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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
1
A partially readable OCR fragment describes items arranged on a wall display. The text mentions soot and pottery in a stylized, incomplete manner, with phrases about shapes and rows suggesting a curated exhibit or wall arrangement.
In Thompson Iowa, the Winne County American Legion discusses a resolution condemning high government compensation to veterans. The meeting references General Harbord Pershing Admiral Byrd and others, with post leaders naming Ray Murray and Jake Matson among those present.
Buffalo Center high school basketball opened the season with a 23 to 22 win on Armstrong’s court. Costigan led with six field goals and two free throws as Hyerett Larson and Sammy Crouller supported the attack. Larson was ejected in the fourth quarter and Harry Matson added the deciding free throw with under a minute remaining.
The Sunbeam group of girls from Sunbeamig of the Tutheran, aged from school to junior high, will display impressive needlework at the church bazaar next Saturday. Leader Miss Louise Obnstad aims to showcase their best work and encourage attendance.
A fragmented excerpt discusses Jewish people in New York politics with references to Lehman elect, Turner, and Moxey. It questions Jewish capability in governance, praising their executive abilities and laws while contrasting with broader U.S. politics.
Sponsored by the Ladies Aid and Sunbeam Societies the event features Norwegian baked goods including Kringla and Fattigmands a fishing pond home made candies and a lunch option. The public is invited for Christmas shopping and social gathering.
Rev John Christiansen, a pioneer missionary to Venezuela for over 25 years, will address Congregational church members Thursday evening. A Chicago Theological Seminary alumnus, he helped establish a grace filled work in Caracas and Maracaibo. his pictures will educate and fascinate attendees. He and Rev O Thompson share a seminary background and friendship. Services begin at 7 o'clock.
Ten hunters from Des Moines hunted in Clarke county for quails. H A Jacobs kept four quail and paid 400 plus costs after a game warden found no open season. W E Riley found two quail and paid 200 plus costs. Seven men carried stowed guns at 10 dollars each. The tenth hunter hunted without a license and faced a 10 dollar assessment.
Epworth League will hold a banquet in the church basement at 6 30 p m with fried chicken mashed potatoes gravy buttered beans cranberry pickles and pumpkin pie. Ralph Coffen Baker of Wodon will be the main speaker. Members encouraged to attend and a dance at the Towa Theatre follows.
Dec 7 program at the school house presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera Pinafore. A 20 sailor chorus, 12 maiden chorus, and a cast including Aleta Pink as Little Buttercup Charis Davis as Captain Corcoran Carrie Larson as Josephine Lawrence Costigan as Ralph Ruckstraw and Louis Glorfeld with Orville Kopp in supporting roles. Social ranks complicate the tale but a full evening awaits both adults and youngsters.
Jerry Knapper, 12, son of Mr and Mrs John Krapper, on a farm near the northwest locality, was badly shot in the leg when an older brother’s gun discharged while hunting last week. He was brought to the local hospital for treatment and is reported to be recovering.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church announces Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 o'clock each Sunday. Prayer practice Wednesdays, Yaither League program next Sunday at 7:30 includes readings, recitations, solos, choir selections, and duets. Ladies Aid and Bunbeany Society sponsor a joint bazaar next Saturday with lunch and a bake sale. Pastor H. Benson notes a reflection on those who rose from poverty to boom times.
Report from the Oltman Akkerman School area describes pheasant hunters firing near the northwest town. A window pane and library door were peppered while teacher Miss Hazel Sapp reacted, and the hunters fled in a car after dropping their shot bird.
Ray Murray of Buffalo Center, elected secretary of agriculture, filed his expense account showing 68.00 spent mainly on printing and traveling. The Buffalo Denner Business Men's Club printed cards at no cost. Eight county candidates have filed, including Alex Nelson who spent 45.51, Oscar Warum 26.60, O. Peckham 22.75, J. F P. Johnston 53, R. T. DeVries 8, DeVere Hirt 117.60, John Odden 10, and Henry Severson reporting no expense.
County Treasurer John G Odden and assistants will begin distribution of 4550 new automobile license plates on December 1 at the courthouse. The dark blue plates with white numerals are said to be more legible and among the prettiest offered in Iowa. Past-year demand and potential 1933 results hinge on farm prices and economic conditions, with levy penalties unchanged and more details to follow next week as plates are mounted.
A terse exchange has a husband doubting a cake's flavor while the bride insists the cookbook declares it delicious. The dialogue hints at doubt about the bake and confidence in the recipe.
The report details hunts in northern Minnesota with Koppen returning home from the woods with an 800 pound buck. He hunted with Tippy Foster of Bricelyn and shared that Carl Wessels and William Letcher also brought back two fine deer and a bear was shot by their party. They were away nearly three weeks as snow measured eight inches and bitter cold prevailed.
Ohnstad of Buffalo Center cast his eighteenth presidential vote, tying a Spirit Lake record, while Carroll Gilbert, aged eighty eight, earned the state’s second longest voting streak with seventeen presidential ballots. Both are lifelong residents praised for civic dedication as stormy election day did not deter them from voting. Gilbert began voting in 1868 and Ohnstad in 1864, each voting in every national election since then.
The Ladies Literary Circle met at Mrs. Conrad Lohrbachs home on Friday November 25. Committees to run the Distributing Depot were assigned for Dec 3 Dec 7 Dec 10 and Dec 14 with names including Mrs. Geo Carlton Mrs. John Daum Mrs. G F Dolmage Mrs. O H Galagan Mrs J Guyer and Mrs Hertig and Mrs Koppen and Mrs Fred Tatson. The program featured vocal duets Thanksgiving songs by Nita and Wilma Glorfold Marjorie Murray and others plus papers by Mrs Dolmage Mrs J J Smith and Mrs Boertig.
On Monday evening November 27, the Buffalo Canter Court of the Catholic Daughters of America installed new officers. District deputy Mrs. Mabel Me Mahon of Garner conducted the ceremony, with Mrs. McMahon accompanied by Mrs. Heljil, Mrs. To bin, and Mya Jno Bngster of Garner nearby. Afterward, the local court served refreshments and hosted a social.
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