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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1961
Page
2
An editorial urges readers to set annual resolutions and reflect on self improvement while also addressing hunters to respect wildlife laws. It emphasizes avoiding gossip, saving money, reading, helping others, and staying active in church, then argues for lawful, sportsmanlike hunting to preserve wildlife and uphold community values.
The Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship held a caroling and Christmas party on December 22 with refreshments by Gary Smith and Mrs Gene Reser. Attendees included counselors and numerous local families. The Senior High group hosted guests on a following Wednesday evening at the McKee residence. Christmas day and weekend visits featured the Cutler, Mason, Etzen, Brash, and related families visiting relatives in Aredale, Hampton, Dumont, Clar ence Cutler home hosts, and surrounding towns.
The Iowa boundary committee votes four to two to place the Missouri River center as Iowa Nebraska boundary, shifting Carter Lake’s 2500 residents to Nebraska. Western Iowa protests erupt. lawmakers vow a fight in 1961 legislatures and Congress. Rep Ben Jensen and Mayor Wilson Mabry criticize the plan as unconstitutional and harmful to property taxes.
In one of his final acts as Iowa governor Herschel Loveless commutes the death sentence of Lee Hawkins, 47, of Waterloo, for first degree murder in the slaying of Archie Fox. Hawkins had been slated for hanging May 2 and was on death row at Fort Madison. The governor cited justice and crime deterrence along with reviewing the trial transcript and consulting the judge.
Harold Sidmore of Dumont Carl Sidmore and Mrs Shirley Hansen of Aredale and their families and Mr and Mrs Keith Vought of Humboldt visited Sunday afternoon in the home of Mrs Gladys Harlan.
Melvin Synhorst selects State Representative Don Allen Jr of Adel as deputy secretary of state replacing James Locke who heads to Washington to join US Senator-Elect Jack Miller's staff. Allen, 43, a farmer and former restaurant operator, did not seek reelection to the Iowa House. He served in 1957 and 1959. State Safety Commissioner Donald Statton, a Democrat, proposes a truce with Governor-Elect Norman Erbe to ease the transition, offering to resign or meet as needed. The Iowa Motor Truck Association seeks a 60 foot truck length limit, with support from the highway commission for a 10 foot increase.
Governor-Elect Norman A. Erbe and Mrs Erbe will attend the inauguration of President Elect John F Kennedy in Washington DC. The Kennedy inauguration is eight days after Erbe's own inauguration. Outgoing governor Herschel Loveless undecided on attendance.
The road committee votes to base county shares of farm to market and local money on 60 percent road needs and 40 percent area in square miles, relative to other counties.
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