Community trees bloom as Greene plants 343 new trees
The Greene tree drive, led by the Woman's Club with City Council backing, added 343 trees to city streets, parks, and rural areas. Donations from residents and groups funded maples, hackberries, ashes, and shrubs, with schools and businesses contributing labor and support.
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Greene
City Hall
Woman’s Club of
Greene City Council
Betty Markle
Woman's Club
Sylvia Hawker
Woman’s Club
Sherman Nursery
Charles City
Round Grove Golf and Country Club
Perrin Park
GHS
Greene Insurance Services
M&m
Frank Wiegman
Art Weiss
Donovan Ruffridge
Ingeborg Friedrichs
Marvin Nelson
James Graven
Dwight Marsh
Wayne Fischer
Rose Hill Cemetery
Robert Bertram
R.H. Jaspers
Elmer Mennenga
Darrell Needham
United Methodist Church
Leonard Morey
Calvary Baptist Church
Shell Rock River Bridge
Butler County Dust Control Program Opens for Rural Roads
Butler County offers dust control on rural roads with two applications using lignin sulfonate. Treatment dates are late May or early June and again in August or September, 17 feet wide for a 300 foot strip. Cost is 80 dollars, covering material. contact County Engineer’s Office by May 15.
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Butler Co
Butler County Engineer's Office
Plan Music Parents Dance At Riviera Ballroom May Sixteen
A Music Parents dance is scheduled for May 16 at the Riviera Ballroom in Janesville with the Ray Holtz Orchestra. Tickets are available from the dance committee and several sponsors including M&M Ron ODralle M&M Kenneth Brinkman M&M Allen Stel M&M Ronald Lauber freshman band members Ron's Bat Shop Heitlands Gas and Grocery and Dralle's Dept. Store.
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Riviera Ballroom
Janesville
Ray Holtz
M&m
Ron Odralle
Kenneth Brinkman
Allen Stel
Ronald Lauber
Ron’s
Heitlands Gas & Grocery
Dralle’s
Benefit Basketball Game Supports Local League Programs
The benefit event raised about 330 dollars to fund summer softball and baseball for Local League, Little League, and Babe Ruth. Top boys sellers were Ross Smith, Pat Lynch, Jeff Lindell. girls Brenda Barth, Monica Petersen, Connie Duffield. Three on three games featured 76ers and Warriors 8-8, Knicks 7-6 over Bucks, Celtics 14-10 Hawks, Lakers 16-14 Knicks, and SuperSonics 7-6 Bulls. In 5th and 6th grade play Houston Rockets edged Phoenix Suns 13-11 while New Orleans Jazz lost 8-6 to Oregon Trailblazers.
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Ross Smith
Pat Lynch
Jeff Lindell
Brenda Barth
Monica Petersen
Connie Duffield
Ers
Warriors
Knicks
Bucks
Celtics
Hawks
Lakers
SuperSonics
Bulls
Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns
New Orleans Jazz
Oregon Trailblazers
Jaycees to Fill Sandboxes Saturday May 3 in Greene
The Greene Jaycees will fill sandboxes Saturday May 3 beginning at 9 a.m. Anyone needing a sandbox filled should contact Larry Helmers or Tim Heidenwirth.
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Greene Jaycees
Larry Helmers
Tim Heidenwirth
Edward Johnson rites held at First Presbyterian Greene
Funeral services for Edward Johnson 92 of Greene were held Friday April 25 at the First Presbyterian Church in Greene with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Rev. Howard Duke officiated. Reid's Funeral Chapel handled arrangements. Johnson born November 12 1882 in Pickaway County Ohio to Peter and Martha Leach Johnson died April 22 at Floyd County Memorial Hospital Charles City. Survived by son Clair daughter Mable Litterer sister Bertha Keys Columbus Ohio 15 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Katherine Stinger and one son William.
