Hopper Bait Station Opens June 20 in Taylor County
Taylor County’s 1938 grasshopper bait station will begin operating June 20 at Bedford. County Agent Robt. Davie says prepared bait will cost 25 cents per sack and be available for farmers. He urges early action to prevent migrations, outlines wet bait application rates and methods, and warns to handle sodium arsenate bait with extreme care to protect children and livestock.
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Taylor County
Bedford
Robt
Davie
Drowning of Vera Bradley in California Canal
Vera Bradley, 15, drowned in the All American Canal at Winterhaven California on June 8 while wading with two other girls. Her body was recovered after over an hour, funeral held in Yuma June 11. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Roe Bradley, sisters Doris and Irene, and brother Bud.
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Vera Bradley
Winterhaven
Calif
Roe Bradley
Geo. I. Putnam
Bradley
Yuma
Arizona
Vera
Doris
Irene
Bud
Blakemore Wins Murphy County Clerk of Courts Post
Chip Blakemore, representative at Boys State in Camp Dodge, reports in a camp note that in the general election last Tuesday he was elected clerk of the courts for Murphy County. He also mentions assignment to Robbins City and Federalist affiliation, with favorable camp meals and plans to share more upon return.
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Chip
Blakemore
Legion “Boys State
Camp Dodge
Murphy County
Robbins City
Mrs. Hamilton Heads to Iowa State Postmasters Convention
Mrs Eunice Hamilton Bedford postmaster will travel Sunday to Waterloo to attend Monday and Tuesday state convention for Iowa postmasters. She plans dedication services Tuesday at the new Waterloo post office. Accompanying her are Miss Gertrude Posten Gravity postmaster and Miss Opal Wallace New Market postmaster.
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Eunice Hamilton
Bedford
Waterloo
Iowa
Hamilton
Gertrude Posten
Gravity
Opal Wallace
New Market
Mrs Beall Resigns as Bedford Librarian After Seventeen Years
Mrs Cora Beall city librarian in Bedford for seventeen years tendered her resignation to the library board to take effect when a successor is named. She plans to move to Denver this summer and cited health reasons. The library opened in 1917 and has seen increased circulation and expanded service during her tenure. A successor must complete six weeks of training at Iowa City as required by law.
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Cora Beall
Bedford
Library Board
Miss Robinson
Zoa Ross
McMaster
Barberry war on in Taylor county
An intensive survey for common barberry bushes to curb stem rust in Taylor county is under U S Department of Agriculture supervision led by Wm. J. Best Jr and Lauren Dean. Fourteen workers in two crews scout wood lots ditches and pastures as the infestation spreads from infected bushes to rye and other grains.
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Taylor County
Wm. J. Best, Jr
Lauren Dean
United States Department of Agriculture
Polk
Mason
Washington
Jefferson
Marshall
Farnham
Pfander
Sharpsburg
Iowa
Towa
United States
Penton Sentenced to 25 Years for Family Mistreatment
Geoffrey Penton, former resident northwest of Bedford, to serve 25 years after pleading guilty to family mistreatment. Indicted earlier this week, Penton was escorted by Sheriff T. V. Lacy to Fort Madison to begin the sentence after his plea in front of Judge Fuller. Witnesses were members of his family.
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Geoffrey Penton
Bedford
Fort Madison
T. V. Lacy
Fuller
Penton
Hire Home Project Agent Here in Taylor County
Taylor county's Farm Bureau announces the employment of Miss Vera Akers of Dows Iowa as home demonstration agent. She will divide time between Ringgold and Taylor counties spending two weeks in each during the month. Akers, a Town State College Ames graduate, has experience in teaching and 4-H girls club work. She will focus on women's project work and 4-H groups as part of extension work. She begins in Taylor county on July.
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Taylor County
Farm Bureau
Vera Akers
Dows
I Iowa
Ringgold County
Miss Akers
Town State College
Ames
State College
Legion Auxiliary County Meeting Held In Conway
A joint county Legion and Auxiliary meeting is planned in Conway on Friday evening June 24 at 8 o'clock in the Floyd Burge grove east of town. The program starts with a business session to elect county officers for the coming year followed by a weiner roast. All posts and auxiliaries in the county are urged to attend with a large delegation.
