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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1958
Page
1
Community column notes a humorous truck sign Have Wife Will Travel drawing chuckles and jokes about dieting and vacations. It mentions Fourth of July events and local efforts to expand a full day of free activities with Hoofbeats boat races and a fireworks display, plus a golf trophy tale about Herman Needelman and Sam Sneed.
Governor Herschel C. Loveless will speak at the afternoon program of the annual Children’s Festival at the Lutheran Children’s Home in Waverly Iowa on July 13. The day features German and English worship services starting at 10:00 and 10:45 a.m. with sermons by Rev. Schreitmuller and Rev. Lutz. The 95th anniversary event includes an Open House and, if needed due to weather, moved sermons and program to Knight’s Gym Wartburg College.
Private Gary Slocum, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Slocum, has blood poisoning and will remain as patient in the Army Hospital at Fort Jackson South Carolina for at least six more months. He is listed as Private Gary Slocum RA 17461776 Med Det U5 Army Hosp Garrison Fort Jackson.
A group of neighbors and relatives gathered at the Sam Crooks home on Tuesday July 8 to help with farm work. They plowed about 100 acres of corn and baled 17 acres of hay. Attendants included George Weiss Howard Clapham Harry Brinkman Harold Kingery Bud Lacey Bob Graham Louis Nettleton Clyde Skillen Glen Skil Ten and Ronald Crooks. Mr Crooks injured his back while making hay and has been in bed the past week with a slipped disc.
Mr and Mrs Allan Jacobson and Kent and Gordon Wood spent the Fourth of July weekend in the Sigurd Jacobson home at Milwaukee Wisconsin They attended a ball game on Sunday.
Greene High School Ramblers lost 11 to 6 to Geneva. Five unearned runs in the first inning set back Greene, then a third inning rally with Larry Gabe Bob Barth and Doug Marsh producing key hits tied the game. Geneva added four unearned runs in the fifth and one earned in the sixth to seal it. Bob Barth had three hits for Greene. Dan Stubbe sustained a finger injury. Greene to face Nora Springs July 16 at 5:30 p.m.
The Blue Raiders beat the Green Hornets 6 to 4 as Harry Barth pitched and Kenny Barth hit a bases loaded homer. Nile Myers and Doug Marsh led the Yellow Jackets to a 4 to 2 win over the Brownies with Myers finishing strong. Next week the Yellow Jackets meet the Green Hornets at 6 45 and the Blue Raiders face the Brownies at 8 00. County Pee Wees and Midgets schedule includes Greene at Allison on Thursday and New Hartford at Greene on Monday.
The Col lege Ladies' Trio with Miss Nita Reno Miss Donna Cockroft and Miss Faye Rutherford will perform at Wesleyan Methodist Church three miles east of Aredale on Wednesday July 16 1958 at 8 pm. E Stanley Banker dean of Miltonvale Wesleyan College will give an address and the trio will sing several pieces. The group is touring Iowa and Minnesota promoting the school they represent.
The Round Grove Country Club will host a Sunday morning breakfast on July 13 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The menu includes sausage pancakes sweet rolls juice coffee and milk. Committee members listed include Mr and Mrs Dell Curtis Mr and Mrs Bernard Brunsma Max Bellows Mr and Mrs Kenneth Knight Mr and Mrs Dwight Pooley and Mr and Mrs Wayne Fischer.
The Summer Recreation Program enters its fourth week starting Monday July 7 with Shell Craft and various costs. Activities include earrings and pill boxes at 10c, figurines to paint 5c, metal ash trays and pot holders 5c, model airplanes 29c, bracelets 5c 7c and 1c, lanyards 20c and desk baskets 4c. Last Wednesday was Pet Day with prizes awarded in multiple divisions. The grand prize went to Sally Hammel. judging was by Jerry Eimers Bob Shultz and Shari Shultz. Frontier Day featured costumes including Calamity Jane Davy Crockett and Annie Oakley among many others. In week five shell craft wood learning metal embossing and other crafts will be offered. Children are urged to keep crafts for display on the last day.
The hundred second annual Butler County Fair at Allison runs Friday evening August 4 to four nights of entertainment with four days of events. Premiums total about 4500 with entry day August 1 deadline at 9:00 pm. Highlights include a 16th annual saddle horse show, Hoof Beats performance, harness racing, Venita Rich Talent Contest Revue, a Ted Mack audition trip, Sunday horse and pony racing, Foley and Lynn acts, Children's Day rides discount 1 to 5 pm, a pony giveaway, Iowa Dairy Princess coronation and parade, High School band concerts, and a county baseball tournament across Saturday Sunday and Monday.
Brattleboro Vermont Holstein Friesian Association of America cites completion of an official record by Flossie Burke Fobes Sovereign, a registered cow owned by Ellis and Smith of Greene. Milked twice daily for 316 days, the cow produced 15,867 pounds of milk and 612 pounds of butterfat.
