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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1960
Page
5
The Powersville Royal Neighbors hosted a Wednesday luncheon at Mrs. Marie Goodner's rural home near Nashua. Attendees from Nashua, Plainfield, and Powersville totaled fifty six, with games and visiting filling the afternoon after a 1:00 o'clock start.
The Martha Circle gathered Thursday evening in St Peter's Lutheran Church parlors with 15 members. Jeanette Wirth led devotions and the program. Refreshments were served by Mrs Elmer Landers, Mrs Leroy Miller, Mrs Vern Brinkman, and Mrs Dale Poppe.
The Coldwater Community Club met at Mrs. Erik Anderson’s home with twenty seven members and guests. Mrs. Harry Ott led the program and introduced Mrs. Eldred Mather who gave a talk and demonstration on flower arranging. The club’s flower show is planned for the August meeting.
The Bennedette Farmers Daughters 4-H Club met in Diane DeBergs home on July 25 with seven members, two leaders and one visitor. It was an all day workshop to create posters for a fair booth. A sack lunch was served at noon and no August date was set, though records must be turned in by late August. Reporter Donice Noelting.
Mrs Vern Merfeld of Dougherty and family plan a Cedar Rapids trip for Friday August 5 to attend Mercy Hospital School of Nursing commencement at Immaculate Conception Church at 8 PM. Their daughter Betty is in the graduating class. Betty Merfeld will marry Donald Staudt of Dougherty on August 20.
Gerritt Laning a Greene graduate student from Downers Grove Illinois presented a vocal recital at 2 00 p m Sunday in North Music Hall with piano accompaniment by Terence Shook a Greene graduate student from Iowa City.
Mr and Mrs Russell Meyers returned home Thursday after a two day sightseeing trip to Guttenburg and Muscatine They visited Herbert Hoover's home in West Branch and viewed the Coralville Dam near Town City on their excursion.
The Doreas Circle of St. Peters Lutheran Church will meet August 10 at 2:00 p.m. The Woman's Missionary Society of Calvary Baptist Church will hold a preme dinner at noon at Perrin Park on Wednesday, August 10. The meeting will follow the dinner.
Ben Vance Iowa State University urges late July to early August as safe for dividing certain perennials such as Oriental poppies and iris clumps while warning against transplanting peony bushes. Plan fall bulbs now and relocate spring bulbs by early September. Crabgrass thrives. pull by hand or use disodium methyl arsenate chemicals. Water wisely with 1 to 1 1/4 inches per session, about weekly.
William Burnett state director of safety education urges motorists planning long trips this summer to start early and take frequent stops. He warns many drivers are not conditioned for 10 hour days and cites highway hypnosis from monotony on long non stop drives.
The 4 H Club Livestock Auction is set for Monday at 10 00 am. Monday evening features the 4 H dress review at 6 45 and the crowning of the district Queen of Conservation at 7 30 sponsored by Iowa Soil Conservation Districts and Farmers Grain Dealers Association. District winners advance to the Clay County Fair regional contest. A 9 30 pm cash drawing occurs in front of the Brandstand. High school bands from New Hartford Allison and Aplington perform at 6 45 pm Saturday Sunday and Monday nights. Baseball games run Saturday Sunday and Monday at 2 00 pm. Grand American Shows thrill the midway. To avoid fatigue, authorities advise stops every two hours for coffee or milk and earlier driving to avoid the four to eight pm danger window.
Marvin M. Schmidt, director for four Deere & Co. plants in Iowa, is appointed volunteer state chairman of the Iowa Savings Bonds program effective immediately. He succeeds Gerald S. Nollen, who had served as state chairman since 1951. John McWhirter of Allison, county chairman for Butler County, was informed before Schmidt’s swearing in on July 28 in Des Moines by Elmer L. Rustad national sales director.
A list of recent titles including To Sir with Love by Edward Braithwaite The Lovely World of Richison of Allan Bosworth The Circus Kings by Henry Ringling North and Alden Hatch No Room in the Ark by Allan Moorehead Hawaii s First King by James Pole and other works. The note highlights themes of education race postwar Tokyo Africa Hawaii and the circus heritage with affectionate brief descriptions.
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