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ReviewVol. 139, No. 23 Wednesday, June 8, 2016 [email protected]

The American Legion Post 323 provided the firing squad for the Memorial Day ceremony in Dayton. The firingsquad members are Kevin Diehl, Claire Williamson, LeRoy Jones, Daryl Haub, John Haub, Dave Lundquist, and PaulErickson. The Sgt. of Arms is Gary Zerwas.

Food stands, freebingo, car showat Lehigh River Days

June 17-19. . .

There are many activities going on during the35th annual Lehigh River Days which will be held June17-19th this year. The Steppin Express Cloggers will perform Fri-

day night , the 17th, at 5:30 on main street preceding thecar show. The Cruise Tt The Valley Car Show will be heldon Saturday, June 18, from 11-2 p.m. on main street.There is no entry fee. $50 cash prize will be given forbest of show as well as trophies for 3 different classes andother prizes . For further information call Dan at 515-359-2502. Some members of the Vickie’s SV DanceTroupe will perform on main street after the car show. Free Bingo will be offered at the Senior Citizensafter the noon meal Saturday afternoon till about 3 Smallprizes will be given. There are several non profit food stands servingfood during the 35th annual Lehigh River Days. Fridaynight the Womens club will be serving beefburger sup-

per. Saturday, after the parade, there will be a beefburgersupper with baked beans.potato salad, bars and drink. Ho-meade pies are also available.

All proceeds will go back to Lehigh River Days.Saturday afternoon the museum will be selling pork pat-ties during the mud volleyball tournament. Saturday nightthe Lehigh fire dept and Lehigh Betterment will have apork loin supper at the Senior Citizens.

Sunday the Lions will have an all you can eatpancake breakfast after church services at the ballpark.The museum will then serve pork patties during the sandvolleyball tournaments.

The Lehigh cafe and Riverside are also servingfood all weekend.

Pedal tractor pull. . . Grant Ott, 4, rides a pedal tractor during the OldEngine Days Celebration in Dayton. Photo by Jeff Heck.

Door prize winners

at Old Engine Days Door prize winners were announced at OldEngine Days. Door prize winners were: Larry McCabe, Dayton speedway t-shirt;Randy Danielson,gift certificate at Iron Saddle Saloon;

Mindy Ott, cowboy 5-K T-shirt; Ron Ped-erson, gift certificate at Dayton Community Gro-cery;

Larry McCabe, Skoglund Auto T-shirt; WayneLussman, Dayton Museum T-shirt; Travis Reiling, IronSaddle gift certificate; Brian Strandberg, Skoglund Auto T-shirt; PaulBloomquist, DCG gift certificate; Sherly McCabe, Dayton speedway T-shirt; Le-Roy Jones, Iron Saddle gift certificate;

Tim Strandberg, Dayton Auto T-shirt; ColleenEslick, DCG gift certificate; Randy Baker, Dayton Museum T-shirt; Rich Es-lick, Iron Saddle gift certificate;

LeRoy Jones, Skoglund Auto T-shirt; JasonEckert, DCG gift certificate; Paul Bloomquist, DaytonMuseum coffee mug.

Dayton Alumni

Banquet committeeplanning 2017 event There is a committee which is meeting on plan-ning for a Dayton Alumni Banquet on Memorial Dayweekend in 2017.

Co-chairs are Chuck Danielson and Jen Wil-liams, both of Dayton. This group has met three timesthus far including a meeting on Friday, May 27. Four businesses are being considered for cater-ing the banquet. There will be a program, but there won’tbe the elaborate decorations that were done brilliantly byco-chairs Judy Nemechek Heidner and her sister Joanne. Help for setting up the banquet is being orga-nized. Many ideas are being evaluated.

Earl Hanson, rural Dayton, is shown with his 1958John Deere 620 tractor. Photo by Jeff Heck.

Wayne and Rita Lussman, Fort Dodge, are shownwith their two engines, a Maytag washing machine and a Hit

and Miss 1917 Montgomery Ward engine.

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Wednesday, June 8, 20162 Dayton Review

Entry Form35th Annual

Lehigh River DaysJune 17-19, 2016 10 a.m.

Name: ___________________________

Address: _________________________

Description of Entry ________________ ________________________________

Organization Represented ____________ ________________________________

Return to: Doug Dellachiesa 317 East Main Lehigh, Iowa, 50557

If you have any questions, please call515-359-2545 anytime. Arrive at9:00 a.m. We will lineup on the Eastside of the river North of elevatoron River Street. No entry fee isrequired. Cash prizes awarded.

Lanyon 60 Year ClassReunion meetsSaturday, May 28 Members of the 1956 Lanyon graduation classmet for a 60th reunion Saturday, May 28. They gatheredat the home of Jan Peterson in Ames.

Class members are Bud Johanson, Joan Ander-son Andersen, Karen Umsted Hoshaw, Janice SandquistPeterson, and Jon Lindgren. Deceased members are Mar-vin Johnson, Paul Kullberg, and Don Peterson.

Many sport eventsset June 17-19at Lehigh River Days Phone information for participation . . .

The 35th annual Lehigh River Days will be hel

June 17-19th.There are lots of sporting events to eitheparticipate in or just watch. There will be fun for every-one.

