Homecoming At The Fair Promises Legacy Of Taylor County
Former residents of Taylor County may meet at the Taylor County Fair on Wednesday August 10. Children are admitted free on Children’s Day and Band Day is a featured attraction with a $200 prize fund for bands and cash prizes for top winners. Kenneth Worth and L A Logan lead the invitation efforts to school and municipal bands with plans pending sufficient entries.
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Taylor County
Fair Board
Kenneth Worth
Bedford Schools
Supt. L. A. Logan
Armless Boy Does Entertaining Street Show in Bedford
Woodrow Horn, 21, a south sea island born armless boy now in Omaha, charms Bedford crowds with feats using his feet and body. He shoots marbles with toes, coins into pockets, lights matches, and performs other skills to earn silver offerings. educated in Los Angeles, he has traveled for years as an entertainer.
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Woodrow Horn
South Sea
Bedford
Young Horn
Omaha
Hel
Los Angeles
Fish Story From Lake Of Three Fires Ends With Sharp Revelation
Vernon Trumbo recalled a swimming incident at the Lake of Three Fires where a fish spine pierced his toe. He later removed a quarter inch barb likely from a bullhead stinger, explaining intermittent pain during its winter journey through his toe.
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Verna Trumbo
Trumbo
Ford V-8 Economy Test Yields Thrifty Results
Des Moines Ford Motor Company branch and state dealers supervised a 5000 mile Economy Test. The Thrifty Sixty V-8 sedan averaged 40.2 mph and 24.71 mpg while a V-8 One Tonner with payload averaged 18.91 mpg. Oil changes occurred at 2000 and 4000 miles with minimal oil consumed.
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Des Moines
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Mrs. Frank Howard Succumbs In West
Word reached here that Mrs. Frank Howard of Albion Idaho died Sunday June 26 Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Normal Chapel with interment in the Masonic cemetery The Howards lived in Bedford years ago when Mr Howard headed the Bedford schools Afterward he led a Teachers College in Albion Idaho
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Frank Howard
Albion
Idaho
Normal Chapel
Masonic Cemetery
Howards
Bedford
Howard
Bedford Schools
Fourth of July Celebration at Medford Country Club
The Medford Country Club plans a Fourth of July event for members and families at the golf course and club grounds. An afternoon golf tournament followed by a picnic supper will lead into an evening fireworks program under township permission. The celebration is open to the public and friends of members.
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Smedford Country Club
Iowa
Hot Days Mark Peak Heat in Local Week
The Chambers Bros farm thermometer hit 95 on Friday June 24 with 88 at 6 pm amid a hot week. Temperatures ranged from 40 to 75 across Sunday and Monday, and the period saw no precipitation. Corn grew rapidly while small grain ripened, and dry weather persisted.
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Chambers Bros
Bedford Times-Press Window Displays Oddities and Antiquities
The Bedford Times-Press window shows a 6 pound cabbage with 24 inch circumference by Mrs. Elmer Johnson, two large white onions, twin peas, twin beans, and an iron belt radish by Leland Duncan. Also featured are a giant purple dahlia from a new bulb, sweet peas, a large white rose, an old frontier era bullet found by Henry Longfellow, an Ithaca Calendar clock once used by Dr. Conn, old Bedford Fire Department photos, and a group of old soldiers.
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Bedford Times-Press
Elmer Johnson
West Bedford
H. A. Gillette
Hoptt
Ithaca Calendar Company
Ithaca
N. Y
Harry Mathew
Ideal Lumber Company
Dr. Connett
Bedford
Taylor County Visitors Tour Ames Town State College
Fourteen Taylor countians joined visitors from nearby counties on a Tuesday tour of Ames Town State College. They saw dairy plants, college bulletins, animal barns, dormitories, home economics, and the dairy barns with machine milking while called through experimental plots of crops and fertilization trials.
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Taylor
Memorial Building
State of
Iowa
Agricultural College
Good Advice horse dies at Creech Hopkins barn
The seven thousand dollar race horse Good Advice owned by Ben Creech of Hopkins died suddenly from an enlarged heart. Autopsy by Dr. T. E. Anderson found the heart weighed 16 pounds, far above the normal three. The horse once set a world record by running three quarters of a mile in 10.15 seconds on a New York track and reportedly won a $5,000 purse after a change of ownership.
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Ben Creech
Hopkins
Creech Barn
T. E. Anderson
New York
New Lights For Our Grade Building
Bedford school officials have installed new light fixtures in the grade building with units using high wattage lamps. Taylor County Service Company will perform the installation, expected to finish before fall term. Tests show long neglected lighting hindered students, prompting the upgrade to improve eye health and graduation readiness.
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Bedford
St. Joseph
Taylor County Service Company
Bedford County Club Announces Scotch Foursome Event
Members of the Bedford County Club plan an immediate Scotch Foursome with 31 teams drawn into partners. Each pair uses one ball, plays 18 holes, and prizes are offered for high and low scores, medalist score, and most par shots, with a ten cent entry fee.
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Bedford Country Club
Ben Seane
Jask Campbell
Ben Burks
Tom Smalley
Paul Borrusch
H. Singleton
Kenneth Werth
S. E. Thompson
Taylor County 4 H Girls Elect Officers at Rally Day
Coryl Hensley named president of the Taylor County 4 H Girls Club at Bedford High School during Rally Day on June 23. Imogene Templeton and Dorothy Souder also installed as vice president and secretary-treasurer with Darlene Hogg as historian. About 100 attend as Loyal Legion, Loyal Larks and Gay Maidens earn top representation.
