Penal Farm Returns Boy To Sheriff
Johnny Eaverton a 14 year old New Market youth was sent to Eldora training school until age 19 21 after violating terms of his commitment to Quaker Dale farm. Jimmy Stewart 17 of Clarinda was sent to Eldora until 21 following May break ins and escape attempts at Quaker Dale farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Eaverton
New Market
Eldora
Charles J. Lewis
Johnny
Quaker Dale Farm
Jimmy Stewart
Clarinda
New Providence
Iowa
Jimmy
Local FHA Delegate To Attend Conference
Beverly Williams a Bedford High School senior will leave June 15 for a 10 day Future Homemakers of America meeting near Estes Park California. She is among 13 Iowa high school girls attending the Western Leadership conference of FHIA elected to the state office of public relations. An adviser and six vocational home economics teachers from Iowa will travel by chartered bus. The conference theme is Leadership training today brings happier homes tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Williams
Bedford High School
Future Homemakers of America
Estes Park
Cal
Iowa
Western Leadership Conference
FHIA
Red Cross Drive Nears Completion in Bedford Area
Mrs. Merle Travis, fund drive chairman, reports total Red Cross gifts of 2671.71 to date with many local chairmen listed hemline including Bedford Bed Ford Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 and surrounding townships. An extra 15.15 by Mrs. Robert Pritchard for the Astan area is not yet added to the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Travis
The
American Red Cross
Robert Pritchard
Angus Group Hosts Steak Dinner for Breeders in Bedford
The Angus Group, with 86 attendees, held a steak dinner at the Masonic Temple Bedford hosted by Mrs. HK Russell and Mrs. Mary Warin. Marycrest Farms supplied the top selling female and Russell's Angus Acres the top bull in the annual spring sale. Special guests and a program on 1951 1952 sales were included. Plans for another tour were announced and Kenneth Falk named to the sale committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK. Russell
Russell
Angus Acres
Bedford
John
Mary
Warin
Marycrest Farms
Maloy
Age
County Aberdeen
Angus
Breeders Association
Masonic Temple
O.E.S. Kensington
Angus. Acres
Jake Stimson
Clarinda
Kenneth Falk
Sale Committee
Scotch Foursome Golf Tourney Set at Bedford Club
A Scotch Foursome golf tournament is planned at Bedford Country Club on Sunday June 17 followed by a wiener roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Country Club
Bedford Auxiliary Selects Girls State Delegate 1951
Janet Marley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Marley, was chosen by the Bedford Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary to represent the unit at Girls State in 1951. She is in the upper half of her high school class and has shown leadership qualities. She will attend Grinnell College June 16 to 24 for training with 240 other delegates from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
American Tesson Auxiliary
Glenn T. Straight
Janet Marley
Wayne Marley
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Pearl McKissick Dies in Canon City Colorado
Former Bedford resident Pearl McKissick died last week at a Canon City nursing home in Colorado. She was one of 12 children, with Walter McKissick and Gertrude her sister previously dying. The Bedford home is now the Mrs Edna Paschal residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City, Col
Pearl McKissick
Bedford
Canon City
Col
Walter McKissick
Gertrude
McKissick
Mrs. Edna Paschal
Births listed for Bedford and surrounding areas
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Lewis of Bedford on June 7. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Woodyard of Blockon on June 11. A daughter named Linda Lea was born to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Miller of Iowa City on June 1. Mrs Loyd Osburn of Bedford on June 8 has a daughter named Judy Ann. Mrs Osburn is the former Joanne Judy. Mrs Harold Christenson of Omaha on June 2 has a daughter named Janet Jay. Mrs Christenson is the former Doris Stithem of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lewis
Bedford
Charles Woodyard
Block
Lloyd Miller
Iowa City
Linda Lea
Miller
Siam
Loyd Osburn
Judy Ann
Osburn
Joanne Judy
Harold Christenson
Omaha
Janet Jay
Christenson
Doris Stithem
Hogan and Bell Family at Rialto in Bedford Friday June 15
Shorty Hogan and the Bell family heard on WHO Des Moines will appear in Bedford at the Rialto theatre Friday evening June 15 for a program of music and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty Hogan
Bell Family
WHO
Des Moines
Bedford
Rialto Theatre
Miss Hansen Resigns Teaching Post Here
