Three Iowa reps oppose West Fork water diversion plan
Three representatives Messerly Cedar Falls Busch Waverly and Grassley New Hartford oppose diverting West Fork River water into the Big Marsh calling the project costly White Elephant. The project funded 75 percent by federal sporting goods taxes supports a 731 acre wildlife refuge and popular duck season use with strong fishing in the West Fork above diversion. They urge reconsideration to preserve the area and avoid farmer tensions from trespass and fence damage.
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Iowa
West Fork River
Big Marsh
Messerly
Cedar Falls
Busch
Waverly
Grassley
New Hartford
The
Conservation Commission
Pittsman-Robertson
Hardys Return Home From Rochester Hospital Visit
Mr and Mrs J B Hardy returned home on Thursday from St Mary's Hospital in Rochester Minnesota where Mr Hardy underwent the Clinic and received treatment.
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J. B. Hardy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Mr. Hardy
Good Neighbor Deed At Clikeman Farm Aids Local Family
About 50 friends and neighbors joined Ivan Clikeman at his Minnesota farm to plow seed and perform chores after his tractor accident. Eight tractors cultivated 100 acres, while thirteen with additional equipment planted 35 acres of oats, with other tractors helping buildings and meals provided by local volunteers. Bathke Oil Company supplied fuel.
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Ivan Clikeman
Clikeman
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Good Neighbor Deed
Russell Frascht
Harold Tack
Vern Rottler
Berle Needham
Richard Bruns
Galen Brinkman
Larry
Fred
Raymond Butzlaff
August Heeren
Dale Crosby
Norman
Karl Kleinschmidt
Dale
Quentin
Walter Hildebrand
John Eckhoff
Don Steere
Otto
George Menken
Gale Barth
Dean Ott
Eldred Mather
Ernest
David Botterbrodt
Ivan Schafer
George Krull
Paul Butler
Richard Frascht
Robert Hillegas
Maynard Bruce
Gary Beck
Orin Noel
Wayne Meek
Lowell Jorges
Frank Katcher
Orville Stewart
Claude Kanter
Gene Shultz
Merlyn Brunner
Fred Paul
Wilson Ray
Howard Burroughs
Buster Ferry
Mike Marten
Wilbur Klassi
M. Rooty
Rev. I. J. Devies
Don Clikeman
Mesdames Wilson Ray
Otto Menken
Kenneth Knight
Kurl Kleinschmidt
M. R. Doty
C. S. Kaiser
Bathke Oil Company
Katherine Nettleton dies suddenly in Greene home
Katherine Marie Nettleton born December 11, 1892 in Masonville Iowa died of a heart attack Sunday evening at her Greene home. Wife of Louis Nettleton she farmed here with him and taught at Charles City and Greene schools. Survived by husband four sons three daughters three sisters one brother and sixteen grandchildren. Funeral at St Marys Church Greene with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Williams Mortuary in charge. Continuous text.
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Katherine Marie Nettleton
Masonville
Iowa
Patrick
Sarah Ryan Loughren
Louis Nettleton
Monty
Greene
Charles City
St Mary’s
Landers Boy Undergoes Tonsillectomy at Mercy Hospital
Brian Landers five year old son of Mr and Mrs Leo Landers had a tonsillectomy at Mercy Hospital in Waverly this morning.
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Brian Landers
Leo Landers
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Fischer bowls 601 in national bowling tourney
Dorothy Fischer of Greene rolled a 601 scratch series in the singles Division One at the Women’s International Bowling Congress championship in Minneapolis Minnesota in April and May. Her games were 205 222 and 174.
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Dorothy Fischer
Greene
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Betty Markle
Esther Hollingsworth
Irene Rover
Jessie Tornowske
Loretta Miller
Sportsman’s Inn
Greene Cafe
Dorothy's Beauty Shop
Harrisons
Junior High Music Concert Set For May Six At Eight
The elementary and junior high music departments present a concert next Wednesday evening May 6 at 8 00 in the high school auditorium. Featured will be the fifth grade band cadet band and junior high chorus. Everyone is invited to attend.
