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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
5
A local scrap rubber drive reports 15 169 pounds gathered at service stations since opening on June 1st. Stations store different amounts with totals by Standard Oil 2400 pounds, Community Oil 6000 pounds, and others 1069 pounds, as hundreds more are expected by June 30th.
The Reformed Church hosts its annual Missionfest Friday June 26 with sessions at 10 am 2 pm and 8 pm. Miss Jean Nienhuis China nurse missionary will speak morning and evening. Rev E P Nuss German address. Rev B M Luben Japan expert to present and show a reel of Japanese mission work. A German language address by Rev Schmidt and a 2:30 pm children’s service in the Methodist Church are planned.
The County Public Health Council met in Forest City on Thursday evening, June 18, to plan a fall school Health Program. Vision testing will be done in rural and town schools by the county public health nurse, with teachers instructed on procedures. Medical exams by family physicians will be encouraged via a printed form to be sent to all students in the fall. The Iowa Dental Plan will continue, with efforts to include all county schools. A county-wide immunizing program will start at the school year’s beginning to protect against diphtheria and smallpox.
The Office of Price Administration warns all retailers to file price statements for cost of living commodities by July 1 under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. Local War Price and Rationing Boards supply Bulletin No. 2 detailing required filings. Retailers must post ceiling prices in their shops and may face penalties for late filings. Also, Mrs. Alvin Maberry is visiting Webster City and has been named Director of Children's Work for Algona District of the Northwest Iowa Conference.
Housewives in the community may obtain another 5 pounds of sugar for canning by applying at City Hall in Buffalo Center tomorrow Friday June 26. Miss Edna Simmons secretary of the County Ration Board will issue sugar canning ration permits and answer questions. Those who have not yet applied for their first 5 pounds are urged to do so Friday.
Mae Larson and Charles Peterson wed Sunday at the Larson home in a single ring ceremony led by Rev. S O Sorlien. The couple, lifelong Buffalo Center residents, plan to live in Minneapolis after a weeklong honeymoon. Attendants included Naomi Sorlien and Julian Peterson. Guests from several Minnesota towns attended, with families and friends traveling to share the event.
Registrations set for June 30 with sites in Buffalo Center Rake Thompson Forest City Lake Mills Scarville and more to enroll all men born 1922 through 1924. Chief Registrars from prior rounds volunteer again as 450 registrations are expected amid full county cooperation and 7 am to 9 pm hours.
Poem-like verse extols blue spiderwort as a proud display among grass. It praises its beauty as cars pass, notes its stand against dust and dirt, and offers thanks to the flower in reverent tone. Poetic memorial of plant life and nature’s colors.
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