Story Hours for Bedford Children at Local Library
Bedford Library hosts story hours for children ages four to ten starting June 25 and continuing Tuesdays and Thursdays through July 30 except July 4. Sessions run 9 to 10 a.m. with separate groups for ages four to six and seven to ten, and perfect attendance awards. Sponsored by City Federation of Women's Clubs Progressive Study Club and Chit Chat Club.
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Bedford
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Progressive Study Club
Chit Chat Club
Clearfield Teacher Heads World Tour in 1956
Mrs. Grace Rood, Clearfield High School English and Latin teacher, leaves June 20 for a round the world trip funded by the National Education Association. The itinerary includes New York start, major stops such as London Madrid Paris Rome Athens Istanbul Cairo Karachi Delhi Bombay Bangkok Singapore Manila Hong Kong Tokyo Honolulu, and ends in San Francisco late August. She plans native-school visits in Calcutta Hong Kong Manila and Tokyo and will meet foreign teachers. widow of W B Rood, former Clearfield High principal, she returns for her 22nd teaching year in the fall.
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Grace Rood
Clearfield High School
National Education Assa
New York
London
Madrid
Paris
Rome
Athens
Istanbul
Cairo
Karachi
Delhi
Bombay
Asia
Calcutta
Bangkok
Singapore
Manila
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Honolulu
San Francisco
Rood
American Association of University Women
Bedford Women Attend Iowa Grand Assembly in Fort Dodge
Mrs Louise Whitten Mother Advisor Bedford Assembly of the Rainbow for Girls traveled to Fort Dodge for Iowa Grand Assembly sessions. Accompanied by Julian Meikle Kay Clark Janet Akers Lula Mae Brand. Mr and Mrs Paul Morris Caro lyn Cummings Barbara Reed attended Monday and received the Grand Cross of Color. Morris, a Royal Arch Masons committee man, represented A Guy Sparks who could not attend.
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Louise Whitten
Bedford Assembly of the Order of Rainbow
Fort Dodge
Iowa Grand Assembly of the Order
Julian Meikle
Kay Clark
Janet Akers
Lula Mae Brand
Paul Morris
Carolyn Cummings
Barbara Reed
Mr. Morris
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
A. Guy Sparks
Des Moines
Youth on Narrow Bridge Sparks Route M Collision
An 18 year old Guilford youth, Lee Wintermute, is hospitalized at St. Francis in Maryville with both legs broken and facial injuries after a collision on the one way State Road M bridge spanning the Platte River between Guilford and Barnard. Orval Miller, 43, Stewartsville, driving west, collided with Wintermute midway on the nearly 200 foot span. Miller uninjured as Wintermute was pinned under his wheel. neighbors used a log chain to free him. Miller claimed unfamiliarity with the road. the damaged cars included a 1952 Ford sedan and a wrecked east end of the bridge.
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Guilford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Lee Wintermute
Charles Wintermute
Bedford
Orval Clyde Miller
Stewartsville
Platte River
Barnard
Wintermute
Miller
Nellie Anderson rites held at Shum Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Anderson were held at Shum Funeral Home on Wednesday June 12 conducted by Rev Kenneth Miller. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery mausoleum. Nellie Bedwell Anderson was born October 12 1871 at Letts Iowa and died at 85 years eight months. She married J O Anderson August 23 1899 and is survived by daughter Wilma Anderson Boyd of Chicago and two grandsons Joe and John. She leaves two brothers Henr y Bedwell and Will Bedwell and sister Mrs Margaret McGregor with other relatives. She had lived in Taylor county 58 years and Bedford 45 years and was member of Eastern Star and Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge.
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Nellie Anderson
Shum Funeral Home
Kenneth Miller
Fairview Cemetery
Nellie C. Bedwell
Daniel J
Almira Bedwell
Letts
Louisa County
Iowa
J. O. Anderson
Wilma
Wilma Anderson Boyd
Chicago
Joe
John
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Henry Bedwell
Redstone
Montana
Will Bedwell
Perry
Town
Margaret McGregor
Great Falls
Wind Storm Causes Property Damage in Bedford
A Friday morning wind storm in Bedford caused minor damage including fallen trees a toppled chimney in the business district and broken TV antennas. Iowa Power & Light manager Charles R. Varley says 160 to 170 man hours were needed to replace power lines.
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Bedford
Charles R. Varley
Iowa Power & Light Co
Licenses Increase In Town Hunting and Fishing Costs
Hunting and fishing licenses in Town rise from 1.50 to 2.00 per year effective July 4, with a combined license at 3.50. Six day non resident fishing licenses go from 1.50 to 3.00. Females must license after July Fourth. residents under 16 exempt. non residents under 14. Helen Streebin reports the Taylor county recorder.
