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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1964
Page
5
Calvary Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School starting Tuesday June 2. Lessons and activities across 9:00 to 11:30 each morning through June 12 include choruses memory work and crafts with a picnic dinner on the final day. The concluding program is Sunday evening June 14 at 8:00.
4-H'ers host a Mother-Daughter Tea on Saturday June 6 at 1 30 pm in the Farm Bureau Auditorium. C Dean Johnson reports two leaders will be initiated as Honorary 4-H Members and past honorees recognized. Personal appearance winners will present a revue followed by tea served by the Girls County 4-H Committee and County 4-H Officers.
The Butler County Chapter of the Town Cancer Society met at City Hall Allison Saturday morning and elected officers for 1964 65. Elected were chairman Mrs Harry Miller Shell Rock vice chairman Mrs Mervin Darby Clarksville secretary Mrs Edwin Eppley Clarksville treasurer J A Barlow Dumont and other posts filled by Mrs Darby educational chairman Dr H G MacLeod Greene service chairman Mrs Lowell Maxson Greene lay service chairman Mrs Charles Burma Allison loan closet chairman Mrs Andrew Reid Greene memorial chairman and Mrs Cliff Fischer Greene publicity chairman. Memorials totaled 40 00 13 00 24 00 10 00 100 00 25 00 and 6 00 from several local residents.
Mrs Richard Menken retires after seven years in the ladies ready-to-wear department at Dralle's Department Store. Mrs Harold Nielsen will assume leadership of that department at Dralle's.
Rev and Mrs George Knutson were honored on their 30th wedding anniversary with a surprise fellowship at Calvary Baptist Church after the weekly prayer service. Fifty seven attended as gifts and a cake centered the honorees table, with music and slide pictures.
Mr and Mrs Vern Gard and Mrs Andrew Reid led Cub Scouts of Beer Den No 1 on a Rockford hike Saturday morning. Tom Couture Brian Trees Jack Reid Anthony Gard Kenny Wunsch Tim Hamilton Randy DeVries and den chief Chuck Bone joined for a rock hunt and noon picnic in the park.
Daily vacation Bible School opens Thursday June 4 at St Peter's Lutheran Church and runs to Wednesday noon June 10 ending with a picnic in Perrin Park. Superintendent Mrs Quentin Hildebrand oversees intermediate classes with teachers including Mrs Robert Teeple and Mrs Herman Schroeder. Junior and kindergarten classes are taught by a group led by Mrs David Marte, Miss Betty Wirth, Miss Irene Rover, Miss Diane Wolf, Miss Janet Brinkmen, Miss Mary Wells, Miss Sandy Steere, Miss Marilyn Steere, Mrs Barbara Steere, Miss Shelby Steere, and Miss Mildred Ellis. Classes meet 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. most days with noon lunches provided.
Eighty ISU freshmen were initiated into Phi Eta Sigma, the freshmen scholastic honor, in campus ceremonies at Ames. Eligibility requires a 3.5 GPA first quarter or a 3.5 cumulative for three quarters. New initiates include Gary Rattler and Steven Mead.
The Cub Scouts held their May Pack Meeting at the elementary school on Wednesday evening. Wolf Den No. 1 presented an Indian program while leaders Mrs. Leora Williamson and Mrs. Bill Walker guided, badges awarded include Webelos to Dan Schroeder Marvin McBurney Dan Eimers Ricky Adams Delbert Moser Randy Knight Jerry Shultz Lion to Dan Osier Ricky Coldwell Marty Majewski Tom Heidensworth Bear to Paul Alexander Mark Bigler Wolf to Gary Kanter Sam Bassett and silver arrows to Jack Reid David Eimers and Bob McGee. Lunch was served by the Wolf Den.
Randy James Osier, son of Mr and Mrs James E Osier of Charles City, received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Charles City on Sunday. Sponsors were John Dale Barth and Mrs Ronald Barth. A cooperative dinner followed at the home of Mr and Mrs Lester Morey.
Sheryl Ott daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ott has accepted a summer job in Des Moines. She will supervise children in the city summer recreation program and will be a junior at the State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls this fall.
Ronnie Smith son of Mr and Mrs Bob Smith celebrated his fifth birthday with a family dinner at home in Inshoner on May 1. Guests included Floyd Riden and Gary of Charles City Mona Rider Nashua John Kruse Jr and Denise of Waverly and Leslie Simzin Greene.
Ernest J Koester and wife of Snell Hook spent May on a 3000 mile vacation visiting their son Sterling F Koester in Austin Texas. They toured the Lyndon Johnson White House ranch and Johnson County sites including Johnson City Enchanted Rock and Pedernales River. A May 29 reception for a granddaughter of Ralph Mather of Crockett was noted along with upcoming Girl Scout meetings and a Memorial Day parade assembly at City Hall.
College graduate Linda Lou Mather will graduate on Sunday May 31 from Texas Woman's University in Denton Texas where she earned a major in chemical engineering.
The Cross and Crown Bible Class will meet at the home of an unspecified host. The notice provides no further details on date time or location.
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