Edtion Speaks on town cleanup and local feuds
The column praises a town cleanup day organized by the Greene Improvement Committee and Y. S. & Albrecht urging residents to prepare winter trash for trash collection. It notes Rev Parks' objection to calling farmers gamblers and discusses Webster’s definition of gamble as venture and recent farming pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Improvement Committee
Y. S&s. Albrecht
Rev. Parks
Edvnor Sperks
Webster
Kaiser announce birth of daughter in March
New daughter born to Airman Second Class and Mrs Dale Kaiser of Springfield Missouri on March 22. The date also marks the first birthday of their first daughter. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs C S Kaiser of Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Kaiser
Springfield
Missouri
C. 5. Kaiser
Greene
Scout Camp at Marble Rock Gets Tree Planting Drive
Land managers led by John Ludwig coordinate a spring tree planting at the Shell Rock river site north of Marble Rock. More than 160 Scouts will plant 5,000 Red and White Pine seedlings April 13, with October 6 dedicated to a separate 10 acre planting of Silver Maples Green Ash and Elm. A wood duck nest project was also added by Shell Rock Explorer Post Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Rock
Marble Rock
John Ludwig
Lester Blum
Arnold Staudt
Lowell Carney
John Borchard
Earl Parcher
Gary Gerhard
Rodney Ritter
Richard Marshall
John Falconer
Kerr
Charles City
Winnebago Council of Scouts
Gilbert
James Overby
Shell Rock Explorer Post
Greene Community to stage 10th Annual Athletic Show
The Greene Community School will present its 10th annual Athletic Show in the High School gym next Tuesday evening April 9 at 8 00 p m. The program features tumbling acrobatics trampoline stunts and exhibits of future basketball stars with participants from third grade through high school. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Community School
Bedells Welcome Daughter Julia Stuntz Born in Abbott
New residents Mr and Mrs Edgar Bedell of Minneapolis welcomed a daughter Julia Stuntz born at Abbott hospital on Wednesday March 27. The baby weighed six pounds three and four ounces. Mrs Bedell is formerly Jane Stuntz of Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Bedell
Minneapolis
Julia Stuntz
Abbott Hospital
Bedell
Jane Stuntz
Greene
Mrs McCartney Died At Rest Home In Charles City
Mrs Mary EricCartney 77 died Saturday at the Rest Home in Greene where she had been a patient for a year. She married George McCartney on December 18, 1919 after Louie Vietmeier's death. Survivors include her husband two daughters Mable Frank of Lansing Kings and Mrs Jesse Boyle of Bellevue Illinois a son Merle Calhoun of Charles City four grandchildren two great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Cora Mann of Charles City. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 PM at Hauser Funeral Home with Rev R N Benedict officiating. Burial in Riverside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary EricCartney
Pain
Satuday
Reet
Greene
AleCartnes
Thortes
George McCartney
Lue
Loui Vietmeier
Clark Rest Home
S. Mable Frank
Lansing
Kings
Jesse Boyle
Lelle
Greene High School Pops Concert by Concert Band
The Greene High School Concert Band will present a Pops Concert in the school gym on Wednesday April 19 at 8 pm. The program features no instrumental soloists with band accompaniment and includes several vocal ensembles. A complete program will be shown next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene High School
Wll
Karen Curtis Wins Division I Rating at State Finals
Karen Curtis, a Greene Community Schools junior, won a Division I rating at the Iowa High School Speech Association state finals in Grinnell. She was Greene’s only entrant, winning the home contest, the Hampton preliminary, and the Hampton district contest, with the district final held in Mason City. She is a first year speech student and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dell Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen
Curtis
Greene
Grinnell
Hampton
Mason City
Dell Curtus
Coffee Day for Crippled Children planned nationwide
Restaurants across Iowa join with the Iowa Restaurant Association and Easter Seal Society to host Coffee Day on April 10. Proceeds fund a proposed summer camp for physically handicapped children, buying kitchen equipment and supporting a dining lodge at the camp. Local Greene cafes participate while camp site selection awaits a summer committee decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Shares
