Eight-County Group Selects Name for Development Area
The eight county Midcrest Development Area in South Central Iowa has been named for the jointly planned region. Adair Adams Clarke Decatur Madison Ringgold Taylor and Union counties are included as part of the development leadership group’s efforts.
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Midcrest
South Central
Iowa
Adair
Adams, Clarke
Decatur
Madison
Ringgold
Taylor
Union Counties
Iowa State University Extension Service
Ron Faas
Tenco
Iowa State University
Extension Service
Payne and Travis Admitted to Iowa State Bar
Michael F. Travis and John Payne joined 115 passers in the Iowa State Bar exam. They were sworn in June 17 at the Iowa Memorial Union on the University of Iowa campus. Travis is the son of Mr and Mrs Merle Travis of rural Bedford and Payne is the son of Mr and Mrs Colburn Payne of New Market. Both earned law degrees from Creighton University in Omaha before admittance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Travis
John Payne
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
Cox Honored At Midwest Track Meet
Kay Cox named outstanding track girl at the Midwest Amateur Athlete Union Championships in Beatrice Nebraska on June 18. She won three events including the high jump 5 feet 1 inch a Midwest record and the 220 yard dash in 26.8 seconds and the 100 yard low hurdles in 7.3 seconds. Nancy Bush of Bedford placed second in the 50 yard low hurdles 7.9 seconds and sixth in the 100 yard dash 12.2 seconds. Bush also long jumped 15 feet 2 inches helping BCHS to a second place finish as Beatrice won the meet with five states participating.
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Kay Cox
Midwest Amateur Athlete Union
Beatrice
Nebr
Jerry Wetzel
Cox
AAU
Cox High
Midwest
Bedford
Nancy Bush
Bush
BCHS
Pasture Tour Set for June 24 in Adams County
Adams County hosts a full day pasture improvement tour on Friday June 24 starting at 9 30 a m in front of the Corning post office. Iowa State University officials Frank Schaller and Charles Ballentine join Art Thorsen and Carl Zimmerman along with Dave May to discuss seedings and maintenance of birdsfoot trefoil and orchard grass. A complete tour schedule will be posted at the Adams County Extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Corning
Taylor Country
Taylor County
Frank Schaller
Extension Agronomist
Charles Ballent
Bedford High class of 1937 reunion dinner July 31
Members of the Bedford High class of 1937 are reminded of their reunion to be held Sunday July 31 at the Lake of Three Fires state park. Plan to bring a basket dinner for this midday gathering. planning committeeman Ivan Longfellow notes to mark the date and bring family.
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BHS
Bedford
Lake of Three Fires State Park
Ivan Longfellow
Taylor County Motor Company Wins Special Ford Awards
The Taylor County Motor Co. of Bedford has been chosen as a top Ford dealership and received Ford Motor Company's Distinguished Achievement Award. The agency also earned the Gold Car Award for five consecutive years as a sales leader, displayed at the local showroom.
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Taylor County Motor Company
Ford
Taylor County Motor Co
Bedford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Agency
Win
Mrs Baker resigns as BCHS secretary after five years
Mrs Henry Dianne Baker has stepped down from her secretary role to Bedford Community High School's principal. She served five years in the Bedford local school system, including three years with current principal James M Huelskamp. Ford dealer S K Mendenhall has served Bedford since 1955 at 510 12 Court street.
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Henry
Dianne) Baker
Bedford Community High
Ford
S. K. Mendenhall
Bedford
Court Street
Three Fires Fishing Is Good
A fragmentary note describes a person named Bob and his father Dwaine McPeek of Mid west Alting Co. The text references Taylor and mentions fishing, vacation, and a genial wife, but many details are garbled.
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Dwaine McPeek
Bob
Dwaine
Midwest
Altlng Co
Girl Injured in Auto Mishap Near Bedford
Betty Still a 15 year old NWMSC student received head cut and concussion after a one car mishap 1.5 miles north of Bedford on Route 49 June 19 at 5 40 pm. She rode with Garey Lynn Hillman 16 Maitland Mo whose car pulled into a ditch to avoid a left turning unidentified vehicle.