Alice Hansen of Conception Junction Missouri has returned her teaching contract to Superintendent R F Van Dyke and will not return to Bedford next year. She has taught commercial subjects in Bedford schools for the past three years. Announcement was made Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hansen
Conception Junction
R. F. van Dyke
Bedford
Miss Hansen
Qualifying Friday For Golf Tourney At Bedford Club
Bedford Country Club announces qualifying for its city golf tournament runs Friday June 15 through Sunday June 24. Entries form flights of eight with prizes for each flight: low medalist winner runner-up and consolationist. Alan D. Thompson chairs the club board and will oversee the draw after qualifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Country Club
Alan D. Thompson
Military personnel on leave and active duty reports
The notice lists service members with family connections and stations. Included are men on leave with relatives, and others on active duty in the Navy in Korean waters aboard USS Blue, and on assignments at Fort Riley Fort Lawton Nellis Air Force Base and in Japan. Durfey returns from Korea and travels for malaria treatment before new assignment at Fort Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Rusco
Conway
Jack Rusco
U. S.S. Navy
Blue
Wilburn Durfey
Korea
Bedford
Emory Newby
Air Force Ambulance
Fort Crook
Neb
Durfey
Fort Riley
Kan
Two Cars in Wreck Near Bedford Sunday
Lee Cumberlin a farmer near Bedford and CG Baker a Hopkins farmer were in a wreck seven miles south and one mile west of Bedford on a county road. Both drivers escaped injury and Baker’s wife Mrs. Baker was treated for a facial cut at Municipal hospital in Clarinda and released the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Lee Cumberlin
CG. M. Baker
Hopkins
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Baker
Mercury
Cumberlin
Chevrolet
Bruins Dominate Kansas City Behind Shupe's Two-Triplet Homer
Bruins overpower Kansas City 9 to 0 as Blaine Shupe hits his second four-bagger and drives in three. Jeter fans six over three and two thirds, while Earl Ricketson struggles through three innings and is chased after Shupe's three-run homer. Bedford's offense erupts late with nine runs, aided by Jeter's hustling defense and a through-the-line finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bruins
Blaine Shupe
Shafar
Lowry
Shupe
Bedford
Jeter
Joslin
Mathew
Svunner
Earl Ricketson
Ricketson
Jene Sinovich
Rye Kansas City
Rickeetson
Sinovich
Hanaven
Dougherty
Viestenz
Snider
Wallace
Opdylke, longtime Times-Press subscriber, dies at 93
J. P. Opdylke of Billings Oklahoma died at his home May 27 after a 10 day illness. He was 93 and had read The Times-Press for 69 years earning a National Newspaper Week honor. Survived by daughter Mrs. James McCluskey. Funeral services and burial in Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opdylke
Times-Press
James McCluskey
Billings
Simeon F. Farlow Dies at Siam Home
Simeon F. Farlow aged 80 longtime Taylor county resident died June 10 at his Siam home. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Siam conducted by Rev. Clarence Moore of New Market. Burial followed at Old Memory cemetery in New Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stam
Simeon F. Farlow
Taylor County
Siam
Christian Church In
Clarence Moore
New Market
Old Memory Cemetery
Wayland Duncan Named to Honor Roll After KCJC Graduation
Wayland Duncan graduated from Kansas City Junior College last week and earned a college average of 2.4666 on the honor roll. He and his parents Mr and Mrs Leland Duncan will spend the summer at home after the graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Duncan
Kansas City Junior College
Missouri
Wayland
Leland Duncan
Four Truckers Fined On Five Counts Near Mount Ayr
Four truck drivers arrested June 6 and 7 near Mount Ayr were fined on a total of five charges by Justice of the Peace Robert Le Burt. John H. Moore of Leon paid five dollars and costs on two counts overloading and failing to stop at a stop sign. Wayne Hartley of Davis City was fined five dollars and costs for overloading. Leonard Boswell of Davis City paid five dollars and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign. Davis Johnson of Elsinore Missouri was fined five dollars and costs for neglecting a stop sign. They were hauling gravel from Missouri and were taken into custody just east and south of Mount Ayr where Redding road meets the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayr
Harry E. Lucas
Dale Blesie
Justice of the Peace
Robert le Burt
John H. Moore
Leon
Wayne Hartley
Davis City
Iowa
Leonard Boswell
Davis Johnson
Elisinore
Missouri
Redding Road
Wever
Washington Street