New Hampton
Iowa Restaurant Association
Walter Bill Cash
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Easter Seal Society
Dale Wildman
Butler County
Wildman’s
Truex Cafe
Myrt's
Greene
Crippled Childrens Camp
Fand
Towa Society For
Towa
Easter Seal Society
Conservation Contracts Offered for Butler County Farms
Butler county farmers are urged to join the conservation reserve program overseen by J F Hartwig chair of the county ASC committee. The plan pays $12 per acre annually for conserved land with options for up to 80 percent cost sharing on vegetation cover ponds forest trees or wildlife projects for contracts lasting three five or ten years. Contracts beginning in 1957 must be signed by April 15 at the Allison county ASC office with additional ACP cost assistance available for needed practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Soil Bank
J. F. Hartwig
ASC
Chirman Hartwig
Allison
Stag Supper Set by Round Grove Golf Club Directors
The Round Grove Golf and Country Club announces the first stag supper of the season for Tuesday in April. Tickets may be purchased from any club director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove Golf and Country Club
Jay Cees Plan Easter Egg Hunt on April 12
The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Easter Egg Hunt near the Veterans' Club on Highway 14 in Greene. It starts at 8:30 am and uses about two cases of dyed eggs, some numbered. Kids finding numbered eggs contact Jay Dee officials to learn the merchant name and collect prizes at the designated store. Two age areas, up to six and six to eleven, are marked for fair play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Veterans’ Club
Highway 14
Greene
Young Child Injured In Fall At Home
Four year old David Spence son of Mr and Mrs Robert Fischer fell at his parents home Thursday afternoon and sustained a green fracture of the right collarbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Spence
Robert Fischer
Youth Center Open Dates Set for April 12 and 26
The Youth Center will be open on Friday evenings April 12 and April 26 and will be closed during Holy Week. The schedule notes two Friday sessions for youth activities and a brief closure for religious observance.
Rites Set for Frances Lynch
Frances Lynch died Tuesday afternoon at Rockwell Nursing Home after several weeks as a patient. Funeral services will be 9:30 Friday morning April 5 at St Marys Catholic Church with rosary at Hamiltons Funeral Chapel Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 8.00 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lynch
Rockwell Nu
Rockwell
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hamiltons Funeral Chapel
Frudden Named 1957 Forest Industry Head in Iowa
C M Frudden of Frudden Bridge Lumber & Supply Co Greene has been named 1957 chairman of the Iowa Forest Industries Committee sponsor of the Tree Farm program. Vertrees Young of AFPI announced the appointment. The group is part of a national Tree Farm system with 44 states active and 9 800 Tree Farms covering 41.7 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
M. Frudden
Frudden Bridge Lumber & Supply Co
Greene
Iowa Forest Industries Committee
Vertrees Young
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
National Tree Farm
Frodden
AFPI
Pooley's Grand Opening Draws Greene Area Crowd
A large crowd from every Greene trade area attended the grand opening of the remodeled hardware department at Pooley Tanner Co in Greene on Saturday. Prizes were won by numerous individuals from Greene Marble Rock Plainfield Charles City Dougherty Clarksville Nashua and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Trade Area
Pooley Tanner Co
Greene
Saturdday
Fred Wirth
Co. D. Kretzschmar
Frank Bertbohm
Fred Butler
Clinton Lockwood
Clarence Shatzer
Glenn M. Ressler
August Grendler
Berton Shultz
Robert Fiddick
Galen Martzahn
Ira McRoberts
Harry Merfeld
Ambulance Rushes George Smith to Cedar Valley Hospital
In Hospital George Smith was rushed by ambulance to the Cedar Valley hospital in Charles City on Tuesday.
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George Smith
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Continue Story Hour Through April at Library
Story Hour continues on Saturdays in April from 1 15 to 2 pm with Mrs Fischer the story lady reading The Unruly Hobin in installments. Attendance over five Saturdays in March averaged 29 with perfect four children Charles Berry Tim Heidenwirth Yvonne Kingersar and Douglas Litterer.
