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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
2
The piece reviews 1956 with prosperity and crises such as Suez and Hungary, notes political shifts after Eisenhower’s re election, and discusses hopes for 1957. It cites potential recession risks for less prosperous Americans, while predicting another prosperous year for many Americans and urging prayer for peace.
Robert Fischer bought the Iowa Recorder from Maurice and Mae Jones who bought it from A B Mahnke in 1940 Mahnke bought Amos Ingals out in 1981 after a 23 year partnership Ingals founded the paper in 1887 Dell and Robert Curtis bought a hardware store from Elmer Rohwedder who had run the hardware business since 1923 The Curtis family will keep the grocery store founded by their father in 1921 Their brother Gene will remain in the grocery store Muss Jerry Hart of Cedar Rapids visiting Clarence Shatzer and family Christmas guests at the Dolans James Dolan a Creighton College student in Omaha spent holidays with his mother Mrs T W Dolan Others and service members expect to leave for Korea from Oakland California Mark Frudden of Annapolis Md son of Clyde and Mrs Clyde Frudden of Greene was honored at a Round Grove Club dance About 70 guests Also honored was Mark's roommate Richard Liebendorfer from Hampton Warren Hardy returned to Iowa City Betty Jean Starkweather to Iowa City for university Burton and Geraldine McRoberts returned to Chicago for Moody Bible School Josephine McEwen returned to Iowa City Dorothy Fischer visited Gladys Coons a nurse from Rochester Minn Norma Sylvester left for California to visit her sister Shirley Hidore returned to Cedar Falls Eleanor Price visited Cedar Rapids 20 Years Ago Gordon Maxwell a freshman at
Numerous Greene residents returned from holidays or hosted visitors across Iowa communities. Names include Cleo Mead from Iowa State Teachers College and Kathleen Starkweather from Ames, with social calls among Maxwell, Shook, Pronge, Downes, Kramer, Wiebke, and others. Several families hosted guests in Greene, Charles City, Mason City, and Cedar Rapids as New Year and Christmas visits wrap up.
Mrs. L A McKinney learns her daughter and son-in-law Lutjen Beenken of Morrison are parents to a daughter born Wednesday evening at Grundy Center hospital. The baby has been named Bonnie Lee.
A series of social visits unfolds in Des Moines and surrounding towns as Mr. and Mrs. Clark Sidmore, Miss Janelle Duffield, and numerous families host relatives and friends from Irving, Madison, Greene, Allison, Dumont, Parkersburg, and Waterloo. Weekend dinners and weekday gatherings involve Beadle, Siefken, Duffield, Sidmore, Henning, Krull, and many other local households in a round of hospitality.
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