Ed Hanson Named Citizen Ambassador to Europe
Ed Hanson son of Dale E. and Mrs. Hanson of New Market will be a 1973 Citizen Ambassador through 4-H and People to People. He will join peers from 20 states on a 24 day program visiting England Belgium France Switzerland West Germany and Holland to learn about European life via host families and youth groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ed Hanson
Dale E. Hanson
New Market Community High School
England
Belgium
France
Switzerland
West Germany
Holland
Bulldogs Falter at Corning in Tall Corn Conference clash
Bedford bulldogs stumble in a 7 5 loss to Corning as Snyder and Drake share pitching duties and Fickess Farrens drive two hits apiece. Corning’s Lee goes the distance while Grandman no hits the B team 10 0. BCHS cheerleaders attend NWMSU clinic led by Debbie Dougherty and Rhonda Matheny.
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Bedford Bulldogs
Corning
Red Raiders
Tall Corn
Bulldogs
Raiders
Bedford
Snyder
Drake
Lee
Fickess
Farrens
Grandman
Villisca
BCHS
NWMSU
Debbie Dougherty
Rhonda Matheny
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Northwest Missouri State University
Department of Physical Education
Delta Psi Kappa
Bonnie Magill
Gravity High School Alumni Reunion Planned for July 7 8
Gravity High School alumni announce a two day reunion July 7 8 with a Saturday dance and live music at Gravity City Park and a Sunday potluck dinner at the park. If rain, the picnic moves to the Gravity school gym and attendees are urged to bring lawn chairs. John Ellerhoff of Bedford is named to the University of Iowa College of Engineering dean's list for the second semester 1972 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravity High School
Gravity City
Gravity School
John Ellerhoff
U of
John Elterhoff
Bedford
University of Iowa
Iowa City
College of Engineering
Roy Elterhoff
Robert Hering
Four From Taylor On IWCC Honor Roll
Iowa Western Community College Clarinda Campus lists honor roll members across three levels with distinct GPA cutoffs. The Sprig Quarter Dean's Honor Roll names include Honors and High Honors recipients from Lenox and New Market areas.
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Taylor
Iowa Western Community College
Clarinda Campus
Veterans Van Tour Expanded Through June in Iowa
The VA Office on Wheels extends its tour beyond mid June visiting 11 more Iowa communities including Iowa Falls Webster City Algona Estherville Carroll Denison Atlantic Red Oak Clarinda Centerville and Ottumwa. Over 1,600 people have already sought information at 20 stops. Two Veterans Benefits Counselors assist veterans and dependents with disability benefits jobs home loans education training and medical care and on the spot applications are possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
National Assistance For Veterans van
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Webster City
Algona
Estherville
Carroll
Denison
Atlantic
Veterans Benefits
Drexel Gold To Be Honored At Bedford Dinner
A pot luck dinner to honor Drexel Gold on retirement from the Soil Conservation Service is set for 7 00 p m Saturday June 23 in the Blue Check Room at State Savings Bank Bedford Bring table service Coffee and tea will be provided
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Taylor County
Drexel Gold
Drexel
Soil Conservation Service
State Savings Bank
Bedford
Area Genealogy Group
Southwest Genealogy Society
The
Grant City Open Golf Tournament Planned Next Sunday
The 26th annual Grant City Open will be held Sunday June 24 at Grant City Country Club. 18 hole medal play for championship and regular flights with no qualifying round for championship. entry fees five dollars for championship and four for lower flights. Four players named to flights A through J. trophies for high school winners and merchandise for others. Clubhouse privileges for entrants and families, cart allowed, lunch served. Contact tournament chairman Dr Roy Gromer for more info. Ralph John graduates from Northern Illinois University and joins Barber-Colman Co in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant City
Roy Gromer
Mothers of Preschoolers Bring Children to Free Park Fun
Mothers of Preschoolers learn their 3 to 6 year old children can be entertained free at Bibbins Park from 9 to 11 a.m. on Friday June 29. Bedford Rainbow Assembly members will supervise this Crazy Day program to allow mothers to enjoy specials offered by Bedford merchants.
