Buffalo Center Weekend Report Details Local Events and People
A weekend in Buffalo Center features Krazy Days on Main Street with the Boeckholf Estate sale and Coop Elevator annual meeting. Parades in Titanica draw crowds with local figures George Beaving and Albert Sloper’s vehicles on display. Town crews tidy streets, shops refresh façades, and residents share news from Ruth Adams to Jane Hildebrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Ruth Adams
Bryan
Mary Griffin
Mary
Buffalo Center
Jean
Algona
Mason City
Main Street
Boeckholf
Coop Elevator
Titanica
George Beaving
Albert Sloper
Harold
Benny
Edith
Carman
Tribune
Ted Fisher
Perma Ware
Ed Knower
Main
Jane Ham Hildebrand
Greene
the Tribune
Ione
Sunday Register
Edith Berryhill Andrews
Northwood
Lad” Nemmers
Bancroft
Dairy Cattle Congress Demonstration by 4-H Club member
Carol Ostrander of the Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club will present her demonstration "I'm Almost Ready" at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress this fall. Other items note Mrs. Ennen and Mrs. Arend Swalve in Blue Earth Minnesota, Jolene and Joelle Anderson visiting Newell relatives, and Rev. and Mrs. George Kots attending a Cedar Falls Bible Conference with street paving discussions referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ostrander
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
John Ennen
Arend Swalve
Blue Earth, Minnesota
Jolene
Joelle Anderson
Newell
Bert Meyer
George Kots
Cedar Falls
Way Back When Center Sale and Band Concert Report
A reading from the Way Back When Center notes a Saturday sale in the area and light early yield from threshing. The first OKay orchestra band concert of the season was held last Wednesday and will continue each week featuring Orville Kopp Tom Wilson Norman Barsness Charles Davis Louis Glorfeld Bob Hamilton and Henry Garland. Ten Years Ago July 80 1953 a schoolhouse meeting discussed reorganizing the school system and a stockholders meeting for Farmers Coop Elevator was announced. Twenty Years Ago July 29 1943 a truck fire incident and naval assignments for local residents were reported. Thirty Years Ago July 27 1933 DeVries Wallace bought feeder pigs in South Dakota and moved them to Buffalo Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okay Orchestra
Orville Kopp
Tom Wilson
Norman Barsness
Charles Davis
Louis, Glorfeld
Bob Hamilton
Lakota
Henry Garland
Thompson
Prom Tribune
Theschoolhouse
Winnebago
Dick Bohl
Richard Pop
Grand
Wichita Falls
Texas
Meadow
Minnesota
Mary Pookes
Tribune Files
Bill Becker
Gene Bohl
Camp Farragut
Idaho
Norman
Loais
L. S. Naval Reserve
Des Moines
Ray Murrays
Jack
Marion Julius
Shepperd Field
Willard D. Harms
DeVries
Wallace
South Dakota
Buffalo
A L C W to Meet August 7
The American Lutheran Church Women of Bethlehem Lutheran Church will meet next Wednesday August 7 at 1 00 pm in the Bethlehem church parlors. Devo tions will be given and the program is tension Those in charge are Mrs Roy B Johnson Mrs Albin Nelson Mrs Alvin Winter and Mrs Walter Rose Hostesses are Mrs John Lande Mrs Willie Murra Mrs Robert Hassebroek Mrs Lola Smith Mrs Wayne Fosness Mrs Donald Berhow and Mrs Allan Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Roy B. Johnson
Albin Nelson
Alvin Winter
Walter Rose
John Lande
Willie Murra
Robert Hassebroek
Lola Smith
Wayne Fosness
Donald Berhow
Allan Edwards
Boy Scouts Spend Week at Camp at Winnebago Reservation
Sunday July 14 Walt Anderson Roy Johnson and Merlyn Letcher led eleven Scouts to the Winnebago Scout Reservation in Marble Rock. Attendees included Dennis Heiman Raymond Johnson Neal Kiewier Michael Letcher Jerry DeVries Randy Elwood Jim Anderson Tom Dudding Tommy Becker Steve Peterson and Gary Letcher with Merlyn Letcher until Wednesday Verle Elwood joined later. Parents night was Wednesday as boys learned canoeing archery swimming handicraft cooking and rifle safety. Four boys earned cooking merit badges Randy Jim Jerry and Raymond. Others pursued merit badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Anderson
Roy ¥. Johnson
Merlyn Letcher
Winnebago Scout Reservation
Marble Rock
Dennis Heiman
Raymond Johnson
Neal Kiewier
Michael Letcher
Jerry DeVries
Randy Elwood
Jim Anderson
Tom Dudding
Tommy Becker
Steve Peterson
Gary Letcher
Verle Elwood
Randy
Jim
Jerry
Raymond
Weekend Visitors Return Home After Trip
Fragmentary text notes visitors staying over the weekend include Mr and Mrs Raymong and Debbie, plus Mr and Mrs Ri Gilbert. Mentions Michael Letcher and Merlyn dher and Leon Heiman escorting boys home. Content is ambiguous with incomplete phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Raymong
Debbie
Maney
Ri Gilbert
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Py Dartan
Uncle Sam
Winnebago Rural
Mea
Cattle Congress
Nemmers
Society of Friends
Papa
Mama
Krazy Daze
Admiral Console
Admiral
Alvin
Marv’s
Iowa
Krazy
Lowe Bro
Buffalo Center Lumber Company
Dick Weaver
A.L.C.W
Boy Scouts
Merlyndher
Leon Heiman
Nila Ie
Sale
DeVries Sales Co
DR. B. J. Silby
Buffalo Hotel
Brick & Tile Building
Bone & Shell Builder
Uffalo Center
Lee Ae i
Pat Oem
Jessie Boeckholt
D-X
Mildred Richter
Burt
Wilbert Boeckholt
Miller
Monarch
Duncan Phyfe
Davenport
DeVries Brothers
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank
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