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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
6
Leaks in the Buffalo Center swimming pool prompt repairs by C B Olson Construction. Large pipes sagged under smaller vertical ones, causing joint breaks. A crawlway tunnel with manholes will be built to ease future access for quick repairs and reduce disruption to swimmers.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday at 8:00 pm at Elsie Aukes home with co host Trena Skilbred. Officers will be elected and 80 attendees are asked to plan to be present. Pfc Jon Ites on furlough from Ft Lewis visits Minneapolis with parents. He has until June 19 to return.
At Post No. 21 regular meeting a full slate for the 1967-64 season was presented and adopted. Nomination from the floor allowed at the July 6 election. New officers to be installed in August. list includes Commander Burt Weaver and others. Roy Fisk won attendance prize. meeting adjourned after lunch.
Clarence Garst and Paul Gray, high school juniors from this vicinity, head to Camp Dodge for Hawkeye Boy's State run by the American Legion with funds from Farmers Trust and Savings Bank and Winter's Furniture. The pair, active in FFA and youth groups, will join over 930 participants in the 29th camp from June 4 to 10.
Rodney Wetzig graduated from Grace Bible Institute in Omaha on June 2 with a B A in Bible studies and minors in Psychology and Philosophy. He is the son of Rev and Mrs Avery Wetzig. He plans to attend Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake Indiana next fall and will move there with his wife after a vacation in Colorado. Rev and Mrs Wetzig and their daughters Jeanie and Christi attended the exercises.
The Neighborly Birthday group will meet on Tuesday, July 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ben Heyes to share plans and greetings in a friendly neighborhood gathering.
A five week session of summer schools starts Monday morning June 12 at 9:00 in the Buffalo Center school. Classes end daily at 11:50. Elementary and junior high students have courses and teachers available. Lower grades focus on language arts and mathematics. Junior high students study language arts. Morning classes run Monday through Friday for five weeks.
Funeral services for Herman Dontje, 89, of Swea City, are scheduled for Friday afternoon at 2:00 at First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center. He died Tuesday in Memorial Park Hospital, Mason City. Winter Funeral Service of Buffalo Center handles arrangements, with interment at Olena Mound Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Bud Mileham begin a second year operating the Buffalo Center roller rink at the swimming pool park. Public hours start Friday June 1 with daily and weekly schedules listed including matinees and adult skate. A grand opening is planned for Monday June 19 from 7.30 to 10.30 with free pop admission and prizes.
Judy Gray of Buffalo Center and Carol Jean Gilbertson of Lake Mills, high school juniors, win Winnebago Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour awards and depart June 12 for an all expense paid trip to Washington DC. In the capital they will meet Senators Hick enlooper and Miller and Congressman H R Gross. On June 14 they join 949 other youth tour winners from 22 states for briefings by Washington officials and a potential President family member.
Mrs Fanna Albers left Mason City by plane on Thursday June 1 for San Francisco California. She will visit her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson and meet her new grandson. She plans to return home on Thursday June 8.
Gordon Levad of rural Forest City has been named the new Winnebago County Assessor. His appointment was confirmed Monday, June 5 by the County Conference Board, succeeding Robert Johnston who resigned for private work in Forest City. Levad was among eight applicants and one of two finalists after written exams. The board includes mayors, the County Board of Education, and Supervisors, with two of three units needed for action. Levad begins a six year term on Saturday, July 1.
Buffalo Center business sponsors back the yearly Bucks promotion with weekly Saturday drawings at 9:00 pm. The initial prize is $50 and can grow to $75. winners must be present to claim, and prizes are spent with sponsoring merchants. Subscribers are entered in the Bucks barrel, non-subscribers can join via a coupon in this issue.
Lee Eldredge son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Eldredge will receive a degree from the College of Business Administration at the University of Iowa during commencement exercises Friday June 9 at 9 30 a m at the field house in Iowa City He attended State University at Ames and has studied at Iowa for three years He will join Ernest and Ernest Accounting Firm in Des Moines on July 1 Mr and Mrs Lyle Eldredge and Sally plan to attend the ceremonies.
SP4 Jim L Berhow, son of Mrs. Clarence Olson, arrived home last week after discharge from the Army. He entered service in August 1965, trained at Ft Leonard Wood and Ft Gordon as teletype operator until May 1996 when he deployed overseas. He was stationed on Kinmen Island north of Formosa for one year.
The Office of Doctor Ron Masters Chiropractor in Buffalo Center will be closed Tuesday June 13. Dr Masters serves as a judge at the North Iowa Band Festival.
Janet Rich three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Rich of Algona is hospitalized at Mercy Hospital Fort Dodge after a power mower blade severly cut her right leg and foot Saturday afternoon May 27. She is the daughter of former Arliss Adams and granddaughter of Harry Adams of Thompson. Attend Church This Sunday.
Gerald Anderson Winnebago County treasurer will join the Iowa State Auditor's Office as county audit division examiner starting July 1 1987. State Auditor Lloyd R Smith notes the appointment follows statute and attests Anderson's integrity and accounting knowledge. Anderson has served as treasurer since 1980 and will be replaced by a successor appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Buffalo Center Clinic staff Mrs Richard Campney and Misa Sandra Peterson attended a Medicare administrative meeting in Hampton Town on June 6. It was stated that processing of claims and payments lag nine to eleven months and that patients with pending claims should remain patient.
David A Sleper son of Mr and Mrs Albert E Sleper of La Kota earned the Bachelor of Science in agronomy from Iowa State University last Saturday May 27 He will pursue a Master of Science degree at Iowa State under a graduate research assistantship.
SP4 Thomas J. Larson departs Mason City airport with a 25 day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Larson. He flies via Chicago Friday morning to his Army base at Port Richardson Alaska. The Sunshine Birthday Club will hold a family picnic June 9 at 6 30 PM at Lealia Ostrander home.
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