The Guthrian from Guthrie Center, Iowa • Page 1

Your First of the Week Newspaper 10 Pages NEWS and PICTURES Official County Paper Guthrie Center, Iowa, 50115Monday, October 27, Volume 93 Number 24 We DorU Want It All! Just A Pint! LaVerne Titus, Guthrie Center is just one of the many resident donors donating blood for the Community Blooi Bank in Des Moines. Here Shirley Petersen, nurse from Ankeny, Iowa prepares La Verne for his donation. ground Bounty ADAIR A nefw main street widening project is completed in Adair. Both sides of the street were widened and curb and gutter added. BAYARD Wayne Halterman severed the index finger of his left hand -in a combine accident last week.

STUART Paul Williams silvered a crushed left elbow, letft shoulder injury, broken ribs and a- concussion when a combine on which he was riding overturned. BAYARD Mayor Ken Robinson proclaimed the weekend as Fall Clean Up Time. Town trucks picked up leaves, trash and refuse. ADAIR After eight years of ownership by Mr. and Mrsl Swinehart who built (the Adair Bowl and Res-tua- ra-nt, they sold the establishment to Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Dickey of Dexter. Earlier the place had been up ifor auction but all bids were rejected. STUART Services were last week for Mrs. Florence Wilson.

93, a longtime resident of tihe Stuart contf munity. She died -in a Winterset Nursing home. iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniiiii Supervisors Polish Restricting Plan The Guthrie countv board of board meeting there Friday put the fii'- isinno touches en the roHistnct- ing plat, for the areas tney a few details are to he and will be iv- leased iaier this Earlier the board had agreed that all supervisor candidates i voted on by all county residents tether than by jiist oersons in the district they The must be- hy Nov. 1 in order comply I he supreme courts ruling i on rcap- porlionrrvent of "one man, one pi inciple. Un3cr th" rrdi1 riding ar wall he representing the some popu- I ion the ot her jembcrs, during Monday's HEADQUARTERS TOR CHOOL SUPPLIES Typewriters, Adding machines, peiciSs, pens, of ice of all kinds.

Now at the Guthri Center less than 40 difference Dcivrecn of largest and supervisor disti Kt 1.1 4 he coantx The new this at uas ed by IWQ A -J: Blood Donors Number 68 in Supply Buildup Blood donors from Panora, Menlo, Adair, Casey, Stuait and Guthrie Center responded to the Guthrie County Hospital plea for blood by giving 68 units of the 75 units needed. Mrs Becky Marten, Laboratory Technician at the hospital, said the 68 mits of blood donate by area residents fulfilled the hospital's credit supply at the Community Blood Bank of Des Moines for at least another year. Hold Parolees on Vagrancy for Colorado Two parolees from Colorado were picked up hy outh county autbont jes Saturday west Bayard and are being held in the county Jail. Vagrancy chareos filed on the two who failed to post bond. Colorado authorities- are expected here soon to i ttum them to Colorado.

They were identified ar Phil- 'ip McIIor and Mark I -ma IF. Zieser Tops Pickers, Wins Amid Confusion Dick Zieser waded through Ihr upsets and early games to lake top honors in thi- Gulhnan football cntest. Zifsjr by hitting the t'e hi eaker on the nose. Thrown out of the judging was the A- dau Caev-E-F game and Stu- ai and Earlham contest as they pla ed Thursday niglit. Second place went to Bill Richey, Panora, who missed the tic breaker by one.

