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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1969
Page
1
Following a truck train crash on Saturday January 4, the Greene community mobilizes to support Harold Shultz and his family. A First State Bank account named Harold Shultz Benefit Fund has been opened to collect donations for hospitalization, home care, and child support costs.
The junior high music department will present a concert next Wednesday evening January 22 featuring the junior high chorus concert band and selected soloists. The program begins at 8 00 p m in the high school gymnasium and the public is invited.
Mike Majewski the son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Majewski completed the Waterloo Barber College course and passed the state board examination. In a few weeks he will work at Berk and Getch Barber Shop in Charles City. He is a 1966 Greene Community School graduate.
Wendy Martzahn of Greene a Greene Community High School senior will play saxophone with the Iowa Honor Band at a January 18 concert in the University of Iowa Memorial Union. The band includes 108 top Iowa juniors and seniors, with 61 schools represented, and features guest conductor Frederick Fennell of the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra.
Earl Compton, a former resident, died last week at his Florida home. He is survived by his brother Glen and sister Hazel, both of California, and a sister-in-law Rena Compton of Illinois.
Auction sales coming up next week include Lee Chester of Plainfield with a farm auction on Thursday January 16 and Richard Scoles of Waverly with a farm auction on Monday January 20. Arnold Hexom and Bill Dean will be the auctioneers.
Four Greene students will participate in Luther College’s 18th annual Dorian Vocal Festival on January 19 and 20. Attendees are Steve Hildebrand, Wendell Stuntz, Joline Litterer, and Diane Debner. Registration starts 3 15 p m January 19 with the first festival choir rehearsal at 6 30 p m in Luther Field House. Opening concerts by Ellsworth High School Choir and Sibley High School Male Chorus precede the event at 8 30 p m. January 20 features critic performances at 8 00 a m, soloists at 1 00 p m, two more rehearsals, and a Grand Concert at 7 30 p m closing the two day festival.
Melvin Wirth reported for service in the U S Army on Tuesday January 13. A Greene Community School and Hamilton Business College graduate, he has been in the Hormel Packing Plant office in Austin Minnesota. A potluck dinner in his honor was hosted by his mother Mrs Florence Wirth with many relatives and friends attending.
Mr and Mrs Roger L Stewart welcomed a son born December 30 in Niagara Falls New York. He weighs 6 pounds 13 ounces and arrived on his brother Anthony’s first birthday. Grandparents are Kenneth Stewart Houston Texas Abraham Yola Istanbul Turkey. Great grandparents Chris Stewart Greene Floyd Durey Hawkeye.
Word was received this morning of the death of John Groothuis at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. Services are pending with Reid's Funeral Chapel in charge.
The Butler County Welfare Board with the Soldiers' Relief Board and the Department of Social Services moved into a new headquarters on Allison’s main street. Mrs. Vernon Larson leads the Welfare Board and Mrs. Dorothy Staudt runs the Soldiers' Relief Board. John Folkers built the building and leases it to the county, placing all three services under one roof for easier public access.
Glenn Lindell of Greene was moved January 2 from Younker's Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines to Chautauqua Guest Home on 11th Street in Charles City for long term care.
Due to rising food costs the school lunch program will increase meal prices starting January 27. Elementary meals rise to 30 cents daily, 1.50 weekly, 6.00 monthly. junior high and high school to 35 cents daily, 1.75 weekly, 7.00 monthly. adult tickets at 8.00 monthly. Unused meals on a student ticket after January 27 require turnover for credit and each remaining meal costs 5 cents more.
Charles Bochmann CYN 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bochmann of Greene, served on the U S S Yorktown from December 18 to December 2 with communications during Apollo 8 splashdown. He has since returned to the U S S Arlington, and his address is Charles W Bochman CYN 3 3199495 U S 5 Arlington ACMR 2 C R Division FPO San Francisco California 96601.
Freezing rain and ice from last night into today worsened road conditions. The local school remains closed for at least one day with several area events postponed or canceled.
Wilbur E. Tindall was elected chairman of the Butler County Board of Supervisors at the January 2 organizational meeting in Allison. He won re election in November. Also on the board are W. H. Skinner of Clarksville and Harold Voss of Austinville, with Dave Everts rehired as county engineer. The board retained deputies, county papers Greene Recorder Allison Tribune Clarksville Star Parkersburg Eclipse, welfare board members, and designated all county banks as depositories for county funds at 1968 levels.
Allen Foell and Gary Rowe left Charles City by bus for Poplar Bluffs Missouri to train at the Job Corps Center. The pair, ages 17 and 18, did not finish high school but plan heavy equipment operation while pursuing basic education to earn a diploma equivalent. Basic qualifications are 16 to 22, out of school and lacking job skills. For more information contact the nearest Town State Employment Office or Genevieve Tiemens.
The Greene Commercial Club will hold a meeting tonight at 7 30 p m with installation of officers and planning of new activities for 1969. All members are urged to attend.
