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Newspaper

Bedford Times Press

Location

Bedford, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1944

Page

4

Tractor Tire Vulcanizing and Farm Sales Notices

Vulcanizing plant offers permanent tire repairs with lifetime guarantee. Moser Tire & Battery Station run by L A Moser of Villisca Iowa invites customers to mail tires for service. Classified ads sell White Rock coal fries and live stock including 12 registered yearling Hereford bulls from Putnam & Harley and farm equipment like a McCormick Deering mower and 8 ft binder from Frank Akers Grav ity.

Middle West Moser Tire & Battery Station L. A Hereford

Ills in Blockton and Athelstan prompt hospital visit

Gus Stroburg of Blockton is reported quite ill at his home. Homer Parker of Athelstan entered St. Francis Hospital in Maryville on Tuesday.

Gus Stroburg Blockton Athelstan Homer Parker St. Francis Hospital Maryville

Mrs. E. W. Perdue Treated at Clarinda Hospital

Mrs. E. W. Perdue of Gravity is receiving treatment at the Municipal Hospital in Clarinda.

Clarinda Hospital E. W. Perdue Clarinda

Blockton Women Show Recovery and Nearby Treatments

Mrs. Fred Shuster of Blockton is slowly improving after a long illness and can sit up. Mrs. Ella Knott and daughter Elva travel from Sharpsburg to Excelsior Springs Missouri for treatment. Tom Baker, a well known farmer south of Clearfield, is in Clarinda Municipal Hospital with a leg infection.

Fred Shuster Blockton Ella Knott Elva Sharpsburg Excelsior Springs, Mo Knott Tom Baker Clearfield Clarinda Municipal Hospital

Illness and Hospital Stays Mentioned in Local Notices

The text reports Sheridan Farrell, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Farrell of Sheridan, ill with ptomaine poisoning. Orville Manley of Siam was treated at St Francis Hospital Maryville for ptomaine poisoning last week. Lola Miller of New Market left for University Hospital Iowa City for medical care.

John Farrell Sheridan Orville Manley Siam St. Francis Hospital Maryville Lola Miller New Market Iowa City University Hospital

Mrs Burl Huff Ill With Rheumatic Fever at Farrell Home

Mrs Burl Huff is seriously ill with rheumatic fever at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs James Farrell. Mr Huff is in service overseas.

Burl Huff James Farrell Mr. Huff

Local Health and Recovery Updates in Gravity Area

Phillip Liston underwent appendectomy at Municipal Hospital Clarin after a Monday procedure. A. J. Leighton of Gravity, injured in an automobile crash, has recovered sufficiently to leave Creston hospital and stay with daughter Mrs. Glen Harrison in Cromwell. J T Bally of Creston is ill at home with True Bally and daughters en route from Maryville and Oregon to visit. Henry Lawler of Hopkins was admitted to Maryville hospital for observation after leg amputation months ago. he is described as well past seventy.

Phillip Liston Clarinda Will Reed Omaha A. J. Leighton Creston Hospital Glen Harrison Cromwell J. T. Bally Creston True Bally Maryville Roy Templeton Harold Standley George Cecil Oregon Henry Lawler Hopkins Lawler

Eight Year Old Savage Girl Injured in Fall

Doris Savage of New Market sustained fractures at the knee joint after a fall from a tree on Wednesday. She was taken to Clarinda for an x ray and is being cared for at home by her parents Mr and Mrs Glen Savage.

Doris Glen Savage New Market Clarinda

Take Home Extra Dozen of Eggs

The War Food Administration urged consumers to buy an extra dozen eggs and store them at home to free cold storage space. Area supervisor Charles Grognan said 1400 carloads 25 million dozens lack storage and urged housewives to help meet a future emergency. Egg production currently exceeds needs while commercial storage is full.

War Food Administration Charles Grognan Office of Distribution WFA America

W C T U Convention Held by Taylor County Unit

The Taylor County Woman's Christian Temperance Union marked its twenty third annual convention at New Market on June 14 with the theme Hold Fast Education. Officers were reelected led by Ella Young with devotions by Mrs Jackson and Rev Chase. Five young women entertained and memorial services honored two members. Plans included three institutes and the White Ribbon Recruit program. Resolutions supported local option, unity among abolition groups, anti liquor campaigns, and community service.

Taylor County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union New Market New Market Union Baptist Church Bert Lyddon W. Chase

Let Us Spray The Noxious Weeds In Taylor County

The Taylor County weed program resumes this year with the county sprayer pumping weed chemicals starting this week. A four ton shipment of spraying chemicals arrived to treat roads and farms, targeting Canada thistle and Creeping Jenny. Farmers may contact Fred McKune in Gravity to arrange spraying on a cost basis.

