State Field Man Here on Tax Work
Merrill R Hawkins, field representative for Iowa's Board of Assessment and Review, spoke in Bedford on sales tax help. Sub stations in Cres ton Shenandoah Council Bluffs and Atlantic will aid locals, open July 1 to 20. June 30 is filing deadline for sales tax permits. tax due by July 20 or the 20th of the month after each quarter. Special forms will accompany permit requests. Deductions include services, resale or processing, interstate commerce, government and state sales, previously taxed tangible property, pre April 1 1934 contracts, trade intangible property, returned goods, discounts, bad debts, and other deductible items. Net sales taxed by dividing net sales by 102 and multiplying by 100, with 2 percent of the average equivalent collected. Exemption for educational religious or charitable sales used for their purposes.
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Merrill R. Hawkins
Board of Assessment and
Iowa
Bedford
Creston
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
State Department
United States
Hawkins
Lenox Plans Big 4th Celebration
Lenox to celebrate July 3 and 4 with the only Taylor county event. Speaker lineup features Otha D. Wearin and Dan W. Turner between 2 and 2 30 Tuesday. Two days of music, dances, carnival rides, fireworks, parades, athletic shows, street sports and contests. American Legion post sponsors.
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Lenox
Taylor County
Otha D. Wearin
Dan W.turner
Wearin
Turner
Lewis Hewitt
The
American Legion Post
County CCC Enlistments Authorized for Taylor County
The Taylor county relief office was notified this week that a quota of 16 enlistments in CCC camps will be allowed for Taylor county for the six month period starting July 1. The places are to fill vacancies at camps in the state due to many young men having completed a full year of service.
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Taylor County
Firemen Attend Meeting in Reda Today
Firemen from multiple towns attended a meeting in Reda today led by Joe Scane and including Charles Greenlé Roy Greenlee and Clyde Smith. Participants gathered to discuss regional fire safety and mutual aid cooperation.
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Joe Scane
Mre Enier
Charles Greenlé
Roy Greenlee
Clyde Smith
Reda
Fom
Souhi
Gravity Bulk Oil Station Robbery Reported
The Standard Oil bulk station at Gravity, run by Horace Beemer, was entered Monday night and a quantity of gasoline stolen. Sheriff T. W. Lacy investigated after the thieves broke a lock. A Bellus garage in Conway was also entered Saturday night, yielding five batteries, inner tubes, and tools. This followed recent break-ins, with loot recovered at a secondhand store in St. Joseph. Two men were seen selling items and suspected by Lacy, who identified the suspects from descriptions.
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Pat Gravity
Horace Beemer
T. W. Lacy
Bellus
Conway
St. Joseph
Lacy
Bedford City Water Is OK
Mayor John S. Nevius dismissed rumors that Bedford city water is unfit for use. He stated monthly reports from the state health laboratory always show satisfactory water quality and promised a warning if examinations ever indicate a problem.
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John S. Nevius
Times-Press
Bedford
State Board of Health
Seed distribution in Taylor county relief effort
About 480 bushels of soy bean seed have been distributed through the local relief office in Taylor County, with 210 more approved and 160 pending. A total of 1000 bushels had been shipped under federal and state supervision, and the county is promised an additional 400 if needed. Seed is issued to farmers lacking cash or credit, with payment arranged after seed delivery.
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Taylor
Donavan Muse
Taylor County
Wheat Fields Show Good Production Near New Market and Gravity
Wheat cut and threshed on the Dougherty farm southeast of New Market yielded 40 to 50 bushels per acre in parts of the field. About 40 to 50 acres of wheat were grown on bottom land of the West 102 River, held by Ed Rooker. At the Charles Weller farm east of Gravity, a 12 acre wheat field averaged 25 bushels per acre.
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Dougherty
New Market
West 102
Ed Rooker
Charles Weller
Siam Church to Fete Birthday
The Siam Methodist church, built in 1684, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday July 1 with services all day. Rev. E. M. Eastman of Corning will preach at 10:30 AM in a modern service, with special music. A basket dinner is planned at noon. The afternoon features an old time service with traditional songs and reminiscences. Evening services follow.
