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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1961
Page
3
The latest indicators show the 1959-60 recession nearly over with a broad recovery underway though weak spots remain. Government spending rises and officials expect the sixties to bring expansion, inflation possible but unlikely to derail a protracted period of high activity into 1961 and beyond. The stock market has forecast the rebound.
The Guild for Christian Service met Wednesday afternoon in the dining room of First Reformed Church with 20 members present. Mrs Ralph Weiland led devotions and Mrs Bert Hemmen gave the Spiritual Life lesson. Bible study was by Dale Miller. The business session set September as guest month and planned the annual chicken supper for September 28.
The Sundays School of the Fast Reformed church held its annual picnic Thursday evening at the church. A large group attended with games races and softball after the meal. A committee of teachers and officers organized the entertainment and refreshments followed. Major surgery at Lutheran hospital Hampton Tuesday left the patient in satisfactory condition.
Bristow residents share a busy week with events at the Haiken reunion in Parkersburg and several home visits. Gordon Merrill and family joined a Friday gathering at the Community house while Stanley Van Dyke joined a group to Colorado for a week with Farmers Union members. William Duffield spent Thursday night and Friday with Sandra Merrill. Ray Hahn and Chris Hencken visited area homes, and Ralph Weiland saw his granddaughter Diane Welana at Greene. Dirne recovers with relatives after a car accident in Charles City, and Deborah Van Dyke stayed with grandparents Al and Maria Wendt before visiting with her grandmother.
The article lists numerous Sunday and weekday visits across Grundy Center area families. Names include Hemn Van Dyke, Susieinmgan, Al Wendt Rey, James Muller, Glen Hearn, Percy Merrill Sr, GW Beaule, PP Berryman, Mr. and Mrs. Glen, Chris Hencken, Neilus, Charles Cits, Clinton Hershey, Garold Hershey, Zenda, Bernice Wilder, Waverly, Wendt, Ris Hahn, Hamilton of Clarksville, Petey Merrill Sr, William Sidmord, Ned Bautor, John Rieber, Allison, Ernest Brock, Vere Hearn, Vic, Ben Van Dyke, Charles Bohn, Henry Beechmann, Grundy Center, Pat Kaye Merrill, Floyd Shreve, Clear Lake, Wilbur Beenken, Owines, Percy Merrill Jr, G. W Beadle, Allie Frey, Vernon.
Recorder Mirror items detail Air Force staff members on furlough visiting Darrell Brinkman and relatives in Des Moines. Miss Mary Peck completes a five year nursing program at Town City. A B Mahnke and Loren Wright plan ten days in Minnesota with fishing at Leech Lake. Local attendees visit Waterloo and Patterson New Jersey friends, and several families plan trips to South Dakota Black Hills and the western states.
Rindels were among those visiting Mrs Vern Fox at the Lutheran hospital in Hampton Thursday Sunday afternoon visitors in the home of Mrs Johanna Shreve included Mrs Nellie Brehmer and Mr and Mrs Ed Flannigan from Hastings Minnesota. Mrs Freddie Sims of Ackley spent Wednesday with her parents. Mrs Clara Jackson was a Sunday dinner guest in the home of her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Al Went. Mr and Mrs Earl Eisentrager of Chapin were Monday evening visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Harms. Their sons Dean and Gene returned home with them after visiting the Harms home.
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