Swim and Stay Fit program starts at Buffalo Center pool
A new Swim and Stay Fit program begins at Buffalo Center Municipal Pool for the summer season. Initiated by the American Red Cross, it aims to improve swimming ability and fitness. Participants may log up to fifty miles within one year, earning badges or both after milestones, with transfers allowed upon written proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center
American National Red Cross
Knedy
Onty
Macy Costigan
Lee Eldredge
Dennis
Joyce
Judy Heiman
Donovan Nelson
Gregg Quaine
Diana
Steve Rush
Ann
Mery Sowers
Arto Stoltenberg
Kathy Wilson
Lyle Winter
Arlen Stoltenberg
Court House Notes and Probate Signals Amid Merged Notices
Judgment entered against defendant for 2588.63 plus interest and costs on a merchandise bill. The will of Archie Frandle, deceased, filed for probate. Nine couples sought marriage licenses in the clerk’s office over the past two weeks along with several county notices of name changes and property transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intiff
Sylvan
Oleson Nst, Co
Eka
Archie Frandle
David KR. Voelker
Audrey J. Clark
Reuben Levi
Sandra LeAnnegaard
Gary Duane Shell
Mervel Erdahl
Philip Scherb
Marjorie Erson
Darll Pierce
Harriet Dietz
Leroy W. Brackey
Avon Thorson
Paul Quen‘dura
Mary Jane Lelson
Joseph P. Zapolski
Mary Jo. Mackrill
David Jen Erickson
Sharon
Harold
Anna Otte
Anna T. Grotefold
Harry Helgeson
Eileen A. Helgeson
Anna Grotewold
Forest City Lum
R Co
Ralph
Myrna Loudekirk
Gur Savioura
Norwegian Evangelical Congregation
Leland and Et al
Alfred P. Id
Duane A. Peterson
Burton
Glenn M. Hopkins
L . Brody
Judith A. Brody
Bert E
Carol L. Davis
Loyd Robinson
Lloyd Robinson Hobert E
Chard C
Delores Steindt
John K. Hanson
John d Jennie Korte
Ronald R. Id
Opal C. Yahnke
Auxiliary Hicers to Be Installed
The American Legion Auxiliary members meet at the home of Amy Schoon on Thursday evening, July 5th. The new officers will be installed and both new and old officers urged to attend. Co-hostesses are Mrs. John Tenn and Mrs. S. C. Claassen. Beyer and Gladys Winters to furnish the entertainment.
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American Legion Auxiary
Amy Schoon
John Tn
Mra. S. C. Claassen
Beyer
Gladys Winters
Watson House Sold at Auction for 2625 dollars
William Haisman won the Mrs Anna Mary Watson house bidding 2625 dollars at public auction last Friday. John Shortenhaus and wife bought the Lloyd Robinson home but will not move in yet. Lloyd Robinson remains until a later date. Harold Bohl and others visited Gene Bohl in Northwood. Harold injured a wrist and thumb in a solo misstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haisman
Anna Mary Watson
Mr. Haisman
John Shortenhaus
Lloyd Robson
Lloyd Robinson
Harold Bohl
Jen Curtis
Daniel Smouse
Gene Bohl
Northwood
Rites Held Here Saturday for Mrs Aggo Janssen
Funeral services for Mrs. Aggo Janssen 89 longtime Buffalo Center resident were held Saturday June 23 1962 at 1 30 p m at First Reformed Church Buffalo Center Rev George Kots officiated burial in Ramsey cemetery near Titonka Pallbearers were Dick Janssen John Janssen Robert Janssen Ralph Janssen George Swalve and George Jutting She died Wednesday morning June 20 at Jutting Rest Home in Buffalo Center after fracturing a hip four years earlier Surviving children include four sons Robert Dick Ralph John and four daughters Gertie Boehm William Miller George Jutting and George Swalve with 45 grandchildren and 98 great grandchildren Winter Funeral Home Buffalo Center handled arrangements.
