Departure of Dennis Mair, Greene notes mixed feelings
Greene residents express pride and sadness as Dennis Mair leaves to coach Marinette Wisconsin. Readers recall his selection from 60 applicants and the loss of a valued neighbor. A baseball contest between Greene and Allison Indies is scheduled, with Greene having recent wins and Allison seen as a strong Butler County League threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Mair
Greene
Denny
Marinette
Wisconsin
New Additions in The Public Library
Greene Public Library adds Harriman’s And the Price is Right the Story of Macy’s Department Store exciting reading. Other new titles include About Interesting People Laxalt Sweet Promised Land Sim American Aces War MacLean South by Java Head Mac kie Hurrah the Flag Scholarships Lovejoy College Scholarship Guide Adventure Michael I Married a Hunter Maxwell People of the Reeds Also fiction Allen Peace River Country Eddy A Family Affair Smith Maggie Now Cook Elizabeth by Name Davis The Time of the Panther and Lauer Home is the Place
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laxalt
Sim
MacLean
Java
Mackie
Lovejoy
Michael
Maxwell
the Reeds
Allen
Peace River Country
Eddy
Smith
Maggie Now
Cook
Elizabeth
Davis
Lauer
Missionary couple to speak at Brethren churches
Rev and Mrs Irven Stern missionaries from Africa will visit the Church of the Brethren weekend. Stern, a former Fredericksburg Iowa resident and seminary classmate, is on furlough while studying in Chicago. He will present slides on Africa Saturday 8 pm plus an African curios display. Sunday services at Union Ridge 9 45 and Greene 11 00 with pot luck breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irven Stern
Africa
Church of the Brethren
Rev. Stern
Fredericksburg
Iowa
Rev. Parks
Seminary
Chicago
Stern
Union Ridge Church
Greene Church of the Brethren
Student Struck By Fall From Horse Injures Arm and Shoulder
Sandi Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Edwards was thrown from a horse Sunday at a friend's home She was taken to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City where doctors found an arm and shoulder broken She received a neck to waist cast and recuperates at her parents home near Dougherty An eighth grade student in Greene Community Schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandi Edwards
Dean Edwards
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Miss Edwards
Dougherty
Greene Community Schools
Democratic Meeting At A B Mahnke Home
A meeting of all Democrats will be held at the A B Mahnke home on Thursday evening at 8 o clock. All are invited, men and women alike. Matters of importance will be discussed and your presence is urgently requested. Refreshments will be served.
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A. B. Mahnke
Rites Held for Clare M Wilson in Bennet Township
Clare Milton Wilson aged 57 died May 15 after a life on his Bennedette farm and service at Independence State Hospital. He married Ann Tea Barden in 1944 and is survived by a wife, step daughter Hazel Newdarfer, a brother Francis E Willson, a sister Helen Hart, and two nieces and two step grandchildren. Funeral in Arcdale Methodist Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Milton Wilson
Peter D
Susie Tubbs Wilson
Beninezette Center
Ann Tea- Barden
Clare
Bennedette Township
Aresdale
Independence State Hospital
Searcy
Arkansas
Methodist Church
Aregale
I. 0.C.F. Lodge
Dumont
Rebekah Lodge
Greene
Masonic Lodge
Hazel Newdarfer
Roscoe
Pennsylvania
Francis E. Willson
Helen
Royal Hart
Shell Rock
Pat Wilson
Linda Wilson
Glen Wilhite
Clear Lake
Tillie Ann
Billy Newdarfer
Methodist
Arcdale
Russell Eldridge
Rose Hill Cemetery
Four Local Bowling Teams Compete in Waterloo Tourney
Nettleton s Insurance and Auctioneering Butler County Abstract, Wunsch Plumbing, and John Deere Implement led local ladies and men s squads in the Waterloo Daily Courier Tournament. Nettleton posted a 2645 total with a 1961 scratch and 684 handicap. Feldman led Wunsch & Son with 3020 pins and a 223 game. John Deere Implement s team included Backer, Gablemann, Gabe, Pyatt, and Gabe. wives attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettleton’s Insurance and Auctioneerings
Butler County Abstract
Waterloo Daily Courier
Wunsch Plumbing
John Deere
Nettleton
Margaret Shultz
Wunsch & Son
Martyn Wunsch
Emery Dickman
Walter Wunsch
Wayne Feldman
Donavon Rustfridge
Feldman
Dickman
John Backer
Walter Gablemann
Walter Gabe
Charles Pyatt
Leo Gabe
Waterloo
Miss Greene Myrna Litterer Named Greene High Queen
Miss Myrna Litterer daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Litterer of Aredale was chosen Miss Greene to represent Greene High School at the North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City on June 10. A senior she plays flute and sings in chorus and quartets and has held offices in both groups. She was Homecoming queen and Homemaker of Tomorrow and played guard on the first basketball team, serving as captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrna Litterer
Leonard Litterer
Aredale
Greene
Greene High School
North Iowa
Mason City
Myrna
