Bedford area social and business notes from local columns
Local items cover moves and visits among Bedford residents and nearby towns. Hart Taylor family relocate to Bedford. Elvin Beemer and wife move into the vacated Taylor home. Chas Leonard and wife visit Gravity. Mrs Smith Leonard to visit them. Hatchery Flocks for 1941 advertises breeds and hybrids. Jay Levitt, Hadley, and John Thomas guests of Walter Fuelberth. Will Chandler and wife travel to Des Moines then Arlington, Virginia. Christian church Ladies Aid to meet September 19 in church basement. Fly spray offered by the Drug Store at 85 cents per gallon, containers brought. Dorothy Lewis enrolls in Junior College in Clarinda. she and Roberta and Georgene Wollenhaupt take an apartment.
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Dorothy Lewis
Clarinda
Roberta
Georgene Wollenhaupt
Gaebler Returns Home From St. Joe Hospital
J A Gaebler came home from St. Joe Hospital on Thursday of last week and is recovering. He is now able to be about.
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J. A. Gaebler
St. Joe
Fields Return Home After Weekend Visit
Chas Fields and his wife returned to their Magon City home Saturday after a short visit away.
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Chas. Fields and
Magon City
For Sale Breeding Ewes Near Brooks Iowa
250 head breeding ewes listed by Pete Thuman located 4 miles southwest of Brooks with address Nodaway Iowa. Contact Dr M T Jennings in Corning Iowa for details.
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Pete Thuman
Brooks
Nodaway
Iowa
M. T Jennings
Corning
Ledgerwood Spends Weekend at Home With Peters
Edythe Mary Ledgerwood of the R. C. Buxon home in Bedford spent the weekend at home there. She was accompanied by Lyatts Peters of Bedford.
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Edythe Mary Ledgerwood
R. C. Buxon
Bedford
Lyatts Peters
Weekend visits across Nebraska towns noted
Ray Curtie and family of Omaha spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Bert in Pierce. Earl and Miss Marjorie Bivins visited in the Curtie party. D n Leonard and kin drove to Shenandoah to see W R Brookman then to Blanchard to visit Mrs Brookman and daughter Betty Lou with Mr and Mrs J W McFarland.
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Ray Curtie
Earl
Marjorie Bivins
Omaha
Bert, Pierce
Leonard
Shenandoah
W. R. Brookman
Blanchard
Brookman
Betty Lou
J. W. McFarland
Mrs Rush Stowell and Daughter Visit On Way to Dyersville
Mrs Rush Stowell and her daughter Frances visited Friday en route to Dyersville Iowa to join her husband who is working there.
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Rush Stowell
Frances
Dyersville
Frank Robey Family Heads to Denver
Frank Robey his wife and daughter with Mra Jessie Sawhill of Winterset and Mra Edna Douglas left Tuesday for Denver Colorado.
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Frank Robey
Jessie Sawhill
Winterset
Edna Douglas
Denver
Colorado
Jones family returns home after visit to aunt's
Mrs Flossie Jones and her two children who had visited at the home of her aunt Mrs Perry Williams returned to their home in St Joseph on Sunday. Mr Jones and his sister Nell Jones drove up to escort them back.
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Mra Flossie Jones
Mes Perry Williams
St. Joseph
Mr Jones
Nell Jones
September Basket Dinner at C B Lock Home
The Community class of the Methodist Sunday School held a September basket dinner at the C B Lock home on Sunday with about 25 attendees.
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Methodist Sunday School
C. B. Lock Home
Burwells and Heninger Return From Western Trip
Mr and Mrs C A Burwell and Mr Iona Heninger returned Monday from a three months visit in Kansas, Colorado and Oregon. They say Iowa looks mighty good in comparison with some drought stricken areas they passed, and though the trip was fine, they are happy to be home again.
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C. A. Burwell
Iona Heninger
Kansas
Colorado
Oregon
Iowa
Birthday pot luck supper honors Jim Ackley and Frank Bordner
A pot luck supper was held at the Bordner home Friday evening in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Jim Ackley and Frank Bordner. Attendees included Jim Ackley and his wife, Russell Ackley and family, Oral Cree and wife, Chas Lock and wife, Homer Beemer and wife, and Elvio Beemer and wife.
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Jim Ackley
Frank Bordner
Bordner
Russell Ackley
Oral Cree
Chas, Lock
Homer Beemer
Elvio Beemer
Dinner guests mark anniversaries at Grant home
E. J Posten his wife Gertrude Mrs J G Posten Z3 na Oliver Posten and wives Will Chendler and wives attended a Monday evening dinner at A W Benders in Grant. The occasion honored Merdsmee E J and J G Posten whose anniversaries occurred that day.
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E. J Posten
Gertrude
J. G. Posten
Z3na
Oliver Posten
Will Chendler
A. W. Bender
Grant
Representative wanted to sell magazine subscriptions near Gravity
Moore-Cottrell Inc seeks a local representative to handle magazine subscriptions for families in the Gravity area. Earn hundreds yearly with free instructions and equipment. Promises lowest rates on domestic and foreign periodicals. Start a growing business in full or spare time. Naples Road North Cohocton NY.
