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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
8
A parade of Bedford residents and visitors is listed, detailing weekend trips and gatherings. Names include Marilyag Mumm, Linda Kay Hunteman, John Ogg, Max King, Dale of Ames, Lester Hansen, and many relatives visiting from Des Moines, Burlington, Gravity, Wakeeney, Menlo, and beyond.
The column lists new county 4-H officers and a string of visiting relatives and friends in Bedford. It mentions the Putnams en route to Minneapolis, Dr. Putnam as a Methodist pastor, and families from Spokane, Maywood, North Aurora, and Tyler visiting or staying in town. adicional visits include Tarkio College graduate Sidney Sandusky, and various weekend guests and travelers from Des Moines to Illinois.
Taylor County residents boosted 3 percent United States savings bond sales with May purchases of 67 266, totaling 5 month 63 652 897 and placing the county seventh in Iowa for the period. Statewide May sales reached 12 115 837, Iowa pacing 45 percent of its annual quota and the nation at 39 percent, driven largely by Series H bonds. Dr Irving E Putnam and wife from Minneapolis joined Mrs Walter E Lake for a visit before touring Bartlesville Oklahoma and Wichita Kansas to visit family.
Seventy seven pints were collected when the Red Cross bloodmobile visited Bedford last week with a goal of 100 pints. Eighty eight persons responded, but eleven were rejected for various reasons.
World Veterans Day falls on the Sunday before June 26 and is sponsored by the World Veterans Federation with 134 affiliated groups in 35 countries. The WVF, formed in 1950, aids war disabled and promotes world peace alongside UN Charter principles. American affiliates include Disabled American Veterans AMVETS and the Purple Heart, Paralyzed Veterans and AVC.
Devoted to peace, they form a potent force in the world and through the WWF they have the means to coordinate their activities and bring collective strength to their program in behalf of a better and peaceful world.
The FBI estimates over 1,500 U.S. homes are burglarized daily in July and August. J B Steiner of the Iowa State Sheriff's Association urges homeowners to lock doors, pause mail and news deliveries, and arrange patrols while away.
Advice warns homeowners to note unusual activity while away and inform a trusted neighbor to watch the house. Do not leave cash or valuables at home and lock all windows and doors. Miscellaneous family notes list Potton siblings and relatives in Akron and Boulder, with occupations at Cherry Creek, Santa Fe Lumber, and a Denver office.
Colorado's oldest twins Ida Keasey and W. A. Polton reached age 90. Born April 8 1867 on an Iowa farm, Polton is a retired farmer and carpenter now living in Boulder while Keasey is ill in Akron.
Dr. and Mrs. G W Rimel of Bedford with their son and wife Dr and Mrs James Rimel of Plymouth Indiana completed a five weeks vacation covering about 760 miles of travel. They visited Carlsbad Caverns Grand Canyon Bryce and Zion Hoover Dam Las Vegas Tucson Yuma Imperial Valley Los Angeles Hollywood Yosemite San Francisco Sequoia National Forest and reached as far north as Redding California before heading to Lake Tahoe Salt Lake City Grand Teton Mountains and Yellowstone National Park.
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