Golden Anniversary Celebrated by Austin Curtises
More than 200 relatives attended a reception at an Methodist church in Bayard on June 25 honoring Mr and Mrs Austin Curts fiftieth wedding anniversary. Guests included family from Coon Rapids Seattle Yemassee Wilmington Des Moines and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayarday
Austin
Mary Jane Nelson
Waynes
Scranton
Bernard Dubel
Yemassee
Curtis
Presiduhe
Rue Ann
Wilmington
Del
Rs Curtis
Karl Shirbroun
Nelson
Ginn
Austin Curere
Bayard
McCook Lake
Yemas S. C
Palases
Calif
Lincoln
Nebrtle
Wash
Des Moines
Well City
Columbus
Woodward
Coon Rapids
Nton
Bagley
Gilmore City
Orson
Perry
Menlo
Gilman
E City
Manning
Storme
Swan
Carroll
Guthrieter
Halterman Places in Miss Iowa Contest
Des Moines native daughter of Mr and Mrs Halterman placed fourth in the Miss Iowa boot contest at Lake Raynette. Raynette Halterman a Bayard high graduate entered last year and was runner up in state contest. Sponsored by Radio Station KIOA. Ynette works as secretary in the state Farm Bureau office in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ynette
Bayard High
KIOA
State Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Kathy Schwartz Earns Honor at Drake Conference
Kathy Schwartz of Bayard Iowa, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Schwartz, was one of three chosen from Boone district for a conference at Drake University Des Moines. Sponsored by the South Iowa Conference, the event involved 69 arches each eligible to enter one person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Schwartz
Drake University
Desines
South Iowa
Af Methodist Church
Boone
Miss Schwartz
Rayhwartz
Bayard
Bayard High Ol
Independence Day Celebrations Planned in Yale and Linden
Yale hosts a July Fourth parade at 10 30 am followed by a 1 pm horse show 3 pm ball games and a 4 to 4 30 pm Guthrie County Cookout King judging. Walt Reno will headline the evening with fireworks and community treats. Linden offers five baseball and softball games from 1 pm with a 7 pm band concert and fireworks after the final game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Guthrie
Walt Reno
Des Moines
Yale Community Club
Linden
Lana Jean Hughes Named to Drake Dean's Honor List
Lana Jean Hughes, daughter of Mr and Mrs S R Hughes, earns Drake University Dean's Honor List for spring 1967. She is in the College of Education, one of 282 students named for completing twelve hours with at least a 3.5 GPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana Jean Hughes
S R Hughes
Bayard
Drake University
Lana
College of Education
Bayard Scouts Launch Town Census
Bayard Boy Scout Troop 109 begins a door to door census of Bayard on Monday July 3. Each family will fill a form and pay 25 cents for services rendered. A post on Main street will mark the population once completed, with monthly updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
Main Street
Reject All Bids on Wichita to Guthrie Center Paving
Guthrie County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa Highway Commission opened bids June 20 for an eight mile asphalt project from Wichita to Guthrie Center but no contract was let. Chair Hstell Feckuma said Hodge Man Construction’s low bid exceeded the engineer’s estimate and the board will seek new bids later this year with a slip form Portland cement option to aim for better offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Guthrie Center
Guthrie County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Highway Commission
Hstell Feckuma
Bayard
Hodgeman Construction Company
Fairmont
Minn
Peckuma
Portland
Library Meeting In Panora Holds Civic Talk
Guthrie County Libraries Association met in Panora Public Library on June 26 with Mrs Ken Robinson presiding. Miss Elizabeth Hudson spoke on the Guthrie County Historical Society and requested countywide meeting planning. refreshments were served and new equipment shown. Attendees included Mrs Dean Davis from Panora and residents from Bayard and Jamaica. next meeting is October 23 in Bayard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie County Libraries Association
Panora Public Library
Ken Robinson
Bayard
Don McKinley
Panora Board of Library Trustees
Elizabeth Hudson
Panora
Guthrie County Historical Society
Dean Davis
County Board of Supervisors
C L Jones
Robinson
Jamaica
Charles Lowry
Robert Kelly
Guthrie Center Residents Visit Watkins Couple
Mr and Mrs Glenn Marchant of Guthrie Center along with Mr and Mrs Louis Ault and Mrs C G Ault visited Mr and Mrs Paul Watkins last Friday evening in a rural community setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Marchant
Guthrie Center
Louis Ault
C G .Ault
Paul Watkins
Treasure holdout ends for Bayard boys 1965 find
Waiting period ends next Tuesday for the Bayard boys who found a 1965 treasure on a North Bayard lot. The $11,585.51 in old money remains tied up as two other claims contest ownership with John Rosenbeck and Lois Tallman. The case heads to Guthrie county district court, while the treasure sits in Farmers State Bank vault awaiting a final ruling and potential sale bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
