Soil Conservation Week Set in Iowa June Twenty First
Taylor county faces a $2,000,000 loss from heavy rains blamed on soil erosion. Officials estimate soil loss at one fifth inch per acre on hill land and one ton per acre on other lands, using twelve cents per ton. The week of June 21 to 28, proclaimed by Governor Blue, aims to raise awareness and urge action to protect topsoil. Bedford business leaders join local organizers in the campaign.
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Taylor County
Soil Conservation District
Raymond C. Sneed
Farm Planet
Worth
Towa
Robert Blue
Bedford
G S Johnson To Leave Farm Bureau
G S Johnson announces departure from Taylor County Farm Bureau after 2 years 3 months 15 days. He will finish June 14 on payroll until July 1 plans two weeks vacation and aims to return to Vocational Agriculture teaching.
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Tayior
Miss Walker Sets Sail on Grace Line Summer Cruise
Miss Hazel Pearl Walker, former principal of Bedford High School and now instructor at Hudson, Towe, sails from New York on June 6 aboard the Grace Line. The voyage travels down the Atlantic coast through the Panama Canal to the west coast of South America with visits to Pacific coast nations, returning in August from Santiago, Chile by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Pearl Walker
New York
Grace Line
Atlantic Coast
Panama Canal
South America
Santiago
Chile
Mrs Will Keith Dies in Bedford Home at 86
Mrs Martha E Keith aged 86 died at her south Bedford home on Monday June 16. Funeral services were held at Wetmore Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev George W Swan. Burial followed in Hopting Cemetery.
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Martha E Keith
South Bedford
Wetmore Funeral Home
George W Swan
Hopiting
Former Bedford Lady Appears on Truth and Consequences
Mrs W A Purdy of Des Moines wife of a former Bedford Christian minister was the first contestant on the Truth and Consequences program. Her consequence involved handing out 500 bills directing children to a city address for candy. She received a Bulova wrist watch. Her Bedford friends await more on her sequence.
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W A Purdy
Des Moines
Bedford
County Bond Sale Grows, Iowa Savings Drive Highlighted
C H Young of State Savings Bank Bedford reports Taylor county April United States savings bond sales at 155 345 up from 90 358 a year earlier. He notes Iowa bank deposits up nearly 50 percent in two years and warns surplus money fuels inflation. County 1947 quota is 1 309 998 with 620 625 sold after four months.
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C H Young
State Savings Bank
Bedford
United States Savings
Taylor County
Iowa
United States
Young
Who Else Has An 1885 Certificate
Ed Eighmy of Grant City describing a Bedford Fire Department certificate issued to his father Dell Eighmy in April 1885. The document names Eclipse Fire Co. No 1 with signatures from J R Derrickson and M Miller. Dell Eighmy is now 86 and the piece asks if others own similar certificates.
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Ed Eighmy
Grant City
Dell Eighmy & Son
Bedford
Bedford Fire Department
Dell Eighmy
Eighmy
Eclipse Fire Co
J R Derrickson
M Miller
Bedford Boys State delegates attend Camp Dodge program
Warden Rimes and Wayland Duncan of Bedford participate in the State Legion Boys State at Camp Dodge Des Moines this week, sponsored by the Bedford Post.
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Rimes
Wayland Duncan
Bedford
State Legion
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Bedford Post
Jackson Gingerettes Plan Menu Discussion and Activities
The Jackson Gingerettes met Friday June 6 with hostesses Doris Longfellow and Margaret Sleep. Margaret Sleep demonstrated Garden Record Books and the group showed interest in Everyday Menus. Seven girls answered the ro manual Food Containing Vitamin C. Leaders and committee women attended along with two mothers from the Boys club as guests. games and refreshments followed.
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Jackson Gingerettes
Doris Longfellow
Margaret Sleep
Tall
Doris Stithem
Kay Ann Henry
Victory 4 H Club Prepares for Rally Day
The Victory 4 H club met on June 2 to practice for Rally Day. Members sang, rehearsed speeches, and answered eight with a roll call on improving posture. Refreshments were served by hostess Ruby Stevens.
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Victory 4-H
Ruby Stevens
4-H Club Meeting Highlights Roles and Talks
Hosts Richard and Vernon Hayes led a 4-H gathering with 10 present as roll call. Mary Alice Hargin spoke on Interesting Meat Alternatives and Lois Gould led talks on Our Health and Nutrition and How to Use the Guide to Good Eating. Jean Jennings demonstrated Making Tough Meat Tender. Alice Beemer ran recreation and the meeting closed with the 4-H pledge.