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Betty Still
NWMSC
Bedford
Maryville
Garey Lynn Hillman
Maitland
Mto
Hillman
Joneses Catch Walleyes on Tea Area Fishing Trip
Dr and Mrs R W Jones and family report catching their limit of walleyes at Red Lake during a fishing vacation in the Tea Strike area Minnesota. The kids are the main fishers. En route, their one wheel trailer separated from the Jones car requiring gear to be repacked onto the auto.
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R. W. Jones
Red Lake
Joneses
Teastrike
Minn
Northland
Jones
Bedford Targeted For New Factory Site
A factory relocation prospect appears favorable for Bedford after a long distance call from a major manufacturer. A sign up period for women aged 18 to 50 took place June 7 and 8 at the Plugh Building, with a representative to arrive June 22 for further negotiations. Women in the age bracket who missed the signup may sign up at the Iowa Power and Light office on weekdays.
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Bedford
Plugh
Iowa Power & Light
Times-Press
Clearfield Girl Crowned District Dairy Princess in Creston Show
Dixie Lee Parrish of Clearfield won the District Dairy Princess title at the 8th Annual Creston 4-H and FFA Dairy Show on June 20 after earlier being named Taylor County Dairy Princess. She advances to the State Dairy Princess Contest in Des Moines in October. Linda Breach of Sharpsburg was the other Taylor County contestant. Harold Nelson of Clearfield won Reserve Champion Guernsey heifer and was named Blue Ribbon Showman. Other honors went to James Bond Bilockton, Jim Christensen Lenox, Bill Henderson Lenox, and Kay Blake Bedford. Dean Nelson and Bob Blake assisted as board directors.
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Dixie Lee Parrish
Clearfield
FFA
Dixie
Taylor County
Nichviel
Parrish
Des Moines
Linda Breach
Sharpsburg
Harold Nelson
Harold
James Bond
Bilockton
Jim Christensen
Lenox
Leifer
Bill Henderson
Kay Blake
Bedford
Dean Nelson
Bob Blake
Medical facility movements and patient updates from area hospitals
The report lists numerous local residents with hospital admissions and discharges in June. Names include Linda Akers, Mary Davis, Brenda Kay McKiddy, Erma Woods, Verna Brooks, Hannah Cochran, Hannah Mohler, Darren Strough, William Blake, and Estella Stoaks, with facilities at St Francis Maryville Clarinda Municipal and other area hospitals. It notes admissions, surgeries, recoveries, and continuing treatments across Bedford New Market Clearfield Sheridan Clearview Creekfield Creston and Oltumwa area facilities.
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Linda Akers
Bedford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Mary Davis
New Market
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Erma Woods
Clavinda Municipal Hospital
Brenda Kay McKiddy
Hannah Cochran
Farm Bureau District Bowling Tourney Set at Bedford Lanes
The State Farm Bureau designates Bedford Bowling Lanes as the site for the district Farm Bureau Bowling tournament next January. Taylor county Farm Bureau president Francis Brown announced the plan.
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Farm Bureau Dist
The
State Farm Bureau
Bedford
District Farm Bureau
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Francis Brown
Farm Bureau to Sponsor Cookout King Contest
The Taylor County Farm Bureau will sponsor a Cookout King Contest at the Taylor County Fair on Friday July 22. Open to males over 12 who reside in Iowa, contestants compete in beef pork lamb poultry or turkey with judging based on meat preparation originality of cut clearness and showmanship. Watch this paper for further information.