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Aggo Janssen
Buffalo Center
First Reformed
George Kots
Ramsey
Titonka
Dick Janssen
John Janssen
Robert Janssen
Ralph Janssen
George Swalve
George Jutting
Janssen
Jutting Rest
Germany
United States
Illinois
Kossuth County
German Township
Algona
Ralph
Klemme
John
Huron
Gertie Boehm
William Miller
Thompson
Winter Funeral Home
Carolyn Risius joins Caravan Training Center in Ohio
Miss Carolyn Risius of Buffalo Center trains for four weeks of voluntary summer service at the Caravan Training Center on Muskingum College campus in New Concord Ohio. She is among 48 youths from across the United States participating in a cooperative service project with multiple church denominations. Beginning July 1 they will run Vacation Church Schools census activities worship services and youth programs ending July 28 after a weekend Roundup.
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Carolyn Risius
iNew Concord
Ohio
Buffalo Center
Carolyn
Harm Risius
Muskingum College
John Glenn
Board of Education
United Presbyterian Church
United States
Department of Young People’s Work
Reformed Church In America
State VFW Post Honors for Buffalo Center Residents
Buffalo Center residents Boyd Jordal and Mrs. Edwin Albers were elected to senior vice commander and junior vice commander roles at the State VFW and Auxiliary convention in Des Moines. Other officers named include Warren Allbaugh Des Moines as state commander and Lorraine Haden Council Bluffs as auxiliary president.
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Buffalo Center
Des Moines
V.F.W
Boyd Jordal
Edwin
Pat) Albers
Jordal
Albers
Gerald Miller
Charles City
Edgar M. McConnell
A.'.j. Allen
Ames
James Schmidt
Schaller
Yeather Mooney
Manning
William Gordon
Winterset
Keith Churchill
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Hudson
Northwood
Lorraine Haden
Council Bluffs
Cleo Miller
Dorothy Christiansen
Boone
Gladys Rucker
Newton
Alice Lynch
Davenport
Luella Schmidt
Quaker Oats leases Lakota Farmers Elevator Iowa
The Quaker Oats Company will lease the Lakota Iowa grain elevator from Lakota Farmers Elevator for five years with an option to buy. Quaker Oats purchases Lakota inventory and much of the equipment while continuing grain and merchandising operations. The Lakota facility will become a retail outlet for Ful-O-Pep feeds, expanding Iowa elevator outlets to include Lakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats Company
Lakota
Iowa
Lakota Farmers Elevator Company
Quaker Oats’ Line of
Graham ‘Wells
Country Elevator
Fort Dodge
Donald P. Boyd
Ernest Hanover
Armstrong, Iowa
Armstrong
Norman EB. Tolsdorf
Wells
Towa
Two Injured In Car Tractor Crash Near Emmons
Duane Opdahl of Alden Minnesota and Arnold H Groe of Lake Mills were treated at Emmons Minnesota for minor injuries after a Tuesday June 18 car tractor collision. The tractor exited a Hartwick Holt farm driveway on the state line road a mile west of Emmons. Opdahl drove a station wagon and Groe piloted the Hartwick Holt tractor. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Duane Opdahl
Alden
Minn
Arnold H. Groe
Lake Mills
Emmons
Sheriff's Office
Hartwick Holt
State Line Road
Groa
Return from Trip To Yellowstone
Earl and Eileen Woodcock and Steven Letcher returned last week from a vacation at Yellowstone National Park. Miss Stella Mae Breen of Algona also joined the trip. They left June 12 with Mrs. Charles Schumann and Dale of Waverly who stayed in Sturgis, South Dakota. They toured Custer National Cemetery, Buffalo Bill Museum, Whitman Museum, Thermopolis hot springs, and Fort Robinson museum near Crawford Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Eileen Woodcock
Steven Letcher
Yellowstone National Park
Stella ‘Mae Breen
Algona
Charles Schumann
Dale
Waverly
Sturgis
South Dakota
Schumann
Vermillion
Custer’s National Cemetery
Montana
Buffalo Bill Museum
Whitman Museum of Western Art
Cody
Wyo
Thermopolis
Fort Robinson Museum
Craw
Ford
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Trailside
Swimming Party After Band Rehearsal Locked In
Notice to band members that a swimming party will follow band rehearsal on Thursday evening weather permitting. Suly Sth is cited as the event date.