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Helen Streebin
Taylor County
Plans Made for ASC Elections
Voters in the annual ASC farm program elections will choose three farmers for each township community committee plus two alternates for a one year term beginning August 1. Nominations required at least 10 candidates per township, with petitions allowed until June 21. Ballots by mail due July 8, ballots counted July 10 at the county ASC office, results announced soon after.
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ASC
Asci
ASC Community Election Board
Taylor County
Northwest Missouri Horse Show to Run June 26 27 in Maryville
The Northwest Missouri Horse Show Association sponsors a two day event in Maryville on June 26 and 27. A $300 championship five gaited stake will crown the show with the Faustiana Farms Challenge trophy awarded by Mr and Mrs F M Townsend. Several other classes include parade pony amateur three gaited hackney pony and Shetland ponies. The closing Society Horse Show will honor the final evening.
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Northwest Missouri Horse Show Association
Maryville
Northwest Missouri
Faustiana Farms
F. M. Townsend
Local Men to Join Nationwide Field Day Radio Test
Five Bedford men will participate in Field Day activities hosted by the Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club. Operators include Carroll Little Dale Kernen Howard R. Clark Forrest Hanson and Ernie Beck. The event runs 3 p.m. Saturday June 22 to 3 p.m. Sunday June 23 with at least two transmitters on air.
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Bedford
Southwest
Iowa
Amateur Radio Club Activiies
Carroll Little
Dale Kernen
Howard R. Clark
Forrest Hanshaw
Ernie Beck
Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Association
The
American Radio Relay League
Police
Civil Defense
Publi Utilities
Red Cross
Activitie
Iowa Amateur Radio Association Club
Creston
Highway No. 34
Waskinson
Moellenberndts To Hold Open House
Mr and Mrs Edward Moellenberndt of Maple Grove south of Bedford celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday June 30 from two to five and seven to nine pm at their home They have five children ten grandchildren and two step great grandchildren The couple has lived 31 years in Taylor county Iowa and 19 years in Nodaway county Missouri
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Edward Moellenberndt
Maple Grove
Bedford
Moellenberndt
Floy Pistole
Henry Ptole
Hopkins
Moellenbernadt
August Moellenberndt
Rock City
Illinois
Christian Church
Marian
Kansas
Taylor
Moellenberndts
Kenneth Moellenberndt
Kansas City
Elmer Moellenberndt
Gravity
Farrell Moellenberndt
Dean Stream
Clarice
van Wert
Curtis Moellenberndt
St. Joseph
Reiths Take Teaching Jobs in Pella Iowa
Mr and Mrs Roy Reith of Bedford will move to Pella Iowa around August first to join the local school system He becomes Junior High and Elementary principal a post he held in Bedford for six years Mrs Reith will teach first grade at Pella She previously taught first grade and Kindergarten in Bedford during five years of service The couple has listed their Bedford home for sale and rented a residence in Pella
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Roy Reith
Bedford
Pella
Iowa
Reith
Reiths
Bruins Open First Game Thursday in Bedford
The Bedford Bruins, a new baseball club, will play its opening game against Clarinda on Thursday night June 20 at eight o'clock under manager Harold Guenthner. A full Bruins summer schedule will be announced soon.
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Bedford Bruins
Bedford
Harold Guenther
Clarinda
Bruins
Mrs Stacy Presents 21 Pupils In Public Recital
Mrs Stacy presented 21 piano and vocal pupils in a public recital at Bedford Methodist church last Tuesday. Pupil selections included Janelle O Dell The Chickadee Aaron Jimmie Cummings Frisky Filly and many others with pieces by Van Nort Boykin Saint Saens and Mendelssohn. Vocal pupils Lois Buzzard Piper June Jerry Bryan I Love Life Pam Straight Vienna My City of Dreams Cheryl O Dell Kiss Waltz and more performed with Mrs Stacy and ties�ssel oe ose mat Reng et Tuesday evening recital.
