Bedford Nurse Weds Houston Lieutenant in January Wedding
Miss Helen Steel of Bedford and Lieut Frank Hardie of Houston Texas were married January 16 1943. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs J Robt Steel, a Mayo Clinic trained nurse from Kahler Hospital School of Nursing who will visit Bedford before joining her husband at Camp Sibert Gadsden Alabama where he is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Steel
Bedford
Frank Hardie
Houston
Texas
J. Robt. Steel
Bedford High School
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Kahler Hospital School of Nursing
Gadsden
Alabama
Camp Sibert
H M P Club Hosts Patriotic Program at Library Room
H M P Club members and guests met Thursday afternoon June 3 in the Library Club Room. Under direction of Mrs. Bryan D Mohler and others a patriotic program followed with a playlet Truth Marches On vocal and violin solos by Madonna Nash cornet solos Buy A Liberty Band Stars and Stripes Forever by Glenn Fitch and solo Perfect Day by Mrs John Fitch with piano violin accompaniments by Mrs Nash and Madonna Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Mohler
Zetta Mohler
H.M.P. Club
Library Club
Bryan D. Mohler
C. E. Longfellow
Ralph Ratekin
Madonna Nash
M. B. Nash
Sandra Sawyer
Charles Sawyer
Glenn Fitch
Mrs
John Fitch
Mrs. Nash
West Gay Ladies Club Meets With Mrs Norton
Mrs George Norton hosted the West Gay Ladies Club Thursday afternoon June 10. Members embroidered tea towels, shared readings or poems for Father’s Day, and heard a talk titled Our Flag. Seven members attended and refreshments were served. next meeting set for July 3 at Mrs Harvey French’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Norton
Ladies West Gay Club
Harvey French
Mrs. Clark Hosts Mizpah Chapter at Home
Mrs Claude Clark hosted the Mizpah Chapter of Daughters of Ceres at her home Friday afternoon with Mrs Paul Townsend assisting. Fourteen members attended with Mrs John Herrington as a guest and Mrs George Jared leading the program reader. The club donated $10 to the Red Cross and refreshments were served. This was the last meeting until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Clark
Mizpah
Daughters of Ceres
Paul Townsend
John Herrington
George Jared
Red Cross
Jolly Ten Club Meets At Burns Home
Mrs Newt Burns entertained the Jolly Ten Club Saturday evening. Three tab games of Pinochle were played with Mrs Roy Henderson high and Roy Henderson low. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edgar Winslow and visitors S Sgt Luther Burns and wife from Amarillo Texas Mr and Mrs Harold Brown and family. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt Burns
Jolly Ten Club
Roy Henderson
Edgar Winslow
Sgt
Luther Burns
Amarillo
Texas
Harold Brown
Honor Pfc. William Salter Sit Supper Party Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Troy John and family hosted a Monday supper at their home to honor Pfc. William Salter on furlough from Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Guests included George Salter Sr. and daughter Margaret, Frank Oxley and son Kenneth, George Salter Jr. and family, Gertie Salter, Mary Jean Salter, and Marguerite Wolverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy John
Pfc
William Salter
Camp Claiborne
George Salter
Margaret
Frank Oxley
Kenneth
Famiy
Gertie Salter
Mary Jean Salter
Marguerite Wolverton
Johnsons Entertain At Family Dinner in Bedford
Mr and Mrs Ray Johnson entertained relatives at their Bedford home on Sunday Those present included Mr and Mrs Lloyd Houk and Ada Beth of Guthrie Center Iowa Mrs Clara Houk of Gravity Mr and Mrs Will Egleston of Sharpsburg Mrs Eugene Johnson Mrs Annabelle Crawford and daughter Judy of Bedford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Johnson
Bedford
Lloyd Houk
Ada Beth
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Clara Houk
Gravity
Will Egleston
Sharpsburg
Eugene Johnson
Annabele Crawford
Judy
Local Club Hostesses Invite at Union Country Club
Golden Rule Circle of the Rebekah Lodge hosted by Mrs. Floyd Shum at I.C.0.F. Hall. F. F. Club hosted by Mrs. Merle Snyder. Thursday June 24 at Union Country Club with Mrs. Glade Keith and Mrs. E. E. Orme as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Floyd Shum
I.c.0.f. Hall
Union Country Club
Glade Keith
All for Victory Club Receives Flag for Perfect Attendance
Dorothy Else conducted bugling as Doran and the All for Victory Club earned an American flag for perfect attendance and punctuality at 10 15.
