Bedford man leaves bequests to children in last will
George Shorty Brown of Bedford died in Texas on May 21 and was buried there after wintering in San Antonio. His will provides $1,000 for playground equipment at Bibbins Park, $500 for Bedford school grounds, plus residue to a board of trustees to aid needy children under 12. Executors and trustees are named as Robert A. Taylor Jr and Jas A Lucas Harlan Pete and Arthur Dinwiddie. Brown, a Spanish American War veteran, was a longtime Bedford resident and known for his love of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George “Shorty” Brown
Bedford
Texas
Brown
San Antonio
Bibbins Park
Bedford School
Robert A. Taylor, Jr
Jas. A. Lucas
Harlan Pete
Arthur Dinwiddie
Buenos Aires Seeks Details on Bedford Sewage Plant
An engineer in Buenos Aires requests Bedford Iowa city specifications for a complete sewage treatment plant similar to the one in use. The May 22 1939 letter from Ingeniero J M Ahumada seeks design data, sources, and is willing to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Bedford
Buenos Aires
Canal Zone
Miami
Florida
Mayo
Iowa
W.W
Obras Sanitarias de la Nacion
Oficina Tecnica de Provincias
Ghareas
J. M. Ahumada
Dr William Shepard Leads Eye Clinic at Bedford Hotel Garland
Dr Wm E Shepard D D of Des Moines held his first official visit in Bedford Friday and conducted a thorough eye examination clinic at the Hotel Garland using modern equipment. He plans to return Friday June 23 for another session and an advertisement appears elsewhere in the Times Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. E. Shepard
D. D
Des Moines
Bedford
Garland
Your Times Press
Taylor county fair stall reservations urged for August Exhibit
Taylor county fair board warns outsiders are snapping up stall room at the fairgrounds for August exhibits. Locals urged to reserve early to ensure space for home residents first as nearby counties send in requests. Douglas closing out sale announced for Saturday at North Bent Street residence before moving to J C Welch farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Fair Board
Douglas
Country
Oscar Douglas
North Bent Street
J. C. Welch
Mr. Douglas
Gooseberries Abundant This Year Despite Pie Preference
Gooseberries, both wild and cultivated, are notably plentiful this year thanks to favorable recent weather. Local blacksmith Tom Stark tends a dozen clumps of the same variety on his property and expresses a surprising dislike for gooseberry pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Stark
Sulphur Dusting Offers Chigger Relief for Picnickers
U S Department of Agriculture entomologists offer a simple chigger control method using fine dusting sulphur. Apply a small amount to exposed skin areas and relax as the red bug or harvest mite nuisance is reduced for outdoor enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.D.A
Garfield thanks for the type and help from Mrs. Sharp
Mrs. Garth Sharp of Grant City Missouri, formerly of Gravity, has returned home from California. She visited the Hadley family, former Bedford residents, and notes Hadley works as a linotype operator near Los Angeles. Gar sent the Times-Press linotype sligs via Mrs. Sharp for department headings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth Sharp
Grant City
Gravity
California
Garfield Hardely
Dents
Bedford
Hadley
Fix Trade
Los Angeles
Gar
Times-Press
Sharp
Ground Hog Fees Exceed Three Hundred Dollars in May
Ground hog bounties paid in Taylor county during May ran over 200 dollars at two bits per head, per County Auditor Bob Goforth. A single day in May yielded 155 scalps. Re-employed In Albany Miller Weeda, son of Mrs. Nelle Weeda, former Bedford resident, returns as commerce instructor at Albany High School for next year while attending University of Iowa summer session in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Bob *Goforth
Albany
Miller Weeda
Nelle Weeda
Maryville
Bedford
Albany, Mo
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Infant Taylor dies at Bedford after birth
Barbara Ann Taylor infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Taylor of Bedford died about an hour after birth on Wednesday June 14. Short services were held at Graceland cemetery conducted by Rev O H Hallgrimson. She is survived by her parents two brothers and a half sister.
Uniform County Exams Publication
Uniform county examinations will be given at the office of the county superintendent here June 28 and 29. Those taking the examinations for teaching certificates must have had at least 12 weeks study in a summer school or a year's college work.
