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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1957
Page
1
Mayor Starkweather forms committee to study Perrin Park tennis court construction as community backs the project. Local youths with potential baseball talent face bench roles. authors urge developing talent and seizing opportunities to play.
Mayor Cecil Starkweather urges Greene children to bring bicycles for free inspection and scotch lite licensing at Greene High School on Monday evening July 15. Explorer Scouts will lead the effort to check and adjust bikes, note needed repairs, and promote rider safety with no charge to owners and free 1957 58 licenses.
The Rev. Paul A. Empie executive director of the National Lutheran Council will be principal speaker at the Lutheran Children's Home annual festival at Waverly on July 14. He will address the English service at 10:45 a.m. and again at 2:00 p.m. Reverend Alfred F. Schumm of Parkersburg will deliver the sermon at the 10 a.m. German worship service opening the day’s program.
Darryl Barth announces the Powersville district softball tournament from July 22 to July 26 with teams from Winnebago Worth Cerro Gordo Mitchell Hancock Wright Butler Franklin and Floyd counties. Entries due July 18 with first round pairings drawn then one loss elimination to semifinals and a double elimination final four. The winner and runner up qualify for state tourney August 11 in Boone Iowa. Contact Darryl Barth Greene Iowa.
Fred M. Stabenow died at the Clark Rest Home in Greene on Wednesday evening at age 82 years 2 months and 1 day. Born May 2 1875 in Bennedette township Butler County he married Emma Foltz on February 12 1901. Survived by three children Vera Davis William Stabenow and Galen Stabenow. 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral held at Hamilton's Chapel with Rev I J Denes officiating burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Butler County Boy Scout District plans a Sunday July 21 visitation to the Winnebago Council’s new 300 acre Scout Reservation two miles northwest of Marble Rock. Repres entatives from multiple towns will tour facilities starting 2 30 pm with a committee of guides leading groups through the area. At least 250 men are sought, with families invited and local civic and youth groups encouraged to attend.
Greene in Butler County Baseball League forfeited a 4 to 2 loss to Shell Rock after fielding only eight players. Dennis Mair pitched for Greene, holding Shell Rock to five hits and seven strikeouts. Shell Rock protested the game, and league officials upheld the protest under rule 4.17, setting up Greene to play Alison next Sunday at 2 15.
Alonzo Worley died Sunday at Sartori Memorial Hospital aged 84. He was born June 13 1871 in Traer and lived 27 years in Cedar Falls. He married Cora E. Lockwood in 1897 and farmed near Aredale before moving to Cedar Falls. Survivors include his wife two daughters and four sons Lyra Ebling Jane Glenn Hubert Darrell Roger and Burton Worley nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Nelson Funeral Home Waterloo with Rev. Kenneth Metcalf officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Greene.
Mr and Mrs Leren Clabough of Cedar Falls welcomed a son born Tuesday morning July 9 at Satori Hospital in Cedar Falls. The infant weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and was named Gregg William. Mrs Clabough is the former Harriett Stanton.
The 101st Butler County Fair runs August 1–4 at Allison with outlaw horses on Children's Day August 2. Spectators see Brahma bail riding, trick riding, roping and Liberty horses with Merritt's Circle Double M Ranch Rodeo. Events include Grand Ole Opry acts, Canadian Hell Drivers closing show, and county league baseball daily.
Greene sparked by a two run single tops Dike 9 2 in sectional action at Allison Monday. Newton pitched six strong innings with 12 strikeouts as Greene advances to face New Hartford at 8 00 in the semifinals.
Grant Nettleton of Vallejo California died Sunday morning at his home from a heart attack. Born January 4 1893 in Greene he was a Greene High School graduate, worked at Evans and Brummer Clothing Store, and served in World War I. Survivors include his wife and son Dick of Vallejo and brother Don of Panora Iowa. Preceded by parents and siblings. Funeral Tuesday at Vallejo at 9:00 a.m. with burial in Vallejo.