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Robert Stacy
Bedford Methodist Church
Janelle Odell
Aaron
Jimmie Cummings
Glover
Mary’ Straight
Farmer Boy
van Nort
Judy Stephens
Caprice
Boykin
Jean' Pullan
Saint Saens
Nancy Timberlake
Kasschau
Alan Davidson
Kern
Alan Jones
Chopin
Jan Johnson
Butterfly
Greig
Kenneth Keith
Scherzo
Mendelssohn
Carolyn Cummings
Humoreske
Rachmaninoff
Mrs. Stacy
Lois Buzzard
Carew
Jerry Bryan
Mania Zucca
Pam Straight
Vienna
City of Dreams
Sieczynski
Cheryl O'Dell
Ardit
Mrs Clark Thompson Dies In Kansas
Mrs Clark E Thompson of Baxter Springs Kansas former Bedford resident Miss Florence Simpson died June 13 at Baxter Memorial hospital Funeral services were held in Baxter Springs and graveside rites followed in Bedford Graceland cemetery Born February 5 1888 in Bedford she lived in Baxter Springs 30 years Surviving are her husband two daughters a son three sisters and three grandchildren
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Clark E. Thompson
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Florence Simpson
Bedford
Baxter Memorial Hospital
Graceland Cemetery
Pauline Kennedy
Victoria
Texas
Richard Sperberg
Malvern
Ark
Eugene Thompson
Fort Eustis
Irene Webster
Fort Worth
Tex
Ethel Simpson
Marshalltown
Town
Helen Schiveley
Berkeley
Calif
Golden Wedding for Roy and Miss Bailie Meikle
Mr and Mrs Roy Meikle celebrated their fifty years of marriage with a quiet observance at home on June 12. The couple wed in 1907 at the bride’s rural Bedford area home and later farmed west of Bedford before moving to town. Their daughters Margie Jensen and Ruth Koser joined with family members for the anniversary.
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Roy Meikle
Madge Bailie
William Baillie
William Meikle
Munity
Bedford
Mr. Meikle
Marjorie
Homer Jensen
Janelle
Yankton
S. Dak
Ruth
Morton Koser
Koser
Karen
Stevie
North Liberty
Iowa
Jensen
Mary Jo
Bob Koser
New Minister at Methodist Church in Bedford
Anthony Blankers is the new minister of the Bedford Methodist Church arriving from Earlham to deliver his first sermon last Sunday. The Blankers family will move to Bedford soon as Rev. Carl Stiefel departs for Carlisle with his wife and son. Other district assignments include ministers returned or reassigned to Blockton New Market Carlisle Gravity Sharpsburg Conway Hawleyville New Market Siam Lenox Harrison Burlington Muscatine Clio Lineville Nevada Dallas Center Keosauqua Center Chapel and more according to the Iowa Des Moines Conference.
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Anthony Blankers
Bedford Methodist Church
Carl Stiefel
Bedford
Carlisle
Clarence Moore
Blockton
Darrell Pratt
New Market
Carl-Mount Etna
Howard DeVore
Gravity
G. L. Hufstader
Harrison Avenue
Burlington
A. Douglas Steffenson
First Church
Muscatine
W. H. Warrior
Bethel
Earl Streyfeller
Clio
Conway CO E S Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Conway chapter of the Order of Eastern Star celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Friendship meeting and party at the Masonic Temple. Nellie Harvey presided. The event honored 50-year member Baye Taylor and featured tributes to chapter officers and a history recount. Over 100 guests attended with music and readings.
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Conway
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Nellie Harvey
Memory Lane
Merrill Perry
Isabelle Walensky
Sioux City
Herman Beck
Burlington
Wolvertons In Accident Injuries Reported
Mrs Ronald Wolverton who had been hospitalized in Springfield Missouri after a car crash was moved by ambulance to her parents home in Corning for several weeks of bed confinement She suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries Her husband Ronald also injured Their baby Jeanne Lynn had a skull fracture and facial injuries Families of Ronalds parents Rollie Wolverton and Ralph Simmons traveled to Springfield and back two days later
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Ronald Wolverton
Springfield
Ralph Simmons
Corning
Wolverton
Jeanne Lynn
Wolvertons
Ronald
Rollie Wolverton
Bedford
Simmons
Lake of Three Fires to Host Weekly Swimming Lessons
At a Saturday meeting plans set a schedule of lessons for children from Bedford Blockton Conway Grav ity Hopkins and Sharpsburg at Lake of Three Fires. Sessions run Monday to Friday with pairings by town and a $1 per person fee for eight lessons. Supt. Bryan said Bedford transport via school buses will run 10:15 am routes to the lake on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Lake of Three Fires
Bedford
Blockton
Conway
Gravity
Hopkins
Sharpsburg
Gerald C. Bryan
Court’ House
Post Office Sets Minimum Envelope Size Rules
The Post Office Department will ban envelopes smaller than 2 3 4 by 4 inches starting July 1. There is no maximum size but envelopes over 9 by 12 inches are not recommended. Standard sizes urged to speed handling and machine processing.
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Post Office Department
A A Sharp Died Here Sunday
A A Sharp longtime Bedford resident died Sunday June 16 at age 90. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon June 18 at Shum Funeral Home conducted by Rev Kenneth Miller of the Presbyterian church. Burial was in Lexington cemetery.
