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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1962
Page
4
Dan and Deidra Deines visit grandparents in Davenport as their parents take a Florida trip. Various families host visiting relatives from Mason City to Milwaukee and Rochester, with neighbors and friends sharing weekend gatherings. A new Brownie group elected officers for October and met at the City Hall while fishing trips and hospital visits are noted.
Secretary report notes two new games and one new song learned before Marcia Behnke distributed treats. Members reminded to pay $1 dues by October end. Meeting closed with the Brownie Promise. Mrs. Dell Curtis left for Chicago to visit relatives. Several Greene area residents attended funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schuknecht and will reside in Greene after their September 22 wedding in St. Marys Church. The bride was Carol Frascht, daughter of Leo Frascht. groom, son of Franklyn Schuknecht, with uncle Charles Swant in Webster, South Dakota, noted. The group returned Monday. Also, James Grimes and W O Stanfill of Spring Hill, TN visited Paul Shafer and attended Bloomfield Coon Hunt. Will Corbett returned to Wadena after visiting Mrs. Ella McEvoy. Cc S Kaiser and daughters Vikki and Nancy moved into the Ike Shultz home on North Fourth Street. Paul E Shafer left for Des Moines to visit his grandsons while their parents are on vacation.
Capitol News reports that last year the Iowa Highway Commission awarded highway contracts totaling 62 million dollars. The cumulative value of Iowa road construction contracts since the end of World War II reaches 855 million dollars.
Jo Stong, chairman, defends a long standing open door approach saying informal Tuesday talks precede the regular bi weekly meetings. He asserts no final actions votes or commitments are made during pre meeting discussions and says the practice will be reviewed after Gov Erbe urged change.
The State Department of Social Welfare reports more than 10 million pounds of food with an estimated retail value of $3 million distributed to the needy in Iowa in the first six months of the year. Sixty three counties participate by helping cover part of the delivery cost from the state distribution center.
High scores recorded include Nel Schmitz 165 Joyce Heyenga 172 for 445 Loretta Miller 178 for 429 Harriette Opperman 179 for 427 Barbara Stock 171 and 190 for 517 Phyllis Jewell 434 Jess Tornowske 429.
Enforc ement drive targets residents working across state lines along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Iowans employed in Nebraska and Illinois cities and Nebraska and Illinois residents with Iowa jobs face taxation. Names and scores listed in a separate roll call show local participants and standings from Tuesday night.
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