Service crosses World War II duty in Bedford area
The Bedford area notes numerous service members overseas and at home. Names include Sgt Rue Minor transferred from Australia to the Philippines. Pfc Roy Foster returning from the Middle East. Francis Lucas visiting his parents in Gravity. Lt Verin Cade and S Sgt Ward Roberts on furloughs. many others stationed in Europe, the Pacific, and stateside camps. Reports cover deployments, training, furloughs, and discharges with multiple family mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Roy Foster
Hopkins
Middle East
Ward G. Roberts
Effie Roberts
Bedford
Fort Dodge
Childress
Texas
Cpl
John Russell
Pacific
Galen Russell
Edwin Burch
Jefferson Barracks
George Burch
Africa
Italy
Searchlight Battalion
Jack Miller
General Staff and Command School
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Army Air Staff Office
Calcutta
India
F. W. Miller
Mr. Miller
Cudahy
Wood River
Jack
Pennsylvania
F. W
Ronald Bonebrake
Seeine Blockton
R. W. Bonebrake
Bonebrake
R. W.bonebrakes
Blockton
Des Moines
Diagonal
Germany
Corwin
County Urges War Bond Purchases to Meet Quota
Iowa War Finance leaders urge Taylor County residents to buy Series E bonds to reach the county quota of 347000. As of Monday sales totaled 224565, about 64.7 percent, with bank deposits over 4.2 million and total county wealth rising since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa War Finance Committee
Des Moines
Taylor County
State
W. L. Clark
Marriage License Issued to Young and Reynolds
A marriage license was issued on June 26 to George E. Young and Nina L. Reynolds, both residents of Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Young
Nina L. Reynolds
Lenox
Presbyterians To Meet Here Sunday
Bedford Presbyterian church members are urged to attend a Sunday meeting at 4 PM to extend a call to Rev. MacLean of Malvern to become pastor, with Rev. J. W. Chase of Sharpsburg presiding and delivering a short sermon. The session begins in the early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Presbyterian Church
MacLean
Malvern
J. W. Chase
Presbyterian Church
Sharpsburg
Legion To Elect Officers At Bedford Hall
The Bedford Legion Post holds its regular meeting on Tuesday July 3 at 8 pm at the hall with refreshments. Special business includes the election of officers for the coming year. Current commander Ray Kennedy and adjutant Wayne Paige are serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion Post of
Bedford
Ray Kennedy
Wayne Paige
Bedford Stores To Close For July Fourth Holiday
Most business houses in Bedford will be closed all day Wednesday July 4 in observance of the legal holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Navy Telegram Confirms Son Lyle Wright Missing Died
Mrs. D B Wright of Bedford receives Navy Department telegram confirming son Lyle Alden Wright QM 3c USNR is dead from enemy action on 13 December 1944 after earlier reports of disappearance. Admiral Randall Jacobs extends condolences and promises updates if further information arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Wright
Bedford
Navy Department
Lyle Alden Wright
QM 3c
USNR
Randall Jacobs
Navy
Marines Losses Reach Glen Dale Mother
Mrs. Mary McGuirk of Glen dale California was told her son Terry McGuirk a Marine was killed on Okinawa on May 13 He is identified as the former Miss Mary Crossen of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale F. Hunter
Air Corps
Muroc
Calif
Stockton
Sgt. Hunter
Doud Hunter
Sharpsburg
Terry McGuirk
Mary McGuirk
Glendale
California
Okinawa
McGuirk
Mary Crossen
Bedford
Gamble Store Manager Dies in Bedford
Fred Lewis longtime Gamble Store Agency manager in Bedford dies at home June 21 after a brief illness. Services conducted at Walker Shum Funeral Home and in Greenfield with burial in Greenfield cemetery. He was 56, married Lula E. McGinnis in 1910, with three children and two grandchildren. Survived by four brothers, including Schuyler Lewis and Ray Lewis of Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lewis
Gamble
Bedford
Walker Shum
W. A. Purdy
Greenfield
Ernest Smith
Stuart
Iowa
John Lewis
Adair County
Bedford Christian Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Schuyler Lewis
Ray Lewis
California
Charley Lewis
Kentland
Indiana
Farm Security Office Moves To Bank Building
