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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
5
Lakota will host a Lakota Santa Claus day on Saturday December 17. Santa will pass out Christmas sacks to children under high school age containing candy apples and peanuts. Half the sacks include a 25 or 50 cent cash prize. High school students register in school and a drawing awards two $10 gift certificates to a boy and a girl. Adults may register at participating businesses for prizes.
Lakota Girl Scouts will join the Santa's Helpers program collecting repairable toys and games. Whirleybird and Dilly-Daffodil Patrols will gather items for repair in the community and deliver them to Alcona for distribution to needy children by the Junior Chamber. Call Mrs Gottlieb Rieffer to arrange pickups or leave toys at the Rieffer home. A tentative collection date is December 5.
The Senior Garden Club of Lakota traveled to Algona last Wednesday to attend the Christmas Glitter show sponsored by the Algona Garden Club. Mrs Clarence Anderson of Laurens Iowa was guest speaker and demonstrated Christmas decoration making in various forms and ideas.
Lakets town council met November 7 1966 at City Hall with Mayor Austin presiding. Bills were approved and receipts accepted totaling amounts for state and federal taxes utilities and payroll items. A 6500 BTA gas heater was approved for the pump house installation and two council members were assigned to inspect land for a new south Main Street street project.
Lakota correspondent Marnalee Koppen announces resignation effective January 1 as she moves to Schissel farm and leaves Bancroft Register and Buffalo Center Tribune posts. A replacement is being sought with a local woman identified as interested, name to be announced in a few weeks.
Lakota residents responded to the Red Cross fund drive with a total of 155.30 donated to support disaster assistance servicemen and families veterans nursing and home care, first aid training, water safety, and life guard lessons. Chairman Barbara Beemer led volunteers Shirley Lappe Leona Farrow Gert Tietz Lois Weringa Roberta Peterson Marcella Johnson Alice Austin Marnalee Koppen Marge Richardson Ruth Larson.
Lakota Legion Auxiliary convenes Monday December 5 at 7 00 p m in City Hall for its annual gift exchange. Food committee members Leona Christ and Greta Stecker. Members bring a covered dish. Program committee Prudence Burger and Genevive Hoeppner. Reminder to bring Butter-Nut strips and cookies for Woodward state school.
Lakota School hosted a pot luck recognition supper on Saturday November 19 for about 80 club members and parents. Special guests included Dennis Cumberland John Cook and Gottlieb Riefer. Awards honored Patty Lewis Sandy Boehm Jean Jane Sleper Rhonda Sleper Lucille Anderson Linda Hoeppner and others with completion seals pins and certificates. Linda Hoeppner earned a State 4-H Award a two week Camp Minwanc er trip and the Danforth I Dare You award. Local record book and department awards were also announced with multiple 4-H and family members noted. Visitors and Thanksgiving guests were listed from Memphis Minnesota Minneapolis and Buffalo Center.
Dr and Mrs Irwin Groff of Des Moines announce the engagement of their daughter Caroline to Kent N Gerzema son of Mr and Mrs Carl Gerzema Lakota. Caroline works as an X ray technologist at Riverview Memorial Hospital St Paul MN. Kent is Macalester College graduate stationed with the Army at Fort MacArthur CA.
On Thursday December 1 the UP W dessert luncheon begins at 1:00 pm with devotions by Lucille Bierle and hostesses Ella Ellman Ann Hamilton Barbara Beemer Dessie Beck and Virginia Hanover. Cherub Junior and Senior Choirs meet and catechism classes at 7 00 and 7 80 and 7 45 pm Session meeting at 8 00 pm. Sunday December 4 Sunday School 9 20 am Morning Worship 10 30 am Youth Fellowship 7 00 pm. Tuesday December 1 Joint session and board of trustees 8 00 pm. U P W members to bring gifts for Ackley Home on Thursday after moon.
The notice lists choir practices and meetings at 7 40 pm 8 00 pm and 9 00 pm on Friday December 2 with Cherub Junior and Senior choirs. Saturday December 3 confirms confirmations at 9 00 am and 10 30 am. Worship with Communion at 10 15 am Sunday Classes at 9 00 am and Luther League at 7 00 pm. New worship time 10 15 am from December 4 with new member reception on December 11.
Marcia Thompson of Fredericksburg Iowa, a niece of Mrs. Marvin Austin, is visiting the Austin household. Last Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Austin and family from Des Moines visited Marvin Austin’s home. Paul and Penny joined Thanksgiving Day guests at Everett Austin’s Crystal Lake home.
December menu lists each weekday with goulash, mashed potatoes, bean soup, scalloped potatoes, tuna and noodles, plus plain sandwiches and desserts, with milk daily. Community items include U P W meeting at 1 pm, Lakota plays Burt, Legion Auxiliary at 7 pm, Lakota-Swea City boys game, and a December 17 bake sale at City Hall, plus church on Sunday.
Lakota couple Elmer and Mrs Madetzke and family report their son L/Cpl ElDean Madetzke, in the Marines in Vietnam, called from Tokyo after Thanksgiving. He recalled cold forty degree weather and sent greetings to friends in Lakota and Buffalo Center. Address: 2163359 FPO San Francisco 96802.
Dale Koppen son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Koeppen completed Military Police Training and is on duty at Fort Leavenworth Kansas 66027 E-2 Koppen 205th MP Co 2nd Plt. A washer by any other name is not a Maytag Leibrands.
Ms Bernard Ryan Colleen of Des Moines and Mrs Fred Christ hosted guests Friday at the Robert Price home. Attending were Mr and Mrs Glenns family from Lyte and Minnesota, the Roger Price family from Blue Barthing, Mrs Louis Price and family, Dr P C Geile and family, M i and Mr and Mrs R L More of Albert Lea, Mrs Al Sell and Jamie from Waterloo, Willie Fain and Ben from Rapids, Mr and Mrs Al Bey and daughter of Humboldt, Al Russell Beeson and Norman from North Dakota City, Mr and Mrs Johnson of Curlew, Paul Gary Geilenfeldt, students from Mankato State College, Patsy Dudding as a guest, Mr and Mrs Willis Poinan and son returning home after visiting. Thanksgiving Day dinner hosted by the Eh Bowmans at Leland marked the 34th home gathering.
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