Friday night there will be a softball tournamentFor more information call Chad at 515-269-7352. Thereis the log roll starting Saturday morning. For more inf rmation call Marshall at 408-7141. After the parade there will be a mud volleyballtournament. For more information call Mike at 570-4682.

Last but not least, the sand volleyball tourna-ment will start at the Lehigh ballpark Sunday morningFor more information call at Mike at 570-4682.

The flea market will be going on all day Satur-day on the East Green.We have many more vendors thisyear thanks to the Lehigh Betterment Committee .Fo

more information about the flea market call Melissa a269-3235.

Dayton, Lehigharea students on ICCCPresident’s List

The President’s List for the Spring 2016 semes-ter at Iowa Central Community College was announced

last week. Students on the President’s List have achieved a4.0 GPA, minimum 12 credit hours.

Named to the President’s List from the Gowriearea are the following students: Dayton--Zachary Hansen, Melanie Lambert; Duncombe--Alyssa Boranian, McKinna Teske; Gowrie--Angela Benfield; Lehigh--Rory Grandfield; Otho--Allie Christenson;

Somers--Shawna Bachman.

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Herman Q Larson, 97, died June 2 at MaryGreeley Medical Center in Ames of Pneumonia. A visitation is planned for Sunday, June 12,2:00-5:00 at the Lutheran Church in Stratford. Herman was born April 23, 1919 at home ofSwedish immigrant farmer/carpenters that settled in theBoxholm area. He always cherished his Swedish heritageand spoke Swedish until school age. He was the last of 6 children born to Gilbert andAlice Larson of rural Boxholm. Growing up on a farmduring the depression, he knew hard work and hard timesand developed a life long love of work horses. He excelled like his brothers in sports atBoxholm School. Wanting to Play football, he hitch-hiked to the University of Iowa for a semester that cost17 dollars. After the Pearl Harbor attack, he enlisted in theU.S. Marine Corp in 1942. He served as a radioman/gunner in an SBD Dive Bomber squadron that flew 64missions in the Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal to Bou-gainville and Roboul. He was discharged in October of1945 with an Air Medal. He married Mary Larson of Stratford during afurlough on May 6, 1944. After the war, they settled in Stratford, had3 children and worked as a credit reporter for Dun andBradstreet. Wanting to open his own business, he soughta loan at a bank in Fort Dodge and walked out as a bankemployee. He spent the next 35 years as bank branchmanager and insurance agent in Lehigh. He was alwaysa farmer at heart, taking care of his farm near Boxholm. After retiring from the bank, they moved back toStratford, The last 8 years they enjoyed living at AthensWoods Estates and then to the Care Center after Hermansuffered a fall. He was devoted and generous to his wife of 72years, Mary, his family, church and the communities inwhich they lived. He loved his grandkids and nephewsand nieces and loved nothing more than family gather-ings with conversation over a good cup of coffee. He is survived by his wife, Mary, children: Su-san Chamberlin of Clive, Joan Sandell (Don) of FortDodge, and Greg Larson (Sharon) of Ames, 7 grandchil-dren and 8 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4brothers, 1 sister, and 1 grandson.

Herman Q Larson, 97

Dayton DeputyCity Clerk resigns;incentives offered Deputy City Clerk Mary Carlson has announcedher resignation in a letter to the Dayton City Council.This will be announced at the Wednesday, June 8 DaytonCity Council meeting. Her resignation will be effective July 15.

Dayton City Clerk Randy Danielson had pre-viously announced his resignation. He will continue toretain his position while the City of Dayton seeks his re-placement. In other new business the council will consider aClass C Liquor License Renewal with Sunday Sales andOutdoor Service Area for the Iron Saddle Saloon.. The council will review the 2016 fiscal year.Other new agenda items are: Fireworks Permit; 2016-2017 fiscal year salary resolution; Community ServiceAward; Municipal Pipe Tool Contract;

DOT Road Maintenance and Repair Agreement;DOT Bridge Project Temporary Easement; stump remov-al; bridge inspection reports;mowing ordinance; grassclippings in gutters. Items under old business are: $354,000 GeneralObligation capital loan notes; public hearing on the au-thorization of a loan agreement;

Downtown water main project; constructioncontract; street project; rodeo grounds property; materialstorage site; chiropractor incentives; FLSA rule change.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 3THE GOWRIE NEWS

THE GOWRIE NEWS

50 Years Ago...

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlief of Marietta,Georgia are the parents of a daughter, Sharon Lynn,

May 1, weighing 8 pounds and 1 1/2 ounces. The pater-nal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Schlief ofDayton, and the maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.Everett Mathis of Atlanta, Georgia. Sharon Lynn has twobrothers. The 2nd birthday of Ethan Johnson was cel-ebrated in the parental Roger Johnson home Thursday af-ternoon. Those attending were Mesdames Marvin Stakey,Lori and Doran, John Rose, Carrie and Kevin, Don Paul,Brenda and Nanette, Gordon Erickson and Lori. The tenth birthday of Kerwyn Shafer, anevent of May 22, was observed with a family dinner inthe home of his aunt, Mrs. C G Ulrich of Boxholm, whohas the same birth date. Thru the years they have cel-ebrated together. Others sharing the occasion were Mr.Ulrich and family, Mrs. Kittie Shafer, also of Boxholm,

Messers and Mesdames Arvid Carlson of Harcourt,Wayne Shafer, Camille and Kevin, David Johnson andKrystal of Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dickerson of Stanhopewere Sunday dinner guests in the home of their daughter,the Paul Leaf family. During the afternoon, they all vis-ited Happy Hollow near Perry and the Ledges State ParkGame Reserve. Mrs. Budd Patterson accompanied Mr. andMrs. Loren Patterson to Stanhope Sunday afternoonwhere they attended the open house at the new MedicalCenter.

