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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1960
Page
2
OCR fragment from Clarksville News mentions names and places but is garbled. contains partial references to Waterloo and California, with unclear dates or events. cannot determine a coherent event or outcome from the readable text.
A shower for miss Shules Lowe celebrated at her home with 40 guests from nearby towns. Prizes went to honoree and decorations featured red and white columns. A tea lunch accompanied gift parcels as well wishes poured in for the expectant twins.
Kenneth Wills suffered a freak accident Sunday afternoon when he fell over the dog and fractured both bones in his right leg. He was taken by ambulance to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City to have his leg placed in a cast.
Vrs Pearl Moris returns home after a week with brother Lee Smith in Waterloo. Antioch Aid met with Mrs Ivan Yost followed by social afternoon and dinner guests at Henung home including Cy and Mas Jacquis and Babbs inu dune Jons of Reiwnbeeh Mz and Mis Don Hubem. Attendees from Ach ky and War vals thos lumen served. AmVet Auxiliary met with Mrs Truman Wamsley. plans for county convention in Clarks on April 28. Visits by Meskumen, Mitchell Doty, and Gogg with family. death of Lucinda Parker referenced. several residents visiting relatives in Manhattan, Leavenworth, and Dubuque.
Horticulturist Ben Vance of Iowa State University explains a banded fertilizer method to boost yields. By placing a pound of complete fertilizer in two 3 to 4 inch deep rows beside each seed row, plants access nutrients where roots concentrate, enabling smaller gardens with less work yet higher harvests. He suggests soil testing and using 10-10-10 or 12-12-12 fertilizers at 2 pounds per 50 feet of crop row.
State comptroller Glenn Sarsfield reports nine month taxes total 111,654,125 up from 1959 but below his forecast by 1.19 million while individual income tax receipts from July 1959 to March 31 total 14,125,373, over one million under the prior year and about 1.9 million beneath projections. Gormlan engineer criticizes the Internal Revenue Bureau for wartime revenue tactics and notes actions against his property and debts.
Ian Town pacifist who has refused to pay his federal income taxes for 17 years writes an open letter to the Internal Revenue Service stating he will not pay the current levy to back the government war policies. Walter Gormly shares the stance and adds support for the protest.
Two University of Iowa researchers predict more Iowans will drink alcohol in the future and more may become heavier drinkers. Prof T Wuold Mulford and Donald E. Miller say the trend appears in Yale University’s Quarterly journal of studies on alcohol.
Interstate 80 segment on a newly surfaced four lane road shows deterioration. Iowa highway commission engineers in the field will investigate the six mile stretch between high- and unknown location to determine causes and necessary repairs.
The Evangelical Reformed Church at St Johns Co hosts diving worship at 1000 am. The Brotherhood meets at 800 o'clock with hosts Fred Kemet and Abel Reints. The Guest Dave from the Women’s Guid postponed, will be held Wednesday May 4 at 130 pm. Youth Fellowship reception and coniments into the Youth Fellowship on Sunday May 8 starting with a supper at 700 o'clock.
G F Butler pastor leads Westminster Fellowship at 7 15 pm Pam Chow practice at 8 00 pm Sunday Vacation Church School Institute at Plington from 10 00 am to 3 00 pm Sunday School at 9 30 am Worship Service at 10 30 am Board of Trustees meets at 8 00 pm Tue May 3 Women Association at 1 30 pm Wed May 4 Congregational meeting after morning worship May 8 after service.
Powersville churches announce Sunday School at 1000 am and Morning Worship at 1100 am at North Powersville Schoolhouse with Rueben Strecker pastor. Junior Jets youth and adult fellowship at 730 pm and Evening service at 800 pm. Wednesday Bible study at 800 pm and monthly board meeting. Women’s Fellowship uses date 25 Adar. U and Bureau of Public Roads investigate a road paved last summer opening last fall with surface cracks and about a dozen holes.
Brethren Church with Rev N E Buss hosts morning worship 930 am and Sunday School 1030 am also listing junior choir 500 to 700 pm. Faith Baptist Church Marble Rock led by Vern Prugh holds Sunday School 1000 am worship 1100 am with Jet Cadets 700 pm. Bennezette Wesleyan Methodist led by Richard Steneberg has Sunday School 1000 am worship 1100 am with YW at 730 pm and evening service 800 pm plus youth activity and chow practice at 700 pm.
Pastor John M Falconer leads Bethel Baptist Church with church school at 9 30 am morning worship at 10 30 am junior BYF at 7 00 pm and evening worship at 8 00 pm.
Fifty members attended a Sunday church banquet in the parlors. Donald Bachman served as toast master while Sally Bartels delivered the welcome and Billy Thompson gave the response. Roger Martzahn sang, Jane Kretzschmar gave a humorous reading, and Carol Crosby accompanied the solo and group singing. The film Templed Halls was shown after the program.
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