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Coryl Hensley
Jackson Township
Bedford High School
Coryl
G. D. Hensley
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa
Imogene Templeton
Dorothy Souder
Darlene Hogg
Frank K. Jones
Loyal Legion
Loyal Larks
Allen Hamblin
Bedford Times-Press
Crash Victims Identified In Missouri Truck Collision
Two truck operators were killed and burned in a head on crash north of Savannah Missouri last Thursday morning. Loren Blair 31 of Neosho drove for Percy Casey Neosho and Robert Ross of Dearborn Missouri died in the other truck loaded with fence posts. Both drivers were believed instantly killed and burned in the wreckage.
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Savannah
Loren Blair
Neosho
Percy Casey
Robert Ross
Dearborn
Missouri
Crum
J. S. Nevius
Court House
William Christianson
Council Bluffs
Canada
Picnic at Des Moines for State Fair Employees
Mr and Mrs Ben Long attended a Des Moines Sunday picnic at the fair grounds for state fair employees and managers. About 150 people were present. Mr Long has served as a special policeman at the fair for many years.
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Des Moines
Ben Long
Long
Respect Your Parks Jowa State Park Season Courtesy Guide
Respect the parks and others rights as thousands visit the 72 state parks daily. Park areas offer picnic tables benches and receptacles to keep sites tidy. Do not burn garbage or damage facilities and follow custodian guidance on suitable wood.
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Jowa
Sullivan Named Permanent Custodian at Lake of Three Fires
E. V. Sullivan received a permanent appointment as custodian at Lake of Three Fires state park after a period as temporary custodian. He will reside on the park, with his wife and four children, while facilities are prepared. A letter from H. W. Groth explains park concession fees and service costs for the beach and bath house, plus safety and maintenance requirements. About one hundred people attended the Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Conway where W. D. Bus McCalla was elected county commander and Lester Rounds adjuvant.
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E. V. Sullivan
Lake of Three Fires State Park
Des Moines
Sullivan
Hodges
H. W. Groth
Lands and Water Division
State Conservation Commission
Pubuin
Conservation Commission
The
Legion
Burge
Conway
W. D. “Bus” McCalla
Blockton
Ralph Andrews
Lester Rounds
Andrews
McCalla
Lenox
Vera Campbell
Katherine Walters
Vera Mackey
Fishermen Elmer Brice and Wyatt Blake Return With Limit
Elmer Brice and Wyatt Blake returned home Tuesday evening after a week in northern Minnesota. They reported good fishing and brought back their limit.
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Elmer Brice
Wyatt Blakemore
Minnesota
Park Rules On Beachwear And Artificial Lakes
The speaker explains park regulations about bathing attire and not swimming in artificial lakes outside designated beach areas. He cites safety concerns from obstructions and fish nests and urges bathers to stay inside the life line or swim at their own risk.
Bedford Convention Sets Delegates for July 2
Republican and Democrat delegates in Taylor county will meet in Bedford at 11 a m Saturday July 2 to name delegates to state, congressional and judicial conventions and to choose county leaders for two years. Keynote speaker for Republicans is State Senator O J Kirketey.
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Taylor County
Bedford
O. J. Kirketey
Ahrens Drug Store
Des Moin
Red Quak
Creston
Des Moines
Atlantic
Congress
James Pearson
Shenandoah
Roger Warin
Follow Thou Me presented at Bedford High School
The four act Biblical drama Follow Thou Me will be performed in Bedford High School auditorium Friday by Gravity cast with Rev C Max Buck of Gravity Bedford Christian church training the cast. A matinee for children is set Friday afternoon. Cast includes Elizabeth Dorothy Lewis Daniel Donald Utter Beatrice Loretta Baker Lucius Howard Madden Pilate Oliver Lock Claudia Geraldine Ginn Adah Lorene Stafford Miriam Evelyn Savage Seeress Wanda Joslyn Anna Gwendl yn Walker Sarah Audry Joslyn Caiphas John Barchus. County officials Thos L Kuhn T F Armstrong Ed Gaines Arthur Clabaugh attended Sioux City meeting.
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High School
Bedford
Gravity
Prescott
Sharpsburg
C. Max Buck
Christian Church
Atty
J. R. Locke
Elizabeth
Claudia
Dorothy Lewis
Daniel
Donald Utter
Beatrice
Loretta Baker
Lucius
Howard Madden
Pilate
Judta
Oliver Lock
Geraldine Ginn
Adah
Palace
Lorene Stafford
Miriam
Evelyn Savage
Seeress
Wanda Joslyn
Anna
Jewis
Gwendolyn Walker
Sarah
Audry Joslyn
Caiphas
Tool
John Barchus
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Armless Boy
West
IS. C
Creech
Scotch Foursome
Emmett Osborn
Veaton John
Mildred Baxter
H. G. Skinner
Vera Akers
Dowis
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Miss Akers
4-H Club
Ringgold
Farm Bureau
Legion-Auxiliary
Demos
Thos. L. Kuhn
T. F. Armstrong
Ed Gaines
Arthur Clabaugh
Sioux City
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