New Market Notes From Basalo and Local Guests
Mrs Basalo reports a crowded week with visitors and gatherings. Local families, including Ellison McCarl Clark and Parson families, hosted relatives from Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas. The Church of Christ to shift service times, a June 29 birthday party, and retirements at the post office mark community events. Donald Rogers of Seattle visits family with a Tahoe of local kin. Darrel Savage returns from four years in the Air Force. Cora Savage host family notes.
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Floyd Miller
Minnie Pace
Wichita
Kans
Cora Savage
Darrel Savage
Darrel
Air Force
St. Paul
Minn
Church of Christ
Donald Rogers
Seattle
Wash
Earl McAlpin
Bill McAlpin
Red Oak
Jottings from a Left Hander about flights and small town life
The columnist recalls a Clarinda Flight breakfast with the Weill-Kernen Flying Service pilot Lowell Weir and notes his long aviation journey since 1955. He opposes do-it-yourself limits, shares car nostalgia including a 1980 Merc and a 1941 Merc, and wanders through humorous household anecdotes, mowing choices, and local fair board food. The piece weaves personal memories, community bits, and light comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge
Weill-Kernen
Clarinda
Lowell Weir
Lowell
Weir-Kernen
The Triangle Drive We Recommend Highly
William J. Peters sen leads annual trips on Ole Miss with Grace Petersen and other Iowans touring Keokuk Nauvoo and Keosauqua. The river voyage includes riverboat travel, restored Mormon homes, and a six o clock dinner at Hotel Nauvoo.
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William J. Petersen
Iowa City
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Ole Miss
Grace
Petersens
Father of Waters
Addie May
Illinois
Nauvoo
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Smith Brothers
Joseph
Hyrum
Carthage
Joseph Smith
USA
Taylor County
Lamont
Independence
Mormontown
Blockton
Bedford Fourth of July Promises Free Community Celebration
Plans for next Tuesday’s free Bedford Fourth of July include a 10:30 a.m. parade led by a Bedford Community School band with floats and group entries. A 1:30 p.m. horse show is sponsored by the Bedford Saddle Club at the fair grounds, followed by a fireworks display by the Bedford Fire Department. Picnic guidance warns about poison ivy sumac and oak plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Fair Board
Jaycees and
Lions Club
Martha Anderson
Fair Board
Bedford
Jaycees
Bedford Saddle Club
Fair Grounds
Bedford Fire Department
Local Social News from Sharpsburg and Nearby
Sharpsburg residents share weekend visits with Bedford Grimes and Lewis guests attend from Cedar Rapids and Mt Ayr. Social events include Birthday Club with new member, WSCS meeting with a playlet, and plans as Mrs. Long’s son Richard heads to the Mediterranean. The community notes also mention travel and family gatherings across Bedford Lincoln and El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Bolinger
Mt. Ayr
Local Social Gatherings And Club Notes In Gravity
Families from Phoenix Shambaugh Scranton and Clarinda visited relatives in Gravity with gatherings at Batten Crawford and Freeman homes. Weekend trips extended to Brighton Colorado for a stay and return. UTD Club and Simper Fideles met with new members and upcoming picnics and meetings planned through July including Bibbins Park and Elmer Roberts hosting.
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Lloyd Ambrose
Frank Ambrose
Scranton
Gail Ambrose
Frank Souder
George Crawford
Homer Kimpton
Craig
Jessie Berry
Wallace Klacken
F. A. Batten
Ralph
Jim Crawford
Glenn Lock
Steve
Danny
Marvin Weed
Brighton
Colo
Lock
Simper Fideles Club
Ronny McKune
Henry Baker soloed the Weir-Kernen Funk last week
Henry Baker a Glass Implement mechanic soloed the Weir Kernen Funk last week Hubert Henry and Lowell Weir flew to Minneapolis in Henry s Tri pacer They were away eight hours and fifteen minutes in Minneapolis 390 miles by road 310 by air Lowell Weir flew to McPherson Kansas last Saturday to bring home his sister Joyce who had been in McPherson Joyce helps care for her cousin Kenneth John Colyn infant son of Mr and Mrs John Colyn Mrs Colyn is the former Alice Weir
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Marvin Borden
Ft. Dodge
Regina Hawkins
Bwayne
Norwalk
Merle Parsons
Effie Hankins
Hankins
Viola Branson
Wilsca
Henry Baker
Glass Implement
Hubert Henry
Lowell Weir
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mr. Henry
McPherson
Kansas
Joyce
Kenneth John Colyn
Kenneth
John Colyn
Colyn
Alice Weir
Guests in John Neil Home Honor Several Out-of-Town Visitors
Overnight guests in the Claude Moore home included A H Davis of Mesa Arizona Kilda Ginn Tom Murphy Bennie White Kay Neil Thomas Beth Ruth Hamilton from Omaha and Leonard Travis from Ephrata Washington. Other recent visitors were E J Moore of Fort Worth Texas C N Rogers of Des Moines Iowa and Posten siblings of Gravity.
