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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1961
Page
1
A playful vacation note from the Recorder staff declares a rare business travel break with a hidden destination and a warning for readers to channel complaints now. They lament heavy Iowa rain hindering travel plans and joke about farmers funding the trip if weather cooperates.
About 900 Iowa F F A members will compete at the Iowa State Fair August 25 to September 3. 150 livestock judging teams are expected with cash premiums totaling 250 dollars and overall awards of 8617 dollars for state winners in livestock judging farm mechanics and vocational booths. Swine sheep beef heifers and dairy prizes listed with multiple tiers. Demonstrations in farm mechanics and booths funded by districts. fair features ushers and a children's barnyard run by F F A officers and chapters.
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports Hester Lady King Bessie 4051423 owned by Ellis and Smith in Greene produced 16,994 pounds of milk and 643 pounds of butterfat in 347 days as a five year old. Iowa State University supervised production testing as part of national herd testing, with more than 2,800 participating Holstein herds maintaining ongoing lactation and lifetime records.
Mrs Frances Ver Plank is listed as a patient at Ahrens Rest Home in Clarksville in this local notice. The fragment mentions the facility by name and city, indicating a patient being cared for there.
Girl Scout Troop 278 will meet at Perrin Park on Thursday August 10 at 3:00 p.m. to plan Cookie Camp. Leaders are Miss Jeanette Wirth and Miss Linda Jackson. Camp Gaywood at Clear Lake will host Cookie Camp on August 17 with a list of belongings and a spending cap of 25 cents.
Miss Kay Kline daughter of Mr and Mrs William Kline Bristow and Miss Evelyn Morey daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon ard Morey left July 28 for a three week cruise on the Caribbean Sea. Both nurses in Rochester Minnesota and upon return they will take positions at a hospital in Greeley Colorado.
The State Services for Crippled Children will hold a diagnostic clinic in Herbert Hoover School on August 17 for children under 21 with chronic or crippling conditions from Butler Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Floyd Franklin Hancock Kossuth Mitchell Winnebago Worth and Wright counties. No fee for examination. Medical, orthopedic and related consultants will provide complete exams and services. Dr John C MacQueen directs the SSCC actor.
Iowa Conservation Commission delayed the pheasant season start by six days to aid farmers during harvest. Opening date moved to November 11 with a daily hunt time 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. and a three bird bag limit six in possession. Territory remains the same as last year. population similar to 1960. Other game seasons set include quail opening November 4 with limits, Hungarian partridge November 11, squirrels September 16 to December 15, rabbits September 16 to February 18, deer gun December 16 to 18, deer bow October 21 to November 30, and raccoon October 21 to February 28.
Greene Lanes reopens with redecorated interior, lowered ceiling for improved lighting and quieter bowling. Alleys resurfaced with new seating, added tables and chairs for lunch counter. Special rates run from Aug 12 for league sign ups. contact Elmer or Barbara Stock for placement.
A dance is planned at Round Grove Golf and Country Club on Saturday evening August 12. The organizing committee includes Mr and Mrs Ralph Marsh Mr and Mrs Francis Knapp Mr and Mrs Robert Curtis Mr and Mrs Lyle Shultz and Mr and Mrs Dell Curtis.
Jane Louise Barth infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Barth was baptized at St Marys Catholic Church Sunday morning by Rev P J Boyle Sponsors were Mr and Mrs J R Roach of Des Moines
Mrs Nellie Bruce 86 died August 3 at Mercy Hospital Mason City after a July stroke. Born December 19 1874 in Marion County she married Edman L Bruce January 28 1900. Survived by two sons Maynard Greene Lloyd Postville one daughter Velma Tindall Lakewood CA a niece Dorothy Grace a brother Libert Berkenbosch Prairie City seven grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Monday August 1 1 30 at Hamilton s Funeral Chapel arranged by Hamilton s.
President Kennedy signed and the Social Security bill changes take effect August 1, benefiting over four million people. Provisions raise the minimum benefit to 40 dollars, increase widows benefits by 10 percent, lower work credits, and allow old age benefits for men at 62. Officials estimate 560,000 will gain next year, with 1.5 million widows and over 2 million others affected. Checks will reflect increases automatically next month. About 160,000 new eligibles arise from lower work credit requirements. recheck with local offices advised.
The Greene Sportsman's Club hosts its annual fish fry Friday September 1 at the local high school auditorium. Dinner starts 6:30 pm with walleyes French fries and vegetable plate plus coffee or milk. Tickets are $2.00 eat all you can, down 50 cents from last year. Proceeds fund Shell Rock River stocking projects with northerns and walleyes, club members provide most labor, prizes drawn after supper, door prizes also given. Tickets available from club members or secretary Dale Schroeder.
Mr and Mrs J R Roach and their children Timmy and Suzanne from Des Moines spent the weekend with Mrs Roach’s parents Mr and Mrs Mark Merfeld, visiting in their home.
Mary Kate McRoberts daughter of Mr and Mrs Loren McRoberts returned home last Wednesday from Cedar Valley Hospital after undergoing a tonsillectomy on Tuesday.
Mrs Opal Wurdinger of Cedar Falls judged 300 entries at the High School Auditorium show on Tuesday August 1st with 125 registering. Winners include Alice Kingery laureled for multiple African violet entries, Irene Rossier for tuberous begonia, Anna Mather for numerous delphinium and gladiolus ribbons, Chris Stewart and Anna Mather among top scorers in cut flowers and vegetables.
The Men s Bowling Association will hold a meeting on Thursday evening August 17 at 8 00 at Greene Lanes. All members of the men s bowling leagues are urged to attend.
Fred Bruns, a Sutter County farmer, was named to the Farmers Home Administration county committee for a three year term starting July 1. The committee reviews FHA loan applications and includes George H. Bush, Martin P. Holm, and Donald L. Hagarty, with rotation adding one new member each year.
Faythe Hardman, a surgical nurse at University Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan for several years, has relocated her home to West Traer Street in Greene.
The Post Office moved into a new cement block building on Sout Second Street in Greene. It measures 52 by 62 feet with 2,800 square feet, housing service and box lobbies, work room, offices, rest rooms, furnace and storage rooms, tiled floors and fluorescent lighting. Ray Crubel and Son of Bloomington built it and two furnaces and two air conditioners heat and cool the facility. The town’s first post office was a log cabin built by John W Miller in 1854 near three springs, later evolving into Elm Springs and renamed Greene on October 4, 1871.
Three auto racing programs are set for the North Iowa Fair in Mason City Iowa with late model stock cars on Saturday August 19 and city midgets on Sunday August 20. Stock cars sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association and midgets by the Northwest Midget Auto Racing Association. Top stars expected including Ernie Derr Ramo Stott Dick Hutcherson Jerry McCredie Lenny Funk Doc Narber Joe Dolphy Bob Reynolds Dick Johnson Bill Horstmeyer Bobby Parker Gene Fechter Dick Ritchie Mel Kenyon. Saturday features seven sprint races and a 100 lap marathon at night.
An AA baptismal dinner honoring Jane Barth, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Barth, was hosted at her grandparents home, Mr and Mrs Mark Merfeld. Attendees included Timmy and Suzanne from Des Moines, Ronald Osier and Mike from Charles City, other Barth grandparents, Gale Barth, and great grandmother Lew Squires. New proper Boyt.
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