National Red Cross figures show over 19 million dollars spent on disaster relief in the year ending June 30 1957 not counting Audrey relief. An additional 15 million will be expended beyond the 4 million budget. Budget cuts for 1957 38 followed a short March 1 campaign and Eisenhower urged generous contributions to Red Cross chapters for Audrey and other disasters. Contributions go to Butler County Chapter American Red Cross Allison Iowa treasurer C H Wild.
Mrs. Wiegmann and her son Gayland aged 7 have been released from Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City and recuperate at her parents home near Apling ton. They were injured in a two car crash near Wilmar on May 27. husband died, David 9 and Paul 5 were hospitalized but later discharged. Neighbors helped with corn harvest and a fund drive raised 46.10 with most contributions from local areas.
Vern Van Raden of Greene was assessed 402.05 dollars for a soil bank contract violation according to ASC records in Charles City. The ASC says he grazed stock on land not approved for production. 176 dollars was secured via withholding credits for field liming. This is Floyd county’s only soil bank case in the year old program so far.
The Dad and Lad weekend will be held Saturday and Sunday July 20 and 21 at Camp Roosevelt Clear Lake. The group checks into the camp between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Dads and Lads meet at Perrin Park Greene at 1:00 p.m. Saturday July 20.
Carl P. Holzschuh age 60 of Washburn died Saturday at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City from a heart condition. Born March 8 1897 in Manitowoc he moved to the Waterloo area 106 years ago. Survived by wife one son Roy and two half brothers Hugo of Greene and Oscar of Clarksville. Funeral Thursday July 11 at 2 00 pm at the Salvation Arms Stone Church Washburn with Major Peter Vander Vliet officiating burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Greene. Local American Legion members to have charge.
Henry Smeins and Bob Shultz led a multi day camping excursion at Camp Roosevelt with participants Ewing Miller Phillip Meal Steven Mead Don Devies Daryl Fischer Phillip Pooley Paul Burroughs Don Clikeman Larry Raymond Kent Burroughs Mike Brunsma Bill Ipsen Dennis Viers Tom Darker and Paul Hamilton joining as scouts and junior leaders for the trip.
Entries for the Greene Woman's Club Flower Show are listed with class names and rules, including Class A Year Round Residents plants, Class B Kith and Kin cut flowers, and Club Arrangements. The event runs August 13 at Greene High School Auditorium from 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm, with registration closing at 11:06 am and a public program at 8:00 pm, plus door-prize drawings. The same notice includes details for an Industrial Development meeting on Friday July 12 at the Veterans' Club with a 6:36 pm ham supper and a film Iowa's Expanding Economy by Des Moines Register and Tribune. Tickets are sold by Clarence Starkweather Jr. and Greene Commercial Club members.
Naval Aviation Cadet John F. O'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. O'Brien of Greene Iowa, is undergoing training at the Navy Pre-Flight School in Pensacola Florida. He attended Wartburg College and entered the Cadet Program via Naval Air Station Glenview Illinois. In Pre-Flight he studies Aerology Navigation Principles of Flight and other technical subjects to prepare for flight training at Saufley Field Pensacola.
Two people sustained minor injuries in a Wednesday collision at 2 50 pm on a Butler Floyd County road four miles east of Greene. Jacqueline Smith 17 of Bristow and Isaac L Tack 67 of Greene were the drivers. Smith had a broken rib and head bruises while Tack had cuts and bruises. Both cars a 1952 Chevrolet and a 1950 Nash were demolished.
At the Jamboree Attending the Boy Scout Jam boree at Valley Forge are Craig Burroughs, Bruce Mead, Steven Rottler, Gary Rottler, Tom Green and James Hoben.
Rev and Mrs James Parks and family returned to their Greene home on Friday July 5 from Warsaw Indiana where they visited Mr and Mrs W R Parks Rev Parks attended the Church of the Brethren annual conference at Richland Virginia Next year the conference will be in Des Moines
The Greene Recorder outlines the school budget process for Greene Community Schools. Superintendent leads budget filing with the board over several months to forecast costs and set tax implications, focusing on meeting educational needs and fiscal responsibility.
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