Christmas memories and local cheer in broadcast week
Readers share holiday viewing moments with KRNT showing The Miracle of 34th Street and Santa visits at Bayard Nursing Home. The column notes FDIC examiners at Charter Oak, birthday tributes, and a poetry request turned joke, plus year end reflections and memories from 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
34Th Street
KRNT
Harold Holmes
Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
Bayard Nursing Home
Santa
Charlie Walker
Leonard Siedhoff
Ken
FDIC
Charter Oak
John Tolheim
Johnson, Freeman and
Kennedy
Bayard and Wichita Methodist Churches Plan Hymnals Dedication
Bayard Church will dedicate the new Methodist Hymnals and hold a praise service as part of Sunday activities. Bayard and Wichita churches schedule 9:30 am worship, 11 am Bayard service, 10:30 am Wichita church school, with 9:30 am Bayard worship and 9:30 am Wichita worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkle
Dale M. Bass Bayard
Wichita
Bayard Church
Richard Chalain
Yvette Mimieux
Frankie Avalon
Annette Kello
Vincent Price
Christmas Eve Dinner Hosted by Mr and Mrs Earl Phelps
Mr and Mrs Earl Lee Phelps hosted a Christmas Eve dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Everett Booth Larry and Lori Mrs Ida Boots Mr and Mrs Earl Phelps and John Blanchard in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lee Phelps
Don
Jodi
Everett Booth
Larry and
Lori
Ida Boots
Earl Phelps
John Blanchard
Christmas at Bayard Nursing Home Brightens Residents
December 18 service led by Rev Dale M Bass with Christ Child pictures and cookies from Mrs Bass. Santa visited residents as Bayard notes many local visitors including Nielsen, Hagan, Peters, Rippey, Bowman, Reed, Mikkelsen, and Anderson families. Christmas decor and gifts from Ascension Lutheran, with carols led by Mrs Idwal Hughes. Bayard vocalists performed, and Garden Club door decor delighted residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale M Bass
BNH
Jens Mikkelsen
Coon Rapids
Gertrude Carpenter
E J Reid
Idwal Hughes
William Grettenberg
LaPorte City
Mesdames
John Anderson
Ollie Betts
Forest Potter
Harold Scott
Jack Hamaker
Ray Schauf
CG Ault
Bayard High School
Shirley Stewart
Bagley Garden Club
Ival Badger
Leo Hutchison
William Kretzinger
Mary Bowman
Lola Olson
Sid Olson
Brayton
Glenn Scott
Clair Olson
Yale
Eugene Nelson
Sioux
Christmas Visits and Dinners Around Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids families shared Christmas gatherings with relatives in nearby towns. Several residents reported dinners at homes of sons and relatives, including visits by Nels Nielsen’s sons, Mrs Nellie Nelson with Dale, and Laura Anderson with family near the Glenn Bolger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Nielsen
Coon Rapids
BNH
Laura Anderson
Glenn Bolger
Ed Brookbang
Tenth Birthday for Mary Lynne Poole at Bayard Church
Mr and Mrs Dave Poole hosted a Christmas program birthday event for their daughter Mary Lynne Poole at Bayard Church of Christ on December 21. Attendees included numerous relatives from Des Moines Farlin Bagley and Lackland AFB Texas. Dorothy Raymond phoned from Texas and a second after school party with fourth grade friends followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Poole
Bayard Church of Christ
Mary Lynne
Dick Poole
Rick
Randy
Kathy
Kristy
Des Moines
Armen Miller
Claudia
Farlin
Don Remele
Bagley
Raymond Ocheltree
John Oliver
John David
Linda
Bill Raymond
Ron
Rodney
Leonard Siedhoff
Gerald Raymond
John
Doug Raymond
Lackland Afb
Texas
Kit Siedhoff
Oyster Supper Honors Birthday of Mrs Louis Ault
Mr and Mrs Ray Schauf entertained at an oyster supper on December 21 honoring their daughter Mrs Louis Ault. Guests included Rev and Mrs Dale M Bass and Mr and Mrs Ault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Schauf
Louis Ault
Dale M Bass
Ault
Supper Honors Birthday Celebrations at Shawd Home
Mrs Merle C Shawd hosted a Thursday supper honoring her husband for his December 22 birthday and their son in law Mark Jacobsen for his Christmas birthday. Guests included the Jacobsons and Kelli Jo of Coon Rapids along with Merle K Shand Jeffrey and Michael. A Christmas gift exchange was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle C Shawd
Mark Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Kelli Jo
Coon Rapids
Merle K Shand Jeffrey
Michael
Christmas Coffee Hosts At Mrs Poole Home
Mrs Dave Poole entertained guests at a Christmas coffee on the afternoon of December 20. Attending were Mesdames Merle K Shand Don Bielenberg Leonard Siedhoff IF Greenfield Warren Watkins Bill Raymond and Gerald Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Poole
Mesdames Merle K Shand