Mr. Don Halsey of Knoxville and Mr. and Mrs.Phil Nelson of Fort Dodge were Sunday guests in the EdSterner home. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Poulson of Knoxvillewere Monday visitors.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Krough

of Maple Hill,Iowa were Friday afternoon and supper guests in theWalter Spurling home. Evening callers were Mr. andMrs. Luvern Stoner. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cornwell of Des Moineswere Sunday afternoon and lunch guests in the WalterSpurling home. Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Berglund were Mondayevening guests in the Don Swanson home.

40 Years Ago...

A family dinner

and lunch was held at the Shel-ter House in the Stratford park Sunday, Mother’s Day,

honoring Mrs. Ellen Johnson on her birthday and alsofor Mother’s Day. Those sharing the occasion with Mrs.Johnson were Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Passmore, Mr. andMrs. Ronald Passmore, Pam and Jason, of Cedar Rap-ids; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Passmore, Adam and Daniel, ofMinneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Max Gilchrist of DesMoines, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Paden of Hemet, Calif., Mr.and Mrs. Dick Boynton and family of Dubuque and Mr.and Mrs. Dick Rassmussen and family of Ankeny. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spurling of Columbia, Mo.,came Friday to spend the weekend with their mother,Mrs. Florence Spurling, and sister, Mrs. Carlos Shoberg.Mrs. Ed Spurling also visited in the Lannie Hokel homeat Boone and in the parental home of Mr. and Mrs. HenryHokel in Belmond.

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Angstrom entertained

guests to Mother’s Day dinner and lunch in their homeon Sunday. Those sharing the occasion were Mrs. PhilipBeal, Leonard Angstrom and Alinda Angstrom of Boone,Mr. and Mrs. LuVerne Angstrom of Stratford and StonnaAngstrom of Des Moines.

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Julie Frances Miller, who resides in Polk City,will give a speech entitled “As an Iowa Farm Girl Thinks:Growing Up on an Iowa Century Farm and the Similari-ties to Laura Ingalls Wilder” on Saturday, June 11, at 11

a.m. at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Her parents are Ed and Caryl McWeeny and shegrew up near Gowrie.

Julie Frances Miller gives presentations in librar-es and schools in central Iowa, facilitates activities for chil-ren at the Laura festival in Burr Oak, Iowa, and is theoordinator for the Wayside Cabin activities for the Lauraays festival in Pepin, Wisconsin.

Julie Miller, raised in Gowrie,speaks at two Iowa librariesGrowing up on Iowa Century Farm. . .

She will give this same presentation (minus thepiano solos) on Thursday, June 16, at 7 p.m. at the PolkCity Library.

Miller will share her family’s history of pioneer-

ing in the state of Iowa, the love and the bond to the landyou have when owning a Century Farm, and the chores,hard work, and fun times of growing up on a farm. Shewill also entertain the audience by playing a few selec-tions on the piano. Many of these characteristics are strikinglysimilar to the Laura Ingalls Wilder family. Miller’s loveof all things Laura Ingalls Wilder is reflected in her pre-sentation. She takes great pleasure in sparking people’sinterest in Laura Ingalls Wilder. As an Iowa Farm GirlThinks compares life on an Iowa Century Farm to thestories of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Julie Frances Miller gives presentations in li-braries and schools in central Iowa, facilitates activitiesfor children at the Laura festival in Burr Oak, Iowa, andis the coordinator for the Wayside Cabin activities for theLaura Days festival in Pepin, Wisconsin.

This past summer, Julie was honored to giveher presentation at “LauraPalooza”, which is a researchand fan-based conference for adults about Laura IngallsWilder. She is a piano teacher and elementary substituteteacher, and now resides with her husband and seven-year-old son in Polk City, Iowa. Guided Prairie walks will be conducted byHoover National Park rangers at 10:00 a.m and 12:30p.m. The ranger will meet the visitors in the Museumlobby. During the walk the park ranger will discuss howand why the National Park Service is reconstructing thisendangered habitat as part of the landscape commemo-rating Herbert Hoover’s life.

The walk is less than a mile and lasts about 60minutes. Bring water, dress for the weather, and wearcomfortable walking shoes. Hats, sunscreen, sunglasses,and insect repellent are also recommended. The Hoover Museum is located in West Branch,Iowa, 1⁄4 mile off of Interstate 80. For more informa-tion please call 319-643-5301 or visit the website: www.hoover.archives.gov.