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Charles Berry
Tim Heidenwirth
Yvonne Kingers Ar
Douglas Litterer
Irs
Robert Fischer
Smooth Crossings and Faith in Hard Times
A sermon-style meditation contrasts rough railroad crossings with life’s trials. It cites weathered streets, the need for permanent fixes, and urges reliance on Jesus Christ who offers rest and strength through tribulation. Rev. G. F. Butler presents the message about perseverance and spiritual resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Jesus
Heaven
God
G. F. Butler
Home From Hospital Linda Busse Recovering at Home
Linda Busse daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Busse underwent an emergency appendectomy at Cedar Valley hospital in Charles City last Tuesday afternoon. She returned home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Busse
Dan. Busse
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Country Club Plans Cribbage Tournament
The Round Grove Golf and Country Club will hold their annual Cribbage Tournament on Sunday in April. The tournament is open to everyone. Play begins at 1:45 PM sharp and all participants must bring their own cribbage board and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove
Name Winners In Ping-Pong Tourney
Twenty boys and ten girls entered the ping-pong tournament at the Youth Center. Tuesday matches at the high school gym produced champions Matieen Allison in girls and Galen Lindel in the boys singles division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Youth Center
Matieen Allison
Galen Lindel
Sovs
Leaders In Bowling Leagues After Week's Games
Leaders in the bowling leagues after last week's games are Bristow Elevator Willev's Clothing Misques Fullerton Roy's Repair First State Bank and Marilyn's Beauty Shop. All league competition will be completed this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow Elevator
Willev's Clothing
Misques
Fullerton
Roy's Repair
First State Bank
Marilyn's
Greene to Host State Music Contest At High School
Greene hosts a three session state music contest at local centers this Friday and Saturday with centers at Greene High School gym Luther Church basement Presbyterian Church and Methodist Church. Center programs cover woodwinds brass and vocal solos and ensembles with participating schools including Ackley Aplington Clarksville Dike Dows Gladbrook Grundy Center Latimer Manly Nashua Nora Springs Northwood Parkersburg Reinbeck Rockford St Ansgar Shell Rock Tripoli Garner and Ventura. Tickets priced 30 cents for adults and 23 cents for students allow attendance at all centers.
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Tad
Tatum
Bund
Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Church
Alta
Bartiere
Piolo
Center
Center No
Ackley
Aplington
Clarksville
Dike
Dows
Gladbrook
Greene
Grundy Center
Latimer
Manly
Nashua
Nora Springs
Northwood
Parkersburg
Radcliff
Reinbeck
Rockford
St Ansgar
Shell Rock
Tripoli
Garner
Ventua
Investors Mutual Declares Quarterly Dividend in 1997
Investors Mutual Inc board declares a quarterly dividend of 9 cents per share payable April 11 1957 to shareholders of record March 28 1997. Dividend paid from undistributed net investment income derives from dividend and interest income. This marks the 66th consecutive dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Investors Mutual, Inc
Investors Diversified Services, Inc
Butler County ASC appoints Marvin Burton Sprole as manager
The Butler County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announces Marvin Burton Sprole as county ASC office manager. He began duties on April 1. Sprole was born and raised on a farm and has completed an office management course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Marvin Burton Sprole
ASC
Butler County
Mr. Sprole
Oats loan rate set at 58 cents per bushel for Butler County
The 1957 oats loan rate in Butler County is 58 cents per bushel, five cents below 1956 as oats are supported at 70 percent of parity. Premiums apply for higher grades, with garlicky oats discounted. National rates for other commodities were set higher or similar to 1956, except wheat stays the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
J. F. Hartwig
ASC
P T A To Meet At School Tonight
The Greene Par et Veacorts Association hosts a public meeting at the school auditorium this evening at 8:00 p.m. Featuring Mrs. Max Goldman of Titanka a Japanese American at 16 she is now the wife of a Methodist minister and mother of three. The program includes a speaker a slate of officers a musical program social hour and refreshments.
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Max Goldman
Titanka
Greene Paret
Veacorts Association
Ars. Goldman
United States
Iowa
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Gaunt
Karen Curtis
Stag
Jay Cees
C. M. Frudden
Forest Industry
Pooley
Ducing
Country Club
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Wewll
Whitmer
Tinton
G. Buckles
Butler
Wington
D. C
Alice van Wert
Jefferson
Investors Mutual
P.T.A
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