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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1958
Page
1
In a plea to voters, editor argues the county needs a modern court house to replace an unsafe, inefficient building. Cites high maintenance and heating costs, burglary risks, and loss of local control over taxes if consolidation occurs. Also calls for observance next Friday to honor fallen soldiers.
A preliminary post office audit led to an embezzlement charge against Clarence Starkweather Jr., local postmaster. He waived preliminary hearing and was arraigned in Waterloo, bound over to the federal grand jury in the Northern District of Iowa. He said the shortage would be rectified and cited unforeseen expenses from building a new home.
The Sacred Heart Academy hosted a Friday recital by Sister Mary Gerard’s music students at 7:30 p.m. Piano solos featured Patty Dolan Jolene Meh men Janice Ritter Patsy Holzschuh Beverly Herman and others. A piano duet by Sheila and Diane Murphy and vocal numbers by Barbara Allison Jolene Meh man Patty Dolan Craig Allison Paulette Holzschuh Sharon Andrews and more accompanied by choir and a boys group.
Louise A. Feyereisen died at 11 00 pm on Thursday May 22 at Cedar Valley Hospital Charles City after a brief illness. Born March 11 1884 in Greene she trained as a nurse at St Joseph's Mercy in Sioux City and served eight months at Camp Arthur Texas and twelve months overseas in Tours France. Surviving are three sisters and two brothers with death of parents, sister Helen and brother Bernard. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church with requiem high mass and a military burial in St Marys Cemetery Hamiltons Funeral Chapel in charge
The Round Grove Golf and Country Club will hold a pot luck supper at the Country Club on Friday evening May 30 at 5 30. Those on the coffee committee will be Messieurs and Mesdames Ralph Marsh Harry Ott Kenneth Knight Francis Knapp and Dean Ott.
The Greene Independent baseball team opened league play with a 10 to 2 loss to Allison on the high school diamond last Sunday. Allison scored three in the first and fifth innings and added two in both the fourth and seventh. Wiebke earned five hits for Allison, Wunsch pitched four innings before Newton relieved in the fifth, and Knapp finished after starting the sixth. Greene heads to Parkersburg Thursday for their next league game.
The Vacation Bible School at St. Peter's Lutheran Church begins Monday June 2 and runs for two weeks with daily sessions from 9:00 to 11:30. The program theme is God's Holy Law. Freda Maass heads the school as superintendent with multiple teachers and assistants listed for each age group.
Mrs. Arthur Neir and three children Paul Stephen and Ruth were injured in a one car crash seven miles east of Marble Rock Friday. Barbara Neir 16 drove the car out of control with head leg and chest injuries to Mrs Neir and head injuries to Paul Stephen and leg injury to Ruth. Paul and Stephen were admitted to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City and Ruth treated by a Marble Rock physician.
The final Youth Center dance of the year takes place this evening at Round Grove Golf and Country Club from 7:30 to 11:00. AH high school students with Youth Center membership cards may attend, with adults present to sponsor the group.
Final nominations for the English Achievement Awards by the National Council of Teachers of English include Jann Altheada Fletcher of Greene Community High School as the local nominee. The program honors outstanding high school seniors for excellence in English, with judging by local and state committees and final winners named by the national body in January.
Darryl Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Galen Smith has been selected to attend Girls State in Cedar Falls in June sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Robert Barth son of Mr and Mrs Darrell Barth has been chosen to attend Boys State at Camp Dodge the first week in June sponsored by the American Legion. Both are junior students in Greene Community School.
The Greene Public Library plans a summer reading program for children themed The Apple Tree. Enrollees receive a record card for books read and rural-area participants may join as patrons for a small fee. New books include Afraid to Ride, Whitey and the Wild Horse, Three Boys and a Helicopter, Space Ship to the Moon, The Fourth of July Story, The Fairy Doll, and The Cow Who Fell in the Canal.
Captain Virgil H. McDonnell stationed at Mountain Home Air Base Idaho spent Friday and Saturday in Greene with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Will J. McRoberts. He formerly made his home in Greene with the McRoberts for several years.
Senior day exercises were held at Greene Community School on Friday afternoon May 23. Jeanne Wildman announced awards while Janice Brinkman read the prophecy and Bob Buffridge the class will. several students received scholarships to colleges including Coe Mt St Clare Loras Luther. Vocal music awards went to multiple seniors. Sharon Murphy received the John Philip Sousa Award. Second and first year vocal and speech awards were announced along with typing and shorthand honors. The Greene and White annual awards recognized staff and students with editors and managers named.
