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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1960
Page
1
A column urges seeing both parties with balanced glasses before fall elections. It contrasts gloomy warnings with progress in schools and churches, urging educated, dedicated leadership and celebrating ongoing construction. The piece ends with a humorous Wisconsin cheese filter joke for smokers.
A public dance will be held at the Veterans Club on Saturday evening January 23. Proceeds from ticket sales will be given to March of Dimes chairman Mrs. P. C. Peck to aid polio patient care in the county, with music by the Glenn Riggins orchestra.
Wayne Richard Miller of Plainfield fined $20 plus $4 costs for speeding. Loren McRoberts of Greene fined $10 plus $4 costs for an expired Operator's License. Jack Robert Hindman of Albia cited for speeding 35 in a 25 zone with $10 fine and $4 costs. Leonard Berenz of Iowa City fined $15 plus $1 costs for speeding.
The Allison Stamp Club met for the third time on a Saturday evening in City Hall with 24 attendees. Ernest Mohring from Rockford presented sector bylaws, and they were unanimously adopted. John E. Cooper of Waterloo led the program on the universal postal union, with Dr. A. E. Cook of Waterloo introducing. Refreshments followed. Next meeting set for February 13, 1960, at 7:30 p.m. in Allison City Hall. Participants hailed from Waterloo, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Waverly, Charles City, Rockford, Greene, and Allison. Greene attendees included C. E. Burroughs, Kent Burroughs, Carlton Bier, Dale Schroeder, and Vern Gard.
Butler County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office nears final stages of arranging Conservation Reserve contracts for 1960. February 1 is the deadline to sign. Priority goes to land offered at the lowest rate. about 95 percent of offered land may be accepted. Contracts run 5 to 10 years with pre acre rental and possible cost share. Program began in 1956. current authorization expires December 31, 1960.
The final adult farmer class on Monday January 18 will explore whether farmers can exist without government subsidies. Held in the high school vocational agriculture room, the session covers government subsidies payments in Butler County and the 1960 farm program.
Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars held the annual meeting at the Veterans Club last Friday night to elect officers. New officers named include Howard Raisty as president and Neil O'Brien as secretary, with a board of directors comprising Edward Heitland Walter Kyle Florian Rutz and John Van Eschen.
The Census Bureau announced a new district office at Old City Wall Annex 627 Lafayette Waterloo Iowa with Willard Hansen as supervisor directing 22 crew leaders and 350 census takers in Black Hawk Bremer Butler Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Floyd Franklin Grundy Hardin Howard Marshall Mitchell Tama Worth counties. The operation will employ 160000 enumerators 10000 crew leaders and 400 district supervisors nationwide with field canvass beginning April 1 after distributing an Advance Census Report Form to households to speed data collection.
Corporal Richard BR Pooley returned home Friday from Fort Bliss Texas after being released from active service following two years in the United States Army.
The Butler County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its quarterly meeting on January 18, 1960 at 8 00 p m in the conference room at the R E A Office Building Allison A special film on artificial respiration will be shown
Alice Raisty died after a heart attack at her son’s home in South Gate California. Born February 23 1877 in Allison she lived later with her daughter and son in Nashua. Survived by daughter Mrs Crabtree two sons Floyd and ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Chandler Trager Chapel with burial at Inglewood Park Cemetery California.
Lloyd Blum sustained a fractured big toe and a severed second toe when his left foot caught in a feed mill mechanism at a farm owned by Clarence Gersema northeast of Greene. He is in a cast and recuperating at home. Blum works for Jewell Feed Service.
Allison was named chairman of the Butler County Board of Supervisors for 1960 at the organizational meeting on January 2. Schaeffer had just taken the oath for a new three year term when the appointment was made. Resignations at the Butler County Home included Mrs. Ellie Anderson and Glenn Stafford as stewardess and steward, and Fannie Behrends as extra help. Henry Langfritz will be steward starting March 1, and Mrs. Laura Bauman was hired as extra help. New board member Donald Ramige of Shell Rock joins the board, with papers noting plans to remodel the courtroom this year, funded in the budget.
