Buffalo Center area school board election faces apathy
Voters in Buffalo Center and Rake face a busy county race on Monday September 8 as Area IL and Area III seats on the Winnebago County Board of Education are decided. Incumbents Robert Bronleawe Irwin Wessels and Alvin Haugen seek re election against challengers Ada Martin Wabben and Darvin Olson. Polls 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm. locations include Buffalo Center West Side school and Rake Town Hall. Harold Howe also runs at large with little opposition.
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Buffalo Center Community
Fext
Ares TI
Robert Bronleawe
Bronleawe
Suffato Center Community Schools Board of Education
Area IL
Winnebago County
Harold Howe
Rake
Howe
Wessels
Here
Joseph Berschman
Edwin Naumenn
LeRoy Janssen
Lloyd Eichenberger
Carl Gerzema
Gerzema
September 5 Mail Date for County ASC Ballots
Winnebago County farmers will receive official Agri cultural Stabilization and Conservation Township Committee ballots on September 5. Voters must seal ballots in a plain envelope then place that envelope into a second labeled outer envelope and sign the back to certify personal voting. Ballots counted September 22 with open public inspection. final postmark date is September 16. List of candidates by township is provided.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Township Committee
Winnebago County
ASC Committee
Alonzo Johnson
ASCS
ASC
Mr. Johnson
New Schedule At Library
The Buffalo Center Public Library will start its winter schedule this week with hours on Monday from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday hours run from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday is 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. Justice Sullivan Home After Having Eye Surgery Justice Sullivan returned home from Rochester Minnesota August after eye surgery at Methodist Hospital Friends may drop in and see him as he finds time passes slowly.
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Buffalo Center Public Library
Justice Sullivan
Rochester
Minnesota
Methodist Hospital
Rev Bedford to Speak at First Baptist Bible Conference
The Rev James N Bedford D D Moody Bible Institute staff will guest speak at the Bible Conference at First Baptist Church September 7 to 14 with services at 1030 a m and 8 00 p m daily except Saturday His long career includes presidencies at Buffalo Bible Institute London Ontario Bible Institute and theological seminary pastoring in Detroit Cicero Springville and Corning and wartime service directing Ship A Hoy for seamen in Geneva NY He has also served as a conference host and speaker at Canadian Keswick for 17 summers and earned a doctor of divinity from Houghton College in 1952.
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James N. Bedford
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
First Baptist Church
Bedford
MBS
Moody
Geneva
New York
Dr. Bedford
Houghton
Rochester
Moody Bible Institute
North Park College
Chicago
Houghton (New York) College
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Houghton College
Tuberculin Skin Tests to Start in County Schools
The Winnebago County Schools will start the annual tuberculin skin test program on September 8. The test offers participation to students in first and seventh grades, ninth and twelfth grades, and all school personnel, under the guidance of county health nurses Mrs Marjorie Costigan and Mrs Emeline Johnson with RN Mrs Marcia Rugh assisting. The effort has the approval of the Winnebago County Medical Society and is sponsored by the county chapter of the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association.
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Winnebago
Winnebago County
Marjorie Costigan
Emeline Johnson
Marcia Rugh
Paul Carson In England With RAF
Airman First Class Paul Carson left Mason City Airport on Friday morning August 20 to join McGuire AFB New Jersey and then England. He will serve two years with the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at RAF Upper Heyford, stationed abroad. Carson is the son of Mr and Mrs Donald Carson of Buffalo Center. Rites scheduled today for Mrs Henry Baker in Buffalo Center. Funeral at 1 30 pm at First Reformed Church with Rev Henry Vander Schaaf, burial in Olen Mound cemetery. Friendly Club meets Friday September 5 at 2 00 pm at the home of Mrs Keith Hagenson.
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Paul Carson
Mason City
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
England
66Th Tactical Reconnassance
Raf Upper Heyford
Paul
Donald Carson
Buffalo Center
Henry Baker
First Reformed ‘Church
Henry Vander Schaaf
Olena Mound Cemetery
Eart
Eft
Mary Edwards
Robert Edwards
Lowell Laabs
Two Men Rob Bricelyn Bank Tuesday Morning
Two men in their 20s robbed the Bricelyn State Bank Tuesday around 11:20 am and fled with about 4000 dollars. Authorities blocked roads and searched the area, noting the getaway car may have been a 1965 red Pontiac station wagon, though unconfirmed. Police radios were inoperative at the time aiding alert delays.