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Times-Proas
Methodist Church
Siam
E. M. Eastman
Corning Methodist Church
Farmers Use 27 000 Oil Gallons to Battle Bugs
Close to 27 000 gallons of oil will be issued for bottling chinch bugs in Taylor county by week’s end. A carload is being sent from Bedford, another carload ordered. Iowa’s free oil quota is exhausted and motorists will pay five cents a gallon, instead of 14 cents without state aid. Oil barriers are nearing limited effectiveness as bugs near the flying stage, spreading with the weather.
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Taylor County
Farm Bureau
Isaacs
Bedford
Towa
Ed Pinney Dies in Sharpsburg at 58
Ed Pinney aged 58 of Sharpsburg died at Methodist hospital in St Joseph Monday. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Sharpsburg this afternoon conducted by Rev C J Wayne Overholser. Burial followed at Gravity Cemetery.
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Ed Pinney
Sharpsburg
Methodist
St. Joseph
Presbyterian Church
C. J Wayne Overholser
Gravity
Taylor county old age pension receipts rise to 50 percent
County Treasurer L. L. Moore reports Taylor county's share of old age pension tax receipts reaching 50 percent or more in the past week. He issued 204 receipts at Blockton and Athelstan, 288 at Clearfield, 334 at Lenox, and 117 at New Market, totaling 3332 dollars by last evening. The sum is about half of what should be collected by July 1, indicating substantial progress toward the target.
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Taylor County
L. L. Moore
Moore
Blockton
Athelstan
Clearfield
Lenox
New Market
Bedford Loses In Baseball Game
Gravity defeated Bedford 6 to 4 in a Monday street game at Bedford. The report notes erosion control work may follow in Taylor county and mentions J. W. Smith sent to county for emergency relief engineering duties. Memorial services were not held this year.
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J. W. Smith
Ames
Taylor County
Gravity
Bedford
The
Odd Fellow
Rebekah Gravity
Evans
Fairview
Land Shaddy
Quimby
Rebekah
Reynolds
Keith
State Ag Secretary visits Bedford for chinch bug work
Ray Murray the State Secretary of Agriculture visited Bedford Tuesday afternoon stopping at the farm bureau office for a talk with the corn hog board and the soil agent. He was touring counties in the southern part of the state checking chinch bug control efforts as oil distribution and research support the program.
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Ray Murray
Des Moines
Bedford
Farms Bureau
Corn-Hog Board
Sonal
Murray
Workman Clean The Courthouse in Taylor County
The Swandon Construction Company began the first of the week cleaning the Taylor County courthouse outer walls. Workers use a sand blast to remove dirt and weathered mortar from Bedford limestone and brick joints, with repainting planned after. A board of supervisors contract valued at 385 dollars funds the work, aimed at prolonging the building’s life.
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Swandon Construction Company
Taylor County Court House
Board of Supervisors
Times-Press Wins Four This Week In League Standings
The Times-Press topped four games in the past seven days, lifting their percentage from .182 to .400 after a rough start. Harbours continued a winning streak defeating City Dads, while Marsh rose to third by beating Firemen and Bakery. The four inside teams court a tight battle for second, with Marsh and Times-Press gaining ground on Bakery and Firemen.
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Times-Press
Harbours
City Dads
Marsh
Marshes
Marshs
Més
Local Sports Scores and Postponed Games Summary
Friday results Marsh 8 Firemen 4 Times-Press 14 City Dads 8 Creston 7 Harbours 4 Monday Marsh 4 Bakery 3 pera 12 Firemen 1 Harbours 7 City Dads 1 Times-Press 16 Bakery 2 Times-Press 13 City Dads 6. Scheduled Firemen vs City Dads Marsh vs Harbours Clearfield vs Blockton Bakery vs Firemen Times-Press vs Harbours City Dads vs Marsh postponed games noted.
