Bedford U.S.O. Solicitations Set for July 2 Drive
The United Service Organization plans a Bedford drive on Wednesday July 2 to raise about 320 dollars as part of a nationwide effort exceeding ten million dollars. Dr M R Francis chairs the campaign with Carl Cummings as finance officer and group captains L Guy Young John Wogan James A Loucas Mrs Wayne Harbour and Mrs Harry Johnson to lead solicitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Organization
United States
U.S.O
Bedford
M. R. Francis
Carl Cummings
L. Guy. Young
John Wogan
James A. Loucas
Wayne Harbour
Harry Johnson
U.S.C
America
Naval Station
Young Men's Christian Association
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Young ‘Women's Christian ’ Association
Jewish ‘Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
Ae Amocracy
Snake Story From Bedford Farmer Baffles Birds
Glen Sharp of Bedford reports a dramatic series of events in his yard. A red headed woodpecker was killed by a bull snake, later regurgitated, and a young woodpecker was found inside the snake. A second bull snake was sighted high in elm trees nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Sharp
Glenn Sharp
Bedford
Glenn
Red-head
Sharp Place
Sharp
Elzie Parmenter
Country Club Plans Fireworks Display for Fourth
Country Club members raise funds to buy fireworks for the Fourth display at the club house grounds around 9 o clock Friday night. Earl L. Hoxel, 49, of Indianola, died after a long illness. formerly with Pratt Paper Company in Des Moines and a Creston resident who often visited Bedford as a Pratt salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear
Ferneau Resigns to Take Audubon Position
Ferneau, a vocational sculpture teacher in Bedford for two years, has tendered his resignation after a year of service and will depart for Audubon next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferneau
Bedford Sehonts
Audubon
Cars collide at road intersection near Bedford
HK Russell of southeast of Bedford drove into an earlier automobile driven by Claude M. Pipkin of St. Joseph Wednesday morning, upsetting the Pipkin car and causing heavy damage. Both drivers escaped serious injury, Russell reportedly failed to stop at the stop sign before entering the highway from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK Russell
Bedford
Eorlier
Claude M. Pipkin
St. Joseph
Pipkin
Bigus
M Russell
Cracks Bone In Ankle In Morning Incident
Howard Madden son of County Recorder Wave Madden Bedford sustained an ankle injury when stepping from the porch while helping move furniture. Mrs Madden and family are moving to a newly acquired property in north Bedford. Brices improving after Cooperstown crash. Mrs Brice healed from leg cut but knee wound drains. Mrs Webster suffers head pains and broken ribs mending. Mr Brice back at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Madden
Wave Madden
Bedford
A. K. Morris
G. B. Brice
Michigan City
Ind
Cooperstown
M. Dak
M. A. Webster
Tonsillectomies And Illness Reported In Local Area
A string of brief health notices records tonsil removals in Clearfield and Bedford with patients Audrey Grubb Wayne Harbour Patty Straight and Mrs Lloyd Lewis. Other entries note Mr Wiley Adams ill at Gravity and Carl Sneathen admitted to St Francis in Maryville with additional hospital returns and a patient Harold Foster recovering from illness in Clar in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Adams
Earl Coy
Maryville Hospital
Carl Sneathen of
Bedford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Hospital Admissions And Injuries In Local Area
Bedford resident Cleo McNees taken to University Hospital Iowa City for a medical operation. Conway resident Mrs H A Piper visited Maryville for a hospital recheck after a recent procedure. Daisy Rimel, mother of Dr G W Rimel, broke her right wrist after stumbling on a stool at home. Gravity resident Mrs Earl McMahill sent to University Hospital Iowa City for treatment. Darrell Harper returns home to New Market from Municipal Hospital Clarinda after a week of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Collister
Sharpsburg
Ino
Des Moines
Cleo McNees
Bedford
University Hospital
Iowa
H. A. Piper
Conway
Maryville
Daisy Rimel
G. W. Rimel
Earl McMahbill
Iowa City
Darrell Harper
Mill Accident Injures Sharpsburg Girl Foot
Marlene Smith three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Smith of Sharpsburg sustained foot injuries when trapped in the cogs of a portable mill around noon Tuesday. No bones were broken but the foot was badly bruised and cut. She was taken to Bedford for medical care. Marlene is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Northover of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Smith
James Smth
Sharpsburg
Bedford
Marlene
Ed Northover
Bedford Legion Post To Elect Officers At Monday Meeting
Bedford Post No. 164 of the Legion will elect officers at the hall Monday evening June 30 and name delegates to the state convention in Des Moines in August. Ben Morris and Bob Nelson will report on Boys State. A county Legion meeting will be hosted in Bedford on July 7 with county officers to be named at the Bedford country club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Post No. 164
Legion
Des Moines
Ben Morris
Bob Nelson
Boys State
Bedford
County Legion
Bedford Country Club
Bedford Native Raises Interest in Times-Press
Mrs Howe from Bedford has special interest as her mother was born and raised in Bedford England. The Times-Press features another Bedford England story this week for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Howe
Bedford
England
J. M. Howe
Times-Press
