Book Reviews from a 1970s Reader Shelf
A mixed note lists fiction and non fiction reads. Laurel, a amnesiac wife to Captain Michael Devereaux, anchors the romance with danger in Arizona. Flight One follows a sabotaged SST from takeoff to day after. Non fiction highlights include Life is Just A Bowl of Kun geats and Flying Nurse. New juveniles list several titles.
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Arizona
Michael Devereaux
Luke Air Force Base
Laurel
Michael
Charles Carpentier
Siipy
Twila van Leer
Jean Kerr
Mrs. van Leer
Robin Miller
Australia
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Bonsall
Bishop
Stewart
George
Jazz Jazz Bands Foster Student Interest and Improvisation
Greene’s schools expand jazz into sixth grade and high school with two high school bands and junior high unit. Directors Ray Holtz and Doug Bengtson praise jazz as motivating for students, teaching improvisation through chords and listening rather than sight reading. The Jazz Age section recounts origins and events, including a Kids Night Concert and band votes for Jazz Band I and II awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram
Ray Holtz
Holtz
Doug Bengtson
Greene
New York
Louis Armstrong
Lillian Harding
Ers Inc. Coop Society
Rob Holtz
Delores Hedges
John van Eschen
Jill Thompson
Merlin Schafer
Marlys Steere feted at shower
A Sunday afternoon shower at the home of Mr and Mrs Lester Rover honored Miss Marlys Steere, who will wed Jim Nixt on April 27. Guests came from Bristow, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Decorah, Marble Rock, Mason City, Shell Rock, Waverly and Greene. lunch followed the gift opening. Hostesses were Mrs Frieda Rover, Evelyn Rover, Elva Schrage, and Althea Ublen Bopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Rover
Marlys Steere
Jim Nixt
Bristow
Chippawa Falls
Wisc
Decorah
Marble Rock
Mason City
Shell Rock
Waverly
Greene
Frieda Rover
Evelyn Rover
Elva Schrage
Althea Ublenbopp
Grassley Receives Petition Pack From Local Recorder
An envelope weighing one pound was mailed to Representative Charles Grassley at the Capitol Building in Des Moines. It contained petitions with 433 signatures from two communities, 53 questionnaires, letters, a list of 15 accidents and 18 near misses, and copies of the Recorder mailed earlier. Grassley said he trains daily contact with a Highway Commission official and will review the material. Further information will be forwarded as it is assembled. Readers are urged to mail questionnaires or sign petitions to amplify the local voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grassley
Capitol
Des Moines
Recorder
Fred Hawker
Grassley
Highway Commission
Grassity
Pisewood Derby to be Held by Cub Scout Pack 2
The second annual Pisewood Derby of Cub Scout Pack 2 will occur Wednesday evening March 28 at 7:30 at the Community Center. Greene Jaycees built a seven lane track. Cars may be built from Dralles kits with approved instructions, painted in any colors and named and numbered by the boys. An official Greene Recorder scale will ensure proper weight, and all entries weighed before racing. Cubs compete by den to crown den champions, then top three in each den race for the overall title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Jaycees
Dralles
Greene Recorder
Dens
Metzger begins practice teaching at 19 SD high schools
Nancy Metzger daughter of Rev and Mrs Paul Metzger of Greene is among 27 home economics education majors at South Dakota State University starting practice teaching in 19 South Dakota high schools. She teaches at Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Metzger
Paul Metzger
Greene
South Dakota State University
South Dakota
Pierre
Greene High dramatists win seven state I’s at Dubuque contest
Greene High School dramatists earned seven state I’s and six II’s at the state contest in Dubuque. Mark Stephenson claimed two I’s for humorous acting in Diary of Adam and for Worlds Beyond, plus a prior state I in duet acting, making three I’s in one year, a first for GHS under coach Marvin Ackerman. Other I’s went to Joanne Senne in improvisational acting, Steve Stanton for expository address Guns are Safe People Aren’t, Chris Rutz Dallas Brinkman and Joe Viers in storytelling. State II’s were earned by Joanne Senne in interpretive prose Jill Thompson in interpretive prose Steve Stanton in oratorical declamation and Mike Keifer Steve Wagner in expository.
