Saddle Club to Hold Show Trials on Fourth of July
Bedford Saddle Club plans a Free Horse Show as part of Bedford's July Fourth celebration at the Fair Grounds two miles south of town. Elimination heats begin at 1 pm Sunday July 3 to select entrants. horses and riders must be present to qualify. Spectators welcome. riders may practice in the forenoon. concerns noted about the blacktop pavement damaging hoofs.
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Bedford Saddle Club
Fair
Bedford
Woodard Son Graduates in Medicine and Honors
Don Jr Woodard, Kansas City dentist Dr HB Woodard DDS MSD, earns medical degree this year in Iowa alongside Bedford peers and joins honorary AMA. He and Paul Bartlett Jr. shared Red Oak high school class, keeps ties with Bedford friends, and offers help to fans visiting Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
HB. Woodard
Kansas
Times-Press
Don Jr
Towa
Bedford Young
Warden Fumel
A’aoa
Don B. Woodard
de Seonatenechet
Bedford
Paul Bartlett Jr
Red Oak
Frank Wetmore
Parke Carroll
Kansas City A's
Doc
Local Masons Dedicate Iowa Library in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosted a Masonic library dedication with thousands of lodge members present. Bedford lodge sent Loyd Larison WM John Whitten SW and F W Harbour proxy for HK Russell JW. Harbour a Grand Lodge of Iowa member attended Sunday to Wednesday. 2300 attended the banquet. The new library building was built over the past year at considerable expense and is described as one of the finest in the world.
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Cedar Rapids
Masonic Lodges of
Iowa
Lodge
Bedford
Loyd Larison
John Whitten
F. W. Harbour
HK Russell
Mr. Harbour
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Larison
Whitten
Goudie Becherer Suffer Car and Tractor Collision
Local trucking man Paul Goudie driving a 1954 Chevrolet and W H Becherer of Sharpsburg driving a hay baler tractor collided head on Monday around 2 PM about a mile and three quarters northeast of Sharpsburg. Both escaped serious injury. Debate over speed and braking noted by deputy Tom Cray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Goudie
W. HB
Becherer
Sharpsburg
Tom Cray
Goudie
Centennial Parade Stop Sparks Mount Ayr Welcome
Ringgold County residents gathered Wednesday afternoon for a square dancing display and old time costumes as part of the Centennial celebration. Mount Ayr invites participation in events on July 2 3 4 and 5 with homes and businesses likely hosting activities.
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Ringgold County
Mount ‘Ayr
Stutts Thimes Press Corrects Army Discharge Details
The Thimes Press clarifies a past error about military discharge terms noting soldiers are separated from service and may be subject to six year recall before discharge rates, highlighting a miscommunication that should have been addressed earlier.
Legion Auxiliary Elects New Officers
Bedford unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met in regular session at the American Legion hall on June 15. The finance committee handled arrangements. Officers elected for the new year include President Mrs. May Martin, first vice president Mrs. Merine Clark, second vice president Mrs. Wave Fitch, treasurer Mrs. Garnita Dwart, chaplain Mrs. Eva Wyckoff, historian Mrs. Edna Hook, and sergeant at arms Mrs. Ronald Moore, Mrs. Viola Norris.
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Bedford
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Nrew
Presidert
May Martin
Merine Clark
Wave Fitch
Garnita~ Dwart
Eva Wyckoff
Edna Hook
al Arms
Ronald Moore
Viola Norris
Pote Joins Iowa State Geology Field Camp in Colorado
Jerry Pote son of Mr and Mrs Harlan Pote formerly of Bedford now of Colorado is among 19 Iowa State students completing the first week of a geology summer field camp 12 miles south of Colorado Springs in Little Fountain Creek canyon. The eight week program covers field work on about 4000 feet of sedimentary rocks in the Front Range foothills with a written report and geologic history interpretation of the last billion years. Extended trips to Spanish Peaks San Luis Valley and other Colorado Rockies points are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Pote
Harlan Pote
Bedford
Colorado
Iowa State College
Ames
Colorado Springs
Little Fountain Creek
Colorado Front Range
Colorado Rockies
Spanish Peaks
San Lula Valley
Fa Eee
Jim Mathew to Teach and Coach at Spirit Lake Iowa
Jim Mathew accepts a teaching post for next year in Spirit Lake Iowa and will serve as assistant coach. He previously coached in Manila schools for three years and is spending the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs H B Mathew.
