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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1974
Page
11
Kindergarteners wrap up a busy year with a May Mother’s Day program, a hat parade filmed on closed circuit TV, and a sequence of monthly activities. They toured a fire station, visited a library, learned about pollution, and celebrated with photos, crafts, and a farewell poem.
Readable in a 1974 kindergarten cookbook, Mrs Larson and Mrs Shook collect child dictated recipes shared with mothers. The list includes Chocolate Chip Cookies Kool Aid Sugar Pie Birthday Cake Roll, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Apple Pie, Ice Cream, and many more simple dishes with rough steps. Names like Diane Butzloff Jeff Jacobs Robin Taylor Danny Martzahn appear beside each entry.
A Bristow news item mocks daytime laziness and insomnia, joking about the idea of a non sleepers club as the speaker laments skipping work and discovering a restless mind during the night.
A Bristow community notices a busy week of gatherings and calls. Mrs Fred Sherman hosted a kitchen shower in Parkersburg for granddaughter Mary Sue Sherman, a June bride, with guests from Tipton and Greene County. Multiple M&M households hosted meals, visits, and social events across Hampton, Ackley, Allison, Dumont, and Grinnell, including birthdays, family visits, and hospital stays. A Scotland call from Dunoon notes Chad Stoker’s birth and a later voice call to grandparents Glen Wiegmann.
About 50 to 60 friends and relatives attended post graduation receptions for Gregory Vierkant Wanda Hewitt and Jennifer Harms. The events were held at homes and church parlors with hosts and hostesses from Mason City Allison Bristow Dumont and surrounding towns. Patrons poured punch and coffee for guests representing Sheffield Meservey Rockwell Clear Lake Aredale Aplington Bristow Dumont Hatton Holland Cedar Rapids Parkersburg and more.
Hatton residents Jerone Holter and Jennifer Harms marked a granddaughter’s graduation with a reception after ceremonies. Ruth Hemmen was honored at a large Allison-Bostow school reception, with guests from multiple towns. Kevin DeBerg’s graduation reception drew about 80 attendees from Ackley to Latimer. Clarksville Young Women’s Club installed officers for 1974 75, awarded perfect attendance, and announced a May 21 bake sale and pillion cleaning event.
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