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“God’s Representative” “Let your light shine before men that they maysee your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.”Matthew 5:16 Do we feel we are God’s representatives here

on earth? We should, if we don’t. When we allow Himto work in our lives, we are letting our lights shine forHim. When we are good to people and show them kind-nesses instead of cruelty, we are letting our lights shinefor Him. When we have a good attitude every day, evenwhen things may be going wrong in our own lives, weare setting examples that people can see. People aren’timpressed by our words so much as they are by our ac-tions. We need to look for opportunities to let our lightsshine and glorify our God. As we bring honor to Him, Hewill honor us and continue to pour out His blessings in allareas of our lives. Today what kind of a representativewill we be? Prayer: Lord, nudge us when we fail to be arepresentative for You. We have countless opportunitieseach day to glorify You. Help us to remember this and

give You thanks. In Jesus Holy Name, Amen

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Bryan and Courtney Bachel, purchased SassyStrawberry in Fort Dodge on March 9 and reopened it onMarch 11.

The business had been closed exactly one monthfrom February 11. It had been in Fort Dodge since the fallof 2014.

Six employees returned to work for the Bachelsand Courtney says “they have been life savers!“ They areall students from local high schools and colleges, Court-ney also mentioned “we couldn’t have done it withoutthem!”

It is not a franchise busines but is now a locallyowned shop and the only one the Bachels own.

The previous owners were from out of town andgetting out of the frozen dessert business so they wereselling the four shops they owned and the opportunity justfell in Bryan and Courtney’s laps.

There is another Sassy Strawberry in Burlingtonbut they are owned by someone else and run separately. Courtney attended school for Business Manage-

ent and always wanted to own her own small business.

In fact she researched what it wouldrequire for a Frozen Yogurt shop almost four years to thedate earlier in March 2012. At the time the Bachels had avery young family and the start up costs were too much

for them to handle and the risk was too great so Courtneyput that dream on hold.

Fast forward four years and this opportunityarose and they thought it’s now or never, best to give it ashot and have no regrets!

Courtney still works full time in Human Re-

sources at Decker Truck Line, Inc. where she learnedmany of the skills needed to be successful in business.

Running the shop is something Courtney is do-ing on the side by managing the marketing and financesbehind the scenes.

Their staff supervises the shop’s day-to-day op-erations and makes it possible for Courtney to still have ahome life outside of work! So it is a locally owned family business and ev-eryone helps out when they can. Their children, Colton,5 and Brynley 3, even help do some cleaning when theycan! Although their favorite job is to taste test all of theflavors and toppings!

Bryan has done some artwork for the shop andhelps Courtney with some of the maintenance as well, soit really is family owned and operated!

Bryan recently finished his eighth year in teach-ing. This would be his sixth year at the highschool as the art teacher. He is starting histhird year as head baseball coach for South-east Valley.

In addition to the six staff thatreturned they hired another two sothey have a current staff of eight.Six of them are leaving for col-lege in the fall so they will behiring again here very soon! The Sassy Straw-berry has 21 flavors ofself-serve, soft serve frozenyogurt, gelato, Italian ice,custard and fruit mix. An-

other eight flavors of Ashby’sice cream we hand-dip for ourcustomers.

They always havea dairy-free and a sugar-freeoption as well. Over 60 freshtoppings in our toppings barfrom fruit to candy to granola.

Bryan, Courtney Bachel purchaseSassy Strawberry in Fort DodgeBryan SV teacher, Courtney manages business...

The Sassy Strawberry has 21 flavors of self-serve, soft serve frozen yogurt, gelato, Italian ice, custard and fruitmix. Another eight flavors of Ashby’s ice cream we hand-dip for our customers.

They also have “Sassy Shivers” which is a shakemade with your favorite combination of treats, Root Beerfloats served with Sioux City Root Beer, warm BrownieSundaes, Cake Balls, and we just added self-serve coffee,cappuccino, hot chocolate and tea! They are striving to create a great place for fam-ily and friends to come and get a delicious and uniquedessert with personality! Courtney and Bryan feel hope-fully that being local owners involved with their com-munity and giving back will only help them to grow thebusiness. They are located at 2913 5th Avenue South inFort Dodge next to Buffalo Wild Wings.

Crappies, bluegills bitingacross Iowa DNR reports

Spring fishing in fullswing across Iowa. . .

Crappies and bluegills are biting in small pondsand lakes across Iowa. Spring panfish fishing is a greatopportunity to introduce beginners of all ages to fishing. “Late May and early June is an excellent time totake kids fishing since many species are spawning and donot spook as easily,” said Joe Larscheid, chief of the IowaDepartment of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau.

“Parents can make the trip more memorable bybringing snacks, taking photos and celebrating each fishas if it were a record breaker,” said Larscheid. “Sharingand teaching fishing skills to our kids will help pass alongthis Iowa tradition.” Look for any type of structure in the water,like rocks or a pile of brush or gravel to find bluegillsor crappies. Bass will be around brush or boat docks orrock piles. Pinpoint panfish hotspots with downloadablefishing structure location maps available on the DNR’sFishing Maps website. “Keep the hooks, bobbers and bait small be-cause panfish have small mouths,” Larscheid said. “Thebiggest problem we see is anglers using too heavy of linewith large bobbers and hooks. Use as light of tackle asyou can. I suggest using four pound line, a bobber the sizeof a quarter and a size 8 hook.” We have a lot of good fishing opportunitiesclose to home,” Larscheid said. “Make sure a rod and reelare part of any weekend plans. Fishing makes memoriesthat will last a lifetime.” Anyone catching their first fish is encouragedto take a photo of it and send it in to receive the DNR’sfirst fish award. The DNR will commemorate the eventwith a certificate suitable for framing with the submittedphoto. Apply for a first fish certificate online at https://programs.iowadnr.gov/masterangler/ or complete theform in the Iowa Fishing Regulations and mail it in. Enjoy Iowa’s outdoors and spend some timefishing this spring. Find tips for catching crappie, blue-gills and yellow bass on the DNR website at www.iow-adnr.gov/fishing.

