Eleven former Sidney Rodeo Queens to attend homecoming
The Sidney Rodeo announces a Saturday night homecoming with at least eleven of its 23 former Queens returning. Invites were mailed earlier to alumnae from 1937 to 1957, with a special presentation featuring Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright from Bonanza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Rodeo
Sidney Rodeo Committee
Hoss
Little Joe’ Cartwright
Dean Simmons
Quincy
Wash
Ben Shull
Riverton
Ralph Jobe
Tabor
Wilbur Johnson
Red Oak
Donald Duple
Omaha
Mary J Wallahan
Vermillion
Richard Hall
Alameda
Calif
Richard Adams
Harlan
Dale
Family visits and funeral in Mason Township notes
Aug 14 entries show Clyde Beck and family from Long Beach spending days with Ray Fine relatives. Eldon Fine and family traveled to Omaha. Ray Fine attended Keith E Nigh's funeral in Grant City Mo. TSC met Aug 9 at Dale Dean Peterman home with 14 members and three visitors. Next meeting Sept 6 with Jessie Peterman. Carol and Peggy Penery visit grandparents Elton George and family from Red Oak.
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Harold Ross
Carol Ann Hayes
Jessie Peterman
Carol
Peggy Penery
Red Oak
Elton George
Wedding party served rehearsal supper in Westboro
Mrs Gladys Sliger Mrs Roy James Mrs Leonard Foxworthy and Mrs Zed Macrander hosted a rehearsal supper for the Flack Mertz wedding party at the Westboro Methodist Church. The wedding of Veil Flack and Judy Mertz took place Tuesday with many local relatives attending and assisting.
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Northboro
Gladys Sliger
Roy James
Leonard Foxworthy
Zed Macrander
Flack—Mertz
Westboro Methodist Church
Verl Flack
Will Henn
Des Moines
Veil Flack
Henn
Joe Bruntmeyer
Norma
Mound City
Howard McGuire
Nora Perry
Olin
Leonard Gell
Ted Macrander
Billy and
Jay
Omaha
Jim Lang
Terry
Shenandoah
Fred Henn
Braddyville
Edd Chapman
Lakes
Iowa
Westboro
Ed Bukter
Thornton
Cole
Howard McQuire
Mike Bukter
McGuires
Randall Apperson
Wesley Richards
Judy Mertz
Taylor County Demonstration Contest At Bedford
Four Blue Award teams and a Red Award squad competed in the Taylor County Demonstration Contest at Bedford on August 8. Blue Award senior teams Gary Nelson with Jackie Longfellow Lenox and Robert Straight with Mickey Ware Bedford demonstrated Mixing Minerals for Livestock and Proper Inoculation of Legume Seeds. Blue Award junior teams Eddie and Don Armstrong Gravity and Keith and Robert Wright New Market demonstrated How to Tie Common Knots and Simple Rules for Taking Better Pictures. Red Award junior team Terry Burkhalter and Henderson Lenox demonstrated How to Lighting Properly for Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Bedford
Gary Nelson
Jackie Longfellow
Lenox
Robert Straight
Mickey Ware
Eddie
Don Armstrong
Keith
Robert Wright
Terry Burkhalter
Henderson
Camp Meeting Attendance Spreads Across Iowa and Nebraska
Shambaugh residents host and join relatives visiting from Elkhart and Burlington Junction Mo as camp meetings unfold in Weeping Water Nebraska and nearby towns. Attendees include Ronald Barnes family and Stimson kin with Joyce Ann and others staying through the week for services and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shambaugh
Ronald Barnes
Elkhart
Jake Stimson
Ron
Weeping Water
Neb
Joyce Ann
Carolyn
Marilyn Stimson
Floyd Pierson
Arnold
Bruce Johnson
Bertha Brown
Coon Rapids
Berwyn Hoskins
Emery Huddle
Horace Stone
Kowa-Nebr
United Missionary Churches
Patricia Herrera
Brenda
Buddy
Kansas City
Jim Winger
Janet Sarrett
Kerri Kay Eads
Ermal Wilson
Terry and
Kip Wilson
Burlington Jct, Mo
Bedford 4-H girl wins Taylor County beef grand champion
