Local social news notes visitors and travel in Bedford area
Numerous Bedford area residents are listed visiting relatives and staying with friends. Names include Miss Ferne Henderson in Waterloo Town, Miss Helen DaVoe in Waterloo, Miss Louie Ehmann in Bedford, and Miss Merjorie De Vaoe visiting Richard Cobb’s family.Several journeys to Iowa City, Grand Island, Denver, Chicago, and Toledo are noted, with people attending summer schools, visiting hospitals, or vacationing with relatives. J. W. Jackson and others hosted guests in Bedford over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Ehmann
Merjorie de Vaoe
Bedford
Richard. Cobb
Mrs." Quinn
Lenox
Conway Woman Bruised Arm After Electric Wringer Incident
Earl Marshall suffered a badly bruised arm Wednesday when it was caught in an electric wringer. No bones were broken. Local society notes report Ladies Aid sewing activity and refreshments. Cultural club honored Myrtle Godfrey and Mable Sommers with a Clarinda picnic, with out-of-town guests. Religious notices include Methodist services and pastor visit plans, plus various local visits and family travel through Bedford and Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Marshall
Ladies of the Culture Club
Clarinda
Myrtle Godfrey
Mable Sommers
California
Harry Piper
Burlington Junction
C. W. Farmer
Prescott
Bedford Social Roundup Sends Visitors From Nearby States
Mids Olife Orth visited Oamaha Sunday as guest of Miss Gret and Holman. Mrs Belle Brown of New Market was a business visitor in Bedford Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bert Hegson of Rockport Missouri stayed in Bedford Friday. Mrs Ernest Burks and son Philip visit Fonda Iowa for two weeks. K E M Larison and son of Hopkins stayed in Bedford Friday night with his brother B F Larison. Don Burks and sons visited Stanberry Missouri with Ernest Burks at Chester Burks home. Mr B A Shaddy and Miss Margaret Turner left for Fort Morgan Colorado to visit Aunt Mrs Frank Cowen and Haldean Turner. plans summer in Denver and Las Animas.
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C. C. Carson
Westphalia
Kans
Bedford
Genoa
Mr. Corson
Methodist
James Walls
Conway
Sharpsburg
Sidney Dunning
St. Joseph
Miss Vices
Mary Dunning
Milton Dun
Elmer Beanblossom
Paul Miller
James Frederick
Dirksena
Myrtle Widner
Omaha
L. C. Widner
Tabor
Glynn B. Widner
Ellis Trumbo
Clifford
Greenview
John H. Tobing
Athens
Trumbo
Shenandoah
Belle Brown
New Market
K. E. M. Larison
Hopkins
B. F. Larison
Don Burks
Allen
Jack
Eugene
Richard
Ernest Burks
Stanberry, Mo
Chester Burks
Margaret Turner
Fort Morgen
Colo
Frank Cowen
Haldean Turner
Denver
Las Animas
West Gay
Scott Blane
Chas, Blane
Dave Norton
Billy
Carl Parsons
Patsy Lou
Mike Dritch
Blockton
Paul Blane
J. S. Larsson
Delno Pickering
Mark and
Shirley
Harold Blane
Fred Ernest
Glen Ernest
Elvin
W. C. Ernest and Son
Gerald Steen
Community Notes on Visits and Travel in Local Towns
Mrs Anson Gold visited Creston to see Mrs Bert Boatman at the Coakley Clinic. Elsie Luton will visit relatives in Clarinda after going there Friday. Louise Nickle of Clearfield plans to spend the week with sister Mrs Vernon Straight. Several families attended Floyd Sheley’s funeral in Hopkins Sunday. Loren Duncan leaves for naval training after visiting his parents. Mabel Sommers of California visiting relatives here. Various residents shopped in Clarinda Bedford and Creston, with multiple family visits and trips to nearby towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson Gold
Creston
Bert Boatman
Coakley
Elsie Luton
Clalrinda
Louise Nickle
Clearfield
Vernon Straight
C. E. Straight
Marion
Hopkins
Floyd Sheley
T. E. Lambley
Homer Carmichael
Clarinda
Loren Duncan
Frank Duncan
Great Lakes
W. W. Palmer
Bedford
James Humphrey
Estle Scroggie
Miss Scroggie
A. C. Glasmann
Dee Hewitt
Charlie Connor
Clarindh
Junior Scroggie
O. Hawn
Conway
Grasshopper bait shortage prompts Missouri and Iowa aid push
The Farmers Column reports 60 carloads of poison bran and grasshopper bait distributed to 25 counties in the southwestern state with 40 to 75 more cars needed. Secretary Ray Murray and Congressmen Wearin Thurston and Gillette press for federal funds to supply controls, citing Iowa Minnesota and Missouri sources exhausted. Dairy and egg tips follow including off flavor relief via mixing milk from different lactations and cooling, plus mold concerns in chick washes and methods to cool eggs with humidity and sand beds in basements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Carl J. Drake
Minnesota
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Ray Murray
Murray
Nebraska
Missouri
Congress
A. D. Oderkirk
Iowa State College Extension
Mr. Oderkirk
Local Residents Attend Birthdays and Visits Across Towns
Athelstan residents mark Ray Rusco’s 19th birthday with a gathering for Delilah Rusco and Geraldine Cordell. Emmit Rusco and family visit Charley Rusco in Clearfield, while multiple relatives from Allendale and nearby towns visit J. W. Booker and others. Community clubs and church meetings are noted along with several trips and family visits across Bedford, Bethany, Rosendale, and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delilah Rusco
Geraldine Cordell
Ray Rusco
West Gay East Mission Church Sunday School News
Attendance reached 75 with a strong collection. The Young People’s class earned the largest weekly collection. Orchestra music and a song service were enjoyed. Supt Elvin Van Reenen invites instrumentalists to orchestra practice Wednesdays. Flavel Murphy will entertain the Young People’s class Friday at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Mission Church
East Mission
Elvin van Reenen
Flavel Murphy
Clifford Buxton
W. B. Murphy
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