Editor Steaks and Bowling Banter on Battle for Last
A Ross and Miller keglers consider joining Kemming's team next year while Walt buys S T E A K S after bowling. Town U's Bucky O Conner's fatal accident is noted. Shell Rock river could become a regional recreation hub with more picnic space and a new dock. Fishing prospects rise with state stocking and a new breeding pond supervised by Greene Sportsman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Miller Keglers
Kemming
Walt
State Conservation Commission
Greene Sportsman's Club
Luther College Varsity Band Spring Concert May 6
Luther College Varsity Band of 78 pieces will present its annual spring concert Tuesday May 6 at 8 15 pm in the C K Preus Auditorium Conducted by Eugene Rousseau with guest directors Arthur Branne and Kermit Hendrickson The program includes Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Handel Allegro Maestoso a clarinet solo Serenade featuring John Duck and an original piece Spring Dream by Bernhard Gluth conducted by Laverne Walheim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Luther College
C. K
John Duck
St. Louis Park
Minnesota
Duck
Arthur P. Branne
Kermit Hendrickson
Luther
Calmar
Bernhard Gluth
Redwood Falls
Laverne Walheim
Baptism of Randal Alan Kingery at Presbyterian Church
Randal Alan Kingery, son of Mr and Mrs Roland Kingery of Clear Lake, was baptized at the Presbyterian Church last Sunday. Grandfather El der Vivian Kingery assisted in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randal Alan
Roland Kingery
Clear Lake
Presbyterian Church
Vivian Kingery
Heart Disease Fatal To Infant Paul MccMeen
Grandson of Mr and Mrs Percy L Lucas dies at eighteen months from birth heart disease. Son of Harley McMeen and Mrs McMeen of Poora Illinois. Funeral services were held in Manna City Illinois. Darrell Kingery attended the services after traveling Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy L. Lucas
Paul MccMeen
Harley McMeen
Poora
Ilinois
McMeens
Daniel
David
Manna City
Darrell Kingery
Hoofbeats Sponsors Trail Ride At Aaron Jewell Farm
The Hoofbeats club held a Sunday trail ride starting at Aaron Jewell farm and riding through Stanton woods. Thirty three riders took part, the ride began at 11:00 and at noon they paused for a sack lunch in the woods. A drill practice is planned next Sunday at Aaron Jewell farm as the first of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Jewell Farm
Stanton's Woods
Greene Takes Second In Comet Relays At Charles City
Greene finished second to Oelwein in the Comet Relays at Charles City last Friday with 37 points to 40 for Oelwein. Greene took runner up in 880 yard relay, 440 yard dash, mile relay and 100 yard dash as Roger Landers placed third in 100 and second in high hurdles. Medley relay finished third. final Class C standings listed Oelwein 40 Greene 37 Grundy Center 37 Cresco 26.7 Hampton 12 Nashua 8. Ramb lers set for Mohawk Relays at Mason City this Friday May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Wolters
Charles City
Oelwein
Greene
Pierce
Miller
Grendler
Harris
Slocum
Burroughs
Kepple
Keith Harris
Roger Landers
Grundy Center
Cresco
Hampton
Nashua
Ramblers
Mason City
Crusade For Freedom Drive Kicks Off in Greene
The Crusade for Freedom drive begins today April 30 in Greene and runs until Wednesday May 7. James Graven chairs the local drive urging contributions to be left at First State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crusade For Freedom
Greene
James Graven
First State Bank
P T A Meeting Slated For May Seventh Evening
The Greene Community Parent-Teacher Association will meet on Wednesday May 7 at 8 00 p m in the auditorium The rural schools will open the session with teachers Mrs Van Raden and Mrs Dreier The new officers will be installed and an attendance award presented An exhibit of the manual arts class work will be shown Refreshments will be served by Messieurs and Mesdames Timer Bramer Donavon Ruffridge Walter Kemming Vern Van Raden Paul Wolf and Harold Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Community Parent-Teacher Association
van Raden
Dreier
Messeurs
Mesdames Timer Bramer
Donavon Ruffridge
Walter Kemming
Vern van Raden
Paul Wolf
Harold Williams
Planting Early Hybrids on Butler County Farms
Butler County corn growers are advised to plant part of their acreage to early maturing hybrids. County extension director William Patton cites agronomist E R Duncan who suggests up to a quarter of corn on farms with over 80 acres. Early plantings allow staggered harvest but tight management is needed to avoid losses from lodging or dropped ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
William Patton
E. R. Duncan
Iowa State College Agronomist
Duncan
Lloyd Graven Named To Fraternity At St Olaf College
Lloyd Graven son of Mr and Mrs Henry Graven Greene is named among 21 candidates for membership in Pi Gamma Mu national social science honorary at St Olaf College Formal induction is set for May 30 Assistant Registrar Donovan Parker says the group includes top juniors and seniors majoring in social sciences and meeting strict academic criteria
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf College
Pi Gamma Mu
Lloyd Graven
Henry Graven
Greene
St. Olaf
Donovan Parker
Marble Rock residents win national notice for fall-out shelter
