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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1971
Page
1
Buffalo Center retailers approve a nine day Christmas drawing series with $25 Christmas Bucks prizes. Registration begins December 4 for purchases, with separate teen drawing and free movie showings for children, Santa visits, and later start times to aid church practices.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Monday afternoon December 6 at 2 00 PM at City Hall Members should bring cookies or bars a 50 cent gift exchange and a 50 cent collection for Worldward A change to afternoon time from evening is noted
All Lion's Club members and their wives are urged to reserve Wednesday evening December 15 for caroling and delivering Christmas treats. The schedule calls for visits to the Nursing Home at 6 15 p.m. and the County Home at 7 15 p.m. A box of personalized napkins is suggested as an ideal Christmas gift.
The public is invited to hear the Choral Readers from Northwestern College Iowa on December 4 at 1 30 p m at First Reformed Church Buffalo Center The group of about forty students recently performed at Mission Festival 71 Milwaukee They will arrive Saturday from Minneapolis where they performed earlier A free will offering will be taken.
The Dubuque ACCW and Archdiocesan Office of Education with the March of Dimes sponsor Be In meetings. A film More Than Love will be shown at the Buffalo Center School Auditorium for Jr and Sr High Students on Thursday December 9 at 1 00 pm. It stresses health habits diet and drug abuse and venereal disease and how this helps prevent birth defects. Betterment of children and youth will be gained. Parents or anyone interested are welcome.
The V E W Auxiliary will go caroling at the VFW auxiliary meeting Monday evening December 6 at 7 15 pm at the V P W Post Home. Members bring two dozen cookies for a nursing home and a $1 gift exchange is planned. Serving committee includes Swen Larson, Lillian Kopp, Mildred Wilson, Jean Breckunitch, Jessie Matson, and Irene Winter.
The Buffalo Center Public Library received ten framed fine art prints for four week loans to all adult patrons. Funded by a Kinny-Lindstrom Foundation grant, 650 prints will rotate to 13 libraries. Current works include Braque Harbour Scene Antwerp, Brueghel Winter Hunters, Burroughs Still Life with Jugs, Wyeth Chester County Fair, Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, Paul Klee Theyre Biting, Legere Way Inside, Picasso Fillette au Chien, Renoir Two Girls at the Piano, Rousseau The Cart of Pere Juniet.
W. D. Ley president announces a new savings service at Farmers Trust & Savings Bank with daily compounding interest and computerization enabling instant interest. Bank already offers CDs in 3, 6, 12, and 24 months from offices in the locality and Lakoth, aiming to attract young savers. Deposits approach one third of a million with assets near $10 million.
The American Legion Post 21 will meet at the Legion home Thursday evening December 2 at 6:00 p.m. Dick Weaver will serve the lunch.
City ordinances restrict snowmobile travel in Buffalo Center’s business district with many streets closed to machines. Fifth Avenue and Highway 9 are partly closed while alleys permit limited access. 15 mph speed limit applies and machines may not run after 10:30 p.m. Violations carry fines up to $100 or up to 30 days imprisonment.
Buffalo Center School's Drama Department stages The Matchmaker from Thorn ton Wilder with an 1880s Victorian setting. Horace Vandergelder and Ermengarde lead a cast of students in a two night production at 8:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium, directed by Mrs. Michael Wilson and assisted by Mr. James Denekas.
Claude Post, Buffalo Center coach, said 45 high school football players will canvass the Buffalo Center district on Thursday December 9 from 5:00 to 9:30 p.m. to raise funds for Mark Willis a Forest City junior paralyzed in a late season game. Donations flow through Claude Post care of the Buffalo Center Community School with checks sent to aid his therapy efforts. local clubs and organizations will also contribute. Willis remains in a Rochester hospital with partial arm function and paralyzed legs while therapy continues.
Maye Steinberg fell Monday morning while walking to work and broke the large bone in her left ankle. She was hospitalized shortly after the accident. Mr and Mrs Du Warne of Ames and Miss Carol Davids of St Louis Park spent Thanksgiving at the Jack Davids home.
Forest City Indians invade Buffalo Center Friday December 3 in North Iowa Conference action. Buffalo Center leads 1-0 in the league while Forest City is 1-0, with both aiming to keep perfect records. Forest City has a 2-1 overall mark and Buffalo Center 3-0. The game starts at 6 45 pm and opens with freshmen action.
Buffalo Center girls start their basketball season under coach Tom Nelson with a 7:00 p.m. home game versus Britt’s Eisonettes, marking the first formal court appearance for Buffalo Center Community Schools girls. The schedule notes a December opening and a December 13 trip to Fertile for a 6:00 p.m. contest against Forest City.
Residents urged to note December 4 as KGLO TV Channel 3 airs the All-State High School Band and Chorus tape from Des Moines KRNT Theatre. The event marks the 25th anniversary of the All-State Men's Orchestra and Choir with participants Jackie Peterain and Keith Larson from Buffalo Center in the lineup.
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