Bill Blaha, Perry, picked up the third prize also on the basis of the points. Ol lers in the top were Joanne Zieser, Janel Schwab, Llod Alb rs and Ron BattanL State Casts Glance At Panorama While the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors has not yet taken action on Mid asking of the road closings around the 1400 acre Lake Rano- lama, the state again entered the Last week in Des Motnes, the Conservation Committees ok of the Iowa House and Senate vtSf- ed to study the establishment and operations of Lake Panor arna land the use of public streams for private purposes. The issue came to a head recently when officials of Mid Iowa Lakes said the use of the water would be restricted to Lake Panorama property owners and to Guthrie County residents. Harold Castle, Mid Iowa President, staid this is a result of an agreement made the Supervisors to close some roads in the area. Senator William Ruchharut, Des Moincs, proposed a legislative study when many felt Lake Panorama cculd establish a stale wide pattern in damming public streams.

of damming up a public stream for private use is divided among legislators. However, moot opinions of legis- committees agree that limiting use of private laali- lies to Gulhric county residents probably is not legal. The water does not belong to any particular area but tu all people of the state. Director of the Iowa Con- scrvation Commission Free Pritwert told legislators this is a first development of this type in the state and the laws 11 this area are a bit fazzy. lillllllllllll Rites Pending for Raibikis, Heart Victim Funeral ponding at 1ho I-ml; Funeral Homo, Stuart FrnnK uho died MoivJay ai hoirc.

He suf- fcred a heart attack Sunlvors inrludc his wife live children, Carol Ra, Victor, Sandrta Sue, Heniy and all at home. One brother and two sisters also sur- VlVC. Ribikis had beon a lifelong farmer in sout hern Gut hrie County, farming near Stuart until over a year ago when he moved to north of Off The Record From The Guthrie County Court House Real Estate Transfers Justice Court Ronnie D. Snvflcr, YilK of beer on highway finod $3500 and mslv Ronald Doc Healer. Hastey of boor on highway fined SI 00 00 and costs.

Lewis A Anderson driving with an expired op license fined SlO.tKi and costs. Adah Rippentnop, Titonka, Iowa, inpropor P. faned S15.00 and $100 Armin TJwlkmg. Carroll, speeding fined S3 00 costs. William K.

Masters, Guthrie Center, S10.00 and S4 00 cost. Max Junior Naylor, Jefferson, reckless S100.00 and cost. D. Benshoff, Gulhrie Centrr, failure to vdiaole under oorrtrol fined S2500 and cost Dale Robert West, Guthrie Orter, in of 60 m.p,h. fined $10,00 and cost llllilllllllllllllllllllililllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllliiliilillliiiiniiiilin JIM-PS -N- 00 -d fu 1 ave Crime Pays-- JP's Collections $7,600 Menlo School Taken off List by State Dep't.

T'IP stiatp Department of Public Instruction last week continued action to continue the Menlo school on the appioved liM-. Announcement of the move a made to Reitr, Mcnlo superintendent and Art Jensen, school board president. The state department last year removed the Menlo school along with nearly 100 others from the approved list of schools. This war, to cqjrect deficiencies in the system that failed to comply with minimum education standards as set forth earlier by the department. In making the announcement, Paul F.

Johnston, ttate superintendent of public instruction, commended the administration and uoaru of education for their response in meeting minimum standards. The latter constituted official notice of action taken 'by the state Nard. Seek Revenge, Blame Deer for Two Mishaps Deer were prominent over the weekend and were blamed for two auto accidents with considerable damage to cars. Mrs Bernard Gittins, had her car demolished Fiiday evening a deer jumped in front of her on hi fe 'h'A ay 25 eight miles south of Guthrie Center. The deer hepped away.

George Kirk swerved to miss deer Saturday evening on 141 two miles east ot Bayard. Kirk struck a load post and had about 8200 damage to his 1953 node! car. School districts in the coanty are benefiting financially crime. A report from the Office of the State Auditor showed thai mayors and Justices of Peace flic count the past handled 405 in their respective courts and collected fines totaling $7,599.97. This money is appointed a- morg 11 school districts in Guthrie county, Lloyd Smith, state auditor, said somo of the lai ger amounts apportioned as follows: Guthrie Center $1,953.58 Stuart $1,043.31 Yale-Jamaica-Bagley $1,023.30 Adair Casey $1,020.55 Psnora Linden 883.63 Bayard 6SG.36 Coon Rapids 226.55 The JP court of Robinson as the busiest place in the county for court action.

