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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
7
Creston teams won two of three in a triple header against Bedford. Peewees edged 5-4 on five hits and strong pitching by Dewis, while Midgets toppled Bedford 8-2 as Hertz fanned fourteen and Creston took six safeties.
Prescott jumped to a 6-0 lead by two innings and finished with a 10-0 win over Nodaway in the NVL South division. Hofmeister allowed three hits in eight frames before Jerry Cunningham closed with two hitless innings. Final line shows Nodaway 0 runs on 3 hits and 3 errors, Prescott 10 runs on 9 hits.
Creston High School held a 1-0 lead through four innings before Bedford tied it with two in the fourth. Creston led 5-2 entering the seventh when Bedford surged but Creston held on for the win as White and Herta pitched and Guenther and Dougherty produced the offensives.
In high school and Peewee leagues games Prescott defeated Nodaway 10 to 0 and Corning beat Lenox 10 to 7. Bedford lost to Creston 5 to 4 while Creston won 8 to 2 over Bedford in Peewees, Creston 6 Bedford 5 in the Midgets, and Bedford blanked Clarinda 10 to 0 in a junior varsity game, with Hopkins blanking Bedford 8 to 0.
Work has begun on Corning’s municipal swimming pool after voters approved financing for the recreation feature. Engineers expect the pool to be ready for opening in about a month as spring work continues.
Workmen use salvage lumber to add a stationary east stand at Bulldog field increasing capacity by 200. The 2 second bleachers were designed to move to the baseball field for summer seating. West Sands will be shorter to fit a planned future cinder track. Blaine Shupe and Max Dougherty lead construction.
Bruin manager Blaine Shupe seeks to curb dust at Bruin Park by collecting used motor oil from city service stations. The plan targets the roadway along the third base line and stands, after a windy Sunday night highlighted the issue. The project will start once enough used oil is gathered.
Bedford forms a four team softball league with two games each night and free gate. Season dates run June 15 20 27 July 3 10 17 25 August 1 8 15 22 with Merchants funding field electricity and team shirts.
Corning won 10 to 7 against Lenox in a Nodaway Valley League south division game. Lenox led 5 to 4 after four, but Corning pulled away with a three run eighth and four runs in the third. Batteries: Mitchell Morey Re fer Wray Pendagraf Schafroth Johnson.
Prescott leads with perfect 1.000 record after 30 games. Corning also 1.000 with 30 games. Lenox stands at 2-3 .333, Nodaway 12-3 .333, Gravity 0-2 .000, Carbon 0-2 .000.
Bedford defeated Clarinda 10-0 in a five inning game played at an alternate site Friday night. John Guenther fanned nine Clarinda batters on the mound for Bedford, while Clarinda pitcher Jennings struck out three. The Bulldogs built a 3-0 lead in the first inning and added three and four runs in the third and fourth frames.
Hopkins pitcher E McGarry struck out 12 Bedford batters as Hopkins routed the Bruins 8 to 0. Morehouse and Cross drove in runs during two big fifth and sixth innings aided by three Bedford errors. Hannon was the lone Bruin to reach second.
Rain canceled Sunday contest between Gravity and Carbon, now rescheduled on an open date in the makeup schedule.
Detroit Stars slugged 13 hits to beat the Kansas City Monarchs 8 to 1 Monday night. Monarchs used three pitchers as Detroit scored one in the third four in the fifth and two and one in the eighth and ninth. Monarchs’ lone run came in the eighth. Capacity crowd filled the stands with cars parked along field lines. Batteries Harris Patterson McMeans Mitchell Moreto McKnight.
Rev Earl C Griffith named pastor of Sherbina Methodist church at the Missouri Annual Conference in St Joseph. He and his family move to Shelbina after three years here. Also noted are preacher shifts, military postings, local visits, and community events across Hopkins and nearby towns.
Bedford Iowa residents share social visits and travel notes. Mrs Warden Lautzenhiser hosts L A club. H A Seiffert family heads to California for three weeks. Neil Elliott joins Cla rinda guests for dinner at Mose Hennegin home. Roger Sickels stays with Don Carroll. The Swans dine with Susie Statesman. Geo Walters family hosts Des Moines visitors. John Hamblin Dale Walters family from Des Moines visit Kin. Sandra Bryes from Clarinda stays with Ralph Smith. May 27 funeral of John Albert Campbell in Mt Ayr referenced. Wanda Wood visits relatives in Omaha. Cod dington reunion at Glidden. Bonnie Carroll visits Bedford. Reverend Geo Swan of Rock Rapids tours town. Bonnie Carroll stays with Lyle Sickels.
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