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John Neil
A. H. Davis
Mesa
Arizona
Leonard Travis
Ephrata
Washington
Claude Moore
Moore
E. J. Moore
Fort Worth
Texas
C. N. Rogers
Des Moines
Gertrude Posten
E. M. Posten
Gravity
Sheridan News Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Sheridan society notes show Ed Shenstine and Lewis Jenkins families visiting Mrs. Icie Jenkins, Des Moines guests at several homes, funeral rites for Mrs. John Palmer, and a Father's Day basket dinner honoring Patuxent River guest Charles McAlister. Relatives travel from Hopkins Yellow stone Park Parnell and Atlantic with several Iowa and Kansas connections attending events in Sheridan.
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Mra Att. Ghorehill Sheridan
Ed Shenstine
Lewis Jenkins
Des Moines
Reed Jenkins
Sheridan
Icie Jenkins
Beryl Mathers
Gene Brown
Leland Brown
Charley Holliday
W. N. Wray
Bert Anders
Dall Churchill
John Palmer
Gaynor Methodist Church
Ella Catlett
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Roger McAlister
McAlister
Bill Freeman
Danny
Howard Freeman
Buddy
Blockton
Atlantic
Terry Taylor
Overland
Kansas
Albert Clutter
Grant City
Ross Seckman
Karen
Sac City
Dwight ‘Seckman
Robert Potts
Birmingham
Alabama
Cleo Seckman
Brons Ewart
Idaho Falls
S. D
Troy Ewart
Kansas City
Oakley Ewart
Ellen Dunn Performs in Clarinda Piano Recital
Ellen Dunn of Bedford participated in a piano recital at the Christian church in Clarinda on Wednesday night June 21. She played Paderewski’s antique piece Mentet. Ron ald Perry accompanied the event as organizer and performer.
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Ellen Dunn
Bedford
Harticipants
Ronald Perry
Christian Church
Clarinda
Ellen
I. J. Paderewstd
Bedford High class of 1946 reunion set for August 13
The Bedford High school class of 1946 will hold a reunion August 13 at the Lake of Three Fires. Classmates and teachers are urged to attend. a basket dinner will be served at noon followed by family introductions and class roll reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford High School
Lake of Three Fires
Name honor students at Iowa State U
Iowa State University lists 517 top honor students for winter quarter, including two Taylor County residents. Bedford’s Kay Russell Lucas, home economics education major, and Blockton’s Robert L. Stephens, industrial education major, are recognized.
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Iowa State University
Taylor County
Kay Russell Lucas
Bedford
Robert L. Stephens
Blockton
Ruth Clark dies at 76 in Sheridan service held
Mrs Ruth Clark, 76, Sheridan, died unexpectedly at a nursing home in Clearmont where she had been admitted for care. Funeral services were Saturday at Sheridan Methodist Church conducted by Rev Huey McFarland. Burial followed in Sheridan Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Vivian Gerard of Parnell Missouri and Mia Verda Hilton of McMinnville Oregon, five grandchildren, a brother Ben Lyman of Daily Colorado and two sisters Martha Quardarth of Grandview Washington and Tilla Dillner of Clovis New Mexico. Her husband Grant Clark preceded her in death.
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Farmers Bank of
Sheridans
Ruth Clark
Sheridan
Clearmont
Sheridan Methodist Church
Huey McFarland
Sheridan Cemetery
Methodist Church
Vivian
Gerrard
Parnell
Mia
Verda Hilton
McMin
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