Grassmeier Recalls Washington Short Course Trip
Grassmeier recounts a Guthrie County 4 H and adult delegation’s journey by rail and bus to Washington for a Citizen Short Course. Delegates from Kansas Minnesota Wisconsin Mississippi and Nebraska joined in a week of tours at Arlington National Cemetery Mount Vernon Capitol Hill Library of Congress and the Capitol with workshops and state department briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie’ County
Perry Rday
Washington
E Frantz
DeWitt
Ridgeville
Ohio
National Center
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisin
Mississippi
Nebra
Iwo Jima Marine
United Ites
Jefferson
Lincoln
Key
Edward Nesta Negro
Milies
State and Agriculture
USDA
Capitol Hill
Iowa
Jack
Potomac
Bayard Lions Plan Appreciation Day Event
Special notice states DB Stubbs Lions Club president has called an Appreciation Day meeting for Friday night at 8 pm at the Bayard Cafe. All Lions members and interested persons are invited to help plan the annual Bayard celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DB Stubbs
Lions Club
Bayard Cafe
Bayard
Outside Groups Enjoy Camping At Springbrook
The Springbrook park hosted about 7 800 visitors for the weekend with 883 campers Saturday night. This week 110 Theta Rho girls from across the state arrive for group camping and later 110 boys join them. The Izaak Walton League of Iowa sponsors the boys camp with State President Bob Russell of Iowa City in charge.
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Theta Rho
Park
Izaak Walton League of
Iowa
Bob Russell
Iowa City
Pangborn Rites Held in Bayard After Pioneer Dies
Guthrie County mourns Pangborn 76 a Bayard resident dies of stroke at Greene County Hospital. Born December 2 1891 on Pangborn farm Willow township he lived there until moving to Bayard. He married Georgia Engebretson in 1915 and leaves children George Pangborn Santa Rosa California Ann Marie Brown Chariton and grandchildren. Final rites held at Bayard United Methodist Church with interment in Willow Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester James Pangborn
Bayard
Greene County
Pangborn
Willow Township
Mr Pangborn
James A
Lydia V Pangborn
Bayard High School
Farmers Coop Elevator
Methoist Church
Masons
Eastern Star
Georgia V Engebretson
George V Pangborn
Santa Rosa
Cal
Donald
Ann Marie) Brown
Chariton
Patricia Ann
Ailan C
Mary V Pangborn
Dennis
Donna) Tague
Jeri Lyn Brown
Guy Pangborn
Spencer
Dolly Jack
Mary Simpkins
Jefferson
Inez Hunter
Scranton
Viola Graf
Des Moines
Bayard United Methodist Church
Ora L Reep
Paul Nelson
Austin Curtis
Harry Howe
Fn Calvert
Arthur Moylan
Elbert Manville
Ray Smith
Arden Patterson
Luther Manor
Estell Peckuma
Everett Cornish
Floyd Moylan
Harold E Strauser
Willow Cemetery
Seven Guthrie Center Businesses Challenge Property Valuations
Owners of seven Guthrie Center business properties sue in district court seeking reduced valuations after the Doane Appraisal firm set new values following a 30 percent increase ordered by the state tax commission. Plaintiffs include Feilmeyer Gonzales Ligouri Lloyd and the Van Cleef estate. The county plans a defense with tax attorneys to contest the reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie Center
Edward Feilmeyer
van Cleef
Ro ¥ Taylor
Dean Paulsen
Charles Gonzales
Elrica Ligouri
LeRoy Lloyd
Feilmeyer
Gonzales
Ligouri
Lloyd
Paulsen
State Tax Commission
Guthrie County
Doane
Tax Commission
Board of Assessment and Review
County Conference Board
Board of Supervisors
County Board of Education
C F Greenfield
Alvin Smith Injured Cranking Tractor at Bayard Farm
Alvin Smith of Bayard was injured while cranking a tractor at his son Larry's farm Saturday afternoon. The crank struck his temple, and after examination at the Hickey Clinic he was taken to St Anthony Hospital in Carroll. He fractured three bones and had surgery to elevate the lobes bones. He returned home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Smith
Bayard
Larry
Hickey Clinic
St Anthony Hospital
Carroll
Hardware show attendance and local social visits in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Harold E Straus er of Strauser and Sons Hardware attended a hardware show by L H Kurtz company at the Sports Arena in Des Moines Sunday afternoon. Kristy Poole of Des Moines visited last week in the Dave Poole home. Her father and brother Don Poole and Randy Poole came for her Sunday.
