RTA and REC To Become Separate Groups
Winnebago cooperative phone and electric units plan to separate into distinct groups. Annual meeting set for Sept 73 at Lake Mills High School Gym with open house, candidate slate, and three 3-year director terms. Announced shifts include independent management after Mr. Bergland’s resignation and a mail-in prize drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago Rta
Lake Mills
Gustaf Gustafson
Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association
RTA
Arlo B. Carson
Thompson
Milford Helgeson
Lloyd Kronemann
Grafton
Winnebago Rec
Electric and Telephone Cooperatives
Glenn Bergland
Aot
VFW Auxiliary Meets Monday Night and Pillow Cleaning Day
VFW Auxiliary plans a meeting Monday night at 9 00 p m at the Post Home with a serving committee named. A Pillow Cleaning Day will be held Thursday September 6 at the VFW Auxiliary sponsored by the group. Visitors from Germany Mr and Mrs John Alberts and family arrived August 12 for a three week visit. the Baumfalks from Pewsum Ostfriesland touring Minnesota and nearby before returning to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Vv. F. W
Norma Quame
Evelyn Ankeny
Velma Waage
Arlene Johnson
Myrt Harmon
Opal Leibrand
V. F. W. Post
Vv. Flw
Germany
John Alberts
Johann Baumfalk
Marianne
Helga
International Airport
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Frankfort
Bangor
Maine
Chicago
Ilinois
Baumfalk
Alberts
Alberty
Klemme
Tribune
Mr. Baumfalk
Mrs. Baumfalk
Mrs. Alberts
FFA Members Earn Awards At State Fair
Eleven Buffalo Center FFA members exhibited livestock at the Iowa State Fair. Barb Dudding Gary Fisk and Michael Kettwick showed steers in the Dressed Beers Division with Kettwick taking First Place Heavyweight Carcass and Reserve Champion overall among 28 carcases. Fisk earned second place in heavyweight carcass. Beekman and Kettwick showed beef breeding heifers with Beekman’s Simmental crossbred first in her age class. Milbrandt won Grand Champion Suffolk Ram Lamb and supreme Suffolk Lamb plaque. Daves lambs placed 4th and 5th, yearling ewes 3rd and 7th. Hog exhibitors earned Top Chapter in Swine Herdsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
FFA
Barb Dudding
Gary Fisk
Michael Kedtwick
Kettwick
Fisk
Dudding
Kay Beekman
Michael Kettwick
Kay
David Milbrandt
Dave
Wayne Bronleewe
Norman Bruhng
Steve Dudding
Darvin Kettwick
Dennis Meinders
Gary Meindars
Dave Milbrandt
LaMonte Gray
Mark Liverca
Doug Ostermann
Gary Stenzel
Dale Melnders
Mark Ostermann
Chester White
Thorpe Acres Now Owned By County
Wittnbago County Conservation Board completed the purchase of Thorpe Park at Tuesday’s board meeting on August 20. Deed and final papers were turned over by Tom Thorpe of Des Moines. open house planned soon while the park remains closed to the public and patrolled with violators prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittnbago County Conservation Board
Thorpe Park
C. A. Block
Thompson
Tom Thorpe
Des Moines
Alvin Meinders
Buffalo Center
Robert Mittelstadt
Lake Mills
John L. Buren
Forest City
Howe
Black
Harold Howe
Legion Post 21 Installs Officers For New Year
Winnebago Post 21 of the American Legion met with ten members and two visitors. Reports on Boys State were given by Mike Kettwick and Steve Dudding. The post donated 250 to the shelter house fund with 50 from the auxiliary. Officers installed for the year include Commander Larry Weaver and vice commander Doane Boyken. cemetery committee is Larry Weaver for three years. Dr. Jay D. Rush won the door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago Post 21
The
American Legion
Mike Kettwick
Steve Dudding
Boys State
Ladies American Legion Auxiliary
Dick Weaver
Justice Sullivan
Larry Weaver
Worms Invade Soybean Fields In County Wide Infestation
County Extension Director R W Anderson reports green clover worms in nearly every soybean field. Farmers should inspect fields for infestation as many larvae are small and feeding may continue for about three weeks. Threshold is 1 or more worms per foot of row to justify treatment. Checks use white paper or cloth to count larvae. Suggested controls include toxaphene or malathion per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Anderson
Anderson
Funeral rites planned for John Earl Murray
Funeral services for John Earl Murray 69 retired farmer of Buffalo Center are set for Saturday morning September 1 at 10 30 oclock at the United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center with Rev Edward Tschetter officiating. Winter Funeral Service handles arrangements. Mr Murray died August 29 at the local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Earl Murray
Buffalo Center
United Methodist Church
Edward Tschetter
Mr. Murray
Mike Dudding joins KILR as announcer in Estherville