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United States
Moore-Cottrell, Inc
Naples Road
North Cohocton
New York
Baked Squash With Sausage and Whipped Cream Cake
Recipe file lists baked squash with sausage mixture including pork sausage eggs butter bread crumbs milk and seasonings baked until firm and browned. Also a whipped cream cake with egg whites whipping cream water cake flour sugar baking powder salt flavoring and folding steps for a moist, layered finish.
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Abel
Visit of Hay and Francis to J. S. Francis Home
Mre R. A. Hay of Longmont Colorado and George Francis of Kent visited Friday at the home of their brother J. S. Francis and wife.
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R. A. Hay
Longmont
Colorado
George Francis
Kent
J. S. Francis
Methodist church cancels sermon for conference trip
There will be no preaching service in the Methodist church next Sunday morning as Rev. Crouage will attend the annual conference in Des Moines. The Sunday School will be held as usual at ten o'clock.
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Methodist Church
Rv. Crouage
Des Moines
Meredith Walker Returns Home After Week Here
Meredith Walker and his wife of Clarinda had spent the past week in town and returned to their home Sunday evening, concluding their visit with a quiet departure.
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Meredith Walker
Clarinda
Beemer Family Visits Lenox Sunday
Horees Beemer and family and George Beemer visited Lenox Sunday with their brother and son Herman Beemer and family.
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Horees Beemer
George Beemer
Lenox
Herman Beemer
Dinner guests for Mr and Mrs Elbert Perahin
Mr and Mrs Elbert Perahin entertained relatives at dinner Sunday. Guests included Milo Dugan and wife with Lowell, and Mr and Mrs J V Ackley with Russell Ackley and family from Decatur.
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Elbert Perahin
Milo Dugan
Lowell
J.v. Ackley
Russell Ackley
Decatur
Beginning of life shown in motion picture of heart development
A film using a microscope to observe the embryo heart development from a tiny tube in a fertilized embryo was demonstrated by Dr. Bradley Patten of the University of Michigan. The display traced the heart’s formation from initial flutterings to coordinated pulsations, noting irregular rhythms before a final synchronized wave across the tube.
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Phi
Bradley Patten
Univsity of Michigan
Anatomy
Dement
Tradition Modernism Blended in New Homes
Architect Arthur E. Allen says American builders blend traditional forms with modern treatments. Colonial style homes now emphasize light and spacious interiors via large windows and interior planning, while Georgian designs adopt modern trends. Some suburbs even ban extreme modern styles.
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Arthur E. Allen
Siglen
Allen
Ma the Truck Driver Defies Weather and Doubters
Ma Rainville drives a 12,000-pound truck between Buffalo and Providence, averaging 50,000 to 75,000 miles yearly. She repairs, loads, unloads, and even positions the 200-pound runways, saying she fears no weather. She learned machinery on her father's farm and now supports her husband and two children in Longmeadow Massachusetts.
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Katherine Rainville
Buffalo
N. Y
Providence
Berkshires
Longmeadow
Mass
Those Mexican Dishes Chili and the Spice Spectrum
The article notes that Mexican cuisine uses a wide range of flavors beyond chili. It mentions that American Express guides study cooking to answer travelers questions, and observes gravies colored with a pinch of cog, cilantro onion and caggot used in fish, lamb chops rubbed with marjoram laurel or garlic, and markets offering cumin, thyme, cilantro, laurel, and lemon grass as common spices.
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Mexico
American Express
Northwest shift in corn and hog production boosts hog selling
The northwest Corn Belt shows a 50 percent rise in corn acreage, 60 percent more hog production, and a 140 percent increase in federally inspected hog slaughter from 1910 to 1934. Packing plants followed these changes, driving a regional economic shift and growth in direct hog selling.
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Northwest
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
U. S. Dent. of
Agr
Corn Belt
Ackley Family Weekend Visit To Decatur
Rugeell Ackley and family of Decatur visited Friday evening and spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Ackley. They returned home Sunday evening.
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Rugeell Ackley
Decatur
Jim Ackley
Dinner guests at Harry Stafford home Sunday
Guests at the Harry Stafford home included Frank Stafford and his wife from Con way, Henry Stafford and his wife, Roy King and his wife and son of Williams, with Mrs Almira Spiers visiting in the afternoon.
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Harry Stafford
Frank Stafford
Conway
Henry Stafford
Roy King
Williama
Almira Spiers
Morris Spence Social Visit Reported at Conway
Morris Spence spent Sunday visiting with friends in Conway, sharing time and conversation in a casual hometown gathering.
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Morris Spence
Conway
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M. R. Francis
Hart Taylor
Elvin Beemer
Taylor
Chas. Leonard
Near Corning
Smith Leonard
Wilson Hatchery
Jay Levitt
Keith Hadley
John Thomas
Walter Fuelberth
Will Chandler
Arlington, Va
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Bill Reed
Claude Gray
Billy Brown
Ya Ae
Pach
the Home Newspaper
Harry Lambley
Northwest Corn Belt
Aco
Auvasour
Taylor County
Board OF Supervisors
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