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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1973
Page
5
The Greene High School 1923 class held a reunion July 21 at 1 30 p m at Club Iowa Charles City with 28 attending. Decor featured blue and gold colors yellow roses and candles as ladies received roses. Master of Ceremonies Earl W Loesbe led with the class motto and members shared stories since graduation.
A July 30 power outage halted the Junior Achievement Horse Show at Floyd County Fair until August 1. Doug Merfeld judged the resumed events with reining, pole bending, barrel racing, and pony express added. Senior Showmanship winners were Steve Wilkinson and Mary Ellen Hebert. junior winners were Andy Aird and Randy F Elliott.
Kirk Sperry and Angie Sperry marked 50 years of marriage on July 25 at the First Presbyterian Church Mountain View reception hosted by their children. The couple, married in Nashua in 1923, have three children and nine grandchildren. He served 31 years as a Iowa school superintendent and later worked in insurance and tax consulting in California. Angie taught again in the 1940s after retiring, and both are alumni of Upper Iowa University. Bob Wildman attended the reception.
A former Aredale resident Mrs John Etzen died after long illness at Dumont Rest Home. Neighbors attended her last rites in Dumont. The Jorges Reunion gathered about 50 descendants at Greene Park with attendees from Clarksville Janesville Charles City Marble Rock Greene Aredale Hampton Rockford. Huffman Reunion on Aug 5 at Steamboat Rock drew 44 attendees from Town Falls Eldora Dumont Aredale and Arizona.
The Homemakers Study club will meet Sunday August 12 at the park in Greene with a picnic dinner at 12 30 noon.
The Helping Hand Club met at Mrs. Percy Morehouse�s home Thursday evening July 26 with 19 members and 4 visitors attending. Mrs. Morehouse led the program which included games and poems.
A Sunday softball game at Clarksville Diamond raised gate receipts for Jerry Vance, recently injured in a tractor accident. Teams Weeking Renegades and Smith Raiders competed in the charity event sponsored by The Clarksville News. Russell DeBower, 27, starts as field supervisor at Clarksville Fertilizer & Supply after college and teaching in Indiana. he and wife Mary plan to live in Clarksville.
Greg Schmadeke, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Schmadeke of Clarksville, remains in serious condition at University Hospital Iowa City after a July 17 motorcycle accident in a semi conscious state. Mrs Cliff Lindley is a patient at Waverly hospital after surgery. Mrs Christy Edwards was taken by ambulance to Waverly hospital for observation and treatment.
The Immanuel United Church of Christ Women’s Fellowship met Thursday afternoon August 2 in the church parlors with 21 members and one guest. Mrs. Hugo Poppe and Mrs. Henry Alnehs led the worship and program “As You Go Follow Christ” Bible study. The Sunshine Committee, Mrs. Donald Wilken and Mrs. Henry Ulrichs, will visit Ahrens Rest Home and other shut-in members. August birthday anniversaries honored for Minnie Priepke, Fred Rosenwinkel, and Harry Edeker. Lunch was served by hostesses Mrs. T. H. Sinram Sr. and Mrs. Donald Wilken.
About the same time the settlement occurred with 46 descendants attending from Hayfield Minnesota West Concord Minnesota Wadena Nora Springs Caares City Iowa Falls Osage Me cn Caiv Dumont Rudd Scottsdale and Amz.
Aredecis Locals Mrs Carrence Philpott and Dawn Hampton spent Sunday in the Maternal Claude Sidmore home. Monday night and Tuesday visitors in the Carl Corporan home were M M Louis Boeckemier and Mary of Des Moines. Mrs Helen Krokow was a weekend visitor in the Don Krokow home in Dumont. M M Kenneth Stevens, Craig and Linda of Kanawha visited Sunday in the parental Wayne Stevens home.
Mrs. Luther Rice of Charles City fell last week fracturing her left arm and leg. She is a former Clarksville resident and the daughter of Mrs. Lena Silling of Clarksville.
Miss Marlys Kiemmer of Westgate and Austin Rogers of Osage wed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Westgate on Saturday evening with M&M Val Lahr and M&M Michael Wika from Chicago among attendees. After the ceremony a reception followed. Also noted are visits and gatherings involving local families across Iowa communities.
Sun exchanges featured visitors at multiple homes including M&M Harold Mason in Ward Mason and M&M Mer-Madsen Nashua, with Mr Chris Madsen and Lyle Cutter in Charles City. Russell and Melissa Scarrow hosted Emma Scarrow and daughters Luella and Myrtle from McAllen Texas, as Evelyn Nolte of Waverly visited. The Methodist Sunday School held a Greene Park picnic with potluck Sunday evening. Rev Berreth traveled to Grand Forks after church to visit M&M Lester Hehr, parent of a son born Sunday evening.
Nearly 100 4H members showcased county program speeches ahead of the county fair. Top seniors bound for Iowa State Fair on August 23 include Gary Staudt Linda Koebrick Debbie Jacobs. four juniors named top for their age group feature Cristal Ewald Erist Ernst Renee Side Lisa Marsh Gwen Ott.
Tack Marble Rock Daria Houser Rockford Kristi Vance Floyd Debra Kehret Nashua Patty Yount Greta Montag Kustin Stewart Nora Springs Sealer Girls Jean Heller Charles City Doris Houser Rockford Jumier Boys El Rodamaker Roger Downing Greg Streich Jim Shultz Charles City Lou Staudt Marble Rock Intermediate Beys Robert Ells Galen Greenzweig Mark Fluhrer Charles City Tom Staudt Marble Rock
The Floyd County Fair announces blue ribbon winners in numerous divisions led by photography. Winners include Jane Fischer and Doris Houser of Rockford for landscape and photo series, with Debra Gabe and Debra Houser among others. Multiple entries span animal, crafts, engineering, woodwork, welding, plant, tree ID, and foods, featuring residents from Charles City, Rockford, Floyd, Nashua, Rudd, Nora Springs, and surrounding towns.
Bill Fluhrer the agronomy superintendent reports fair results for 4H and FFA entries. Purple ribbons go to corn by Dave Hed dens and Mark Fluhrer, soybeans by Kent and Kurt Hoeft, hay by Vince Rottinghaus. Blue ribbons awarded to corn by Tom Bielica Dennis Groesbeck Doug Roe brick Bill Shultz and to soybeans by Terry Dean John Fox Tom Fox Dave Heddens Randy Heitz. Oats and other crop entries also noted with names including Dave Heddens.
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