Two Marble Rock residents gain nationwide publicity over Iowa first fall-out shelter and a poem about its construction. James McNeilus built the shelter on his farm near Marble Rock and Clinton L. Bopp authored the poem War-Time Shelter and Bible Prophecy. The shelter can house more than twenty people and is praised as one of the nation’s best. Bopp’s poem has been widely circulated and a book edition is available at his Marble Rock drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Rock
Iowa
James McNeilus
Clinton L. Bopp
12th Contact X Ray Program Completed in Butler County
The 12th annual Contact X-ray Program in Butler County, led by Mrs. Frank Schoneman, screened 31 people with chest X rays. One showed suspicious signs of tuberculosis, eight had other abnormalities, and 16 had healthy chests. The program, funded by Christmas Seals, aims to find undiagnosed TB among close contacts of contagious cases. Mattie Peterson directed interviews and calls, after conferences with doctors, with joint sponsorship by local and state health bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Frank Schoneman
Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mattie Peterson R.N
Butler County Association
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
State Department of Health
Butler County Medical Society
Iowa
Dance At Round Grove Golf and Country Club May 7
A dance will be held at Round Grove Golf and Country Club on Wednesday evening May 7 with an orchestra providing music. Tickets available from Vern Willey Dale Witles Walter Detra Max Wegand James Dralle and Lewis Majewski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove Golf and Country Club
Messrs. and Mesdames
Vern Willey
Dale Witles
Walter Detra
Max Wegand
James Dralle
Lewis Majewski
Conservationists Plan Soil Stewardship Week Observance
Butler Soil Conservation District will cooperate with county ministers to observe Soil Stewardship Week May 1 18. The group will insert soil conservation material into church bulletins to raise awareness of duties as stewards of soil. Fall field day and plowing match discussed. no date set. Attendees included R J Moore Ken Cordes Don Hagarty Hugh Sallon Donald Huary J B McAninch and visitors J Ross Oliver Leo Rasmussen. Next meeting May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Soil Conservation District
Don Harris
Carrington-Clyde Soil Areaxperimental Association
Independence
Piano Recital at Presbyterian Church program planned
Mrs. G. B. Hamllon will present a group of students in a piano recital at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday May 4 at 3 00 oclock Don Hamilton a piano student of Miss Mary Anders Wartburg College will assist in the recital Public invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Hamllon
Presisterian Church
Don Hamilton
Mary Anders
Wartburg College
Lyle Kinsedahl Dies Suddenly at 37 in Wichita
Mrs Ingebord Kinsedahl rushes to Wichita after the unexpected death of her son Lyle aged 37 from a heart attack. Survived by his wife two children sister Elva Fredericks Humboldt and brother Sidney Tacoma. Funeral services scheduled Friday at the Church of the Good Shepherd Wichita with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingebord Kinsedahl
Wichita
Kansas
Lyle
Elva Fredericks
Humboldt
Sidney
Tacoma
Washington
Church of the Good Shepard
Gary Slocum returns home from Korea after 16 months
Private Gary Slocum of the Medical Corps came home last Wednesday after a 1 year and 4 month stint in Korea. He flew to Waterloo where his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Slocum met him. After an 80 day furlough he will report to Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Mrs William Bartlett also returns from Augusta Georgia where she visited her husband at Fort Gordon. Private Bartlett is being transferred to a base near Washington DC. his wife is the former Vonna Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Slocum
Korea
Medical Corps
Gary
Waterloo
Charles Slocum
Sim
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
William Bartlett
Augusta
Georgia
Fort Gordon
Army Signal Corps
Bartlett
Washington, D. C
Vonna Whitehead
Eighth Graders Tour Des Moines on Educational Trip
Seventy one Greene Community School and St Marys Academy eighth graders toured Des Moines visiting the State House where Governor Loveless greeted them and viewing the Senate and House chambers and the Supreme Court. They rode to the dome of the Capitol and spent time at the State Historical Building before touring the Register and Tribune Building and the Des Moines airport and Air Force Base. A stalled elevator affected twenty seven travelers but help arrived and the group continued the outing despite rain. Accompanying adults were Mr Paul Lewison, Mr and Mrs V J Tatum and Mrs Francis Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Community School
St. Mary's Academy
Des Moines
State House
Governor Loveless
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
State Historical Building
Bishop's
Register and Tribune Building
Air Force Base
Paul Lewison
V. J. Tatum
Francis _ Knapp
Story Hour Ends At Greene Public Library For Season
