Old Timers Slow Pitch Bounces Back In Reminiscence
In a nostalgia filled column, Buffalo Center recalls the town’s slow pitch old timers game from years past. Ray Elman led the elder squad with Bennie Gerdis and Tunney Kelso among players, and a current town team’s late innings victory is recounted with a crisp baseball memory.
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Buffalo Center
Ray Elman
Bennie Gerdis
K. H. Elman
Harry Matson
Tunney
Kelso
Shelterhouse Fund
Yesteryear
Nixon Victory Narrow in Iowa Republican Delegation
The Capitol News Letter reports the Iowa Republican delegation at Miam Beach voted 13 for Nixon, 8 for Rockefeller, 3 for Reagan. Within town delegates the split included Nixon, Lewis Cooley, Coles, Shaff, El lsworth, Keke, Fleming, Van Nostrand, Pardon, Platt, Reed, Hayes, Warren, and Wittenmeyer among others.
Legislative studies shape new Iowa statutes and landmarks
Comment requests from town leaders precede a final draft for a complete statute. Senator Benda chairs the banking laws group while Rep Gallagher leads the related committee. A second panel, including Rep Cochran and Sen New, studies drainage laws and proposes new authorities for pipe lines and utility installations. Other panels examine research, mental health, interstate reciprocity, divorce laws and retirement. Miller obituary notes Harlan Miller of the Des Moines Register, famed for Over the Coffee. Deficit concerns arise as Iowa fiscal receipts fall short by millions, signaling a potential $14.5 million shortfall. An Interstate Producers Association forms from three states with Iowa members and 3.25 million head annual sales. Brushy Creek Lake State Park proposal moves forward, but landowner agreements remain scarce and tensions rise over eminent domain.
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Kenneth Benda
James V. Gallagher
Dale Cochran
Arthur New
Iowa
Miller
Des Moines
Harlan Miller
Des Moines Register
Interstate
Waukon
DeWitt
Tipton
Allison
Maynard
Elkader
Ridgeway
Washington
Grinnell
Mount Pleasant
New Lake
Iowa Conservation Commission
Webster County
Brushy Creek Lake
Winters Return From Minnesota Vacation at Lake Lehamineau
Mr and Mrs Sam Winters returned from a vacation at Lake Lehamineau near Staples Minnesota with guests Mr and Mrs Lloyd Coomes and family of Foley Minnesota Mr and Mrs Wayne Bartell of Mason City and Lowell Carrier of the Air Force Academy Colorado a friend of Mike Coomes.
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Samwinter
Lake Lehamineau
Staples
Minnesota
Lloyd Coomes
Foley
Wayne Bartell
Mason City
Lowell Carrier
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Mike Coomes
Diabetic Camp Attendance At Hertko Hollow Near Boone Iowa
Cindy Van Hove daughter of Carroll Van Hove and Douglas Weaver son of Robert Weaver attended Hertko Hollow Camp near Boone Iowa a camp for diabetics from July 28 to August 2 continuing activities and camp program participation through that week.
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Hertko Hollow Camp
Cindy van Hove
Carroll van Hove
Douglas Weaver
Robert Weaver
Boone
Iowa
Public plea shifts blame for auto theft to owners
A reader criticizes criminals and argues that drivers are responsible for car thefts. The column cites Romans and Genesis to claim people shift blame, urging motorists to lock cars. It references widespread thefts and stresses divine justice and grace through Calvary.
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Adam
God
Eve
Pheasant Count Survey Underway In Iowa
Operation Pheasant Count in Iowa is surveying pheasant populations with 180 routes state wide. Biologists from the Iowa Conservation Commission tally adult roosters hens with broods broods and chicks along 30 mile routes each year to guide hunting season decisions.
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Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Towa
Commission
Fred A. Priewert
Biology, Game and Conservation Officer
Ennen Couple Returns From Iowa Visit
Mr and Mrs John Ennen returned home Saturday August 3 after a week with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith and children at Lucas Iowa. Try Tribune Want Ads.