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Bibbins Park
Bedford Rainbow Assembly
Bedford
Gold Retires from Soil Conservation Service
Drexel W. Gold announces his retirement effective June 29 after more than 37 years in federal service. He worked in Bedford’s precursor ASCS office from 1936 to 1943, served in the U.S. Navy 1943 to 1945, then joined the Soil Conservation Service as a technician, aiding Taylor County farmers for 28 years. He hopes to stay active in other endeavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel W. Gold
ASCS
Bedford
U.S. Navy
Navy
The
Soil Conservation Service
Taylor County
Bil Pfuderer Named Guest Director at Tarkio Theatre
Bil Pfuderer will direct Camelot at The Mule Barn Theatre Tarkio Missouri performing June 27 to July 8 where he also plays King Arthur. He has appeared on and off Broadway and taught theatre at Monmouth College in Illinois. Reservations: Mule Barn Theatre Tarkio MO 64491 816-736-4206.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mule Barn
Bil Pfuderer
King Arthur
Bil
Tevya
Pfuderer
Monmouth College
Illinois
Monmouth
United States
Fiorello
Michael
Tarkio
Missouri
Farrens Loses Calf In County Road Car Crash
A calf was injured and a 1971 Ford sedan owned by Jack French sustained about 350 dollars damage when the calf darted onto a county road five miles northeast of Bedford. Keith Farrens attempted to guide the calf while French tried to stop. The incident occurred at about 7 30 a m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Jack French
Keith Farrens
French
Leonard Ratliff
Bedford July 4 Parade Plans Encouraged by Local Clubs
Bedford merchants and firms are urged to enter the Wednesday parade part of the Free celebration sponsored by the Bedford Development Club and Lions Club. Prizes are offered by the BDC, Lions provide manpower, with a goal of every merchant church and organization entering. Plans also include the annual free horse show and an evening fireworks display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford Development Club
Lions Club
BDC
Lions
Windmill preserved at Sunnyside camp draws visitors
A historic windmill donated by Clyde B Charlton of Des Moines and moved from a farm near Monroe to Sunnyside camp on its lake is carefully erected and anchored. The structure charms campers and visitors while Sunnyside, owned by the Easter Seal Society of Iowa, welcomes a record 452 physically disabled residents for the season.
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Iowa
Clyde B. Charlton
Des Moines
Monroe
Sunnyside
Easter Seal Society of Iowa, Ing
Area Agency on Aging Receives July 1 Approval
The Southern Iowa Regional Planning Agency gains state approval to operate as Area Agency on Aging for seven county Area XIV beginning July 1 1973. Advisory Council with county reps oversees aging plan focusing on nutrition transportation housing and health care with funding from federal Title IIIII and local in kind matches. A Goodwill truck will visit Bedford June 28 collecting usable clothes and appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Iowa
State Commission On Aging
Advisory Council
Graceland College
Lamont
United Methodist Churches of Iowa
Creston
United Methodist Churches
Committee For Human Development
Commission On Aging
Southern Iowa Regional Planning Agency
Seven County
Bedford
County Extension Director Announces 4-H Scholarships
Ray Coffey Iowa 4-H director notes nearly 26000 in 4-H scholarships offered to current and former 4-H members nationwide. Applicants must finish at least one year 4-H work and submit forms photos and scholastic records by September 10 to the state 4-H office. Linda Gray and 328 junior high instrumentalists attend NW Missouri State University band camp directed by Ward Rounds with a final concert at Olive DeLuce Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Coffey
Taylor County
Iowa
Linda Gray
Farris Gray
Bedford
Northwest Missouri State University
Ward Rounds
NWMSU
Charles Johnson Theater
Olive DeLuce Fine Arts
Chicagoan Northwestern Railroad
Iowa College
North Central States
Chevron Chemical Company
United States
Milwaukee Railroad
Edwin T. Meredith Foundation
Animal Science
Allied Mills
Champion Valley Farms, Inc
West Bend Company
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
Local Baptists To Hold Special Seminar June 29 30
Ronald P. Chadwick associate professor of education at Calvary Bible College Kansas City Mo will lead a Teachers and Workers Seminar at First Baptist Church Bedford Friday June 29 7 9 p.m. and Saturday June 30 9 a.m. to noon He chairs the department of education and directs the instructional materials center. The event aims to train Sunday school teachers and church workers with Chadwick a noted national speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald P. Chadwick
