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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
3
The week brings alternating rain and sun aiding crops while a bird works the Baptist church spire. Bedford market shows peas and potatoes. Dr J D Morris editor suffers a horse accident with bruises. Local bands, circuses, and a lightning fire at Hutchinsons barn are noted along with street repairs and social visits. A 2 mill tax for a band levy comes up next year.
A Knoxville Express editorial notes postwar schemes offering quick riches flood the public with ventures from gold mines to tourist parks and atomic energy shares. The piece warns many will be swindled again and people may get rich like before.
Deputy Sheriff Lloyd E. Cole blamed the heat for a tire blowout and said a 15 inch screwdriver left in the tire casing during Friday repair was found after the incident. He returned it to the repairer who thanked him.
A power and light employee received a shock not from electricity but from an offhand phone query. The caller asked to play Horsie Keep Your Tail Up through a tavern music service, believed to be routed via a shared switchboard in the Tootle building due to wiring quirks.
A Clarinda Herald-Journal brief reports multiple children in the Whites family have broken bones from falls. Carolyn Kay Whites, 6, fractured her arm after a June 12 tree incident. her sibling and cousin reportedly suffered prior fractures, suggesting a feisty family pattern of injuries.
Pea viners in Fremont County began operations on Saturday June 1 to handle about 1200 acres of peas for canning plants at Nebraska City and Plattsmouth. This county hosts the largest combined acreage among the plants. Last year the season started June 16 and 17, showing this year is ahead by nearly two weeks.
The Hamburg Reporter notes the freeze a few weeks ago damaged some crops but expects yields to rebound, with most fields likely to return fairly good results for growers this season.
Lowell Preston, ten, receives a Marmaset monkey from his brother Ensign Carroll Preston in Panama. The 4 to 5 month old pet arrived by plane at Ames and is cuddly, eats fruits milk and butter, and weighs about three quarters of a pound. The shy but friendly animal resembles a coon in coat and enjoys being held.
Bobby Graham four year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Graham near the school house became wedged in a culvert while playing with other children. He backed into the tile and his leg was caught between his body and the tile. Rescuers dug through the tile, made a hole and freed his cramped leg. He crawled out under his own power. Diagonal Reporter.
C C Ives owner of a new barber shop on north Mean o Street received a signed baseball as a keepsake from Lt JG W G Myers Skyers manager at Ottumwa Naval Air Base. Ives kept score and the Skyers 1944 45 seasons with a 30 8 record in 1945. The ball bore the inscription Good luck to a swell fellow Your help was greatly appreciated. He also owns a baseball autographed by Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth from a Des Moines exhibit years ago.
Twenty five years after leaving, Miss Jean Thompson is back home after attending school in Chicago. Mrs Frank Wisdom Della Wisdom Mr and Mrs Len Max were noted in the accompanying lines of local society notices.
Macadamia nut meats once served by Hawaii bound troops are shaping a growing American taste with their rich fat content and delicate sweetness. The piece notes rising production and a potential shift toward Cashew level popularity while offering farming tips and recipes.
The Harvard Committee report on Education in the United States urges discussion and action. Introduction by James Bryant Conant describes aims to preserve democracy through new courses. It asks what education should prepare students for and how curricula can adapt to evolving needs.
Maisie Ravier stars in UP Goes Maisie at Rialto Theatre Saturday June 29. She seeks a secretarial job and becomes entangled with George Murphy the inventor of a fast simple helicopter. Rivals steal the craft and Maisie must fly it to the Rose Bowl amid a tense showdown.
A town diary describes crowds at a local store for nylons, a carnival with rides including a Tilt a Whirl, a Ferris wheel, and a merry go round. It notes theater experiences, sun exposure cautions, and Vic Robinson's Lake of Three Fires Concession opening with swims, drinks, and snacks.
In a Western set in the eighties, Sun set Carson stars in The Cherokee Flash. Roy Barcroft plays Jeff Carson who tries to go straight after prison but is framed again by his former gang over a murder charge. Sunset arrives to trigger a climactic showdown with outlaws.
The film Love Letters starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten plays Sunday Monday and Tuesday June 30 July 1 2 at the Rialto Theatre. A amnesiac heroine guarded by fear confronts a tidal wave of recollection as Cotten slowly unlocks memories while danger and deception rise from the past.
Gary Cooper and Maude Carroll star in DeMille epic with Paulette Goddard Preston Foster Robert Preston Akim Tamiroff Lynne Overman George Bancroft Lon Chaney Jr Walter Hampden in an enormous cast. The film blends two love stories and a tale of Mountie courage against a violent uprising in Canada.
Conway reports Mr and Mrs Vane Walston and family of Bedford were guests Sunday in the Tom Walston home. Mrs Ethel Lambley Mrs Manta Grubb and Miss Audrey Grubb were guests Sunday in the same circle.
Various local residents and visitors stopped by homes across Bedford Hopkinton and surrounding areas. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Duncan and Wayne in Hopkins, Jimmie Eppers and Lena Mae in Hop Warren Martin’s, and the Paul Panter and Savannah Missouri party.
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