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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1957
Page
8
Clarksville Woman's Club gathered Friday at Mrs. M. W. Brockman's home with Mrs. Charles Shepard assisting. E M Mark presented a book review of The Lust for Life and displayed Vincent van Gogh paintings. Members approved a donation to aid a Danish student attending Clarksville School next year. A tray lunch followed. one guest, Mrs. F. Buchholz, attended among 17 members.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Swick and Shirley Miller of Greene sponsored the baptism of Stanley Joe at St Peters Lutheran Church in Greene. Mr and Mrs Edward Meser also served as sponsors, with Ar and Mrs Meser and James present for the ceremony. The Swicks and Patti attended the August Meyers time following the service.
Alice Elaine Wefel and David William Kramer were united in marriage Sunday at 2:00 PM at the First Evangelical and Reformed Church in Pleasant Valley. The double ring ceremony was led by Rev. Roland Hosto with bridesmaid Joyce Laubie and maid of honor Mrs Vern Kramer. The couple will reside in Charles City where Kramer is employed at the Oliver Corporation.
Jerry Martin went to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Monday for a routine physical checkup following a recent surgery.
The Embroidery Club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clint Varnum with guests Mrs. Lulu Burling and Irma. Seventeen members attended the business session then enjoyed a social afternoon and a tray lunch.
Specialist Margret Litterer has returned from a year in Frankfurt Germany. She will visit parents and relatives until April 26 when she will report to Indiana for six weeks and then spend eighteen months in the states.
Mrs. Lloyd Sinram returned home from Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo where she had been a patient after surgery.
Clarksville locals report trips and illnesses across family and friends. Alfred Schmadeke and Bertha Johnson return from Waynesville Missouri with sister Caroline Siefkes. Siefkes family plans to move to Port Arthur Texas in April. Several visits note illnesses in Marshalltown and Denver while others recount hospital stays and care.
The Butler DHIA report shows 10 herds on official test and 25 on other-sampler bases. Greene resident Smith had a high producing herd averaging 14 121 pounds of milk and 530 pounds of butterfat, above the state averages of about 6000 pounds milk and 225 butterfat. Other top producers include Groos and Scheer Bristow with 14 213 pounds milk and 489 butterfat Gordon Hutchinson Dumont with 11 960 pounds milk and 431 butterfat and Charlie Franken Snell Rock with 10 495 pounds milk and 412 butterfat. The Association average was 10 084 pounds milk and 403 butterfat. The average value over feed cost for cows in the Association was 165 dollars.
Long list of participants by town and school in multiple divisions for saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, voice and chamber groups. Names include Nelson, Mary Bakketon, Sharon Fossey, Julie Stauffacher, Myrna Stover, Marjery Kraft, Beth Bloom, Ellen Jungling, Debbie Loecher, Ronald Stille, Karen Tystahl, Dennis Bergeson, Ted Gulberg, Douglas Brown, Stephen Johnson, Melvin Epley, Danny Leggett, and many more across Ackley, Dike, Franklin Consolidated, Grundy Center, Shell Rock, Rockford, St Ansgar, Nora Springs, Northwood, Reinbeck, Tripoli, Garner, Parkersburg, Ventura, and others.
Bowling results from Wednesday to Tuesday across leagues show Willey's Clothing defeating Ackley Grinders 3-1 and White's Tavern 4-0 with McRoberts Implement and John Deere Imp. also posting 3-1 scores. Highs include L Shultz 208 and 203, D Willey 539, Sneed 217, and Miller 568 across multiple leagues.
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