Highway 148
Emmett Motor Sales
Secon
Washington
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Cobb's
Jackson Street
Dodge County
Howar
Rehearsals Start For Bedford Band Concerts
Rehearsals begin Monday June 18 at 7 30 p m at the school house for summer band concerts. Eugene Brown new instrumental music instructor in Bedford Schools will direct. He invites all local musicians to join the city band with a goal to perform first concert June 20 in the courthouse yard at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Brown
Bedford
Brown
Court House
BPWs Host Clarinda Group Dinner in Bedford
Bedford Business and Professional Women entertained Clarinda club members at a Bedford Country Club dinner. Guests enjoyed door prizes and spring bouquets. Clifford Young presented colored slides on a trip to Florida and Cuba while Larry Cook sang and tap danced with accompaniment by Eleanor Myatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Clarinda Club
Bedford Country Cclub
Country Club
Clifford Young
Florida
Cuba
Larry Cook
Eleanor Myatt
Paul Morris
John Dinges
Andrey Cox
Lucille Livingston
Hannah Mohler
Maude Nelson
Ross Center School Plans Homecoming
The Ross Center School PTA sponsors a Sunday June 24 homecoming at the school. A noon picnic invites all former teachers and alumni plus their families. Cards were sent to 180 people. uncontacted former students are also invited due to destroyed records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Ross Center
Methodist Conference Returns Local Pastor to Bedford
Rev. Robert M. Peters is returned to Bedford as pastor after serving the past year. Ottumwa hosted sessions where pastor appointments were announced. Taylor County clergy assignments include William Andre to Blockton Clarence McPherson to Clearfield Harold Butts to Lenox Clarence Moore to New Market Siam C M Rowe to Guss and others to Sharpsburg Beaconsfield Beaconsfield and Red Oak circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Peters
Bedford Methodist Church
Bedford
Iowa-Des Moines
Siam
C. M. Rowe
Guss
E. John Kess
Sharpsburg
Conway
Taylor County
Russell G. Nye
Monroe
Merle A. Gable
Center Chapel
Warren County
W. F. Overhulser
Grinnell
J. A. Walls
Bloomfield Circuit
A. D. Steffenson
Atlantic
W. J. Weber
Nat Canon 88 Died Here June 8
Nathaniel H. Canon a long time Bedford resident died June 8 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held June 12 at Wetmore Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Evan B. Routh. Burial was in Bedford Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel H. Canon
Bedford
Wetmore Funeral Home
Evan B. Routh
Bedford Cemetery
Bedford to petition property owners for road surfacing plan
Bedford officials prepare a road improvement program asking dirt and poorly graveled street owners to sign petitions. Mayor Lester Round says petitioning will start next week with per-street representatives, funding via special assessments, and Wever’s A B C surfacing options including concrete and bituminous coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Lester Round
Mayor Round
Charles W. Wever
Corning
Round
Ever
Bedford Streets
Four Couples Licensed to Wed in Recent Clerk's Office
Clerk of Courts Wayne Steeves issued four marriage licenses. Boyd Streitenberger of Blockton wed Wilna Mae Irvin of Athelstan on June 7. Robert Lee Zeller and Margaret Leone Swan of Des Moines tied on June 8. Dale Maynard Anderson and Doris Evelyn Andrew of Gravity wed on June 11. Willard L. Hoft and Betty Lou Wunter of Storm Lake tied on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Steeves
Boyd Streiten‘berger
Blockton
Wdlna Mae Irvin
Athelstan
Robert Lee Zeller
Margaret Leone Swan
Des Moines
Dale Maynard Anderson
Doris Evelyn Andrew
Gravity
Willard L. Hoft
Betty Lou Wunter
Storm Lake
Social Security Office Visit Set for Bedford
Des Moines Social Security field representative will visit Bedford at the supervisors room of the Court Haus to accept applications for new cards for individuals who have never had a card and duplicate cards for those who lost theirs or changed names since obtaining a card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill T Adm
Des Moines
Ill and recovering residents listed in area notices
Local notices report several area residents in hospitals or recovering from surgery. Mrs. Will Cloos of Blockton is at University hospital Iowa City. Jasper Perkins near St. Francis Maryville after appendix surgery. Mrs. Sam R. Weir of Bedford injured leg and hospitalized in Maryville. Bruce Sleep of Siam underwent surgery at St. Francis Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Cloos of
Blockton
University Hospital, Iowa City
Jasper Perkins
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Sam R