The Farm Security office relocates from the Burt building on Court Street to rooms in the Bedford National Bank Building, occupying former Kirke teg law office spaces this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security
Bank Bldg
Farm Security Office
Burt
Court Street
Bedford National Bank
Kirketeg Law Office
Mrs Martha Smith Appointed Farm Bureau Office Assistant
Miss Elnora Blane resigned effective July 1 after six months as Farm Bureau assistant. She has been confined at home since and plans marriage. The board hired Mrs Martha Smith to fill the position as office assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora Blane
Farm Bureau
Miss Blane
Martha Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rue K. Minor
Australia
Philippnes
Francis Lucas
J. P. Lucas
Gravity
Bob Cobb
Allen Burks
Merchant Marine
Mrs
Don Burks
Howard Clark
Miami
Florida
Hobart Clark
Quentin Wildman
Heidelberg
Army Air Corps
Pfe
Lloyd Wyckoff
Paula Islands
South Pacific
Pvt
Harold Eugene Hensley
Camp Wolters
Joe Foster
New ‘Market
Estel
Camp Fannin, Texas
Kenneth Hawkins
Crowder
New Market
Verin Cade
Coffeyville, Kansas
Ora Cade
Fred
Arnold Davison
Great Lakes
Homer Davison
Siam
Wendell Lovitt
Jay Lovitt
Edward Johnson
Leroy Johnson
Chateau Thiery
France
Vernon Wilson
Sheridan
Hawaiian Islands
Verlin Cade
Fred Cooper
Conway
Sgt
Mark Pickering
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Delno Pickering
Darrell Dalton
S2c
Lee Wright
SC 2c
Times-Press
Junior Brogan
Fort Hueneme
Ralph Brogan
Junior Chitty
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry Chitty
Kenneth J. Hawkins
Miller Field
Staten Island
New York
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Raymond Randolph
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Gerald Walston
Tom Walston
Memphis
Tenn
Hal Ray
Athelstan
Fifth Army
Brenner Pass
States
Max L. Maskers
Arnold Peters
Alfred Safley
Cpl Maskers
Carolyn Lee
Charles Max Gebhardt
Roy Longfellow
Cleo Thomas
Armed Guard
U. S. Navy
New Orleans
Atlantic
W. E. Campbell
Donald Johnson
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinley
Tex
Elvin Savage
Camp Howze
Paola
P. A. Price
Glen Savage
Ross I. Garnet
Fort Sill
Okla
Steven
Lawton
Troy Spencer
Thomas Richard Reed
Francis E. Marshall
Armed Forces
Leavenworth
Francis Burns
Spokane
Washington
Baxter General Hospital
Noble Mothershed
Delos Dowling
Arji
Harold Mothershed
Pickering
Floyd Conlin Jobe
Merchant Marines
Conlin Jobe
Robert Cavender
Kenneth Stewart
Flo
Maryville
Kenneth
J. E. Stewart
Cpl. H. Haley
Jess Haley
Georgia
Harry Ucas
Harry Lucas
United States
Herbert Bond
Glen Fine
SKD i
Clearmont
Neil Owens
Lucile Hall
Chicago
Eugene Peterson
Clovis
New Mexico
P. H. Peterson
Sgt. Peterson
Christian Church
Evelyn
A. F. Weir
Clifton Fred Fine
Claude, Fine
Camp Maxey
Robert M. Taylor
John H. Payne Field
Cairo
Egypt
China-Burma-India
Chalmers Forney
Robert R. Day
Fay Day
Ralph Rutledge
David Jordan
Harrisburg
Illinois
England
Rutledge
Ivan L. Johnson
Wilmington
Delaware
Healdton
Oklahoma
Willard O. Rogers
Glenn Thummel
Glenn Craig
Leigh
Webb
Frank Thummel
Thummel
Craig
Wichita
Kans
John C. Davis
Munich
Emory Davis
Walker Davis
Ben Wilson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Elvin M
Max) Hunter
Aleutian Islands
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian Chain
Canada
Mt. McKinley
North America
11Th Air Force Combat Crew
Hurniter
David Chase
Leland
Pete’ Little
Front Line
Pete
H. €. Little
George
Innsbruck
Glen H. Anderson
U. S S. Army
5Th Armored Division
Combat Command R
Col. Anderson
U. S. Military Academy
Ledford
Grace Anderson
Riverside Drive
New York City
Col Anderson
Eldon Stroburg
Francis Stroburg
Wilbur Walkup
Eugene Parman
U.S. Navy
Dale B. Sanders
USN
Winifred Sanders
Oakland
M. P. King
Albert L. King
Jack R. Campbell
H. S. Campbell
Oahu
Joe Denhart
Rex Brown
Tuniosa
Sicily
Denton Dean Kidney
L. H. Kidney
Camp Fannin
Billy H. Kidney
Europe
Legion To Elect
Hall
Janice
Louis Hawkee Hopkins
Michael
Alan Dpd. Thompson Bedford
Towa
Herschal Scott Bedford
Ronald
Galen Spencer Bedford
Cheryl
Iver Wackernagle
Brockton, Towa
June
Orval Stevens Bedford
Orville Manley Bedford
Richard
Darrell Dalton Bedford
Judy Daughtee
Harold Wehrhan
Donald Sherick Bedford
Donna Karen
Don Weir Bedford
Garyeen
Ivan Gillette
Barbara
Leland Jones
Youway
Andrew G. Smith
Bedford, Town
Eddie
Mra. L. A. Porrell
Belford, Towa
Sharon
Lyle Underwood
Harold
Thomas Park
Lola Lou
Mra
Charles Lemert
Patsy
Vernon Nappier
Bedford, Iowa
Vickie
Lawrence Whitaker Bedford