Rufus Williams Rites Are Thursday
Rufus Williams 86 farmer in Greene area from 1917 to 1927 died Monday in Oedlwein Funeral services Thursday Brandt Funeral Home in charge Interment Rose Hill Cemetery Greene at 3 00 p m Short prayer service casket to be opened Survived by second wife eight sons and three daughters including Cecil Lester Lawrence Harry Russell James Jerry John Pauline Hertges Ray Adams and Mrs George Medlin plus one son from first marriage predeceased by his first wife and one son.
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Rufus Williams
Greene
Oedlwein
Brandt
Rose Hill Cemetery
Cecil
Burbank
California
Lester
Oakland
Minnesota
Lawrence
Virginia
Harry
Cedar Falls
Russell
Waterloo
James
Jerry
John
Pauline Hertges
Rose Creek
Ray Adams
Oran
George Medlin
Litterer Family Welcomes Navy Veteran Home
Mr and Mrs Charles Litterer and son Chuckie of Corpus Christi arrive at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Louis Litterer after Charles discharge from four years service in the Navy.
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Charles Litterer
Chuckie
Corpus Christi
Texas
Louis Litterer
Charles
Navy
Ramblers Split in Contests Last Week
The Greene Ramblers lost 13 3 to Sheffield then beat Nashua 9 4 to move to 3 3 on the season. Key hits came from Butch Spratt, Tom Teeple, and Craig Allison. Alan Marsh pitched well, and sectional play starts with Greene vs Ackley in Dumont at 2 00 PM.
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Greene Ramblers
Sheffield
Nashua
Greene
Rambler
Mark Ott
Allan Marsh
Butch Spratt
Tom Teeple
Craig Allison
Ramblers
Jim Drake
Tim Bramer
Alan Marsh
Nashua Bulldogs
Greenlee
LaBarge
Ackley
Dumont
Rockford
Allison
Rockwell - Swaledale
Clarksville
Greene— Ackley
Rockwell-Swaledale
Rites Tuesday for Albert Nixt 71
Albert M. Nixt aged 71 of Mason City died Saturday in a Mason City hospital. Born July 5, 1892 at Greene to John and Kate Nixt he lived many years in Greene. He married Eva Shinn April 20 1933 at Charles City. Survivors include his wife a son Thomas Nixt of Mankato Minnesota a stepson Robert Warner of Mankato two brothers Louis Nixt of Marble Rock and Thomas Nixt of St Louis two sisters Regine Nixt of Waterloo and Marie Teresa Christie of Norwalk Massachusetts and two grandchildren Funeral services were held Tuesday at St Joseph Catholic Church Mason City with Henry Feyereisen and Greene sisters attending.
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Albert M. Nixt
Mason City
Greene
John
Kate
Feyereisen) Nixt
Nixt
Eva M. Shinn
Chales City
Thomas A. Nixt
Mankato
Minnesota
Robert E. Warner
Louis Nixt
Fire crews extinguish grass fire at Dale McRoberts residence
The Greene Fire Department was dispatched to the Dale McRoberts residence around 12 15 Friday noon to extinguish a grass fire near the home.
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Greene Fire Department
Dale McRoberts
Fines Imposed in Dallas Case Against Bamker and Finnell
Mayor Bamker’s court in Dallas fined Hampton resident Dallas Finnell $10.00 plus $4.00 costs for parking in a restricted zone.
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Bamker
Dallas Finnell
Hampton
Arthur Weiss Escaped Injury in Truck Mishap
Arthur Weiss escaped serious injury when his gasoline truck rolled into a ditch four and one half miles west of Greene as he tried to avoid a car and a tractor. Sun glare blinded him momentarily while a car driven by Frank Kingery and a tractor driven by Henry Steere traveled west. Weiss swerved onto the shoulder, the truck overturned into the ditch, his clothing soaked with leaking gasoline but no fire occurred.
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Athur Weiss
Greene
Frank Kingery
Henry Steere
Further Education Day Held at Allison
Aiming to help Butler County juniors choose future study, 275 juniors from seven high schools met at Allison-Bristow High School on April 22. Four-year colleges junior colleges trade schools beauty and barber programs and nursing schools were represented by 36 institutions. Organizer Guy A Olson Butler County Guidance Coordinator coordinated with Allison-Bristow Community Schools.
