Classified Ads from Bedford Iowa Listings and Notice
Classifieds advertise items for sale including a box for pickup trucks a metal kiddie car a baby basket high chair rocking bears and a 1937 Olds coupe with good tires plus small pre war tricycle requests. Also a poultry producer ad from Swift Co Bedford Iowa seeking eggs poultry and cream and a Bedford Hatchery notice planning hatching eggs by July third week with feed saving tips and a dissolution notice for the Bert F Wilson and George A Beckett partnership dated March 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Poore
Bedford
Bert F. Wilson
George A. Beckett
Court Street Fruit Market Sale Prices List
A compiled advertisement listing fresh produce and grocery items with bulk and per unit prices. Items include oranges 39c per dozen large, grapefruit 44c per dozen, lemons 38c per dozen, watermelons 5c per pound, cantaloupes 5c per pound, apples 35c per three pounds, peaches 35c per pound, cherries 35c per pound, apricots 20c per pound, blackberries 24c per pint, fresh green beans 25c per 2 pounds, beets cauliflower peppers carrots 15c per pound, lettuce 0.0c per head, onions 5, potatoes 68c per pint, California peck 49c and 59c, cucumbers per pound, home grown cabbage 4c per head, tomatoes 1b, sweet potatoes 3 ts, cookies fresh 6, ice cream cups cones Meadow Gold pint 20c qt 29c, fresh lunch meat cottage cheese, celery plants 19c per dozen.
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Sunkist
Calif
Bereavement thanks for support after loss of husband
Mrs. E. E. Kirby and children express gratitude for sympathy, flowers, music, and help after the death of their husband and father. They appreciate all who offered aid in this time of bereavement.
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E. E. Kirby
Appreciation Note Thanks Friends for Hospital Stay Aid
Duane Dalton expresses sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for support during illness and to John Jay Thornton Donald McMillin Richard Jones Gene Jones and Harold Gilbert for their bravery in securing help after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jay Thornton
Donald McMillin
Richard Jones
Gene Jones
Harold Gilbert
Neighbors Help Daltons With Work On Bedford Farm
A Bedford area group aided Mr and Mrs Dalton at their farm south of town on Monday June 19 aiding corn planting and soy bean planting after the couple were hampered by an accident involving their son Duane. Volunteers supplied tractors plows and a team with many locals assisting and refreshments were provided by Mrs Dale Dalton and Mrs Darrell Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dalton
Bedford
Daltons
Duane
Standard Oil Company
Dale Dalton
Darrell Dalton
Jack Airshie
Cliff Templeton
Carl Cordel
Ralph Clayton
John Baxter
Harold Steeve
John Jay Thornton
Donald Thompson
Guy Miller
George Spencer
Delbert Rogers
Harley Sleep
Lou Ackley
James Keith
Harold McCune
Troy Spencer
Pete Shum
Frank Jones
Daqn Jones
Glenn van Camp
Five Taylor County Men Inducted Into Marines
On June 22 a Des Moines Navy recruiting station intake included five Taylor County registrants among inductees into the Marine Corps. Named inductees are Lowell Milo Dugan Gravity Carroll Amos Pace William Nelson Scott Conway Robert LeRoy Blake Joseph John Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Des Moines
Taylor County
Marine Corps
Lowell Milo Dugan
Gravity Carroll Amos Pace
New Mar
William Nelson Scott
Conway
Robert LeRoy Blake
Bedford
Joseph John Cain
Lenox
Feature Rodeo Highlights Red Oak Fourth of July Celebration
Fletcher's rodeo appears in matinee and evening shows as Red Oak plans its annual July 4th celebration. The American Legion post aims to carry on the tradition awaiting younger World War II veterans to return and take over the event duties.
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Fletcher
The
American Legion Post
Red Oak
Revive East Mission Sunday School Reorganized
The East Mission Sunday school was reorganized at the Clayton No. 6 school house with help from Charles Longfellow and Carl Cummings of the local Baptist church. Mrs. LeRoy Book was named superintendent, Frank Snyder assistant, Lois Snyder secretary-treasurer. meetings set for 11 o’clock each Sunday. Citizens are invited to attend and hymn books loaned from the East Mission church should be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Bedford
East Mission
Clayton No. 6
Charles Longfellow
Carl Cummings
Baptist Church
LeRoy Book
Frank Snyder
Lois Snyder
East Mission Church
Christmas Goodies Reach Home After Long Voyage
Mrs. Wave Madden the county recorder received two Christmas parcels last week. One held battered candy the other crumbled cookies. Both were mailed before December 1943 to her son Ensign H. L. Madden serving on a ship with San Francisco as its home port. The packages circled the globe from San Francisco to the South Pacific Hawaii and Indiana before returning to Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wave Madden
H. L. Madden
San Francisco
South Pacific
Hawaii
Indiana
Ensign Madden
Bedford
Annual Iowa teaching certificate exams held in Bedford
Annual state examinations for teaching certificates were conducted at the Taylor county courthouse in Bedford on Wednesday Thursday and Friday by Mrs. Anna D. Engle county superintendent of schools. No estimate was available of how many examinees would participate this year.