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Richard
Vernon Hayes
Mary Alice Hargin
Lois Gould
Jean Jennings
Alice Beemer
Taylor County Flood Damage Destroys Bridges and Roads
County Engineer James Pullan estimates 150000 dollars in flood damage to Taylor County bridges culverts and highway fills on county roads. Fourteen bridges washed out forty closed with washed approaches and sixty with dirt washed away around them. Several large bridges are on the West 102 River Nodaway River East 102 River and other sites. Much work lies ahead as plans for road improvements must be revised to fund repairs. Crop damage estimate not yet available but likely six figures.
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James Pullan
Taylor County
West 102
Nodaway
Bedford
Grove Township
Marshall
Holt
Washington
Jackson
Pullan
Rev Russell G Nye Returned To Bedford
At the annual Town-Des Moines conference Rev Russell G Nye was assigned back to the Bedford Methodist Church. Nye had served Bedford the past year and multiple county ministers received new or prior appointments across Iowa including Griswold, Red Oak, Riverton, Leon, Winterset, Ottumwa, Des Moines and many others. Merle A Gable noted as chaplain at Iowa Methodist Hospital appears among the assignments.
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Yeatuwene
Ann
Des* Moines
Town-Des Moines
Russell G Nye
Bedford Methodist Church
Rev Nye
Bedford
Taylor County
Griswold
Warrior
Red Oak Circuit
Felt
Gravity
Conway
J W Weber
Lenox
Clarence Richardson Leon
Bernard Weetman
New Market Slam
Orville Dillon
Peru
J D Stevens Blockton
L V McEleney
Sharpsburg
C W Proctor
Scouts Attend Two Day Conservation School in Iowa
Boy Scouts from across the county will take part in a two day Conservation School at the Lake of Three Fires hosted by the State Conservation Commission. Elton Jensen leads eight local scouts as El don Stemple Dr Jansen and Herman Ripperger guide wildlife preservation and fishing lessons at the Southwest Iowa Boy Scout Camp. Jack Burks returns from four years in the Merchant Marine to start a trucking business from the Mumm Super Service Station with new equipment.
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Lake of Three Fires
State Conservation Commission
Southwest Iowa
Elton Jensen
Eldon Stemple
Jansen
Herman Ripperger
Legion Posts
Jack Burks
Merchant Marine Service
Baltimore
Mumm Super
Bedford Bruins Triumph Over Burlington Junction In Baseball
Bedford clinched a 22 to 1 win over Burlington Junction as Straight earned the win and McGarey took the loss. Notable performances included Irwin driving in four runs with a triple and double, Wyckoff and Lowry contributing key hits, and Hook striking out Hahn in a pivotal seventh inning. The Bruins head to Mount Ayr next Sunday.
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Bedford
McGarey
McDonald
Hahn
Lance
Fast
O'Riley
Hackett
Burlington ‘ Junction
Brummett
B Hackett
Irwin
Marshall
Morris
Straight
Lowry
Wyckoff
Hook
Guenther
H Hackett
Nelson
Burlington Junction
Balf
Kunkle
Laricy
Sid” Morris
Ape
Harold
Junction
Buck” Irwin
Jim” Hook
Bruins
Mount Ayr
Bankers Attend Iowa State Short Course
Donald D Smith of the State Savings Bank attends the second annual agricultural short course for bankers at Iowa State College Ames. Sessions run through June 28 with 25 in the current session. Topics include farm appraisal soil management and livestock problems. A field trip to farms in Poweshiek County is planned and open house for all bankers is June 25 on campus.
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Donald D Smith
The
State Savings Bank
Iowa State College
Ames
Powesheik
Lions Club Plans Scout Camp Awards at Lake of Three Fires
Bedford Lions Club members met at the Presbyterian church with two visiting youths, preparing support for a Boy Scout Camp at Lake of Three Fires. The club will fund weekly camp awards during a four week run and new officers will be installed June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Lions Club
Presbyterian Church
Jack Larsen
Henry Hamblin
John Larsen
A W Hamblin
Lake of Three
Lions Club
Iowa
Army recruiter Earl Reeves to be in Bedford weekly
US Army Recruiting Officer Earl Reeves will be in Bedford on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week and also visit Corning and Mount Ayr two days weekly. He seeks an apartment in Bedford for his wife and two children to reside during the next two years while he works in the area under current plans.
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Earl Ll. Reeves
Bedford
Corning
Mount Ayr
Bedford B P Women's Club to Receive Charter
A charter meeting of the Bedford Business and Professional Women's Club is set for Monday evening at the Methodist Church. Dinner at 6 30. Mrs Stella E Barker of Des Moines will present the charter and be joined by a delegation. Installation by Miss Nellie Brenneman. Ruth John and committee to present program. Full attendance urged.