Dale E. Schroeder vice president and cashier of First State Bank Greene was named volunteer county chairman for Butler County Savings Bonds, replacing Russell J. Perry who moves to Hampton. Appointed by Jay E. Tone Jr. Schroeder, a native Iowan and Greene resident, has worked at the bank since 1939 and serves as treasurer of the Butler County Heart Fund. Tone praised his banking experience for the role.
Paul Skarda of the Department of Public Instruction notes the Greene Community School District uses code 12-2664 on the 1968 Iowa individual income tax form. The 62nd General Assembly voted to allocate financial aid based on district tax receipts, so residents must report their district name and code.
The fastest medical report from St. Marys Hospital Rochester says Harold Shultz remains in critical condition as the period of danger continues. A fund named Harold Shultz Benefit Fund has been started at First State Bank to aid the family with expenses from the mishap. Donors can give in person or by check made out to the fund and mailed to the bank.
The Greene squad finished fifth with 41 points at the Tripoli Invitational won by hosting Panthers with 90. Turkey Valley followed with 69 and Plainfield 57. Doug Trees pinned three opponents to win the 120 pound title, with Larry Albrecht and Jim Meek taking second and Bryan Trees fourth in their divisions.
Earl Raymond Shultz Jr. 24 of rural Marble Rock died Monday at about 9 15 a.m. when his car was struck broadside by an eastbound Milwaukee freight train at a crossing near the lumber yard in Rudd. The car overturned and Shultz remained trapped about 45 minutes. He was killed instantly. Services set for Thursday January 16 at Marble Rock Methodist Church. He was born August 9, 1944 in Floyd County and survived by parents two sisters one brother and grandparents. Burial at Hillside Cemetery with Reid's Funeral Chapel in charge.
John F. Hanlon district director Iowa asks filers to send all federal tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service Center in Kansas City Missouri 64170. No returns are processed in district offices and Des Moines mail creates unnecessary handling. An envelope with the center address is provided in the mail tax forms packet.
Attending were Mr and Mrs Elwin Schuknecht who traveled from Greene to Wentworth South Dakota for the funeral of Keith Swab a former Greene resident born there. Swab left Greene at age 14 with his parents moving to California later he married Lavonne Eldrup in Glendale California. He then moved to Wentworth and worked for Sioux Valley Electric at his death services were held Saturday January 11 survived by his wife one son Brian one daughter Lori his parents a sister Mrs Don Rogers and two brothers Dean and Dennis of California.
Harvey Tiemens was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Waverly last Thursday January 9 facing pneumonia and flu.
SP 4 Darwin L. Ramker departs December 28 for a 12 month tour aboard USNS Corpus Christi Bay off South Vietnam. Assigned as a helicopter mechanic with the U.S. Army, he completed 11 weeks of schooling at Fort Eustis and trained at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. Address listed as RA 16923096 Co A 1st TC Bn and SBN USNS Corpus Christi Bay FPO San Francisco.
The Greene cager ettes beat Manly North Central 66 to 2T as Mary Rattler and Judy Connelly led Hampton with 25 points each. The Greene Ramblers earned a 70 to 38 victory over Manly, with Stuntz and Rich Seimons controlling the boards after a slow first quarter.
Mrs Marge Weichers of Waterloo was admitted Sunday evening to Satori Hospital in Cedar Falls for observation. She is to remain 3 to 5 days and is in room 362 for treatment and monitoring.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Senne of Allison welcomed a daughter Amy Jo adopted on Friday. She arrived November 23 1968 and joins eight year old brother Gregory in the Senne home. Grandparents are Mrs Dora Senne and Mr and Mrs Verle Barth.
Russell Dean Schoneman aged 43 died Monday morning January 6 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Funeral services were held Wednesday at St John s Lutheran Church Wilmar with Rev Lowell Hohensee, burial in Wilmar cemetery with military rites He was born February 18 1925 in New Hartford a World War II veteran who lived in the Allison Bristow area He married Burdella Schrage August 16 1950 and they lived near Allison later moving to Allison Surviving are his wife two daughters Roxanne Rita four brothers and three sisters with nineteen nieces and nephews
Infant Ronald Jay Archer born January 3 to Mr and Mrs Monte Archer of Pomona California. Grandmother is Mrs Ira Thomas formerly Helen Thomas.
Greene area residents are invited to take the Peace Corps Placement Test at 1 30 p m on Saturday January 18 in Mason City. The test gauges aptitude and language learning ability, not education, and has no pass or fail. Applications are required and available at post offices or Peace Corps in Washington. About fifteen thousand volunteers serve in Asia Africa Latin America and the Pacific. more are needed for programs starting this spring and summer.
North Town Area Community College with Greene Community Schools offers three courses for area residents. Upholstering runs 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. for 12 weeks starting January 20 led by Lois McBurney at ten dollars per person and fifteen per couple. A free civil defense personal and family survival course meets 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on student convenient nights. High school equivalency test prep runs Mondays and Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. beginning January 26 for ten weeks with a ten dollar fee. Contact Mr. Vernard Foster by 1:00 p.m. Friday January 17.
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