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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1975
Page
2
An incident at school centers on Ed wearing two socks, one polka dot and one black. A boy mocks him, Ed swats him, and a teacher cites rules while students inspect dots and count patterns. The exchange ends with Ed explaining the motive again as the fight over socks unfolds.
Results list team scores and individual marks from a men's bowling tournament. Sneed Insurance led in totals with 3047, Sam Sneed 573, Roy Henline 595, Ray DeVries 630, Elmer Stock 721, Bill Wihim 528. class A doubles Jim Knapp and John Barth jointly high with 1287, class B doubles Mark Randall and Loren Blumhagen 1238. class A singles Bob Nordmeyer 660, class B singles Jim Nixt 636. All Events led by Richard Rohwedder 1912 with 1654 scratch for Rohwedder.
Friday Mixed Fantastic four results show Blums and Dons high with 16 to 14 and 18 to 13 scores. High scores list Roy Henline 194 for 510 and Stan Pyatt 215 for 537, with multiple players named across teams including Wunsch, Innes, Harpo, and Rohwedder.
Rockford built an early lead and outshot Greene 52.5 to 35.5 percent in a 71 60 win that all but ends the Rams title ambitions. Steve Stark top scored for Greene with 17 and 13 boards while Steve Geilenfeld poured in 28 for Rockford. Paul Anderson and Rich Allison each had four rebounds for Greene.
Edmund Poppe of Ionia will observe their 25th Wedding Anniversary on Friday the 14th with a dinner for relatives and a dance at the Riviera Ballroom in Janesville. Alma Hemmerich of Greene and Edmund Poppe were married February 12, 1950 at Wilmar. They are the parents of seven children: Calvin of Ionia, Sharon Pinter of Mundelein Illinois, Gary a student at Iowa State, Glen, Beverly, Joanne and Roy at home.
Maurice and Bernadine O’Brien marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a family dinner hosted by their children on Saturday night February 1 at the Corner House in Greene. The couple wed February 6 1950 at Immaculate Conception Church Charles City. A surprise card party on February 8 featured a 500 game and cooperative lunch with many cards and gifts.
Completes basic Mark Howard Nelson son of Marvin J. Nelson Greene has finished basic training at Recruit Training Command San Diego California and was graduated in the military review on January 31 He is now assigned to a ordnance school in Memphis Tennessee and his address is AR Mark H P Nelson 483 82 5188 NAS NATTC Batt 1D Bidg 426 Room 208 Millington Tennessee 38053
Mrs. Alton Finger leads a Floyd County 4-H garden project meeting for 4-H members on Saturday morning February 15 at 9 45 in the Extension Office meeting room. Seventy three members are enrolled for 1975 with Mrs. Tom Hughes Jr. assisting. The session covers seed and garden area selection and aims to boost garden project interest amid rising food costs. Planning before snow melts will aid spring work and emphasize garden visits and member problem solving.
A pants pattern alteration program led by Sue McDonnell of the Extension Home Economist opens Wednesday February 19 from 1 30 to 3 30 pm in the basement Extension Office Charles City Floyd County Extension Service conducts the meeting with Home Economics Committee members and offers tips on figure flattering styles measurements and wear instructions. The session is free and open to all homemakers.
Three 4-H presentation workshops led by May Johnson will be held in the last two weeks of February. Floyd County 4-H members leaders and parents are invited to attend, with sessions at 7 30 PM on February 17 19 and 25. The first workshop on February 17 will meet at St John s Lutheran Parish Hall in Charles City. On February 19 the group will meet at Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford. The final session location is to be announced.
The Rams face Allison at Greene on February 19 after Allison’s lone setback this season to Aplington Panthers at Floyd on the 25th. 4-H members will present at three locations starting 4-H events include John Fox Kent Hoeft Charles City Teresa Stille Regina Lines Nashua Rockford group demos.
Butler Co Extension Service runs a 24 hour youth tractor safety course for 14 and 15 year olds to legally operate farm equipment away from parental farms. The $11 fee covers safe handling and operation with sessions in Allison Farm Bureau Auditorium from March 10 to March 29, deadline March 1.
A three evening series on money, the economy, and food starts Monday February 17 at 7 30 p m at Cedar Falls Trust and Savings Bank 222 Washington Cedar Falls Dale R Thoreson Butler County Extension Director reports Dr Charles Gratto ISU economist discusses World Hunger and petroleum and trade balances Dr Dennis Starleaf ISU economist speaks February 24 on Tariffs cooperatives and government and March 3 on national debt Fed Reserve gold currency balance of payments Also Dr Jean Adams discusses Mainland China economics There is no charge and the public is invited. Cliff Fritcher of Storm Lake retires as vice president of Security Trust and Savings Bank after 51 years in banking.
Page two of the February 12 1975 Greene Recorder features short briefs and notices including community updates school news and public notices from Greene County authorities and local organizations.
The Greene Rams head to Riceville Wednesday February 12 for the sectional tournament starting at 5 p.m. Participants include Ron Smith at 98, Tom Leavens 119, Mark Adams 126, Scott Holway 132, Jim Naumann 138, Barry Delp 145, Mike Wihli 155 and Andy Nelson at heavyweight.
Vernon S. Meyer, social security district manager in Waterloo, says starting in January 1975 people under 72 can work and earn more while receiving benefits. The 1975 earnings limit is $2,520 with full benefits. excess earnings reduce benefits at $1 for every $2 earned.
Allison plans a bicentennial observance with civic projects including funding to expand the Historical Society and support a heritage center at the Butler County Fairgrounds. Activities target fundraising via old-time photos at $2, plus a turkey shoot, contests, crafts, and quilting bees. Directors named are Ben Westendorf, Mrs. Judy Hall, and Mrs. Paula West.
George Hoodier of Clarksville named chairman of the Butler County Conservation Board for 1975 with Gary Miller of Shell Rock as vice chairman and secretary. Other members include John Harms Allison Herman Faber and John Cleary of Parkersburg. Ivor Bloomfield of Parkersburg will serve as executive officer. Priorities include reconstructing the Swinging Bridge at Lake Considine sealing an access drive and parking lot at Sportsman's Park and creating a camping area at Heery Woods State Park with a hoped June 1 camping start.
Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Association of Private Colleges and Universities seeks to raise the maximum tuition grant to 1500 dollars and boost state funding from 6 to 148 million annually. The move aims to restore aid to about 75 percent of private college costs, with an estimated 11,730 applicants this year and 6,500 receiving grants. The Higher Education Facilities Commission backs the 1500 cap, budgeting 12.7 million to cover all eligible applicants.
The new rules raise earnings limits for beneficiaries and keep benefits for those over 72 intact. The earnings and contributions base increases to the first 14,100 of covered earnings in 1975, up from 13,200, while tax rates remain 6.2 percent employee and employer and 1.1 percent self employment. The 2,400 earnings report for 1974 is due by April 15, 1975, and the program continues to pay over 4.9 billion dollars monthly in retirement disability and survivors benefits, with broad coverage including many named employers and individuals listed in the notice.
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