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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1962
Page
1
Butler County residents will miss J Kendall Lynes whose efforts helped county roads and state progress. The State Senate loss leaves a void. Buster fought for people’s best interests in Iowa. The piece quips on voting laws, Hoover, Wunsch cribbage, and a July 4 space launch at the local site.
The State Conservation Commission reminded that May 12 marks the opening for walleye sauger and northern pike north of Highway 30. South of 30 and in boundary waters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers the season is continuous. Frog season opens state wide May 12 with a fishing license required to take frogs.
In Hospital Jean Montgomery entered the Mercy Hospital in Mason City on Tuesday, where he is undergoing examination and treatment.
A $275 a year scholarship at the University of Tulsa honors Franklin J. Eikenberry, emeritus English professor and former Greene resident. An anonymous gift funds the award for an English major based on scholarship, need, and quality in the student’s specialty. Eikenberry, a North Dakota State College graduate, joined Tulsa in 1929, led the English Department from 1938, retired in 1959, and remains a guest lecturer.
Clarence C. Birr will keynote the Winnebago Council annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America in Osage Iowa at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. A 6:30 p m dinner is planned on Thursday May 17 with an election of officers and executive board and an inspirational program including a salute to all board members.
The Winnebago Council Boy Scouts of America recognized 37 Eagle Scouts at a May 6 ceremony in Mason City Public Library. Special sponsor Mr. Jo Strong of Keosauqua received Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope awards for service to Scouting. Notable honorees included Tom Green and Steven Rottler of Greene.
Baptized infants were Stanley John, son of Mr and Mrs Duane Miller, and Donald Blair, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Darker of Mulberry Indiana, baptized Sunday at the Presbyterian Church by Rev G F Butler.
Greene High School earned two division 1 ratings at the State Class B Music Contest in Clear Lake. Seventeen other schools competed. The sixty voice girls glee club and the twenty eight voice boys glee club received ones, the latter in its first year of competition. The seventy six member mixed chorus earned a division two rating. Accompanists were Sheryl Ott and Diane Wolf. Girls glee club sang God So Loved The World and Open Our Eyes. Boys glee club performed My Lord What a Morning and Bonnie Eloise. Mixed chorus performed O Make Our Hearts to Blossom and Set Down Servant.
Butler County residents face a real estate and property tax bill of 2 542 663 13 for 1962 per county treasurer H Herschel Opperman. By April 30, 58 58 percent was collected, with state credits of 125 972 88 for agriculture land, 93 143 15 for homestead, and 7 596 36 for soldiers exemption. About 63 percent of collected funds have been allocated to county schools.
Technical Sergeant and Mrs. Don Daiker and family are visiting in Blair Moffett’s home for three weeks prior to their next assignment at Bitburg Air Force Base Germany. Don, an Air Force veteran of 14 years, has just completed a 44 year tour as an Air Force recruiter in Lafayette Indiana. They expect to spend 3 years in Germany.
Greene High School defended its Corn Bowl Conference title at Osage by routing St. Ansgar 68 to 58. Greene won six of nine events including three relays. Larry Blum set a broad jump record 20 440, while the mile medley relay trio posted 2 54.4 for a conference mark. First places went to Gransma in 120 yard high jump 17.2, the mile medley relay 3 54.4, 440 relay 46.8, mile relay 3 49.3, and Butzlaff in discus 126 9 inches.
The Liberty Bell will tour Greene on Friday May 11 from 8 30 to about 9 15 a m on a National Guard truck as part of a Freedom Bond Drive to promote U S Savings Bonds Selling bonds supports the Treasury debt management and inflation control while citizens are urged to buy extra bonds Officials of First State Bank of Greene and State Bank of Allison arranged the stop in Butler County with students from Greene High School and St Marys Academy slated to view the bell before noon confirmation of the campaign slogans Underwrite Your Country s Might Buy U S Savings Bonds and Keep Freedom in Your Future with U S Savings Bonds emphasize the drive the first nationwide Savings Bond drive since 1951.
