Dedication of Eight Stained Glass Windows at First Reformed Church
Eight new stained glass windows at First Reformed Church will be dedicated at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in a public service led by Rev. Henry Vander Schaaf. The windows depict Christ’s life with scripture inserts and are memory gifts from families including Kiwh Beenken Limberg and the Senne living memorial to the Vander Schaafs. Conway Universal Studios of Winona installed them, project completed April 10.
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First Reformed Church
Henry F. Senne
Jesus
Henry Vander Schaaf
Henry Vander Schaaf Wilh
Christ
Fred Kiwh
Dick A. Beenken
Conway Universal Studios
Winona
Minn
Suc
Russell Charlson
Ted Glubka
Miss Kossuth-Winnebago Beauty Contest at Swea City
Three area girls are candidates for Miss Kossuth-Winnebago to be crowned at Swea City high school gym Friday June 24 at 8 p.m. Denise Berschman of Buffalo Center, Sheila Murra of Rake, and Zada Poppe of Lakota will compete with other entrants sponsored by local banks and clubs as part of the Annual Fair and Field Days activities.
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Sweg City High School
Denise Berschman
John Berschman
Buffalo Center
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
Sheila Murra
Willis Murra
Rake
Rake Commercial Club
Zada Poppe
Adolph Poppe, Jr
Green Giant Company
Blue Earth
Willie the Worm
Sheila
Rake High School
North Iowa Area Community College
Mason City
North Iowa
Zada
Lakota High School
Waldorf
Karen
Arlene Blome
Swea City
Cheryl
Howard Bruhn
Cylinder
Kathy
Herbert Julius
Thompson
Rachael
Waldo Kruse
Burt
Lynn
Harold Peter
Algona
Jacqueling
Charles Seebeck
Wesley
Danny
Don Shillington
Bancroft
Valetta
Irving Valvick
Ledyard
Davenport
Atlantic City
Reighing
Donalle Bel
Iowa
Debra Jo Scheller
Fort Dodge
Wartburg College
Jows
Grais Golf Tourney Opens Sunday at Tri County
The first annual open golf tournament at the Tri County Grais Recreation Area is set for Sunday June 19 with clubs open to all amateurs. Tee times begin at 7 a.m. top 16 after 18 holes advance to 27 holes. First place in the championship flight wins a $125 gift certificate and trophy.
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Tri-County
Grais
Bruce Osmundson
Thompson
Rev Hauser To Deliver First Sermon Here June 19
The Rev A Keith Hauser new United Methodist minister for Buffalo Center and Woden will preach his first sermon in the area on Sunday June 19 He and Mrs Hauser move from Bayard where they have served five years She has been active in aging programs and church leadership The Hausers married July 15 1950 and have two children Mark Mills and David plus extended family members.
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Keith Hauser
United Methodist
Buffalo Center
Woden
Stan Wierson
First United Methodist Church
Newton
Hauser
Bayard
Hausers
Perry
Conference Commission On Religion and
Guthrie County
Central State College
Warrensburg
Missouri
Perkins School of Theology
Dallas
Texas
Rey
Charlotte Mellrath
Limberg
Minneapolis
Limbergs
Eugene Paulsen
Nels Ellingson
Manitobas
Canada
Tucson
Ariz
First Reformed Church
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion
Chyreli
Push for Buffalo Center Rake merger spurs district reorganization
Petitions circulate in Buffalo Center and Rake districts seeking merger under Northern Trails Area Education Agency Mt Clear Lake. If favored, a September election may be held with unity effective July 1 1978. Superintendent Irving Larson cites declining enrollments, rising costs, and per pupil expenditure limits as drivers.
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Buffalo Center
Rake
Northern Trails Area Education Agency
Mt. Clear Lake
Irving Larson
Iowa
Area Education Agency
Carolyn Brue to Norway on two month trip
Carolyn Brue, selected by Youth For Understanding, will travel from Mason City to Chicago then Detroit to Copenhagen before Norway. She will stay two months with Mr and Mrs Bjorn Mentzsen in Fredrikstad and visit their sons Per Fredrik and Gunnar.
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Carolyn
Bruce
Youth For Understanding
YFO
Norway
Mason City
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bjorn Mentzsen
Per Fredrik
Gunnar
Fredrickstad
Mentzsen
Mentzsens
Gol
Olaf Kuusa
Bostrak- Drangedal
YFA
Ann Arbor
Buffalo Center High School
Girls Recreation Association
Future Homemakers of America
4-H
Lifesaving Classes Begin Saturday at Local Pool
Lifesaving classes for junior and senior students start this Saturday, June 18, from 4 to 6 pm at the pool. Interested individuals may sign up. contact Laurel Hofbauer or Pamela Winter if unable to attend. Cost is 2.50 dollars plus book costs. Home of first consolidated school west of the Mississippi River, 1894.
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Laurel Hofbauer
Pamela Winter
First Consolidated
Mississippi River
Crazy Days Bargain Day in Buffalo Center Set for June 23
Buffalo Center Retailers Organization chairs Crazy Days with a 9 a.m. start next Thursday. Merchants will host bargain booths along the street featuring honest to good bargains and odd lots. If rain, merchandise moves indoors. event not expected to be rained out. Local social note reports guests of the Lyle Pattersons after a school program.
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Buffalo Center
Jim Cogley
Cogley
BCCBC Finalize July 4 Plans
The Buffalo Center Community Betterment Club discussed plans for the Fourth of July celebration. It reported progress on the fireworks fund drive, arranged transport, and approved cooperation with the FFA for a greased pig contest. Lions Club will run games and retailers the carnival. Rick Potter led the meeting.
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Buffalo’ Center
Rick Potter
Bank
R. £. Aukes
Marlyn Hassebroek
Andy Larson
Longtime Limberg Retires After 34 Years in Trucking and Shelling
Ames and Berdena Limberg retire from Limberg Trucking and Shelling after 34 years serving the area from Rake to Elmore. Sale of the sheller to an Alexander man ends the Limbergs’ trucking venture begun in 1943, interrupted by World War II service, with plans to spend winters in Tucson.
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Limberg
Ames
Berdena Limberg
Alexander
Limbergs
Thompson
Buffalo Center
Arnold Coden
U.S
Rake
Lake Mills
Forest City
Miller, Woden
Titonka
Elmore
Fred Radmaker
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Zudu
Poppe
Shella Mutra
Grais Golf
R. N
Alma Nelson
Mouse Lake
Minnesota
Miss Janssen
Ely
Rose Schleifer
Town
A. Kelth Hauser
Bath
Larson
Kindergarter
Wilbert
Martyn Hassebroek
Bill Doyle
Hassebroeks
Doyle
Bill
Carolyn. Brue
Carolyn Brue
Mornt Hulaman
Jr. Winter
Lyle Pattersons
BCCBC
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