Don Bielenberg
Leonard Siedhoff
IF Greenfield
Warren Watkins
Bill Raymond
Gerald Raymond
Birthday Coffee Honors Mrs Neal Shirbroun in Coon Rapids
Mrs Deve Poole hosted a birthday coffee on December 19 honoring Mrs Neal Shirbroun of Coon Rapids. Guests included Mesdames Dave Annear Paul Slaybaugh Mike Anthofer Don Bowman Gene Coffman Chuck Golay Dean Carson of Coon Rapids and Mrs Don Bielenberg of Bayard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deve Poole
Neal Shirbroun
Coon Rapids
Mesdames
Dave Annear
Paul Slaybaugh
Mike Anthofer
Don Bowman
Gene Coffman
Chuck Golay
Dean Carson
Don Bielenberg
Bayard
Birthday Surprise for Dick Myers on Fifteenth Birthday
Mr and Mrs Dwain Myers hosted a family gathering Monday evening December 26 to honor Dick Myers turning fifteen on December 27. Guests included Cliff and Jack Tuel and families and Ralph Edwards. Nearby visitors to John Burns in Floyd Betts home included Eli Sheer Betty Lou Christensen Ethyl Burns Arlene Burns Jimmy and Clyde Long. W B Textor and Fred Textor of Des Moines and Coon Rapids paid calls on Ora Cretsinger and family during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwain Myers
Becky
Kathy
Cliff Tuel
Jack Tuel
Ralph Edwards
John Burns
Floyd 0 Betts
Eli Sheer
Betty Lou Christensen
Des Moines
Ethyl Burns
Coon Rapids
Arlene Burns
Jimmy
Fort Dodge
Clyde Long
W B Textor
Ora Cretsinger
Fred Textor
Bill
Schoonover
Clark
Beth
Fred Schoonover
Guthrie Center
Millicent Christensen
David
Phyllis Phillips
Rex. Schoonover
Dorothy Cochran
Marvadelle Carr
Floyd Swan
Renwick
Norma McCoy
Omaha
Bob Rose
Norman Raner
Shannon
Phil
Dennis Tague
Perry
Carroll Rose
Don Tague
Terry Wolf
Leon Walker
Tuel
Alfred Young
John Bresnahan
Cindy
Roy Young
Glenn Whitcomb
Millard Whitcomb
Bagley
Irv Christian
Ken Robinson
Fort Des Moines
Robinsons
Merle Shand
Bayard
Doris Clark
Floyd Robinson
Panora
Alvin Smith
Art Smith
Carroll Marchant
Yale
Darwin Smith
Joel
Dick Orris
Jefferson
Roy Johnson
Boone
Ralph Starling
Sharon
Bill Cornish
Mark
Richard DeWitt
Keith
Audubon
Darvin Smith
Delbert Deardorff
Keith Staybaugh
Sons
Nevada
Willard Foresman
W M Slaybaugh
Donna
Gerald Sigler
Eleanore Frownfelter
Creston
Floyd Sigler
Larry Smith
Lynn
Gene
Chuck Jensen
Lyle Laughery
Ken
Ames
Gary Hopkins
J Eischeid
Dennis Betts
Brenda
Lanny Derry
Gary
Rose Marie Battles
Storm Lake
E A Battles
Jim Evans
Walt Schoessler
Clint Heater
Russell Smith
Christmas Dinner Guests Dot Guthrie Center Area
A long list of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner and visiting guests gathered at multiple Guthrie Center area homes. Families from Bayard Bagley Perry Des Moines Ames and nearby towns shared meals and courtesies with local residents.
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Iowa Press Association
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Lillian Warren
Clyde Clark
Electric Light and Power
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Clarinda Mht
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Nursing Home
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Wayne Hagan
Glidden
Ada Peters
Minnie Rippey
Olga Bowman
Louise Johnston
Lee Hunt
Edith Reid
Earl Hasty
Simon Anderson
Arnold Christensen
Ascension Lutheran Church
Comet
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Ethel Bower
Gloria Orrin Oliver
Sue
Fred Webber
Mary Jane Nelson
Lib Curtis
R J Schuster
Terry
Malcom
Luzena Edgerton
Russell Carpenter
Alice Hagaman
Carroll
Paul McClellan
Seth Parker
Bertha Scott
Mary Mclaughlin
Nellie Nelson
Dale
Wayne Kopeska
Dayton
Frank Kepple
Indianola
WSCS
Bessie Sumner
Agnes Glenn
Marie Cretsinger
the Grettenbergs
MondAaxtr
Karl Keister
Waterloo
Grandpa Keister
Carroll Cole
E E Reid
Shan Raner
1Su
Atos
Cliff
Raner
Grand Junction
No ¥a-Raner
A Tague
Omie
Washburn College
Topeka, Kan
Edward Schram
Daughters
Boston
Lessie Lewis
Lloyd Blackley Scranton
Zetta Lewis
Donald’ Deaton
Earl Lewis
Ross. Jurgens
Tammy
Lewis
Alice Sigler
Terry and
Mary
Doug Sigler
Fort Bliss
Tex
Janice Tannehill
Lake City
John C. Parker
John Badger
Jeffrey
Levi Hansen
Michelle
Dave Kalsem
Cambridge
Fred Ayers
Dan Weaver
Kimberly Stone
Pat
Luann Warren
Betty Stone
Jerry Moylan
Kirk
Kenneth Wolf
Scranton
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Chester
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Iowa City
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Yhone
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Theat
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Adam West
Linda Law
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Goldfoot
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Sun Mat
Admiral
Garst Store
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