Plow On Contouring Sooner After Rains
County Extension Director Robert Davie highlights contour farming benefits after wet weather. contour rows follow uniform soil type and elevation, letting farmers work the driest parts of fields first, especially in corn plowing, improving overall field readiness after rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Davie
Busy Bee Club Meets In June Hostess Evening
Mrs. Leroy Book hosted the Busy Bee Club on Thursday afternoon June 3 with thirteen members present. Guests included Mrs. Bert Cabeen Miss Mary Ruth Cabeen and Miss Pauline Garrett. The group planned the annual family picnic at the Lake of Three Fires on Sunday June 13 and Mrs. Leland Jones will entertain on Thursday July 1 with a roll call prompt featuring "Victory Slogans."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Book
Busy Bee Club
Bert Cabeen
Mary Ruth Cabeen
Pauline Garrett
Cabeen
Lake of Three Fires
Leland Jones
Mulching Tomatoes and Crops Delays Rot into Garden Beds
The article explains mulching both staked and unstaked tomatoes to reduce rotting and notes that plants started in a hotbed or indoors are large enough to mulch, while direct seeded plants may need two to three weeks. Mulch between carrot rows saves labor across the garden.
Banner Goodwill Club Meets at Mrs Wolverton Home
Friday afternoon the Banner Goodwill Club entertained twelve members at Mrs Howard Wolverton's home. Mrs August Warneke attended as a guest. The July meeting will be at Mrs Paul Thompson's home and will include a canning suggestion in the roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Goodwill Club
Howard Wolverton
August Warneke
Paul Thompson
Canning
Rally Day Held By 4 H Girls At Bedford High
Muddy roads and rain did not stop nearly 100 4-H girls, parents and friends from attending the Bedford High School Rally Day on Wednesday June 9. New officers were elected Kathleen Wintermute president Lois Keith vice president Dorothea Lincoln secretary treasurer Donna Freemyer historian. The event featured a pageant 4 H Builds for Victory and a flag ceremony led by Madonna Nash. Agricultural notes from Iowa State College detail cultivator use and adjustments to control weeds in corn under wet conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford High School
Kathleen Wintermute
Lois Keith
Dorothea Lincoln
Donna Freemyer
Brooks Nash
Madonna Nash
Edgar Wainwright, Jr
Sarah Jane Bowers
Marshall Merry Maids Club
The
Loyal Legion Club
Karl Paschal
Floy Heinrich
Mary Louise Simon
Florence Forbes
Iowa State College
William Park
Home Project
Gretchen Timberlake
Ames
Iowa State College Extension Agricultural Engineers
Iowa State College Extension Service
Vacation time for children sparks work and play plans
The piece argues children tire of unstructured breaks and need regular chores and a home routine in summer. It notes teens can work, younger kids need duties, and well planned activities reduce boredom and family feuds. A follow up will offer plans to direct vacation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley McCarthy
Camp Fire Girls Meet With Margaret Maxwell
The Camp Fire girls met at Margaret Maxwell's home on Tuesday June 15. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at Barbara Terry's home on Tuesday June 22 at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Maxwell
Barbara Terry
Mulching Gardens Cuts Farm Labor In Hot Weather
Vegetable specialists urge mulching to save labor and conserve moisture. Straw mulch three to four inches around each tomato eggplant and pepper plant reduces weeds and sustains soil in warm dry periods.