No Increase In Town Budget For Buffalo Center 1963
Town Council of Buffalo Center decisions maintain 1963 levy at 38,800 dollars. Budget hearing scheduled for July 18, 1962 at 7 30 p m in the council room with public welcome. Meetings occur on the first and third Thursdays each month.
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Buffalo
New Books In Library In Honor Of Late Dr Dolmage
Three books placed at Buffalo Center Public Library in memory of the late Dr. G. F. Dolmage reflect his life in the community. The Ladies Literary Circle selected The Peace of St Francis by Maria Sticco, an acclaimed biography. The Road to Modern Surgery by Hugo Glaser traces medical history for the lay reader, covering a century of medicine and surgery. The Machinery of the Body, sixth edition revised and enlarged by Carlson Johnson and Cavert, published by the University of Chicago, serves as a physiology bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Center Public Library
G. F. Dolmage
Dolmage
Ladies Literary Circle
Victor Johnson
H. Mead Cavert
University of Chicago
V F W Auxiliary To Meet July 2
V F W auxiliary members will meet at the Fast Home on Monday July 2 at 8 60 pm with hostesses Norma Carlson Arlene DeVries Verlaine Anderson Norma Quaine Dorothy Thorland Evelyn Ankeny Mr and Mrs Ray Murray and Mrs Lois Donnelly and Dolores were Thursday evening visitors at Fairmont and Blue Earth Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V-E.w
Norma Carlson
Arlene DeVries
Verlaine Anderson
Norma Quaine
Dorothy Thorland
Evelyn Ankeny
Ray Murray
Lois Donnelly
Dolores
Fairmont
Blue Larth
Minnesota
Texan Injured In Car Truck Crash Near Leland
Oscar E. Cannon of Corpus Christi Texas is in Forest City hospital with injuries from a Thursday crash near the junction of highways 9 and 69 north of Leland His wife and nine year old daughter escaped with minor injuries when they were thrown from the car The truck driver was William R Hanson of St Ansgar and owned by L B Falk Const Co of St Ansgar which holds contracts for Highway 9 work The Cannons car and the truck suffered extensive damage
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Oscar E. Cannon
Corpus
St. Ansgar
Highway 9
Buffalo Center Hospital Notes June 1 to June 26
Hospital notes list admissions and dismissals for Buffalo Center area patients across June. Names include Arend Lear Debra Torgerson Mrs John Hanken George Steinberg Iola Johnson Edward Halverson Gary Nerdig Lisa Work William Kienitz Mrs Elizabeth Perdue and others with several births noted, patient movements span June 1 through June 26.
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Arend Lear
John Hanken
Debra Torgerson
Edward Halverson
Thompson
Gary Nerdig
Lisa Work
Rake
William Kienitz
Lakota
L. P. Miller
George Heitland
Herman Schweiger
Baby
Roger Goeke
Elmore
Minn
Laverne Ristus
Elizabeth Perdue
Ledyard
Pete Elman
Larry Gray
Titonka
Pilot injured as crop spray plane crashes near Forest City
Harold Miller, manager of Forest City Municipal Airport, is hospitalized with a head laceration, broken right leg, fractured ribs after his Aeronca crop sprayer struck a power line and rolled into pasture four miles southwest of Forest City. Roger Clement, his flagman, was nearby. Miller’s condition listed critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Miller
Forest City
Miller
Aeronca
Roger Clement
Alvin Clauson
Clement
Harold
Ray Miller
Buffalo Center
Iowa State Fair Comes With 262|000 in Prize Money
The 1962 Iowa State Fair runs August 17 to 26 with total prize money of 26,000 dollars. Four‑H and Future Farmers of America displays receive most of the funds, with entries closing dates set for July 25 for 4‑H home economics and FA, and vocational agriculture on August 10. Premiums cover pigs lambs dairy heifers beef heifers and farm mechanics, with 3,000 plus girls and boys expected to participate in blue-jersey activities.