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Jim Mathew
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Jim
Manila
H. &. Mathew
Methodists Hold Promotion Day in Sunday School
The Methodist Sunday school observes Promotion Day at 9 46 Sunday morning June 26. Graduates move to the next department and receive diplomas. primary to junior students receive a Revised Standard Version Bible. Parents urged to attend and witness their children’s graduation in the Sunday school.
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Methodist Sunday School
Local Court Records Show Guilty Plea and Fine
In Justice of the Peace court Judge Furcell, Heith Lieber of Kansas City Kansas pleaded guilty to intoxication on June 21 and was fined 20 dollars plus costs. Mike Lieber of Kansas City Kansas appeared in Purecell court on June 21 charged with O M Y Y S by Deputy Sheriff Croy, bound over to the District Court and fined 300 dollars plus costs after appearance before Judge Lewis.
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Justice of the Peace
L. A. Furcell
Heith Lieber
Kansas City
Kansas
T. C. Croy
Mike Lieber
Purecell
O.M. Yy. S
T. O. Croy
Lieber
District Court
U. J. Lewis
Bycroft Heads County Farm Council In Iowa
Henry Bycroft, Holt township representative, was elected June 20 as the first president of the Taylor county Agricultural Extension Council. Officers named include Helen Tirbverlake vice president Gretchen Hensley secretary and William Young treasurer. The council will prepare the 1956 budget and set terms for upcoming elections with meetings at Bedford.
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Henry Bycrett
Holt Township
Taylor County Agricultural Extension Council
Ite
New Extension Council
Bedford
Helen K Tirbverlake
Mason Township
Gretchen T. Hensley
Ross Township
Willam G. Young
Bedford Township
Cludes
Lyle Stoaks
Grant Howeship
Helen “Meyers
Washington Township
Henry Bycroft
Gretchen T. Hensley Ross
Helen K. Timberlake
William G. Young
Celebrate July 5 At Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg residents plan the annual celebration on Tuesday July 5 announced by the Sharpsburg Community Club. The program includes a talent show with 15 prizes starting at 7 dollars for first place down to one dollar for the next ten prizes. entries due by June 30 1955. The parade begins promptly at 7 PM and all entrants are welcome.
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Sharpsburg
Methodists Plan A Picnic Dinner At Bedford Park
The Bedford Methodist church schedules an all church and Sunday school basket dinner on Sunday June 26 after morning worship at Bibbing Park. Members should bring food and their own table service. Robert Stacy and Merrill D. Lischer lead arrangements. In case of rain the dinner moves to the church basement.
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Bedford Methodist Church
Bibbing Park
Robert Stacy
Merrill D. Lischer
New House in Our Town at 1408 Court Bedford
Mr and Mrs Max Cox reside in a new one story house built by themselves with help from Bedford Building Supply. The 24 by 32 footprint includes living room kitchen dinette two bedrooms bath and hall plus a full basement a 14 by 24 garage with concrete floor and drive Lennox furnace installed by Bedford Building Supply.
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Max Cox
Bedford
Court
Bedford ‘Building Supply
Times-Press
Bluegrass Seed Crop Thrives In Taylor County Area
At Vogt Seed Company east of Bedford workers thresh and cure an abundant bluegrass seed crop. About 30 employees oversee a million and a half pounds of uncured seed arranged in rows at curing grounds. The season brings unusually heavy bluegrass seed in Iowa Missouri and Kentucky with states north reporting shortages. Taylor County is described as center of the best seed this year.