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Butler County
Allison-Bristow High School
Guy A Olson
Allison-Bristow
Postpone Breakfast by Country Club on May 3
The Country Club has postponed its scheduled breakfast set for May 3. No new date was announced. Members were notified by club letter and social media posts.
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Country Club
One Eighth of Butler County Residents On Social Security
Butler county residents receiving social security total 2204 at the end of 1963. The monthly benefits amount to 137,230 and yearly 1,746,760 dollars. Retired workers dominate the beneficiary groups with 1234 receiving 90,503 in old age benefits monthly.
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Butler County
Farr Q T. Johnson
Waterloo
Johnson
Social Securit
Rites Held for Oscar Anderson in Greene
Carl Oscar Anderson born December 6 1885 in Hobo Sweden died after a stroke at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City aged 78 4 19. He immigrated to the United States settled in Chicago then Fort Pitt Canada before Greene where with brothers he ran Tyden farms and later farmed on his own until 1957. He married Emelia Hultgren in 1912 and leaves wife two daughters Graydon a son eight grandchildren one great granddaughter four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev G F Butler officiating burial Rose Hill Cemetery Reid's Funeral Chapel in charge.
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Carl Oscar Anderson
Axel and
Matilda Anderson
Hobo
Sweden
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
United States
Chicago
Illinois
Emelia Hultgren
Fort Pitt
Canada
Greene
Fred
Erik
Tyden
Marvin
Gladys) Kollmann
Waterloo
Don
Mildred) Opperman
Allison
Graydon
Will
British Columbia
David
Will Haag
Miami
Florida
Anna Selven
First Presbyterian Church
G. F. Butler
Rose Hill
Reid
Fractured Leg Sidelined Greene Community Student
Stuart Marsh an eighth grader from Greene Community School returned home Tuesday April 21 after treatment at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City for a fractured left leg. He sustained the injury April 17 when his leg was caught by a tractor wheel he was riding.
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Stuart Marsh
Clinton Marsh
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Greene Community School
Grassley seeks reelection to Iowa State House seat
Butler County's Charles E. Grassley of New Hartford announced his candidacy for re-election to the Iowa House. The 30 year old lawmaker, serving his third term, has chaired the Agriculture and Horticulture Committee and served on Appropriations and Sifting Committees. He emphasized continuity amid a new apportionment plan, noting more than fifty percent turnover in the chamber and urging experienced legislators to remain.
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Butler County
Charles E. Grassley
New Hartford
Grassley
House of Representatives
Sixtieth General Assembly
Baptist Church
Farm Bureau
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
State College of Iowa
House
Iowa
Greene Students Sweep State Music Contest Ratings
Several Greene students earned top ratings at the state music contest in Grundy Center. Greene High School instrumental groups and soloists captured multiple division one solo and ensemble honors, with Martha Stuntz, Mark Ott, Arlyn Janssen and many others named among winners and high ratings across solos, ensembles, and vocal numbers.
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Greene
Grundy Center
Greene High School
Martha Stuntz
Flue
Mark Ot
Arlyn Janssen
Marlys Wagoner
Marcellyn Curtis
Martha Juntz
Karen Jewell
Marcurtis
Vocal Music Department
Mary Ellen Worley
Bill Thompson
Dick Fischer
Gloria Arends
Loveta Reed
Lana Cheney
Tom Teeple
Melvin Wurth
Butler County Extension Plans '65 Program Committees Named
Butler County Agricultural Extension Council appointed members to five major area committees Livestock Crops and Soils Farm and Home Management Youth and a sixth year round Family Living Committee. The program aims to identify county needs for 1965 and pool reports into one coordinated plan open to all residents with contact via Kay Connelly in Allison.
