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Newspaper
Bayard News
Location
Bayard, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
1
The Bell System invites viewers to NBC TV on Tuesday December 24 at 6:30 pm Central for The World of Christmas hosted by Victor Borge. Includes a note of holiday cheer to Glenn and Ava Francis of Yale and a reminiscence about past radio quirks and Morse code in newsroom practice.
A colorful reminiscence recalls NBC executives and staff in early days. Gen David Sarnoff, then NBC board chair, was joked about accepting Army work. Chicago Tribune writer F Clay Gowran shares his humorous first day misadventures with Col Robert McCormick’s shoe shine note and a Christmas rush context.
Ascension Lutheran Church schedules Sunday School at 9 15 am and worship at 10 30 am followed by a funeral service at 12 45 pm for Thomas Rest Haven and a 7 pm Christmas play In My Fathers House with a fellowship hour. Christmas Eve candlelight service is at 7 pm and a 9 am Christmas morning service. Texas trip planned as Bob Burmeister and family visit relatives in Houston with return December 28.
Mr and Mrs Ronald Albright hosted a Sunday dinner for their son Bobby on his twelfth birthday. Guests included Mrs Ada Rosen berger and Eleanor Guthrie Center, Mr and Mrs Karl Nielsen Kelly and Karen, Mr and Mrs Dean Albright, Michelle and Deanna.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Anderson of Ellensburg Washington spent holidays in their Bayard home and entertained Mr and Mrs Frank M Botts at Tony's in Carroll Tuesday evening.
Bayard officials hosted a televised event as cameras from WHO Radio and TV and KRNT TV recorded the presentation of checks to the hidden treasure boys. The scene showed sound-on cameras from WHO on the left and KRNT on the right.
Residents receive visitors from local towns including Perry Guthrie Center and Bagley. carols sung by Harmony Hour Club and Junior Auxiliary. Esther Circle delivered plates. Jaycees brought gifts. staff held annual Christmas party with pot luck and games.
Mrs B D Laughery attended the annual Laughery Christmas dinner held Sunday at the Gerald Laughery home in Guthrie Center.
The Charles Betts family dinner occurred at the American Legion Hall in Bayard on December 15 to honor the couple’s 58th wedding anniversary celebrated a day earlier. Attendees include Sibyl Betts of Sioux City and numerous Betts relatives from Iowa towns. Arlo Luckinbill visited in Guthrie County hospital with hospital staff noting he is the Betts family father.
Mrs Everett Cornish hosted the Goodfellowship Group Christmas gathering at Bayard United Methodist Church on December 12. President Mrs Harley Dulavoy led a 13-member roll call with A Christmas Thought.
Christmas program and worship plans announced for Bayard Church and Wichita church with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. all Christ Child worshipers welcome.
The message outlines church events led by Pastor Theodore H Offermann. Sunday worship at 9 am with Sunday School and Bible class after, plus Thursday meetings for Sunday School teachers at 8 pm. Christmas Eve service at 7 pm and Christmas Day service at 9 am are listed.
Mrs Jim Jackson and Ruthe Boone visited Mrs Tom Moylan and Velma Godwin on Monday to honor Mrs Moylan’s eighty eighth birthday. Evening guests included Moylan sons and daughters in law and a granddaughter. Refreshments were served. Tuesday afternoon further honors were given by Gerald Raymond Bert Gander Nellie Nance and Boone.
Mrs R H Kinnick was surprised on her birthday Saturday when her children hosted a gathering with refreshments. Attending were Mr and Mrs Howard Sheer and JoAnn of Bagley, Mr and Mrs Marion Vaughan, Mrs Louis Buhr and Lyle Kinnick.
The Iowa Theatre presents a crowd pleasing film shown nightly at 7 30. Patrons report lively performances and strong turnout for matinees and evening shows.
Two film nights presented Sunday and Monday feature GONE WITH THE WIND and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. Julie Christie Terence Stamp Peter Finch and Alan Bates star in Zhivago as Lara meets Gyorgy Girl. Shows at 7 30 p m and Sunday matinee at 1 45 p m.
Mr and Mrs Bill Cornish hosted after the school board meeting Monday night. Attending were board members and their wives including Mr and Mrs Bob Burmeister, Mr and Mrs Albert Wetzel, Mr and Mrs Merle Kent Shand, Mr and Mrs Don Bielenberg, Supt and Mrs D B Stubbs, High School Principal and Mrs Robert Templeton, and Board Secretary and Mrs C F Greenfield. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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