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Bricelyn
Minn
Fiat
Blue Earth
Forest City Concert Association Announces First Seasonal Program
The Forest City Concert Association unveiled its coming season with four varied concerts. Membership will be open Sept 16 to Sept 25 for all area residents. Highlights include the Tucson Boys' Choir, Doc Evans and his Dixieland Band, Howard and Patricia Barr, a piano duo, and Laurindo Almeida on guitar.
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Forest City Concert Association
T He
Tucson Boys’ Choir
Doc Evans
Dixieland
Howard
Patricia Barr
Laurindo Almeida
Ronald Q. Johnson
Forest City
Forest
City Concert Association
Be On Lookout For Children In Iowa School Zones
Public Safety Commissioner Jack M. Fulton urged motorists to slow to 25 mph in school zones and stay alert for children, bicycles, and pedestrians near schools. He stressed stopping 15 feet from school buses with flashing signals and noted children travel near roadways for nine months. Shelterhouse donations total 2,700 from VFW, American Legion, and others.
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Iowa
Jack M. Fulton
Fulton
Enrollment Drops At Buffalo Center Schools For 1969 70
Buffalo Center Community Schools show a drop of 21 students from 654 last year to 637 for 1969 70. The breakdown lists 328 in elementary, 96 in junior high, and 213 in high school. The twelfth grade has 68 students, kindergarten 35, fifth grade 67, and seventh grade 41.
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Buffalo Center
Kindargarten
Bison Athletic Boosters Plan First Meeting
Fans of Buffalo Center football are invited to meet the Bison Athletic Boosters next Wednesday evening in City Hall. The kickoff at 8 00 p m introduces new officers Elmer Leibrand Vincent Smith Les Ostrander and Loren Kopp.
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Buffalo Center
Bison Athletic
Elmer Leibrand
Vincent Smith
Les Ostrander
Loren Kopp
Claude Post
Bill Prochaska
Stan van Pearsem
Merlyn Thorson
Ken Joss
Joe Angstman
Sore
Bison
American Legion Notes Twenty Five Boost in Post 21
Membership rolls of Winnebago Post 21 increased to 125 paid through Aug 28 with twelve new veterans. The new member include Tille Watts of Torrance California, the Buffalo Center Post’s only lady member. Renewals listed: Wilbert Meinders James Meinders John Berschman Andrew Everding Adolph Ripks Rolland Banta Dr K J Kroack Herbert Ferrow Max Schaefer Carl Tutton Roy Bravick.
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Winnebago
American Legion
Tille Watts
Torrance
California
Buffalo Center Post
Wilbert Meinders
James Meinders
John Berschman
Andrew Everding
Adolph Ripks
Rolland Banta
K. J. Kroack
Herbert Ferrow
Max Schaefer
Carl Tutton
Roy Bravick
Sunday and Monday Visits At Schroeder Home
Sunday afternoon visitors at the W. M. Schroeder home were Mrs. F. G. Schmidt and daughter Jill of St Ansgar. Monday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Al Scott and family of Cedar Rapids.
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W. M. Schroeder
F. G. Schmidt
Jill
St. Ansgar
al Scott
Cedar Rapids
Dividend Day At Coop Oil
Don Eck, manager of the Cooperative Oil Company, announced that Tuesday September 9 is Dividend Day. Patron dividend checks totaling 13312.22 will be handed out at the Buffalo Center office, with free coffee and donuts from 6:30 a.m. to 9:08 p.m. The one day event also features sales on merchandise open to all, inviting the public to visit.
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Don Eck
Cooperative Oil Company
Buffalo Center
Eck
Miss Woodcock Declines New Car Prize After Drawing
Miss Eileen Woodcock won a Ford Maverick from Mutual Savings & Loan open house in Mason City after 7,000+ registrations and 10,000 visitors. She declined the prize on August 24 saying she trusts her Rambler instead and is not the Maverick type.
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Eileen Woodcock
Ubraran
Mutual Savings & Loan
Mason City
Woodcock
F.F.A. Family Night At Buffalo Center August 25
Nearly 100 people attended the F F A Family Night meeting in the Buffalo Inter Community School lunch room. After the chapter business meeting attendees enjoyed a local F F A film program and a movie showing members products. Mr Nattress described the vocational agriculture program and F F A, presenting medals to state contest winners of the Buffalo Center Bison Chapter. Lunch followed and formal initiation of new members will occur in October.
