Court suits and probate filings dominate county notices
The docket records show a civil suit by a plaintiff seeking 36 plus costs for a June 1959 car accident, plus promissory note and check costs. Probate actions include wills for Mildred E Thae and John DeVries, and an inheritance tax filing. A county clinic and marriage licenses are noted, with many local names listed for volunteers and attending doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stois
Glea
Mitt
Ate Er
ES Wown
Dresser & Kinsey
No Neil i] Co
Plain
Carrie Swenson
Mildred E. Thae
John DeVries
Bernice Wilkin
I Immanuel Lutheran Church
Forest City
Winnebago
Jth
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Kossuth
Iowa City
Immanuel Lutheran Wo-en’s Society
Forest Citing Club
Winnebago and
Hancock Nites
Arthur Schutter
Buffalo. Inter
John Chalmers
Klemme
Franklin Inser
Golbunf
Fardal
Ivard Messer
Jest Eckles
Britt
Paulison
Curtisanson
Kenth Smith
J. Mangan
R.N
Curtis Jumpp
Crystal Lake
Henry Wubben
Virgil Eberline
Forest Ly
Martin Wuerflein
Arville
Frank Karnish
Rest City
Jester Hill
Le 1
Harry Carpenter
Yodell
Maynard Powers
Ystal Lake
Irving Langen
Jack Hoyld
Durlaine J. Frerichs
Bools &, T. Tweed
Vacation Village
Iit Lake
Worsday
Belle S. Werson
H. N. Anderson Lloyd M
Lanida A. Will Alvin
Mabel Clauson
Donald Eymann
Shit' Youngwirth Eymann
Belle
H. M. Anderson
David
LaVonne J. Anderson
Photes
Leon Ites
Geneeve Dearing
Joy Aykes
Kermit Harang
Lake Mills
Robert Duane Johnson
Jompson
Army
City Water to Be Cut Off Today In Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center will have its water supply shut off at 2 p m today Thursday June 1 to connect a new water main. Officials hope the job will take only 2 or 3 hours. Residents are advised to check water usage and draw sufficient supplies for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
Center Cafe
Bennett Bruhns Milling Service
Lloyd Robinson
Main Street
Courtesy Calendar for June events and anniversaries
Courtesy Column lists community events for June with meetings of American Legion Auxiliary Lion Club and Business Men’s Club. It notes Mrs Joe Matson turning 86 at Cox Rest Home and a 1941 Ramsey Reformed Church reunion anniversary. Also mentions North Iowa Band Festival Mason City June 19 and band concerts plus Father’s Day and birthday notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
John Beck Farm
Joe Matson
Cox Rest Home
Lake Mills
Ramsey Reformed Church
Business Men’s Club
North Iowa
Mason, City
Karen Pederson
Buffalo Center Queen
Grace Circle al
Lutheran Church
L. Stirler
Hardin County Hospital
Eldora
Iowa
Lions Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Farm Fixin at the Zingg Farm North of Town
Otto Sheldon and three helpers repair the hog house damaged by last fall’s fire. Sparks from burning trees started the blaze. The Zingg farm, settled in 1893, is now Gale Ohtoff’s Lakota property. Arend Swalve paints Jim Murra’s farm home and other nearby houses white with blue trim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zingg
Otto Sheldon
Gale Ohtoff
Lakota
Sheldon
Arend Swalve
Jim Murra
Don Berschman
Henry Finer
Showers Honor Miss Mary Gerdes in Buffalo Center
Miss Mary Gerdes longtime kindergarten teacher at Buffalo Center Community School was honored with two bridal showers hosted by mothers of her classes on April 27. Refreshments and a gift accompanied the forenoon and afternoon events. A separate miscellaneous shower was held May 22 after school with fellow teachers in her room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gerdes
Buffalo Center
High School Graduates Hear Davies Address 1951 Fort Dodge
Way Back When details May 31 1951 87 graduates completed high school work and heard Dr James J Davies of the First Methodist Church Fort Dodge deliver the commencement address on May 29 Beverly Winkleman named valedictorian Glenda Berryhill salutatorian Elsie Drake to attend State 4 H Conservation Camp Camp Mitigwa Boone June 5 9 55 boys 56 girls to attend Badger Clark honored guest at ceremony Junior High School drawing winners were Ruby Berryhill Dorothy Mastin Lydia Geiken with medals awarded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Davies
