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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1972
Page
3
Polished every Thursday at 318 Main St Bedford In edition details Second Class Postage paid at Bedford In 50833 ahan James 8 Taylor Editor and Publisher.
A compact listing of services and activities across several local churches and groups. Entries include Ollie Odile and Christain & Church events with times for Sunday School worship and choir practice, plus county youth meetings and Boy Scouts. Also notes radio programs and kingdom hall study sessions with ministers named.
Robert L. Truitt serves as pastor with 9 30 a m worship and sermon Jerrell from Hosea 2 at 9 30 a m. Sunday School at 10 30 a m and Explo 72 follow up at Baptist Church 7 30 p m. Bible study Wednesday 9 30 a m Thursday 7 30 p m Sr Choir practice.
Guest speaker scheduled for Sunday School at 9 45 am with S S Superintendent Glade Sickers. Morning worship at 10 45 am followed by Sunday evening service at 7 30 pm. Family Night on Thursday evening at 3 00 pm.
Funeral services for John E. Overholser 79 of Blockton were held June 25 at the Blockton Methodist Church conducted by Rev. George Swan and Rev. Gerrold Swinton. He died June 21 1972 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital and is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery Blockton. He was born July 27 1892 at Moulton Iowa youngest of 12 children. married Hattie Brown August 24 1912 and had two children Earl and Mildred. Surviving are Earl Mildred’s husband Forrest Rusco sister Mrs Tom Lacy three grandchildren four great grandchildren and many relatives.
Bedford residents treated or released at St. Francis in Maryville and Municipal Hospital Clarinda. Patients include Reid Rogers and Alva Wyckoff admitted June 19, John McNeese dismissed June 19, David Stewart dismissed June 20, Herman O’Dell admitted June 21, Amy Shum returned June 18, Edna Menelaus still hospitalized, plus others in Albany and Rochester facilities.
Sun visits and family gatherings fill pages with names from Clarinda Bedford and nearby towns. Relatives travel to Glen Stewart home and Offutt Base while golf club events, birthdays, and Father’s Day programs color a busy week.
Ladies' Day details June 21 with morning and afternoon golf and a luncheon. Marion Anderson won the throw away tournament. Ellen Wohlford posted master score. Bedford Women's Invitational set for July 12 with 20 clubs invited. Committee lists include Wohlford, Peve, Ellis, Hill, Lucas, Simmons, Noer, Jeffers, Young. Caddies and volunteers urged to contact Darlene Cross.
The 8 C H S girls softball team defeated Villisca 15-9 on Tuesday then fell 21-20 at Mt Ayr on Friday in a slugfest. Joy Fine hit a two run homer to spark Bedford in the 5th, while Mary Ettleman earned her third win this season.
Jeannie Janson a University of Iowa graduate student spent Father's Day with Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Janson in Gravity. The column lists numerous relatives visiting Gravity or from Los Angeles Knoxville St. Joseph and other places, with reunions in Missouri Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota including Coast Guard service and travel to Table Rock Storm Lake and St. Louis.
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