City Buys New Case Tractor For Street Work
Bedford city workers receive a new Case tractor with scoop and Hit attachment bought from J I Case company for 3309, well below the regular 4800 price. Don Glass, a Case dealer, notes a bid and promotes direct city sales at cost. Homer Marshall and a three man crew will operate it, replacing an older tractor for mowing and light duties.
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Bedford
J. I.case Company
Don Glass
Case Company
Homer Marshall
Chub Greenway
Norris
Bedford District Seeks One Faculty Vacancy For 1960
Supt. Gerald C. Bryan reports one English II and Speech instructor vacancy remains for the Bedford Community School District for the 1960 61 year. Blockton Gravity Conway and Bedford personnel changes include new hires and transfers across elementary and high school levels.
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Supt
Bryan
Bedford Com
Gerald C. Bryan
Bedford Community
Nine Days Left in First Period of Times-Press Campaign
In Bedford area voting shifts loom as nine days remain in the important first period of the Times-Press subscription drive. Gene Burks leads, with Hubert Hensley close behind and Norman Akers third, as bonus votes will count less after July 2. Campaigners urge supporters to subscribe now, noting pro-rate and bonus vote declines.
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Times-Press
Norman Akers
Trula Schrodt
Geraldine ‘John
Vato Staundings
Gene Burks
Bedford
Veenees
Hubert Hensley
Norman
Karen] Akers
Clyde
Leona] Stephenson
Sylviuj Hawkee
Kay Nell
Gravity
Rex Hatfield
Qeoll Stevens
Brockton
Mra
Jim
Adah] Taylor
Berthel Ledgerwood
Births in Pekin Hopkins Bellevue and Omaha families
A son Glen Paul born May 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Eldon Stewart of Pekin Ir. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stewart of Hopkins. A son Daniel Kemp born June 18 to Mr. and Mr. Junior Kelso of New Market. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Kelso and Mr. and Mrs. Myers of New Market. A daughter Gayle Lynn born June 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Reed of Bellevue Nebr. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Reed of Shambaugh and Mr. and Mrs. John Teeters of New Market. A daughter Marlys Kay born June 18 to Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Samler of Omaha. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. R. A. Pender graft of New Market. Mrs. Samler is the former Miss Kaye Pender graft.
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Glen Eldon Stewart
Pekin
Glen Paul
Glen Stewart
Hopkins
Junior Kelso
New Market
Daniel Kemp
Beryl Kelso
Myers
Gary Reed
Bellevue
Nebr
Gayle Lynn
Reed
Shambaugh
John Teeters
J. D. Samler
Omaha
Marlys
Kay
R. A. Pendergraft
Samler
Kaye Pendergraft
Judy Hanshaw Attends Hawkeye Girls State session
Judy Hanshaw of Bedford joins more than 300 girls at Hawkeye Girls State on Town State Teachers College campus Cedar Falls. Sponsored by Bedford Unit American Legion Auxiliary, the program trains teens in government functions and civic processes through a weeklong simulated state. Over 30 Auxiliary members staff the event led by Hawkeye Girls State director Mrs. Arthur D. Ladehoff.
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Judy Hanshaw
Forrest Hanshaw
Bedford
Hawkeye Girls State
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Bedford Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Girls State
Hawkeye Girls
Arthur D. Ladehoff
Clinton
Small Enrollment for Lake of Fires Swimming Classes
Poor turnout due to rain and bus confusion for Lake of Three Fires swimming lessons. Water instructor Ron Reed explains enrollments may occur next Monday or Tuesday, with buses from Bedford Conway Gravity areas and lessons 9:00 to 11:30, no class July 4. Adults seek later starts. room for more in any class. Also notes recent real estate purchases by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cornell in town.
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Ron Reed
Court House
Bedford
Jones Store
Conway
Post Office
Gravity
Lake
Reed
Bedford Hosts Free July Fourth Parade and Fireworks Display
The community invites all to Bedford for a free Fourth of July celebration featuring a 10 a.m. parade with colors, a color guard, and bands from Bedford Community School. Saddle club horses, floats, and novelty entries fill the day, followed by a picnic in Bibbins Park or Lake of Three Fires, a Saddle Club show at Taylor County Fair Grounds, lunch, and running races. Fireworks cap the evening with parking supervision by Bedford firemen.