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Farm Bureau
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Taylor County Fair
Iowa
Jim Cummings Attends ISU Summer Orientation
James Carl Cummings, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Cummings of Bedford, attended the Summer Orientation program in Veterinary Medicine June 14 15 at Iowa State University. The two day session covered aptitude and placement tests visits with counselors and planning the fall class schedule. The orientation allows students to complete requirements that would take longer during Freshman Days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carl Cummings
Carl Cummings
Bedford
Towa State University
Births in Indianola and Massena Families Record New Arrivals
A son Christopher John was born May 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wainwright of Indianola Iowa. Grandparents Ed gar Wainwright Jr of Sheridan Missouri and Frank Miller of Elkhart Indiana. Great grandfather Edgar Wainwright of Clarinda. A daughter Julie Meurale born June 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Chubick of Massena Iowa. Grandparents Orval Ridnour of New Market. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Narber of Hopkins Missouri parent an adopted daughter Eva June. Grandfather Belford G Narber of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Christopher John
Steven Wainwright
Indianola
Edgar Wainwright Jr
Sheridan, Mo
Frank Miller
Elkhart
Ind
Edgar Wainwright
Clarinda
Julie Meurale
Otis Chubick
Massena
Orval Ridnour
New Market
Vernon Narber
Hopkins, Mo
Eva June
Belford G. Narber
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Local Hospital Patients and Discharges Highlight Iowa City and Clarinda
Paul Morris of Bedford remains a patient at Clarinda Municipal Hospital undergoing treatment. Walter Houck returned home June 18 from Clarinda where he had been a patient for ten days. Roy Gordon of Blockton is a patient at University Hospitals in Iowa City after eye surgery on Thursday. Lula Hopson has been released from Clarinda Municipal Hospital and resides at Pearl Terrace Manor. Gladys Bentley of Blockton returned home from Sisters Hospital in Maryville, Missouri on June 11.
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Henry Glass
Bedford
Clarinda Municipal Hospital
Lester Posten
St. Joseph Hospital
Maryville
Paul Morris
Walter Houck
Roy Gordon
Blockton
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lula Hopson
Clarinda
Pearl Terrace Manor
Gladys Bentley of
Sisters Hospital
Bedford Senior Jeanne Janson Heads to Ecuador Exchange
BCHS senior Jeanne Janson leaves for two months in Ecuador under the International Student Exchange program. She will live with the St. Jose Behr Caballero Filia family in Guayaquil and may attend a local school, while Spanish study aids her stay.
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Jeanne Janson
Gravity
Bedford Community High School
Ecuador
Jeanne
Des Moines
Chicago
Miami
Columbia
Lima
Peru
Guayaquil
St. Jose Behr Caballero Filia
Cecilia Behr
Cecilia
Jose
Maritza
Ingrid
Jose Behr Caballeo
Flia
Chimborzao
Quayaquil
Crazy Days Parade Lights Bedford June 24
Tomorrow Bedford hosts Crazy Days, a townwide event with a 2:00 p.m. parade from the courthouse to the Hardin Theatre. Shops offer bargains and costumes, with a Times-Press color pull to promote the big day. Twenty four Boy Scouts, including five from Blockton, camped at Lake of Three Fires and practiced outdoor cooking as they begin God and Country awards under Rev Ollie Odile.
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Bedford
Courthouse
Hardin Theatre
Times-Press
Blockton
R. D. Timberlake
Ollie Odile
Four carloads attend U M youth camp in Nebraska
Four carloads of Hamilton Memorial United Missionary Church youth traveled Monday to the U M camp grounds at Weeping Water Nebraska to attend the camp through Friday. Rev Walter Ortmann Midwest District youth director leads the camp with Mrs Ortmann as cook and nurse and Janice Hamilton as helper. Mrs Dean Cordell Mrs Bill Moon and Mrs Glade Sickels arranged transportation. Attendees include Donna Cordell Keith and Kevin Edie Paul Hamilton Virginia McNeese Coleen Ortmann Gene Oxley Jolee and Spike Rucker Phyllis and Karen Schrodt Cathy Joan and Virginia Thrasher.
