Rites Held For Father of Buffalo Center Man
Funeral services were held for Hoger Wayne Oleson born October 18 1902 in Forest City Iowa and died June 6 1955 in Mason City after a heart attack. He lived in Winnebago County near Kensett and earlier farmed near Leland and Forest City. he founded the R B Pony Farm and was a member of Palomillo and Shetland Pony Breeders associations. Survived by wives Dora Gettis and Blanche Escherich and 12 children including Valere Frank Ronald Sherman Allen Raymond Roger Bert Evelyn Ruby Fred Emory Charlotte, plus relatives and grandchildren. one son Allen died in Korea. Attending relatives from area listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoger Wayne Oleson
Frank BF
Emily Durant Oleson
Forest City
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Kensett
Oleson
Winnebago County
Valere
Sherman
Ronald
Buffalo Center
Allen
Blanche Escherich
Hanlontown
Raymond Henry
Air Force
Alabama
Roger Merlin
Edinborough
Scotland
Bert Edwin
Evelyn Jean
Ruby Ann
Fred Powell
Emory James
Charlotte Bee
Zilpha
Arthur Steffensen
Ethel
George Kubrick
Della
Lester Moretz
Clear Lake
Herbert
Aberdeen
Washington
Verne
Hoquiam
Forrest
Sioux City
Dwight
Stratford
Sylvan Oleson
Emory J. Oleson
Ronald Oleson
Zilpha Steffensen
Marvin
Joan
Clyde Steffensen
Markley Ennen
Roy 4. Johnson
William Myers
Dick Winter
DeVere Steffensen
Lake Mills
Cecil Steffensen
Thompson
Robert Mitchell
Armstrong
Tuberculosis Case Finding Effort Reported in Winnebago
During the twelfth annual case finding drive in Winnebago County, 48 persons were X-rayed with eight probable cases identified. Directed by public health nurse Mattie Peterson, 58 case histories were taken, 47 homes called, and 11 physicians consulted. The program, funded by local and state health groups and approved by the county medical society, also found seven non-tuberculous findings and 28 healthy chests. The Contact Program began in 1937 and now spans about 40 counties, aiming to eradicate tuberculosis nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago County
Jews Tuberculosis and Health Association
Division of Tuberculosis
State Department of Health
Mattie Peterson
Winnebago County Medical Society
Eee
Iowa
Fusee Safety Demonstration by Legion Members Gains Attention
Commander Jim Iverson and American Legion members staged a fusee safety demonstration and street sale Saturday night. Jim Murray Boyd Jordal Allen Treisted and Eddie Aykes helped sell 47 pairs at $1.00 per pair. The torches burn bright red for 30 minutes and can be lit like a match, making them useful for motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Iverson
American Legion
Jim Murray
Boyd Jordal
Allen Treisted
Eddie Aykes
Soil Conservation Week Notes Erosion Losses and Controls
During Soil Conservation Week readers are urged to inspect soil loss from recent heavy rains and erosion. Winnebago Soil Conservation District officials outline plans and help from USDA Extension Service and Iowa stations, stressing contouring, terracing, and strip cropping as needed alongside strong land use action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation District Commissioners
U.s.department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station
Winnebago
Lake Mills
Iowa
Sewell B. Nelson
Leland
Clea Gustafson
Forest City
Interstate Meter Checkers Here Monday
On Monday June 13 a crew from Interstate Power Company began testing all electric meters in Buffalo Center and nearby towns. The program started last year in the Winnebago district and will finish this summer as the company is required to test meters periodically to ensure accurate energy consumption readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Power Company
Buffalo Center
Winnebago
Tan
Community Notes On Church Travel And Local Visits
Rev and Mrs E R Peterson plan to attend the North Jowa Conference in Ft Dodge this Friday. Sunday School and Morning Worship will be skipped at the Methodist church this Sunday. Ma son City couples Melvin Wirties and Al Salt with their wives vacation in Canada for a week. Kay Schaefer returns from Simpson College to spend the summer with her parents Louis and Kay Schaefer. Fred Yahnke family and Larry and Ronnie Yahnke end their vacation with a fishing trip near Deer River MN. Gene Lampe Bancroft and John Horiman visit Behrends home with Marilyn and John Jr. Robert Anderson goes to Lake Mills to work at the canning factory. Gerald Miller Kanawha visits relatives, Gene Abbas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Peterson
Ft. Dodge
Methodist Church
Melvin Wirties
al Salt
Son City
Canada
Gene Lampe
Bancroft
John
Horiman
Marilyn
John, Jr
Martin Behrends
Lampe
Winnebago County Extension Council Members Named
Certification from election officers completes the first Winnebago County Agricultural Extension Council membership. Township reps include Buffalo Os trander Grant center Eden Forest Grant King Lincoln Linden Logan Mt. Valley Newton Norway. Next steps: oath, organization, officer elections before August 1, 1955 as the council assumes duties for Cooperative Extension Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago County
