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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Ivan Coates of Mason City visited at the Albert Vegge home Saturday, continuing a social call and local get together.
Last Monday at the Wells Minnesota Hospital a son named Harold Arlynn arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Grostreutz weighing seven and a half pounds. His mother is Ellen Van Hove and the grandparents are John Van Hove and August Grostreutz. Kristin Ann born to Jr and Mrs J R Stewart of La Mirada California on November 29 weighs five pounds six ounces. Grandparents include Dr L P Miller Elizabeth Tyrrell and Mrs Marilyn Miller. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Joe Ibns of Dunkerton and Mr and Mrs Alvin Madsen of Northwood with Thanksgiving guests Tillie Schaefer.
A report notes Sam Schuler and crew, with Hip Loats and Alfred Vahnke, near finishing interior decor of Mrs Ralph Wirtjes home. Dallas Davids coats his garage, Fred Wabben and Adolph Alph ranch home plastering advance. Ben Hall completes roof and walls of a glass greenhouse with east end remaining. DeVries Lumber builds portable farm bunks while Frank Schleifer and Billy Smith enclose a new addition with green asphalt shingles on Frank’s old home site.
Buffalo Center hosts a kids fast draw contest at Dick DeVries Coast-to-Coast from December 1 to 22 for ages 6 to 12 with separate boys and girls groups. Weekly prizes 2 merchandise each. final prize 5 dollars. Children register with a parent, two time attempts per child, best time wins weekly prize, grand prize for top overall. Non winners may re register weekly. Local families and guests attend dinners and gatherings surrounding events.
The Ladies Literary Circle met at Mrs. Howard Miller home Tuesday Nov 22 for an afternoon program The program featured Religion in the Home with a display of booklets and prayer books representing club members religions Discussion of daily devotions and prayer followed Other topics included Beauty in the Home Fun in the Home and recreational memories Plus plans for future meetings and a spring gathering in Buffalo Center and a District Six meeting in Thompson Thanksgiving and family notices were also included with several local households hosting relatives during the holiday weekend
Mr and Mrs Orville Koppen express heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and relatives who plowed with tractors last Tuesday. They thank friends for cards ministers for prayers and hospital staff for care and blessings.
Southern Minnesota gains KEYC TV in Masa kato with open house December 2 to 4 at the Manka to studio and Lewisville transmitter building. Channel 12 will carry local programming starting with the World Series broadcasts. Buffalo Center’s Clarice Wessels, a local graduate, serves as continuity writer and is slated for future writings.
Thanksgiving Day marked the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ben Fetrow of Belmond with all five children present from California Omaha Des Moines and local towns plus 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Nearby relatives attended including Gene Nelson family Decorah and Jim Iverson family Graettinger. An open house was not held due to Mrs Fetrows health. Baptism and church services occurred that weekend with local attendees.
Zion Lutheran Church of Rake hosts a Bible Teaching Mission December 4 to 7 with Pastor Russell A. Vilstrom of the Lutheran Bible Institute as guest teacher. The four nightly sessions at 7:30 p.m. feature the series Great Parables Of Our Lord, plus a Sunday sermon December 4 and a Zion League talk later that evening.
Exhibits filled the Masonic Temple for the Eastern Stars public coffee and tea event. Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, and most U S states contributed nature and travel articles, plus old rifles, rocks, minerals, mounted birds, and diverse crafts. The forenoon setup attracted extensive local collections, with public viewing in the afternoon, though the Tribune’s early deadline limits a full report.
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