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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
4
A county wide meeting for rural teachers is set for today at the Forest City courthouse at 2 oclock. Dr. EL Ritter of the Iowa State Teachers College extension service will review May tests and propose remedial work while teachers elect officers and plan township meetings for equipment and materials exchanges.
A collage of names and townships lists in Logan, Mount Valley, Newton and Norway townships with residents from Lake Mills, Forest City, Leland, Scarville and surrounding areas. The record includes anecdotes about Fire Bill Murray, hitchhiking teen Francis Hoffman, a Turkeys Wellman festival, a Denison hotel guest puzzled by steam radiators, and the electrocution death of Ray Allard from Gladbrook.
Weekly notes describe Dean Nerdig at the H A Nerdig home and Dale plus Harvey Nerdig having tonsils removed by Dr Russ at Rake. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Guy Beaver and sons at Frank Beaver home. Mrs E G Sickels visited Walt Sickels home north of Easton. Tony Meyering and family at Iowa State Fair. Jerry Elman and Harold Elman hosted at Osage. Aid meeting planned with Mrs Wm Meyers today.
August Schaper of Estherville and Lillian Johnson traveled to Minneapolis with relatives from Deronda Wisconsin joined by Ed Bruner and two children for a family visit. Eppie Johnsons hosted and attended the Schaper reunion at Estherville. Sidney Harkness and Marjorie visit Des Moines. Donald Brue clan visits Waterloo and attends Edward Singlestads silver wedding. other visits include Bruner and Schaper families in Minnesota and Bricelyn.
Miss Marion Berryhill, a student nurse at Iowa City University, takes a three week vacation from her duties. Mrs. George Jutting is in Rochester Minnesota recovering after a major operation Monday morning.
Mr and Mrs Walter Tapper and family attended a Sunday picnic in Swea City. Will Kardoes and family visited Ed Sathor in Ringsted. Ed Aukes hosted visits from Milward and Marie Aukes of German Valley Illinois and Clarence Heitland and family. Ash Reikens Minnie Reikens and Porter Faulhaber from Belmond dined with Henry Meinders. Max Klasse visited John Wabben, Harm Kettwick and family stopped by Waller Tapper, Ed Aukes attended the Reikena reunion in Fort Dodge, Marion Berryhill helped at the Wubben home during threshing, and Marie Meinders returned home from Kanawha after five months.
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