Taylor County Fred McKune Mr. McKune

E E Kirby Dies Near Blockton

E E Kirby a Blockton resident died unexpectedly at home on June 14. Funeral at Bedford Baptist Church led by Rev Q H Hallgrimson. Burial in Memory Cemetery New Market. Survived by wife Nellie and six children plus five grandchildren and siblings. He was born October 13 1896 in Page County Iowa and married 1912.

E. E. Kirby Blockton Baptist Church Bedford Q. H. Hallgrimson Memory Cemetery New Market Earl Edward, Kirby Page County Nellie Reynolds Dale Kirby Johnstown Colorado Erma. Leighton Council Bluffs Alta Moser Colo Thelma Boltinghouse Warren Kirby India Ivan Kirby Eva Akers Gravity Mary Britt Waterloo Lawrence Kirby Diagonal Guy Kirby Denver

Mrs. W. L. Dorr Dies at 71 in Bedford Home

Mrs. W. L. Dorr aged 71 died at her Bedford home on Sunday after months of ill health. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wetmore Funeral Home, with Rev. R. C. Yadon officiating, burial in Fairview cemetery mausoleum. Surviving are her husband William L. Dorr two children Carrie Melvin and Carl Dorr two grandsons Robert and James Dorr four sisters and three brothers.

W. L. Dorr Bedford Wetmore Funeral Home R. C. Yadon Blockton Fairview Cemetery Laura May Dorr Taylor D. and Catharine G. Jones Iowa Ross Township Taylor County William L. Darr Carrie C Walter Carr Methodist Church Berea Church of Christ Brice Melvin Carl Dorr Seymour Robert James Dorr Bertha Hensley Don C. Jones Agnes Perdue Lincoln Nebr Pearl Davidson Santa Ana Calif Nelle Adrian Portland Ore Clarence D. Jones J. Kessler Jones Westfield New Jersey

Card of Thanks for Mrs. W. L. Dorr Funeral Support

We thank all who offered sympathy during our bereavement for our wife and mother. Gratitude to those who provided flowers and music and helped in any way. Attending from out of town were Carl Dorr and James of Seymour, Charles Dorr and Marvel, Pete Mullen and son of Corning, John Dorr of New Market, Harold Dorr of Hopkins.

William Trimble Lee Trimble Elmer Adams W. L. Dorr Brice Melvin W. C. Dorr Pedford Carl Dorr James Seymour Charles Dorr Marvel Pete Mullen Corning John Dorr New Market Harold Dorr Hopkins

Realtor Reports Four Bedford Homes Sold In One Week

R K Bradley, a Bedford area realtor, announced four residence sales last week. The Arthur Daugherty home in the southwest part of town sold to Marion Daugherty with immediate possession. Georgiana Horton bought the W O Patton house across from the State Highway barn and will rent it. Mr and Mrs Frank Allen of east Bedford purchased the Clarey home near the schoolhouse from Gertrude Wilson and will move in November first. Kenneth Moellenberndt bought the Ray Dawson residence northwest of the schoolhouse and will take possession this fall. The Moellenberndts and two children currently live in the late Bruce Jared home in north Bedford.

R. KE. Bradley Bedford Arthur Salem Marion Daugherty Daugherty Georgiana Horton W. O. Patton Frank Allen East of Clarey Gertrude Wilson Rosendale Missouri Ray Dawson Kenneth Moellenberndt Moellenberndt Bruce Jared North Bedford

Mrs. Luther's Brother Bunt Chaney Dies in Kansas

E. B. Bunt Chaney aged 66, formerly of Hopkins, died Sunday at his Atchison home after long illness. Funeral services were held in Atchison and graveside services in Hopkins Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Ida McCaun, a son Milan Chaney, a daughter Mrs. Harry Morris, a grandson, three sisters, and two brothers. Burial followed in Hopkins.

E. B. “Bunt” Chaney Hopkins Atchison Kansas Hopkins Cemetery Lenox Chaney Ida McCaun Bedford Milan Chaney Omaha Harry Morris Blanche Luther Jean Cantner Stella Abernathy Little Rock Ark Charles Chaney Great Bend Richard ,Chaney A. F. Luther Geo. A. Chaney

Women Attend State Farm Bureau Meeting

Mrs William Park and Mrs Elvin Wells travel with Miss Betty Cruzen to Des Moines for the Fourth Annual Farm Bureau Women's Summer Conference at Kirkwood Hotel June 25 27. They will visit the State Farm Bureau office meet officials discuss state programs and present ten program plans. Allan Kline and Miss Kaung Me Tsung are noted speakers.

William Park Elvin Wells Home Project Betty Cruzen Des Moihes Farm Bureau Women Kirkwood Hotel State Farm Bureau Park Allan Kline Kaung Me Tsung Chiang Kai-shek

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