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Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1961

Page

3

Sacred Heart Church and area church schedule notice

Local religious listings show Sacred Heart Church under Rev. Adam S. Reisz with service times on 2nd and 4th Sundays at 8 a.m and 1st 3rd 5th Sundays at 10 a.m. Berea Church of Christ invites Bible study at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and communion at 11:30 a.m. every Lord's Day. Jehovahs Witnesses schedule weekly Bible studies at 204 Jefferson St with various sessions on Tuesday Friday Sunday and public talks and Watchtower study Sundays with no collections.

Sacred Heart Church Adam S. Reisz Berea Church OF Christ Bedford Jehovah's Witnesses the Kingdom Hall Jefferson St Bible Aid

Presbyterian Church to Observe Father’s Day Worship

Eldridge Mason McGehee pastor announces Father’s Day observance this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. during the regular worship service at the Presbyterian Church.

Presbyterian Church Eldridge Mason McGehee

Westminster Fellowship Sets June 25 Meeting

The Westminster Fellowship will meet on June 25 with Rita Lemke conducting worship and Allen Miller leading the program. Mike Thompson and Karen Deal join the refreshment committee. Elders and Deacons meet this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Westminster Fellowship Rita Lemke Allen Miller Mike Thompson Karen Deal

First Baptist Church Schedule Highlights Guest Speaker

The First Baptist Church announces a June schedule with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m led by guest speaker Rev Donald Evans of Maryville. The Baptist Women's Society meets Tuesday at 2 p m with Circle Two hosting, followed by a Prodigals Class picnic at Lake of Three Fires Wednesday night.

Donald Evans Maryville Baptist Women’s Society Circle Two Lake of Three Fires Larry Hogue Q. N. Evans Fred Blood Jack Blood Guthrie Center Charles Mariam Blood David Stewart Tom Grimm Roy Kerns

Methodist Church Service and Choir Schedule

Anthony Blankers, Pastor. Sunday 8:00 worship with Junior choir. 9:00 church school Father's Day program. 10:00 worship. 6:00 Senior M Y F. Tuesday 2:30 monthly W S C S meeting. 8:00 Official board. 7:00 Thursday Senior choir. 7:00 Thursday Junior High M L Y F. Saturday 1:00 Junior choir.

Methodist Church Anthony Blankers M.Y.F W.S.C.S M.ly.f

Sharpsburg Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings

Richard Gold of Council Bluffs visited his grandmother Mrs. Georgia Borden and aunt Nellie Borden in Sharpsburg. The 20th Century club met with Mrs. Belle Phalen for a covered dish luncheon as Mystery Sisters were formed. June church activities and meetings followed with officers elected. Several families, including the Grims, Kerns, Bloods, Mills, and Bordens, visited or hosted relatives from Guthrie Center, Des Moines, Shenandoah, and New Market. Lilly Million left for Des Moines to attend college. Alpha Severn and family from Sacramento visited Lenox and Sharpsburg before returning west.

Sharpsburg Richard Gold Council Bluffs Georgia Borden Nellie Borden Josie Holmes James Strom New Sharon Paul Chitty Chas. Miller New Sharon Monthead Belle Phalen 20Th Century Club Andy Anderson Linda el Paso Texas Len Grimm Roy Kerns Walter Scott Tom Grimm Leaverton Mystery Sisters Maude Weller Mae Sanders Mabel Dc. Grimm Chloe Kerns Lena Filbert Rook Lilly Dresher Lindy Anderson Dale Mills Earlham Iowa Ralph Rutledge Mills Irene Cole Rutledge Richard Underwood Mary Faye Fatty Spencer Peck Ralph Borden Carrie Borden New Market Paul Oxley Waukee Georgia Lilly Million Clifford Million Des Moines Alpha Severn Sacramento Calif Lenox

Pet Peeves and Birds in Bedford Times

Jottings reflect on pet peeves and the dignity of Father. Marge and I watch brown thrashers raise young in a multiflora rose hedge attracting cedar waxwings and a grosbeak. Ogallala strawberries delight, and Bedford plans July 4 band and Blockton Centennial with Dollar Day Bargains and a Jaycees carnival.

Marge Lois Scane Times-Press Bedford Community School Blockton Bedford Bedford Jaycees

Local Book of Community Gatherings and Church Schedules

A cluster of social notes covers visits from Des Moines and Mason City to Blockton families, a Garden Club meeting in June with a rose lesson by Halee Roudebush and a planned flower show.Church services and Sunday school times are listed for Baptist and Christian churches, plus recent travel for a graduation in Omaha and a wedding visit to Blockton relatives.

Flossie Henson Halee Roudebush Gladys Bentley Daddy

Grandmother Record Set by Sherry Lynn Sellars Births

Sherry Lynn Sellars born June 4 in Clearfield sets a new area record for living grandparents at fourteen. Her mother is Linda King of Blockton, daughter of Everett King. grandparents include Darwin Sellars and Everett King, with great and great great grandparents listed across Lenox, Blockton, Diagonal, and Earlham.

Sherry Lynn Wendell Sellars Clearfield Sherry Linda King Everett D. King Blockton Darwin Sellars Everett King Frank Zollman Lenox Ernest King Glen Routh Diagonal Zed Huffman Ernest Sellars Earlham Georgia King Lillian Waldrip

McCreight Family Visits as Nursing Home Resident Highlighted

Clinton Pennsylvania residents Mr and Mrs Duane Mc Creight and Shirley visited Bessie McCreight and Floy while Elmer McCreight stays at Clearview Nursing Home. Virginia Jackson wed Doyle Austin in Redding with Jackson and Black family guests attending. Roberta McClintock heads to Omaha for wedding plans as Mary Lila Torpy prepares to wed Donald Dilla on June 24 1961.

Duane McCreight Shirley Clinton Pennsylvania Bessie McCreight Floy Elmer McCreight Clearview Nursing Home Chas, Jackson Harold Black Chas Virginia Jackson Redding Miss Jackson Doyle Austin Glen Austin Yale Lillie and Allen Joe Trost Raymond Trost Don Trost Lenox Gene Trost Kent Roberta McClintock Omaha Mary Lila Torpy Miss Torpy Donald Dilla

Abernathy Dillon Wedding Draws Local Guests

Gravity reports Missi Loretta Abernathy and Leo Dillon wed in Blockton Sunday afternoon. Local families and friends from Gravity Lenox Des Moines Bartlesville and surrounding towns attended. Community events included Bible school and a post wedding visit at the Johnson and Dougan households.

Frank Ambrose Gravity LeRoy Johnson Brice Johnson Blockton Loretta Abernathy Leo Dillon John Melvin Des Moines Cecil Heninger Bartlesville Okla Iona Heninger Inez Payton Bedford Quentin King Iowa City Emma Price Cecil Morgan Doris Nickell Bible College Moberly Horace Nick E Nelbling An and Tana Highland Kansas

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