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Bedford
Bedford Community School
Bibbins Park
Taylor County Fair Grounds
Bedford Saddle Club
Fair Grounds
The
Jaycees
Community Development Club
Lions Club
Firemen Attend Ames Fire Schoolsession
Bedford firemen led by Fire Chief Ben Scane attended the 36th annual Fire School at Iowa State in Ames on Wednesday and Thursday. Harold Larimer also attended both days with several others from the department. The event, directed by Iowa State University, is described as the nation’s best of its kind.
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Ben Scane
Bedford
Iowa State
Ames
Harold Larimer
Tuffy Johnson
Glenn Burroughs
Carl Howell
Bill Ewart
Maple Grove Church Homecoming Set With June 26 Services
The Maple Grove church will host its annual homecoming on Sunday, June 26. Worship begins at 11 with speaker Lorcen Boyd of Sheridan. A basket dinner follows at noon and an afternoon program is planned.
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Maple Grove Church
Lorcen Boyd
Sheridan
Lightning Destroys Large Barn On Dalrymple Farm
A lightning strike hit the Dalrymple farm east of Gravity around midnight last Wednesday, burning a large barn and its 900 bales of hay. Losses included 49 shoals, three sows, and about 60 bushels of oats, all insured. Gravity and Bedford fire crews saved a double crib with corn, the chicken house, and a 500 gallon gasoline tank. the house suffered no damage.
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Jeff Dalrymple
Guy Campbell
Gravity
Bedford
Mrs Woods Improving After Hospital Stay
Mrs Glen Woods of Cumberland Iowa was released Saturday from Mercy hospital Council Bluffs after a three week medical stay.
Taylor County Soil Contour Air Tour Set for Lenox Airport
The Taylor County Soil Conservation Air Tour will be July 7 at Lenox Municipal Airport. United Flying Service of Croston provides 4 passenger planes and pilots for aerial tours. flight hours run from 8 am to dusk with a noon air show by Dean O Crocellus. A rain date will be announced.
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Taylor County
Lenox Airport
Taylor County Soil Conservation
Merle Travis
District Commission
Lenox Municipal
Lenox Commercial Club
Taylor County Soil Conservation District
United Flying Service of
Croston
Lucas County
Honey Creek
Chariton
Oreston
Phota
Filghta
At & Am
Ying
United Flying Service
Dean O Crocellus
Lenox
Taylor County 4-11
Hospital and injury notes from Clarinda area
Mr. B. F. Johnson of Slam lies in Municipal hospital Clarinda after a heart attack. Ronald Beaver son of Mr and Mrs Jack Beaver underwent appendectomy at Municipal hospital Clarinda and is a student at Clarinda College. Mrs Victor Whaley of Siam returned from Municipal hospital Clarinda after several days with a kidney infection. Mrs Ida Riley of Gravity reports doctors care and tests at her daughter Mrs Bert Meyers home in Northboro. Glen Stewart of Siam was injured by a falling board at Eldon Clayton home, requiring six stitches.
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Ronald Beaver
Jack Beaver
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Ronald
Clarinda College
Victor Whaley
Siam
Riley
Ida Riley
Bert Meyers
Northboro
Glen Stewart
Eldon Clayton
1950 BHS Class To Have Reunion
The 1950 graduating class of Bedford High School will hold a reunion at Lake of Three Fires on Sunday, July 3. A basket dinner will be served at noon with reminiscing and visiting in the afternoon. Alumni and their families are invited. those unable to attend may write letters to be read. Mrs. Duane Beck and Mrs. Donald Newkirk are in charge of arrangements. 36 students were in the class.
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Bedford High School
Lake of Three Fires
Duane Beck
Lula’ ‘Mae Book
Sharpsburg
Donald Newkirk
Marilyn Newkirk
Jones Passes His State Bar Exam
Jones and 95 graduates were admitted to the Iowa state bar after completing the exam at The State University of Iowa. Richard Jones and Mrs. Ralph Jones were sworn in by District Court Judge James P. Gaffney. Most graduates came from SUL and Drake University. An evening dinner honored the new lawyers at Town Memorial Union.
