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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1960
Page
1
Scouts and dads thanked Tom Albrecht for his long service to Greene Scout District. The note credits his leadership since he entered business years ago and notes the 1000 trees planted last Sunday. The piece also praises Ray Holtz and Glenda Landsgaard for leading the State Class C Music Contest entries.
The Greene Community School Parent-Teachers Association will meet Wednesday evening May 6 at 8 00 in the high school auditorium. This is the last meeting of the year. A high school vocal group will open the program. Installations of officers will follow with program titles Strengthening Community Life Through Leisure Time Activities and What Greene has to Offer. Youth program representatives will speak. Third grade parents chaired by Mr and Mrs Galen Martzahn will serve refreshments.
Northeast Iowa reports stocking of numerous streams last week including Clear Creek Little Paint Paint Bloody Run Village Creek Waterloo Creek Joy Springs South Cedar Creek Elk Creek Richmond Springs Swiss Valley Creek Plum Creek Big Mill Creek Little Mill Creek Wapsi River Coldwater Creek North Bear South Bear Trout Run and Twin Canoe Creek.
The 33rd annual meeting of the board of trustees of The State University of Iowa school of religion will be held Monday, May 9, in the Iowa Memorial Union. The agenda includes annual reports by Dr. Robert Michaelsen, election of new trustees, and action on programs for 1960-61. The school features 40 members from Judaism, Protestantism, and Catholic groups, plus the University. Trustees Francis J. OConnor, Henry N. Graven, and Russel Weintraub will speak on the school's nature and significance.
Maggie Menken 88 died Tuesday at her Greene area home from old age complications. Born December 15, 1871 in Ostfriesland Germany she married Richard Menken in 1890. Surviving are 9 daughters, 5 sons, 35 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Thursday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Greene with burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Dean Debner underwent major surgery last Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Hospital in Hampton. Matt Kramer underwent surgery at Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City on Tuesday morning.
Mary Boller, a Greene Community School senior, won three awards at the American Institute of Business State Typing Contest in Des Moines. She took first in the Accuracy division with 59.6 WPM, earning a portable Remington. second in the Business Personality contest, receiving a Shaeffer Snorkel fountain pen. and third in Class A Amateur Speed, earning a silver medal.
New residents Mr and Mrs Quentin Hildebrand welcome a son born Tuesday morning May 3 at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City. Weighing 11 pounds 3 ounces the infant is named Skipper John. Mr and Mrs Wendell Boggess of Rudd celebrate a son born Monday May 2 at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs Boggess is the former Edna Constein of Greene.
Eighth grade students from Greene Community School and St. Marys Academy spent Tuesday in Des Moines visiting the State House and State Historical Building in the morning, lunch at Bishops, then the Des Moines Register and Tribune and the airport. Accompanying them were Mrs. Dwight Barnhart, Mrs. Clyde Stuntz, Mr. Gerald Eimers and Supt. V J Tatum.
The Butler County Democratic presidential convention met at the Court House in Allison on Friday evening. Delegates endorsed Governor Herschel Loveless as the Favorite Son candidate for the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and instructed attendees to support the Des Moines May 28 State Democratic Presidential Convention. Delegates named include Joe Burkhart F J Ramker Travis Moffett Paul Shafer Clyde Bravard Vernon Plummer James Spane K Hall D Moss. Alternates listed are Vera Ramker George Vance Russell Vance Mrs August Grendler T J Spane Mr Mrs S B Dailey Mr Mrs Vernon Garner W C Newbern Emmett Hanley Bob Voss Mr Mrs Francis Santee James O Donnel A B Mahnke.
Kenneth Henne underwent heart surgery at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota on Friday.
The Greene Community School hosts the annual spring roundup for next fall's kindergartners on Friday May 6 at 9:00 in the kindergarten room. Parents of children five on or before November 15 1960 should register. Rural residents register in town. Last name A through M morning, N to Z afternoon. Birth certificates required for full registration.
Here From Florida Elmer Rohwedder has been at Punta Gorda since October and came to Greene on Friday to spend the summer with his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harri son Bone and their sons.
The Round Grove Golf and Country Club held its annual cribbage tournament Sunday with 76 entrants. R. E. Rasmussen of Marshalltown won first with 1200 points, Louis Culbert of Charles City second with 1195, Don Wittenberg of Denver third with 1194, Paul Wunsch of Greene fourth with 1191, and E. R. Zink of Marshalltown fifth with 1185. A 15-team division saw P. C. Peck, Mrs. H. L. Swant, Florian Rutz, Ted Thorpe, and Paul Wunsch win top team honors with 5754.
Raymond O'Brien age 53 died Friday at 4 00 PM in Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City of cancer. He born July 27 1906 at Greene son of Robert and Ellen O'Brien. He married Cyrilla Stadick January 17 1939 in Douglas North Dakota. They farmed near Greene and Marble Rock. Survived by wife three children James 10 Mary 6 Timothy 2 two brothers Louis Waterloo Maurice Greene and three sisters Mrs Paul Devereux Marble Rock Mildred and Agnes Greene. Preceded by parents and brother Leonard. Funeral Monday 9 30 AM at St Marys Catholic Church Rev P J Boyle officiating. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. Hamiltons Funeral Chapel in charge.
