Bedford People and Visitors Report Local Happenings
Miss Doris Creger traveled to Indianola for a visit with friends. Norman Carmichael of Lenox visited in Bedford. Marjorie Long spent the weekend with friends in Audubon. Verla Grace McKenzie of Elliott visited her sister Mrs Glen Irwin. Mr and Mrs Ralph Eighmy of Yorktown visited Bedford relatives. Erma Irwin of Clarinda stayed with cousins in Bedford. Mrs W C Carlson and daughters Florence and Mable are guests at the home of Mrs Robert Coy. Fred Goudie and daughters Marjorie and Elsie Park of Gravity visited Bedford relatives. Lon Dduegherty was taken to Maryville hospital. Rev C F McMiean attended Presbyterian Synod in Red Oak. James Davison of Greenview IL visited Charles Goebel. Grant Hindman and son Wayne were in St Joseph on business. Grant Allen returned from Chicago World’s Fair. Mrs John Patterson of Chicago visited her sister Mrs Charles Goebel. Maxine Kopp and Zelbert Freemyer were guests of Rev M R Talley in Mount Ayr. Donald Jaqua, visiting grandparents, left for Alliance NE. J A Lambley and T E Lambley of Conway visited Bedford, staying with Miss Pearl Nelson. Mrs Fannie Double arrived from Chicago after World’s Fair trip. H F Fuller and nephew Floyd Davis went to Laurilla IA after death of Robert Cottrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Lambley
J. A. Lambley
Conway
Bedford
Minnie Griffith
St. Johns
Mich
John Tribolet
C. H. Moser
Foster Gray
Detroit
Chicago
Ohio
Bedford welcomes visiting relatives from near and far
A long list of guests and travelers visits Bedford and nearby towns. Families from North English Iowa Des Moines and Chicago join locals at homes across Bedford Lenox Corning and Clarinda. Individuals travel to weddings and world fairs while others plan returns from Ark to Des Moines and Manitoba destinations.
Bedford relatives visit and extended family travel
Irwin Eighmy of Lawrence Kansas, with his mother Mrs J D Highmy of Bedford, spent Sunday with relatives in Bedford. They returned home with Highmys four daughters Eileene Martha Betty Lou and Doris Jane Moore who will visit Lawrence for several weeks. Lawrence Thompson of Wabash Indiana arrived for a visit with his sister Mary Richardson and brothers S E Thompson R W Thompson Guy Thompson and John Thompson. He was joined by his son Jack Thompson of Moline Illinois and Mrs A Wiley of Moline who accompanied them to Afton for a few weeks at a brother's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hadley
Clarence Venderberg
Hollis
Oklo
Bedford
George N. Hadley
DeyErmand
Lenox
George A. Menzies
Margaret Connardy
Donald Menzies
Canada
Adam F. Menzies
Morden
Manitoba
Winnipeg
John M. Menzies
Roseburn
Cameron McDonald
Irwin Eighmy
Lawrence
Kans
J. D. Highmy
Mr. Highmy
Eileene
Martha
Betty Lou
Doris Jane Moore
Lawrence Thompson
Wabash
Ind
Mary Richardson
S. E. Thompson
R. W. Thompson
Guy Thompson
John Thompson
Jack Thompson
Moline
A. Wiley
Afton
Rialto Offers Joe E Brown in A Very Honorable Guy
The Rialto screens Joe E Brown in A Very Honorable Guy a First National comedy from Damon Runyon about a lucky gambler who must sell his body after bad luck leaves him in debt. Hobart Cavanaugh co stars as a reforming pickpocket with Brown as his foil. Riptide with Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall opens Sunday featuring Miss Shearer in a glamorous vehicle with a large supporting cast including Norma Shearer Lilyan Tashman Skeets Gallagher Ralph Forbes and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Brown
Rialto Theatre
Damon Runyon
Runyon
Joe E
Hobart
Cavanaugh
Riptide
Robert Montgomery
Herbert Marshall
Norma Shearer
Mr. Xx
Marshall
Lord Rexford
Guary
Aunt Hetty
Lilyan Tashmai
Miss Shearer
Skeets Gallagher
Montgomery
New York
Ralph Forbes
Arthur Jarrett
Earl Oxford
Helen Jerome Eddy
George K. Arthur
Baby Marilyn Spinnert
Phyllis Cochran
Howard Chaldecott
Halliwell Hobbes
Angry Pedestrian and Motorist Dialogue Card
An exchange shows tense street manners with pedestrians and motorists claiming ownership of the street. Bosco is described as duplicitous, while Goofus notes his double face. A matrimonial agent mentions a limping squinting woman with false teeth and the applicant jokes about gold teeth. The poet laments a torn poem and the editor calls the torn piece the best work.