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Towa City
Towa
State University of Iowa
Richard Jones
Atty
Ralph Jones
Bedford
James P. Gaffney
Marengo
Iowa
Norman Erho
Iowa State Bar
Gaffney
SUL
Drake University
Des Moines
American War Association
Town Memorial Union
Ross Center School Homecoming June 26 event
The annual Ross Center school homecoming will occur at the schoolhouse on Sunday June 26. A basket dinner starts at 12 o clock noon. Former teachers pupils and neighbors from CORINA are invited to attend.
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Ross Center School
Corina
Taylor County 4-Her Larry Stephens elected state president
Larry Stephens 18, of Taylor County, was installed Thursday as State President of the Iowa 4-H organization at the Boys 4-H Short Course in Ames. He will serve one year representing 28,900 4-H members, with Larry continuing active 4-H leadership and previously attending national and state gatherings. He plans to enroll at Northwest Missouri State College after graduation from Clearfield Community High School. James Warren, former president, now in Colorado, and Roger Selley of Villisca also held state officer roles in the same session.
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J. 5. Taylor
Max Carpenter
Taylor
Bedford Times-Press
Carpenter
New Market
W. B. Brown
Oloth Gerade
Gladys King
Sherri Heath Reeves
Larry Stephens
Taylor County
Towa
Towa State University
Ames
Donald Stephens
Conway
Larry
Mack McCall
Lenox
George Nelson
Clearfield
James Warren
Atlantic
Colorado
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Jerry Mark
Cedar Falls
James Tiedje
Newton
Don Hopp
Williamsburg
Roger Selley
Roy Selley
Villisca
4-H
Cummings Resigns as Bedford School Board Secretary
Carl Cummings will relinquish the Bedford Community Schools secretary post July 1 to Nelle Smith, with Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Paylor filling related secretarial duties. Smith brings county treasurer and farm program experience, while Mee Tue'lle Miller steps in as city clerk under Smith's tutelage. Cummings notes he leaves behind three lead pencils still fit for 25 more years.
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Carl Cummings
Bedford National Bank
Bedford Community Schools
Nelle Smith
Bedford Community School Board
Robert Paylor
Gerald Bryan
Smith
Taylor County
Corning
Omoaha
Mee
Larimer to Head Bedford Jaycees In July Installation
Harold Larimer will be installed as president of the Bedford Junior Chamber of Commerce in July after being elected at a June 15 meeting in Firemen's Hall. Other officers elected include Delmar Smith and Vernon Cox as vice presidents, Bob Wintermute, Mike Waters and Dean Davidson as directors, and Bill Moulton as secretary treasurer. The Jaycees work with the Community Development Club on events and promotions for the town’s youth and community entertainment such as the annual Fourth of July celebration. Marriage license issued in Maryville to Robert Dean Jackson and Vera Elaine Grace of Sheridan, Mo.
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Harold Larimer
Bedford
Junior Chamber
Delmar Smith
Vernon Cox
Bob Wintermute
Mike Waters
Dean Davidson
Bill Moulton
Maryville
Robert Dean Jackson
Hopkins
Vera Elaine Grace
Sheridan, Mo
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Pierce
Carl King
Johnny Smith
Bedford Elementary School
Gloria Hall
Myrna Wilson
Clara Cabbage
Revan Waldeier
Beauna Bartles
Agatha Beerter
Lucile Handorf
Bach
Wm. Harris
Texas
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Harris
Lake of Fires
Paul Miller
Mary m T. Richardson
North Central Street
Charles W. Cornellar
West Malin Street
Mattie E. Parker
Ames Fire School
Dalrymple Farm
Willie
Jones
NAVY
William Allen Sharp
Oscar Sharp
Rt. 1
Coniway
Navy Recruiting Station
Creston
William
San Diego
R. J. Hagan
A. E. Vandevort
Selective Service Office
Gary Scroggie
James Winemiller
Gary Johnston
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Larimer J.C
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Hilda Rusco
Juanita Cordell
Mis. Geraldine Young
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