Story Hour at the Greene Public Library closed for the season after 27 sessions from October through April 26 with one December session. Average attendance 233, peak 36 on November 30. Ten children attended 20 or more sessions, led by Larry Lester and Debra Martzahn among others. Mrs. Robert Fischer served as Story Lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Public Library
Larry Lester
Debra Maartzahn
Neil Burroughs
Becky Bellows
Wendy Martzahn
Yvonne Ruffridge
Bruce Burroughs
Beth Busse
Melinda Drakle
Jane McRobers
Debra Martzahn
Robert Fischer
Bristow Elevator Tops Final Bowling Standings
Bristow Elevator and Nettleton Inc. lead final bowling standings in multiple leagues. Marcy Brandt loses finger tips in a park accident when a gust closes a car door on her hand. she recuperates with grandparents in Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcy Brandt
Marcy Lynne
Steve Brandt
Allison
Russell Meyers
Rites Tomorrow For Maude Waite
Mrs Maude Quinn Waite 76 died at her daughter's Buckeye Arizona home after a broken hip suffered a month earlier She was born in Clarksville taught school in Bristow many years and lived there Survivors include one daughter Her husband Clair Waite preceded her in death Funeral service set for Thursday afternoon in Bristow with burial in Clarksville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude (Quinn) Waite
Dorothy Pfluger
Buckeye
Arizona
Independents to Practice On Sunday
The Greene Independent base ball team sponsored by the Veterans Club will hold a practice session on Sunday at 2:00. All those eligible and interested in playing are urged to turn out. Schedule lists games at Greene and visiting towns from May through July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Independent
Veteran’s Club
Greene
Allison
Parkersburg
Dumont
Shell Rock
Clarksville
Catholic Daughters Breakfast at Country Club May 4
Invitations sent to local court members for a Mass at St Marys Church on Sunday May 4 to receive Holy Communion. A May breakfast will follow at Round Grove Golf and Country Club. Annual officer election set for Monday May 12 at Veterans Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Catholic Daughters of America
St. Mary's Church
Round Grove Golf and Country Club
Veterans Club
District Library Meeting At Garner Friday
The District Library meeting will be held at Garner on Friday May 2. Mrs. Marian Hardman and library board members plan to attend. The AAU.W. recently donated a seats subscription to Atlantic Monthly. The Catholic Daughters presented Battista’s How to Enter Work and Get More Fun Out of Life. The book praise notes Battista methods surpass other systems. Greene Public Library average yearly circulation 1952 1958: 19,330 books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Marian Hardman
Library Board
Aau.w
Atlantic
Battista
Greene Public Library
Two Farmers Complete Waterways In Local Townships
Miervin Groninga of Ackley completed a waterway on his Washington township farm to ease 30 acres of runoff harming the farm and county road. Contractor work fixed part of the road ditch, with seeding planned for brome grass and timothy. Farm Planner J B Meadminch checked the project. A second waterway on Don Mehmen’s Riggert farm in Parkersburg Albion township added contouring to curb future washouts. A third waterway on Dean Debner’s West Point township farm continued the effort to control erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miervin Groninga
Ackley
Washington Township
Groninga
Riggert
Don Mehmen
Parkersburg
Albion Township
Eroston
Mr. Mehmen
Dean Debner
West Point Township
Three Day Measles Victims Must Stay Home Five Days
Parents of children with three day measles are advised by school nurse Mrs. Robert Tornowske to keep the child out of school for five days from illness onset. Return before five days triggers re dismissal by school authorities per State Board of Health rules and City Health Officer Dr. MacLeod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tornowske
State Board of Health
MacLeod
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U's
Bucky” O'Conner
Northestern
Shell Rock River
Lutheran Band
P.T.A
Mr. Bopp
The
North Western Druggist
Lyle Kinsedahl
Uncle Sam‘s Nephews & Nieces
Bristow Elevator
Miller Real Estate
Willey’s Clothing
Settleton Insurance
Ross & Miller
Keraming’s Sinclar
J Klooster
D. Miller
C. Kretzschmar
Nettleton Insurance
Starkweather
C. Ross
Kemming’s Sinclair
Menken
John Deere Imps
Ackley Grinders
Lutheran Brotherhood
Greene Motor Co
McRoberts Implement
Gabe & Hamilton
John Deere
J Backer
Ackley Sainders
D. McRoberts
Barth
Greene Motor Company
C. Starkweather
McRoberts
J. Meek
J. Hamilton
Wunsch Plumbing
Roy’s Repair
Hamilton’s Furn
Albrecht Hatchery _ Gamble
Klassi Motors Al’s
Curtis Insurance
D. Ruffridge
W. Wunsch
W Meek
Butler Co
R. Allan
Harrison’s
P. Ruffridge
Greene Cafe
L. Shultz
Murphy Transportation
G. Marsh
Knapp Implement
J. Ott
Marilyn's
L. Salt
Marsnall & Swift
J. Bliss
U. P. Majewski
M. Martzain
O. Henline
B. Hamilton
Nettleton’s Insurance
Dorothy’s Buy Shop
Sperry Insurance
Myrt’s Lunch
Allison Implement
All Ramblers
Dralles
Lealt
M. Schultz
L. Wedeking
D Fischer
B Stock
B. Schuknecht
D. Landers
A. van Dyke
Dorothy's Beauty Shop
Al's Ramblers
Imogene Barnhart
Club Town
Maude Waite
Country Club Sun
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