Hunter familyMemorial Day picnica family tradition

Great grandson livesat original homein rural Gowrie. . .

The M.D. Hunter family had their annual Me-morial Day picnic. It was held at the home of Joan

Hunter Orness, Gowrie. As far as we can calculate, thiswould be about the 125th year it has been held.

M.D. and his wife, Emma had one daughterand four sons. They were Ruby, Earl, Ernest, Rus-

sell, and Marvel. Many of their descendants livein the area and have been involved in farming.

Nathan Brandes, rural Gowrie, liveson the original home place of M.D. and

Emma. He is a great grandson and theonly family member still farming. Ru-by’s descendants are all deceased. Manyof the descendants of the four brotherswere at Monday’s picnic.

There were 35 in attendance comingfrom Fort Dodge, Des Moines, Humboldt,Gowrie, and Colorado. The group now con-sists of grandchildren, great grandchildren,and great great grandchildren. It is always aday full of conversation, reconnection, andvery good food.

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How was your Memorial Day weekend? Wereyou one of fortunate ones who was either retired or had athree day holiday? Being retired yet “working” I had fourdays. I was pleased as I had a graduation to attend on Sat-urday so made the trek to the St. Charles cemetery on Fri-

day. The temperature was pleasant. There was a mist in theair but not a deluge to keep me from getting the flowers,transporting them and placing them on my parents’ andgrandparents’ graves. It is approximately 30 miles frommy residence to the cemetery so it was a nice little jour-ney. I do not go over to I-35 but take my street to CountyLine to 9th St. and south out to Norwalk and Martensdaleand then a short way to I-35 with only a few miles on thatbyway. It is a pretty drive and far less traffic and thus a bitrelaxing. The bad thing about it was on that stretch of I-35considerable reconstruction is being done and thus that in-terchange is a bit tricky plus some two-way, no-passingstretches. The next time I will jog a bit going through St.Mary’s and avoiding I-35 altogether which will not addmuch time or mileage and less messing with the traffic.

It has been well over 70 years since my Dad,

Mom and I left St. Charles to move to Boone County andeach time I go out that way it seems there have been morechanges. St. Charles is like most small Iowa farming com-munity towns. There aren’t many businesses on the mainstreet. Once there were two grocery stores – gone. Oncethere was a large drug store – gone but a small one doesexist next door. Once there were a couple cafes – gone.Once there was a couple banks in the “main street” area –gone – but --- at the east edge of town is a new beautiful,modern bank building. Gone are many places (just likeBoxholm and Dayton and many other towns) but they dohave a Casey’s with prices almost twice as high as supermarkets for some items but it is good to have a place toget gasoline (competitive prices) and good pizza available.Gone are all those houses at that end of town that the bankand Casey’s have replaced.

A few years ago the house in which I was born, just a scant mile east of town, was replaced with a very newmodern one. Up the road a bit onto the road that comes infrom I-35 is the house that a number of years ago replacedmy second home. I am guessing that the old, old farmhouse northwest of town, the next place, has long beengone. And, the clincher – the little house on the corneracross from the Presbyterian church is gone. A big steelbuilding is now occupying that lot and the garden lot be-hind it. That church is now the “Welcome” Center to St.Charles and Covered Bridge Country. The house acrossthe street west where the Anderson’s lived and I visitedis still there but looks as if it shouldn’t be. Many busi-ness buildings are gone or replaced. The school is a ghost,not having been used for years. The old Christian Churchwhere you always got good homemade ice cream during

Old Settler’s days is long gone. The three main churches(Methodist, Presbyterian & Christian) joined together asThe St. Charles Parish, using the Methodist church whereI first attended Sunday School and said my “piece” in theChristmas programs. They added a nice fellowship hall tothe back and so family funerals have been at that churchover these last years. The old house at the east end of townstill stands with the stucco falling off and looks abandoned.It is old as my Dad told me it was the first, I believe Meth-odist, church in town. A new denomination has come totown since “my day” and I understand has a sizeable con-gregation So, nothing remains as in our memories, be it St.Charles, Boxholm, Dayton or any other small Iowa town.What St. Charles has going for it is its proximity to I-35,being so close to Des Moines, having that new entertain-ment venue which is so accessible from I-35 (where Wil-lie Nelson will be this summer), having the Imes coveredbridge now situated as you enter the town and being a“gateway” to the bridges. It is a “bedroom” town with anumber of new homes and is in a fairly scenic area.

