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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
4
Many residents are convalescing after operations and injuries. U L Willson returned home from St Francis Hospital Maryville after horse kicking injuries. M A Webster underwent surgery in Iowa City with family at his side.
The church schedule lists Sunday services at 9:45 a.m. with church school and 11 a.m. worship featuring the sermon The Romance of Religion. An 8 p.m. Union service at the Baptist church with Rev. J Stanley Decker delivering the sermon. Tuesday and Friday meet events for Ladies Aid and Aid Society in church parlors.
At 9 45 a m the church school under Mrs M L Page superintendent begins session. At 11 a m worship service is planned.
The Baptist Church led by W H Hoge outlines Sunday schedule with 9 45 a m Sunday school 11 a m worship and an 8 p m service. The sermon emphasizes youth and the Iowa Assembly gathering at Iowa Falls July 14 for a ten day encampment. Union services this week at the Baptist church feature Rev Decker of the Methodist church. B Y P U meets at 6 p m at David Kingsley home with all church youth invited and refreshments after.
A family gathering at the James Weldruff home on Sunday honored Mrs. Billy Neal and her sons from Greeley, Cole. Attending Siam relatives included Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Clayton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Orme and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Woldruff and family, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Woldruff and daughter.
Miss Crussel a returned missionary from Korea gave a talk at the Methodist church during morning services.
The Gravity Free Methodist church invites all to a July 3-5 event in Gravity Park. District elder C Ballenger of Boone, Iowa, will lead services including a testimony meeting, basket dinner, and multiple preaching sessions each day.
Sunday school activities included ten attendees with games music and refreshments. Local residents host and visit relatives from Bedford Las Animas Ames Guilford and Maryville sharing meals and hospitality over the weekend with numerous family gatherings and hospital visits.
A long list of relatives and friends visitances from Cedar Rapids to Maryville. Families including Melvin Greenway Jobe Fine and many others share weekends and holidays at homes in Shenandoah Maryville and Avoca with trips to Clarinda Hepburn Springfield and Council Bluffs. A dairyman reports a cow testing drop from 27.7 pounds of fat in March to 234 pounds in April.
Rev. B H Harmon resigns after ten years at the Christian church in W Hopkins and will move July 1 to Rosendale Missouri to take the new pastorate. The family is being honored at social and church events before the move. Mrs. P H Stewart 65 died in St Louis after an operation. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery. She survived by husband and son Howard Stewart of St Louis.
Farmers urged to thresh and mill at Creston Flour Mill in Creston Iowa for cash or product barter. New process yields white flour that bakes well and more flour per batch than competitors. Also notices announce local sales of furniture, a 60 acre farm, and a McCormick-Deering grain binder with contact details.
Mrs J W Walker and family thank neighbors and friends for sympathy after a serious hip and spine injury. She is reported doing fine. Gratitude extended to Rev Hoge and wife, Ladies Aid and Gleaners class, Rebekahs for tokens, flowers and support.
Mrs Avis Sheley and Harley express thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted with farm work and other deeds during illness and death of husband and father. The kindness will never be forgotten.
I thank my many friends for cards letters and flowers sent during my hospital stay. Their thoughtfulness will always be remembered and appreciated.
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