Bedford Social News Highlights Visitors and Summer Plans
Local residents arrive from Hastings and Marshalltown to visit kin and begin summer stays in Bedford. Several families and singles travel from Los Angeles Cleveland Nevada Missouri and Chicago for visits and vacations. Dance events at Maloy and Lake of Three Fires punctuate a season of gatherings and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Leedy
Nevada
Missouri
Bedford
W. ©. Patton
Clarinda
Conway Methodists Plan Busy Local Sunday Activities
Conway Methodists Church offers church school at 10 and sermon at 11 15 with the sermon titled The Higher Level pastor W J Wever in charge. Local notes report numerous visits and family gatherings involving residents of Conway nearby towns including Kirksman Walnut Quimby Omaha and Council Bluffs with many named families traveling and visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodists Church Church
W. J. Wever
Local residents note visits and travels across states
Mrs Hattie Straight returns from Kansas City while Mrs Mary Matheny visits Omaha to see daughters. Families from Cedar Rapids Gravity Bedford and Savannah host and visit relatives in multiple towns. Farm Bureau Legislative Committee protests agricultural cuts to Senators Wilson and Hickenlooper awaiting House action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Straight
Kansas City
Mary Matheny
Omaha
Harold Moore
Erir Abramson
Richard Cooper
Baby
Fred Cooper
Lake City
Iowa
Chas Nagel
Cedar Rapids
John Wendelin
Levi Kernen
Gravity
Ray Kernen
H G Wintermute
Nelle Davis
Ross Smith
Clarinda
Mary Chilcote
Lewiston
Idaho
Eldon Pool
Carole of
Bedford
Frank Duncan
Smith Weller
Arkansas
Fred Weller
Arval Norton
Chas
Weller
North Dakota
Dean Hunter
Ralph Hunter
Ke Kiburg
Sons of
Tingley
Conway
Chester Grubb
Manta Grubb
Gene Becherer
Platte
Nebr
Becherer l
Wintermute
Orville Stephens
Robert Jones
Army
Leland Jones
New York City
Clyde Wilson
Ruby
Lynne
Eddie Reynolds
EC Reynolds
Savannah
Farm Bureau ‘Legislative’ Committee
Wilson and Hickenlooper
House
Ford Jasa Nuptials Tie Randolph Couple in May Ceremony
Barbara Ford daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Ford of Randolph wed Dwaine Jasa son of Mr and Mrs Emel Jasa of Omaha in Randolph on Sunday May 25. The groom, former resident of the community, is a Conway High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford - Jasa
Barbara Ford
Howard Ford
Randolph
Dwaine Jasa
Emel Jasa
Omaha
Conway High School
Executrix Appointed for W J Nevins Estate in Taylor County
On June 17 1947 the District Court of Taylor County Iowa appointed Alta L Nevins executrix of the will and estate of W J Nevins deceased. All debts should be paid to the executrix and all claims presented to the court for allowance. Locke Reading attorneys. 25 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Taylor County
Iowa
W J Nevins
Alta L Nevius
Executrix
Locke & Reading
Attys
Administrator's Notice of Ida M Willman Estate
On June 25 1947 Luther M Reading was appointed Administrator of the Ida M Willman estate by the Taylor County Iowa District Court. All creditors must present claims with authentication for allowance and debtors should pay the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Iowa
Ida M. Willman
Luther M. Reading
Marta the Doll and The Picture Geography Series
Miss Lounsberry, author of Lighting the Torch, Out of the Flame and Saints and Rebels, adapted Hanka and her doll from Miss Werten’s sketches. Werten, trained in War saw and Paris, teaches at the Chewiniard Art School in Los Angeles. The three Pictured Geography books explore The Bahamas, Bermuda and The Virgin Islands, presenting vivid arm chair vacations with pictures and text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahamas
Bermuda
Virgin Islands
Bedford
United States
Interviewer's Eye View: Authors Speak on Work and Time
Robert Van Gelder summarizes a five year span of writer interviews from the New York Times Book Review. He captures authors talk about their lives, methods, wives, and money, tracing changes in literature and culture from 1940 to 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Gelder
New York Times Book Review
O L Mencken
Mencken
Erich Remarque
van Gelder
Baltimore
Columbia School of Journalism
Dorothy
Round the Corner By Ruth H John
The writer reflects on a pleasant month at home with duties and small pleasures. She notes time spent with Vearon observing progress on a new lake road and mentions visiting family during the school's commencement exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth H. John
Vearon
New Lake Road
Mother