Robinson handled 170 and col lected fines amounting to $1,841.02. Lois Robinson's JP court in Panora had 112 cases and collected lines of $1,233,95 while those of McCool tand Jack Hoe handled 51 and 21 cases with amounting to $352 and respectively. Bayard mayor Kenneth Hobinson had 37 cases totaling $462 in collections. Total mayor fines collected were $599. The clerk of court collected fines amounting to $2,900 But there is one other ray of hope criminal action in the county either there wasn't as -iKtch activity last year or the fines were less.

The previous year fines totaled $7.872 in the county. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER 1885, Prize Winner 1969 National Newspaper Contest Panora Firemen Give Ambulance Service Try Two Youths Apprehended in Stuart Theft Two Davenport youths were returned to the Anna Witten- mcyer home there after they were picked up in Pottawattaniie county by authorities there. The two earlier (had broken into the Clothing Store Stuart Thursday night and taken $35 in cash plus merchandise, It was reported. They stole a car in Strait own- trd by Duane Hopkins weie picked no while driving the auto. Entrance to the Stuarfc business firm was gained through a back window.

Chamber Meet Tuesday Night A Chamber of Commerce meeting is set for Tuesday night in the Iowa Electric office. Time is 7:30. Wayne Clark, president, said the nominating committee will make its report while the final touches will be nwde on the November meeting which will be Ladies night. It is expected that oificials of Mid Iowa Lakes and Lake Panorama pejfeonnol attend the meeting. AKo en tap is discussion re- 'he Christmas program.

Goblins And Witches Decorate Classroom. Goblins, jafk-nManfrrnn witchrs and mlrlirn castle deeorato Mrs. Harkins second grade classroom for Hallmveen. Bonton, son of the Pete Bentons, blocks the entrants of the castle while 4re Coffman mn of the Jay Coffmans, chaser Shelley Flancry, dawgliter of the Bob Flanerys tnm the With ambulance service in most areas of the county due to make an exit come January 1, the Panora Firs Department lest week voted to accept the offer of an ambulance and take on service for the area. C.

J. Beicielman offered the department an ambulance, raoio equipment and equipment valued at $5000, Armstrong, president of the Panora department, said many details remain to be worked out. He said the firemen will try to provide service, only emergency, on an experimental basis. If unsatisfactory, they will return the ambulance and equipment to Beidelman. Beidelman and! Tom Link of Stuart announced they no longer will continue ambulance service after Jan.

1. Earlier, they along with Harold Hansen of Casey, had asked the county to provide ambulance service to all dents. The board did not take action but expressed opinion the county could not afford to lake over ambulance operation. All operators cited the loss of revenue for discontinuing service. Hansen stopped his sendee July 1.

Beidelman and earlier gave a July 1 date but extended it to give the couru ty a longer opportunity to study the possibility of getting into ambulance service. Tu date, the county supervisors have not taken any action about providing county an4u- lance service by taxation. A suggestion the county subsidize county ambulance operators has not been acted upon. Beidelman said his calls in the oast will number about a year. Only 10 to of these could be classified as re3l emergencies while the others are called necessary.

Only Rdlph Starling ol Bayard who ha? been in the ambulance services will continue utter Jan. 1. Several fire de- parUnenU in the county have iiccn in the emergency ambulance service in the past, It is expected they will tinue to provide ihis lumied sei vice. Panora Grocer Fined $500 for Stamp Violation Llnxr Bohi 36 operates Panora, was lined 1 in Federal court in Dos Fnduv on counts of accepting food stamps for authorized by tne Federal Food program. Bohl earlier pleaded ly to charges of violating the food stamp plan and was fined on each count Ht was changed under a section cf federal law that sets a maximum penalty if a year prison and a I30G fine on each count if less than $100 worth of food coupons arc volved.

The salts involved stamps In amounts of loss than $100 stamp recipients cd cigarettes, aspirin, facial tissues, cleansing pads bulbs and plastic btgs..