Community Builders Improve Homes Across Town
The Hanson built house for the Jim Gibson family nears completion with sidewalks, brick steps, and interior finishes including white ceilings and birch woodwork. Nearby, Tom Hanson crews remodel several residences, add baths and kitchens, re-side walls, and install new floors, doors, and roofing. Additional projects include a large ranch basement, a 32 by 48 barn foundation, and a double-diy with overhead granary, while town-wide dirt moving and a new Frigidaire Mastermatic air conditioner enhance comfort.
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Iner Hanson
Jim Gibson
Iner
Sam Schuler
Band queen candidates join 1944 pageant lineup
Ten year old notes list Verlaine Thompson Ann Wit ter Marjorie Gilbert and Gwen Kiewier as band queen contenders. Also dated items include a Lubben family reunion June 11 with out of town guests, a pilot’s death in Italy, Legion ball results, and a memorial figure George Platts 93.
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Verlaine Thompson
Ann Witter
Marjorie Gilbert
Gwen Kiewier
Lubben
Lubbe Lubben
Woden
Forest City
Mason City
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
G. L. Costigan
Richard McCarthy
Air Force
Italy
American Legion
Lake Mills
Britt
Buffalo
Bricelyn
Minnesota
J.D. Lowe
J. H. Sowers
West Cemetery
George Platts
New Hampshire
Ca. I
71St
New York Volunteers
Bull Run
Jeff
Appreciation for Kindness From Mrs Stroebel
Mrs Julius Stroebel thanks relatives friends and neighbors for cards gifts visits help and hospital staff for care and kindness while a patient at Buffalo Center hospital. Grateful message expresses appreciation for support received.
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Buffalo Center Hospital
Julius Stroebel
The Highway Story of a Town Drawing Place
An elderly retiree from a Dutch Pennsylvania background visits neighbors on Sunday afternoons in his preserved car. He recalls moving to town as a young man, occasional Indian visitors to his smoke house, and pride in his “Dutchy” accent. He is later taken to hospital with an incurable wasting disease, returning home as afternoons continue.
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Ted Albers
Charley Peterson
Otis Peterson
Albers
Charley
Pennsylvania
The Ant and the Car: A Driver's Final Visit
An elderly man in failing health kept a ritual routine. He dressed in his best suit and hat, went to the garage to greet his car, and sat in the driver’s seat with the steering wheel, likely telling the car he was a good one. He made a last visit about two weeks before his death, reflecting on a lifelong bond with a mobile companion that inspired respect rather than arrogance.
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Purina
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Tom Hanson
Carl Jensen
Rey Hum
Danny Mylan
Bob Janssen
Roy Johnson
Harry Honken
Mike Peterson
Ewart Bruhns
Jack DeVries
Mr. Rygg
Frost Minnesota
Homer
Olson
Pat Donnelly
Inez
Walt Hanson
Lindy Quaine
Julian
Charles Peterson
Louis Jensen
3Ab VanHoose
Eddie Aykes
Bob Johnson
Attorney Weaver
Tribune
George Winter
Tom Wilson
Cliff Winter
Lester Drake
Ray Miller
John & Jerry Hardware
Fune
Josie Gjerstad
Lewis’ Jensen
Oakland
Minneapolis
Pana
Art Olson
Eagle Lake
Mankato
Fiel
Dolmage
R. Pomeroy
Minong
Pearl Drake
Behrends
Cedar Falls
M. Szaba
Abbe
Eno Dreesman
St. Louis
Frederick Kline
Dayton
Ple
Thompson and Son
Haselroth Cafe
Buffalo Center
Dodge
Whiteis Auto CO
Garry Moore
Garry
Trademuth Mystik
Beaving Variety Store
By Roy B. Johnson
Cntire
Rogers
Wm. Rogers
Kramer
Style & Jewelry Shop
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