Greene High School Jazz Band Wins State Championship
The Greene High School Jazz Band won the 1976 Iowa High School State Jazz Band championship in Des Moines after advancing from district and festival wins. The band earned two outstanding musician awards and had members recognized by the National Association of Jazz Educators. The event was televised by the Iowa Educational Broadcasting network and hosted by Des Moines area high schools.
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Greene High School
Des Moines
Greene
Iowa Educational Broadcasting network
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Iowa High School Music Assoc
Robb Holtz
Robb
Greg Nordmeyer
Greg
National
Assoc. of
Doug Ebling
Randy Smith
Debra Meyer
Michael Day
Iowa Lakes Community College
Rick Stitzel
Vicurnum College
Larry Captain
Drake University
Roger Cody
North East Missouri State University
Don Jackson
Augustana
Arch Martin
Doug Lister
Rites Held May 3 for Clara Weiss in Greene
Clara Weiss born Sept 4 1879 daughter of Bernard and Christina Springer Bamker died April 30 after residing on a Clarksville farm most of her life. Survived by five sons and three daughters including Victor Arthur Earl Bernard Wayne Grace and Christine Balkenende. Funeral services were May 3 at St Marys Catholic Church Greene with Msgr Cooney officiating. Reid Funeral Chapel handled arrangements.
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Clara Weiss
Bernard
Christina Springer Bamker
Herman Weiss
St. Mary's
Christine) Balkenende
Marble Rock
Clair
Richard Balkenende
Michael Balkenende
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Greene
Msgr
Edmund Cooney
Reid
Speech and Chorus Awards Night Set for May 12
The Speech and Chorus Awards Night will be held on Wednesday May 12 at 7 30 p m in the old gym. The chorus will sing several selections including their three contest pieces and some new songs. Awards will honor contest and participation work for the year. The speech unit will present prose interpretation by Kelly Ebling and poetry set to music by Deb Meyer plus the Bicentennial choral reading. The public is urged to attend.
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Speech & Chorus
Kelly Ebling
Deb Meyer
Work Party Planned at Round Grove Golf Club
A work party will be held at Round Grove Golf and Country Club at 6 o clock p.m. on Wednesday May 12.
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Round Grove Golf & Country Club
Woman's Club Luncheon Guest Day in Greene
The Woman's Club of Greene hosts its annual spring luncheon on Tuesday May 18 at 12 30 p m upstairs in the Community Center It is a guest day with members urged to bring a guest A Bicentennial program of music dramatizations and poetry is planned by local club women chaired by Janette Tower New officers of the Woman's Club and the Handicraft Club will be installed Women may wear Bicentennial era or red white and blue attire to add the theme
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Woman's Club of
Greene
Janette Tower
Woman's Club
B and W Winners in 29th Anniversary Drawings
Winners announced this week include barbecue grills awarded over the past two weeks to Mrs. Fred Meyne Irene Stuntz Mrs. Galen Miller Mable Blum Louise Frevert Bucky Temple Zoe Ann Keen Ruth Sylvester Pat Stock Betty Brunsma Arnold Biekert Betty Markle. Sixty prizes of $25 go to Ray DeVries Bob Raisty Steve Shirk John W Daub G Martzahn Rose Ebling Marilyn Larson Carol Cole Gene Shultz Mrs Walt Gabe Lloyd Calease Janice Kingery.
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Fred Meyne
Irene Stuntz
Galen Miller
Mable Blum
Louise Frevert
Bucky Temple
Zoe Ann Keen
Ruth Sylvester
Pat Stock
Betty Brunsma
Arnold Biekert
Betty Markle
Ray DeVries
Bob Raisty
Steve Shirk
John W. Daub
G. Martzahn
Rose Ebling
Marilyn Larson
Carol Cole
Gene Shultz
Walt Gabe
Lloyd Calease
Janice Kingery
Plates for sale by The Woman's Glub of Greene
Colonial milk glass white plates from a 1975 George Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge design with motto In God We Trust. Misordered from the General Federation Bicentennial sale. $10.00 each. Call Sylvia Hawker at 823-5564.
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Greene
Genetral
George Washington
Valley Forge
Sylvia Hawker
Doctor Dental committee to meet at Greene Community Center
The Greene Doctor Dental Committee will meet Sunday May 16 at 7 00 p m downstairs in the Greene Community Center to discuss community health concerns and upcoming events.
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Doctor Dental
Greene Doctor Dental Committee
Greene Community Center
Prom Dance at Community Center May 15
The prom dance will take place May 15 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Community Center. Admission is two dollars at the door and the public is welcome. Websterson will provide the music.
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Websterson
Bicentennial Chorus Practice Session Announced
Bicentennial Chorus will hold a rehearsal on Monday May 17 at 7 30 p m in the Clarksville High School Music room. All interested singers are welcome to attend.
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Bicentennial Chorus
Clarksville High School
Two Iowa Poetry Day Winners Named for Local Students
The Iowa Poetry Day Association informs Mrs. Janet Barnhart that two students earned honors. Dawn Landers, daughter of Wilbur Landers, won first place for Chair With Curlicues and Diane Stanton, daughter of Roger Stanton, received Honorable Mention for Smithsonian. The poems will appear in the annual association publication. POEMS ON PAGE.
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Iowa Poetry Day Assoc
Janet Barnhart
Dawn Landers
M&M
Wilbur Landers
Diane Stanton
Roger Stanton
Smithsonian
Girl Scout Court of Awards and Fly-Up Evening
The Girl Scout Court of Awards and Brownie Fly-Up will be held on Tuesday evening May 18 at 7 30 at the Elementary School. Badges and Challenge buttons earned during the year will be presented and the bridging ceremony will take place. Parents friends and relatives are invited. A social hour will follow. Fly-up practice is Monday May 17 after school at the elementary school.
Mailbox Improvement Week Set for May 17 22
Postmaster Curtis announced Mailbox Improvement Week from May 17 to 22, a national spring observance promoting mailbox security and appearance. The event kicks off community efforts to repair repaint and improve roughly 24 million rural curbline and star route mailboxes, including 424 served by the Greene post office.
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Curtis
Greene
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Steve Nordmeyer
Patti Holtz
Sherri Muhlenbruck
Ray Holtz
Brad Foster
Al Stell
Keith Johnson
National Association of Jazz Educators
Darwin Ebling
Harold Meyer
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Bob Smith
Bob Nordmeyer
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