Probably most people who were born and raisedin and near small communities, went to school there kneweveryone from kindergarten through seniors. They knew alltheir neighbors out in the farming areas and all the towns-people and various merchants. They could almost walkblindfolded down the “main” street and know when theywere at the doorstep of a specific business. When we havebeen gone a long time and prepare to go back for a visitour memories conjure up what was and then we are flab-bergasted when we visit and our eyes are opened. That’sthe way it is for me whether I visit St. Charles, Boxholm,Dayton or other small towns with which I was once famil-iar. We realize that we grow up; we get older and peopleare gone and the whole scene does change, some for thegood and others just faded away. But, isn’t it wonderful?We have those memories and we need to keep them aliveand pass on to our progeny so they will know some of theirheritage and be encouraged to pass it and theirs on to thenext generations.Memorial Day is a day set aside originally to remember

Memorial Day brings more memories. . .those who served in the armed forces of our country. But,I think it is also for all memories of what was in the gen-erations before us and to be passed on to those to follow.Keep your memories alive!

Southeast ValleySchedule of Events

Week of June 8th to June 15thWednesday, June 8

10:00 a.m. JH SB & BB @ Lytton

5:30 p.m. G JV-Var Soft GAME - West Central

Valley @ Southeast Valley

Thursday, June 9

1:30 p.m. B JVR Base GAME - Southeast Valley @

Gilbert

4:00 p.m. G JVR Soft GAME - Eagle Grove @

Southeast Valley

5:30 p.m. G JV-Var Soft GAME - Eagle Grove @

Southeast Valley

Friday, June 10

10:00 a.m. JH SB & BB @ Manson

4:00 p.m. G JVR Soft GAME - Alta-Aurelia @

Southeast Valley

4:30 p.m. B JV-Var Base GAME - Alta-Aurelia @

Southeast Valley

5:30 p.m. G JV-Var Soft GAME - Alta-Aurelia @

Southeast Valley

Saturday, June 11

9:00 a.m. G V Softball SOUTHEAST VALLEY10:00 a.m. B V Base Madrid Tournament

Monday, June 13

10:00 a.m. JH SB & BB vs. Ogden

12:00 p.m. G JVR Soft GAME - Southeast Valley

@ Webster City

5:30 p.m. B JV-Var Base GAME - Southeast Valley

@ Pocahontas Area

5:30 p.m. G JV-Var Sof t GAME - Southeast Valley

@ Pocahontas Area

Tuesday, June 14

Gym Closed - SVHS School Practice Gym June

14th thru June 21

Gym Closed - PVES Gym June 14th thru June 21st

11:00 a.m. B Var Baseball GAME - Spirit Lake vs

Southeast Valley @ Principal Park Wednesday, June 15

10:00 a.m. JH SB & BB @ Pocahontas

4:30 p.m. B JV-Var Base GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

5:30 p.m. G JV-Var Soft GAME - East Sac County

@ Southeast Valley

*Schedule is pulled from the SV website for your convenience*www.southeastvalley.org

***Schedules are subject to change at anytime***

Swedish Museum

in Stratford openSunday, June 12 The Swedish Museum in Stratford will be openon Sunday, June 12, from 1 p.m.to 3 p.m. to all whowould like to visit the museum and see our special dis-play.

This month we will feature old dolls and toys,including toy tractors, cars and even old board games.Refreshments will be served. The museum is located at819 Goldsmith in Stratford and there is no admission. If you have a special doll or toy you would liketo share for that day, please contact Carol Larson at 838-2440 or LouRene Iles at 838-2685. We would like to see

your toys from your childhood or you ancestors.

Jags softball team

routs Manson 10-0 The Southeast Valley softball team continuedto leave no doubt on Friday, June 2 as they beat Man-son Northwest Webster 10-0 in five innings. After sixgames, the Jaguars have only played one seven-inninggame. They continue to stay tough extending their win-ning streak to five games.

The Jags dominated from the very first inningwhen Natalie Lambert sparked the Jags with a base hitand stole second. Erica Rittgers followed with a base hitof her own which moved Lambert to third and Rittgersstole second. Morgan Castenson drove in the first runsof the game by scoring Lambert and Rittgers. With twoouts in the inning, Kearsten Hainzinger drilled her firstcareer homerun to left center to give the Jags a 4-0 lead.

Southeast Valley put the game away in the sec-ond inning scoring six runs on four runs and three Cougarerrors. Josie Breitspecher started the inning reaching onan error. Sam Alphs then laid down a beautiful sacri-fice bunt that was thrown into right field. Breitsprecherscored on the play and Alphs made it all the way to third.Natalie Lambert drove Alphs in with a single and KaseyLundberg followed with a single of her own.

With Lambert and Lundberg on base MorganCastenson drove in Lambert. Jaiden Ackerson then cameup with a big double that scored both Lundberg and Cas-tenson. Ackerson scored the final run on an error.

Natalie Lambert pitched a perfect game, not al-lowing a single base runner in the five inning win. Shefanned six Cougar batters in the game. Morgan Casten-son went 2 for 2 with two runs scored and three RBI’s.Kearsten Hainzinger was 1 for 3 with the homerun andtwo RBI. Natalie Lambert was 2 for 3 with two runsscored, an RBI and a stolen base. Jaiden Ackerson was 1for 2 with a double, two RBI , and a run scored and EricaRittgers and Kasey Lundberg were each 1 for 3 with a runscored.

