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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1957
Page
3
On July 4 Tommy Johnson delivering papers around 6 30 alerted the fire dept to smoke at Turners Market and Grocery. Firemen found a blaze behind the ice cream freezer with a hole in the floor and extensive smoke damage to the room and contents. Cause remains unknown.
Rebekah Circle led by Mrs Bird Keith met Wednesday afternoon. High score honors went to Mrs Minnie Doore and low to Mrs Will Barth with travel to Mrs John Ewald.
Mrs Alfred Grahlman has begun duties as secretary of the new consolidated School District on July 1. She resigns her bank job to allow full-time service once a replacement is found.
Mr and Mrs Don Krambeer and Mr and Mrs Roy Krambeer of Greene traveled to Postville on Sunday to attend the 57th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J P Ellis uncle and aunt of the gentlemen.
The Contract Bridge Club gathered at Mrs. Rudy Schwartz home for an evening of bridge. After a seven oclock lunch served by the hostess, scores crowned Mrs. Hershal Handley high and Mrs. Russell Smith second. traveling to Mrs. Edward Merfeld. Mrs. Russell Smith attended as a guest.
The Good Will Truck from Mason City will be in Nora Springs on July 22. All articles destined for the Good Will Industry should be delivered to the local Methodist Church by July 19.
In Mason City on Sunday, Mr and Mrs George Schmitt and Mrs Anna Hart hosted dinner for the Soranson baptism with sponsors Mrs George Schmitt and Raymond Hart. The occasion also marked the baptism of Raymond Hart Jr with sponsors Mrs Anna Hart and Al Marshall.
Private Merle Krueger arrived from Fort Knox Kentucky on July 4 to spend a furlough with his mother Mrs Henry Johnson and family through July 17.
Mrs Art Parker hosted the Bethal Baptist Aid Society on Wednesday afternoon. Pearl Knoop led the devotional period as the ladies spent time sewing and enjoyed afternoon refreshments.
A Marble Rack High School class picnic marks the 1952 graduating group with a reunion and outdoor gathering described in the local page. The event celebrates the graduates with memories, games and photographs.
A long list of Marble Rock area residents recounts guests and gatherings around July 4. Visitors hail from Mason City Charles City Greene Decorated households join family picnics and reunions in Marble Rock, with multiple households hosting relatives from nearby towns and states such as Oregon Illinois California and Minnesota.
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