Persis) Weir
Bedford
Bruce
Bruce Sleep of
Siam
Pictures Sent From Pusan Displayed In Town Window
Pictures taken at Pusan Korea and sent to Bedford by Homer Dale Loghry to his mother Mrs Drexell Thompson are on display in the window at The Times-Press. Homer is a fireman apprentice on the USS Montague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Bedford
Homer Dale Loghry
Drexell Thompson
Times-Press
Homer
Montague
Clarinda Youth Killed in Korea
Mrs Ida May Willis of Clarinda received a telegram from the secretary of the army stating her son Pfc Donald D Lee 18 was killed in action in Korea on April 10 Relatives learned of the casualty from a letter by Sgt Dean Davidson who served in the same infantry company as Lee Davidson wrote that Lee was hit by a mortar shell and died en route to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Ida May Willis
Secretary of the Army
Pfc
Donald D. Lee
Korea
Dean Davidson
Lee
Bedford
Davidson
Amanda Aretta Barnes Dies at 87 in Bedford
Amanda Aretta Barnes died at her Bedford home on May 29 at age 87 years 3 months 28 days. She was born January 31 1864 near Homestead Iowa County and moved to Taylor County at 16. She married Elmer L. Robbins December 24 1881. four children survived including Bertha Young and Floyd Robbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Aretta Barnes
Isam
Deborah Lindamood Barnes
Homestead
Iowa County
Bedford
Taylor County
Sharpsburg
Elmer L. Robbins
Bertha Young
Clara Robbins
Floyd Robbins
Florence
Bedford Man Is Hospitalized For Observation
Jas F Ross of Bedford entered Missouri Methodist hospital St Joseph today for observation. Mrs Ross accompanied him and planned to return home this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. F. Ross
Bedford
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Mrs. Ross
Bruins Extend Hitting Tear With 13 Hits In Win
The Bruins posted 13 hits in 38 at bats for a .3842 team average in the latest Sunday game. Shupe led with 67 points improvement, Shafar added 27, Jeter 4, Jamison 65, Terrell 56, and Lowry raised his average by 38 points. Gerry Cole opened his semipro career with a .250 mark, Hullinger held at .333, and the team average through June 10 stood at .337.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruins
Shupe
Shafar
Jeter
Jamison
Ternell
Don Lowry
Keith
Gerry Cole
Hullinger
ABI Pet Shape
Lucas
Lowry
Mathew
Weston
Terrell
Cole
Holly
Dougherty
Barks
Viestenz
Former Resident Dies In Eldora
Mrs. J. H. Bremmer widow of a Bedford burgyist died unexpectedly June 11 at her Eldora Iowa home. A telegram to Mrs. Amy Maloy in Bedford confirms she leaves her husband three daughters and two sons. Last rites and burial were held in Eldora on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bremmer
Bedford
Former Bedford Resident Mary Long Dies in Palisade Neb
Mary Long 88 a former Bedford resident died at her Palisade Nebraska home June 2. Last rites and burial were in Palisade. She was a sister of Mrs. Levi Taylor of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisade, Neib
Mary Long
Bedford
Palisade
Neb
Long
Levi Taylor
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Penal Farm
New Mkt
Dale Boy
Hubbard
Harry EB. Lucas
Lewis
FHA
Red Cross
Allen Hamblin
Floyd Vane Reenen
Elza Owings
Howard Spicknall
Cudahy's
Kendall Terrell
Roscoe F. van Dyke
Clyde Kenery
Clearfield
Ralph Crew
Arval Norton
Walter Greenway
Spencer Peck
Lenox, Legion Auxiliary
John Scalf
Nodaway
Jas
O. G. Murren
Holt
A. A. Palmer
Grove Two
Olaf Coffey
Frank Zollman
Dallas
Ora Cade
Claude Gray
Grant Twop
Lee Parsons
Mason
Verne Timperlake
Benton
Leslie Williams
Fay Shafar
Polk
Floyd Sprague
Rosas
Frank Jones
Jefferson
Ray L. King
Carl Cummings
Mrs. Cummings
John Warth
Plan Scotch
Colorado
James Griffith
Arthur Sharp
USS
Valley Forge
Pvt
Harry D. Brown
Fort Riley, Kan
Charles Brown
Coulthard Home
Ralph Coulthard
R. L. Coulthard
Martin
Bobbie Lee Martin
W. J. Martin
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Gray
Everett F. Gray
Carl Gray
Japan
States
Fort Lawton
Wash
Bruins Tike
Big Jim Jeter
Union
Kansas City
Jim Mathew
Drexel Keith
Elvin Shafar
J. P. Opdylke
Ellings
Billings, Okla
P. Opdylke
Bpws
Clarinda Group
Methodist Conference
Nat Canon
Mel Wever
Bent Street
Breckenridge
Illinois Street
Edinigu Ls
Will Cloos
Weir
Danny
Villa Canny
Carroll Pajee
Veterans Hospital
Wintermute
J. H. Wintermute
Mrs. Blane
Hazel Blane
Kenneth Stonebraker
Centerville
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jess Derrickson
Derrickson
Mr. Stonebraker
W. N. Lee
West of Bedford
Amanda Robbins
Mary Humphrey
Sarah Benjamin
Rachel Greeley
John Barnes
Robbins
Jas, EF. Ross
Bruin
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