Won Sweeper Prize on Gary Moore Jubilee Show
Mrs. Wilbur Tindall, one of 100 winners from 1.5 million entries, earned a Hoover sweeper. She registered through Buchholz & Drakle store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Tindall
Indies Nip Janesville 3 2 In Butler County clash
The Greene Independent Baseball team beat Janesville 3 to 2 in a Butler County League game at the high school diamond last Sunday. Wunsch pitched five innings, Newton and Knapp two each, Barth caught, Heine took the loss for Janesville. Newton led Greene with three hits and the win, with the next game set for 2 15 pm Sunday at the same field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Independent
Allison
Janesville
Wunsch
Jerry Newton
Donavon Knapp
Bobby Barth
Heine
Greene
Maxwell
Barth
Newton
New Daughter for Cunard Watchell in Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Cunard Watchell of Iowa City welcomed a daughter named Catherine Lane born May 7 in an Iowa City hospital. The infant weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces. Mrs Sperry, grandmother to Catherine Lane, is daughter of Mr and Mrs M K Sperry. Mr M K Sperry visited Iowa City Saturday to see the Mitchells. Mrs Sperry returned with him Sunday after a two week stay.
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M. K. Sperry
Iowa City
Clifford Mitchell
Trail Riders Meet On Sunday Afternoon
The Powersville Trail Riders hold their first season meeting at Powersville ball field at 1:00 p.m. Sunday May 25. Includes ribbon and sack races, other activities, followed by a trail ride. All interested persons urged to attend.
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Powersville Trail Riders
Powersville
Butler Elected Commissioner to General Assembly
Rev. G. F. Butler of Greene, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, has been elected a commissioner to the General Assembly of the new United Presbyterian Church in the United States, meeting in Pittsburgh from May 28 to June 4. Accompanying him are Mrs. Butler and their daughter Lorene. The assembly will oversee the merger of the 170-year-old Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the 100-year-old United Presbyterian Church of North America and guide the new church’s future program with more than three million members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Butler
Greene
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
New United Presbyterian Church
United States
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Butler
Lorene
New Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church of North America
New United Church
Poppy Day Set For Next Saturday
Mayor Cecil W. Starkweather proclaims Saturday May 24 as Poppy Day in Greene urging all citizens to wear memorial poppies. Proceeds fund Veterans Rehabilitation and Child Welfare programs. poppies distributed by American Legion Auxiliary. Girl Scouts will canvas homes. Legion Auxiliary members sell poppies.
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C. W. Starkweather
America
American Legion
Cecil W. Stark
City of
Greene
Cecil W. Starkweather
Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary
Marshalltown
Des Moines Veterans Hospital
Clinton
Girl Scouts
theAmerican Legion Auxiliary
Ed LeRoy Brown rites set for today in Charles City
Ed LeRoy Brown born April 15 1871 near Shell Rock died Sunday May 18 at De Buhr Rest Home Charles City He married Helen Ritter October 1 1893 at Marble Rock they had two children Leo and Zula Surviving wife son daughter three grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral services 2:00 pm today Wednesday May 21 at Hamiltons Funeral Chapel officiated by Rev Paul Heath First Methodist Charles City Burial Rose Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed LeRoy Brown
Shell Bock
de Buhr
Charles City
John H
Margaret Brown
Greene
Helen Ritter
Marble Rock
Leo
Zula
Louis Ramker
Liberty’ Oul Co
Des Moines
Epley
Brothers Seed Corn Company
Shell Rock
Hamilton
Paul Heath
First Methodist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Dennis Mair Accepts Marinette Coaching Post
Dennis Mair, longtime Greene Community School head football coach, accepts a similar role at Marinette Wisconsin. He will coach football, teach citizenship and world history, and may serve as an assistant track coach. The Mairs plan to move this month and settle into Marinette’s football culture ahead of a seven-game schedule featuring Wausau Eau Claire and other state and Illinois opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Mair
Greene Community School
Marinette
Wisconsin
Mair
Lake Michigan
Menominee River
Menominee
Michigan
Eau Claire
la Crosse Central
Antigo
Wheaton
Illinois
Marimette
Greene
Luther College
Decorah
Ramblers
Dennis
Mr. Maurs
West Allis
Milwaukee
Deloris
Kindergarten Registration Figures for Next Year
Fifty one pupils, including twenty nine boys and twenty two girls, registered for next year’s kindergarten. Census figures show many children remain unregistered. Parents should contact Mrs. Jessie Tornowske, school nurse, at the high school office before year’s end for assistance.