Lewis Irvin Wilder born July 24 1886 in Butler County near Greene died Saturday at 71 after a life in Greene Allison Dows Colorado and Clarion. Survived by daughter Mrs Leo Merfeld and two granddaughters, several siblings, and two great grandchildren. He was a Mason Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias and funeral services were held in Greene with burial in Rosehill Cemetery.
Rev and Mrs James Parks and their children departed Tuesday evening for Warsaw Indiana to be with Mrs Parks mother Mrs W R Parks who is seriously ill with cancer at her bedside.
The Dad and Lad weekend will take place Saturday and Sunday July 12 and 13 at Camp Roosevelt near Clear Lake. Check in is 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Participants meet at Perrin Park in Greene at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
The annual Mixed Two Ball Foursome at Round Grove Golf and Country Club on Friday afternoon July 4th awarded top honors to Mrs Clyde Stuntz and Norman Wolters with a low round of 48. Second place went to Mrs Max Weyand and Walter Detra with 49. A three way tie for third with 50 included Mrs Griner and Sam Sneed, Mrs Norman Wolters and Dale Willey, and Mrs Helen Witwer and Dell Curtis. Wolters won the flag hole while Mrs Donald Bachman and Vern Willey captured the high round with 67.
Mrs Hazel Ray resumed duties at the Greene Public Library last Wednesday after a five months absence due to illness.
Governor Herschel C. Loveless will be guest speaker at a Democratic fundraising turkey dinner in the High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening July 15 at 6 30. Other speakers include Mayor Michael Micich of Charles City and Don W. Harris UAW, with state and county candidates introduced.
James Shrock of Harmony Minnesota will be guest speaker at the Church of the Brethren on Sunday morning July 13 at 11:00. The event invites local parishioners to attend the sermon and fellowship.
Irvin A Kentzelman 63 died suddenly at his home in Greene on Friday July 4 at 11 30 am from a heart attack. He was born September 12 1894 in Kankakee Illinois and lived in Des Moines 30 years. Survived by wife Fern, two brothers Ralph and Arthur, two sisters Jane Jenkins and Edith Montgomery. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Hamilton's Chapel, burial in Allison Cemetery.
A Youth Night Dance is set for Friday July 11 at Round Grove Golf and Country Club from 8 to 11 pm. Committee chairpersons include Robin Boller Dennis Ott Steven Rottler Sandy Maxson Jackie Marsh and Jim Hoben with chaperones Mr and Mrs Gene Majewski and Mr and Mrs Dean Ott.
Mr and Mrs John Deines and their sons David and Dana arrived back in Greene from Portland Oregon where John completed a yearlong internship in the Lutheran Church They will spend the summer with relatives Rev y J Deines and Dr Wm Andrews and John plans to enter the Theological Seminary in Dubuque for his senior year this fall
The Butler County Republican Convention in Allison chose delegates for the Republican State Convention in Des Moines on July 18. Names include Henry Brinkman Clifford Burroughs Ralph Marsh and many others from Allison Greene Parkersburg Shell Rock and Clarksville. Delegates to the Judicial Convention on July 25 in Des Moines and district and junior delegates are listed for Greene Parkersburg Allison and surrounding towns. The district judicial convention will be held in Mason City on July 11 with delegates named from multiple towns.
Rev G F Butler attended the Synod of Iowa held on the campus of Iowa State College in Ames from July 7 through July 10. The gathering ran across Tuesday and Wednesday with delegates from local congregations.
Mrs Will Nist was taken to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City on Monday where she is receiving treatment.
Mr and Mrs Dwight Pooley with Priscilla and Philip left for El Paso Texas to visit their son Richard Pooley who is stationed at Fort Bliss Texas, the trip noted in local social notices.
Private Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett announce the birth of their daughter Kelly Susan at 1:00 am on Saturday July 5. The baby weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces. The father serves at Camp Perry in Ohio and the mother is the former Vonna Whitehead.
Jeannie Siemons ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Siemons had an appendectomy at Cedar Valley Hospital Friday morning July 4th.
Mr and Mrs David Anderson returned to their Chicago Illinois home after visiting relatives in Green Fred Anderson joined them for a few days with his son Roy and family in Prospect Heights near Chicago.
Richard Wagoner finished a three week summer course in animal nutrition at Iowa State College. The program was specially designed for vocational agriculture teachers.
Big Don Knapp hurled a six hit effort as the Greene Merchants defeated Parkersburg 7 to 1 last Sunday. Greene collected 9 safeties led by Wunsch and Knapp with timely doubles and triples fueling the win. Standings show Allison leading with 5 wins, 1 loss as four teams remain in contention.
Clarkson L Kelly Sr enters Charles City surgical practice with Dr. R A Fox and Dr. Emmet V Avers after a Philadelphia residency under Dr I S Ravdin. The 32 year old native of Riceville is a Osage high school graduate who served in Bremerhaven and hails from a family of physicians. He is married to Ruth Lybarger and has three children.
A stag supper is scheduled for Tuesday evening July 15 at the Country Club. Tickets are available from Al Rognes Leonard Nichol Dale Johnson Gene Majewski Dale Schroeder Claire Weiss S M Dolan Dick Witwer and Don McGee.
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