Barbara Brummett of Bedford captured the Grand Champion Baby Beef at the Taylor County 4-H Achievement Show with an 870 pound Hereford steer that also won the Hereford baby beef class and the Bedford grand championship. Steven Robinson of Clearfield showed the grand champion market pig and top ten of three market pigs. Other swine winners include Terry Lundquist Corning champion 4-H market litter and reserve, and several exhibitors from Clearfield Conway Gravity and Gravity with respective champion hogs and gilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Brummett
Bedford
Taylor County
Barbara
Steven Robinson
Clearfield
Taylor County Fair
Robinson
Terry Lundquist
Corning
Lundquist
Ricky Nelson
Chester
Fred Scott
Conway
Poland
Eddie Armstrong
Gravity
Hampshire
Donald Armstrong
Four-H and Voc-Ag Day Champions Crowned in Taylor County
4-H and Voc-Ag daily show champions named across cattle sheep corn and craft divisions. Winners include Tom Wilhelm Villisca Milking Shorthorn female and Kay Blake Bedford Jersey female. Harold Nelson Clearfield Guernsey female. James Farrens Conway and others blue award horses. Gail Johnson Nodaway and Cathy Miller Lenox for garden. Calvin Johnson Nodaway top three corn stalks. Norman Gebhardt Conway Dale Akers Bedford woodworking blue awards. Robert Wright New Market top photography. Richard Shuler Brooks Grand Champion market lamb and Pen of Three. additional champions Shorthorn Hereford Angus cattle and lambs with blue showmanship and rate of gain awards. judge John Giddens from St Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voc-Ag
Tom Wilhelm
Villisca
Roland Troncin
Bedford
Kay Blake
Jersey
Harold Nelson
Clearfield
Guernsey
James Farrens
Conway
David Whipp
New Market
Maurice South
Corning
Dennis South
Gail Johnson
Nodaway
Cathy Miller
Lenox
Calvin Johnson
Norman Gebhardt
Dale Akers
Robert Wright
Richard Shuler
Brooks
Taylor County
Mike Combs
Eugene Nelson
James Salen
Rex Wilhelm
Roger Brummett
R J
Joyce Weir
John Walston
Edford
Tom Henderson
Market Lamb
Jackie Longfellow
John Giddens
St Joseph Market Foundation
St Joseph, Mo
Former choir members sing for church worship service
YORKTOWN Aug 14 special music at the morning worship in the Methodist Church was a duet by W L Castle and his sister Mrs K J Rutt with their sister Mrs Thomas Whitney on piano. They were former choir members and visited in Clarinda and Clarinds with friends and relatives during the weekend.
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Yorktown
W L Castle
K J Rutt
Thomas Whitney
Castle
Butt
Whitney
Clarence Moore
Clarinds
Lou O'Neal
Clearmont
Top Cowboy of 1960 Rodeo Season to Appear in Sidney
Harry Tompkins of Dublin Texas the 1960 season’s top cowboy returns to competition at the 1961 Sidney Rodeo set for Tuesday through Sunday. The all around title hinges on earnings across two events with Tompkins holding steady in the top ranks through 13 seasons, aided by a late summer surge including stops in Salinas Salt Lake City and Ogden and a victory streak that sealed his championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Tompkins
Dublin
Tex
Tompkins
Bob
Los Angeles Coliseum
Governor urges corner safety to cut corn tops at intersections
Iowa Governor Norman A Erbe calls on farmers and civic groups to top tall corn at intersections to improve sightlines and reduce county road fatalities. He estimates up to 30 lives could be saved in two months with a few inches of topping extending 100 to 175 feet back from junctions. Professionals say little production loss. Local groups urged to supply manpower.
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Norman A Erbe
Iowa
Erbe
Massena rodeo pick-up man injured by horse kick
Kenneth Reding was kicked by a horse while working as a pick-up man at the Massena Iowa Little Britches Rodeo on Saturday. Doctors suspected a possible cracked bone and a knee blood clot as he received care.
