All This and More At Three Fires
Lake of Three Fires offers 125 acres of rolling landscape with fishing and boating inlets and a sandy beach with chairs. A large supervised swim area, rafts, diving boards and water bikes serve hundreds of swimmers, plus a concrete boat ramp. New 1967 gear includes an 8 by 16 foot pontoon boat for eight with night lights grill and canopy. Surrounding woodlands host hiking bird watching photography and three camping picnicking zones with cabins sleeping four. Betty Burks manages the beach and bath concession with supplies and a beach house. Season tickets listed at 18 dollars for families and 8 dollars for singles.
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Eugene
Betty) Burks
Bedford
Bedford Golf Inks Welcomes Visitors At Local Course
Campers and visitors to the Lake of Three Fires are invited to Bedford to play a nine hole course just north on Highway 148. Green fees are a dollar and a half on weekdays two dollars and a half on weekends and holidays or ten dollars for a two week period. A husband and wife rate is two dollars and a half on weekdays or four dollars on weekends.
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Lake of Three Fires
Bedford
Highway 148
Bedford Country ‘Club
Visitors invited to tour Bedford Feed Factors plant
Three Fire campers and visitors to Bedford are invited to tour Lucas Products Co factory, a home owned industry making quality livestock feeds. Tours are offered Monday through Friday. The plant lies three blocks southeast of the Hardin Theatre.
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Bedford
Lucas Products Co
Hardin Theatre
Water safety instructors named for event duties
Fully qualified water safety instructors are Wayne Matheny and Jim Salen. Patti Levitt will assist at the concession stand, as will Dee Ann Burks.
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Wayne Matheny
Jim Salen
Patti Levitt
Dee Ann Burks
Campers and Visitors Invited to Bedford Area Churches
Local churches in Bedford welcome campers and visitors to Sunday services with no dress code. Listings include Baptist Ollie Odle pastor, 10 a.m. school and 11 a.m. worship. Sacred Heart Rev LaVern Wingert 10:30 a.m. Mass. Christian J. W. Taenzier 9:45 a.m. school and 10:45 a.m. worship. Jehovah Witnesses Carroll Akes scheduling Tuesday 8 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.. St Timothy Lutheran Donald L. Miller 11 a.m.. Methodist J. Milton Kinney 9:30 a.m. worship and 10:30 a.m. school. Presbyterian John D. Kerr 9:15 a.m. school and 10:30 a.m. worship. Hamilton Memorial A. M. Church Walter Orimann 9:45 a.m. school and 10:45 a.m. worship with KNRA radio Sundays at 8:30 a.m.. Shenandoah noted.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
LaVern Wingert
ST. Timothy Lutheran Church
Donald L. Miller
Madison St
Methodist Church
J. Milton Kinney
Presbyterian
John D. Kerr
Hamilton Memorial A. M
Walter Orimann
KNRA
Shenandoah
Interdenominational Sunday Services at Three Fires Park
Interdenominational services for campers and visitors will be held Sundays at 8:00 a.m. in the park shelter house within the picnic area. Bedford InterChurch Council sponsors the event, with attendees arriving in casual clothing.
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Bedford InterChurch Council
This is the Place Iowa revised edition
A new edition of This is the Place Iowa from Iowa State University Press by Margaret L. Posten surveys Iowa history and travel. It weaves tales of Indians, trains, safety, transportation, and state development from glaciers and mounds to Civil War and Korean War eras across 38 chapters and 131 pages.
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Iowa
Prairies
Iowa State University Press
Margaret L. Posten
Villisea
Towa
Free T P Copies To Campers At Three Fires
The 1947 Times-Press feature on the Lake of Three Fires is issued as a special supplement. Extra green paper copies are distributed to campers and cabin visitors at the state park, with 15 seasonal issues from June 15 to September 15. Courtesy group ads from 44 Bedford merchants help fund the complimentary sheets delivered to overnight visitors three miles north of Bedford.
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Times-Press
Bedford
State Park
Iowa's Hall of Fame offers tribute to prominent Iowans
The book This is the Place Iowa features 70 photographs and drawings, detailing Iowans who excel in politics literature music and art. It provides a concise history of the Midwest state and is priced at 4.50 available from booksellers or Iowa State University Press in Ames.
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Iowa
Midwest
Iowa State University Press
Ames
Camper Cooks Take Note of Good Eggs
Canada’s National Research Council studies egg white breakdown seen in many eggs over seven years. They report 10 800 eggs studied in June find wash devices and insulated boxes slow cooling cause the white to spread. Findings urge better handling to maintain yolk height and albumen integrity.
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Canada
National Research Council
C.N.R.C
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Firestone Tires
Oil, Gas & Service
AU New
Phillips 66
Beemer - Gold Oil CO
Hy-Vee
Syyles
SUN G& L
ASSES
Fredford
Kodak
Feed Factors
HER
TOT ’N Teen
Hardin
Main Street
Knit - Wits
Ollie Odle
Carroll Akes
R. W. Jones
Bedford, Ia
Taylor
Hiway
Hawkeyes
Amesia
Tory
Mississippi River
Spirit Lake
Mlpment
Ken
Leta
Akiuhix
Western Auto Assoc
Bedford Cleaners
Sim
Jeter
Bouvenies
Sint Saippilanoee
the Research Council
Main
Town & Country
Shehans
Junction Cafe
Hiways
Accershories
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
Frosty
Trete
NWA
Regal
Hollow
Newton
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