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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
5
About 100 Bedford area veterans receive adjusted service certificates with roughly 25 000 in circulation. Individual bonds average around 450 with many surrendering part for checks from Des Moines. Some veterans plan to keep bonds to earn 3 percent interest while others cash out across Taylor County post offices.
Ben Bellis a Conway garage man died at University Hospital in Iowa City after being burned in a gasoline explosion while repairing a stalled truck two miles west of Conway. His partner Johnnie Norton and Dale Younkin were present at the scene. Bellis had been hospitalized in Creston before being moved to Iowa City.
Rev. Robert Boshen and J. A. Wyant will spend next week in Ames for the Synod of Iowa session from Monday to Thursday. Wyant will represent the Corning Presbytery as elder commissioner, Bedford church part. Boshen will conduct a conference on Public Worship.
Carl E. Bruns of Rolfe has been selected by the Bedford Public Schools Board of Education as the new agriculture teacher. A graduate of the State College at Ames, Bruns is attending a summer session and plans to arrive in Bedford the last of July to begin duties. He replaces M. Z. Hendern, who leaves for a similar post in Dewitt, Iowa. Bruns taught in Rolfe last year and is single.
Bedford resident Mrs Francis Tinkham Jackson died at her south Bedford home at noon Tuesday June 23 after years of declining health. Funeral services were held at Wetmore Funeral Home conducted by Rev Robert Boshen with burial in Bedford cemetery. A separate report states former Gravity resident Harry Emmanuel died by self-inflicted gunshot at his Aurora Colorado home and his body being returned to Gravity for burial.
The Times-Press will publish on Wednesday instead of Thursday due to the holiday. Advertisers and correspondents should submit copy one day earlier. Bedford stores will close at noon Saturday July 4. The band concert moves to Friday evening and stores stay open Friday night.
State health compilation shows 209 births in Taylor County in 1935 with rural areas recording 10,451 more births than 20 cities statewide. Total state births reached 41,021 at a rate of 16.4 per 1,000. Nearby counties Adams 159 Ringgold 261 Union 261.
A group of friends and neighbors visited the home of Mrs. Russell Gant and her son Hobart Dean at Siampuetdeys June 16. They washed seventy six loads and shared a basket dinner at noon. Dozens of local residents assisted with the day’s work, listed by name.
Floyd Sheley, 41, died Saturday afternoon after ten weeks ill and a three week isolation with spinal meningitis at Sun nyslope Hospital in St Joseph. Funeral services were held at Hopkins cemetery conducted by Rev C M Kennaugh. Burial followed in Hopkins cemetery. He was born October 26, 1804 in Taylor County and married Avis Foreman January 1, 1915. they had one son Harley. He is survived by his wife, son, and father M J Sheley of Hopkins, plus three sisters and a brother.
A diamond ring lost eight years ago near Bedford was found in a pasture by Taylor County youths and later returned to Mrs C S Orth of Yedford. The ring was worn by Olive Ort as a girl, then dropped from an upstairs window in Omaha. it reappeared while digging in dirt, ending a long disappearance and a family tale.
New Market City Council awarded a $53,282 contract to Fairbanks-Morse Co of Chicago to construct a municipal light plant. Work to begin within 30 days with completion in five months, subject to delays or litigation.
The 1936 Iowa State Fair will feature more than 5250 in prizes across corn oats and other grains with 445 for corn exhibits and 115 for oats barley rye and seeds. Top awards include 1550 for best individual farm exhibits and 2085 for county-wide collections, plus 3989 for fruits vegetables and flowers.
E. R. Drumm of Conway suffered a knee bruise after a horse kick at work last Thursday. No bones were broken, but he must use crutches to walk.
Miss Eleanor Wilkins of Berkeley California daughter of Mr and Mrs Krank Wilkins formerly of Lennox visits the city. She will sail in August for Japan to serve a five year term as a mission teacher in a girls school.
Bedford youths Kathleen McCoun and Lawrence Stark work at Drake University Des Moines this summer. McCoun in the personnel office and Stark as student manager of the tennis courts. McCoun a sophomore in fine arts, majoring in voice and in the mixed quartet. Stark a junior in education, ex-varsity football player, ran the quarter mile this spring on Drake’s track team.
The Young Republicans of Taylor county will meet at the court house in Bedford at 10 o clock Saturday morning June 27 to choose delegates to the state convention, elect a county chairman and officers, and appoint precinct committeemen and women for the next two years.
A Bedford group named Queen Esthers led by Ella Fluke and Mrs. Virgil Vincent attended a district meeting in Clarinda on Thursday June 18 at the Methodist church. The event featured talks by district and conference officers and a home missionary deaconess from Jacksonville Florida.
Funeral services for Harold Fellers 26 were held Tuesday in New Elm Minnesota. He died Thursday evening in a Wichita Kansas hospital after a long illness. He had worked for Cudahy Packing in Bedford from its arrival here until February when he left for health reasons. He travelled south for recovery but only reached Wichita before his hospitalization.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bray and daughter Betty with Wendell Prugh Charlie Wieser and Kenneth Brice drove to St. Louis Missouri on Tuesday and returned Wednesday evening. Three new Fords were brought from St. Louis to Bedford.
