Community Clubs and Engagements Across Bedford Area
Society news lists numerous June meetings for American Legion Auxiliary Circle VI UMW Baptist Women’s Society and United Christian Presbyterian Fellowship. Rebekah Lodge and Sleep Stephens reunions noted with awards and entertainment, plus a Bedford Grove 4 H Club update and a wedding in Bedford’s open grove setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.W.S. Circle VI
U.M.W
Bryan Mohier
Russell Cowen
Lela Fine
H. G. Penton
United Christian Presbyterian Women's Fellowship
Judy King
Circle Vi
Baptist Women’s Society
Circle
Local Hospital Admissions and Discharges Across Counties
Bedford and surrounding towns report numerous hospital movements. SICK Hobart Clark underwent neck surgery at St. Morren in Omaha on June 12 after entering June 11. several residents including Amanda Wehrkamp and Marion Mahan were admitted to Clarinda Municipal Hospital, while others like Mrs. Myrtle Daniels and Earl Townsend were discharged from St Francis Hospital in Maryville and joined or left local care facilities. Additional transfers include Debby Brown at Ringgold County Hospital Mt. Ayr and Mae Leaverton moved to Rosary Hospital Corning after hip injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Clark
St. Moren Hospital
Omaha
Mary Clark
Bedford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Marie Hensley
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Amanda Wehrkamp
Clarence Wood
New Market
Myrtle Daniels
Corning
Susan Dudley
Twila Walker
Fannie Bell Kopp
Don Huntsman
Gravity
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Earl Townsend
Anzel Gillette
Florence Brumfield
Blockton
Good Shepherd
Indianola
Dolan Norris
Kansas City
Estes Hardee
Wade
Hank) Larsson
Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Rural Auction Features JD Machinery and Antiques
An auction entry lists JD tractors implements including a Model A tractor with new rubber, 15 ft disc, 2 row cultivators, and various wagons and grinders. Also offered are a sorrel saddle mare, ear corn in crib, and a wide collection of antiques and miscellaneous items such as oak dining table, kitchen cabinet, library table, wall mirror, coal burner, heater, tools, and saws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ptrol
Rollomatic J.D
Ensilage
Fairbanks
Grinder & Bell
McCollough
Local families visit relatives and attend events across Iowa towns
Kansas visitors Ed Hinton and family spent time with grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Grimm. Des Plaines residents Patty MacAlister and Marie Williams joined by Janie Williams stayed with Ed Shannon. Bob and Charlene Booth attended water races in Gallatin and Bedford earning two trophies. Several locals traveled to Lenox Atlantic Bedford and Nashville for reunions recitals and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hinton
Kansas
Tom Grimm
Patty MacAlister
Marie Williams
Janie Williams
Des Plaines
Ilinois
Bedford
Tom Walston
Verle
Clifford Preston
Lenox
Joe Brammer
Cindy
Billy
Reed
Chloe Kerns
Carrie Hayes
Paul Chitty
Richard Wilson
Lila
Diana Pfander
Corning
Atlantic
Paula Chitty
Chitty
Melvin Key
Reldon Key
Frank Key
Gladys Chitty
Stella Taylor
Sharpsburg
Tom Norris
Braddyville
Cindy Brammer
Grant City
Danny Fletchall
Nettie Cordell
Anna Breach
Mabel Oxley
Nashville
Tenn
Ozarks
Irene Blake
Stork's Corner Birth Announcements Several New Arrivals
A daughter Kristie Jean born May 24 to Mr and Mrs Bill Ostrom Penkin Illinois with Louise Cavin Blockton as grandmother. A daughter Brandy Dawn born June 4 to Mr and Mrs Bill Young Tucson Arizona with Harvey Young New Market and John Hafford Illinois as grandparents. A daughter Amy Michelle born May 18 to Mr and Mrs Melviniers Omaha Nebraska with Lawrence Miers Gravity and Howard Meredith Blockton as grandparents and Walter Osburn Bedford as great grandfather. A son Jeffery Lee born June 6 to Mr and Mrs Dennis Vanesdall Creston with Gene Vanesdall and Elsworth White Conway referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Brinker
Perry Hibbert
Pel City
Okalhoma
Michele
Gene Burks
Bedford
Marie Schultz
