
Mrs. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota mother of ten and new American Mother for 1940 urges couples to prioritize children over material goods. She would choose a baby over a new car, saying she would even ride a wheelbarrow with the child if needed.
J S Kennedy found a banded black bird marked Biol. Survey 39.346759 rescued it and released it. the bird flew southwest suggesting it was in good condition.
Mrs W F Rankin offers her stately three story white colonial home to Tarkio College in a letter read by President M Earle Collins at the Tuesday commencement. She will retain possession of the property during her lifetime. The home, erected in 1904, features quarter sawn oak flooring, a Louis XIV parlor, oil painted ceiling, jewelled dining room paneling, and an open stair hall. The college may convert it into a girls dormitory conservatory or president's residence.
The Knoxville Express notes editors wonder if collectors feel embarrassed presenting a printer's account on blank statements. The Corning Free Press adds that local firms seeking free publicity may not excite newspapers, though journalists are human too.
Josiah Litteer travels to St Louis for ten days to a month of business and pleasure. Bedford Lodge No. 91 officers elected Noble Grand L S Morris vice grand W F Farlow secretary John Wyckoff treasurer Charles Martin. A party at D Patterson’s residence leads to a carriage accident with no injuries. Bedford Public Schools closes with the first graduation exercises at Steele's Opera House six graduates Ashley Fitch Laura McCracken Hattie Lewis Nettie Dale Grant Moser Lincoln Bent. The Wilkins' Cornet Band performs a balcony concert as the school crowd gathers. Taylor County Wool Association ships about 25 000 pounds wool at 31 cents. James Salter plans to head Iowa Missouri Granite Works from Bedford. Lottie Haidsiak and Elmer Petz wed at Haidsiak home. Wyatt Blakemore Clara Blakemore travel in the White Flyer and face heavy rain and gasoline shortage. W E Crum Jr elected president of Bedford National Bank in a reorganization. former president W E Crum retires as president but stays as vice president.
Twenty five years ago Mr and Mrs Clyde Damewood of Gravity celebrate the birth of a daughter at home on Sunday. Bedford is described as growing toward a metropolitan status. Little and Hart introduce an auto delivery wagon to be used exclusively when weather allows.
Frank Priebe notes growing interest in large flocks of 1600 chicks and describes a model setup with four houses, oil burning stoves, waterers, ample feeding space, and turret ventilators. He praises management, air quality, and planning for year round production with careful cost records and staged growth to market or layers.
A reflective, informal piece discusses returning home from a summer vacation to find life has changed little yet hints at broader social observations. The author jokes about weeds, work, Alaska size, and a boy starting a poultry venture with two named chicks, ending with musings on human quirks.
A council meeting Wednesday night approved spending to buy a city tractor. Mrs. Victor Kallin hosted several children to celebrate her daughter's fifth birthday. Lois Parker and Lulu Auten study summer courses at Drake University in Des Moines while Ina Clary attends summer classes at the State Teachers College in Cedar Falls.
Ten years ago in Clearfield a son was born to Mr and Mrs Vernon Bladon. Miss Ruth King of Blockton and Paul Parrish of Bedford wed in Cheyenne Wyoming where the bride taught. M Ople Waterman and Lavelle Kuhn, both of Bedford, graduated from Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls.
A Rialto screening Friday and Saturday June 14 15 presents Abe Lincoln in Illinois a Robert E. Sherwood play adaptation starring Raymond Massey. The film traces Lincoln from youth in Illinois to his Springfield departure with Ann Rutledge Mary Todd and inner conflicts shaping his rise to the presidency with strong supporting cast including Gene Lockhart Ruth Gordon Mary Howard Dorothy Tree Harvey Stephens Minor Watson and Alan Baxter.
Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope star in Road to Singapore at the Rialto theatre Sunday Monday Tuesday June 16 17 and 18. The trio deliver a string of gags songs and pratfalls with Coburn Barrett and Quinn among the cast.
Frank Morgan stars as a henpecked pet shopkeeper who inherits a million and embarks on a comic misadventure from a small town to Australia Then a New York club fight a jail term a sea loss and a proposed return home provide the comic arc of the film shown Wednesday and Thursday June 19 20 at the Rialto theater
The story follows a deceased man who haunts his town to expose a crooked banker while his family benefits from insurance. A lively cast includes Billie Burks as the domineering wife, Ann Rutherford as the daughter who defies her mother, and Reginald Owen as a faux Australian millionaire. The film also stars John Shelton Donald Meek Nat Pendleton and Frank Albertson in witty supporting roles.
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