21 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1968
Page
1
Buffalo Center opened the new high school gym with a 70 to 48 victory over Britt Eagles. The Bison soon built a strong home mark of 25 wins and three losses, with key North Iowa Conference showdowns and tournament runs shaping a storied early era.
Monday offers scalloped potatoes with bologna cabbage peanut butter sandwiches sliced peaches and milk. Tuesday serves beefburger fries pickles catsup apple sauce and milk. Wednesday features fried chicken with dressing whipped potatoes gravy cranberry relish sandwiches mixed fruit and milk. Mrs Ernest Olson of Thompson and Mrs Lucy Hacker of Timely Mission visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Cliff Thompson.
Mr and Mrs Kelly Rippentrop Mr and Mrs Calvin Rippen trop Allen and Lorie were Saturday evening guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Erdahl at Lake Mills to help Patty Erdahl celebrate her third birthday. Mr and Mrs Merle Porter of West Bend were Sunday afternoon visitors with Mrs Rose Schleifer. They were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Herb Fetrow.
Buffalo Center Froshmores beat Swea City Trojans 28 24 in their first game under new coach Merlyn Thorson. Larry Torkelson led with two baskets in the second quarter while Myron Helmers added two late buckets. Swea City’s Chuck Johnson tallied four. The game progressed 8 7 after one, 13 9 at halftime, 22 16 after three.
Ron Swanson reviews the Iowa youth delegation trip to the National Safety Conference in Chicago. He notes daily discussions, safety workshops, water safety at Eckhart pool, and Chicago tours including Old Town, Chinatown, the Police Traffic Department, and the Crime Laboratory. The Iowa group was sponsored by the 4-H Foundation under Stanley Davidson with chaperones Dean and Mrs Engstrom. The trip closed with the motto In safety its performance that counts.
Buffalo Center opened the 1968-69 basketball season with a 71-52 non conference win over Swea City. Dennis Dontje led the Bison with 15 points and six free throws, while Randy Berhow added 15 and Tony Smith 12. Jeff Newlin led Swea City with eight points as Buffalo Center built a 19 point margin through strong defense and balanced scoring.
A devotional discussion centers on Eph 2 7 showing God’s mercy and grace toward believers in Christ Jesus. The message explains moving from wrath to heavenly blessedness and the future goal of displaying divine grace in the ages to come. It shifts to a sports report detailing a late contest finish and multiple game notes from Friday actions.
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