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Greene High School
Dubuque
Mark Stephenson
Diary of
Adam
GHS
Marvin Ackerman
Joanne Senne
Steve Stanton
Chris Rutz
Dallas Brinkman
Joe Viers
Jill Thompson
Mike Keifer
Steve Wagner
Junior Crusade in Greene and Butler Counties
Greene Elementary School hosts 346 pupils joining the Junior Crusade to raise cancer awareness across Greene and Butler Counties in April. Each child gets a decal listing cancer signals plus a Junior Crusader badge and a room certificate of merit, while teachers receive a booklet titled Answering Your Questions About Cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Butler County
Iowa
American Cancer Society
Greene and Butler Co
Road design blamed in fatal Rochester crash
In Rochester Anne Marie Shekleton, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Shek, argues that the highway design caused the collision by the cross angle rather than a right angle. She cites blind zones, windshields, and driver sightlines as key safety concerns and urges extreme caution at intersections with specific visual checks.
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Rochester
Anne Marie Shekleton
Pat Shek
Woman Sustains Head Injury After Fall From Horse
Leon rural New Hampton resident received a head injury in a Sunday afternoon horse fall. After initial treatment at St. Joseph's Community Hospital New Hampton she was transferred to St. Mary's Hospital Intensive Care Rochester Minnesota. She is a sister-in law of Mrs. Tom Shekletom formerly Jane Comry.
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Leon
New Hampton
St. Joseph’s Community Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital Intensive Care
Rochester
Minn
Tom Shekletom
Jane Comry
Starkweather Dies in California at 66
William Fred Starkweather, 66, of La Canada California, died March 9 after a short illness. Born May 18, 1886 near Greene he was the eldest of nine children of Charles M. and Tamar Delker Starkweather. He married Charlotte J. Filkins in 1910 and lived in Greene until 1936. Survived by two daughters Kathleen Withrow and Virginia McElberne, three brothers Glen Clarence and George, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale California.
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William Fred Starkweather
la Canada
Calif
Greene
Charles M
Tamar Delker Starkweather
Charlotte J. Filkins
East Berne
N. Y
Kathleen Withrow
la Crescenta
Virginia McElberne
Glen
Clarence
George
Somerdale
New Jersey
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Duty in England for U S Air Force Staff Sergeant Gerald L Craig
U S Air Force Staff Sergeant Gerald L Craig son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Craig Rt 1 Hampton Ia has arrived for duty at Mildenhall RAI Station England. Craig a vehicle repairman is assigned to a U S Air Forces in Europe unit serving NATO He previously served at Williams AFB Ariz He is a 1963 graduate of Sheffield Consolidated High Schools His wife JoAnn is daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Prause Rt 1 Aredale
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England
U.S. Air Force
Gerald L. Craig
Harold L. Craig
Rt. 1
Hampton
Mildenhall Rai Station
Craig
U.S. Air Forces
Europe
America
NATO
Williams Afb
Ariz
Sheffield Consolidated High Schools
JoAnn
Edward Prause
Aredale
Maryland rites for Patrick Hagarty
Anne and Elizabeth Hagarty learned of the death of their nephew Patrick J. Hagarty 49 in Bethesda Naval Hospital Maryland. He was the son of Mrs Frank Hagarty of Tyndall South Dakota and the late Frank Hagarty. He is survived by his wife and six children his mother and a sister Mary Stule. Patrick served 25 years in the Marine Corps rising to Lieutenant Colonel before retiring in 1966. His funeral was held Friday and he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Elizabeth Hagarty
Patrick J. Hagarty
