War Ends in Victory for Local Post Office Route
The Bayard News and Bagley area post offices reached a treaty with the United Postal Department to operate the star route from Perry to Coon Ids. A Way Pouch will carry two daily trips, enabling same day delivery along the line. Congressmen Gross Hartigan Scherle and Neal Smith played key roles in securing the victory for patrons of the region’s post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United ‘Tag Postal Department
Bayard News
Bagleyvette
Perry
Coon
Star
William J. Scherle
Neal Smith
Gross
Ategy
Mrs Caple Dies Days From Her Hundredth Birthday
Caple dies in Perry Lutheran home nine days before her 100th birthday after a long life in Yale and Bagley where the Caple family operated a ware and funeral service. Her son Lloyd ran the business until retirement. Body to Yale funeral home then state custody, service at Yale Methodist Church led by Pastor Herbert Thomas. Mrs Caple was a long time member of the order for over 50 years. Ivors include her son and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ont
Yale
Bagley
Perry
Caple
Tly
Lloyd
Chant
Yale Odist
Herbert Thomas
Stern Star
Order
Ivors
Guthrie County beef queen contest at county picnic
Guthrie Center hosted a county picnic supper near Mitchell with almost 200 attendees. Judy Kalbach of Menlo was selected as county queen and candidates included Kinnick and Linda John from North Guthrie. local families, neighbors, and guests joined the celebration with birthday toasts and social visits across Guthrie County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie County Beef Lucers Association
Mitchell
Guthrie Center
Judy Kalbach
Menlo
Kinnick
Linda John
North Guthrie
Dean and Sons
Eugene Phelps
Jack Tuel
Edward Kinnick
Bil Johnston
Neil Lewis
Lions Clubs Invite Growers to Master Corn and Soybean Contests
Bagley Lions Club sponsors a Master Corn Growers contest with July 15 entry deadline. Fees are 10 dollars. Entries require at least ten acres in one field. Prize is a Lions Club trophy and advancement to district and state contests. Bayard Lions Club also sponsors an official Soybean Master Growers contest with July 31 deadline and at least two acres of beans in one field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagley Lions Club
R K Gubser
Lions
Jim Irwin
Lions Club
Jack Cain
Bayard Lions Club
Servicemen Notes From Bayard and Camp Dodge Updates
Richard D Johnson returns to duty after leave with Mr and Mrs Duane Johnson in Bayard. Address listed as AA Richard D Johnson B 609995 VA. 122 Box 8 Naval Air Station Lemoore Calif 93245. Lynn Flook and Mark Nissen attend two week National Guard Officers Training at Camp Dodge. They visited George Nissen home in weekend. Donavan Durbin enlists in Army Reserve and begins basic training at Fort Lewis. Address Pvt Donavan L Durbin ER 17764871 Co E 5th Bde 1st USAPC Third Platoon Fort Lewis Wash 98433.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Johnson
Bayard
Richard Johnson
Richard D Johnson
Naval Air Station Lemoore
Calif
Lynn Flook
Coon Rapids
Mark Nissen
Bayad
National Guard
Camp Dodge
George Nissen
Donavan Durbin
Lynn Durbin
Bagley
Army Reserve
Fort Lewis
Donavan L Durbin
Wash
Family Gatherings Mark Fathers Day Across Iowa and Nearby States
A sequence of Father s Day dinner gatherings featured Gene Summerson and family in Dawson with guests from Waukee Guthrie Center Perry and Des Moines. Elmer Rhodes of Jefferson hosted relatives including Gordon and Maria Rhodes of Palos Verdes California and others from Denver Guthrie Center and Grand Junction. Roger Keck of Des Moines and Ray Daley with Joe Whartoff of Ames visited local hosts, while Bill Wolfe of Chesterfield Missouri joined Donald Goodwin s Saturday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Summerson
Nancy
Kathy
Dawson
Paul VanCleave
Waukee
George VanCleave
Guthrie Center
Lloyd VanCleave
Perry
Ivan Laursen
Scranton
Bill VanCleave
Don
Elmer Rhodes
Jefferson
Inlaw
Gordon Rhodes
Maria
Jana
Palos Verdes
Calif
William Rhodes
Denver
Cole
H E Rhodes
Clifford Trostle
Lester Calvert
Jeff
Ruth Evans
Joe Wailes
Des Moines
Max Kersey
Grand Junction
A E Calvert
Roger Keck
Ray Schauf
Ray Daley
Joe Whartoff
Ames
Clear Lake
Bill Wolfe and
Rites Held for George Corsant in Bagley
Final rites were held at the Bagley Church of Christ for George B Doud Corsant who died after an operation. The Greene county farmer and Bagley councilman was 74. He is survived by his wife Pearl daughter Dorine Coil a sister and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagley Church of Christ
