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Newspaper
Bayard News
Location
Bayard, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
3
Mrs Art Warren will manage the Bayard skating rink again this year with Saturday night openings for the season start. She plans to supervise Saturday Sunday and Wednesday nights and adds a new popcorn machine, plus ice cream items and possible hamburgers if film supplies allow. Warren runs the rink for the Bayard Tsions Club, sponsors of the skating slab.
John Shirbroun joins the Farm Bureau office in Corn Bluffs as summer bureau staff. Amos Strong, his uncle by marriage, heads the office. Shirbroun will be a senior at Iowa State and lives with his brother-in-law Craig MacDonald in Omaha. Donald Schick earned a MBA at Denver University and will join Alexander Grant Public Accounting in Denver. Families from Des Moines Burlington and Lohrville attend the events and celebrations. Boys State participants Ongley Parker and Sid Franzeen, Bayard sponsors, attended Camp Dodge with local club support.
Mr and Mrs Robert Roses join about 220 attendees from Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota for the 17th Felco Conference at Lake Okoboji. The event by Farmers Regional Cooperative features sessions on cooperative agriculture developments and workshops for employees and families with a program for ladies and children.
Bayard farmer Cleo Lewis suffered severe wounds after a cable on a rotary hoe entangled and buckled the machine. He sustained deep gashes on the hip and multiple leg cuts, with three on the right leg reaching the bone. He was taken to Guthrie County hospital for treatment.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Young attended the World War I state convention at Fort Des Moines Hotel from Wednesday to Saturday. The event featured a joint Barracks and Auxiliary session, a nurses tribute led by Charles Holland, a 4 ladies luncheon, and a Memorial service for deceased Buddies and Sisters. Attendees included Guthrie W WII Barrack and Auxiliary No. 1509 members Delbert Haden Panora Tracy Congdon Adele Thornburg and the Youngs.
Mr and Mrs Idwal Hughes and Charlotte Peters Opal Carrick and Berenice Watkins attended a regional conference on the prevention and control of infections in nursing homes in Red Oak Tuesday. Mr Hughes and Mrs Hughes run Bayard Nursing Home Mrs Peters is a housekeeper Mrs Carrick oversees laundry and Mrs Watkins works as a cook.
Darold Wallace of Arnolds Park arrives to stay with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Elmer Wallace following the death of his mother Sarah Bailey in a car accident on June 5.
Funeral services for 64 year old Perry Mayor Russ Davis are set for 10 AM today at Fouch Funeral Home Perry. Interment will follow in Cresco, the town he lived in before moving to Perry 14 years ago. Davis operated a Perry furniture store for several years and had been mayor since January.
Mr and Mrs Dean Schoon and family took daughter Katherine Winnett to the 4H Camp near Madrid Sunday afternoon. En route home they were supper guests of Mr Schoon’s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Pete Bennett in Perry.
A 13 year old Carroll boy, Louis Bolster, died when a 1959 Studebaker veered off a county road four miles southwest of Bayard. Driver Joe VanScoy, 18, from Carroll, was injured and taken to St Anthony hospital. The accident occurred about 2:15 pm while the youths were en route to fish. This was Guthrie county’s third traffic death of the year. The deceased’s aunt is Mrs Dick Gettler of Bayard.
Luella O Anderson 67 of Bagley received slight injuries Tuesday morning when her car left Route 141 east of Herndon, rolled into a ditch. Officer Kenneth Bolt said she was near a tractor when the mishap occurred. Car damage was estimated at 300 to 400 dollars and she was admitted for observation at Greene County hospital.
Mr and Mrs Melford Sheley of Altoona announce the birth of their son Chad Allen, eight pounds one ounce, born June 7 at Guthrie County Hospital. Grandparents are Lloyd C Calder Bayard and Jay Sheley Guthrie Center. great grandparents Winnie Calder Jefferson Fay Sheley Adair Anna Sorensen Guthrie Center Ruth Sheley Omaha. Mrs Sheley and Chad visited the Calder home Wednesday.