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The
Legion and Auxiliary
Conway
Floyd Burge
Church School Closes With Picnic In Vacation Program
The Vacation Church School ended Saturday after two weeks in the grade school building. A noon picnic closed the session with certificates of attendance awarded to over seventy children including several with perfect records. Demonstrations of memory work and handwork displays accompanied the closing exercises at the Church of Christ Sunday evening. The Junior boys presented an electrical map of Pauls Journeys while girls showcased vases and book-ends. a moving picture scroll on the Life of Jesus was shown by the youngest children. Four ministers assisted the school with Miss Doris Kingsley Miss Dorothy Kingsley Dr Gwendolyn Weatherly Mrs Arnabelle Bailie and John Lewis aiding the program.
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Church of Christ
Paul
Jesus
Doris Kingsley
Dorothy Kingsley
Ir. Gwendolyn Weatherly
Arnabelle Bailie
John Lewis
Bray Garage Offers Novel Gas Mileage Test
Bray's Garage runs a weekend contest using a Ford V-8 Thrifty Sixty. Drivers pay to test mileage by measuring miles per gallon from a tenth of a gallon pumped into a visible tank. The test tracks distance as fuel runs out, revealing real efficiency at chosen speeds with prizes for top drivers.
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Bray
Few Changes In Vote By Canvas
Official canvas of the Taylor county primary election shows few changes after review by the board of supervisors. No changes were found that would affect nominations or require county convention actions.
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Taylor County
Board of Supervisors
Bedford Defeats Old Rivals in 6-0 Softball Win
Bedford beat Clearfield 6 to 0 Friday night at Bedford with Watts pitching and 17 strikeouts. Bedford had ten hits and six errors while Clearfield managed one hit and seven errors. Monk and Dugan pitched for Clearfield with Wood catching. Clarinda is set to play here Tuesday June 21 and Shannon City on Tuesday June 28. The Villisca game was postponed here Tuesday night due to rain.
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Bedford
Clearfield
Watts
Quinby
Monk
Dugan
Wood
Clarinda
Shannon City
Villisca
Weather summary from Chambers Bros. weekly report
The June period records show Tuesday 14 as the week's high with 89 degrees before an afternoon rain storm. The coolest day was 52 on Sunday. Rain totals included .53 inch Saturday .80 Tuesday and .60 Wednesday with heavier showers in surrounding areas south and east of Bedford.
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Bedford
Times-Press
Chambers Bros. Government
Noted Jackson County Pheasant Hobby Expands Local Stock
Doyle Henry of Jackson township southeast of Bedford raises Chinese ring-neck pheasants starting with two hens and a rooster. He hatched fifteen chicks, some escaped, builds two pens, and aims to stock the countryside with birds while defending against fox and wolf predation. Wolf and fox pups caught this season are sold to Creston and Centerville farriers.
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Doyle Henry
Jackson Township
Bedford
Henry
Creston
Ceniterville
Saunders Wins Open Tournament at Bedford Course
Clayton Saunders of Albany won the one day open tournament at Bedford Country Club defeating Nyton Bradley of Clarinda 2 up. Jack Miller of Bedford was medalist with 44 and 37, and also posted 87 and 34 in a challenging event with 61 players from Mount Ayr Corning Lenox Leon Grant City Albany Clarinda Clearfield and Bedford.
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Clayton Saunders
Albany
Bedford Country Club
Nyton Bradley
Clarinda
Jack Miller
Bedford
Aero University
Omaha
Miller
Howard Lake
Mount Ayr
Corning
Lenox
Leon
Grant City
Clarlinda
Clearfield
Resurfacing Blockton North Road Planned by Iowa Commission
The Iowa Highway Commission announced a maintenance resurfacing project on the road from Blockton north to the Union county line. The schedule lists the work as an Ames project set for June 21.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Blockton
Union County
Commission
County Receives Windfall of Cement and Gravel
Taylor county has been appropriated several hundred dollars worth of cement and gravel by the government. The material will be delivered to Bedford for the county road program. Rev. W. F. Overhulser travels to Indianola for Epworth League Institute and Christian Youth Camp duties with Jean Heck and Bedford church representatives Durward Price and Robert Park. Mary Alice Parker, five, of Gravity fractures her elbow in a chair fall and is treated in Bedford and then at a St. Joseph bone specialist before returning home.
