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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
2
Fragmentary item from Bristow area mentions Mrs Lester Turk Joe Newsport MES Gebriel and Friday home of Mr Rogers with reference to John Caliturbes Bryans and a son OT Trmeous. Details are unreadable.
Local residents from Bristow and surrounding towns share a flurry of visits and suppers. Mrs. Nathan Eilers and Mrs. Mino Folkerts hosted guests. friends from Hampton, Dumont, and Newport News frequent homes across the area. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harms, Mrs. Bernice Wilcer, and Rev. James Miller among many others, with gatherings at Reeds Lake, the Harms home, and various hosts.
A brief note mentions a picnic supper hosted by Mrs Bournice, Mr.ine, and Mrs. Al Wen with neighbors joining for a community gathering.
A funeral service was held for Mrs Dienster Roze at St. Ves Church attended by family and friends. mourners noted a steady procession of attendees and illness preceding her death.
The Greene Recorder, official paper for Butler County and Greene City, lists editor Wayne C. Fischer and society editor Joyce Bliss. Subscription rates shown: Loc 1 in Butler and Floyd Counties and Dougherty at $3.50, first to fourth zones $4.00, fourth zone and beyond $4.50, single copies 10 cents by mail 15 cents beyond fourth zone.
Iowa officials discuss a broad pollution control plan spanning the state, while legislators and farmers weigh reforms. The Wheat and Act of 1963 proposal, retirement cropland programs, and price support adjustments are debated alongside unemployment shifts in June, with employment gains in manufacturing and construction amid a mixed economic backdrop.
Gov. Harold Hughes urged a more effective working relationship among all enforcement agents during a safety conference in Des Moines. He pressed for closer coordination between police and highway patrols to improve public safety and law enforcement efficiency.
A letter to the Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee (Interim) requests funding to operate an airplane. Bids will be solicited and reviewed by Adjutant General Junior Miller, whose office will oversee the plane’s use and management.
After Governor Hughes announced a half day each week for private visits with Iowa residents, observers note the move mirrors Michigan Governor Romney’s practice. Lawmakers Schwengel and Smith discuss civil rights aims, stressing the need to change hearts and minds and advance social legislation in Congress this year.
NAACP held a Des Moines rally drawing about 300 attendees at the state capitol. Representatives Fred Schwengel and Neal Smith spoke to the civil rights gathering as lawmakers discussed bills and resolutions implementing reforms.
Leroy Jenson principal at Arthur School Cedar Rapids last year has been named assistant state superintendent of public instruction. He will begin August 8. A graduate of the State College of Iowa he earned a master’s from USC and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Iowa.
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