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Jessie Tornowske
Barbara Clawson to Speak Sunday at Presbyterian Church
Barbara Clawson of Ackley will be guest speaker at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning May 25 at 1080 o'clock. A former International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to Japan in 1957, she lives on a 113 acre farm near Ackley and has six years of 4 H work. Now a homemaking teacher in Rockwell Public School, she will relate her Japan experiences in her talk and invites all interested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Clawson
Ackley
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Clawson
International Farm
Japan
Butler County GOP Women Host Candidates Tea in Shell Rock
Butler County Council of Republican Women will hold a Candidates Tea on Monday May 26 at 2 00 pm in the Shell Rock Memorial Building Shell Rock. State and county candidates are invited to speak in two minute talks and tea will be served by Shell Rock Ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Council of Republican Women
Shell Rock
Returned from Florida Rohwedder visits Greene kin
Elmer Rohwedder who spent the winter at Punta Gorda Florida has returned to Greene and is visiting at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harrison Bone and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Rohwedder
Punta Gorda
Florida
Greene
Mrs. Harrison Bone
Members Joining Methodist Church Last Sunday
Those admitted to membership in the Methodist Church last Sunday were Mrs. Bruce Menken and Mr. and Mrs. William Silvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Bruce Menken
William Silvey
Baccalaureate and Commencement Planned at Greene School Next Week
Greene High School hosts Baccalaureate on Sunday May 25 and Commencement on Tuesday May 27 at 8 00 p m in the school auditorium for the class of 1958. Rev Robert Floy and Dr Harold Bernhard headline speakers with music from the school glee club and student soloists. The ceremony includes key presentations, medals, awards, and diplomas by school and board officials. The Senior Day program is set for Friday May 23 and Promotion Day for May 29, with events in the school gymnasium and auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene High School
Robert Floy
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Wilmar
Mathiew
Jeanette Wirth
I. J Devies
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Werner Drakle
Harold Bernhard
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Bernhard
Carthage College
Chicago Lutheran Theological College
University of Chicago
Carol Tatum
George S. Knutson
Calvary Baptist Church
Jeanne Wildman
James Brinkman
Darrell Kingery
American Legion
James Graven
Iowa Bar Association
Donald Bachman
H.eh
Scholastic
Dansorta Foundation
W. J. Tatum
Francis Srinkman
Board of Education
Dean Bangs
Dean Barnett
James Barth
Karen Belknap
Kay Belknap
Arthena Best
Janice Brinkman
Kenneth Brinkman
Mary Ann Brinkman
Vicki Burroughs
Susan Busse
Robert Butzlaft
Wendell Debner
Ellen Eggena
Flosh Folkers
Mary Annette Green
Jack Hagarty
Keith Harris
Larry Jepsen
James Kn
Homecoming for Knapp Family After German Service
Mr and Mrs Donovan Knapp and son Fred M returned to Greene last week from Germany where Knapp served two years as a helicopter flight mechanic with the Flight Detachment of the 7th Army Headquarters Company. Fred M was born on March 20. Knapp is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Knapp and Phyllis Schreck is his wife, daughter of Mr and Mrs Merlin Schreck.