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Frank Hagarty
Tyndall
S. D
Mary Stule
Patrick
Marine Corps
Arlington National Cemetery
Spring Play at HS April 13 14 Up the Down Staircase
Greene Community High School presents its Spring play Up the Down Staircase at 8 p.m. April 13 and 14 directed by Afr. Roger Johnson. The cast includes faculty and student roles led by Joanne Senne Steve Stanton Shelley West and many others with Mark Stephenson Denise Brinkman as stage managers and a large technical crew. The Union Busy Bees 4H Club met at Marble Rock Community Center with 18 members presenting recipes and a Koot Kabobs program and a club tour plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Community High School
Afr
Roger Johnson
Joanne Senne
Steve Stanton
Shelly West
Steve Brinkman
Jayne Tinderholt
Cindy Watkins
Rosanne Needham
Jan Schroeder
Kerry Grumley
Calvin Schafer
Jane Kanter
Nancy Tack
Shirley McBurney
Denise Brinkman
Merlin Schafer
Chris Rutz
Robbie Helm
Eliie Ziegler
Randy Smith
Rhonda Landers
Union
Busy Bees
Marble Rock Community Center
Ann Swinton
Melinda Enabait
Dawn Carney
Jackie Gerhard
Dawn Marsh
Homemaker Study Club Holds Year End Potluck
The Homemaker's Study Club met for their last all day meeting at Mrs. Emmett Ufford's home with two guests present. Husbands joined the potluck dinner and luncheon. A get well card was sent to Mrs. Nancy Tindell in Mason City hospital after major surgery. Raymond left Waterloo by plane for La Porte Ind. to his job. Praise and daughters joined the group. James Worley recently returned from a 10 day trip to Riverside Calif to visit her son Robert.
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Homemaker’s Study Club
Emmett Ufford
Nancy Tindell
Mason City
James Worley
Riverside
Calif
Robert
Aredale Locals Airs and Neighbor Visits
Elizabeth Hausen of Weden spent March 8 to 14 at her son Russell Haugen’s in Aredale. Dinner guests on March 11 included Elizabeth and Harold Haugen of Weden, John Haugen and daughters of Klemme, Norris K. Anderson and daughters of Thompson, and Gerdis Haugen of Clear Lake. Various locals dropped in for visits and dinner that weekend, with Ha waii trip pictures shown at Milton Dye’s.
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Elzabeth Hausen
Weden
Russell Haugen
Aredale
Mussell Haugen
Sun
Mar
Elizabeth Haugen
Harold Haugen
John Haugen
Klemme
Norris K. Anderson
Thompson
Gerdis Haugen
Clear Lake
Birthday honors for Mrs Gladys Harlan in Iowa Falls
The birthday of Mrs Gladys Harlan was observed with a dinner in her honor at Iowa Falls. Her son Raymond Lumley arrived from Chicago to celebrate, joined by her other children Mr and Mrs Lloyd Warrellmann and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lumley.
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Gladys Harlan
Raymond Lumley
Chicago
Minneapolis
Iowa Falls
Lloyd Warrellmann
Lloyd Lumley
National Wildlife Week Highlighted in Marble Rock Library
National Wildlife Week runs March 18 to 24. Read National Wildlife Magazine and International Wildlife Magazine at the Marble Rock Library magazine rack. Subscriptions to a year come from Dr. and Mrs. Wright of Santa Fe New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Wildlife Week
National Wildlife Magazine
Marble Rock
International Wildlife Magazine
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Michael’s
Marlys Miller
Greg Landers
Jason Klassi
Mary Zimmerman
Derby
W. F. Starkweather
Patrick Murphy
del Monte
van Canp
Van
KRAFT
U.S
Wilson
Crisco
Wrised
THE
Aredale News
Oscar White
Raymond
Mom A.m
Waterloo
la Porte
Ind
Aredale Locals
Agnes Hurley
Albert Hanisch
Dunkerton
Mrs
Larry
Ward Mason
Randy Stock
Hampton Sat
Lillian Creeden
Paul Kramer
Chris Kramer
Pell
Mannor
Aplington
Kenneth Stevens
Kanawha
Wayne Stevens
the Board OF Review
Allison
C. W. Zimmerman County Assessor
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