Six to Army This Friday Causes Local Draft Call
Six more Taylor county selective service enrollees will go into service Friday June 27. They are Charles Waters Lenox Dave Walker Blockton Olin Clyde Thummel Bedford Oren Ellis Ridnour Willisca Harvey Frederick Haas Lenox Rue Keith Minor New Market. They will report at Fort Crook Omaha. The next call is for nine men on July 7 to report at Fort Des Moines. Names will be announced later. Men 21 and older since October 16 1940 will register at the Selective Service Office in Bedford July 1 1941 from 7 am to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Selective Service
Charles Waters
Lenox
Dave Walker
Blockton Olin
Clyde Thummel
Bedford
Oren Ellis Ridnour
Willisca
Harvey Frederick Haas
Keith Minor
New Market
Fort Crook
Omaha
Fort Des Moines
Selective Service Office
Court House
Community News: Local Residents Return Home and Improve
Mrs Oneta Woldruff returns to Siam home from Clarinda after discharge from Municipal Hospital where she was treated. Mr John Fitehole of Bedford family visits daughter as he recovers at home. Clifford Sivchisa suffers hand injury with finger damage from Friday incident. Glenn Perry assists with farm work at Shields home. Mrs Hattie Dickerson returns from St Francis Hospital Maryville and shows marked improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pairizes
West Bedford
Mgr
John Fitehole
Bedford Sundgey
Clifford Sivchisa
Siam Repepe
Hasi
A Purley
Glenn Perry
Shields
Hattie Dickerson
Eagle
Bedford
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Mrs Cavender Injures Wrist At Sheriff Wells Home
Mrs Lizzie Cavender of Plattsmouth Nebraska visiting in this community slipped on the front steps of Sheriff Ivan Wells and fractured one bone in her right wrist. She fell when her heel caught while walking down the stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Cavender
Plattsmouth
Nebr
Sheriff
Ivan ‘Wells
Mrs. Cavender
Mr. Wells
Bill Chilcote Transfers to Florida Naval Station
Maurice Bill Chilcote is reassigned to the naval fail station at Jacksonville Florida for four weeks then to Corpus Christi Texas to finish training in the navy air corps. He holds a private pilot license from Tarkio Missouri and was stationed at Fairfax Field Kansas City Kansas for six weeks, visiting Tarkio and Bedford before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Bill) Chilcote
Naval Fail Staton
Jacksonville
Florida
Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy Air Corps
Chilcote
Tarkio
Fairfax Field
Kansas City
Kans
Bedford
Former Resident Maude Mace Dies in Denver
Mrs. Maude Mace of Denver Cole died at St. Joseph Hospital Denver on Tuesday June 1 1924. Funeral services were held in Clarinda with burial there. Accompanied by her daughter Miss Jean Beebe and by her brother and wife Herbert and Mrs. Barger of Denver. Surviving relatives include her mother Mrs. Sylvia Barger and sister Mrs. Clark E. Paul and family of Bedford. Mrs. Mace was a former resident of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Mace
Denver
Cole
St. Joseph Hospital
Clarinda
Jean Beebe
Herbert Barger
Sylvia Barger
Clark E. Paul
Bedford
Mace
Bedford Spirit Holds Against Hitler In Wartime Letter
A May 1941 Bedford monthly letter describes life under rationing and air raids, praising women in war work, youth movement efforts, and local resilience. It notes the Elstow Mayday festivities, garden fruit schemes, firefighting volunteers, and a Wing-Commander earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. A newly married couple, ship sunk by a U-boat, remain undaunted, declaring it will take more than Hitler to get them down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
England
Hitler
Elstow
John Bunyan
Bunyan
Old England
Minister of Agriculture
Brittan
Bedford School
T. G. Pike
Britain
Edo
Wei
Trucker Overturns Near Walston Farm After Sleep
Dewey Evans fell asleep at the wheel causing the truck to leave the highway near Walston farm while returning from St. Joseph with a stock load. The vehicle rolled several times injuring Evans with a crushed hand a cut elbow and a burn while Bobby Grimm suffered a severe facial cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Evans
Bobby Grimm
Sharpsburg
Walston
St. Joseph
Dewey Evans
Evans
Grimm
Harry Evans Takes His First Flight
A photograph shows Cadet Harry W. Evans taking his first flight in Bedford this week. Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Evans, is stationed at San Diego with the Air Corps Training Detachment at the Ryan School of Aeronautics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Evans
Bedford
Mary McKim
Harry
P. P. Evans
San Diego
Calif
Air Corps
Ryan School of Aeronautics
Time is Short to Get License Renewal in Iowa
Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Karl W. Fischer warns all Iowans who have not filed 1941 43 driver license renewal applications to do so by July 5 to avoid legal penalties. Renewal clerks will close after July 5 and renewals can be processed at Bedford sheriff’s office or the courthouse on Saturday evening. Do not mail coins or currency. use money order, check, or draft payable to the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl W. Fischer
Commissioner of Public Safety
Fischer
Chloe Wisdom
Bedford
Court House
Towans
P. O
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Weather notes and farm conditions amid heat and rain
The report highlights hot sunny weather ideal for corn, haying, and grain ripening. Pastures are in excellent condition after recent rains, with about half an inch falling Saturday. Temperatures ranged from 64 to 70 degrees over the week from Thursday to Wednesday.