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Vogt’s
Abovt
Vogt Seed Company
Bedford
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Multiple Hospital Admissions and Recoveries in Bedford Area
Local notices report Mrs. Daryl Monk's return home from Mount Ayr hospital and patients including Chub Cox in Des Moines Veterans Hospital, Ray McMullin in Clarinda Municipal, Mrs. Roberts bound for Mayo Rochester for possible surgery, Roger Reith recovering from knee surgery in St. Joseph, and Helen Rae Steele undergoing throat surgery in Omaha. Additional items note F B Sheley’s hospital stay in St. Joseph, Mrs. Burson’s repeated surgeries in Maryville, Craig Owens facing major surgery in St. Joseph, J C Jim Smith in Des Moines surgery, Denny Shepherd's recovery after muscle correction, Mrs. Glenn Levitt's leg fracture in Clarinda, and John Edward Cox’s electrocution incident near Bedford. Continuous care and post operative updates follow for each case.
Vote Saturday on Wheat Quota Referendum in Taylor county
Voting on the Wheat Marketing Quota Referendum will be held Saturday June 25 1956 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the county ASC office in Bedford. Eligible farmers may vote or obtain absentee ballots. landlord and tenant may both vote. If two thirds approve the 1956 support price will be at least 76 percent of parity otherwise it drops to 50 percent. 73 farms in Taylor county have 16 acres or more for harvest in 1955.
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Taylor County
ASC
Bedfor
Bedford
Waterman Earns Dentistry Degree From University of Kansas City
Joseph M Waterman son of Mrs Frank Waterman and the late Frank Waterman of Leavenworth Kansas former Betford received his dentistry degree from the University of Kansas City School of Dentistry in June He ranked highest in his class and earned Omicron Kappa Upsilon key for the top 12 percent and the Alpha Omega Scholarship plaque for 1955 He will return to the college as assistant professor in pathology.
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Joseph M. Waterman
Frank
Waterman
Frank Waterman
Leavenworth
Kansas
Betford
University of Kansas City School of Dentistry
Omron Kappa Upsilon
Alpha Omega
Bedford PTA Officers Plan Work For New Year
The Bedford P T A officers held their second summer meeting on June 16. Present were Mary Knapple president Berniece Gold vice president Audrey LaRue treasurer and school officials R F Van Dyke J S Taylor principal Roy Reith junior high principal. Plans for the coming year were discussed and committees were appointed.
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Bedford P.T.A
Mary Knapple
Berniece Gold
Audrey LaRue
R. F. van Dyke
J. S. Taylor
Roy Reith
Mrs Parsons Buys ILOME and Moves to New Home
Mrs Della Parsons sells her north of court house property to Mr and Mrs C A Reynolds and purchases the Churchill residence. She has moved to her new home.
Child Rescued After Electric Shock Incident
A mother freed her child from an electric shock when a fan shorted on a stove. Both suffered electric effects but are recovering. incident prompted safety checks at the home.
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Zon
Births in Bedford and Athelstan report two girls
A daughter named Mary Darlene was born to Mr and Mrs Ronald Rogers of Bedford on June 17. Mrs Henry Young of Athelstan welcomed a daughter named Mary Elaine on June 12.
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Ronald Rogers
Bedford
Mary Darlene
Henry Young
Athelstan
Mary Elaine
Widners Visit Bedford Relatives Recall Bedford Roots
Col Glynn Widner of Greenville NC and his wife and daughter Glenna Kay spent the weekend in Bedford with sister Mrs Floyd Robbins and other relatives. They are former Bedford residents.
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Col
Glynn Widner
Greenville
North Carolina
Glenna Kay
Bedford
Marines Celebrate Graduation and Transfers in WWII Training
Mr and Mrs Jesse Haley of Sheridan announce their son graduated from the Junior Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico Virginia on June 3. He transfers to the Third Marine Air Wing at Cherry Point North Carolina. Private Brice G Johnson of Gravity completes the Wheel Vehicle Repair Course at The Ordnance Automotive School in Atlanta. He is among more than 0,000 men trained at the school since 1941.
