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ARTHUR C. GREENE

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Arthur C. Greene, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Arthur C. Greene, the son of Cornelius and Charlotte Greene, was born January 22, 1881, in Denison, Iowa. His parents were pioneers in the community, and it was here that he received his education in the Denison grade and high schools, and later he graduated from Denison Normal and Business College.

Following the completion of his formal schooling he became associated with his father, Cornelius Greene, who was owner and operator of the Denison brickyard. Later, be became a partner in the ownership of the business.

On November 18, 1903, he was united in marriage to Zella M. Hoover and to this union were born five children: Marion, Lois, Leonard, Clarion and Pershing.

A member of many civic organizations and lodges, he held many offices. He was a member of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias for the State of Iowa; also a member of Great Council I.O.R.M. for the State of Iowa, and a member of the Methodist church.

Arthur C. Greene became a strong booster for the things that would make Denison a better place to live. In these efforts he was elected as an alderman to the City Council where he served for six years, during which time his labors were evident in the many city improvements which came into being. For the next six years he served the community as its night marshal. In 1919 he was elected as County Sheriff, where for 18 years he served the county. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives from Crawford County and served in the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fiftieth Extra sessions of the General Assembly. In the course of his duties during these three successive terms, he was placed in positions of responsibility as chairman of the Fish and Game Committee for six years, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, the Agricultural Committee, the Social Security Committee, the Conservation Committee, the Mines and Mining Committee and the National Defense Committee. On two occasions his was the honor and privilege of serving as chairman of the Conference Committee of the House and Senate. At the close of his third term of office in the Legislature, Arthur C. Greene chose to retire with a record of more than 35 years as a public servant to city, county and state. In retirement he responded again to public call and came to serve in a position with the Iowa Highway Patrol in Denison.

Being preceded in death by his wife, Zella, in 1952, and by their daughters, Marion in 1935, and Lois in 1956, Arthur C. Greene's final call came on June 10, 1958, when he was more than 77 years of age. Surviving him now are his three sons, Pershing and Clarion, both of Denison, and Leonard of Des Moines, and their families including four grandchildren.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Arthur C. Greene, the people of Crawford county and the entire State of Iowa have sustained a great loss, and the House expresses its apreciation of his character and public service and tenders, by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his family in their sorrow.

Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

HAROLD HOUSTON,

BERT K. FAIRCHILD,

JOHN A. BAUMHOVER,

Committee.