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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
2
The page highlights flag etiquette amid wartime patriotism. It shows saluting methods for Boy Scouts and police, warns against using the emblem as a tablecloth or car hood, and notes proper civilian display alongside a wartime ration sale of ladies sandals at Winter Clothing Store in Buffalo Center.
Sunday services at 10 30 a m and 11 a m with Sunday School. Summer picnics and meetings linked to Ladies Aid Luther League Mission Band and C FE EB programs. July events include bazaar July 30 and youth activities. Rev A G Lang to preach. Prayer meetings and devotional services rotate through week. July 2 9 events listed with hostesses and organizers across multiple church groups.
Local brief noting a card of thanks display in the Buffalo Center Tribune with single column per line advertising terms and prices 30c 10c 50c for local readers and contributors.
The Intermediate Department honors Harry Shortenhaus as a longtime teacher. An ice cream social will be held Saturday July 1 at the Costigan garage on Main Street serving homemade ice cream pie cake coffee and cold drinks. Proceeds fund attendance at Camp Quest Spirit Lake starting July 10. Choir rehearsal follows Monday evening July 8 at 8 30.
Faith Voss Everts daughter of Rev William R Everts wed John P Gaffney son of Chicago in Parkersburg Iowa on June 24 a 11 am ceremony. Rev Albert Linneman officiated. Maid of honor Ruth Dirks best man Lewis Sexton. After a noon luncheon the couple will reside at 7407 South Racine Chicago.
Corporal Lean Barsness, son of Mrs. Elvina Barsness of Mason City, formerly of Buffalo Center, wed Miss Beulah Lund of Forest City in a June 10 ceremony at the Lutheran Service Chapel in Los Angeles. Rev. Palmer Janke officiated. Jacobson was bridesmaid, and Michael W. Gabriel of Chicago was best man. The couple plan to live in Lompoc, California, where Barsness is stationed at Camp Cook.
Buffalo Center calls for salvage collection with details on paper and tin can drives. John and Jerry inspect furnaces. Sid Jensvold directs the effort. Mrs Rose Schleifer coordinates tins and bundles. Scouts announce dates. materials include FATS rags iron and containers. grocers urged to use personal containers.
The Buffalo Center Iowa town council met at City Hall at 8 p m with Mayor Costigan presiding. Present were Slaba Asmus Pink Schleifer and Winter. Bills for labor insurance rent and power were reviewed and approved for payment. beer permit applications with bonds and license checks were noted.
A local sale emphasizes a full inventory of used cars including Buicks Chevrolets Dodges Fords and more from 1930s to 1980s models. The message invites trades and suggests scarcity may lead to early purchases ahead of game-time demand.
The council approved licenses and bond acceptances after motions by Winter and Schleifer. Applications for cigarette permits with attached bonds were reviewed for Snell Price Gangeness Akkerman Tutton Fredericks Wessels and others. a motion to accept permits and bonds carried. Meeting adjourned with signatures of Mayor Costigan and Clerk Guyer.
An old newspaper ad style sets out home improvement tips and services. It touts durable screen windows and doors, interior decorative charts for painting, flooring and lumber, roof inspections, and gutter repairs framed with light humor and a focus on affordable pricing and timely results.
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