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Hamilton Memorial United Missionary Church
U. M
Weeping Water
Nebraska
Walter Ortmann
Midwest
Ortmann
Janice Hamilton
Dean Cordell
Bill Moon
Glade Sickels
Donna Cordell
Keith
Kevin Edie
Paul Hamilton
Virginia McNeese
Coleen Ortmann
Gene Oxley
Jolee
Spike Rucker
Phyllis
Karen Schrodt
Cathy
Joan
Virginia Thrasher
Demo legislative group meets Friday in Junction Cafe
A Taylor-Ringgold Democrat Legislative Convention is set for Friday June 24 at 8 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Junction Cafe. All delegates chosen at the May 6 County Democrat Convention should attend, per county chairman Verne Timberlake.
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Junction
Verne Timberlake
Marriage Licenses Filed in June for Bedford and Creston
On June 18 Gary Hoops 19 of Bedford married Diana Wyckoff 18 of Bedford. On June 21 Wesley Pentington Jr. 23 of Creston married Nancy Wilson 18 of Lenox.
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Gary Hoops
Bedford
Diana Wyckoff
Wesley Pennington, Jr
Creston
Nancy Wilson
Lenox
Book By Mrs. Lillie Jackson Goes On Sale In Bedford
Mrs. Lillie M. Jackson author of Fanning the Embers is in Bedford her old home town residing at the Maloy apartment building. A limited number of copies are at the Times-Press for 3.95 each and autographs available. The book tells the life story of Jackson from Texas childhood in Cabell County West Virginia to Illinois and shows hardships courage and love for people. Earlier this week she gave a complimentary copy to the Bedford Public Library.
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Lillie Jackson
Bedford
Lillie M. Jackson
Hollands to Teach in Canada at Smokey Lake High
Larry and Mrs. Holland will teach at Smokey Lake High School one mile north of Edmonton during the school term starting Sept. 1. Mrs. Holland, with BCHS teaching experience, will handle business education while Mr. Holland, a BCHS instructor, will teach mathematics. They are from Bedford and Perry, planning to leave Bedford around August 10.
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Larry Holland
Smokey Lake High School
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Holland
BCHS
She
Dwight Davidson
Bedford
Hubert Holland
Perry
Redding
Flo McMillin Wins Weekly Contest in Times-Press
Bedford reader Flo McMillin wins the weekly contest by correctly identifying olives and money prizes. Entries must be delivered to participating merchants with heavily bordered ads by a Monday deadline. Times-Press office will not accept entries.
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Times-Press
Mionday
Bedford
National Bank
Times-Press Office
Tractor accident injures Iowa farmer near Redding
Curtis Wilson 37 a farmer near Redding remains in fair condition at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines after a tractor rollover last Thursday. He suffered a skull fracture when a sickle bar struck his head while mowing a steep bank. He is son in law of Mr and Mrs Leslie Roush of Gravity.
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Curtis Wilson
Redding
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Wilson
Mrs. Leslie Roush
Gravity
4-H Day Camp Set For June 20 At Lake of Three Fires
Taylor County 4-H members under 14 by Jan 1 may attend a day camp on Wednesday June 20 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Central Daylight Time at Lake of Three Fires. Activities include sports health nature study and crafts with ISU wildlife specialist Robert Moorman leading nature study and county 4-H officers running sessions. A noon cookout and afternoon swimming and games are planned. If rain occurs the event moves to Thursday.
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Taylor County
4-H
Lake of
Robert Moorman
ISU Extension
County 4H
Recreation Schedule For Freewees Baseball Program
The Freewees baseball schedule lists practice on Mondays and Fridays at 3 p.m. Games are set for Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Boys not in baseball have other activities in the afternoon. A full recreation program is planned for girls. The Taylor County Republican Women hold a regular necotine on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the park in Lenox Town inviting guests. Members see Conadt Julia or Imogene Gustafson for details.
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Taylor ‘County Council
Necotine
Lenox
Conadt Julia
Imogene
Gustafson
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