The first annual conference of the Iowa Association of County Conservation Board will be held May 14 and 15 at the Fisher Community Center in Marshalltown. Governor Loveless will give the opening address on the meaning of conservation in Iowa and sessions will cover problems and methods used by current boards. Every county with a board should send a representative. counties forming a new board should have a man present.
Ronald Richard Milata of Charles City charged with exceeding the speed limit received a $15.00 fine and $4.00 costs. Lawrence C. Whitehead of Greene cited for no valid operators license faced a $10.00 fine and $4.00 costs, per J. P. Knight’s Court.
Keith Butler, released from Burlington hospital after pneumonia, visits parents Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Butler for a week at home. Mrs. Basil Johnson returns home after Cedar Valley Hospital surgery. Harold Tack comes home from Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City after weekend observation. Bob Barnett returns from the Veteran's Hospital in Town City.
Story Hour at the Greene Public Library, held on Saturday afternoons, has been discontinued until next fall. Activities included stories poems and records with special treats for Halloween and Easter. Mrs Robert Fisier led the program and brought white baby bunnies for entertainment before Easter.
Rev. James Parks has accepted a call to the Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren in Springfield Missouri. He will begin there in September. The church is a recent Home Mission congregation formed about five years ago with meetings in a pastor’s home YWCA and then in their own building. It has an educational unit and a fellowship hall seating 150 to 175, currently used as the sanctuary. The church lies in the northeast part of the city two blocks west of Route 65 near the northern city limits.
The Third Congressional District Iowa Council of Republican Women holds its spring conference Friday May 6 at Boyd Community Center Shell Rock. A 8:30 am coffee for Republican women precedes a noon dinner for all Republicans where gubernatorial candidate Jack Schroeder and Norman Erbe, US Senate hopeful Jack Miller, and other county candidates will attend.
The annual Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom take place in the High School Auditorium at 6 30 PM on Saturday May 7. The Esquires provide music, and Polaroid photos are offered during the prom for a small fee. Afterward senior parents host a post prom party with a movie in Charles City and a gym entertainment followed by breakfast in the cafeteria.
Greene musicians claimed first ratings in the state Class C music contest for large groups, with top marks for the girls glee club, mixed chorus, and band. Other firsts and seconds were earned by teams from Franklin, Aplington, Allison, and more as the event drew fifteen schools. The concert band performed Praeludium for Band and Portrait of the Land, while glee club selections included If I Could Tell You and All in The April Evening.
Robert Dale Folkers an 18 year old of Greene was arrested Wednesday night April 27 in Greene on a charge of driving with license suspended. Folkers was arraigned in J P Court in Greene and bond set at 350 dollars to the next term of court. Bond furnished Saturday April 30 and Folkers released from county jail.
The Butler District Recognition dinner for leaders and their wives is this evening at 6 30 in the Lutheran Church basement. Len Rowland will greet from the council executive board and Harold Allison of Greene will be toastmaster.
Five Mason City youths including Steven Baron 18 Steven Mandt 18 and William Ashburn 20 plus two juveniles were arrested Tuesday evening April 26 in Allison on petty larceny charges. They admitted stealing an Evinrude outboard motor from the Clear View Truck Stop on Highway 3 and 14 April 23. They pleaded guilty and were fined 100 dollars with 50 dollars suspended. if fines are unpaid they face 30 days in the County jail at Allison.
A hospital report notes Goodsell is a patient in Charles City for treatment. The item records a medical stay and ongoing care without detailing diagnosis or duration.
Butler County women from towns including Aredale Greene Waverly Shell Rock Plainfield Parkersburg and Alli son are highlighted in the national Home Economies Extension Week observance. Francene Winslow Butler County Extension Service economist led the program though several members were absent for the photo.
Word has been received of the death of Mrs John Chase age 78 on April 12 at her home in San Jose California She was wife of Rev Chase a former pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Greene Burial was held in Los Gatos California on April 16
Harold Cecil Holzschuh of Greene appeared in J P Court in Allison on Saturday morning April 30 and pleaded guilty to reckless driving. He paid a $100 fine plus $3 cost. Holzschuh was arrested in Greene on December 13, 1959 on a DWI charge later reduced to reckless driving.
Gary Reed son of Mr and Mrs Don Reed was taken to Iowa City last Wednesday where the cast was removed He was placed on a list on January 16 at Iowa City to correct a bone defect in his left hip The cast extended from his waist to the toes on his left foot and above the knee on his right leg Gary will now wear leg braces at night and use crutches during the day He has been attending the third grade at the Greene Community School by an intermunicabilities system.
The Rambler Track squad earned two firsts in recent meets, winning the Class B Comet Relays at Charles City and the Three-School meet at Allison. They placed high in several events, with Greene delivering multiple firsts in the Comet Relays and Rambler sprint relays and distance relays showcasing strong lineups. The team heads to the district track meet at Osage this Friday.
The Cub Scouts plan a Saturday morning hike to Gates Bridge departing the scout room at 9 00 and returning by 3 00. They will bring food for a cook out and take part in a short outdoor activity.
The Ramblers fell to Rockwell 7 to 0 in the sectional baseball finals after a 11 to 0 semifinal win over Chapin at Rockwell. Nile Myers pitched a one hitter in his first game for the team with catcher Don Devies. Tom Green contributed two hits and an RBI in four at bats.
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