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John Ennen
Glenn Smith
Lucas
Iowa
Ostrander Family Back From Norway Vacation
Mr and Mrs Bart Ostrander plus Henry Myhr and Opal Myhr of Clear Lake traveled three weeks by air to Norway, landing in Bergen after a noon departure from Mason City. They describe Bergen as scenic with open markets and orderly streets, then returned via New York Chicago and Mason City after a congested landing.
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Bart Ostrander
Norway
Bergen
New York
Chicago
Mason City
Fire destroys Corner Cafe and Masonic Lodge club rooms
Fire of undetermined origin swept the southwest city square around 3 30 last Wednesday destroying the Corner Cafe Yahnke Floorcovering Co and the Masonic Lodge club rooms The event follows a prior note about Patsy Friesenberg earning a nurses diploma at St Josephs Mercy Hospital Mason City. Charley Gilbert was severely scalded years earlier removing a radiator cap from an automobile with hot water.
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Tribune Files
Our City Square
Yahnke Floorcovering Co
Masonic Lodge
Patsy Friesenberg
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Mason City
NRL
Charley Gilbert
North Iowa Wall exhibition plans on child care theme
A committee from Farm Bureau met at the Farm Bureau office to plan an exhibit for the North Iowa Wall. The theme is Child Care and Development. A Buffalo Day celebration attracted about four thousand people, with a noon lunch, games, rides, acts, a ball game, and concessions. Lightning struck and destroyed a barn north of here on Sunday night, on the Joe Linberg farm tenanted by Levi Durive.
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Tribune Files
Here
Joe Linberg
Levi Durive
Local Socials and Recoveries Brighten Week
Miss Josephine Davis, after a broken arm from Ford crank injury, resumed work at Home Bakery. Cleo and Eileen Woodcock hosted two tables of bridge for guest Miss Alpha Ladd of Traer, with Tillie Bravick taking high score. An 80 years ago note mentions Dr. H E Eiel practicing driving his new Maxwell runabout.
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Tribune Files
Josephine Davis
Home Bakery
Cleo
Eileen Woodcock
Alpha Ladd
Traer
Tillie Bravick
H. E. Eiel
Maxwell
Doc
Farmers Buy Threshing Ticket For Local Season
A notice lists farmers who purchased a threshing ticket from J. F. Buggy and will thresh on their own. Names include A. B. Russ, W. A. Brass, R. J. Roos, FP, H. Braviel, Harm Sapp, and M. D. Oftedaht. They are advised they may venture from home on any kind of trip to perform the work.
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J. F
A. B. Russ
W. A. Brass
R. J. Roos
H. Braviel
Harm Sapp
M. D. Oftedaht
Two Birthday Celebrations for Goranson Family
Friday evening guests gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Darley Goranson to honor Debbie and Jimmy Goranson on their second and first birthdays. Attending were Debbie and Jimmy’s great grandmother Mrs Albert Helin, Mr and Mrs Marlyn Hassebroek and family, Mr and Mrs Lester Goranson of Forest City, and Debbie and Jimmy’s parents the Albert Goransons who returned from vacation.
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Darley Goranson
Debbie
Jimmy Goranson
Albert Helin
Marlyn Hassebroek
Lester Goranson
Forest City
Jimmy
Albert Goransons
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Richard Nixon
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Drake University
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Larry’s
Clip & Curl Beauty Salon
Virginia and
Judy Harringa
Calvary
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J Ostranders
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H. L. Ollenburg
Garner-Hayfield Community School Board
Town Bankers Aas
Concord Township
Hancock County Savings Band
Garner Lions Club
Garner Chamber of Coma
Meren
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Vern Butz
Ustom Cornshelling and Trucking
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Cooperative Oil Company
Jake Kiewier
Fred Harms
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