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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1973
Page
6
A dense listing of elaborate Mother's Day visits and guests across Greene and surrounding towns. Families from Nashua, Charles City, Waverly, Allison, Riceville, and Cedar Falls hosted or traveled to share meals, baptisms, and celebrations. Names include Schruzk Nashua Mergen, Gerhard, Grimm, Wall, Ruffridge, Lynch, Stopplemoor, Shultz, Lacy, Nolan, Marsh, Backer, Wilkins, Kingery, Cassmann, Letch, and several others with hometowns noted.
The passage surveys voting as a line for party spending, promotes cosmetics and fragrances, notes a writer’s view on boys and bachelorhood, claims perfect prescription filling, and humorously observes a woman trying on shoes until a clerk loses patience.
Tuesday visitors to Mrs Grace Fall included her daughters Melvin Wiess and Gary Brownie Troop 113 delivered flowers made by patients. Saturday callers for Dale Ver Plank were his daughters and grandchildren from Cedar Falls Marble Rock and other relatives. Sunday visits included Dale Ver Plank and rides with Bert Kampen Leon and Elaine and Valoris Taylors, with slides shown on Wednesday for weekly social activities.
Graduating seniors from Allison-Bristow High School this spring include Vernette Brocka Charlotte Davis Gary Luchtenburg Donald Sale Ronald Salge Rita Schoeneman Kevin Voipts Diane Wiegmann and Warren Wiegmann associated with St John’s Lutheran Church Vilmar.
Local notices list diverse May gatherings in Wilmar including American Legion and Auxiliaries meetings at 8 pm, Martha and Rachel Circles at St. John's, Cress and Crown Bible Class at Mrs Gersema, Luther League, Brownie Fly-up, Girl Scout Court of Awards, Handicraft Club final meeting with silent auction, Coldwater Community Club with Irene Ressler, and Vacation Bible School 8:45 to 11:15 am June 4 to 15.
In Bennezette Wesleyan Church pastor Richard Stenberg lists Thursday prayer and Bible study at 7:30 pm, adult choir at 9 pm, Sunday services at 11 am and 7:30 pm, and Vacation Church School planning at 7:30 pm. FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Pleasant Valley led by Rev. Merlin A. Dietrich runs Thursday choir at 8 pm, Sunday service with baptism at 10:45 am, and a daily Vacation Bible School planning session noted. Certificates awarded for 6 hours in Nurses Aide Training were presented to ladies after a seminar on Death and Dying.
Several congregations list weekly services. ERVICES T. JOANS schedule includes worship at 11 pm, youth groups at 7 pm, evening service 7 6 pm, choir practice, and Sunday School with a youth fellowship at 7 30 pm. ST PETER S LUTHERAN CHURCH outlines services May 17 20 and 24 with classes and Sunday worship at 8 00 and 10 15 am. Church listings for Presbyterian Bethel Calvary St Johns and Church of Christ show varied worship and Sunday School times, with pastor names and midweek activities.
The reading lists Mass times for St Marys Catholic Church led by Rev E L Cooney with masses on Saturday 7 30 pm Sunday 9 am daily 7 15 am holy days 6 am and 7 30 pm confessions on Saturdays and eves of holy days three four five and seven and eight pm. United Methodist Church of Aredale led by Rev E J Berreth with worship at 9 15 am and church school at 10 20 am.
Ross Todd Ross, son of Mr and Mrs Gene Ross, had an appendectomy Monday morning at Floyd County Memorial Hospital Charles City. Mrs Kevin Ross is a patient at Mercy Hospital Mason. Esther Juhl Mabel Anthony Dorothy Brocka Chas Stock and Joyce Kock from Mathers Nursing Home attended a seminar sponsored by St Kenny Institute at Holiday Inn Cedar Falls Tuesday. Miss Mary McGuire RN spoke on dangers of bed rest.
Market roundup notes price lines for hogs with figures for butchers and packers, listing Stanton Livestock on a mid May Wednesday. Community message urges support for local churches alongside the market data.
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