Intruders Use Sheets For Ropes In Jamaica Farm Burglary
Three ski masked burglars used bedsheets to bind Durwood Scheib and his wife at their Jamaica farm. They tore out telephone lines, fled with the Scheib pickup camper and a car believed to have been driven, then were traced by sheriffs. The couple freed themselves and notified Sheriff Wright. Missing money under $5. 15 officers from Dallas Guthrie Greene Counties assisted.
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Durwood Scheib
Jamaica
Scheib
Scheibs
John Wright
Dallas
Guthrie
Greene
Farm Bureau Scholarship To Adair Girl
Guthrie County awards a two year Farm Bureau Scholarship of 320 dollars to Marlos Richter a senior at Adair Casey and daughter of James and Mrs Richter. A panel of five judges interviewed her and reviewed applications selecting from four Guthrie County seniors.
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Guthrie County Farm Bureau
Marlos Richter
Adair Casey
James Richter
Miss Richter
Guthrie County
Farm program explained at county meetings
Three sites have been chosen for talks to explain the 1971 Feed Grain program to county residents. Meetings led by ASCS chair John Crabb will be held at Bayard Legion Hall 1:30 p.m. February 24 Casey Community Building 1:30 p.m. February 25 Guthrie Center City Hall 7:30 p.m. February 25. Crabb urged all farmers to attend.
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John Crabb
ASCS
BAYARD — Legion
CASEY
GUTHRIE CENTER
City , hall
Crabb
Linden A Glaucomobile to offer free glaucoma tests
Linden will host Count M4 Linden A Glaucomobile on Tuesday and Wednesday March 16 and 17 offering free glaucoma tests, aimed at early detection of the second leading cause of blindness in the country.
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LINDEN
BAGLEY
Wayne Kraft
eermest
Bagley Lions Club
Riiett
acre
Floyd Templeton
Yale
Robert Van Gunds
Jamaica
CASEY
Freans Tensen
Oakewood
Liggins
Guthrie County
STUART
Cork Velven
Caralyes Dore Shelley
Bronze Star Presented To Robert Tunink
Robert J Tunink of Guthrie Center received the Bronze Star Medal in Vietnam for meritorious service during military operations against enemy forces. He is a mechanic with the 815th Engineer Battalion and the son of Mr and Mrs John R Tunink. A 1967 Guthrie Center High School graduate, he entered the Army in 1968.
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Robert J Tunink
Guthrie Center
Vietnam
Tunink
815th Engineer Battalion
John R. Tunink
Robert
Guthrie Center High school
Army
Nine Receive One Ratings At Southwest Town Contest
Guthrie Center instrumental students earned I ratings at the Southwest Town Solo and Ensemble contest on Feb. 13 in Corning. Band Director Dale Menning reported nine I ratings along with several II and III ratings across woodwinds brass and percussion including Pat Buttler Cindy DevIlbiss Kim Benton Sheryl Glassell Carolyn Purcell Cindy Rosenberger Shirley Stringham Cindy Hansen Dawn Lehman Steve Jordan Mark Hunt and Shirley Smith among others.
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Guthrie Center
Southwest Town
Corning
Dale Menning
Pat Buttler
Cindy Devilbiss
Kim Benton
Sheryl Glassell
Carolyn Purcell
Cindy Rosenberger
Shirley Stringham
Cindy Hansen
Pam Wilson
Mary Teeple
Jim Hasbrouck
Diane Mains
Carol Williams
Dawn Lehman
Steve Jordan
Mark Hunt
Shirley Smith
Wolff Fire Fund Reaches 650 In Donations
The Gilbert Wolff fire fund has reached 650 dollars as of Monday morning with more donations expected. The Wolffs lost their farmhouse and possessions in a February 12 fire and have received blankets pots and pans clothing and other donations from local residents.
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Gilbert Wolff
Wolffs
Westmar Students Tour Local Industries in LeMars
Guthrie Center students Carroll Jackson Gary Tague and Bill Liord from Westmar college studied area industries in LeMars for a month. Each prepared a report on process problems and management employee relations for a local firm in industrial arts program.
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Guthrie Center
Westmar college
leMars
Carroll Jackson
Gary Tague
Bill Liord
Unemployment Payments In Guthrie County Rise
More than three million dollars in unemployment insurance payments contributed to Iowa's economy in December. Guthrie County contributed 14 290 dollars for 150 weeks of unemployment as part of the program financed by employer contributions to aid those involuntarily out of work.
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Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Guthrie county
Nine county bridges damaged by record flood and ice
Heavy rain and unseasonably warm temperatures melted January snow across the county, flooding hundreds of acres of farmland and leaving nine bridges damaged or wiped out. County Engineer Bill Stone estimated repairs will start soon with county crews handling much of the work and funding yet undetermined.
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Bill Stone
Stone
Minimum Tillage Gains In Guthrie County Popularity
Guthrie county farmers increasingly adopt minimum tillage says Lee Neal of the Soil Conservation Service. Acreage grows from 1204 to 5437 acres last year with many growers including Bob Seults and Larry Kilcoin Adair Gene Phelps Bayard Deane Davis Leon Lyons Panora Walt Sevrin Delbert Artist Charles Priestley George Winston John Greenlee Don McCarty and others. Iowa corn and soybeans planted without traditional seedbed exceed two million acres, up from 1.5 million in 1968, as new surveys show growing use of special machines to plant on crop residues. Mulch protects soil from rain impact.
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Guthrie county
Lee Neal
the
Soil Conservation service
Bob Seults
Larry Kilcoin
Adair
Gene Phelps
Bayard
Deane Davis
Leon Lyons
Panora
Walt Severin
Delbert
Charles Priestley
George Winston
John Greenlee
Don McCarty
Guthrie Center
Towa
Wilson T Moon
SCS
Iowa
Tague Sinclair Open House At Guthne Center
Tague Sinclair holds its annual open house this week at Guthne Center with farm tire discounts gasoline specials and free coffee and donuts for locals. Further details appear elsewhere in this edition.
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Tague Sinclair
ln Guthne Center
Fourth Guthrie Countian Draftee Reports for Basic Training
Vernie Grasty a 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs Willy Grasty from Stuart is the fourth Guthrie County man to report for the February draft. He arrived for basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on Wednesday.
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Vernie Grasty
Wra
Willy Grasty
Stuart
Guthrie County
Grasty bett
Weednesday
Ft. Leonard Weod
Miwouri
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