Calvary Bible College
Kansas City
First Baptist Church
Bedford
Bryan College
Dallas Theological Seminary
Arizona State University
University of Missouri At Kansas
Arizona Bible College
Chadwick
America
Pasture Tour Planned in Ringgold County
Taylor Sal Extension Director Ray Coffey announces a pasture tour on Wednesday June 27 at 5 30 p m at the Shelby Grundy Experimental Farm near Beaconsfield Ringgold County The event focuses on pasture types and fertilizer use Cars from Taylor County depart about 430 p m Contact the Extension Office in Bedford for details
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Taylor Sal
Ray Coffey
Wed
Shelby Grundy Experimental Farm
Beaconsfield
Ringgold County
Taylor County
Bedford
More MWMSU Grads Accept Positions
Don Carile director of NWMSU Placement Bureau reports plans for additional job seekers assisted by the bureau. Names include William Hullinger Bedford to junior high principal Glenwood Iowa English Bernard Mitchell Bedford to English Spanish Seymour Iowa Connie Knox Conway to English French Orient Iowa Carole Stanger Lenox to Librarian Malvern Iowa Steve Harris New Market to internal auditor Internal Revenue Service Daniel Gibson Gravity to Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don “Carile
NWMSU
William Hullinger
Bedford
Glenwood
Bernard
Jim’’ Mitchell
Seymour
Connie Knox
Conway
Orient
Carole Stanger
Lenox
Malvern
Steve Harris
New Market
Internal Auditor
Internal Revenue Service
Military Service
Daniel Gibson
Gravity
Air Force
Jehovah's Witnesses Plan 1973 Summer Conclaves Nationwide
The Watchtower Society announces a series of international Jehovah's Witnesses conventions in 1973. Local leader Fredrick E. Akes Jr says 25 members will attend the Kansas City Kansas Royals Stadium event July 11 to 15, with additional US meetings in Detroit Chicago Los Angeles Oakland Houston Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia and Miami. Six Spanish language conventions are also planned in the USA during June and July. The worldwide theme is Divine Victory stressing faith in divine intervention for humanity's problems.
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Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of
New York
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Fredrick E. Akes, Jr
Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Royals
Kansas City
United States
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Oakland
Houston
Pittsburgh
Philaddlphia
Miami
Akes
USA
Demolition Derby at Taylor County Fair Adds Powder Puff Race
A demolition Derby returns to Taylor County Fair on Saturday July 21 with rules similar to last year and entries open to Taylor and nearby counties residents. A Powder Puff derby for women is added this year. Pratt Wins Big Chief Sales Contest will be honored with a fishing trip to Chippewa Lodge in Minnesota for exceeding quota. Dwight Pratt of New Market earns the Minnesota trip as top prize per Vigortone Foods.
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Taylor County Fair
Taylor
Pratt
Ken Cassidy
Vigortone Products
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dwight Pratt
New Market
Chippewa Lodge
Lake Kabetogama
Minnesota
Vigertone
Jury List Drawn for District Court Here
Forty eight names were selected for possible petit jury service in district court for the third quarter of 1973. The list includes Edith Bailer of Gravity and several residents from Bedford Lenox New Market and other localities. Clerk of Court Martha Smith will notify jurors when to report.
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Edith Bailer
Eldora
Burg
Olin Mason
Clearfield
Boyd Mellett
Bedford
Helen Meyers
Gravity
Nina Mick
Zarah Moore
Sharon McClintock
Opal McDonald
New Market
Merle Parsons
Ronald Peterman
Conway
William Phillips
Albert Radke
Dale Riley
Lenox
Henry Russell
Gene Scroggs
June Sturm
Leonard Tornholm
Helen Walkup
Blockton
Mary Weaver
Jane Whitmore
C. G. Wilson
Mary Wintermute
Shirley Woods
Martha Smith
Petit Jury
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Gravity H.S
Hugh Babcock
Robert Babcock
Shanita Refer
Jack Refer
James Miller
Leo H. Miller
Deborah Wilmes
John H. Wilmes
Clarinda
Ralph John
N. Illinois Univ
Raymond John
Elwood,Jr
Northern Illinois University At
DeKalb
Charlie John
Ralph
Barber-Colman Co
Rockford, III
Tarkio Theatre
Area Agency On Aging
Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames
Coffey
Wehr Corporation
de Kalb Ag Research, Inc
Ringgold Co
County Fair
Bibbin's Park
Kay Lucas
Lulu Mae Townsend
Russell Gordon
Vera M. Houk
Sharpsburg
Lucille Johnson
Nodaway
Donna Kelso
Paul Killam
Everett King
Ann Lindstead
Hal Livingston
Dorothy Lucas
Gene Mains
Sharpe
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