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Bedford Business and Professional Women’s Club
Methodist Church
Stella E Barker
Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club
Barker
Clarinda Business and Professional Women’s Club
Nellie Brenneman
Clarinda Organization
Ruth John
Bedford Ministers Erect Welcome Signs At Church Outskirts
Welcome blue and white signs were erected Wednesday by Bedford ministers at the city outskirts inviting attendance at services. Each sign stands on two posts and was supplied by the Inter-Church Council of Bedford.
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Bedford
Inter-Church Council of
Sunday School at East Mission Church Schedule
Sunday school will be held at East Mission Church each Sunday at 10 30 am. All are invited and will be made welcome.
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East Mission Church
Methodist Church Announces Sunday Services and Vesper Time
Russell G Nye pastor leads 11:00 a m worship Sunday with theme Quests for Christ. At 7:30 p m vesper services at the Lake of Three Fires feature a sermon by Rev G W Swan. Time changed from 8 to 7 30. President Truman quote on applied Christianity and Sermon on the Mount.
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Russell G Nye
Christ
Lake of Three Fires
G W Swan
President Truman
Baptist Church Schedule and Sermon Theme for June 22 1947
Eugene B. Nyman pastor leads Sunday School at 9 45 and Morning Worship at 11 with sermon Keeping Our Footing A junior sermon planned A TiCs meeting postponed to Friday June 27 Watch for further notices Vesper services at Lake of Three Fires at 7 30 Sunday evening
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Eugene B. Nyman
Tic
Lake of Three Fires
Zion Church Service Notice
Zion Church invites attendance for Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11 by Rev T J Overholt. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Pastors T J and Lulu Overholt invite worshippers.
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T J Overholt
G W Swan Church Schedule and Fellowship Plans
G W Swan minister schedules morning worship at 10 with communion at 11 and a Bible school session. Evening services at 7 30 with a 7 15 departure to Lake of Three Fires for outdoor union services. Friday 20 youth class at Donald Glass home 7 30. Sunday 29 fellowship dinner at Lake of Three Fires.
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G W Swan
Minister Bible School
Divine Worship
Free Chest Exams for Taylor County Students Highlight TB Survey
Final statistics from the Iowa Tuberculosis Association show 87 percent of 605 Taylor County high school students participated in free chest X rays. 529 students and 95 staff were scanned in February at four towns. eight were referred for large X rays in April.
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Taylor County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Bedford
Clearfield
Lenox
New Market
L. H Flancher
State Department of Health
Joy Harmon
Taylor County Medical Society
Taylor County Tuberculosis Association
The
County Nursing Service
Transfer Owen to Minnesota to manage Granite Falls plant
Wilbert P Owen, assistant manager of Cudahys, was transferred to Granite Falls Minnesota at the start of the week to manage the poultry and eggs plant there. He will move his family as living quarters become available and will begin work immediately. Friends in Bedford extend best wishes.
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Wilbert P Owen
Cudahys
Granite Falls
Minnesota
Owen
Bedford
Owens
Mrs John Jiared Returns Home From Savannah Sanatorium
Mrs John Jiared is back home Sunday after several weeks as a patient in Savannah. She had been at a sanatorium for health care before returning to her residence.
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John Jiared
Savannah
Hopkins Man Ii Everett Ulmer Ill At Daughter's Home
Hopkins resident Everett Ulmer is gravely ill at his daughter Mrs Ivan Bridgewater's home six miles southeast of Hopkins.
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Hopkins Man
Everett Ulmer
Hopkins
Ivan Bridgewater
Mrs Steel Improving After Surgery at St Joseph
Mrs Steel, operated on several weeks ago at the Missouri Methodist Hospital in St Joseph, is convalescing at the home of her daughter Edith Dye in Parsons Kansas. At St Joseph Hospital Mrs Hubert Henry spent from Friday until Tuesday for observation and treatment.
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Steel
J Robi Steel
Methodist Hospital
St Joseph
Edith
R L Dye
Parsons
Kansas
St. Joseph Hospital
Hubert Henry
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Returns From Hospital of Mrs Lay Kemery
Mrs Lay Kemery of Sheridan Missouri, recently discharged from St Francis Hospital Maryville, returned to her home last week.
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Lay Kemery
Sheridan, Mo
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Hopkins Mechanic Edgar Williams Ill With Critical Asthma
Edgar Williams, a longtime mechanic at Mutti Motor Company in Hopkins, is seriously ill with an asthmatic condition and complications. Family and colleagues hope for his recovery as his health remains critical.