North Bayard
John Rosenbeck
Baynd
Lois Tallman
Guthrie Center
Rosenbeck
Doran
Iowa
Guthrie County District Court
Greenfield
Farmers State Bank
Cleo Smith Passes State Engineer Exam at Guthrie County
Cleo Smith, 38, longtime assistant to the Guthrie county engineer, has passed the state engineer exam and earned a license to practice. He studied at home and learned on the job, took the test April 29 and was notified June 7 of his success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Smith
Guthrie County
Smith
Guthrie Center
Engineers
Emergency Test For Area Hams
Amateur radio operators from the Coon Valley club joined 13 000 others in a 24 hour emergency test sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. The Jamaica area unit covered the United States Canada Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and the Panama Canal Zone during the simulation from 4 1 % Saturday to Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Valley
Jamaica
Lebren Fox Place
The
American Radio Relay League of
Newington, Conn
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Coon Valley Amateur Radio Club
Parker adds Chadwick Charles to Ames family
Mr and Mrs John C Parker of RR 3 Ames welcomed a seven pound seven ounce son Chadwick Charles born Thursday June 22 at Mary Greeley Hospital Ames. Grandparents are Clarence Scheuermann Bayard and John J Parker rural Coon Rapids. Great grandparents include Katherine Scheuermann Jefferson Ross Tarbill Chardan Elizabeth Beebe and John Parker Sr. Parker family returns home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C Parker
RR 3
Ames
Chadwick Charles
Mary Greeley Hospital
Clarence Scheuermann
Bayard
John J Parker
Coon Rapids
Katherine Scheuermann
Jefferson
Ross Tarbill
Chardan
Elizabeth Beebe
John Parker
Charles Beebe
Stuart
Parker
Son
Miss Rynearson Named First Runnerup in Pork Queen District
Miss Pearl Rynearson of rural Yale, this year’s Guthrie County Park Queen, was named first runnerup in a district pork queen contest held in Ames on Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Rynearson
Yale
Guthrie County
Ames
Friday Services For Grace Phelps
Funeral services were held at Mason Funeral Home Coon Rapids for Luella Grace Phelps born March 21 1888 in Guthrie County died June 21 1967 in Coon Rapids at 79. Interment Highland cemetery. Survivors include nieces and a sister in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Funeral
Coon Rapids
Luella Grace Phelps
Bayard
Phelps
Waylon Taylor
Glidden
Bertha Biggerstaff
Ogden
Paul Nelson
Delbert Ford
Roswell Jordan
Henry Shirbroun
Andrew Lindahl
Henry Johnson
Frank Weston
Jonathan
Ellen Phelps
Guthrie County
Miss Phelps
Guthrie
Greene
Carroll Counties
Edward
Free Methodist Church
Thomas
Lauren Magoon
Fort Dodge
Eugene Buell
Council Bluffs
Ethel Phelps
Postmasters Train at Town State University Ames
A two day postmasters training session was held on the campus of Town State University in Ames. Bayard postmaster A M Robinson attended the sessions on Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State University
Ames
A M Robinson
Bayard
Leadville and Des Moines visitors call on Schauf and Ault families
Dwight Williams of Leadville and Cole and Mrs Roger Keck of Des Moines were Wednesday callers of Mr and Mrs Ray Schauf and the Louis Ault family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Williams
Leadville
Cole
Roger Keck
Des Moines
Ray Schauf
Louis Ault
Cows and Cars Cause County Accidents
A Redfield man Shirley Dean Cotton 38 hit a cow west of Dale City Tuesday night. The cow owned by Robert Purviance of Stuart died. Cotton's 1966 Chevrolet pickup damaged. Deputy Brown valued cow at 200 dollars and damage at 450. Another crash Saturday north of Stuart involved Frank Short of Dexter hitting a cow and calf owned by Gerald Sparks with about 250 dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
Shirley Dean Cotton
Dale City
Robert Purviance
Stuart
Cotton
Roger Brown
Frank Short
Dexter
Gerald Sparks
William Springer
Guthrie Center
Minshall and Hagen Guests Visit Grotto at West Bend
Mr and Mrs Dean Minshall of Van Meter and Mr and Mrs Doyle Hagen visited the Grotto at West Bend on June 18, sharing a day of conversation and sightseeing with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Minshall
van Meter
Doyle Hagen
West Bend
Also Mentioned on This Page
Austin Curtises
MR. and
Mrs
Austin Curtis
Halterman
Drake
Bayard Scouts
Tallman
Eda Beardsley
Taylor and Taylor
Miss Beardsley
Michael
Russell
Patrick
Kelly McAlister
David
James
Michael Springer
Marty
Myron Nissen
Jerome Siedhoff
Thomas Burns
Robert Nelsen
Farmer Moor
Frank Beach
Harold Kirlin
Fox
Coon Valley Club
Guthrie County Civil Defense Organization
Rynearson
Grace Phelps
North Central Public Service
North Company of
Ern Natural Gas Company
Omaha
Shriver Construction Company
North Central and
Northern
Bayard, Bagley
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