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Stenlale
Atlanta General Depot
Atlanta
Brice G. Johnson
Qravity
Ordnance Automotive School
Johnson
Leroy W. Johnson
Matured E Bonds Retained to Grow Value Under Extension
Nearly 75 percent of matured E Bonds are kept by owners under a 10 year extension option to continue earning value. More than 40 percent of today’s 7 million American families have U S Savings Bonds. Interest checks arrive semiannually for Series H Bonds with about 3 percent interest if held to maturity.
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United States
U. S
Treasury
Rainbow Girls Attend Iowa Grand Assembly in Waterloo
Mary Anne Sharp Alvira Stock Barbara Reed and Evelyn Russell represented Bedford at the Iowa Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls in the Masonic Temple Waterloo drawing 770 attendees. Sharp introduced as Worthy Advisor. four Bedford girls sang in the Grand Choir. Grand Assembly moves to Cedar Rapids next year.
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Mary Anne Sharp
Alvira Stock
Barbara Reed
Evelyn Russell
Iowa
George Jared Finds A Weather Balloon
George Jared found a U. S. Army Air Corps weather balloon in his oats field last week at his farm north of Bedford. The instruments were intact and the balloon was in good condition. He returned it to the government place of starting.
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George Jared
U. S. Army Air Corps
Bedford
Jared
Sheriff Lucas Chronicles a Thrilling Day in County
Sheriff Harry Lucas recalls nine years of service with no dull moment when a Bedford filling station called him to aid a distressed woman abandoned by two companions. The incident underscores the unpredictable duties of a county peace officer and handyman.
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Harry ‘Lucas
Bedford
New York
Midwest car chase and roadside rescue narrated
Lucas radios Mount Ayr to stop two women in distress as he pursues the New York car headed west. Speed climbs to 90 as he closes in and prevents an attempted transfer while guiding all three to a safer roadside pickup.
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Lucas
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
New York
Sfren
Midwest
Bedford Girls Attend State Y Teen Conference in Pella
Carolyn Cummings Cheryl O Dell Phyllis Jones and Ruth Hennegin led Bedford girls at the state Y Teen conference on the college campus in Pella Iowa About 275 girls attended and the group returned home Saturday Mr and Mrs Henry Hennegin drove them to Pella and Mrs Carl Cummings and Mrs Herman O Dell accompanied them on the return trip.
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Carolyn Cummings
Cheryl O'Dell
Phyllis Jones
Ruth Hennegin
Pella
Iowa
Henry Hennegin
Bedford
Carl Cummings
Herman O'Dell
Taylor county extension council names elected members
Certification of election by county officers completes the Taylor County Agricultural Extension Council membership. Maclyn LaRue and Floyd Andre coordinated. Township reps include William Young Mabel Vawter Gertrude Mahan Merle Harland Day Hampton Wintermute Lyle Stoaks Alice Westlake Henry Bycroft Opal Larison W. D. McCalla Frances Dalton Helen Timberlake Wilson Wilhelm Tom Lockhart Gretchen Hensley Helen Meyers. The council will take oath, organize, elect officers, and assume duties by August 1, 1955.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Agricultural Extension Council
Taylor County Extension
Maclyn LaRue
Floyd Andre
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
Bedford
Helen Meyers LaRue
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Andre Us
Bruins Hold Evening Practice For Baseball Prospects
Harold Guenther Bedford Bruins manager invites all players to a summer under lights drill session on Thursday evening June 28. Both former and aspiring players are urged to attend to help select a team for the upcoming local season.