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F.F.A
Buffalo Inter Community School
F.N.A
Nattress
Buffalo Center Bison
Buffalo Center F.F.A
Bowlers May Secure Equipment at Buffalo Lanes
Local bowlers fear loss of equipment as Buffalo Lanes sits idle this season. Owner Dan Anderson says he will open the alley Friday evening, September 5 from 7:00 to 8:00 to allow bowlers to retrieve their gear. Mrs Lola Fitch and Mrs Hannah Cushman visited the Herman Werties home in Brice lyn, Minnesota Friday.
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Buffalo Lanes
Dan Anderson
Lola Fitch
Hannah Cushman
Herman Werties
Bricelyn
Minnesota
Miss Leitson To Speak Sunday At Bethlehem Lutheran
Miss Phyllis Leitson of Des Moines speaks at Bethlehem Lutheran Morning Worship at 9 30 a m Sunday September 7 and at 10 45 a m for Sunday School A noon pot lunch is served followed by an informal 1 30 p m slide program about her year teaching in New Guinea A 6 30 p m address to the Lutheran League Banquet welcomes 8th graders into the group Public invited
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Phyllis Leitson
Des Moines
Bethlehem Lutheran
Leifson
New Guinea
VFW Auxiliary Plans Poppy Day Activities
The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 4824 met at 8 pm September 1 at the Post Home with fifteen members present. Jean Breckunitch won the door prize. A 10th District meeting is set for September 7 in Armstrong. Poppy Day events include mobile pillow cleaning September 16 and family participation September 18 20 with children ages 8-14 selling poppies. Poppy chairman Evelyn Winter asks children to report to her home September 19 and gather at George Winter’s at 4:00 pm after school. The fall coffee party is scheduled for October 3 with lunches served by several members.
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V.F.W. Post No
Post
Jean Breckunitch
Armstrong
Mobile
Buddy Poppy
Evelyn
Winter
Poppy
George Winter
Evelyn ‘Winter
Jennie Wessels
Elsie jAukes
Nita Wirtjes
Mattie Bowyers
Phyllis Twait
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Wabben Vie
Browleewe
Ena
Buffalo Township
Markley Ennen
Duane Feldick
Robert Hassebroek
Arnold Hippen
Fred Radmaker
Center Township
Gene Abbey
Bob Gilbert
Obert Quisling
Orten Sorenson
Gordon Swenson
Roy Thorvilson
Eden Township
Wallace Carlson
Gilman Flo
Norman Heitland
Lyle Matson
Ronald Sime
Clarence van Hove
Forest Township
Luther’ Aim
Edward A. Branstad
Robert Goranson
Robert Langfald
Gerald Ruby
Leslie Sorensen
Grant Township
Ervin L. Beekman
Larry Dirksen
Arnold Grunhord
Keith Hagenson
Edward H. Kahler
Jon Oson
King
Donald E. Anderson
Robert Christianson
Keith Finer
Edward Krull
Jon Ostrander
Bruno Stecker
Lincoln Township
James H. Bendickson
Alfred J. Bosma
Inmar Engelby
Robert H. Johnson
John Karels, Jr
Bennett Quamme
Linden Township
Albin Anderson
Lester Harlson
Gary D. Olsen
Willard J. Peck
Bert Robinson
LeRoy Twait
Logan Township
Paul Brekke
Mere Engebrettson
Victor Hoeft
Neal Johnson
Ernest Landerud
Duane Lunde
Mt. Valley
Victor Benson
Vincent R. Finer
Rolfe J. Halton
Edward Knudtson
Harold Nyhus
Vernat Vold
Newton Township
Gordon Anderson
Truman Haugen
Clarence Leegaard
Phillip E. Rasmussen
Arden L. Ryg
Robert Thorson
Norway Township
Kermit Grunhovd
Grant Langfald
Harlan A. Peterson
James B. Rygh
Melvin Sanden
Melvin Stene
Rev
RAF
Rob Bricelyn Bank
Shelterhouse
Shelterhouse Committee
V.F.W
Amel Limberg
Fred van Gerpen
Ray Wentworth
Alvin Gerzema
John Lande
Grant Ostrander
Edith Fisher
Bison Athletic Boosters
Coop Oil
Lester Jenkins
Kenneth Joss
Ron Smith
Duan Ostrander
Cindy Larson
Sheila Murra
Jackie Paterson
Debbie Holman
Jackia Paterson
Deg Ostrander
Ron
Briar Cif College
Sioux City
Dean
Mankato State College
Mankato
Miss Larson
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Miss Leitson
V.F.W. Auxiliary
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