The Greene Planning Board announces the Community Rooms behind Greene Public Library are open for groups and clubs. An open house is Saturday January 16 from 2 to 5 PM with Planning Board members greeting visitors. They seek folding chairs dishes and silver for the kitchen and accept donations to listed planning members.
Mr. Robert C. Wilson, district director of the INS in Omaha Nebraska, urged all aliens in Iowa and Nebraska who have not filed alien address reports to do so before January 31 at the nearest INS office or post office. The law requires non citizens to report addresses each January except those in diplomatic status or at permanent international bodies. Parents must file for alien children under 14. Penalties for willful violation are heavy.
Mr and Mrs Galen Landers welcome a son born on Sunday January 10 at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces named Bryce Jan. Mr and Mrs Lowell Shultz Nashua announce another son born same day at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City.
Melvin Yerkes of Mel's Radio & TV is certified as a Photofact-Equipped Electronic Technician under a national program to ensure qualified repairs. A & E TV Supply of Mason City notes Yerkes among the first to qualify, meeting equipment, data, business, and reference requirements to guard against inflated or faulty service.
The Parent Teacher Association met in the high school auditorium last Wednesday evening with third grade music led by Miss Glenna Dands-Laard and teachers. Mr Tatum urged weather radios KGLO Mason City and KWWL Watertown for school announcements. A panel on Responsibility To Strengthen The School featured the school board and Mrs Tatum. Refreshments were provided by the second grade parents chaired by Mr and Mrs Keith Dralle.
A. B. Mahnke resigns as chairman of the Butler County Democratic Central Committee effective after a successor is elected. A meeting to choose a new chair is set for Wednesday evening January 20 at the Skinner Cafe in Clarksville. Mahnke cited health and other interests limiting his ability to devote time to campaigns and party work. He had served as acting chair in 1956 and was elected chairman in June 1956.
Ed Shultz, 84, fell at the Clark Rest Home on Thursday while a patient there. He was moved to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City for surgery Friday morning and a pin was placed in his left hip.
Dan J. P. Ryan 57 longtime editor of the Parkersburg Eclipse died December 24 after a heart attack at St. Francis Hospital Waterloo Survivors include his wife Elva Crout two daughters in Florida two half sisters and nine grandchildren Funeral held Saturday at St Patrick's Church Parkersburg with burial in St Patrick Cemetery
The Public Library adds new books including a travelogue Isle of Dream by Chegary mdi on Hawaii’s eight islands, the honorably long Michener Hawaii, Rellner’s Bride of Pilate, and Louise Dickinson Rich Mindy. The selections appeal to all ages with historical fiction and coastal life portraits.
The Ramblers B and varsity squads lost at St Ansgar last Friday. The B team 54 to 50 and the varsity 57 to 37. Rattler led the Rambler scoring with 24 points as Greene and others posted season totals. The Rambler varsity trailed 9 8 after the first, then 25 13 at half and 35 22 after three quarters.
Vandals prowled the Skelly Station in Aplington over the weekend and stole 20 used batteries stored behind the station. Butler County Sheriff's office is investigating. In local basketball action the Ramblers beat Plainfield 41 to 38 with Ramblerettes leading 44 to 38. Curtis led locals with eight field goals and three free throws.
Glenn Gilbert of Mason City was named chairman of the 50th anniversary committee of the Winnebago Council, Boy Scouts of America, announced Curtis G. Riehm of Garner. The organization plans a yearlong Golden Jubilee in 1960 with national events and local celebrations. Gil bert said Scouting is a vital part of American life and urged broad support. The committee will promote participation and develop focal programs for the anniversary, with Boy Scout Week set for February 7 to 13 and a Washington event involving a Scout or Explorer from each state and territory.
Ackley Grinders beat Gambles 4 0 in the Wednesday Night Rollers League while Greene Motor Co. and John Deere Implement posted mixed results. High scores include Ralph Behnke 597 and Adrian Delain 518 with others like Bill Adams 437 and Charles Pyatt 500. In the Wednesday Night Hot Shot League Nettleton Insurance and First State Bank posted notable scores as Stock Hardware and Kemming Sinclair exchanged wins. Continued on page previously.
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