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'Shown here are Don and Jim Cox, (at left) and Mrs. [Kenneth Cox, (right) presenting the Howard1 CoxMemorial Plaque to BGHS student ’body president, Susan Sheffield (third from left).WATER METERS WILL BE READ DEC. 7 - 12City employes will read the Water meters in residential and 'business districts of Bedford from December 7 to 12.i■Patrons are urged to make access to their meters available.SCHOOL CLOSINGS —as a 'halflback in football, a .guard in basketball, a sprinter in track and a pitcher in baseball. He was all-conference in football and basketball in his junior and senior years. He earned the I.D.P.A. and Des Moines Register's’,honorable mention in football andbasketball.“HOWARD was the leatl-Who* Will Conquer The ing scorer in both football World In The 19?0’s? was and basketball his senior the question posed to the year at BOBS. As a senior 1,450 delegates attending the he made a 124 record in convention of Jehovah’s baseball. He played in three Witnesses at Omaha’s Bunke conference ohamjpi o n s h i p Senior High School, Sunday teaimis at BCfBS. His year-Novemlber 20. according to around dedication and hard— ... * . I « .4- iU 1 4- lt;! si n f.rnn m.i1450 Delegates Attend Jehovah Witnesses Con.■ mle winlter season and possible by snow and Ice, Bedford Com-uld like to ball parents’ atten-d in case of school closings orFREEMYER RECEIVES MEDAL IN VIETNAM'Marvin (L. Freemyer, a former Conway resident, son of Mr. and (Mrs. E Inner Free-myer of [Loveland, Colo., received the commendation Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against a hostile force in the Repub-, [lie «f Vietnam for saving s [ the lives of several people. ■He is the 'grandson of Mrs. Zola Freemyer of Bedford r-land Mrs. Anna Gunaca of s, I Gardena, Calf., and hias ser-n | ved two years In Vietnam, 1 iswork in athletics was outstanding as was his desire ‘to play’ ...” liannon concluded his re*F r.irrMtf featured I mailt;kiS by statin-2 that theiF. Garrett, featured | ra|g . aihletic departmentis most happy to “have oneCarroll Akes, presiding min-isiter of the Bedford congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.F.speaker for the assemblyTAYLOR COUNTIANS HELD IN MISSOURI:Apprehend Two on Burglary Chargesoiyis in s-U1 Two Taylor county res al idem/ts are in custody in al Grant City, Mo., after being ig identified by Missouri autb .r-! orlties as suspects in the ie burglaries of 10 places of ae 1 business in Missouri on No or vemiber 19 and 26, Taylor en | county sheriff’s office reports a high percentage of the stolen goods has been found recently In the Stockton area.Missouri businesses burg-ist j larized include; Dewey Carr ip* Mtotor, Allendale; Prugh ec. I Haticliwiare, Steel Oil Station ip, I and John Deere Implement, at Grant City; School building rill I and Philips ’06 in Riaiven-wood; School building inat-1 Sheridan { Rosetemns Chevrolet, Phillips *06 and QVtuttiand district supervisor of of ours so honored by thisJehovah’s Witnesses, relat- plaque.”ed his address tp the im- Howard’s older brother,pending wotfd conquest in P°n pox Bedford, madethe formal presentation of the plaque to the school Garrett concluded: “So I stating:who will conquer the world “ON BEHALF of the Cox in the 1070’s? You will, if family I wish to present you by faith silicic to God’s this plaque to Bedford Ccmi-Word and do his will -now: munity High School in mem-you will thus be rewarded I ovy of Howard Cox. with eternal peace in a new Follow 1 rug this presents-system of things on earth,” [ tion, each year the outstand-r . i in|2i all-around BCHiS ath-Jehovahs Witnesses, be- jete wqj ^ recognized bying concerned with this im- \hawim his name engraved pending conflict endeavor to on thjs plaque assist individuals by means DON, himself a former of their house-to-house min* outstanding BOHiS athlete, idtry and free Bible study concluded by stating that it program. Nineteen concern* i£ the hope of the Cox farm ^ w*Te ord'^ned Sat., ily youth of thisNov. 28, as new ministers. | community will become inspired and motivated to dedicate themselves to achieve “the goal of, becoming the outstanding all-around BCHiS athlete,Accepting the large plaque for BOHS, was Susan Sheffield), student body president who siald, “*We are hon-8Trucking, Hoipkios.The local sheriff's office j ored to accept this plaquelists these articles recover- 1“ memory of Howard Cox.io» We wish to thank his familyed: two 12 color TVs; two ^ plaque whkh wm30-GO nSles, one 22 rifle and he placed in the front hall a 22 high standard: pistol; alt BGHS where visitors, and 16 Timex wrist watches; 20 studenits alike may view it. boxes rifle shells and sev-| Sounding a keynote of era! boxes 30-30 ammunition; I this special pre-Thanksglv* several cantons cigarettes ing school chapel Rev, Dar-and several cigarette light-1 rel L. Draper, local United ers, flints and fluid; two 1 Methodist pastor, expressed chain saiws; stereo tapes and I in his opening prayer, grat-plyers; solid state tape re corder; an undetermined a-mount of cash; spark plugs; walkie-talkie radio; soldering gun; % drill; two tire testers; auto timing light; water heating element; mis-eeHaneous candy, cukes, gum, pencils and gloves,itude for families like the Kenneth Cox family —* and for Howard Cox, who gave his life in Vietnam.Also participating in the Howard Cox memorial service was 1970*71 AFS student from Belgium, Francis Meysman.’
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Bedford Times Press
Bedford, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 03, 1970
Page 5
Full Page
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Taylor C.
AL, USA 10 Feb 2020
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