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Iowa
Taylor County Court House
Bedford
Anna D. Engle
Gratitude for Farm Help and Tractor Helpers
A community note extends sincere thanks to men who furnished tractors and equipment to cultivate corn and plant soybeans. Special appreciation goes to John Jay Thornton, Gene Jones, and Richard Jones for faithful help with chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jay Thornton
Gene Jones
Richard Jones
Paul Dalton
Dine Dalton
Darrell Dalton
Loyal Legion 4-H Club picks county nominees at meeting
The Loyal Legion 4-H Club met at Mrs. John Baxter’s home on June 14 with seven members one mother and the leader present. County office nominees were Elise Sawyer and Alice Weir. Programs included talks on farming pictures by Alice Weir and on furniture for a girl’s room by Elise Sawyer, a courtesy talk by June Davidson and studies of Russian music by Betty Davidson with a picture study on Winter in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Legion
Loyal Legion 4-H
John Baxter
Elise Sawyer
Alice Weir
Joint installation of Rebekahs and Odd Fellows officers
The IOOF hall hosts a joint install Friday evening July 7 with Mrs. J. E. Fuller and Homer Borden as deputy grand officers directing the ceremony. Their staff from New Market will assist in the installation.
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Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows
IOOF
J. E. Fuller
Homer Borden
New Market
Golf Open Day at Red Oak Sunday
The Red Oak Country Club will hold its annual Open Day Golf tournament on Sunday July 2 with prizes awarded in all flights.
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Red Oak Country Club
Times-Press asks correspondents to file a day early
The Times-Press requests its correspondents to submit items a day early due to the upcoming legal holiday on Tuesday July 4. Readers are urged to plan accordingly and submit notices promptly for next week’s issue.
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Times- Press
Kirby Relatives Attend E. E. Kirby Rites at Bedford
Out of town relatives joined local mourners at the Baptist church in Bedford for the last rites of E. E. Kirby. Attendees included Dale Kirby and daughter Thelma, Mrs. John Moser Jr. of Johns Town Colorado, Erma Leighton and her three children La Roy Katheryn and Julia of Council Bluffs, Guy Kirby of Denver, Lawrence Kirby and Venita, Virgil Kirby of Diagonal.
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E. E. Kirby
Baptist Church
Bedford
Dale Kirby
Thelma
John Moser, Jr
Johnstown
Colorado
Erma Leighton
LaRoy
Katheryn
Julia
Council Bluffs
Guy Kirby
Denver
Lawrence Kirby
Venita
Virgil Kirby
Diagonal
Social notices list area couples in a regional roundup
The clipping names Mr and Mrs Cleo Boltinghouse and Mae of Sharpsburg Mr and Mrs Chester Akers of Gravity Mr and Mrs Melvin Akers of Clearfield Mr and Mrs Harold Akers of New Market Mrs Stella Shum of Conway Mr and Mrs John Reynolds of Hopkins Mr and Mrs Walter Radke of Clarinda.
Care In Freezing For Locker Use
County locker operators urge home makers to avoid over filling containers when freezing fruits and vegetables. Expanding juice can overflow into neighboring lockers. Use well ripened produce packed and frozen the day of harvest. Freezing charts from the State Experimental College at Ames and USDA are available at the Bedford Farm Bureau Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Cruzen
State Experimental College At
Ames
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Bedford
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SALL
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Moser Tire & Battery Station
L. A
J. D. Loudon
Sec'y- Clarinda
Wells Barn
Bryan D. Mohler
Hereford
Ben Scane
N.W. Mo
Albert Shields
16Th St
Clarinda
M. B. Nash
J. W. Hopson
Bedford Town
Collie
Geo. H. Rains
RFC
Blockton
Garland Hotel
R. A. Mayo
Care Times-Press
Inquire At Times- Press
Fred Peters
Swift & Co
R. L. Henry
M. W. Jetton
Bedford Hatchery
Court Street Fruit Market
Ade
NEW Potatoes
Wieners
Duane Dalton
Ket
Revive East Mission Sunday School Service
Galey’s Grocery
GWC Starch
Wheaties Box
GWC Bleach Lge
Macaroni Lege
Pkg
Supreme Graham Crackers
P & G Soap
Hamburger
China
Congoleum
Axminster Rugs
Rialto Theatre
Pan
Wits
AL Als
Pat We Gant
HiSz Sakaml
Nan Wynness Barker
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