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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1976
Page
3
Brownies and Jr. Girl Scouts plan their first fall meeting on Wednesday afternoon September 15 at 3 30 p m at the town hall. Girls from first through sixth grade and their mothers are invited to attend.
The 1976 Soil Conservation Speech Contest by Butler County District targets junior and senior high students and 1976 graduates. Regional finals offer 30 20 and 15 for top placers with a merit award. State contest in Des Moines features scholarships and cash prizes.
U S Department of Agriculture will stop deducting the value of drought damaged grains used for silage from disaster payments. Grassley said the policy change will relieve hundreds of farmers in Iowa and the Midwest and remove the incentive to leave crops in fields to boost disaster payments after years of drought debates.
Local bowling results show Dralles and Red Line in tight wins, with Dorothys Big Shop and Dougherty Hardware nearby. Individual scores include Dorothy Fischer 194 509 and Sharon Frascht 176 509, plus records by Dave Schuknecht 255 555 and Karl Sneed 509 in mixed league play across Town and Country and Wednesday sessions.
Historical records indicate certain individuals in the 15th century carried compact portable sun dials. These handheld devices allowed them to tell time using the sun’s position, illustrating early personal timekeeping practices.
A reader encourages area adults to enroll in free Adult Basic Education classes starting the week of Oct 4 at North Iowa Community College. The program covers reading writing math spelling plus budgeting consumer skills and life coping. Contact Janette Tower at 823-4492 in Greene Iowa for information.
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