Michael Dudding began his radio announcing career at KILR Estherville on a Tuesday morning and has since graduated from Brown Institute in Minneapolis as a broadcasting student. He is a 1972 Buffalo Center graduate now attending Iowa Lakes Community College full time in political science and journalism while working nights at the station and covering news assignments. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Al Dudding and was active in arts chorus and student government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Dudding
KILR
Estherville
Michael
Broadcasting Division
Brown Institute
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Buffalo Center
Iowa Lakes Community College
al Dudding
Mike
Stores To Close On Labor Day
Buffalo Center businesses will close all day Monday September 3 for Labor Day. The Tribune asks advertisers and correspondents to submit items early for the September issue. Postmaster Behrends notes no mail or window service on September 3. Larrys Hardware and Kelso Agri Center also close Saturday September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
the Tribune
Lester F. Behrends
L. C. Balvance
Larry's Hardware
John T. Kelso
Kelso Agri-Center
County Hog Show Set for September 18 in Thompson
The Winnebago County Swine Producers Association plans the 1973 Market Hog Show on September 18 at the Junior Show Grounds in Thompson. Non members can join at entry. hogs must weigh 190 to 240 pounds and exhibitors may enter two hogs. All entries join the cassock contest and are slaughtered for data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago County Swine Producers Association
Thompson
Jim Thompson
DeVries Auction Announces September Break With Hog and Cattle Sales
DeVries Auction Company owners Hole Jr. and Jack DeVries plan a monthlong cessation of sales for a vacation period. A contact market for hogs and cattle will continue in September, with the regular Tuesday auctions resuming October 2 at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hole, Jr
Jack DeVries
DeVries Auction Company
Fall Festival at United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center
The annual Fall Festival will be held Thursday September 6 from 2 00 to 4 00 p m with the Esther Circle in charge. Baked foods and garden products will be on sale and the public is welcome. The Senior Citizens Bison Club meet Thursday evening August 3 in the Legion room at 7 30 p m hosted by Mr and Mrs Clarence Andersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Methodist Church
Buffalo Center
Esther Circle
Senior Citizens Bison Club
Legion Room
Clarence Andersen
Rock Island rail line work near Buffalo Center
Rock Island crews have been near Buffalo Center since August restoring track gauge and elevation for resumed service. Foreman Barton Smoot leads five Crystal Lake and Woden workers while Charles Goodnight tracks supervisor oversees ballast, ties, and drainage improvements across Forest City to Buffalo Center and toward Thompson and Garner with an expected September operation date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
Tribune
Buffalo Center
Crystal Lake
Woden
Barton Smool
Royal
Shane Hobbs
Kurt Jensen
Bob Bruns
Dave Gerdes
Ron Larson
Flirt
Foreman Smoot
Charles Goodnight
Smoot
Hayfield Junction
Titanka
St 2
Forest City
Thompson
Goodnight
Bricelyn
Minnesota
Roch Island
Garner
Meril Simpson
Eagle Grove
Simpson
Nine lettermen form nucleus of Bison grid squad
Coach Alan Jones builds for the season around nine lettermen led by seniors and backs. Most players are adjusting positions as Gary Heyes and Kevin Helin shift roles. juniors and sophomores vie for spots while Mike Pannhuk and Bart Winter join the line. The Bison open at Thompson on Friday September 7 at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Jones
Tribune
Jim Blerle
Mike Bargman
Steve Dudding
Tom Helman
Dennis Melnders
Jay Dudding
Gary Heyes
Jog Wilson
Mike Pannhuk
Bart Winter
Heyes
Wilson
Stive Risius
Mike Kettwick
Bison
Thompson
Meeting Date for Jr High Gridders
Coach Alan Jones announces the Junior High football squad will gather at Buffalo Center School Tuesday evening September 4 at 6 30 for shoe fittings by the salesman. That same evening at 7 30 the players report to the Buffalo Center Clinic for physicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. High
Alan Jones
Buffalo Center
Buffal Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
REC
Rural Electrication Administration
Rural Telephone Bank
Gustafson
Atarec
Electric Association
Bergland
Dahuary Ist
Victor Knudison
Vernon Jacobson
Rake
Lake Milla
DeVere Steffensen
Leland
Ray Steenblock
Pueblo, Colorado
Nain Lodge 570
Nain Lodge No. 570
Thorpe Acres
County
Legion Post 21
Mike Dudding
DeVries Auction
Jones
Kevin
Helin
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