The Jaguar Softball team is now 5-1 on the sea-son and 2-0 in the Twin Lakes conference.

Harcourt SummerReading begins June 8Come join the fun...

The Harcourt Library is having their summerreading program at 1 p.m. on June 8, 15, 22, and 29. Thisactivity is for ages four thru sixth grade.

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uch. After her graduation in 1958, Mary attendedAIB Business college in Des Moines for a year andlearned basic secretarial skills. Subsequently, she washired by the Hormel Meat Packing Plant in Fort Dodge

and worked at various secretarial positions until the plantclosed in 1982. In 1959, she married one of her schoolmates,Dal Higby, at the United Methodist Church in Lehighwhere she has been a faithful member for over 50 years!Since she loves to sing, she joined the choir. Through theyears, Mary Joined other members and participated in

the many duties required in maintaining the church forworship. Mary is also a member of the Lehigh Federated

Woman’s Club and attends their regular monthly meet-ings. When Dal and Mary were first married, theylived in an upstairs apartment in Lehigh. That meantclimbing the stairs up and down two or three times a dayin order to get to work so she got more than her share ofexercise for someone who is pregnant. She recalls thatwhen her first child, Cheri, was about to be born, she hadto be rushed to the hospital in Fort Dodge for delivery,

just barely making it. A frightening experience! Two years later, her second daughter, Melody,was born. Melody is married to Tom Goodrich and re-sides in Michigan. They are parents of two sons. Cherimarried Archie Wooley and lives in Lehigh. They areparents of four children. The Higbys were ambitious and hard-working

people. Dal was employed at the Telephone office inFort Dodge initially but then started working for the FortDodge Packing Company and later at the Lehigh SewerPipe and Tile Company. For the most part of his life, Dalwas employed by Webster County working until 2006,when he succumbed to cancer after being ill for only fourmonths.

Mary Higby, raised on Lehigh farm,worked at Hormel, LVCTAEnjoying retirement years. . .

Mary was em-ployed in the office at theLehigh Telephone Compa-ny for 22 years retiring in2003. After Dal’s passing,Mary yearned to travel.Her first trip was to visither daughter and familyin Michigan She has also

traveled to other states vis-iting friends and family. Mary and Dal hada love for Black Labradordogs and consequently,adopted one but, unfortu-nately, it soon died so theydecided to purchase anoth-er one whom they namedBuddy. For 13 years, hebecame an integral part ofthe family. It was a greatloss when he died but theHigbys kept his memoryalive through the years bycollecting plates with pic-

tures of black labs posingin a variety of positionsand hung them on their liv-ing room wall. They alsocollected statues of labs in

varying sizes and have them on display. Dal had a passion for trains so through the yearsthe family would purchase a miniature boxcar or an-

Mary Higby continued on page 8...

Melody Dal, Mary and Cheri Higby

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FRIDAY, JUNE 174 p.m. - 8 p.m. Methodist church garage sale - no clothes

Evening Softball tournament - ball park

(contact Chad at 515-269-7352)

5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Lehigh Historical Museum Open (Main St.)

5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Womens Club Beefburger Supper (Main St.)

5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Library dvd and book sale

5:30 p.m. Steppin Express Cloggers (Main St.)

7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Danny Smith & Ghostriders Band - FREE Street Dance

(playing country and 50 & 60’s)

SATURDAY, JUNE 188 a.m. - 8 p.m. Historical Museum Open (Main Street)

8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Methodist church garage sale (Main Street)

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Flea Market Open (East Green-Melissa At 515-269-3235)

10 a.m. Lehigh River Days Parade (East Green-No Entry Fee, Cash Prizes Awarded- Call

Doug At 359-2545)

10 a.m. - 7 p.m. library dvd and book saleAfter Parade Log Roll (East Green by River, Contact Marshall at 408-7141)

After Parade Kids Games (At Womens Club Park-Main St.)

After Parade Cake Walk & Roaming Clown (with Kay)

After Parade Area Musicians (playing old country music)

All Day Pork Patty Lunch (East Green- Served By Museum)

ALL Day Food also served at Riverside and Lehigh cafe

11 a.m. Mud Volleyball tournament (East Green, contact Mike at 570-4682)

10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lehigh River Days Noon Meal (Sr. Citizens - All proceeds go to River Days)

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cruise To The Valley Car Show (No Entry Fee -$50 Cash Prize - Dan at 359-2502)

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Free Bingo - Small Prizes (Senior Citizens)

3 p.m. Vickys Southeast Valley Dance Troupe will perform (Main Street)

5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Pork Loin Supper (Main St. - Served by Fire Dept. and Lehigh Betterment Club)

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Paul Swanson, Dayton, presented the list of thefallen soldiers at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Daytoncemetery. Photo by Jeff Heck.

The SV Middle School band performed at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Dayton cemetery. Photo by Jeff Heck.

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Transitioning the clinic to VACIHCS will pro-vide veterans continued access to a variety of healthcareservices in the community. “VA Central Iowa Health Care System is com-mitted to serving Veterans and we look forward to thetransition to all VA care in the area, which is in line withour long-term, strategic goal of providing VA staffedprimary care and mental health care services in the FortDodge area.