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Edward
Louis (Mable) Litterer
Greene
Bertha Keys
Columbus
Ohio
Johnson
William
Greene Heart Fund Drive nets $647.95
The 1975 Heart Fund Drive for Greene totals 5647.95 with 239.00 from business and 408.95 from residents. Mrs. John Barth chairs Greene, with county chair Mrs. Jim Drakle and Dale Schroeder as treasurer. Volunteers are thanked for the successful drive.
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Greene Heart Fund
Nets
Greene
John Barth
Jim Drakle
Dale Schroeder
Pre contest Concert at Greene High School
The Greene High School Mixed Choir and Concert Band present the annual pre contest concert on Wednesday April 30 at 8 00 p m in the new gym. The Mixed Chorus directed by Miss Gayle Hartwig will perform My God is a Rock Holy Mhair jou and These Are The Times. The Concert Band offers Symphonie Essay and Hickory Hills Concert March. The event honors graduating seniors parents and includes a social hour by the Music Parents group.
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Greene High School
Gayle Hartwig
Shaw and Parker
Elliot del Borgo
Hickory Hills
George Kenny
Rites Held For Henry J. Lienemann Of Minnesota
Services for Henry J. Lienemann 75 of Brooten Minnesota and formerly of Allison were held Saturday at Vogel Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at Glenwood Minnesota. Survivors include his wife Edith a son John and a brother George of Allison.
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Henry J. Lienemann
Brooten
Minn
Allison
Glenwood
Vogel
Lienemann
Edith
John
Minnesota
George
Bownie Loomis to Sing with Blackwood Brothers
Bonnie Loomis of Greene will perform four self composed gospel numbers with the Blackwood Brothers at Grace Baptist Church Waterloo Lat May 3. Gloria Turner of Waterloo will arrange and accompany. Loomis has sung in Grace Waterloo Greene and Dayton churches and on KNWS radio.
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Bonnie
Ervin) Loomis
Greene
Blackwood Brothers
Grace Baptist Church
Waterloo
Crossroads
Gloria Y. Turner
Loomis
Turner
Guy Lombardo
Ringling Brothers Circus
Channel 7
Flooding Hits Greene Area After Weekend Rainfall
Heavy rains drenched the Greene area with about 3 inches, mainly Sunday night, flooding streams and rivers and inundating low-lying areas. The dam and Conservation Park were submerged, Camp Comfort flooded, with waters receding by Monday midnight. Farmers faced resumed delays as soils stayed soaked and planting slipped.
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Greene
Conservation Park
Camp Comfort
Embroidery Club honors Mrs Frudden at luncheon
Mrs Clyde Frudden was honored as a 50 year member at an April 22 luncheon of the Ladies Embroidery Club at Mrs Henry Graven's home in Greene. Other attendees included long time members Mrs Roy Pooley and Mrs Clyde Weyand. The club, organized in 1901 and federated in 1903, now has 15 members and is active in Adventures in Reading.
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Ladies Embroidery Club
Henry Graven
Clyde Weyand
A. E. Eben
Jim Graven
Maynard Bruce
Lowell McWilliams
Clyde Frudden
Roy Pooley
Greene
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Greene Women to Hold Annual Spring Bowling Meeting
The Greene Women's Bowling Association will hold its Annual Spring Meeting on Thursday May 1 at 7 30 p m at El Bar Lanes.
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Assoc
Greene Women's Bowling Association
El-Bar Lanes
Coffee Day supports aid for mentally disabled in Iowa
The Butler County Association for Retarded Citizens received 252.14 dollars from Coffee Day sponsored by the Iowa Restaurant Association to aid Iowa's 84,000 mentally retarded children and adults.
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Butler County Assoc
Butler Co
Iowa Restaurant Assoc
Towa
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Edward Johnson
Music Parents Group
Bownie Loomis
B. ¥. Anderson
Wilbur Tindall
Wm. Andrews
Darrell Davis
Hernan Stubbe
Clyde Fradden
C. E. Starkweather
Jim Hoben
Embroidery Club
Frudden
Keith Drakle
Callaway Garden
Georgia
Callaway Carpet Mills
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Richard Holmes
Bicentennial Commission
Butler County Bicentennial Commission, Inc
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