Greene hosts Dairy Day on June 9 with Dairy Princess judging at 10:00 am and a noon luncheon. A 2:00 pm parade showcases princess candidates, followed by a free Dairy Bar and a 7:15 pm band concert and talent show. Iowa Dairy Princess will crown Greene’s 1962 Dairy Princess. Entries remain open for princess candidates.
Gene Reser a Bennedette township farmer announces run for Butler County Supervisor in the 2nd District on the Democratic ticket. The retiring incumbent is Paul Shaffer of Allison. Reser, 37, has lived in the area since 1934, graduated from Aredale High School, farms 160 acres southwest of Greene, attends the Methodist church, and is married to Avis Barnett of Greene with three children.
A Social Security Administration representative will visit Allison at the Court House on May 10 and 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon to assist with filing applications for old age, survivors or disability insurance benefits, and to issue Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers. The Waterlog district office is in room 702 of the Black Hawk Building, W Fourth and Commercial Streets. phone ADams 4 1554.
Mrs. G. F. Butler has been awarded a scholarship to attend the School Health Workshop at the State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls from June 18 to June 29. The Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association selected her for the program.
Joe Allison began six months of Reserve Training after leaving for Fort Carson Colorado last Thursday. He completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and spent a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Harold Allison.
State Senator J Kendall Lynes 59 of Plainfield Iowa died in his sleep from a heart attack Saturday night at his home near Plainfield. He had chest pains earlier. Lynes a Republican longtime Bremer County resident served in the Senate since 1940 led the 1959 and 1961 sessions and chaired key committees. Surviving are wife Lenore two sons a daughter and five grandchildren. Services were at St Pauls Lutheran in Waverly with burial at Willow Lawn Cemetery Plainfield. Masonic services were held the previous evening in Waverly.
A cribbage tournament at Round Grove Golf and Country Club on Sunday May 6 saw Paul Wunsch of Greene take first with 1209 points and Herb Mohier of Hudson second with 1200. Wunsch teamed with Royal Hardman to win doubles with 2346, while Paul and Dennis Wunsch placed second with 2340. Sixty six players from Mason City Rhodes Des Moines Marshalltown Bristow Maxwell Cedar Falls Waverly Waterloo Hudson and Greene participated.
Jerry Allen Walcott of Aurelia was charged with speeding and fined five dollars plus four dollars costs. Fine issued by court presided over by J. P. Moffett.
Mrs Matt Frericks of Greene died Tuesday at Cedar Valley Hospital after a lingering illness. She leaves four daughters three sons and eight grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Friday May 11 at 2:06 PM at Williams Mortuary Greene with Rev George Knutson ministering. Burial follows at Butler Center Cemetery near Allison.
Theodore Ramker of Greene faced reckless driving charges after an accident on North Second Street striking Wale Schroeder’s car. Both vehicles sustained minor damage. Justice of Peace Frank Knight’s Court recorded $100 fine and $10.50 costs, signed by Marshal Virgil Hites and Deputy Sheriff Marvin Barth.
Jerry McDermott, a year old son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Mc Dermott underwent surgery Tuesday morning at Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City.
Greene Ramblers beat host Osage 6 to 1 on Friday behind Allan Marsh two hits and a walk. Doug Marsh added a double and Butch Spratt a single as Nile Myers Harry Barth and Mark Ott shared pitching duties. Osage scored one run in the second and one in the seventh.
Hazel M Black known across Butler county schools from 1920 to 1942 retired after nearly 50 years in elementary education. She served 22 years as county superintendent overseeing about 1800 rural pupils in 100 one room schools, four consolidated and eight independent town systems. She later earned a master’s at Peabody and moved to Mississippi schools, with permanent ties to Hattiesburg.
The Greene Elementary and Junior High vocal and instrumental departments present a concert on Tuesday May 15 at 8:00 PM in the high school auditorium. The program includes the fifth and sixth grade chorus and the cadet band.
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