The Greene County Historical Society is hosting a pair of programs later this week.

The regular monthly event that happens the first Friday of the month will take place at the United Methodist Church in Grand Junction. Attendees will challenge the historical society’s “Trivia Team” with questions about local history starting at 12:45pm. The three person team of the historical society executive director Roger Aegerter and board members Nancy Hanaman and Chuck Offenburger are undefeated at 1-0 after taking down Greene County Farm Bureau members at their annual picnic last year.

A lunch will be served at noon on Friday before the competition at 12:45. To reserve a $10 lunch, contact Margaret Hamilton for non-historical society members at 515-386-4408.

Then on Saturday, the historical society will host a free showing of the 1980 movie “Whitcomb’s War” at the Sierra Community Theatre in Jefferson at 2pm. The movie is mostly shot in Jefferson and is based on the character Pastor David Michael Whitcomb who is assigned to a church in Harrah, Iowa. An employer, Phil Esteem changes the work week to Wednesday through Sunday and Pastor Whitcomb leads a protest against working on Sunday. 

Several Greene County residents played various roles in the movie, including Jed Magee, Pauline Borst, Bob Telleen and Rolfe Blaess. Magee will lead a discussion prior to the free showing of the 67-minute film. The movie is free and open to the public and concessions will be available for purchase.