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Hopkins
Edgar Williams
Mutti Motor Company
Mrs Leafy Pace suffers hip fracture after fall
Mrs Leafy Pace of New Market a former Lincoln home patient in Bedford fell Saturday breaking her hip A stroke followed on Sunday with she was moved to Municipal Hospital in Clarinda for treatment and observation
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Littlewood
New Market
Clarinda
Leafy Pace
Lincoln Home
Bedford
Municipal Hospital
Rainbow Girls Prepares for Grand Assembly in Des Moines
Twenty Rainbow Girls from Bedford assembly will attend the Grand Assembly sessions in Des Moines next week. Funds for the trip were raised at a rummage gate held last Saturday with several parents providing cars. Bedford Assembly will meet June 25 at the Masonic Temple to hear reports from the sessions.
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Rainbow
Bedford Assembly
Des Moines
Grand Assembly
Bedford Assembly of Order of Rainbow For
Masonic Temple
Boy Scout Camp Set to Open Sunday at Lake of Three Fires
Lake of Three Fires state park prepares for four weeks of Boy Scout camp life with a 20 by 60 mess hall and two villages. Eighty four scouts from 17 counties arrive Sunday at 1 p m for a week, followed by successive groups of about 80 each week. Camp activities include swimming life saving nature study crafts and scout craft led by Robert E Hanson Wilbert Wilson and others with daily camp fire ceremonies open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Lake of Three Fires
Southwest Iowa Council
SW Cown Council
Della King
Pat Sorals
Robert E Hanson
Bedford
Henry Churchill
Vic Robinson
Ronald
Skip” Cooney
Robert Wredt
Tommy Roper
Fredrick Hanson
Gerald Clark
G W Rimel
Wilbert Wilson
Henry Hamilton honored as Flying Farmers director at Ames meeting
Henry Hamilton, director from the seventh district, was named to the Flying Farmers Board at the Ames meeting. Mrs Hubert Henry and daughter Myrna attended by plane. Wendell Davidson of Braddyville elected vice president. marriage licenses issued: Marion Hamilton to Esta Jones, John Pace to Gene Pratt.
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Hubert Henry
Myrna
Jtowa
Flying Farmers
Ames
Henry
Wendell Davidson
Braddyville
Flying Farmers Organization
Marion Ronald Hamilton
Clarinda
Esta Mae Jones
Gravity
John W Pace
Massena
Gene E Pratt
New Market
Legion Carnival Comes to Bedford Sponsored by American Legion
Catlett's Greater Shows will operate Wednesday through Saturday in Bedford with rides including a merry go round ferris wheel and two kiddie rides plus 25 concessions. Bedford Post No 164 The American Legion sponsors the street carnival which visited the town last year as well.
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Catlett's
Bedford
Bedford Post No. 164
The
American Legion
Farmers urged to curb erosion in Taylor County
Merle Travis chair of the Taylor Soil Conservation District urges farmers to cooperate in contouring fields, rotating crops, and wise land use to stop erosion and boost productivity. District officials include commissioners Merle Travis, Wayland Livingston, and Cliff Young, with SCS technicians from Bedford.
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Soil Conservation Service
U.S Department of Agriculture
Taylor County
Merle Travis
Soil District Commissioners
Soil Conservation District
Gravity
Wayland Livingston
Blockton
Cliff Young
Bedford
Tho Salety
Raymond Sneed
Drexel
Gold Everett Pierce
Floyd Peters
AAA
Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Farm Bureau
Good Old USA
Mighty Slim
Travis
Ministers Plan Summer Schedule For Lake Vesper Services
Battouré Ministerial Association agrees on a 7:30 p m start for twelve weeks of Sunday Vesper at the Lake of Three Fires with each minister speaking three times to ensure four church representation. Special music will be provided each session and services rely on church bells. cancellations occur if bells fail. Summer plan aims for two churches open for Morning Worship while evening ministers rotate. June speakers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RG Nye
G W Swan
G F MacLean
E B Nyman
Birth Announcement for James Alford McConkey
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Delmar McConkey of Malvern Town on Thursday June 5. He was named James Alford. Mr McConkey, formerly of Bedford, is a son of AB McConkey. Hal Anderson, formerly Thermoid Company researcher, was promoted to Vice President in charge of Research of the firm. He is the son of Dr and Mrs T E Anderson of Bedford.
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Delmar McConkey
Malvern
Town
James Alford
McConkey
Bedford
AB McConkey
Hal Anderson
The
Bedford Firemen and wives host supper party at Country Club
The Bedford Fire Department members and their wives are holding a supper party and dance at the Country Club this evening.
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Bedford Fire Department
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Bedford Business Men
G. S. Johnson
G'S Johnson
Corr
Miss Walker
Will Keith
Bedford Lady
Russell G. Nye
Bedford Bruins
Donald Smith
B & P Women’s Club
Gordon F. MacLean
East Mission
Usith the
Akins
Akin
South Hopkins
Mrs Akin
Rainbow Girls
BOY Scout
Legion Carnival
U. S. Dept
Battouré Ministerial Association
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