Bar Members Cast Secret Ballot On Judge Choice
Third Judicial District Bar Association held a secret ballot in Creston to certify three names for the governor. Sixty two of seventy members attended as six candidates were listed with spaces to rank first second and third choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Wilson
Kenneth Davenport
Third Judicial District Bar Association
Court House
Creston
Bar
Brother Killed in Car Crash Near Michigan City
Francis Amber twenty from Massena Iowa died in a three person crash near Michigan City Indiana on June twenty first while returning home from a resort job. A second youth also died and a third died shortly after. He leaves parents three brothers and five sisters. Funeral was at St Patricks Church in Massena with family present.
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Francis Amber
Eugene Sullivan
Bedford
Michigan City
Ind
Massena
Iowa
St. Patricks Church
Times-Press Prints Day Early Next Week
The Times-Press will be printed and mailed a day early to reach readers on Thursday July 3. There will be no mail distribution Friday July 4. Correspondents and advertisers are asked to submit copies a day early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Press
Safley Brothers Sweep Guernsey Show At Clarinda
Oliver and Bert Safley of Bedford dominated the second annual Guernsey breed show at the Clarinda fairgrounds. They claimed multiple firsts including junior and senior champion bulls, grand champion, and numerous heifer and cow classes, with other honors going to Harry Reese of Prescott and Harris and Wynn of Clarinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda Werald
Safley
Oliver
Bert
Bedford
Iowa
Guernsey
Wen
Hock
Prescott
Clarinda
Bed- Forti
Y. Bedford
O. F. Safley
Bert Safley
Harris
QO. F. Safley
Harry Reese
O. PF. Safley
Ist
Itarry Reese
Produce
Dam
Harry Re Prescott
Beford
Story Hour at Bedford Library Opens for Children
The Bedford Library Board tests a Story Hour for children over two weeks beginning July 1 at 4 PM in the library basement. Mrs. O J Kirketey leads the first session with a rotating presider each week to spark interest in books and foster library consciousness among grade school kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Kirketey
Pickup Truck Rolls Over On Highway Near Brockton
Claude Bartles' pickup rolled over on the highway north of Brockton Saturday, tossing five occupants from the vehicle. All escaped serious injury except Mrs. Bartles, driver, who sustained serious knee cuts. Three Bartles children rode in the back and were scattered along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Bartles
Brockton
Bartles
Births and Names From Local Families This Week
A series of birth notices lists newborns and naming details. Mary Jane Olsen born June 13 to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Olsen in Seattle Washington. Howard Paul Bailey born June 17 to Mrs Harold Bailey River ton Wyoming. Dean Alien Oziah born June 1 in New Market to Mr and Mrs Gerald Oziah. Other entries mention birth announcements for Lenox and Babesdestie households with various family ties and hospital locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir
Kenneth Olsen
Seattle
Wash
Mary Jane
Miss Jane Kuhn
Thoste Kuhn
Harold Bailey
Riverton
Wyo
Howard Paul
Bailey
L J. Bailey
Bedford
Freda Oxley
Sharpsburg
Gerald Oziah
New Market Sunday
Dean Alien
Ishe Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Allison Plans to Raise Two Doe Deers on Farm
Ralph Allison of East Mission currently possesses a week old doe deer. He plans to raise the pair on his farm until they reach about six months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Ralph Allison
East Mission
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Ustar
Country Club
Plens Fireworks
Audrey Grubb
Clearfield
Lloyd Lewis
Missouri Methodist Hospital
Avi Joseph
Patty Straight
Vernon Straight
Harold Foster
Clarin
Bedford Legion
ARMY
Oneta Woldruff
Siam
Loy Woldruff
Mucipal Hospital
Mr. Lundy
Oakdale
James Salter
Oakdale State Hospital
Bill Chilcote
Harry Evans
Oreston
T. W. Miles
Corydon
Ed Fackler, Jr. Corning
R. B. Hawkins
Leon
Dio McGinnis
James A. Lucas
Lee R. Watts
Corning
Sra
Safley Brothers
Bedford Library Board
Andrell Dukes of
Mr. le Monday
Mvn Pershing of
Babesdestie
Satria
Nortis
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