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Taylor County
Bedford
Indianola
W. F. Overhulser
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League Institute
Lake Ahquabi
Jean Heck
Epworth League School
Durward Price
Robert Park
Bedford Methodist Church
Overhulser
Mary Alice Parker
Paul Parker
G. W. Rimel
St. Joseph
Mrs Turner Rusco Taken To Iowa City Hospital
Mrs Turner Rusco of Athelstan was taken to Iowa City Hospital on Wednesday after an incident in Iowa City.
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Iowa City Hospital
Turner Rusco
Athelstan
Iowacity
Miss Lois Sickels Suffering From Mumps In Athelstan
Miss Lois Sickels of St. Joseph is ill with the mumps at her home in Athelstan. The mild illness confines her to rest while she recovers.
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Lois Sickels
St. Joseph
Athelstan
Cooking School To Be Held In Fall At Bedford
The Bedford Times-Press announces its sixth annual Free Cooking School planned for October or November. In addition to the three day event with a demonstrator in a model kitchen, a moving picture cooking show previously offered will be presented by the Taylor County Herald starting June 29.
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Bedford Times-Press
Times-Press
Times-' l Press
Taylor County Herald
Times- Press
Correction issued on Taylor county vote totals
The Times-Press reports Ben Jensen received 1011 votes in Taylor county for the seventh district representative nomination, but the correct total is 921. Pearson led with 999 votes, Thonnell was third with Sty.
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Ben Jensen
Taylor County
Times-Press
Jensen
Pearson
Thonnell
Sty
Lamb Day Demonstration Grading Set for June 21
Entries are being received at the Farm Bureau Office from farmers seeking to have fat lambs graded for the quality lamb demonstration in Bedford on June 21. Lambs arrive at five in the morning and load at eleven. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College will classify them into prime good and choice, plus medium and culls. 4-H boys display market lambs at 10 o'clock with premiums offered by the Taylor County Farm Bureau for the top lambs. Bids will be taken from commission men and packers for the grades.
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Farm Bureau
Bedford
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Library Board Lowers Out of Town Card Fee
At Bedford Public Library the annual charge for out of town residents dropped from two dollars to one dollar. The measure aims to boost rural patronage and provide library access to nearby communities.
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Library Board
Bedford Public Library
Bedford
Taylor County Fair Plans Expanded for August Dates
Taylor county fair board met to finalize 1938 fair details including admission charges matching 1935 levels, band day prizes of 200 dollars, and a speed program with races offering added money. Dr. T. E. Anderson and James Salter will oversee staff. W. J. Kennedy to judge stock. merchants pledge 700 dollars with 28 yet to sign.
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Taylor County Fair Board
Jas. Lalter
T. E. Anderson
James Salter
Clyde Smith
W. J. Kennedy
Taylor County
Bedford
Warin Wins Lead in June 6 Democratic Primary Race
County Attorney Roger F. Warin of Bedford led the seven candidate field with 4569 votes, a 915-vote edge over McGinn of Council Bluffs, but no one reached the 35 percent needed for nomination. A district convention in Atlantic in July will select the Democratic congressional candidate. Warin carried eight of thirteen counties including Adair Adams Fremont Guthrie Mills Montgomery Page and Taylor.
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Sue
Adair
ADAMS
CASS
Fremont
Guthrie
MILLS
Montgomery
Pottawatta
Shelby
Taylor
Harrison
Taylor County
Roger F. Warin
Bedford
Warin
McGinn
Couttes, Bluffs
War
Atlantic
Iowa
Page
Cass County
Zellmer
Pottawattamie
Currie
Byers
Moore
Audubon
Zelimer
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Legion
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Bray Garage
Madame
K. W. Werth
Radiant
Kiefer Fox
Roland
Prince Charming’. King
Galahad
Gault
Washington Post
Sousa
Mareh
Chambers Bros
Saunders
Blockton North
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