Pvt El Tom Thomas 54931270 A Co 2nd Trng Bag 3rd BCT BDE Fort Bliss Texas 79916. Staff Sergeant and Mrs Heater of Oklahoma City spend 4 furlough with his parents in Bayard. Pfe Jerry L Farley 22 of Guthrie Center with 25th Infantry near Cu Chi Vietnam May 26. D Bush 19 of Coon Rapids assigned as aviation mechanic in 1st Cavalry Vietnam May 23. Pvt Wyma.
The Bayard Woman's Club held its last meeting of the season in St Patrick's hall on June 5 with breakfast at 9:30. Mary Jane Carothers played piano while Sharon Starling sang. Officers for 1968-69 were installed by Mrs Leonard Siedhoff and include Mrs R J Carothers as president, with Greenlee, Schauf, Davis, and Schoon in other roles. An honorary member, Mrs Austin Curtis, received a corsage. The program covered Arts and Sewing and Literature and Drama with displays, beauty tips, and a make up demonstration. Distinguished guests Mrs John W Crabb and Mrs Howard Mark spoke briefly.
Petit jurors for the third quarter of 1968 have been chosen and Guthrie County Clerk Fred J Gardiner has notified they must report for jury duty after July 1. Named to serve for the three months period were:
Julie Manor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Manor, attended Hawkeye Girls State on the University of Northern Falls campus. Sponsored by the Bay Hanson Legion Auxiliary, Julie joined other delegates from Cedar Town last week for the event.
The 1968 Vacation Church School at Ascension Lutheran concluded with a morning worship service and a noon family picnic. Forty seven children enrolled and thirty seven received certificates for perfect attendance. The theme was Serve the Lord and a staff of fourteen teachers and helpers assisted the children.
Mr and Mrs Fred Harvey attended the funeral of J M Losey in a Perry funeral home Tuesday afternoon. Losey was a retired train dispatcher.
Springbrook Park received 2,700 adult bullheads from Big Spirit Lake this week. Park officer Wayne Partridge reports 840 people camped at Springbrook last weekend and many visited Sheeder Prairie.
Donald Deaton joined Mr and Mrs Laurice Deaton for a Sunday dinner in Story City. Laurice Deaton, Donalds brother, was honored as a birthday celebrant during the gathering.
Red Cross swimming lessons return to the Coon Rapids pool with sessions for beginners through racing. Registration is 9 to 11 am Saturday, either in person or by phone. Lessons begin Monday, June 17 with a schedule across multiple days and skill levels.
Two railroad workers from Colby Kansas were arrested in Menlo early Sunday on intoxication charges. Sheriff Lester Petersen and Deputy Roger Brown booked both men in the county jail. one was released on $100 bond, the other paid a fine.
Miss Joanne Betts daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Betts of Buck Grove has earned a Harvard University graduate school fellowship in Cambridge Massachusetts. The program supports study toward a master’s degree while teaching mathematics at the University. Joanne is a Wayne State College graduate with top grades and has taught in an Omaha girls school.
The South Iowa United Methodist conference reassigned 69 ministers on June 10. Notable moves include Rev William H Morehouse from Mount Ayr to Bagley, Rev James W King to Fremont and Cedar and Kirksville, Rev Oran Reep to Bayard, Rev Dale M Bass to Keosauqua Bentonport and Center Chapel, and Rev J Milton Kinney to Guthrie Center from Bedford.
Funeral services for Vernon Doty 69 of Denison were held there with burial at Highland Cemetery Bayard. Doty farmed near Bayard before moving to Jefferson then Denison. He died in South Dakota while en route to visit relatives. Survived by wife Jerald son Ellen daughter and nine grandchildren.
Last week two Guthrie county men pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Gene Hubbard, 60, Casey, paid a $300 fine and Gerald Elston, 26, Casey, serves 30 days in county jail. A Greenfield highway patrolman arrested them earlier this spring.
Mr and Mrs Ross Jurgens attended the funeral of Herman Ross, uncle of Mr Jurgens, at the Lutheran church in Manning Tuesday afternoon.
Sale listings note two auctions: June 14 at 1 pm for Mr and Mrs MB McCurdy at their Bagley home with Harold Wasson as auctioneer and W D Jones as clerk. June 22 the Frank Templeton Estate sells household goods at 618 West Willis Perry.
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