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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
3
June 11 to 17 marks Soil Conservation Week in Iowa. Since 1987 the week has highlighted work by the state's 99 conservation districts to educate farmers on contouring terracing fertilizing rotation and related natural resource conservation.
Orson Cochran of the PMA office helped Mrs. Aliie Fawcet obtain a birth certificate using a Grove No. 6 rural school record from 1894 1896 listing Alice Henry age 13 as proof. The piece notes local politics praise for a tidy Taylor county courthouse and reviewer remarks on Salvation Army box pickups angering Bedford residents.
The Production Marketing Administration notes farmers in the county plan soil conservation for the Lake of Three Fires watershed with emphasis on contour planting to prevent soil washout. Bed ford bin site offers corn on Tuesdays and Fridays amid a price rise to 1.66 per bushel this June.
A June 4 commencement at the University of Omaha Fieldhouse honors Robert OD Boon as part of a 250 plus graduating class. He begins work at Standard Oil in Council Bluffs June 5, while wife Corinne resumes teaching there next year.
Mrs. ES Bellas announces Hana Mae Irvin daughter of Harold Irvin of Athelstan and Boyd Streitenberger son of John Streitenberger of Blockton were married at the Christian church parsonage in Bedford on June 9 with Rev. Evan Routh officiating. Attendants were Betty Irvin and John Streitenberger. They plan to live on a Blockton-area farm.
A traveler reports on trains, taxis, and sights from London to Amsterdam, noting the royal guard, Bond Street shopping, Stratford, Paris musts including the Louvre and the Louvre, and reflections on English hospitality, Dutch canals, and Eiffel Tower scenes. The letter ends with plans to meet family and continue the travelogue.
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