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A.A. Sharp
Bedford
Community
Shum Funeral Home
Kenneth Miller
The
Presbyterian Church
Lexington Cemetery
Maryville Boy Injured In Auto Accident Near Bedford
Joe Bill Collins 16 of Maryville Missouri was injured when his car overturned several times on a curve five miles south of Bedford around 12:30 a.m. last Tuesday. Collins, possibly with internal injuries, was hospitalized at Maryville after the crash on highway 148 as Sheriff Mathy reported.
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Bedford
Joe Bill Collins
Maryville
Collins
Corning
Arthur Matheny
Break In Reported At Bedford Legion Hall
Sheriff Arthur Matheny investigated a break in at Bedford's Legion Hall in Bibbins Park yesterday morning. A TV set was stolen after two locked doors were breached. Legion Auxiliary members discovering the damage as they prepared for an evening meeting.
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Arthur Matheny
Bibbins Park
Bedford
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Wayne Harbour
Rains Delay Quarry Blasting Near Bedford
Missouri Valley Limestone officials in Bedford say blasting on Mohler land will start in about two weeks once excessive rain allows pumping to remove water. Jewel Jenkins explained safe scientific methods to the Bedford Community Development Club, including precision drilling, trained dynamite charges, seismographic monitoring, and remote camera checks with reports to Chicago and Bedford within six hours.
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Missouri Valley Limestone
Bedford
Mohler
Jewel Jenkins
Bedford Community Development Club Board of Officers
Jenkins
Chicago
Missouri Valley
Quarry , & du Pont
Bedford Plans Storm Warning System and Siren Alert
Bedford mayor announces a new storm warning system using a continuous siren blast. Sheriff Matheny will relay all warnings through the state police radio network via the weather bureau. Residents should report funnel clouds to police, not fire stations, and seek confirmations from sheriffs or police offices.
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Bedford
Clifton Hanshaw
Arthur Matheny
Weather Bureau
Hanshaw
Elmer Oziah Dies at New Market
Elmer Aron Oziah born August 15 1879 died at his New Market home May 29 1957 aged 78 years eight months fourteen days. Survived by one sister Lena Moorse Shenandoah and wife Jennie Spike died 1950. Five children Gerald Kent Marie Jane Gardner Lucius Elmer Cecile Faye Crawford Goldie Akers and four others who died young. 26 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren. Farmed in Page and Taylor counties before moving to New Market.
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Elmer Aron Oziah
New Market
I Ilinois
Shenandoah
Lena Moorse
Jennie Spike
Gerald Kent
Clarinda
Marie Jane Gardner
Goodman, Mo
Lucius Elmer
Shannon City
Cecile Faye Crawford
Goldie Akers
Gravity
Childern
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Lucile Miller
Joy Annan
Helen Campbell
Mildred Kennedy
Maurine Pullan
Norman Gold
Bobby Henryson
Twentieth Century Club
Marie Larison
Gail Keith
Della Moore
Blythe. Lucas
Mary Alice Clark
Thelma Sleep
Margaret Simmons
Jean McAlister
Nineteenth Century Club
Audrey LaRue
Lola Burright
Mildred Stacy
Joan Metzger
Tuesaday
Business & Professional Women's Club
Elsie Dougan
Annette Riggleman
Ruth John
Edna Hook
Clara Lewis
Maude Nelson
Pauline Sickels
Rosa Hosman
Italy
Annabelle Baillie
Bette Salen
June Borrusch
Marjorie Bristow
Kathryn Smith
Sybil Sneed
Hope Blakemore
Virginia Crum
Nora Morris
Grace Hamblin
Mary Esther Jensen
Dorothy Harbour
Clearfield
W. B. Rood
Rainbow
Mrs
John Bedwell
Frank Bedwell
Cora Rice
Mary Rice
Beaconsfield
Maclyn LaRue
Leonard Brown
Lenox
Lee Wier
Harry D. Clayton
Gail Stoaks
Clark Thompson
Roy Meikles
Methodist Church
Wari Mirs
Baye Taylor
Claro Wright
Flora Ginn
Franklin Anderson
Patton
Mary Lou Perry
Dorlee Newman
Wilma Smith
Minnie Lou Stevenson
Clearfeild
Kathleen Freed
Bernice Lynch
Donald Booth
Thayer
Clifford Young
Kathryn Kirketey
Ella Young
Josephine Walter
Marjorie Horton
Annis Reynolds
Doris Barker
Mount Ayr
George Williams
Raymond Lamond
Siam
Seymour
Las Animas
Colorado
Worthy
Henry Calkin
Myron Smith
Grace Hansell
Winifred Reeves
Ruby Bush
A. A. Sharp
Here
Legion Hall
Elmer Oziah
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