George B “Doud” Corsant
Mr Corsant
Greene County Hospital
Greene County
Bagley
Carroll S Cole
Jack Barber
Sheldon
Church of Christ
Pearl Klinzman
Church of Christ, Ioof
Corsant
Amy Whitcher
Pearl
Dorine
Harold) Coil
Mary Kirchner
Des Moines
William Whitcher
Lake Wood
Calif
Dorothy Jones
Little Rock
Ack
Open houses honor two golden wedding anniversaries
The Curtis children host an open house at Bayard Methodist Church on Sunday June 25 to celebrate Mr and Mrs Austin Curtis golden anniversary with 2 to 4 pm calling. Ralph and Grace Chapman celebrate at Bagley Methodist Church on Sunday July 2 from 2 to 5 pm with a 2 30 pm program. Bayard Woman's Club departments set deadlines by July 1 per Mrs C F Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Curtis
Bayard Methodist Church
Ralph
Grace Chapman
Bagley
Bayard Woman’s Club
C F Greenfield
Rainfall in 26 Days Equals a Third of Year
Since May 27 Bayard station recorder Howard E Hoit logged rain on 21 of 26 days totaling 10.54 inches. The latest fall was half an inch overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. June 19 added .08 inches and June 17 recorded 0.20. June 15 and 16 yielded .63. The past 26 days amount to about one third of the area average annual rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E Hoit
Bayard
Infant Janet Lee Everts Born May Nineteenth In Iowa
Mr and Mrs John Everts of Lytton announce the birth of a daughter Janet Lee, six pounds six ounces, born May 19. Grandparents are Ivan Mozena of Bayard and Heiko Everts of Lytton. Great grandmothers are Martha Mozena of Coon Rapids, Joe Buekel of Dedham, and Everts in Germany. The infant has a sister named Jo. Sunday visitors to the Schoon family include Mrs Wesley Brayton and Scott and Sara of Fort Dodge and Mr and Mrs Herman Schoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Everts
Lytton
Janet Lee
Ivan Mozena
Bayard
Heiko Everts
Martha Mozena
Coon Rapids
Joe Buekel
Dedham
Everts
Germany
Wesley Brayton
Scott
Sara
Fort Dodge
Herman Schoon
Dean Schoon
Pancakes in Park Breakfast for Bayard Lions Club
The Bayard Lions Club pancake breakfast will be held Sunday morning in Bayard park. Serving starts at 7 30 a m and runs to at least 10 30 a m. Lion Ernest Gilson chairs the committee and donations will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Lions Club
Bayard Park
Lion Ernest Gilson
Mrs Robertson Attends Iowa State Food Service Course
Mrs Lucille G Robertson of Bayard Nursing Home joined 100 other attendees at the tenth annual food service short course at Iowa State University from June 4 to 9. The program, run by the department of institution management, covered menu planning for special diets, equipment and layout design, and supervision and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille G Robertson
Bayard Nursing Home
Food Service
Iowa State University
Department of Institution Management
Oswalds Visit Pudenz Family in Mount Carmel on Fathers Day
Mr and Mrs Dick Oswald and family visited her parents Mr and Mrs Dave Pudenz at Mount Carmel on Fathers Day evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Oswald
Dave Pudenz
Mount Caramel
Three More Teachers Sign Contracts for Bayard School
Bayard school board hires Patricia McAtee to teach second grade and Patricia Wampler to teach art for next fall. Mrs Tom Chrystal will again teach social studies at Bayard High. Warren Watkins gets a $1,000 raise to $5,500 as janitor contract renewed while Clair Kraft’s was not renewed creating a vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard School Board
Patricia McAtee
Bayard
Drake Univesity
McAtee
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kalispel
Montana
Patricia Wampler
Scranton
Scranton High School
Iowa State University
Tom Chrystal
Bayard High School
Warren Watkins
Watkins
Clair Kraft
Bayard Rural Lines Adds Four-Party Service
United Telephone of Iowa reports Bayard residents now enjoy four party service replacing seven on a line. New cable and renewal work cut lines to three other subscribers per line. Residential rates rise $1.20 and business $1.25 above previous eight party rates. Mullican notes nearly $100,000 invested in twelve months for Bayard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
United Telephone Company of Iowa
Carl Mullican
Bayard Rural
United
Mullican
United Telephone
Local News Briefs From Bayard Des Moines Hospitals
Mrs Joe B Warren returned home to Bayard Wednesday after a two week stay in Des Moines Methodist Hospital undergoing major surgery. Mrs Karl Nielsen had an emergency appendectomy Thursday evening at Guthrie County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe B Warren