Winnebago County Agricultural Extension Council
Winnebago County Extension
Norbert Dorow
Floyd Andre
Town State College Agricultural Extension Service
Buffalo
Grant
Allen Hanna
King
Elwood Norstrud
Lincoln
Harold Johnson
Linden
J. R. LeMaster
Logan
Selmer Cleven
Mt. Valley
Charles Knudtson
Newton
Iver Solomonson
Norway Township
Edwin Christ. Doran
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Ant
Koshares to Be At Mason City
The Koshares, one of America's oldest interpretative Indian dance groups, will perform at Mason City's Roosevelt Fieldhouse on June 22 at 8 15 p m sponsored by the Winnebago Council of the Boy Scouts Their La Junta Colorado Kashare Troop roots and 1933 founding are noted along with their $50 000 season earnings and $180 000 Ikiva ceremonial house The program features 55 dances including Hopi Snake and Sioux Ghost dances with extensive prior coverage by Movietone News and various magazines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mason City
Roosevelt Fieldhouse
Winnebago Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
la Junta
Colorado
Buel Burshears
Koshares
Movietone News
Associated
United Press
United States
Cool Weather Delays Corn Borers
The corn borer spread delayed by cool weather across the state, with egg laying and hatching shifted. Tall corn in central Towa shows heavy egg counts. Winnebago county corn may suffer first brood damage. Treatment window for northern Towa fields is June 20 to 30, using 1% pounds of DDT per acre after 75 percent of plants show leaf feeding. A new extension bulletin on corn borer control is available from the County Extension Office, Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Dorow
Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Towa
Winnebago
Gunderson
Thompson
Lincoln Homemakers To Meet June 17
The Lincoln Township Homemakers will meet Friday June 17 at 2 00 p m at the home of Mrs John Alberts with Mrs Jake Wessels as co hostess This is the final meeting of the summer the next meeting will be September ten Mrs Eddie Kilgore Hal and Yvonne of Minneapolis spent the weekend with their parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs A C Rank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Township
Kossuth County
John Alberts
Jake Wessels
Eddie Kilgore
Hal
Yvonne
Minneapolis
Minnesota
A. C. Rank
Native dances and king of birds tale highlighted
A U S government commission presents the Navajo Fire Dance Eagle Dance Horse Tail Dance Devil or Crown Dance Shield Dance and the story of the king of birds caught in a trap as part of cultural demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Gerald Reisem Promoted to Army Corporal in Germany
Gerald Reisem was promoted to corporal in Germany where he serves with the 1st Infantry Division Big Red 1. The driver from near Buffalo Center, joined the Army in October 1953 and arrived overseas in April 1954 after basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald R. Heisem
Henry Yorkelson
Buffalo Center
Germany
Europe
Reisem
Fort Leonard Wood
Brownies Attend Gypsy Holiday at Clear Lake
Twenty two Girl Scout Brownies from Troop attended the Gypsy Holiday at Clear Lake with 900 Mason City council girls present Monday. Each troop built a camp fire for dinner and enjoyed an afternoon scavenger hunt led by mothers Mrs Melvin Lelbrand Mrs B F Steinberg Mrs Ralph Honken and Mrs Vincent Steinberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Mason City
Melvin Lelbrand
B.F. Steinberg
Ralph Honken
Vincent Steinberg
Douglas Hanson Admitted to Iowa University Hospital
Douglas Hanson seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Elner Hanson was admitted to the hospital school at the University hospital in Iowa City last Tuesday. He will receive physical and occupational therapy and also regular school work. Douglas will return home August 12 and begin first grade this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Hanson
Elner Hanson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Douglas
Kiewiet Family Holds Reunion at Clear Lake State Park
About seventy relatives gathered Sunday at Clear Lake State Park for the Kiewiet reunion. A noon picnic followed a day of visiting with attendees from Buffalo Center New Hartford Waterloo Grundy Center and Fontanelle. Nancy Bennett, visiting the Beaying family, returned home after the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Kiewiet
Buffalo Center
William Kiewiet
George Beaving
Henry
Jake
Vernon
Carl
Lisyd
Rollin Kiewier
New Hartford
Waterloo
Grundy Center
Fontannelle
Nancy Bennett
Min
George Beaying
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Father of Buffalo Center
Fusee
Interstate
Kay Schaefer
Simpson College
Indianola
Loui Schaefer
Fred Yahnke
Lois
Alfred Yahnke
Larry
Ronnie
Yahnke
Deer River
Robert Anderson
Canning
Gerald Miller
Kanawha
Gene Abbas
Extension Council
Lincoln Homemakers
Gerald Reisem
Iowa University Hospital
Arend Swalve
Owa
Natrona
Centre Feed & Supply Store
Ethol
AT Buffalo Center
Anderson's Cafe
Lux Laundry Service
Sta Nu
Algona Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Fanos
Heaton
Comeras
Borden's
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