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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
4
Lakota Consolidated School will open for the 1968 1969 school year on Monday August 26 1988 with daylight saving time adjustments for rural bus routes. Pre school registration for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen is scheduled across August 15 16 with central office fee payments during August 19 23 to streamline first days.
Board of Education lists officers and staff for new school year effective July 1 1968 led by President Michael Christ Jr and Superintendent Robert C Thompson. Administrative team includes Richard E Phillips secondary principal and a wide roster of teachers across subjects and grades.
Listing details school personnel roles for kindergarten remedial reading and general administration. Names include Mrs. Helen Nelson as nurse and Mrs. Margie Richardson and others as secretaries. Custodians Mr. Gottlib Rief fier and Mr. George Ennen listed along with bus drivers and lunch cooks.
The church notes there is nothing scheduled at First Presbyterian Church during August 15 to 22. Sunday August 18th is the annual church vacation Sunday. Pastor John Fenner leads Lakote.
Sunday services and activities listed for Pauls Lutheran Church Lakota Iowa with worship at 10 am and Luther League at 10 am plus a Church Council trip to Minneapolis. Also notes a new address for Pvt Herman Anderson US 54930341 and open houses for Carolyn Wilbern and a 40th anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Olsen Lakota.
Lakota Mr and Mrs Jakie Peterson and Paul took a Friday to Monday Wisconsin sightseeing trip ending with a Chetek stop at Albert Slim Ellman home. They traveled via Minneapolis to visit the Duane Petersons and brought Scot home for a few days with Gottlieb Rieffar Kay Ann and Jim My and Adolph Poppe Sr and children Annette and Zada.
Linda Rae Divan and John Robert Kollasch exchanged vows on Saturday July 20 at 8:00 p.m. in Thompson. Rev. Walter Olson officiated a double ring ceremony. Attendants included maid of honor Carolyn Divan and Linda Piersol. Groom’s party featured bestman Robert Sunde and Dennis Roelfseman. After a northern Minnesota honeymoon, the couple resides in Garner.
The P C W circles Esther and Mary met on August 7 with hosts Sandra Cerney Doris Carlson Margaret Steenhard Anna Blome Elsie Koppen Margaret Wallace and Dorothy Blome. Devotions were led by Margaret Steenhard Irene Peterson and Lois Weringa. A 1 o clock luncheon was hosted at Lena Gutknecht's home in Lakota.
Lakota Mr and Mrs John Furst joined the Furst family reunion at the Bruns home in Fertile Iowa on Sunday August 4. Fifty relatives attended from Buffalo Center Fertile Carpenter Thompson Elmore Rochester Minnesota Renwick and Lakota.
Four Lakota girls Becky Berg Faye Dorenbush Sandy Boehm and Janice Leonard joined sixty five Midwest attendees at a week long basketball clinic in Carthage Illinois during July 22 to 27. Participants trained six hours daily with local families transporting the group to and from events.
Funeral services for Robert H. Miller were held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Lakota on Friday August 9 at 2 00 p m with Pastor Paul Ofsteadal officiating Interment followed at St Matthew s cemetery Stevens Minnesota He died after a traffic accident five days after his 21st birthday He leaves his parents six siblings and a grandmother with relatives in Culver City and other areas The service was arranged by Winter Funeral Home Buffalo Center and pallbearers included Kat Cushman Dick Cushman Jim Junkermeier Dwight Dorenbush Jerry Hertzke and Gary Heetland
Final appointments are made to the NIACC Foundation organizational committee. Robert M. St. Clair Jr. chairs pro tem as articles and by laws are prepared for submission to the Secretary of State and IRS to establish a tax exempt nonprofit. Districts 1 through 7 appoint board members from Mason City Clear Lake Charles City Nora Springs Hampton Garner and related locations.
An open house reception honoring Mr and Mrs Lee Olson on their 40th wedding anniversary will be held Sunday August 18 from 2 to 5 pm at Lakota City Hall. All friends and relatives are invited. invitations are not being sent.
Thomas Millen of Graettinger is hired by the Iowa Commission on Aging as Project Developer for Senior Citizens. He will serve seven counties including Dickinson and Kossuth from the Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. Emmetsburg office. The program covers centers in Milford Palo Alto Estherville Pocahontas and related services. Millen, father of five, has past roles on Graettinger City Council and local business and health groups. Contact Millen in Emmetsburg for project information.
Visitors from Clear Lake Riverside California Woden Forest City Northwood and Salina Kansas called at Timely Mission Nursing Home on listed dates. Residents Molly Larson Tillie Hippen Zilphia Lester Elizabeth Schaper and others received guests. Gifts included yarn needles craft books cukumbers and a jigsaw puzzle.
Saturday and Sunday August 3 and 4 weekend visitors included Harold Smith and Mike of Des Moines staying with Mr and Mrs Chia Pederson. Joe Heitland hosted supper guests Jason Gouman Nyak New York Emma Fisher Garner Ivan Heidecker and daughter. Mr and Mrs J Eggum of Butler Missouri planned a four day vacation with her mother O J Teig and other relatives.
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