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Iowa
KFA
C. J. Gauger
Ames
Stanley Davidson
Marie Bishop
Attending Bible Camp at Lake Okoboji
A group from the Congregational Church joins Iowa Great Lakes Youth Bible Camp at West Lake Okoboji. Debra Kathy Leslie Kiewier Betty Schutter David Weaver Sheryl and Douglas Aukes attend this week. Speakers include Larry Sorensen and Richard Canfield. Senior Camp runs July 2 to July 6.
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Iowa, Great Lakes
West Lake Okoboji
The
Congregational Church
Debbie
Kathy
Leslie Kiewier
Betty Schutter
David Weaver
Sheryl
Douglas Aukes
Larry Sorensen
Richard Canfield
Lincoln, Nebr
Fireworks Display and Fourth of July Fest in Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center hosts a free July 4th celebration with rides, ice cream, and children’s contests organized by Lions and local clubs. A fireworks show starts at 6:45 PM with prizes in races for boys and girls and special rides including a fire-trick ride and a miniature train. If rain forces postponement, events move to Friday night July 6. Also a health program in Winnebago County screens for tuberculosis contacts with tuberculin tests and chest X rays, overseen by public health nurses and supported by local health groups.
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Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center Lions
Main Street
American Legion
Buffalo Center Fire Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legionnaires
Town to Be Sprayed For Mosquitoes
Plans to spray Buffalo Center by air for mosquitoes are in progress with Evans Spray Service of Garner. An application was mailed to the state department for permission. The target spraying date has shifted to early next week. mornings around six o clock are planned.
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Buffalo Center
Evans Spray
Garner
State Department
Training School For NFO Leaders
County leaders of the Iowa National Farmers Organization will meet at Iowa State University in Ames for a one day training school on Saturday June 30. Attendees from Winnebago county include Hal Vera Jacobson and Erling Brunsvold along with George Swalye and others. Morning speakers are Carl Hamilton and Dr. George Beal on publicity and public relations. Afternoon sessions will be led by W W Swaim Dale Cochran Virgil Miller and Lloyd Fairbanks as groups discuss ways to advance county activities. The event aims to aid leaders in continued outreach and publicity work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa National Farmers Organization
NFO
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
George Swalve
Thompson
Winnebago County
Bounty
Hal Vera Jacobson
Leland
Erling Brunsvold
Forest City
Swalye
Walace Cox
Leonard’ Nelson
Carl Hamilton
George Beal
W. W
Butch” Swaim
Dale M. Cochran
Virgil Miller
Lloyd Fairbanks
Harl Riediger
Hinton
Ores
Memorial funds for late J. J. Guyer to Buffalo Center Library
Memorial gifts totaling 75 dollars have been given to the Buffalo Center Public Library in memory of J. J. Guyer and his wife. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Mex Goodrich of Baton Rouge and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Guyer of Swea City. Two books chosen: Ogg and Ray's Introduction to American Government 12th edition and America’s Historylands Landmarks of Liberty. Additional titles planned, including America's Wonderlands, from National Geographic. William H. Young of the University of Wisconsin updates referenced works as needed.
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Buffalo Center Public
Mex Goodrich
Baton Rouge
W. C. Guyer
Swea City
J. J. Guyer
Ogg and Ray
William H. Young
University of Wisconsin
America
National Geographic Society
William
Buffalo
Books Donated to Buffalo Center Library by Mr Tom Wilson
Mr Tom Wilson donated two sets of books to the Buffalo Center Public Library. The works are The Golden Picture Atlas of the World and The Golden Book Illustrated Dictionary. The gesture is gratefully acknowledged by the library and local readers.
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Tom Wilson
Suger Valuman
Buffalo Center Public Library
Wilson
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Watson House
Purchase House
Edwin Albers
State
Ve F
Quaker Oats l Leases
Lakota Farmers Elevator
Yellowstone
V.fw
Buffalo Center Hospital
Iowa State Fair
Lake Okoboji
Dennis Underbakke
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Bernie Wilkin
Marjorie Costigan
Wilkin
Costigan
Winnebago County Medical Society
Iowa State Department of Health
Iown Tuberculosis and Health Association
Tribune
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