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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
3
The Hopkins home of Prof. D. L. Chaney was struck by lightning Tuesday morning causing substantial damage but no injuries. Community updates include local hires, school rolls, road damage from high waters, and a Bedford Independent District school board meeting naming teachers and salaries.
Twenty five years ago Grace Hatchett an eight year old girl from Conway dislocated her shoulder after falling from a tree. A fishing party including Ben Williams Tom Nye R T Burrell John Carrol and Wallace Loy traveled to Hamburg for a weekend outing but reported little fishing success yet enjoyed sun and the trip. Mrs C E Paul and her young son Robert, visiting Clarinda, narrowly escaped injury when a light bulb exploded showering hot glass. Seven Bedford families from the Christian Church traveled to Mount Ayr and Kellerton for church, then spent the afternoon at Robb's home in Kellerton where Rev Robb, recently appointed chaplain of the Third Iowa Volunteers, joined them.
Humboldt Produce and Hatchery adds egg breaking to its operations with a room for testing suspect eggs. One man and one woman handle the process before teams of women break, study, and cup the whites and yolks for feeding into a pressure mixer.
The Rev. Paul Marasco, Lenox’s resident priest, will move to Clarinda on June 29 to lead the newly organized parish and also serve Bedford. Bishop Gerald T. Bergen announced the appointment. Marasco and his mother and sister will live at 275 W. Clark. He will celebrate his first mass in Clarinda on July 5, with details to follow.
Madrid Register News shares a scrap of wisdom from an old notebook. The piece credits daily gratitude and cheerful reactions, noting growth through forgiveness, kindness to others, and recognizing God’s handiwork in ordinary moments.
Darwin Strickland ran an ad attraction at his oil station south of Villisca featuring a black bear. The bear survived an apparent poisoning attempt Sunday evening and was reported recovering at last check in the Villisca Review.
In Walcott Iowa merchants pool resources to continue the weekly newspaper after the publisher joins the army. They will cover any operating deficits to keep the paper published on schedule, underscoring the role of a local paper in community vitality.
Bees swarmed near the post office in Maryville causing parked cars to be left idle as motorists diverted away. The swarm occupied the large package mail box and lingered on the post office lawn despite efforts to move it, with Jess Wallace involved in later actions.
A man identified as Joan W Todd described as about 24 and in a soldier's uniform was arrested in Rock Port on a charge of desertion from the U S Army. He had been absent from Camp Claiborne Ga since April 16 and was taken into custody by military police from Fort Leavenworth. Local reports state he is not related to other residents of Shenandoah or Hamburg.
Wartime column notes crowded Tokio dailies as American buyers purchase War Bonds. The column mocks enemy morale while urging readers to invest and secure loyalty to the war effort.
Carl Miller of Siam was thrown from a cultivator Thursday and fracturing his ankle. Leroy Wyckoff broke his ankle Tuesday after leaping from a hayload. Thelma Merklin of Grant City and John Dale of Bedford wed April 24 and will live in Kansas City. Ed Allen's family hosted a birthday gathering for Mary Juanita. Charlotte Allen celebrated her fifth birthday with a dinner at her parents’ home.
Ten years ago a marriage license was issued in Maryville on Thursday to Bur dette Anderson of Glenwood and Miss Helen Goudie of Gravity. A son born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Dinwiddie of Bedford on Monday June 20 is named Charles Arthur. The Civic League and Boy Scouts will maintain a park across from the courthouse as a beauty spot.
In Minnesota a landscape eight miles north of Rochester features two towering buttes whose inverted footprints fuel a Bunyon myth. Local lore credits the legendary lumberjack with compressing soil to form the formations during a fabled winter and recalls his giant, mythical feats and logs hauled to mills by oxen before dawn.
A mystery drama starring Rey Grable Victor Mature and Carole Landis plays Carole a waitress chosen to be the cafe society darling. The plot follows a staged glamorization, a Hollywood contract, a murder, and detective Laird Cregar uncovering the killer with a dramatic denouement. Betty Grable and Carole Landis lead a strong supporting cast.
The American family tale based on Rebecca Yancey Williams biography features Frank Morgan as Cap’n Bob Yancey Lynchburg State’s Attorney. Kathryn Grayson Spring Byington Natalie Thompson and others deliver warm portrayals in a drama about love, ambition, and family duty.
Nostalgic reminiscence lauds Paul Bunyan as a flamboyant figure linked to Rochester. The piece recalls oversized props and fantastical scenes from a bygone era, noting Rochester’s civic pride and a Mayo Clinic lineage carried by three generations.
A June 14 garden tour organized by O. J. Kirketey drew residents including Mr. and Mrs. Lavie and Mr. and Mrs. Christensen to see multiple beds and methods. Visitors noted irrigation, soil care, and compact plots while ribbing Kirk for bragging about his own garden.
Ellen Beebe notes Tolstoys War and Peace mirrors Napoleonic and European conflicts. The three volume edition sits in the library as Beebe cites its opening Napoleon anti Christ and Annas critique of war while comparing Russia before and after the nineteenth century. She cites Atlantic review by Clifton Fadiman and recalls Tolstoys life 1828 to 1910 and his shift from soldier to writer.
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