Bedford municipal band under director W Werth performs a June 27 program at 8:00 PM featuring marches Men of Ohio Lustspiel and On the Mall a serenade Amina concert waltzes Beautiful Lady in Blue and It Had Been So Long fox trots You On Treasure Island and Simplicity plus selections and the national anthem conducted by B Hallf and guests through a listed set of pieces and composers.
Republican and Democratic delegates and officers named at the June 1 primary will meet in Bedford next Saturday at 11 oclock. Republicans convene in the courtroom while Democrats assemble in the community club room under Ahrens Drug store.
Red Oak will celebrate independence day for the seventh consecutive year with the American Legion Post presenting a parade and festivities. The event features Red Oak’s national championship marching band and drum corps, plus a $42,000 Legion Park improvement program including a $10,000 pool filtration plant. Baseball games, parades at noon and 7:30 pm, dances, free acts, carnival, and a 10 pm fireworks display are planned.
Taylor county sends four girls and one leader from Bedford to the state 4-H girls convention June 24 to 26. Delegates wear club uniforms and attend morning divisional meetings, home furnishings, and daily general assemblies with speakers from Columbia University Boston and state organizations. About 1300 girls are expected to participate with Iowa State College staff aiding arrangements.
Bedford defeated the Malay team 16 to 3 while losing to Shannon City 9 to 5 in a Friday doubleheader. Watts struck out 11 in the Malay game, but Bedford committed six errors. In the Shannon City matchup Bedford had 21 hits yet scored only 5 runs. On Monday Gravity beat Mohler 16 to 9 and Marsh’s Mud Hens beat Cocklebur Ridge 6 to 3.
Miss Fern Wilson of Lenox travels to Denver to compete in the Trans Mississippi golf tournament. She is accompanied by her sister Miss Panny Wilson and Miss Gladys Bushy, both of Lenox.
The Bedford baseball team defeated Denver 8 to 4 in Denver Missouri. Pitcher Geburn delivered his usual brilliant work on the mound. Bedford has now won five straight games and will host Denver for a return clash soon.
Red Oak high school marching band, national champions, will parade through Bedford on June 30 as part of the American Legion barnstorming tour. Legion boosters plan a 3:50 PM visit with the red shirted band showcasing their prize winning attire and performances before the 4th of July celebration.
Visits here by Mrs Isaac Duling and family plus Miss Maude Nelson and others to Excel Springs Missouri for two weeks. The Duling family with daughter Beulah of Boulder Colorado visited Bedford at the Beck home. Mr and Mrs Lauren Stithem and children called on Mrs Mat Orten at the Hopkins Mendenhall residence.
Mary Lou Matheny, nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joén Matheny of Platteville, has a perfect attendance record for four years with no absences or tardies in that period.
The clerk reports only eight marriage licenses issued in June this year, compared with nine in June last year. From the past year, several months saw more licenses than the current June. This week Benjamin Anderson, 26, of Clearfield, obtained a license to wed Mary Swan, 23, also of Clearfield.
A Soil Conservation message explains that any oats or nurse crop clipped green or pastured must be in a solid block across the field with a straight boundary to avoid partial clipping. The rule prevents harvesting in small patches and requires proof of spring seeding where seed plants were killed.
A string of births includes John David for Herren of New Market born June 17 and Agatha June for Reed of Blockton born June 13. Patricia Jane to Ree Van Alstine of Guss community born June 21. Edward Alan to Walston of Blockton born June 5 and Vada Ruth to Sundell of Sharpsburg born June 16. A death: Mrs Thomason, age 57, died of a heart attack. funeral attendance noted for Mr Curtis Melvin family and pallbearers listed.
The Taylor county area faces a worsening grasshopper outbreak with 25 counties represented at a Harlan meeting led by Robert M. Davie. A car load of poison bran is available free at Farm Bureau offices while supplies last, with 150 car loads allocated to southwestern Iowa and Kansas City named as the infestation hub. Congress has allocated 250000 to combat the pests and weather conditions favor their spread, prompting preventive actions across southern Iowa.
County treasurer Jay R. Henderson says a penalty of 1 percent per month will start on all old age payments after July 1. Taylor county had 6000 pension recipients last year, about 3000 paid this year, and 8000 are on the list to pay.
Uniform county teachers sit exams Wednesday through Friday at the county superintendent's office in Bedford. They seek certificates.
The board of education will meet Friday to preliminarily adopt language and health rules. The meeting aims to set guidelines and timelines for policy implementation, with the session scheduled for late June.
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs with Mrs H C Houghton Jr of Red Oak as president sponsors a state club institute in Iowa City on June 26 and 27. Mrs Josephine Junkin Doggett will preside at sessions. Open to all club women with many speakers and round table discussions. Each district urged to send large delegations.
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