We have enjoyed our partnership with Trimarkand UnityPoint Clinic and will work together to ensurea seamless transition for area Veterans,” shared SusanMartin, Interim Director, VACIHCS. “We will continueto provide updates to the community as this transitionprogresses.” Veterans who have questions regarding their

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The building that once served as Harcourt’s jailwas moved to Front Street at the Fort Museum in FortDodge in the 1970’s.

Harcourt Jail joins Fort Dodge Museum’s front street in1970’s A building that once served as the town jail inHarcourt is the latest addition to Front Street at the Fort-Museum in Fort Dodge. The frame structure, approximately 15 to 20 feetin size, was moved into place Thursday Through the ef-forts of the Iowa National Guard.

Museum curator Roger Natte said he is seekinginformation on the age of the structure and when it wasmoved from Harcourt’s main street. It was donated to theFort-Museum by Elvin Nahnsen. It had been used as astorage building on his farm north of Harcourt in recentyears. The structure contains the large room that origi-nally was divided by jail bars. The windows also arebarred. The building was hauled from Nahnsen’s farmto Fort Dodge by members of the Army National Guardwho also placed it on the new foundation. Materials frothe foundation were donated by Northwest Limestone,Inc. and labor was supplied by the Steelworkers Union,Duane (Bill) Crouse and Donald Grell. The Harcourt Jail was moved from Harcourt in1928, to the J. Arthur Anderson farm, located one mile

north of Harcourt. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Nahnsen, present owners ofthis farm, donated it to the Fort Museum in Fort Dodge. J. Arthur Anderson was the father of Arlene(Anderson) Hintch of Harcourt.Move of Harcourt log cabin to Fort Dodge Museum, fromThe Gowrie News, June, 1989 Laurel Carson’s historic log cabin has a newhome. It has recently been moved to the grounds of theFort Museum in Fort Dodge. The cabin was built in 1855of hand-hewed logs, 25 feet in length. Laurel Carson andhusband, the late Elwin A. Carlson, acquired the cabin in1967 and moved it near their home in Harcourt where itwas completely restored to its original condition. It tookon the appearance of the days when it was built more than100 years ago. It was furnished as nearly as possible with

articles and furniture of long ago and was often used as aguest house and a relic of pioneer days. The Carlsons first heard of the cabin while visit-

Harcourt Jail joins Fort Dodge MuseumFront street in 1970's...

ing friends in 1967. It was located on the Walter Vontreefarm a few miles southwest of the big Des Moines RiverBridge between Stratford and Dayton. The Vontrees hadlived in the modernized cabin for about 20 years prior tobuilding a new home. They no longer had any use for the house andplanned to destroy it. The Carlsons decided to pur-chase the houses and have it moved to their property in

Harcourt. The cabin was built in 1855 by G.T. Richey wholeft his farm and mill in Ohio and brought his family toDayton. It was the home of the Richey family for manyyears. Many families lived in the cabin in succeedingyears until the Vontrees acquired it. The Carlsons had the cabin moved, Restora-tion work was started in the spring of 1968 with WalterEngquist, a Harcourt carpenter, and Francis Carlson, Mrs.Carlson’s brother-in-law, doing much of the work. Furnishing the inside of the cabin was a pleasanttask for Laurel. Much of the furniture came from either her rela-tives or her husband’s family. One of the prized pieceswas a cherry wood dropleaf table which belonged to Lau-rel’s great grandparents. The furnishings did not go to

Fort Dodge. Historical societies, clubs of many kinds, rela-tives and friends and those from out-of-state have visitedthe cabin.

other railroad item as a gift. In the front was an engineand then attached to that were 8 boxcars and at the rear

the caboose. He later added a miniature water tower tocomplete his display. They are placed on a 10 foot longwooden shelf on the opposite living room wall. This wallis also a “photo gallery” where Mary hangs numerousfamily pictures. Mary loves to work outside and when one ap-proaches her home, you become mesmerized by her lawnaccessories... Statuaries, wind chimes, hanging flowers,bird houses, flags, bird feeders and other interesting ob-

jects. Mary states that it is difficult to keep bird food onhand because deer frequently visit the feeders and helpthemselves to the bird food. By the side of her house onecannot help noticing a couple of whimsical small gardenplaques with appropriate inspiring words etched on them. When a visitor rings her doorbell, the melodicsound of “Jingle Bells” alerts Tootsie, her pet Dachshund,

that someone is at the door. When one enters her largeliving room, one is mesmerized by the various collectionsthat she has. It is quite obvious that the Higbys have alsoinvested in statues of owls of varying sizes strategicallyplaced around her living room! Mary has an effectual smile and is well-lovedand respected by her many friends and family. Since hermother-in-law, Everyl Higby, lives close by, she fre-

quently visits her, also. When Mary sits on her couch, Tootsie immedi-ately cuddles up on her lap. With a twinkle in her eyes,she comments that “Life, indeed, is GOOD!”

Mary Higby. . .continued from page 6...

Dal Higby Mary Runyon Cheri and Melody

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Ava Bruner was a runnerup in the pedal pull for0 year olds. Photo by Jeff Heck.

This was the firstpumper fire truck, 1923,used by the Dayton FireDepartment. Photo by JeffHeck.

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