Giant Dairy Industry Supports War Effort
A wartime emphasis on dairy highlights the 26 million U.S. dairy cows and milk products as vital to nutrition for workers, sick and wounded, and civilians. Milton Hult notes dairy products supply significant protein and energy, aiding war production and national resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Hult
National Dairy Council
Dairy industry keeps record milk output despite war strain
Amid material shortages and labor scarcity, the dairy sector continues to break production records monthly. From January to April 1943 it averaged 1,770,000 pounds daily more than the same period in 1942, signaling supplies sufficient for major cities including Portland, Kansas City, Louisville, Richmond and Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Kansas City
Missouri
Louisville
Kentucky
Richmond Virginia
Buffalo New York
Mutual Benefit Sells Two Local Farms
Ray L. King of Bedford bought the 319 acre Aliie Roy Faubion farm two miles west of Blockton from Mutual Benefit Life Ins Co. leased by Charlie Starlin. Ray E. Madden of Tingley purchased the 239 acre Hawkins farm 514 miles east of Bedford on the paved highway. Purchasers took immediate possession with lease assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray L. King
Bedford
Aliie Roy Faubion
Mutual Benefit Life Ins
John R. Edmondson
Corning
Blockton
Charlie Starlin
Hawkins
Ray E. Madden
Tingley
Iowa
Olga H. Mothershead
Miss Helen Steel Graduates at Mayo Clinic
Miss Helen Steel daughter of Bedford completes studies at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota on May 29 as part of a class of ninety six twenty from Iowa. Her mother attends the graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Steel
Nurse From Minneapolis Teaches Home Nursing in Taylor County
Miss Johnson, a registered nurse from Minneapolis, arrives to instruct Home Nursing classes in Taylor County. She will lodge with Mrs. Mary Richardson during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Johnson
Minneapolis
Taylor County
Mary Richardson
Payroll Savings Honor Roll Backs War Bonds in Taylor County
Four firms in Taylor county led by Cudahy Packing and Soil Conservation Service in Bedford join the local payroll allotment plan by contributing 10 percent or more of earnings to War Savings Bonds each month. Iowa Liquor Store New Market gives 14.8 percent and New Market Coal Company 12.1 percent. More firms likely join within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Cudahy Packing Company and
Soil Conservation Service
Bedford
Iowa Liquor Control Store
New Market Coal Company
New Market
W. L. Steeves
New Market Coat Company
Steeves
Children's Day Program at Church of Christ Sunday
A Children's Day program is planned at the Church of Christ for 10 o clock Sunday morning June 20. It features opening songs recitations by Shirley Sparks Carol Goff and others, map study and solo performances, with offering and benediction by Rev P H Peterson. Worship follows at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Troy Spencer
Shirley Sparks
Carol Goff
Corn Beal
Betty Atkins
Mary Hullinger
Sandra Beal
Clarence Sparks
Jesus
August Anderson
Alfred Anderson
Ralph Chaney
Jesus and the
Patty Straight
Joan Marshall
Shirley Poore
Dorothy Savage
Anna Lee Tucker
Mary Ellen Park
Barbara Putman
Muriel Chaney
Signe Anderson
Catherine Martin
Wanda Galvere
Lola Miller
Bobbie Beck
P. H. Peterson
Axis Promotes War Bond Payroll Savings
Propaganda urges workers to join payroll savings at ten percent with slogans praising soldiers as one hundred percent, urging individuals to figure out the plan themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
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H. M. P. Club
West Gay Ladies Club
Mrs. Clark
Doc
Burns’ Home
Honor Pfc
Johnsons
F. F. Club
Merle Snyder
H. P. S. Club
E. E. Orme
Mrs. Leroy
Iowa Guild Welfare Research Station
Mrs. Wolverton
Camp Fire
America
Mutual Benefit
Miss Steel
Horawit
Aml
Seil
Better Homes & Gardens
Woman's Home
American Homesrc
Open Road
Pathfinder
Screenland
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Sports
True Story
Modern Romar
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Science & Discove
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Farm Journal & Farmer's Wife
Nat
Poultry Tribune
Capper
Paice'stown
American Fruit
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American Poultry Jral
Better Cook
Better Homes & Gardens Mhiattan Heral
Collier's
Jrnl
Parent’s Magazine
Poultry Tribune Redbook Magazin
Science de Discovery
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Sheveseful Farm
the Woman
Capper’s Farmer
Child Life ‘ Hygeia
Liberty
Popular Mechanics
American Poultry
Farm Journal
Nac
American Fruit Grow Farmer's Wife
Alyr
Mao
Taylor & Adjoining Counties
Coupoex
Nami
R.F
Cudahy
Sid
Galion Fruits
Prunes
Shorefine
Black Raspberries
Shurfine
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