Omaha
Kent Hendon
Gary Brinker
John Denver
Bill Young
Doug Burks
Chris Mellett
Toni Morris
Ralston High School
Johnston Supply
Midwest City High School
Oklahoma City
Kristie Jean
Bill Ostrom
Penkin
Illinois
Louise Cavin
Blockton
Tucson, Ariz
Brandy Dawn
Harvey Young
New Market
John Hafford
Ilinois
Amy Michelle
Melviniers
Nebr
Lawrance Miers
Gravity
Howard Meredith
Walter Osburn
Dennis Vanesdall
Creston
Jeffery Lee
Gene Vanesdall
Elsworth White
Conway
Visitors from many places call on Tom Walston home
Mrs. Vane Walston of Bedford with grandchildren from Nebraska and Janice Walston a Guthrie Center teacher visited the Tom Walston home last Saturday along with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Nellie Borden
Vane Walston
Bedford
Nebraska
Janice Walston
Guthrie Center
Tom Walston
Last Rites Held In Guss For Lela Fern Clement
Funeral services were held May 29 at the Guss United Methodist Church for 78 year old Lela Fern Clement of Clarinda Iowa formerly of Guss Iowa. She died May 26 1973 at her home in Clarinda. Interment was at the Guss Cemetery. She was born March 24 1895 on a farm near Ivyville Iowa and married Dale F Clement on October 8 1919 in Clarinda. She and her husband lived in Nodaway Hettinger County North Dakota Mott and near Guss before settling in Clarinda. She was preceded in death by her husband and several family members and is survived by four sons two daughters and numerous grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale F
Lela Fern) Clement
Clarinda
Iowa
Guss
Guss United Methodist Church
Robert Schroyer
Edward Osburn
Clement
Lela Fern Clement
Ivyville
Edward
Mary Seymour Rogers
Dale F. Clement
Dean Edward
Cedar Rapids
Glen Josper
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Travis (Beulah) Powell
Peoria
Illinois
George Elmo
Jefferson City
Missouri
William
Ardyce) Kane
Council Bluffs
Carmen Dale
Villisca
Nodaway
Hettinger
North Dakota
Mott
Heya
Donald Rogers
Seattle
Wash
Sterling
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bedford Development Club
Times-Press
Thurs
Society
Golden Rule Rebekah Circle
Marilyn Rucker
Dorothy Bailie
Hazel Lovitt
Eva Templeton
Marie
American Legion Aux
Pauline McCune
American Legion Auxiliary
Margaret A. Young
Phyllis McMillin
Evelyn McCampbell
Gladys Cox
Pink Phelps
United Christian Presby
United Christian Presbyterian Women’s Fellowship
Grace Hamblin
Janice Robinson
Donna Crum
Ethel Bartlett
Effie Cole
Mary Beck
HK Russell
Circle I
United Methodist Women
Glenn Brown
Bryan Mohler
New Market Rebekah Lodge
Fern Sargent
Eva Straight
Mildred Leek
May Belle Long
Cleta Jones
Opal Brown
Margaret Fuller
Leota Kendrick
Jennie Hayes
Marie Hall
Sleep
Lester Akers
Ruby Park
Frank Clark
Jimmy
Ruth Sleep
Vernon Narber
June
Karen Russell
Hopkins
Lucile Blake
Verna McDonald
Fern Burns
Elza Fine
Hawaii
June Narber
Williams
DOC
Nebraska City
Mizpah
Jeannette Hoskins
Lela Rutledge
Buffalo City
Arbor Lodge
Helen Clayton
Mable Vawter
Hazel Barnes
Inez Tribolet
Leora Mothershead
Ann Goudie
Eva Akers
Verneil Stephens
Alburnette
David
Pamela) Kerr
Ottumwa
Bill
Wichita
Kans
York College
Marion
Gertie
Darrell Moores
Darrell Moore
Jane
Wayne Calfee
Harold Calfee
State Savings Bank
Wayne
Farmers Co-op
Lillie Menoher
Colonial Manor
Pres
Nixon
Gov. Ray
Congressman Scherle
Briles
Ben Aukland
Clearfield Lions Hall
Herbert Reeve
Homer Kimpton
Walter Bush
Allen Mothershead
Harry Stafford
Paul Fleming
Ed Locke
Dale Dugger
Jane Ann
Wayne Caffee
Craig Kimpton
Susan
Carrie Ann
Cleo Batten
Seldon Hicks
Edith Hendrickson
Robert Burwell
Beth Kimpton
Grove Mustangs
Blue Grove School
Nick Evans
Denise Belding
Jolene
Jan Belding
Todd Barker
Gentle J.C. Higgins
Mrs
Scott Bailey
Steve Kernen
Jesse A. McIntyre
Auctioneers
Ernest Gray Clerk
Roy Kerns
Bedford National
Bank
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plan
Bedford National Bank
the Stork’s
Ellison
Taylor County
Maple Grove
Ivan Wells
Charles McNutt
Harlan Brown
Duane Simmons
Norman Rockwell
Ford
Rockwell
Torino
Efrem Zimdalist, JR
KMA
Iowa Ford
Taylor County Motor Co
Court Street
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