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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1958
Page
2
An editorial notes Salk vaccine cuts polio by eighty five percent and warns that about forty six million Americans remain unprotected. It urges those under forty especially children to receive the vaccine as polio season nears, despite past mistakes in development and use.
An area school of instruction on Americanism was held at the Bristow Amoyet Home on Friday March 28. A noon pot luck dinner followed and the event was led by Mrs. Ben Kroma with regional and local Amvets Auxiliary officers in attendance. Americanism is the national Amvets Auxiliary project for the year.
About 330 relatives gathered March 22 at the Amvet Home to honor Henry C. Schrage and his wife on their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Grandchildren Charles Wabbena Mary Ann and Carole Schrage signed the guest book while fifty year attendants Ralph Wubbena Bill Boockman and Carl Schrage attended. Hostesses were their daughters Oltman Rodenbeck and Reiner Wubbena with guests from Sibley Greene Dumont Hudson Shell Rock Parkersburg Britt Tona Waverly Waterloo Wellsburg Hampton Allison Clarksville Chicago Aplington Nora Springs Mason City Marble Rock Charles City Osage Readlyn.
A service dedicating the Memorial Organ will be held Easter Sunday morning at Bristow Evangelical United Brethren Church with a special invitation to all relatives of the deceased.
Mrs. Richard Behrends reports her son Pvt. Harvey Behrends is en route to Korea where he will be stationed for a year in the Army.
Mrs Roy Merfeld comes home Wednesday after a week with her son Dean Merfeld and family in Denver Colorado.
Bristow residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the week. The list includes S E Hearn of Dumont and Clara Jackson visiting Glenn Hearn. Raymond Behrends from Waterloo staying with his mother Mrs. Richard Behrends. and many others from Waterloo Ackley Allison Greene New Hartford Parkersboro and Greene as well as families like the Hinds Wubbena Merrill Sherman and Behrends sharing social calls and meals across several homes from Tuesday to Sunday.
Community notes mention people hosting dinner guests in various homes including Al Wendt and Clifford Truex, with visits from Dumont, Waterloo, Parkersburg, Allison, and Aplington. Legion Auxiliary to meet in Greene and transportation available from Ressler Corner Store.
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