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Butler County Agricultural Extension Council
Kay Connelly
Butler County
Extension Council
Connelly
Kenneth Rodman
Bernard Franken
Robert Wamsley
LaMar Chester
Wilbur Cordes
Daryl DeArmon
Harold Sutton
Ken Wangsness
Lee Folkerts
Paul Cheney
Paul Schoeman
Harry Ott
Norman Brown
Albert Harms
J. B. McAninch
Darrell Needham
Mathias P. Jensen
Ronnie Miller
Vernon Reints
Paul Rosen—winkle
Ted de Berg
Henry Kromminga
Paul Huisinga
Leonard Schwerdtfeger
Irs
Dale Grapp
Gene Reser
Ben Stubbe
Bernard Weinberg
George Koons
Larry Finnell
Daryl Wagoner
Armin Bull
Buriton Sprole
Kenneth Williams
Barbara DeNeuf
Terry Schrage
C. S. Kaiser
Nancy Kaiser
Guy Olson
Michael Garrels
Rev. Bruton
Jim Miller
Jim Doeden
Family Living
Lioyrd Miller
Galen Neal
Don Munson
Allison
Kingery undergoes surgery in Iowa City hospital
Henry Kingery of Charles City son of Mr and Mrs Orval Kingery entered University Hospital in Iowa City Monday where he submitted to surgery for medical treatment and recovery considerations.
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Henry Kingery
Charles City
Orval Kingery
University Hospital
Iowa City
Brinkman Attends Iowa Insurance Workshop
Dale H. Brinkman secretary of the Butler County Mutual Insurance Association at New Hartford Iowa took part in an advertising workshop for county mutual insurance managers at New Hampton on April 24. The session was one of five held in Iowa by Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company to serve member associations.
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Dale H. Brinkman
Butler County Mutual Insurance Association
New Hartford
Iowa
New Hampton
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Neighbors Plow 100 Acres at Elmer Landers Farm
Twelve neighbors and relatives gathered at Elmer Landers farm on Thursday to plow 100 acres. A noon meal was provided by neighborhood women at Minor Dix's farm home. Louane Landers, 15, is critically ill at home. Helpers included Lowell Allen, Galen Schuknecht, Paul Cheney, Charlies Litterer, John Backer, Dean Cole, Don Feldman, Fred Meyne, Galen Landers, Leroy Miller, Minor Dix, and Dale Hickok.
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Elmer Landers
Minor Dix
Louane Landers
Landers
Lowell Allen
Galen Schuknecht
Paul Cheney
Charlies Litterer
John Backer
Dean Cole
Don Feldman
Fred Meyne
Galen Landers
Leroy Miller
Dale Hickok
Rites Held for Nola Wimberly 62
Nola Wimberly 62 died late Tuesday April 21 at her sister’s home in Marble Rock born July 27 1901 survived by one brother William Monday Beloit Wisconsin five sisters Ora Copas Mayzell England Tompkinsville Kentucky Delno Short Indianapolis Indiana Dio Pendleton Clayton Vanessa and Frank Noehl Marble Rock funeral held 10 a m Friday April 24 Williams Mortuary Greene officiated burial in St Marys Cemetery Greene arrangements by Williams Mortuary
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Nola Wimberly
Frank Noehl
Marble Rock
Wiliam Monday
Beloit
Wisconsin
Ora Copas
Mayzell England
Tompkinsville
Kentucky
Delno Short
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dio Pendleton
Clayton, Vaness
Mrs. Zula Ramker Dismissed From Cedar Valley Hospital
Mrs. Zula Ramker has been released after a brief stay at Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City where she received treatment for several weeks. She is recovering at the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Art Herman and family.
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Zula Ramker
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Art Herman
Changes at Local Post Office Delays and Saturday Limits
Service adjustments affect all first through third class post offices starting the fourth. Greene Office will not sell money orders on Saturdays and rural carriers will not accept money order applications then. Counter hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturdays.
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Greene Post Office
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George Merfeld
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Oelwein
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Cedar Rapids
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St Mary’s Church
Joseph Murphy
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Williams Mortuary
Albert Nixt
Arthur Weiss
Oscar Anderson
Charles Grassley
Republican
Sally Hammer
Joyce Riggins
Mary Worley
Cheryl Brinkman
Helen McBurney
Dennis Edwards
Jane Witwer
Janet Jewell
Jane Burrough
Sandra Allen
Jim Truitt
Carolyn Kehoe
Ann Allen
Donald Wunsch
Greg Kehoe
Steve Barnett
Duane Brinkman
Bruce Fischer
Pam Drakle
Barbara Barth
Tern Rutz
Connie Leavens
Ann Rotuler
Butler County Extension Service Planning
Dale Brinkman
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