Vacation Journal Entry Highlights Local Travel and Visits
A narrative recounts a return visit with friends and club service across Bedford, Lenox, Maryville, Burlington Junction, Gravity, and Lenox again. It notes Victory 4-H'ers banquet, Church Conference in Lenox, a Memorial Day drive, and seeing Hereford cattle on Adophson’s pasture. June 2 finds the writer back at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wearon
Ben Seane
Ben
Lenox
Bedford
Vearon
Landis
Merrill
Delcia Jackson
Maryville
Seventy
Burlington Junction
Clarinda
Merle Travis
Bushville
Adophson
Sharps
Conway Corner
Charlie Devoe
East Mission Church
Veaton
Sheridan Ladies Meet at Methodist Church
The Adult Ladies Sunday School class met at the church. Mrs Claud Cooper was elected president and other officers were re elected. Seven teen members were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Claud Cooper
4-H Week Attendees From Worth County
Mrs Myra Graham Mrs Margie Hooker and Larry O Boyd of the Sheridan Shamrock Club attended 4 H Week at Columbia highlighting county youth and club participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fom
Sheridan Locals Share News And Weekend Travels
Sherman area notes report Mr and Mrs Roy Nigh moving to South Dakota for weeks by medical advice. Among others, Harley Dewis of Bedford visited relatives Elmer Hibbs and wife. Lightning struck a tall chimney near Lloyd Winemiller’s home. Several residents sent or received travel and family updates across Iowa and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter G. Allen
Wanklee
South Dakota
Howard Ackerman
Bud Allen
Wankiee
Quatin Lambley
Frederick
Tekamah
Nebr
Fern Lambley
Lambley
Viola Besco
Maryville
Bill Wendelin
Carole Jean
Henderson
Texas
John
Bob Wendelin
Rolana Bischoff
Betty
Ann
Baltimore
Hattie Straight
Ethel Lambley
Johnnie Lambley
Lee Sharr
Parnell
Lila Beemer
Gravity
Walter Blair
Manta Grubb
Audrey
Bedford
Archie Graham
Paul Cooper
Vivian
Fred Cooper
Burlington Junction
Cooper
Mary Harris
Clarinda
Paul Harris
Biddy Pitman
Mason Philpott
Council Bluffs
Guy Clear
Plainfield
Iowa
H. A. Piper
Donald Gross
Darry David
Onawa
Leonard Scroggie
Sheridan
Roy Nigh
Harley Dewis
Elmer Hibbs
CGW
Herbert Bond
St. Joseph
Keith Constant
Lloyd Winemiller
Keith Schneider
Sally Sunny
Laramie
Wyo
Dale Lasley
Glenwood
Wilsie Parker
Parker
Joe Chitty
Chitty
Dye
Alliance
Hastings
Will Freemyer
Blockton
Minnie Deardorff
Rex Cook
Kansas City
Notice of Probate of Will in Taylor County Iowa
An instrument purporting to be the Last Will of Ellie D Keith, dated August 12 1930, filed July 14 1947, is set for hearing at 10 a.m. in the Bedford Iowa court house before the district court or clerk. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the will should not be probated and allowed as the decedent's last will. Dated Bedford June 17 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Ellie D Keith
Bedford
Iowa
Said County
Town
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Richard Holland
Marshalltown
Paul Simpson
E. C. Dowlin
Jim Parrish
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Parrish
Cal
Edward L. Green
Cleveland
Ohio
Ben H. Fuller
George Fabricius
Georgia Arlene
Wrangall
Alaska
MM. J. Fabricius
Geanie & Rennie
RR. L. Henry
Salt Lake City
Utah
Eckles
Arlene Dern
Martin
Carol Henry
Maloy
Rhythm Makers Orchestra
Charles Wherry
Stephen
Des Moines
8. E. Bradley
Ealing
Orville
Jefferies
Earl J. Stone
Miene
Margaret Ann Henderson
Wenatchee, Wash
Howard Longfellow
Rockwell City
J. F. Longfellow
Longfellow
Helen
L. A. Utterback
David
Perry
Sherry Anderson
Yankton, S. Dak
Donald Anderson
T.E Arillerson
Donald
Yankton
Ames
Town State College
Iva Hamm
Toledo
D. T. Bock
Ethel
George Detty
Bock
Lake OF Three Fires
Joly
Kenneth Gelwix
Sayvannnah
California
Ralph Hull
Lincoln, Nebr
Fred Rush
Seattle
Wash
Hull
Boeing Aircraft
Harry Beauchamp
Sioux City
Earl Stone
Pauline Pieringer
Fort Worth
H. E. Nelson
Pieringer
Robert Bates
Philadelphia
Mrs
N. J. Bates
Victor Erickson
Minneapolis
Eugene B. Nyman
Erickson
Elinor Kanaske
Chicago
A W. Hamblin
Malay Saly
Mollie Whitehouse
Josephine Burbrock
Springfield
Ilinois
Drs. Rennie
Rennie
Paul F. Miller
Superior
Wisc
Phoenix
Arizona
P. C. Miller
Kirkman
Walnut
Quimby
Carl Spring
Daniels
Luetta
Hughes
Glen Hughes
Livingston Clothing Co
The
House of Quality
Eloise Lounsberry
Zakopone
International
DEEP
Sickels & Holmes
Wells Sale
Bedford Sales CO
Wells Bros
L. N. Lewis
State of
C E Paul
Severs-Stacy
Standard Typewriter
Shenandoah, Towa
Chevrolet Trucks
Sorenson Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
Bedford, Iowa
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