08 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
1
The Buffalo Center Tribune invites non subscribers in Buffalo Center area to submit coupons via participating merchants for the Saturday Night Bucks drawings. Names go into the Bucs barrel and a first summer drawing is set for 9 00 p m Saturday June 10 with either spouse able to claim if the other is drawn.
Mary Costigan and Bruce Edwards, both graduating seniors, earned the Gold Pin for a 750 point four year total across scholastic and musical endeavors. Costigan led in vocal music and band and will enter nurses training, while Edwards, president of the FFA Bison Chapter, spoke at Commencement and plans to attend the University of Iowa.
Town legislators return after a brief Memorial Day break and head into a busy homestretch. The 62nd General Assembly may not adjourn until late June as lawmakers tackle spiraling property taxes projected to reach 2.5 billion by 1975 if spending continues. The House backs more direct aid to schools while the Senate weighs personal property tax relief, likely requiring tax increases against a projected 84 million dollar state surplus for the year. The session, cost overruns total over 2 million, a tally higher than two years ago. The House moved toward final adjournment on May 31 with a vote to—
A standing committee will take over most bills except appropriations and tax bills and those already on the calendar. Members include Millen as chair and Camp as ranking member with a slate of others. The panel aims to limit debate on key bills ahead of sine die adjournment. Roads, lawyers, patrol, and veto threats reflect ongoing state fiscal and legal reform efforts. Virgil Bosma and Family visit Emmons after Sunday gathering at Dallas Davids.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 45 of Buffalo Center and Scoutmaster Dave Benson camped at the Grant Township Wildlife Area last Saturday for their first overnight trip of the year. Twenty-four scouts appear in a group photo, with Craig Aykes absent. Thanks are given to Leon Heiman, Dean Pilgrim, Helman, Marvin Heyes, and local residents for transportation and wells access. The report also recalls past Tribune items from 1937 to 1907 about graduates, wages, and local visits.
On Sunday Rollin Wempen and David Grimes will travel with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Murray to Camp Dodge for the annual Boys State program run by the American Legion of Iowa. Also new barber Harry Boyken arrives in Leibrand family relocates.
Memorial Day marked the start of Huxley Heitland’s duties as temporary postal clerk at the Buffalo Center post office. He succeeds Eva Rank who resigned after more than five years in the role. Construction began last week on a new brick and block post office building on Main Street beside Costigan Motor Company. Ray Condor plans to move his barber shop nearby.
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