Iowa
Old Press
Bayard Advocate
Bayard, Guthrie co. Iowa
June 23, 1910
Rippey Couple Wedded Sixty Years.
Rippey- Monday June 13, was the sixtieth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gonder of Rippey. Both are still enjoying
good physical health and Mrs. Gonder is capable of doing
needlework without the aid of glasses. They have lived in Rippey
and vicinity for over a quarter of a century.
Injured on Way to Hospital.
Sheffield. - While en route to Hampton from Aredale, where he was
to undergo a hospital treatment, Earl Hoover of the latter place
was thrown from his carriage when the team bolted at a passing
auto, and was seriously injured. Mr. Hoover was very ill at the
time. He was taken to the hospital in an auto for treatment.
Chariton. - George Robbins an unmarried man,
aged 45 years, committed suicide by shooting in his room at the
home of Mrs. C.R. Gartin. In falling he upset a lighted lamp and
a fire was started in the room. The blaze was discovered by a
passerby before it had gained much headway, and was soon
extinguished.
Charged With Stealing Pigs.
Marshalltown - On a charge of stealing young pigs from a farmer
and selling them in this city, Barney Halverson and James
Pokasta, two young men of Quarry, were held to the grand jury.
Small Boy Killed.
Le Mars, June 22 - Arnold Wiebking, aged 5, was accidentally shot
and killed by Edward Heingartner, aged 23. Heingartner is nearly
crazy with grief.
Local News.
-Frank and Mrs. Pulver returned from Dakota Tuesday.
-Lost, a hammer, near the Christian church. Kindly return to J.H.
Toler.
-Dr. Munger and J.E. Morris are back from Masonic Grand Lodge at
Waterloo.
-Miss May Eckles of Dayton, O., arrived here Wednesday to visit
her cousin, Frank Snyder and family for a short time.
-Ab Curtis was called to Letts, Thursday evening by the illness
of a brother. The brother died the following day. Mr. Curtis has
not returned yet.
-Since setting the item referring to the granting of scholarships
to our graduates, we have learned that Roy Hidlebaugh received
one from Harvard, in fact his was the first one received. This
takes in the entire class.
-Mrs. Hess and two children, of Cresco visited at the Al Carrick
and Geo. Hess homes Monday and Tuesday. She is the wife of Dr.
Hess who is a nephew of Mrs. Carrick, Mrs. Shanks and Mr. Hess.
At one time they lived here.
-Ed Glenn who years ago lived here, died in Montana this week and
his body brought back to Coon Rapids for burial. The funeral was
held at the Catholic church at Coon Rapids yesterday morning at
nine o'clock. Interment in the Catholic cemetery north of Bayard.
-Winfred Carrick has been having the mumps this week.
The Beginning of a Journey.
At nine o'clock Monday morning Rev. Hancox pronounced the
marriage ceremony that united Winnie Ocheltree and Dr. Cecil C.
Smith. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.D.
Ocheltree and needs no introduction to our people having lived
here all her life. She graduated from B.H.S. in 1908 and has
since been teaching near town and spending her time when out of
school at home. She is a helpful womanly girl and the remark
we've heard oftenest this week is "Winnie Ocheltree is such
a nice girl, I hate to see her go away." The groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, who has lived in Coon Rapids
until four years ago when he went to Iowa City to take the
medical course, from which he was graduated last week. The
general verdict is that he is a first class young man worthy of
the bride he has won.
The ceremony took place at home with the immediate family and the
bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Ocheltree and Mr. and
Mrs. John Stevenson, two life long friends, Miss Elsia Straser
and Miss Iva Clark present. The bride was gowned in white, the
groom wore black. The house was decorated with ferns and peonies.
A three course breakfast was served by the Misses Iva Clark and
Elsia Strauser. Many beautiful gifts were received.
The newly married couple left on the east bound train at eleven
o'clock to spend a day with the groom's parents at Ladora.
Tuesday they went on to La Beau, S. Dakota, where Dr. Smith will
take charge of an established physician's practice for a month.
Should all things prove satisfactory, they will locate there
permanently. When they got to the depot they found the platform
filled with friends, plentifuly supplied with rice, old shoes,
labels, and by no means least, congratulations and best wishes
for not only the journey to the new home but through all the
years to come. A pleasant few minutes was spent before the train
bore them away. There wil be many days, no doubt, before Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Smith will forget the merry crowd and their loving
wishes. Miss Iva Clark, Roy and Burr Ocheltree and Lester Gaunt
accompanied them as far as Des Moines.
We are not forgetting the father, and mother, sister and brothers
who will accompany them in their thoughts through the journey and
watch with eager solicitude for the first words of their safe
arrival, always hoping great things for their happiness.
[transcribed by S.F., March 2009]