It’s Great To Lose Fat And Feel Years Younger
A customer letter endorses Kruschen Falten for weight loss, claiming a 90 pound loss and youthfulness after four weeks. The note urges others to try the product for a month, detailing usage as half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and noting availability at Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elka
Algiers
Kruschen Alte
Harold Teen at Rialto Theatre In Comedy Romance
Critics hail Harold Teen as the year’s funniest romance. The film brings Caricature characters to the Rialto with Lillums Lilacs and bank romance. It features Le Roy’s dance number and a bank saving plot amid love and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Teen
Lillums
Car
Rialto Theatre
Lillum
le Roy
Card of Thanks for Father Nash’s Passing
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the death of our father 5. J. Nash. Gratitude for flowers and those who sang or assisted in any way. The Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Nash
Two Bedford Boys Recount Long Friendship at Simpson College
Thad Stewart and Howard Lake, lifelong friends from Bedford Iowa born November 1912, graduate from Simpson College after four years together. Both pledge Alpha Tau Omega and join Phi Mu Gamma, with Thad pursuing pre medical studies and Howard entering business in Kansas City. Their fathers died in heart failure during their youth, shaping their journey to Indianola and Simpson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola Herald
Thad Stewart
Howard Lake
Simpson
Thad
Howard
Bedford
Iowa
Bedford High School
Alpha Tau Omega
Kappa Phi Sigma
Phi Mu Gamma
Kanass City
St. Louis
Toney
Register
Elbow Dislocation In Bedford Yard Accident
Marjorie Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Parker of Bedford dislocated her left elbow while playing Tuesday evening in a yard at the Ulmer home. She was with other children when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Parker
Glen Parker
Bedford
Ulmer
Will Offer Large Free Camp at Fair
Town will host the largest modernized free camp in the midwest at the Iowa State Fair. Plans add 40 acres to the existing 120 acre grounds, creating over 160 acres for more than 40,000 campers at the 1934 fair from August 22 to 31. The new tract lies east of the regular camp, with completed fencing and two miles of all weather roads. Equipped with bluegrass shade, water service, showers, sanitation, electric lights, a post office, and its own police and fire departments, the tent city will serve ten days in August as officials expect record attendance. Secretary A. R. Corey notes an expanded educational and entertainment program. Dr. G W Gillies held a tonsil clinic, assisted by Drs D H Gray and H W Kenaga, with another clinic planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
A. R. Corey
Cortner Injured in Ladder Fall at Home
W A Cortner sustained a broken bone above the left wrist when a ladder collapsed as he climbed to measure a skylight for a window shade this forenoon. He was on a ladder at his residence when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Cortner