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Kenneth Redinger
Massena
Burlington Railroad
Fred Gell
Gaylen Paisley
Blanchard
Swanson to Be Installed as Bethesda Pastor
Dr and Mrs Herbert Swanson will arrive in Bethesda from Muskegon Michigan and he will be installed as pastor of the Bethesda church on Sunday afternoon August 20. Rev and Mrs Wellington Witkop and son left for Springfield Illinois after a week with the Palmquists for the 40th wedding anniversary. Rev Palmquist and Rev Witkop led services at Bethesda Church Sunday morning. Mrs Alma Boyd visited relatives in Council Bluffs after weekend work with Selma Johnson's household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Borwich Maines
Pignan Park
Janet Murphy
Joy Guthrie
Harry Goecker
Council Bluffs
John A E Cunningham
Buchanan St
Winterset
Rev Cunningham
Eddie Majors
Jesse Burroughs
Vincent
Graff, Mo
Vincent Farr
Stewart Caskey
Joyce
College Springs
Cecil Gwynn
Melvin Merkle
Iowa City
John Merkle
University Hospital
Merkle
Lorimer
Bob Merkle
Bob
Earl Hood
Chico
Calif
Lottie Ellis
Hubert Lenox
Kansas City
Orlan Thornton
George
Vernon Johnston
Salina
Kan
Lee Mannasmith
Ona Howery
Shenandoah
Mannasmith
Johnston
Howery
Blanchard
Rowell McMillen
Blanchard Methodist Church
L M Breeden
Bozeman
Mont
William Geer
Bill Schoolfield
Omaha
Neb
C H Keho
Schoolfield
Baby
Keho
Mr Schoolfield
Jim Harrel
Denise
Denver
Colo
Rapid City
de Smet
S Dak
W A Sherman
Tom Wilkinson
Don Jamison
Mankato
Minn
Kent H King
Jamisons
Minnesota
Bethesda
Herbert Swanson
Muskegon
Mich
Swanson
Wellington Witkop
Springfield
Ill
Renard Palmquist
Palmquists
Donovan Palmquist
Madison, Wise
Renard Palmquists
Palmquist
Witkop
Carl Palmquist
Martin Hult
Wahoo
Nebr
Hults
Alma Boyd
Selma Johnson
Ray Boyd
California families visit Siam area and local events
A Mentone California family and Alfred Allison of San Diego visited Siam families including Gant Bix and Gray. Locals attended Maryville college graduation where Ros Hazelton earned a BS. A Lucas-style reunion and a Griswold bond vote for a $52,200 municipal pool were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Laurence Allison
Mentone
Calif
Alfred Allison
San Diego
Orval Gant
John Bix
Ernest Gray
Maryville
Reid Shields
Ros Hazelton
Clarinda
Steve
Omaha
Gray
Hazelton
Shoemaker
Coy Jeffers
James Hall
Chariton
Virginia
Clarinda Park
Frank Potter
Darrel Potter
Ammunition Train Co
Swedesburg
Frank Perkins
Hopkins
Bert Stewart
H C
Lake of Three Fires
Mary Jones
Preston Mace
Wayne Jones
Linda
Wilber Carmichael
McFall
Randall Herzberg
Lewis Carmichael
New Market
J D
Carl Harms
Braddyville Couple Returns From 4009 Mile Trip
Mr and Mrs Claud Apple return from a long sightseeing journey covering 4009 miles. They visited Bentonville Arkansas Vicksburg Mississippi Biloxi Mobile Pensacola Bradenton Inverness Crystal River and St Augustine among many others. Family visits and local notes accompany their travel story in this community roundup.
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Braddyville
Claud Apple
Bentonville
Ark
John Wolfe
Vicksburg
Miss
National Park and Museum
Baton Rouge
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Mobile
Billinggrass
Ashville
Ner
Cumberland Up
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Holstein
Steve Robinson
Mason Township
State Fair
Nebraska
Taylor Fair
Baal i
Ecanl
Sidney
Capitol
Loveland
Albert J Loveland
Janesville
Rochester
NFO
Veterans Auditorium
United States
National Farmers Organization
Richard Hileman
The
Iowa Good Roads Association
Hileman
GOP
William E Miller
New York
Repub
California
Griswold
South
Betty Davis
Barney
Jo Hensleigh
Ruth Turnbull
Blaxchard
Lester Walker
Jay Jamison
Horace Jamison
Arthur Bair
Harold Mitchell
Bob Jensen
Della Douthit
Douthit
Edgar Carlson
Larry Carlson
Kay
Jerry Davis
Dick Wheeler
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