Roving Reporter on Buffalo Center Community Page
A feature on Dick Eckheart the new Buffalo Center clothier and "They" a local resident born 1932 in September. The piece highlights community welcome, local business life, and a snippet on small town newspapers delivering neighborly notices and profiles.
Observes Silver Wedding Anniversary in Buffalo Center
Over two hundred guests attended the Immanuel Lutheran church parlors on Sunday afternoon May 27 to honor Mr and Mrs Andrew Verlo for their Silver Wedding Anniversary. Relatives and friends came from Brice, Alden, Weiss, Fairmont, Kiester, Emmons, Good Thunder, Minnesota, Ames, Iowa City, Jewell, Nevada, Radcliffe, Thornton, Buffalo Center, Thompson, Titonia, and Woden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Andrew Verlo
Brice- Iyp
Alden
Weiss
Fairmont
Kiester
Emmons
Good Thunder
Minnesota
Clation
Ames
Iowa City
Jewell
Nevada
Radcliffe
Thornton
Buffalo Center
Thompson
Titonia
Woden
Iowa
Ennen Smith Wedding in Buffalo Center May 27 1856
Miss Jeanette Helen Ennen became the bride of Glen M. Smith at the First Reformed church in Buffalo Center on a May evening in 1856. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Henry Van Dyke with a seven tiered candle display and gladioli decorations. Attendants included Alec Eichmann and Miss Jeanette Ennen, with ushers Thomas Ennen and Eldon Porter. A reception followed for fifty guests, and the couple will live in Lucas Iowa where he runs a trucking business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Buffalo Center
Jeanette Helen Ennen
Glen M. Smith
Lucas
Iowa
Miss Ennen
John Ennen
Smith
Andrew Smith
Indianola
Henry van Dyke
William Karels
Bancroft
Harold Pommer
Britt
Alec Eichmann
Mason City
Thomas Ennen
Joice
Eldon Porter
George Dohlman
Earl Ward
Jasper Dohlman
Garrison Lamb
Des Moines
Ronald Gaffney
Masons City
Ela Dirksen
Marion Murra
Central College
Pella
Drake University
Guthrie Center
Paton
Titonka
Liberty Center
Armed Services
Regular Town Council Meeting May 17 1956
Mayor Carman opens the regular meeting with council members Schleifer Leibrand Harms and DeVries present. Bills discussed include items from Farmers Elevator Lbr Co Interstate Power Coop Oil and Jensvold Inc totaling hundreds of dollars. The council approves the bills. AIA Road Building Co proposes asphalt repair funding of 16 to 20 thousand gallons with possible cancellation. Iowa Power Co representatives discuss municipal power and a special May 18 meeting is set to decide next steps. Meeting adjourns with Mayor Carman and Clerk Elman in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carman
Schleifer, Leibrand, Harms & DeVries
Wirtjes
DeVries Lbr. Co
Post & Board
Ronald R. Yahnise
Forest City Green House
Flowers
Park
Ltd Oil Co
Coop Oil Co
Jensvold Inc
Lenny Harmon
Harms
Leibrand
Iowa Road Building Co
Schleifer
Iowa Road Builder
Meyer
Eldredge
Interstate Power Co
Power Co
DeVries
George Carman
K. K. Elman
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Dick Eckheart
Buffalo
Main Street
Uoretta Rossie
Tribune
Mary Mitterer
Grace Bruer
Jim Iverson
Farmers Elevator
All City
Jim
Ronald Dearing
Rake
Alien Eastvold
Jeannette Ennen
Kuchs
Jack Sprat
van Camp
Kool Aid
Kellogg's
Linit
Wise Detergent
Gedney
Jap Hulless
Curtiss Marsh
Sunkist
Merle Sorenson
Forest City
Farmers Cash Grocery & Produce
S&h
Hormel
Rath
Carl
del Monte
Hillsdale
Libby
SWIFT
Raid Ant and Roach Killer
Johnson's Wax
Park Lane
Arizona
California
Pillsbury
Jiffy
Dell Brook
Sather
Myzoni