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Marsh
Times-Press
City Dads
Creston
Bakery
Pera
Firemen
Harbours
Clearfield
Blockton
TimesPress
g@larbours
Gritemen
We'll Get State Lake Plan Moves Forward in Bedford
Bedford residents led by John Prugh of the Bedford Community Club say state takeover of land for a lake is decided. A fish and game department rep eyed two or more county sites, deemed satisfactory, with purchase cost to be funded locally. County labor under welfare program may join, CCC work minimal.
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John Prugh
Bedford Community Club
Times- Press
Fish and Game Department
Bedford
Prugh
Department
County Welfare Organization
CCC
Improvements at Bibbins Park Add Drinking Fountains
Improvements at Bibbins Park include two new drinking fountains in the east area, bringing the total to four connected to the city water system. The park draws up to 4000 weekly visitors in peak seasons, but progress is slowed by limited funds from city levies barely covering caretaker costs. Voices urge gravel roads, a wading pool, fish and lily pools, flower beds, and other park amenities, yet funding remains the constraint.
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Bibbins Park
Howard Lake Defends Iowa State Left-Handers Golf Title
Howard Lake of Bedford defended his Iowa state lefthanders golf championship at Delwe, defeating Baker of Decorah 4 and 2 over 36 holes. Lake also won the state southpaw title last year in Des Moines as the tourney spanned Monday to Wednesday at Oelwein.
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Howard Lake
Bedford
Iowa
Delwe
Baker
Decorah
Lake
Des Moines
Oelwein
Harold Clark Dies After Truck Accident Near Clearfield
Harold Clark 35 of Clearfield died at St Joseph hospital after a truck crash near Clearfield as Newt Boyd suffered an elbow fracture and head blow. Clark survived by his wife two daughters and a son. Funeral services were held at the Clearfield Methodist church with burial in Clearfield cemetery. A Friday night softball program features Clearfield Spitfires vs Blockton Girls and City Dads vs Harbours with no admission charged.
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Harold Clark
Clearfield
St. Joseph Hospital
Clearfeld
Newt Boyd
Bedford
Coakley
Creston
Blockton
Clearfield Spitfires
Clark
Methodist Church
J. C. Turner
Cem- Marshs
Harbours
Marshs
No Flat Cuts To be Made on Contracts
Taylor county corn hog contracts will not face general reductions despite adjustments by the local board. Over 1,800 contracts were reviewed with changes sent to Washington for final sign up. Farm Bureau copying work underway, with notice to producers on time and place of the final meeting. Iowa officials including W. G. Florea and others attended a Des Moines session with state corn hog board. The state board accepted the local board figures, and about eight and a quarter million dollars are expected to go to Iowa producers from hog contracts.
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Taylor County
Focal Board
Washington
Farm Bureau
Countrg Board
W. G. Florea
F. L. Cundy
C. M. Shields
E. E. Taylor
Guy Miller
Des Moines
State Board of
John Reece
United States
Iowa
Locals Battle Out-of-Town Softball Teams
Bedford teams earned only a partial share of wins in weeklong games against visiting squads. Harbour’s All-Star fell to Creston 7-4 as Beitman fanned 13, Strobie 11 for Creston. Marsh beat New Market 4-1 with 14 strikeouts by Beitman.
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Bedford
Harbour
Creston
Beitman
Strobie
Marsh
New Market
Morgan
Cockleburr Ridge
The
Bakery
Maryvilla
Skippy the cat returns home after a year away
After a year missing, Skippy the Menzies cat reappears fat and sleek. The cat once climbed a tree by an upstairs window and waited on a catwalk to be noticed. The family, proud of his tricks, recalls his clever ways before preparing to leave town again.