Births in Rhodes and Mount Ayr areas reported
A son named Daniel William was born Wednesday May 31 at a Marshalltown hospital to Mr and Mrs Russell Ackley of Rhodes Iowa. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Jim Ackley of Gravity Iowa. Mrs Burt Cunning of Mount Ayr welcomed a child in late May, the Cunnings having formerly lived in Clearfield. Mrs Arthir Waller of Sheridan Missouri welcomed a child on Sunday June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Ackley
Rhodes
Iowa
Marshalltown
Ackley
Jim Ackley
Gravity
Burt Cunning
Mount Ayr
Daniel William
Cunnings
Clearfield
Arthir Waller
Sheridan, Mo
Conservation Methods Shown At Taylor County Soil Tour
About 75 visitors toured Gay Center watershed farms in Taylor County during Soil Conservation Week. Cooperating farmers and business people observed contour farming strip cropping and terracing preventing soil loss after heavy rains while noting fuel savings and efficiency gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Center
Taylor County
Wilson
Parole Sought by Iowa Farm Robber Amid Broad Thefts
Max Wackernagle a 65 year old farmer near Clearfield admits stealing goods from Eclipse Lumber Yard Lenox Dalby Lumber Yard Clearfield and Greenbay Lumber Yard Cres ton and Hawkeye Lumber Yard Cres ton over months. He appeared before Justice of the Peace and was bound over to the grand jury on three counts with 3000 total bond. Authorities recovered some items and traced plunder from a touring car. Parole under the circumstances seems unlikely though he has requested it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wackernagle
Justice of the Peace
George Goodale
Lenox
Frank Wackernagle
Greenbay
Creston
Hawkeye
Ivan Wells
Tom Lacy
Bedford
Union
Ringgold County
Wackernagh
Turing
Liquor Arrests Reported for Willis Bock and Go forth
Willis Bock and Rennie Go Forth were arrested Monday evening by Marshal Floyd Robinson and jailed on liquor charges. Bock pleaded guilty before Mayor J S Nevins to intoxication, fined 25 dollars plus costs, which were paid. Go Forth remains held on a charge of driving a car while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Bock
Rennie Goforth
Floyd Robinson
Bock
J. S Nevins
Gooforth
Stark Selected For Place At Iowa City
Donald Stark, Bedford High School class of 1939, departs Sunday for Iowa City to work over the summer and enter State University this fall. He went to Shenandoah Monday to interview with University coaches at an alumni meeting. Several applicants were interviewed by Coach Edward Anderson and staff, but Stark was chosen for assistance at the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Stark
Bedford High School
Iowa City
The
State University
Stark
Shenandoah
Edward Anderson
Ames selects Ferneau to succeed Bruns as Bedford Voc Ag instr
Elmer Ferneau graduates from Ames and will replace Carl Bruns as Bedford Vocational Agriculture instructor. Bruns leaves for Holstein with a higher salary. Ferneau, single and well recommended by Ames agriculture, will oversee Taylor County fair duties usually handled by Bruns. County superintendent’s office sends materials to district secretaries and treasurers asking for post organization reports in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer [Ferneau
Ames
Bedford School Board
Carl Bruns
Bedford Schools
Bruns
Holstein
Iowa
Ferneau
Agriculture Department
Taylor County
Rev Wayne Clark Speaker At Baptist Church Meeting
Rev Wayne Clark a student at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago and pastor of a Chicago Baptist church spoke at the Church Night gathering. He will attend the Northern Baptist Convention in Los Angeles June 20 to 25 with his wife and son and was hosted by relatives in Chicago and Hannibal before leaving for California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Clark
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Chicago
Baptist Church
Mrs. Clark
Clovis
Calif
Rev. Clark
Mr. Tyner
Mr. Rankin
Lucas Speaks at Creston Rotary on Flag Day
Atty. Jas A Lucas addressed the Creston Rotary Club Monday on Flag Day. He spoke about his Alabama trip and the return of that state's flag from Des Moines. He was joined by Mrs. Lucas and their daughter Kathleen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty. Jas. A. Lucas
Rotary Club
Creston
Lucas
Alabama
Des Moines
Kathleen
Farm Security loans approved for Taylor County farms
FSA supervisor F W Miller announced all tenant purchase loans for the year ending July 1 have been approved. A total of 112,200 was invested in 12 Taylor County farms at about 8516 each, helping families start farm ownership with a home management plan under Bankhead Jones Act provisions and 40 year terms at 3.5 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Miller
Farm Security Administration
Taylor County
FSA
Secretary of Agriculture
Wright
Clark
Henry
Imwa
Harrison
Ida
Plymouth
Fayette
Howard
Emmett J
FSA Offic
Ials
Hugh Buchanan
Verne Timberlake
Hoyt Dill
Congress
License Applications Grow With County Mobile Outreach
Blanche Rankin reports 1621 driver license applications filed since she began three weeks ago. She will visit New Market City Hall Monday June 19, Clearfield City Hall Wednesday June 21, Lenox East Bank Bldg Friday June 23, and Blockton City Hall Tuesday June 27 with 9 am to 4 30 pm hours. Remaining applications can be made at Bedford sheriff's office on other weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche C. Rankin