Delegates Attend Seventh State 4-H Convention in Ames
Miss Thelma Cade of New Market, vice president of Taylor county 4-H, attended the seventh state convention in Ames this week. Other delegates included Miss Gwendolyn Greenway, Miss Jeanne Longfellow, Miss Mary Beth Mohler, and Miss Gladys Weatherly with Mrs. Roy Weatherly as leader and chaperone. They returned home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Cade
New Market
Taylor County Organization of
Ames
Gwendolyn Greenway
Jeanne Longfellow
Mary Beth Mohler
Gladys Weatherly
Roy Weatherly
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Doris Creger
Indianola
Norman Carmichael of
Marjorie Long
Audubon, Iowa
Verla Grace McKenzie
Elliott
Glen Irwin
Ralph Eighmy
Yorktown
Erma Irwin
Clarinda
J. H. Irwin
Pauline Irwin
W. C. Carlson
Florence and
Mable
Robert Coy
Fred Goudie
Marjorie Goudie
Elsie Park
Gravity
Lon Dduegherty
Maryville
C. F. McMiean
The
Presbyterian Synod
Red Oak
James Davison
Greenview IL
Charles Goebel
Grant Hindman
Clint Hindman
Son Wayne
St. Joseph
Grant Allen
John Patterson
Maxine Kopp
Zelbert Freemyer
M. R. Talley
Mount Ayr
Donald Jaqua
Atty
Mrs. H. P. Jaqua
Alliance
Nebr
H. F. Fuller
Floyd Davis
Louilla
M. BR. Francis
Rex Golding
Donavan Muse
Omaha
Anna Churchill
Henry
Will Churchill
Ravenden, Ark
Ross Dowell
Horace Dougherty
Jeanette Sue
North English
L. F. Wertz
Farm Loans, Stephens & Brice
Hene Shaddy
Elmer Key
Key
Terrill Hospital
George Nelson
Salem
C. N. Nelson
Carrol Nelson
Marcel
Charles McGuirk
Margaret
Patricia
Charmaine
Terry
West Orange
N. J
W. Hl
Gooding
Tracy's Jewelry Store
Ewart-Dalrymple
Laura Ewart
Mary Ewart
Bruce Wolverton
Bobby
Arlene
Clyde Perkins
Clark M. Crowell
Ray David
Prescott
Baye Thompson
John G Thompson
John Houck
Business
Grand Island
Walter Houck
Roy Jackson
Coronado
Calif
Mr. Jackson
J. Fred Besco
Eli.jzabeth Jackson
Alma Jackson
Des Moines
Gordon Beard
Virginia Pieringer
Pensacola
Flo
C. A. Roach
Ross Kopp
Near Conway
Fan “Nie Double
Clint Emmitt
John Foley
C. J. Mackey
Arkansas
Jimmy Mansfield
A. W. Hamblin
J. C. Allen
Oakdale
Fannie Double
Double-Emmitt
Grant Township
Clyde Horton
Gladys Spurgeon
Barbara Ann Canon
Guy Canon
Atlantic
James A. Canon
Albert Dougherty
Mary Thompson
Harlan Thompson
Hopkins
Retta Callison
H. E. Churchill
Vada Churchill
John Wogan
Paul
Corning
Eula Blake
Aurora
Mildred Rominger
Mary Alice
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
Robert Anderson
Sue
Paul A. Clark
Ethel, Paul
Warren
Corydon
Paul E. Jaqua
Joanne
Ruth
Arthur Houck
H. E. Tilden
Ison
William
Charles D. Wherry
R. E. Bradley
H. P. Jaqua
Black Hills
Percy Jaqua
South Dakota
Jack Rennie
Nebraska City
Fred Hayworth
James Salter
Anna Frances Murphy
Rennie
Nebraska
William Horn
J.T. Maloy
Frank Beebe
Hebron
H. A. Tucker
Mr. Beebe
Susan A. Beebe
F. Irvin Osburn
Everett Garnett
Auburn
Osburn
William Osburn
Pieringer
East Bedford Nat
Bank
Gaaehayel
Lack
Lorelock
Hone Ae i
Australeg
Julep
Figace
Rialto
Rufus
Bosco
Indianola Paper
Rie
G. W. Gillies
D. H. Gray
Muscatine
H. W. Kenaga
Kirksville
Kosterman
Kolterman
Otha D. Wear
U. S
Dan W. Turner
Fife and Drum
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