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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
6
Dr J F Hardin told Times-Press plans call for a grand opening Sept 15 for the new theatre. E W Kerr who ran the Ri alto when it burned April 20 is in town to sign a lease. Kerr will receive first year rent free as Hardin commends his experience and trustworthiness.
A June university dinner at Iowa City recognized pharmacy seniors and June graduates in dentistry and medicine. Bedford student Warden M. Rimel,Medicine senior, was named a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. SUI President Virgil M. Hancher spoke at the medical convocation and announcements were made by Dean Norman B. Neffgon and Dean William J. Simon.
Wayne Owen of Bedford earns a United States Public Health Service Fellowship for graduate work in clinical psychology at State University of Iown this fall. He is a 1955 Grinnell College psychology honors graduate and interns at Clarinda Mental Health Institute this summer. Wilbert Owen Jr. also of Bedford earned a Town State College Ames B S in Industrial Education and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the USAF.
Julia Wintermute, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Wintermute of Pomona California, is chosen town queen for the All-State picnic on July 4 in Ontario. A Pomona High School junior born near Bedford, she is active in the First Baptist church band and G R A with hobbies including golf tennis hiking and swimming.
Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at the Methodist church for F L Wetmore sr 71 who died at his north Bedford home after a heart attack. Interment in Fairview cemetery. He founded Wetmore Funeral Home 44 years ago and built the present facility in 1919. Surviving are Mrs Wetmore and three children Frank L Wetmore Jr Mrs Harry Johnson and Mrs Jack Larsen. He contributed to community affairs including the Bedford Gun Club baseball conservation Lake of Three Fires site and Bedford Country Club.
Healings and illnesses populate a community notices page with names such as Daryl Monk, Vic Dalbey, and Orville Nelson. Several residents return home after hospital stays while others face surgeries or serious illnesses at facilities including Corning Waterloo and Mayo Clinic.
Red Cross Bloodmobile will stop at Bedford High School gymnasium Friday from noon to 6 p.m. Donors will be honored on the roll. pledges are urged, with emphasis on recruiting extra donors. County chairman Harry Lucas seeks three volunteers to help unload equipment at the sheriff's office.
The Don Franklin carnival shows at the east town baseball field sponsored by the local Legion Post. Nightly displays, rides, and concessions run through Saturday with a kid friendly coupon offering a ride after 2 pm on Saturday for ten cents with a dime companion.
Martha Dinwiddie and Janet George depart Bedford and Indianola for an eleven weeks trip abroad. Their itinerary includes England Scotland Norway Sweden Denmark Germany Austria Italy and Switzerland with a Paris return on Labor Day. The tour is run by Students International Travel Association of New York.
Lowell Parman of Clarinda and Sandra Sawyer of Bedford obtained a marriage license on June 6.
Injures right hand when middle finger caught in chain of a blue grass stripper. Imogene Goudie, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Goudie, underwent surgery Thursday with fifteen stitches taken.
Bill Gold of Hamburg underwent appendicitis surgery at Hamburg hospital on Tuesday with his Bedford parents Mr. and Mrs. Clea Gold present. Roger Reith son of Bedford residents had a Tuesday bone tumor surgery at Missouri Methodist Hospital St. Joseph and is listed in satisfactory condition. Jim Jefferies returned home Saturday from St. Francis hospital Maryville where he was a medical patient and is convalescing with his sister and her husband. Joe Gunson of Brockton was under observation at a Kansas City Research Clinic last week, with his Kansas trip clarified by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gunson.
A Friday photo shows progress on the new theater with the old Hatchery building and Dr. Hardin’s office site in view. Workers identified include Paul Wogan Meaford bricklayers Virgil Dolph and Bill Huber Lenox and contractors Jimmie Lobbs Bedford and Joe Jefferies Clearmont, among others. various basements are cleared for services.
At the Des Moines Iowa-Des Moines annual conference Rev Roet and Rev Peters are assigned to charges for the new year. Bishop F Gerald Baesley announced ministerial appointments and a $200000 youth camps campaign beginning June 1956. Paul Shearer was elected conference lay leader.
Cpl. Gerald Cole returned home from Fort Sheridan Illinois after a two year enlistment with one year in Germany He plans to resume Maryville College studies to prepare for teaching and coaching Cpl. Robert Gillette also discharged at Fort Sheridan Illinois after fifteen months with the area forces He served as a survey specialist and was released on June ninth
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Rue K Minor of Bilockton on June 9 named Marilyn Kay. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Gates of Washington DC on June 8 named Anthony. Mrs Gates is the former Miss Patty Young of Bedford. A son was born to Pvt and Mrs Quentin Hayworth on June 7 in Albuquerque NM named Carl Howard. Mrs Mina Hayworth of Clarinda is the paternal grandmother. The Hayworths are former Bedford residents.
Lee Cavendar age 43 died at the County Home Wednesday morning June 15. Funeral services will be at Shum Funeral Home Friday at two o'clock conducted by Rev. Fred H Cowles. Burial will be in Memory Cemetery.
