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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
7
Jerry Wetzel, junior high coach, was named to replace Roger Cook as girls basketball coach at Bedford Community High School. Cook resigned to work in private business at Savannah, Missouri. Wetzel will also coach track and assist football and teach social studies in high school.
Greenfield visits Lenox and hands the locals a 10 to 2 defeat to spoil Lenox’s clean season record. Shirley pitched all the way for Greenfield allowing 12 hits while Lenox managed only two off Sundell. Eschelman and Sundell took the loss for Lenox as Greenfield surged with a strong offensive showing.
Creston 5, Clearfield 0. Bedford dominates against Hopkins Midg 1 with 22 to 1 and Blockton 6 with 13 to 6 and 10 to 6 in Mid and Mid 6. Greenfield 10, Lenox 2.
Schedule shows Friday June 23 games including Clearfield at Bedford in PW and Midg. Tuesday June 27 features Lenox at Mount Ayr and Bedford at Willisea in a conference game.
George McVicker a 1961 Tar kilo College graduate was named head football and track coach at Villsea High School Thursday He will also serve as assistant basketball coach A co captain of Tarkio College track he lettered in football and basketball and was a three time conference hurdles winner at Tarkio Villisea High enters the newly formed Tall Corn conference this season after previously belonging to Hawkeye Eight
Creston blanked Clearfield 5 0 as Dennis Jones struck out 10 and Kirk Maharry allowed six hits. Creston climbs to 9 2 while Clearfield suffers first loss in five. In other frame Bedford pummels Hopkins 22 1 with 13 strikeouts by three Bedford pitchers.
Blockton Bedford doubleheader splits as Blockton tops Bedford 13 to 6 in the B contest and Bedford wins 10 to 6 in five innings in the A game. Slusher Shupe Henderson Everhart homered for Bedford and Rybolt Lee homered for Blockton in a high scoring district clash.
Iowa Conservation Commission expands boating rules for Lake of Three Fires effective next July 4. New requirements include white navigation light at sunset, Coast Guard approved life gear and extinguishers, painted passenger capacity on starboard side, defined speed limits near other craft, and minimum passing distances.
Supervisors split the Peewee summer schedule into A and B divisions to keep interest high and give more players a chance. A doubleheader will follow each teenie appearance with a time limit set for all Teenie B games, following Brockton last week where Bedford defeated the hosts 13 to 6 in three innings.
July 1 is the deadline for qualifying rounds of the Bedford City Golf Tournament at Bedford Country Club. Tournament manager Gene Burks says matches are four to a flight in match play with first-round results due by July 9 and second-round finales required by July 23.
The Gay Guss Boys 4H club held a special meeting on June 8 at the Guss church with twenty members present. Members worked on research books and a demonstration was given by the group. Reporter Douglas Walter.
Irregular ad style notes a free chest x ray funded by a pen donation and a general sales pitch. Mentions Father’s Day gifts, driving, and a Taylor County Wildlife Conservation meeting at Lake of Three Fires shelter next Wed June 28 at 6:00 PM. Also references a Clearfield Bedford baseball game Friday June 23 and shopping for clothes.
A birthday party was held June 12 for Mary Young with many guests including Gary and Nancy Fleetwood Pamela and Cheryl Simmons Linda Jones Mary Ann Weese and families from Nyssa Oregon. Visits extended to Hamburg and Des Moines areas as relatives called on C C Jenkins and Sickels families.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Protsman and child visit Clyde relatives. Mrs. John Palmer, 89, dies. funeral at Gaynor City Methodist Church with burial in Gaynor cemetery. Obituaries also note Anne Thompson of Kansas City and local visits by Rex Pinkerton, Rex Hoover, and families.
Mrs Verna Jenkins and Mrs Eva Byrns received word of Raymond Black's death on Friday June 15. John Turnbull of Tarkio called on town friends Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Byrns and sons of Grant City visited W W Byrns' parents Friday. Katherine Barber planned a short visit in St Joseph. Mrs Kim Bryant and family stayed with Vivian Parker in Kansas City area over the weekend.
Harvey Scott Bainum, 78, passed away Sunday, June 11, at St. Francis hospital. Funeral services were held at the Gaynor City Methodist church, with burial in Gaynor cemetery. Survivors include brother Fletcher Bainum and sisters Florence Howard of Maryville and Pearl Talkington of Cheyenne. The Ladies Aid Society met with 10 members. W.S.C.S. also met with 10 members.
Bedford Times Recorder notes a Clearfield Presbyterian picnic at the park with out of town guests including Rev. Robert Bolt of Pittsburg and the Sr Hi work campers. Families like the Osbornes, Leonards, Hawleys, Wilsons and Muirs share meals and visits across Iowa and Nebraska locales. Dennis Gotschall, son of Glen Gotshall of Omaha, wed Martha Robinson of Hamburg Town on June 4 in Columbus Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Gotschall teach in Clearfield schools.
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