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Harold Guenther
Bedford Bruins
Guenther
Van Nuys to Mark 59th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Van Nuys of Gravity celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary with a basket dinner at Gravity Park on Sunday July 3. If weather turns bad the event moves to the Christian church basement in Gravity. All are invited.
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George van Nuys
Gravity
Gravity Park
Christian Church
Qgravity
Mary Lou Damewood Makes Dean's Honor Roll at College
Clarinda Junior College student Mary Lou Damewood earned recognition on the Dean's Honor Roll at year end.
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Mary Lou Damewood
Clarinda Juior College
Marriage Licenses Granted in Various Cities
Doyle Terry and Helen Glaze of Bedford were issued licenses on June 16. Kenneth Fine of Hopkine and Jean Stephens of Bedford on June 17. Loren Bolinger of Sharpsburg and Dorothy Holland of Lenox on June 18. Harold W. Root of Des Moines and Jo Anne Kent of Des Moines on June 18. Jdon L. Root of Clarinda and Doris M. Gibson of Shenandoah on June 18.
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Doyle Terry
Helen Glazebrook
Bedford
Kenneth Fine
Hopkine
Jean Stephens
Loren Bolinger
Sharpsburg
Dorothy Holland
Lenox
Harold W. Root
Jo Anne Kent
Des Moines
Jdon L. Root
Clarinda
Doris M. Gibson
Shenandoah
Dune
ROTC Cadet Jack Dinges Accepted for AFROTC Program
Jack Dinges son of Mr and Mrs John M Dinges is accepted for the advanced Air Force ROTC course at the State University of Town. He will return this fall for his junior year in the College of Commerce and work in Bedford over the summer.
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Cox Roy
John Edward Cox
Wayne Cox
West of Bedford
John’ Edward
Jack Dinges
John M Dinges
Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
State University of Town
College of Commerce
Bedford
Reynolds Return to Bedford from Gravette Arkansas
Mr and Mrs Claude Reynolds moved back to Bedford after four years away in Gravette Arkansas where Reynolds retired from railroad agent work They sold their Arkansas property and bought near Mrs Della Parsons north of the H B Nelson home on Dodge Street to be closer to their daughter Mrs Arthur Beal in Malcolm Nebraska Their health prevents Reynolds from working and they wished to be nearer their daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude ‘Reynolds
Bedford
Gravette
Ark
Reynolds
Arkansas
Della Parsons
Jacatta
H. B. Nelson
Dodge Street
Malcolm, Nebr
Arthur Beal
Longfellow Family Vacation Stops En Route Home
Mr and Mrs J F Longfellow returned Monday from Spirit Lake where they spent a week with their daughter and her family Dr and Mrs J L Ulttentback and son David of Perry also vacationing there. On the way home they paused in Rockwell City to visit their son Howard Longfellow and family.
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J. F. Longfellow
Spirit Lake
JL. A.ulttentback
David
Perry
Enroute Homesiey
Rockwell City
Howsard Longfellow
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Fair Grounds
Woodard
Local Masons
Legion Auxiliary
Mathew
Methodists
Justice Court
Bycroft
Extension Council
Wilma Nov‘nger
Mackyn LaRue
Exneslon Council
Daryl Monk of
Charfield
Mount Ayr Hospital
Veteran’s Hospital
Chub” Cox
Conway
Veteran's ‘Hospital
Ray McMullin
Municipal Hospital
Roberts
Mayo
Tom Roberts
Rochester
Roger Reith
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Steele
Helen Rae
Darrel Steele
Denison
Omaha
Steeles
F. B. Sheley Hl
F. B. Sheley
Sheridan, Mo
Burson
Robert Burson
Hopkins
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Craig Owens
Charles Owens
Denny Shepherd
Harold Shepherd
Missouri Methodist
Glenn Levitt
Joseph M Waterman
T. A
Widners
Johnston In
Georgia
Rainbow Girls
Miriam Stock
Bedford Girls
Grand Assembly
Grand School of Instruction
Bedtora
Bruins
van Nuys
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