First ‘Methodist
Fort Dodge
Beverly Winkleman
Glenda Berryhill
Elsie Drake
Camp
Mitigua
Boone
Badger Clark
Black Hills
Amerian Legion
Ruby Berryhill
Dorothy Mastin
Lydia Geiken
Local Roster and Events Highlight 60 Years Ago
Over 60 business and professional men cooperated. Mrs D Pirie Meyer spoke and the Sengelese Drum and Bugle Corps of Mason City will parade and perform. Rev Fr DeMuth gave the Baccalaureate address for the Class of 1931 at B.C.H.A.S. Dr Edward Steiner of Grinnell to give the commencement. Thieves broke into Sloper Service Station stealing a radio flash bulbs candy cigars. 60 Years Ago May 30 1901 moving German Church to new site for Norwegian Society services. Burlington RR excursion to Forest City Thompson for races. Forest City Concert Band to play Nina D Harriet N. Horses Commodore. Slaba and Wagner hired a harness maker from Mitchell IA to replace August Fross. Elimination of 18 year old Grove at Wirtjes Farm by bulldozer from McQuire Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Pirie Meyer
Messrs. Daum and Russell
Norwegian Society
Burlington RR
Forest City
Thompson
Nina D
Harriet N
Commodore
Slaba
Wagner
Mitchell
Iowa
August Fross
Bereavement notices and local updates from Algona
A Iowa item notes trees in Algona, with Breen elms dying inside and yards prepared as building lots after removal. A card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy, flowers, and food after a bereavement, specifically for husband and father. A cemetery sighting describes a woman seeing two sleek young sheers in Bill Harms farm fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Breen
Rev
Kroon
Engels
Herman Gruis
Bert
Minnie Gruis
Sam Schuler
Bill Harms
No Special Session Looms Over Medical Aid Funding
Governor Norman Erbe says he will not recall the legislature for a special session. Rep. David Stanley of Muscatine urged a one or two day session to consider an appropriation for medical aid, warning it could cost the state millions in federal matching funds. Critics call the action cruel and indicative of bad faith toward older citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Erbe
David Stanley
Muscatine
For Sale Tavern Business and Fixtures
Tavern business and fixtures offered for sale by Nels Bank of Buffalo Center located at 38 8th. Reason given as wish to retire. Contact bank for details and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Bank
Buffalo Center
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the County Recorder
The
Tribune
Mark G. Thornburg
Lone Rock
Marlowe
Beaver
the Tribune
Call-Us Today
Johnson Gas Service
Dell-Ray
Elman’s Cash Grocery
California
Sunkist
W.X
le Aorta
Pillsbury Angel Food
Cleanser Comet
Blue Cheer
Wirtjes Farm
McQuire Company
Jay D. Rush
Buffalo Center Lumber CO
Dick Weaver
Pete Krosch
Elmore
Minnesota
Chevrolet
Paul Christ
Stanley Krosch
al Heitland
Kelly Rippentrop
Larry Bosma
Hampshire
Alfred Baade
Lenny Harmon
Poland
J— Bert Geerdes and Son
Bass Lake
Minn
11Th St
Blue Earth
Melie
Henry Sloper
Carman
Leibrand
Westinghouse
Rich Reiling
Wesley
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Ray
Bancroft
Beemer
Lakota, Iowa
Robert Beemer
Robert. Beemer
Miller Ine
Buffalo Center Tribune
V. Johnson
Neog Sth
Black Hawk
Harold Olthoff
Alvin Huimker
Garner
Harm H. Huisings
Hamilton, Hatchery
Elmer Abbas
Laird Moore
Elmer Solbrand
Laws
Ray Aukes
Merrill Albers
Roger Halvorson
Bruhns Milling Service
Pletcher Transfer and Storage
Henry Africa
School of Journalism
Electrolux Cleaners
W. H
Bill) Drewes
Lowell Nelson
Town
Dave Vegge
Paul Gjerstad
Cooperative Oil
Atty
Eugene Sarno
Truckers
van Horn Auto Parts
Sawyer & Erickson
Cypress
Euat State Street
Post
Towa
SIOUX
Bud) Robinson
Weidenhoff
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Lumen W. Jacobsen
Buffalo Center Hospital
I. G
Westby
4Th St
Workman's Compensation Insurance
Phono Triangle
Henry A. Ryg Frost
Montgomery Ward
Dan Meyer
Woden, Iowa
Lennox
John & Jerry Hardware
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