No Kids Aboard When School Bus Crashes
Guthrie Center school bus lost brakes Wednesday near Richard Flanery’s farm. Driver Nels Christensen escaped major injury with a sore back. no children aboard. Mechanic cites ruptured brake line and sprayed brake fluid. parts to be replaced. state and local inspections noted. Also, a separate Guthrie County crash east of Bayard injured two drivers. Ayers charged with failure to have control.
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Guthrie Center
Harley Merritt
Richard Flanery
Nels Christensen
Christensen
Merritt
Roger Tallman
Tallman
Ayers
Bush
Guthrie County Hospital
Bayard Board Approves Two New Faculty Members
The Bayard Board completed its faculty for the coming year by hiring two teachers. Harriet Helen Groher from Sac City will teach junior high and high school English and assist with reading programs for elementary and junior high students. Galen Jennen, born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, will serve as the new art teacher.
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Board School
Merle Sharp
Harriet Helen Groher
Sac City
Galen Jennen
Albert Lee
Minn
Donna Hafner Completes Dietetics Correspondence Course
Donna Hafner, a dietary department employee at Guthrie County Hospital in Guthrie Center, finished a 12 lesson correspondence home study on Purchasing. The Iowa State Department of Health conducts the course to improve hospital and nursing home food quality.
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Donna Hafner
Guthrie County Hospital
Guthrie Center
Iowa State Department of Health
County Names New Economist for Dallas Guthrie Counties
Karen Gilbertson of Blue Earth Minnesota was hired July 15 by the Dallas Guthrie County Extension Council in Guthrie Center to serve as Extension Home Economist for Dallas and Guthrie Counties. She graduates from Iowa State University in May with a major in general economics and will work from the Guthrie County Extension Office starting August 1.
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Dallas-Guthrie
Mrs Gilbertson
Iowa State University
Monday Rites in Panora for Alton Harris
Services were held Monday afternoon at 2 from the Christian church for Alton Slim Harris 67 who died Thursday at Northwest hospital in Des Moines Burial was in West Cemetery Harris spent over 30 years as a car salesman in the Panora area Survivors include his wife Maybelle four daughters Mrs Mary Lehman Adair Mrs Elda Hay Guthrie Center Mrs Dorothy Corsbie Panora and Mrs Joan Bohlender Guthrie Center two sons Charles Grimes and John Panora 22 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
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Panora
The
Christian Church
Alton
Slim” Harris
Northwest Hospital
Des Moines
West Cemetery
Harris
Maybelle
Mary Lehman
Adair
Elda Hay
Guthrie Center
Dorothy Corsbie
Joan Bohlender
Charles
Grimes
John
Memorials Set In Guthrie County for Seven Residents
Memorials to the American Cancer Society Iowa Division have been established for seven Guthrie County residents. Named in the gifts are Mrs Betty Courtney Mrs Zella Myers Bertha Rosenbeck Samuel Sloss Frank Sprague Bruce Towne and Mrs Blanche Wright, per county chairman Dora Taylor.
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American Cancer Society
Iowa
Guthrie County
Dora Taylor
Betty Courtney
Zella Myers
Bertha Rosenbeck
Samuel Sloss
Frank Sprague
Bruce Towne
Blanche Wright
Insurance On Cars Reduced By Some Rates
A switch from $50 to $100 deductible can save up to 20 percent on automobile insurance premiums says Ellen R Thomas extension home economist. With popular $100 deductibles, many companies offer $200 and $250 policies which decrease costs. higher deductibles mean higher out of pocket for a claim.
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Ellen R Thomas
Extension Home
Rites Pending for James Pike of Panora at Beidelman
James Pike a Panora resident aged 84 died at New Homestead services are pending at Beidelman Funeral Home for the Panora man Mr Pike was known in the community and his death leaves a vacancy in local circles
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Beidelman
James Pike
Panora
Pike
Detasseling Returns to Hand Method in Area
The old-fashion hand detasseling method is back after years of dormancy, as corn breeders shift from mechanically detassellable varieties to normal cytoplasm seed corn. Mrs Melvin Chalfant of Guthrie Center laments the tiredness of detasseling, while her crew works 28 acres east of Bayard.
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Melvin Chattani
Guthrie Center
Mary Richey
Bagtey
Jack Coffman
Gary Coffman
Jim Stringham
Gary Richey
Bagby
David Coffman
Dave May
Melvin Chalfant
Chalfant
Bayard
Achievement Days This Week Sets 4-H Activity
Achievement Days this week schedules 4 H activity for County Achievement events on July 21 22. The event allows 4 H entrants in home economics science arts and mechanics to exhibit projects for Iowa State Fair selection. Dougkas C Henderson Guthrie County Extension 4 H Youth Leader notes drops in style review and tractor operators contest due to low interest.
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Dougkas
Henderson
4H & Youth Lander
Dave May
Sad
Electric Rates Up at Towa Electric in Iowa
Towa Electric Light and Power Company filed on July 15 with the Iowa Commerce Commission seeking an eight percent rate increase, effective August 15 1971. The change would raise residential bills about 2 cents per day and total electric sales drive the hike, with company officials noting history of cuts and a new nuclear project requiring 80 to 90 million dollars in outside financing.Town Electric Light and Power Company serves all county towns except Stuart and Panora but provides Panora's municipal power.
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Towa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
Iowa Electric
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Stuart
Panora
Cool Jail May Find Takers
Guthrie County law enforcement officials and jail inmates now enjoy air conditioned offices and cells. The unit, installed in the Guthrie County Sheriff’s office at a cost of $125.51, was approved by the County Board of Supervisors. It provides summer relief from humidity in the basement area where dampness previously affected detainees. One inmate remarked on the improvement.
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Guthrie County
Sherif
Norman Sinner
Steenson Gas & Electric Company
County Board of Supervisors
Uni
Begin Paving Panora Stuart Road Thursday
Road construction began Thursday on an eight mile Panora to Stuart resurfacing project. The work, under P and M Stone Company of Humboldt, costs about $85,000 and connects with last year’s eight mile resurfacing south of Panora. Drivers are urged to proceed with caution.
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Stuart
Panora
P & M Stone Company
Humboldt
Stone
Historic Stamp Replica Poster Ready for Public Order
Postmaster Su Schwab announces a new Guthrie post office decorative stamp replica poster available by mail. Posters cost 150 dollars each or four for a discounted price plus handling, 90 by 48 inches, offered in four themes and shipped from the U.S. Postal Service in Washington D.C. Availability begins on Postal Service Day.
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Guthrie Cemer
Tohay
Su Schwab
Schweb
Imaon
D.C
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Jack Lee Tuel
Ken Franklin Ayers
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Mark Schwaderer
Duane Arnold
Iowa Electric Executive
Corn Belt Power Cooperative
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Neotssin
Spring Lake
Kayard Misanders Sersan
Scranton Voued Methodist Church
Tim Hilgenberes
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Paul Maddhick
James Jess
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Adair Casey
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