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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
2
Funeral services were held Saturday July 2 at 2 o'clock in Bristow at the home with Rev Holthuus officiating. The Oak Funeral Home in Bristow handled arrangements. Attendees included relatives and local residents.
Bernice Wilder reports and Gaugh L. Crickenberger will arrive at Newport News home later this week. Also visiting will be grandchildren Jean and Earl Shell of Sheridan, Wyoming, along with Mrs Wild.
The first birthday of Troy Busma was celebrated at his parents’ home, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Busma. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Busma and family of Alison, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Busma and family of Dumont, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Fox and son Stanley.
Mr and Mrs Darrel Brown hosted guests including Mar von Shipton family of Mason Quy and Gilbert Mc Ilrath of Rockwell. Various anniversaries and birthdays marked visits across Shipton, Scott Brown, and other families. Neighbors and relatives from Waterloo, Dumont, Ackley, and Fort Snell gathered at homes in Hampton Cafe events and Meadows Park family picnics reflected in community notices.
A fragmented local note describes Wesley Moehls visiting cousins Miro and Mrs Wesley Moehl of Lockport Hino and Miss Ma ble Correll of Faribault rota. It mentions reago and a Thursday gathering with Mr and Mrs Wendt and others including Myr Ryle Frank Ar is Dewight Da and Mrs Clara Jacks. The text is garbled with many unreadable names and unclear actions.
Bristow locals and relatives frequent Clarksville and nearby towns as Ray Hann and others travel to help. Kendel Kelman celebrates his eighth birthday at home. Families including the Evers Eisentragers Van Dyke and Wendt share dinners and picnics across Hampton Ackley Du Mont Parkersburg and Evansdale in Illinois and Minnesota.
Capitol News Weekly reports Patrol Commissioner William Aas announced August 1 that Lt. Col. Ted Mikesch becomes patrol chief, replacing retiring chief Herrick. Mikesch aims to cut accidents and violations, boost safety education, and coordinate with state police and other law enforcement agencies. The move follows a public safety conference and outlines renewed emphasis on traffic enforcement and courtesy to the traveling public.
Correll of Faribault Minnesota and Mr and Mrs Wesley Moehl of Lockport Illinois and Mrs Clara Jackson appear in a community notice listing residents and relations. The brief item mentions the individuals without additional context or events.
A Massachusetts firm concludes Iowa must base future industrial growth on regional multi county areas rather than isolated towns. Arthur D Little Inc Cambridge reports identify a dozen existing economic regions and names Davenport Dubuque Clinton Des Moines Burlington Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Water loo Mason City Council Bluffs Fort Dodge and Sioux City as core urban centers.
Eldora state training school for boys superintendent Anthony Travis Ono proposes that financially able parents contribute to their sons’ costs. He estimates about one third of parents have the means to help pay bills and says the plan would foster responsibility in rehabilitation.
Benjamin Baer director of the state correctional institutions proposes hiring seven juvenile parole agents and two supervisors to relieve overloaded patrol staff. The plan follows an assessment that the current 13 patrol agents are overloaded, reflecting strain in supervising youths from state training schools.
The article notes a rise in boys and girls from 444 to over 600 in Eldora and Mitchellville. Baer seeks an extra 100000 yearly to hire seven agents and two supervisors, with the interim committee likely to be asked for funds. Truckers face a route-width dilemma as 60 foot trucks may be blocked on 22 foot wide pavements. A 1958 1961 benefits law leads Needham to sue over voluntary departure rules. Woodbury District Court backs the packing company.
The Iowa Supreme Court rules Woodbury County District Court was correct in denying unemployment benefits to 191 Needham Packing employees of Sioux City who voluntarily quit in May 1961. The Iowa Employment Security Commission denied their applications in November 1961, and later said it would pay benefits to…
An FBI report shows Iowa’s overall crime rate increased 7.3 percent from 1961 to 1962, while national rates rose 6 percent. Murders and non negligent manslaughters fell 14 percent from 36 to 31. Robberies dropped from 29 to 23 the prior year, forcible rapes rose from 81 to 105, burglaries increased from 6,356 to 7,326, and auto thefts climbed from 1,940 to 2,037.
In the 1930s Iowa’s four mental hospitals Cherokee Clarinda Independence and Mount Pleasant held over 6 700 patients. Now about 3 000. For the just completed fiscal year ending June 30 admissions reached 3 970 and discharges 4 001. Director Dr J O Cromwell says average stay dropped from over five years to less than one year.
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