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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1958
Page
1
A fragmentary column mocks impartiality and broadminded citizens. It laments government meddling with space trips and notes a wish to work less while suggesting parents face burdens from bicycles and golf gear. The piece ends with a grim adage on eating and longevity.
The Greene Community School home making students present their annual style show Thursday at 2 30 in the gym. Part of the Woman's Club program, the event features clothing made by the 8th 9th and advanced home making classes in seven style categories. The finale is a Wheel of Fashion with outfits by all students.
Minsters and lay leaders from 56 Methodist churches in 11 north central Iowa counties head to the Waterloo Spring district meeting at the Nashua Methodist Church. The session opens at 8:00 p.m. and adjourns about 10 p.m. Reports on church work will be heard and preaching licenses issued to qualified applicants from Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Butler Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Floyd Franklin Howard Mitchell Worth counties.
Lacy from Savannah presents Life of Julietta Low founder of the Girl Scout Movement. Magnificent Missourian profiles Thomas Hart Benton U.S. senator for thirty years. Be My Guest by Conrad Hint on. Masters of Deceit by J Edgar Hoover explores communism in America. New novels include The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden A Death in the Family by James Agee and North from Rome by Helen MacInnes.
Professor and Mrs Aziz A E Sherbini of Khartoum Sudan arrived in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth. They were met by Mrs Sherbinis brother-in-law and sister Mr and Mrs Clarence W Clemments of Des Moines. They plan to reach Greene next Sunday for an extended visit at the George Whitson home with relatives and friends. They traveled from Khartoum to London by air before sailing to the United States.
Mr and Mrs Walter Wason of Greenwich Connecticut visit Mr and Mrs Will J McRoberts in McRoberts. They are en route home after spending winter in St Petersburg Florida. The Wasons and McRoberts are cousins and this is their first meeting. They spent Monday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Max Thompson and family at Cedar Falls.
State Music Contest at Ventura on April 11 and 12 awarded top honors to vocal and instrumental ensembles and soloists. Div I soloists Jim Hoben Jeanette Wirth Carol Tatum. Div I ensembles Girls Vocal Trio Trumpet Quartet Brass Sextet Clarinet Choir. Div II soloists Lorene Butler Jeven Rottler Sandra Maxson Sharon Murphy plus vocalists Werner Drakle Ronald Crooks Wendell Debner Gary Smith Kenny Brinkman Jeanne Wildman Jackie Marsh. Div II ensembles Flute Quartet Drum Ensemble and various vocal groups.
Mr. Donald Neely, a ministerial student at the Presbyterian Seminary in Dubuque, will be guest speaker at the local Presbyterian Church near Sunday, April 20.
Mrs G E Hamilton presented a piano recital Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church. Participants included Ellen Worley Janea Fischer Carolyn Wolf Lynette Kingery Mary Wolf Sally Clikeman Pamela Drakle Susan Cleeman Sharlene Hildebrand Ann Rottler Marjorie Marsh Peggy Willey Pamela Hamilton Mykl Wolters Karen Jewell DyAnn Busching Diane Cheney Monica Ennen Jane Witwer Vicki Brunsma Patricia Walker Lana Cheney Margaret Senne Jane Poppen Gloria Day. Duets were performed by Vae Brinkman Jane Voigts and Kay Karen Jewell.
The Hoofbeats invite all boys and girls to their first meeting of the year on Saturday evening April 19 at 7 45 at the home of Aaron Jewell. Attendance is encouraged for those interested in joining the organization.
The First Annual Revue organized by Greene High School music departments and sponsored by the Music Mothers will occur next Tuesday April 22 at 8 00 p m in the Auditorium. Refreshments will be served by the Music Mothers. The program features the Beginnings Band Cadet Band High School Swing Band and High School Concert Band plus Vocal Department groups. Tickets available from students or at the door. Everyone is invited.
Bowling leagues report results from Wednesday and Tuesday nights. Teams like John Deere Implement Ackles Grinders and Lutheran Brotherhood posted high game totals and series records, with standout efforts from L. Staudt, R. Behnke, J. Schultz, and J. Klooster. Attendance and scores across multiple lanes show multiple 200+ games and several 500+ series.
New residents Mr and Mrs Jus0 Majewski are parents of a daughter born at Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City. The baby weighed eight pounds twelve ounces and is named Renee Clara.
Mayor Cecil Starkweather's committee will start tennis court construction at Perrin Park. Initial fill has been laid, soon rolled and prepared for the 60 by 118 foot playing area enclosed by a 2 foot wall and 10 foot fence. Electric lights to enable night use, funds raised by subscription, matched by the Park Fund, total cost about 4000 dollars, aiming for summer use with the Women's Club sponsorship.
Sharon Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Murphy was among 18 Iowa senior girls to receive a Farm Bureau Scholarship. She was chosen from Greene High School Butler county and the eleven county district after state interview by a committee. Sharon is in the 1958 Greene Community School graduating class.
A poppy poster contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliaries honored war dead on Poppy Day May 24. Awards recognized Class I posters from Greenville Public School and Sacred Heart Academy with first places awarded to Glonn Jean Arends and Beverly Herman.
The Greene Ramblers dropped three baseball games last week on away fields. New Hartford won 6 0 and Charles City followed with an 8 0 defeat as Greene managed only one hit in each game. In Monday's loss to Aplington the Ramblers trailed with scattered scoring, while Barth, Gabe and Harris led Greene with several runs. Upcoming games include Shell Rock and Clarksville away.
Greene voters approved a 20 year franchise for Interstate Power by a vote of 529 to 52 with six spoilt ballots. The measure extends the current franchise to 1962 allowing new generation facilities, street lighting upgrades and a 1000 kilowatt diesel unit. Construction is slated after contracts are signed, with city officials to approve final basestages.
Richard Pooley son of Mr and Mrs Dwight Pooley is undergoing guided missile training at Fort Bliss Texas. His address shows Pvt Richard R Pooley US 55612937 HQ Battery 2nd Bn 1st GM GP Sam Fort Bliss Texas.
A group of thirty two neighbors gathered at Marion Belknap farm two miles east of Greene on Tuesday to prepare 180 acres for planting. One hundred twenty acres were seeded to oats and 60 acres of corn ground were dished. Thirty acres were plowed by day’s end with 25 tractors 6 grain drills 13 discs 6 drags and 6 trucks on site. Arthur Weiss and Butler Grundy Ser ics agent provided fuel for machines. Helpers included Ralph Marsh Vern Thompson John Ekhoff Herman Stubbe Leslie Barnhart Walter Hildebrand LeRoy Miller Charles Pratt Will Cheney John Groothuis Harry Jasen George Shultz George Krull Paul Cheney Quentin Hildebrand David Nixt Ernest Botterbrodt Clair Johnson Bery Needham Roy Thompson Maynard Bruce Ted Kenyon Herman Miller Lows Juhi Clyde Stuntz Wilbur Gable Clarence Shatzer George Menken Francis Belknap Clinton Marsh and Richard Smith.
More than a hundred members of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary will meet for the Third District Spring Conference in Tama. Registration starts 9:00 am, service school at 10:00, afternoon sessions at 1:30 pm in the Tama American Legion Building. A lunch at King Tower Cafe noon. District covers ten counties including Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama and Wright.
Church of Christ outlines a one week Bible School running morning and afternoon sessions from June 2 to June 6. Theme is We Worship The Lord with lessons tracing worship from Noah to modern churches, including a model tabernacle, handwork, assemblies, songs, and special VBS Sunday on May 4th. Co directors Mrs Ira Thomas and Mrs Dex ter Alexander lead the program for nursery through teens with named teachers.
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