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Harold E Strauser
Strauser and Sons Hardware
L H Kurtz Company
Des Moines
Kristy Poole
Dave Poole
Don Poole
Randy
Rites in Bayard For Joe Kastner
Joseph A Kastner 83 of Yale died Monday in Perry Lutheran home after two weeks there. native of Czechoslovakia he farmed near Yale after coming to Guthrie county. Requiem Mass at 10 am in St Patrick's Bayard with Rev Mser M G Kelliher officiating. Interment St Mary's cemetery Jamaica. Casket bearers listed. Rosary said Wednesday at Spa in Yale. Survived by widow Marie three daughters and a son Ernest of Jamaica. daughters Marie Hirschberg Bayard Martha Peel Perry Pauline Greiner Jefferson. 13 grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
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Joseph A Kastner
Yale
Perry
Czechoslovakia
Mr Kastner
Guthrie County
St Patrick's Catholic Church
Bayard
Mser
M G Kelliher
St Mary’s
Jamaica
John Feichtinger
Robert Waters
Wayne Allen
Carl Kastner
Francis Kastner
Joe Rohner
Marie
Ernest Kastner
Frank) Hirschberg
Martha
Don) Peel
Pauline
John) Greiner
Jefferson
Boys Replace Mail Boxes Near Adair
Guthrie County Sheriff Lester Petersen arrested Ronald Kuster 17 of Casey and Larry Westphal 19 of Waterloo Tuesday for a weekend spree that damaged seven rural mail boxes near Adair. The youths pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and paid 25 dollar fines plus costs.
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Guthrie County
Lester Petersen
Ronald Kuster
Casey
Larry Westphal
Waterloo
J GC McCool
Carl Davis Rejoins Bayard Schools As Band Director
Carl Davis returns to teach at Bayard Community Schools as band director after resigning last spring to pursue a business venture. He resumes duties this year with a mostly complete faculty except for one half time counselor.
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Carl Davis
Bayard
Davis
Legion Convention Attendees Highlight Bayard Leaders
Joe Ewing adjutant of the Bayard post and newly elected county commander and Donald Deaton local sergeant at arms attended the state American Legion convention at the Fort Des Moines Hotel on Monday.
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Joe Ewing
Donald Deaton
Amercian Legion
Fort Des Moines
Ewing
Bayard Post
Deaton
Guthrie County Food Dinner Set By Farm Bureau Women
Guthrie County hosts a community dinner Tuesday in the Guthrie Center United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Farm Bureau women, with cooperation from county producers, will prepare and serve a meal priced at 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for children. Publicity by Mrs Leslie Buttler notes county food abundance and three Farm Bureau program phases. Additional committee heads are listed and advance tickets are available at the Farm Bureau office and by township chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie County
Fellowship Hall
Guthrie Center United Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Leslie Buttler
Buttler
J C Tallman
Willard Dayton
Lester Scott
Guthrie Center
Greenfield Dinner Guests Share with Dickinson Family
Mr and Mrs Cecil Crees were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Darrell Dickinson and family in Greenfield, sharing a family meal and conversation.
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Cecil Crees
Darrell Dickinson
Greenfield
Beautiful Rain Falls Across Bayard Area
The region received a welcome storm Wednesday morning with Bayard officials reporting 2.70 inches on Howard Honguage and other gauges noting 2 to 3 inches. Springbrook park officer Wayne Partridge recorded 3.2 inches. Han guage measurements show 0.23 inch Sunday and 0.04 inch Monday. The rain eased a critical crop period, while lightning killed four cows and a calf on the Paul Watkins farm near Bayard, and livestock losses included eight head for Bob Deal and one for Emmett Cain.
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Bayard
Howard
Paul Watkins
Bob Deal
Emmett Cain
Raymond School Bus Destroyed in Blaze
The Raymond bus operated by Gerald Raymond burned at the Harrison Ford company in Jefferson last week. The board of education will remove the Raymond bus from the fleet, reducing five buses to operate when school begins this fall.
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Bayard
Gerald Raymond
Harrison Ford Company
Jefferson
Board of Education
Raymond
New Sidewalk Installed on Prairie Street by Dave Poole
Dave Poole installed a new sidewalk along the south side of his Prairie Street property this week.
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Dave Poole
Prairie Street
Household goods auction in Herndon area
Dates taken for sale of the late Onas Hollar household goods at the Hollar farm home located one half mile west and one mile north of Herndon. The auction starts at 1 pm, with Glenn Grow as auctioneer and W D Jones as clerk.
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Onas Hollar
Hollar
Herndon
Glenn Grow
W D Jones
Auction of Irene Tyler household furnishings set for Bagley
Public auction at the west edge of Bagley begins at 1 pm with household furnishings of the late Irene Tyler. Harold Wasson serves as auctioneer with Perry State Bank as clerk.
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Irene Tyler
Bagley
Harold Wasson
Perry State Bank
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J Gardiner
Guthrie
Ruth Purviance
LE Chancellor
Iss Grassmeier
Afoon
Washington Cathe
Springbrook
Wayne Partridge
Dean Clipperton
Anna Ashbaugh
Clipperton
Bayard Volunteer Fire Department
Rites
Joe Kastner
Spa
Marchant Finneral
Monsignor
Kelliher
Franzenburg
Rer
Ness
Stuart
Panora
Robert Feilmeyer
T (Bev) Hollar
Paul Franzenburs
Treasy
Busi
Center
Central Committee
Leonard
Raymond Ocheltree
Highland
Adair
Legion Convention
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