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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1974
Page
3
The Greene Commercial Club sponsors a two day River Daze sale this Friday and Saturday featuring value packed promotions and red hot items for smart shoppers. Free helium balloons will be given to children during shopping, highlighting Greene stores with numerous goods and services.
Youth and adults in Greene and nearby areas invited to Way Station Lat on June 29 at 8 p.m. for an appearance by Selah a religious rock group. The group formed with four members a year and a half ago with Mark Patterson a student at uni and Richard Ludden a Central senior among original members. Current members include Jim Fiederman and Debbie Richards a teacher and organ salesman. They perform at coffee houses churches high school gyms outdoors and will appear in a Fourth of July parade. A free will offering will be collected to cover group expenses.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Allison next week to collect donations at Allison-Bristow High School hot lunch room from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. Donors must be 18 to 65, at least 110 pounds, in good health, and not have hepatitis, jaundice, malaria, or cancer history. Appointments available but not required. sign up by Saturday at Dralle's Dept Store. The Greene Recorder notes support from local donors and community sponsors.
The Fourth of July falls on Thursday this year. News and advertising copy for next week's paper must be submitted before Monday noon. Submitting earlier increases the chance of publication without delays.
A 22 page historical booklet on Greene with photographs and text sold at 50 cents. Proceeds totaled 94.25 dollars to Greene Public Library for a microfilm reader. Written designed and printed by Jack Reid a graphic arts student at Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids.
The Senior Girl Scouts will collect newspapers for the Paper Drive this Saturday morning June 29 starting at 10. Please have them at the curb before this time. Rural residents should leave papers at the old Sinclair Station on Saturday morning.
The Greene Jaycees and Greene Commercial Club will again sponsor races for children on Thursday July 4 starting at 9 am on the high school football field. Events include foot races for ages 3 to 12 with separate boys and girls races, plus sack, 3 legged, and bicycle races for ages 5 to 12. Prizes go to the first three in each race.
A POW film showing In the Presence of My Enemies documents Captain Howard Rutledge seven years of captivity and his wife. The Open Door Youth Center hosts the event with Mike and Rebecca Davidson presenting gospel music on KWAY radio. Freewill offering requested.
Word was received here of the death of Sister Mary Brendan O. S. F. 80 at Clinton on Friday June 21. Sister Brendan was a sister of the late Mother Regis and a former teacher at Sacred Heart Academy. Funeral services were held Monday at Mt. St. Clare Clinton.
Services for Clarence H. Swab, 79, who died Thursday night at Floyd Co Memorial Hospital, were held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hauser Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. A retired farmer, he is survived by his wife Elsie, two sons Robert and Mar, two daughters Mrs LeRoy Grant and Miss Marguerite Swab, all of Charles City, and four brothers including Charles of Los Angeles.
Pamela Harden representing the Rockford Jaycees was named queen of Greene's Those Good Old River Days 1974 at a Saturday coronation before a large crowd in Greene. The weekend featured one of the event's largest parades with 96 entries, a nursery rhyme parade, bingo, carnival, arm wrestling, girls Little League softball, tug of war, Hawaiian luau, bluegrass concert, fireworks, church services for campers, canoe and hydroplane races, and bathtub races. John Backer, General Chairman, praised the weekend as family entertainment and noted camping was up from last year. A special section with photos and comments will run next week.
The Community Resource Development Club met on Wednesday June 19 at the Old Produce Building to elect officers and plan the float for Good Old River Days. Officers chosen are Joe Conry President John Curtis Vice President Devon Hawker Secretary Rodney Beck Treasurer and Crystal Heitland News Reporter. The next meeting is set for Wednesday June 26 at Perrin Park at 1 p.m.
River Days raffle results list numerous winners across towns including Greene, Marble Rock, Hampton, Allison, and Rockford. Prizes include beef quarters and rib eyes. Winners must collect by 5 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Drakle's Dept. Store in Greene.
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