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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
4
C. W. Reed of Grant City, a cream separator expert, will be in Bedford each Wednesday for repair work and sale of reconditioned separators at Swift's Cream Station. Mrs. Bryan D. Mohler can be contacted at 3.A. tf for details.
Classified items include recruitment for two steady sales reps in Taylor County with earnings up to 12 dollars daily and travel liberty, plus multiple sales and rental offers. Listings span Ford V-8 car for sale, White Rock fries, pasture cows, work mare, Kimball piano, and a down stairs room rental.
Classified ad lists 50g item described as White Rock spring fries with contact phone number Blue 329. sale details indicate single unit available with price unknown.
The City Council met with Mayor J S Nevins and councilmen Din ges Severs Hartman Harbour present. Treasurer’s report approved and bills listed include Ideal Lumber Co TaWPE seeseashionc use 127.38 gas kerosene 2.49 beds 4.00 tel 1.53 material 14.64 transients 0.85 tire repair 1.16 pumping rental 268.96 batteries 4.27 meals 2.75 fire calls 21.00 hose and tools 5.40 broom 2.71 hose card 3.76 chem items continues.
OCR fragment lists entities and amounts including 4, 7.43 Kcal Co. Chlorine and Panther Oil & Grease Co. Liquid Asbestos with others like Wills Maintenance Co. Paint & Toilet paper and McKesson & Robbins. Worthington-Gamon Meter Co. Registers and totals show unclear totals: 2.62 248 and $1,045.40.
Sick residents undergo tonsillectomies and mastoid surgery at St. Joseph Methodist Hospital. Catherine Carlton and Gene Earl Valentine had tonsil removals. Ernest Hawbeck and Virginia Walker faced surgeries for hand infection and appendicitis respectively. Shirley Bristow fractured her left elbow. Mrs Morris shows improvement after recent operation.
Mrs Herman Smith returned to her Athelstan home from St Joseph Hospital where she had been treated for a foot infection. Mrs Ariel Keller came home from Creston Community Hospital after an appendectomy recovery. Lee Straight left Sharpsburg for St Joseph Methodist Hospital after an appendectomy. Dickie Wilson cut his hand on broken glass and was treated at Creston Community Hospital. Frank Jaylock of Sheridan Mo improved after an arm injury infection, treated at St Joseph’s Hospital. A R Landis of Bedford area had a broken left ankle confirmed by x ray and placed in a splint. Wayne Haidsiak underwent surgery at Creston Community Hospital. mother and sister accompanied him.
The Iowa hotel week notes that 93 cents of every dollar spent by the average hotel visitor stays in the local community. It cites hotels bought substantial meat eggs butter and milk, and that hotels employ over half a million people while paying taxes on >5 billion dollars in property. Civic clubs will discuss hotels as community assets and business drivers of towns.
Betty Standley left for Des Moines to enter beauty culture school with family members. Elnora Blane headed to Sterling Colorado to visit an aunt. Des Moines visitors called on Mrs. Strauss Denhart. Campbell relatives spent the day in Indianola. Glenn Warden from Storm Lake visited home folks. Nu Deal club hosted by Vera Mackey. American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. Earl Henson. Liberty club hosted by Mrs. Christie Hillers. W D Link seriously ill at home. Mrs. L Jones and Patty Lou of Wilmette visited Duff family. Gordon Griffiths left for Scottsbluff after visiting Roy King and others. Emma Ford returned from Elliston. Paul Smith attended Boy's State in Des Moines as guest of Brockton Legion Post. 4-H convention delegates left Ames for state event. Albert Ewart to Iowa City for University hospital check-up.
Kenneth Locke of Gravity returned to Meth odist hospital in St. Joseph Monday after injuries required amputation. Tuesday morning another operation removed about two inches more from his arm to fit an artificial arm and hand. He was accompanied by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Locke.
Special Hotels throughout Iowa join a nation wide observance from June 11 to 17 with renewed pledges of service to communities. The Iowa Hotel association announces plans are sponsored by civic groups and luncheon clubs across most Iowa communities for ceremonies and celebrations.
The listing offers prices on raspberries lemons oranges and more from Court Street Fruit Market. Crates and boxes priced. crate refunds noted. various canned and baked goods also posted. Sunday hours listed as closed 10 to 4.
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