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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
6
An old fashioned Christmas remains superior to modern trends with traditional red and green, enhancing decor with gold ribbons, silver bells, red poinsettias, and evergreen garlands. Home decorators advise planning, featuring gold, silver, and natural elements like fruits and shells in wreaths and garlands.
A German deserter recounts a Christmas on the Argonne front where Allied and German troops shared a pine tree, candles, and gifts before a sudden volley shattered the moment. French allies offered laughter and awe as the line sang together before combat resumed.
A playful exchange about Christmas Eve plans shows a flirtatious promise met with a witty refusal. The line imagines a mistletoe moment, then humorously notes the speaker will be too busy to notice.
Captain John Smith recalls the early Virginia settlers observing Christmas far from home with no women or children. He notes fierce weather but says the first Christmases were very merry, enjoyed with abundant oysters fish flesh wild fowl and good bread, and fires better than in England.
Buffalo Center opens home conference basketball season against last season champion Britt. Britt's lineup features Spieker Leibrand Lehrbach Harms and Thompson. Britt touted as favored to repeat atop the North Iowa Conference with Forest City. Also notes Shortenhaus earns All-State honor roll and school activities include Christmas operetta The Wooden Shoe Christmas.
An incomplete list from November 1 to 18 shows 219 arrests with total fines of 4,851 dollars, all paid to the county school fund. Violations include carrying assembled guns in vehicles with 113 arrests and 1,855 dollars in fines and 10 days in jail, hunting with no license with 34 arrests and 430 dollars in fines, shooting hens with 24 arrests and 521 dollars in fines, and other conservation law breaches with 48 arrests and 2,045 dollars in fines totaling 210 days in jail.
John and Jerry showcase a large array of Christmas tree decorations suitable for holiday decorating. The collection includes ornaments, garlands, and other festive accents gathered for easy seasonal styling.
A group of friends at the Eppie Johnson farm harvested fifteen acres of corn for seriously ill Mr. Johnson. The event included a noon dinner and completion by day’s end. Attendees listed include Mike Hippen Albert Helin Swanson Brothers Adolph Hartman Millerd Brue Jake Johnson Bill Michaelson Fred Wabben Henry Finer Okko Hippen Joe Limberg Jerry Jutting Hawley Zenor Bill Johnson Harm Hartman Irvin Johnson with Mayme Anna Schaper Estherville and Lawrence Johnson among dinner guests.
Various visits follow a pattern of友 neighbors and relatives stopping by homes in the community. Eppie Johnson, John Hugo, Evert Krull, Beat Thompson, Marjorie Harkness, Sidney Harkness, Arlo Gjerde, Conrad and Oscar Swanson, Harry Frewick, Sidney Geissinger, Albert Helin, Darley Goranson, Evlen Goranson, Mation Helin, Russell Michson, Ed Johnson, Ervin Thompson, Pete DeVries, Gunther Hugo, Jake Johnson, and El Johnson appear in sequence visiting multiple host homes -- frugal social roundups reflecting a tight knit town network.
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