Bayard
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Karl Nielsen
Guthrie County Hospital
Perry guests visit Phelps and Bennett family
Mr and Mrs Pete Bennett and Gary of Perry visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Earl Lee Phelps, Don and Jodi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Bennett
Gary of
Perry
Earl Lee Phelps
Don
Jodi
Mrs Leat Rites In Bayard Today
Mrs Iva Leat died Tuesday in Greene County hospital after a hip injury. Services at 2 pm today at Bayard Methodist church with Rev Dale M Bass officiating. Interment in Scranton cemetery follows. She was 86, born August 23, 1880, in Lohville Calhoun county. lived in Scranton area. widow of Charles Leat. survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Leat
Harley Dillavoy
Bayard
Greene County
Leat
Des Moines
Lohrville
Scranton
Bayard Methodist Church
Dale M Bass
Ray Schwartz
James Orme
Everett Cornish
Sidney Phelps
Alfred Young
Estell Peckuma
Arden Patterson
Earl Wolf
Iva Myrtle Ernst
Jacob Ernest
Marie Woolley Ernst
Lohhville
Calhoun County
Greene County Hospital
Jefferson
Lochville
Charles Leat
Fred van Antwerp
Charles
Joseph
Irene) Koehler
Fred
Frank Ernst
Donald Koehler
Morton
Hazel) James
Montezuma
Harley
Mable) Dillavoy
Bagley
Bayard seniors chosen for poultry science program
Bayard high school seniors Danny Halterman and Doug Lemke earned fellowships in Avian Science and Technology at Iowa State University. They will attend ISU July 10 to 15 as Poultry Researchers along with ten other Iowa high school seniors. Halterman works this summer for Bayard Quality Eggs, which operates 40,000 laying hens near Bayard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Halterman
Doug Lemke
Bayard
Iowa State University
ISU
Iowa
Halterman
Bayard Quality Eggs Company
Van Winkle Takes Over County Road Patrol Post
Gary Van Winkle of Guthrie Center now operates the county road patrol based out of Bayard. He succeeds Evertt Rogers of Yale who filled the role briefly after replacing Tom Moore, who resigned after he and his wife purchased the Hideaway Drive-In in Panora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary van Winkle
Guthrie Center
Bayard
Everett Rogers
Yale
Rogers
Tom Moore
Panora
Two Area Students Named to College Honor Roll
Miss Joan Crosier of Bayard and Sam Weigel of Guthrie Center were among 929 undergraduates listed on the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College honor roll in Kirksville for the 1967 spring quarter. Crosier completed a bachelor’s degree and is now pursuing a master’s degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crosier
Bayard
Sam Weigel
Guthrie Center
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Crosier
Local visits by townsfolk across Carroll and Chariton
Mesdames Otto Murphy Wayde Freesh and Frank M Botts called on Mrs Ethel Phelps and visited Mrs Rosella Caraher in St Anthony hospital in Carroll Tuesday. Jeri Brown of Chariton is visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Lester Pangborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Otto Muphy
Wayde Freesh
Frank M Botts
Ethel Phelps
Rosella Caraher
St Anthony Hospital
Carroll
Jeri Brown
Chariton
Lester Pangborn
Charles Walker Estate Household Auction Near Jamaica
Sale date taken Friday June 23 a household auction for the Charles Walker Estate one mile east of Jamaica. Sale starts at 1 pm conducted by Louie Hensen as auctioneer with W D Jones as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walker
Jamaica
Louie Hensen
W D Jones
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News-Gazette
H R Grosset
Postadores
Am J Hartigan
Forrest Gauluon
Sindee Gente
S Caple
O Girl
County Producers
Moylan
Delmar Clipperton
Manning
Wilburr Clipperton
Ening
S Show
Jesther Sinnott
Lynwood
Wallace Kent
Fax
Ernest Son
Boone
Ju Gi Son
Buhr
Omaha
Louis Buhr
Jim Guthrie Center
Bil Schoonover
Beth
Rex Cohover
Guthrie
Guy Bosier
Virginia Ketts
Rifle
Colorado
Schoon
George Corsant
Douglas Becker
W E Dawson
Delbert West
Myron Gilliland
Oral Bullock
Robert Gubser
Hd Clair
Dodge Cemetery
George B Corsaut
George Benj Corsaut
Guthrie County
Iowa U
YJB
News and Gazette
University of Iowa
Marsha Cabelka
Bill Newbrough
Daily Iowan
Are
Susan Porter
Pat McDermott
Mary Ann Murrane
John Greenfield
Cllo
Lion
Robertson
New
Bagley Wayside Park
George Richards
Sete Securiny
Ira Stow Bid Ivel
Iva
Ernst Leat
Bayard Boys
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