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Donovan Knapp
Greene
County at 40 Percent of $58 Bond Quota
Axiil investments in United States savings bonds in Butler county totaled $80,772. For the first four months the county reached $371,631, 40 percent of the 1958 goal, above the national average. John McWhirter of Allison, volunteer county chairman, reported April sales of $13,188,088 for the year to date, up sharply from 1957. Iowa sales for four months rose to $61,421,551, about 44 percent of its annual quota, with substantial gains over the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axiil
United States
Butler
John McWhirter
Allison
Lunteer County
Iowa
Final Meeting of Science Cub Held at Greene High
The Greene High School Science Club the Hi Scias met on Tuesday evening May 13 for the last meeting of the year. C E Burroughs spoke on telescope construction and demonstrated his 6 inch reflector. Bruce Mead and Tom Green showed radio and electronic gear they built. Afterward the group viewed stars through Burroughs telescope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene High School
Hi-Sci’s
C. E. Burroughs
Bruce Mead
Tom Green
Mr. Burroughs
Vacation Bible School In Methodist Church Plans
The Methodist Church will host Vacation Bible School from June 10 to 18 and June 16 to 20 for children from kindergarten through junior high. Classes run 9 30 to 11 30 each morning with a Children Day program on Sunday morning June 22.
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Vacation Church
Methodist Church
Summer training units for ROTC cadets and soldiers
Fort Gordon Georgia Webb Air Force Base Texas Fort Hood Texas Fort Sill Oklahoma Fort Carson Colorado Greene and Dougherty residents are listed among service members and families. ROTC juniors will attend summer training units nationwide as part of Air Force training. Paul Mather will attend Webb AFB Texas June 15 to July 12. Private James W. Bartlett, 23, and his wife Vonna from Greene, completed a switchboard and communications course at the Army’s Southeastern Signal School at Fort Gordon. Burchinal entered the Army last November and finished basic training at Fort Carson. Pfc Donald G. Shultz, 21, from Greene Route 2, recently participated in the Fourth Army marksmanship matches at Fort Hood and serves as a parts clerk at Fort Sill. Shultz graduated Greene Public High School in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College Air Force Rotc
United States
Paul Mather
Eldred Mather
Webb Air Force Base
Texas
Fort Gordon
James W. Bartlett
Vonna
Greene
Army
Southeastern Signal School
Bartlett
Harold Bartlett. Burchinal
Fort Carson
Colorado
Clear Tse High School
Donald G. Shultz
Galen G. Shultz
Dougherty
Fort Hood
Shultz
64Th Ordinance Battalion
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Greene Public High School
Mrs Keith Drakle Convalesces After Surgery in Rochester
Mrs Keith Drakle is convalescing at the Methodist hospital in Rochester Minnesota following surgery on Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Drakle
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Greene Visit With Cornells Returns From Omaha Trip
Mr and Mrs George Cornell and two sons John and Tom of Wichita Kansas visited Greene Tuesday afternoon at the home of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs B G Brunsma. They left Friday to visit relatives in Omaha Nebraska before returning home. Her mother Mrs Nelson Cornell accompanied them to Greene and stayed for a longer visit at the Brunsma home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cornell
John
Tom
Wichita
Kansas
B. G. Brunsma
Omaha
Nebraska
Nelson Cornell
Greene
Brunsma
Service Howard Allison Enlists for Army Reserve Training
In Service Howard Allison of Des Moines son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Allison left Saturday for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for six months Army Reserve Training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Allison
Des Moines
Harold Allison
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Leonard Hardy Promoted at Collins Radio Co in Cedar Rapids
Leonard Hardy son of the J. B. Hardys of Greene has been promoted from wage and salary manager to sales manager at Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids. He is a Greene High School graduate and holds a master's in business administration from the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hardy
J. B. Hardys
Greene
Collins Radio Company
Cedar Rapid
Hardy
Janet Baldwin
Arkansas
Leonard
Greene High School
Iowa State Teacher's College
Cedar Falls
University of Iowa
Mulberry Residents Visit Here Officer Daiker Returns
Sergeant Donald Daiker and his wife visited Mulberry with Mrs Freda Daiker and Janet Daiker from Friday night to Monday noon. Daiker is a recruiting officer for the United States Air Force based in Lafayette Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Daiker
Freda
Janet
Mulberry
Indiana
Blair Moffett
Sergeant Daiker
United States Air Force
Lafayette
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Greene Public Library
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Macy’s Department Store
Brethren Church
Clare M. Wilson
Miss Greene
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Rites Today
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Greene School
Germany
Plan Bible School
Uncle Sam‘s Nephews
Collins Radio Co
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