Motor Vehicle Department
Sheriff's Office
New Market
City Hall
Clearfield
Lenox
East Bank
Blockton
Bedford
Rain totals and steady temperatures mark two wet weeks
Six inches of rainfall were recorded here in two weeks with 2.7 inches from Wednesday and Thursday and 1.25 inches on Friday plus 1.56 on Saturday. Temperatures cooled evenings, coats were worn, and furnaces lit. Corn fields show weeds but corn grows well, oats and swarth heading, new seedings progressing despite prior heat. Plantings of beans advancing as rains continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers Brothers
Bedford
Steffensons Attend Epworth League Conference
Rev and Mrs A Douglas Stef fenson and their son travel to Indianola for an Epworth League conference where Rev Stef fenson serves as an instructor. They are joined by Doris Rimel and Jean Hook for the week, with Lavonne Hamilton and Jeanette Lucas also at the camp and escorted by Atty and Mrs Jas A Lucas Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Douglas Steffenson
Small Son
Indianola
Steffenson
Doris Rimel
Jean Hook
Lauvonne Hamilton
Jeanette Lucas
Atty
Jas. A. Lucas
Gypsies Rent Room on Our Main Street
In Bedford on West Main a brown tent on a vacant lot holds a portable organ benches and a living annex with a sign announcing nightly meetings except Mondays and Saturdays. East Main shows banners forming a tent with two women dressed as gypsies and a window placard promising a glimpse into future love and finance. Authorities frown on gypsy gatherings and an earlier rent receipt complicates actions while commentators recall Des Moines renter stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main
East Main
Antiques and Hobbies Feature at Taylor County Fair
An antiques and hobbies exhibit will be a feature of the Taylor county fair replacing the picture and plants department. Mrs. John Thompson will oversee the exhibit, which invites entries of items at least fifty years old owned by Taylor County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
John Thompson
County fair call for teacher pupil exhibits
County Superintendent Anna D. Engle asks teachers and pupils to bring materials for exhibition to her office for the Taylor county fair this summer. The rural school exhibit is highlighted as an educational feature. all suitable materials should be preserved and brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna D. Engle
Pest Exterminator Harold J Snyder Hunts For Profit
Harold J Snyder of this city runs a pest control business by hunting. In recent months he killed 300 ground hogs 40 boxes 7 wolves and 80 crows for which the county pays a bounty. His operation uses two dogs and a rifle with shovels and spades as gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Snyder
Snyder
Robert Snyder
Dan Cover
Moser Dies After Stroke in Sharpsburg Home
David R. Moser died at his Sharpsburg home following a stroke Monday night. Funeral services at the Presbyterian church Friday at 2 p.m. Burial is in Methodist Grove cemetery. Survived by his wife, one son Martin, and four daughters Mrs. Cochran of Lenox, Mrs. Orma of Nodaway, Mrs. Campain of Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Cochran of Milan. Also notes a separate item of Miss Ann Crum undergoing appendicitis surgery at Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David BR. Moser
Sharpsburg
Prinees
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Grove
Moser
Taylor County
Martin Moser
William Cochran
Lenox
William Orma
Nodaway
J. Westley Campain
Council Bluffs
Lloyd Cochran
Milan
Conservation of Soil Urged by Iowa Officials and Residents
Farm Editor J. S. Russell of the Des Moines Register & Tribune urged soil conservation in Iowa in a Friday address here. A Bedford parade and picnic at Bibbins Park highlighted displays on erosion control and soil practices, with County Agent Robert Davie and L. M. Shaw among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
J. 5. Russell
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Bedford School
CCC
Bibbing Park
C. T. Cheney
Taylor County
Bibbins Park
Robert Davie
Clarinda
Shenandoah
L. M. Shaw
The
Herald
J. S. Russell
Shaw
Des Moines
Register
Russell
Lipstock
Farm Security Administration
Gerald Steen
Bedford
Cavern Mishap Ends with Narrow Rescue Under Ground
Cleo Gold was trapped in a shallow cavern at a work site when the weight of dirt and his arm blocked breathing. Glen Johnson dug frantically with a shovel, freeing Gold just in time. Gold suffered a sprain and bruises, expected to recover in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fihe
Cleo Gold
Gold
Glen Johnson
Johnson
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Ing. J. M. Ahumada
Obras Sanitarias de la Nacion Oficina Tecnica de Provincias Y
T. N. Charcas
Wm. Shepard
Garfield
G. F. Steen
W. A. Livingston
George MecNees
W. R. Livingston
Raymond Sneed
D. L. Moothart
Bedford Soil Conservation Camp
Moxie Wackernagle
Max Wackernagle
Stuff
Barker Implement Co
Eclipse Lumber Yard
L. J. Hand
Dalby
Steffensons
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
David R. Moser
Miss Ann Crum
Ethodist
St. Jo ‘E
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