The latter part of May and early June enlistments include Robert Dean Rea son of Lenox in the air force H Edward Daniel Ward Thomas Henry Gray and Thomas Otto Hayes all of Lenox Frederick Raymond Alexander of Gravity re enlisted in the air force with a commission as second lieutenant
Miss Martha Beebe of this city received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the State University of Iowa. She plans to travel to Chicago to join the Harry Coleman Company as a public relations counselor beginning June 20.
Paul Jones of Bedford will be interviewed by Milton Henderson district extension youth assistant over KSIB Creston on Saturday June 18 on the radio program 4-H On the Air. Paul a member of R J Producers 4 H club in Taylor county is a candidate for state 4 H office and one of eight candidates elected from 4 H Boys of Iowa.
Colonel Gates and Mrs. Gates with children spent the weekend at Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dinwiddie’s home in Washington. Gates returned to Washington on Monday while Mrs. Gates and children proceeded to Palo Alto to visit her parents. The eldest son Kergit Jr. finished his second year at West Point and did not accompany them. Col Le Guy Young of Oklahoma City visited relatives at Milo.
Mr and Mrs Paul Parrish longtime residents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their home in Los Angeles California Sunday with 120 guests. Their son Lieutenant Jim Parrish of the First Marine Division attended the event. Their daughter Martha is set to graduate from high school next year.
Free Red Cross swimming lessons start Monday at Lake of Three Fires under lifeguard Lowell Caskey with assistants Judy Beemer and Phil Bartlett. Parents must consent for children. adult instruction runs Wednesday nights from six to seven. Admission to the pool is the only cost for adults.
Don Foreman of Gravity funds repairs for his Main Street building now housing the Coy Tailor Shop. Carpenter work is by M. J. Cade. The thick storefront glass is cut down and set in a fir paneling exterior.
Bedford Lions Club members, 25 strong, will hold meetings only once monthly in June July and August. Delmar Fuller and Kenneth Fellows to schedule the July 11 gathering. The club authorized 24 to pay two weekly bus trips for Bedford children to Lake of Three Fires swimming classes.
Bedford plans a free dancing event on Saturday July 2 at the east edge football field with square, regular and western dancing, organized by the Bedford Fire Department. A free horse show by the Bedford Saddle Club is set for Sunday July 3 at the full grounds with a 1 PM start and a schedule including relay and various races. Local boosters raise funds from the Centennial, aiming to avoid July 4 conflicts with Mount Ayr activities.
Ames Iowa June 9 Fifty Town State College civil engineering juniors will attend a summer camp at Wirt Minnesota from Aug 1 to Sept 9 as part of their required engineering courses John Sawyer son of Mr and Mrs M K Sawyer Jedford will be in the group At Wirt the men form surveying crews for railroads and highways with precise leveling hydrographic and plane table surveys Each man serves in every position to learn duties of all survey party members
Mrs Mildred Stacy presented piano and voice pupils in a recital at Bedford Methodist church on Sunday afternoon June 8. Participants included Ronnie John Claire Straight Sara Lou Henryson Ann Duggar Jean Pullan June Ellen Stephens Julia Stacy Cheryl O Well Dick Steward Sharon Haensch Dick Caskey Betty Fine Patricia Combs Julie Livingston Kay Pendergraft Pam Straight Ann Livingston Jan Johnson Kenneth Keith Blaine Cummings Carole Poole Phyllis Jones Carolyn Cummings and James Marley.
Rev. R. B. Van Dyke of Sawyer Michigan will speak at the morning worship on Father’s Day June 19 at Bedford Presbyterian Church. His son Roscoe F. Van Dyke of Bedford will be soloist. the family travels through Bedford with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Van Dyke en route to a new home in California.
A group of four Rainbow Girls from the Bedford Assembly travel to Waterloo for sessions of the state assembly. Worthy Advisor Mary Ann Sharp associate advisor Alvira Stock and recorder Evelyn Russell accompany Faith Barbara Reed and chaperone Miriam Stock of Bedford Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
Forty eight Air Force ROTC cadets at State University of Town received commissions as second lieutenants Friday during commencement activities. Paul H. Bartlett Jr. of Bedford was among the graduates. Col. Charles G. Kirk administered the commissions and oath. Bartlett will work for Rietzel Paper in New York City July to November before entering three years of active duty.
Night policeman Art Matheny drove a prowler from the Skylark Cafe on Friday night during a routine front door check. The cafe door lock and east side window were pried, the intruder fled through the north door, and Noel Bissell found nothing missing at opening. Last winter about $100 was stolen in a prior entry. Local talent is believed involved.
In Justice L A Purcell s court the following pleaded guilty and were fined Ted Taylor Gravity O M V L bound over to District Court Dale Smith Bedford operating motor vehicle mechanically unsafe Arthur E Pullen Bedford speeding Robert Sawyer Winterset no tariff ticket in truck Fred Russell Johnston Charles City Iowa D M V I bound over to District Court Robert F Bowen Bedford detective muffler
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