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Skippy
Menzies
Credit Man Is Arrested In Bedford Case
J R Thacker manager of the Taylor County Credit Exchange in Bedford was jailed by Sheriff T V Lary for investigation. Missouri officials allege the car he used is listed as stolen and that he is wanted on an embezzlement charge. The unlicensed vehicle spurred local inquiry, leading to his arrest and transfer back to Missouri for a hearing. Thacker told a Times-Press reporter he previously worked for a St Joseph credit firm and took the car as part payment of wages.
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J. R. Thacker
Taylor County Credit Exchange
Legion
Bedford
Taylor County
T. V. Lary
Missouri
St. Joseph
Thacker
McCoy
Creston
Lacy
Sher[ifs
Maryville
Times-Press
Bedford Garden Club to Visit Ackerman Garden
Bedford Community Garden Club members plan a July visit to the Ackerman home flower garden and rockery. The regular meeting features Jackie Parker in a dancing acrobatic act with Mildred Severs at piano, a one act playlet, and a July garden care talk by Mrs. Jeanette Lovell.
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Bedford Community Garden Club
Howard Ackerman
Ackerman
Jackie Parker
Mildred Severs
W, Frank Wilkins
A. ID. Hahn
W. J. Nevins
Jeanette Lovell
Bedford Band Concert Program and Youth Baseball
Concert program numbers list Jolly Trumpeter March Circus Echoes Grandioss Overture For You Joyce's Tist N Y Regt Martha Melodies from Floto arrangement By Alles Fox trot Yap dance Trombonium War Songs of the Boys in Blue Iowa Corn Song and more plus a junior softball game in Bedford Two teams aged 10 to 14 Oak Batboys beat Bulldogs 10 6 Willard Foley won the mound for Oak Batboys Francis Trumbo pitched for Bulldogs.
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McCaughey
Galop
Hughes
Dubin& Burke
Maurice Chilcote
Joyce
Boyer
Floto
Martha
Alles
Heck
Fox
Henry
Tommy Wood
Witherow
Laurendeau
Iowa
Hamilton
Bedford
Oak Batboys
Bulldogs
Willard Foley
Francis Trumbo
Conventions Held Saturday in Taylor County
Democrats meet at 11 in the court room Hedford led by C N Nelson while Republicans begin at 10 at the Rialto theatre under G W Hook. Delegates to state judicial and congressional conventions will be named, plus national party delegates for Des Moines and Marshalltown events in July. Public participation open to precinct committeemen and delegates chosen at the June 4 primary.
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Taylor County
Hedford
Court Room
C. N. Nelson
Rialto Theatre
G. W. Hook
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Creston
Mother of Paul Whiteman Dies
Mrs. W. J. Whiteman, 63, a former Bedford resident, died after a long illness in a Denver hospital. Funeral and burial occurred in Denver. She was born Effie Dallison, daughter of J. Dallison, and the couple had two children Fern Smith and Paul Whiteman. Surviving siblings include William Dallison, Clarence Dallison, and Ralph Dallison. The Whitemans celebrated a golden anniversary last December in New York City.
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W. J. Whiteman
Bedford
Denver
Colo
Whiteman
Effie Dallison
J. Dallison
Fern
Paul Smith
St. Louis
Paul Whiteman
Chicago
William Dallison
Ottawa
Kans
Clarence Dallison
Dell Rapids
S. Dak
Ralph Dallison
California
Paul White
New York City
Auditor Sends Out County Tax Supplies
County Auditor Nellie Weeda sent officers of 57 school districts and nine towns their supplies for preparing next year’s tax budgets. Budget hearings will be held and returns due by late summer, shaping the tax levies to be set for the coming year.
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Nellie Weeda
Hamburg pastor broadcasts religious program from Shenandoah station
Rev Wayne C Clark pastor of the First Baptist church of Hamburg Iowa broadcasted a religious program Sunday afternoon with a group from his Hamburg church from a Shenandoah station. Clark is a former Bedford boy and a son of Er W Clark north of Bedford.
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Wayne C. Clark
First Baptist Church
Hamburg
Iowa
Shenardoah
Clark
Bedford
Er. W. Clark
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