Memorial Day services on Friday May 30 begin with a 9:30 am assembly at City Hall by Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Auxiliary. A 10:00 am bridge service includes Greene High School band wreath laying prayer Rev. Clayton Becker firing squad taps. Cemetery program features M K Sperry master of ceremonies H W Burma speaker Craig Burroughs Gettysburg address and General Logan orders. Girl Scouts place wreath on unknown soldier grave. Traffic plan restricts center drive outbound and gates to optimize flow. Boy Scouts direct traffic.
Seventy nine Scouts attended the weekend Camporee at the new Boy Scout camp near Marble Rock on the Butler District. A service project weeded newly planted trees and the group performed skits such as water boiling tent pitching rope climbing and camp cleanup. Explorer Scouts included Bruce Mead Jim Hoben Craig Burroughs Paul Burroughs Tom Greene Steven Rottler and Mike Brunsma with Assistant Scoutmaster Lloyd Blum. Boy Scouts present were Craig Allison Phillip Mead Steven Mead Gary Battler Kenneth Raymond John Mead Kent Burroughs Ewing Miller Bruce Fischer Ronald Stewart Jim Wharton Tom Teeple Paul Hamilton Tim Bramer and Roger Stewart led by Henry Smeins.
Discharge for William S. Nordmeyer third class occurred in Seattle Washington on Friday May 23. He trained in the Maintenance Section of the Infantry at Fort Knox Kentucky and served 1742 months in Korea. His wife Kay Shultz is listed as his former spouse and his parents are Mr and Mrs Robert Nordmeyer Sr.
The Calvary Baptist Church hosts its Daily Vacation Bible School from June 2 to June 13 with a closing program on Sunday, June 15 at 8:00 pm. The theme is Exploring God's Wonders from Scripture Press Chicago. Classes cover Beginners to Intermediates with named teachers and daily sessions from 9:00 am to 11:45 am.
Harold Holzschuh sustained minor cuts Friday when a lever slipped and his head was pinned between the hoist and the truck body at Greene Super Service. He was treated at Cedar Valley hospital Charles City and released Sunday afternoon after x rays showed no concussion.
Mrs Keith Drakle was discharged to home from the Methodist Hospital in Rochester Minnesota on Friday.
Republicans and Democrats announce primary voting on Monday June 2 with polling at City Hall Coldwater township and Packard School Dayton township from 8 am to 8 pm. State and county offices on the ballot include Governor Lt Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Agriculture Attorney General and more. Voters must be 21, resident 6 months in state, 60 days in county and 10 days in township.
Nor val Mosher announces the annual county 4 H club tours for the boys clubs. Members will exhibit projects explain management and routines. Tours include Coldwater Clippers June 2 at Shell Rock Park, Dayton Busy Gophers June 8, and Bennedette Meat Producers June 16 at Francis Boom’s.
Norman MM Wolters of Greene wins a scholarship to a School Health Education Workshop at Drake University Des Moines from June 16 to 27 The credit course is sponsored by Iowa state health and education agencies with Miss Charlotte Leach of the National Tuberculosis and Health Association in New York City as workshop consultant.
The Annual Butler County Dairy Promotion Banquet will be held June 5 at 7 00 p m in the new school at Park ersburg says Duane Smith chair Greene county committee and Bill Patton extension director Clyde Spry State Secretary of Agriculture will speak on The Future of Dairying in Iowa A County Dairy Princess will be crowned from local organizations Tickets are at multiple area businesses and the Extension Office in Allison The event kicks off June Daily Month with stores offering dairy product specials
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America recognizes Connie Burke Fobes, a five year old cow owned by Ellis and Smith of Greene, for a 350 day record milking twice daily that yielded 16,254 pounds of milk and 579 pounds of butterfat.
A round grove Golf and Country Club breakfast will be served Sunday morning from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Committee members named include Leonard Nichol Galen Martzahn Paul Hamilton Lewis Majewski Richard Wagoner and Dennis Mair.
Mr and Mrs Larry Dovey of Thousand Palms California welcomed a daughter born Thursday May 22 at the Indigo California hospital. The infant weighed about seven pounds. The Doveys are former Greene residents with Mrs Dovey the former Peggy Shultz daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Shultz. The baby has been named Lorn.
In Service Rex Knapp son of Mr and Mrs Donald Knapp of Clarksville formerly of Greene left for the armed services on May Sth. He is stationed at Fort Hood Texas His address is Pvt Rex P Knapp US 55636387 4th Pit Co C 1st MTB 67th Armor 2 AD Fort Hood Texas.
At morning worship on Sunday May 25 the Methodist Church received seven new members Nancy Kaiser Daryl Fischer Michael Jewell Gerald Keiser Duane Mather Barbara Ray and Dallas Steere in a formal church rite in the service.
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