Winning Wheels Annual Meeting Invitation Notice
Friends of Winning Wheels Inc invite members to the first annual meeting on June 8 at 7 30 p m at the Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center. Proxies welcome for board decisions. address and name needed. Discussion includes forming a local chapter and volunteers for speaking engagements.
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Friends of the Winning Wheels Inc
Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center
Friends
The
Winning Wheels Inc
Winning Wheels, Inc
Prophetstown
WWI
Local man attends Michigan grade school reunion
A resident from Locust Street returns home after traveling to Michigan for his grade school class reunion. He joined former classmates and reminisced about early schooling during the event.
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Locust St
Aenears
Michigan
Junior Homemakers Plan Demonstration Day for Morrison
The Coleta 4 H Club meets June 1 at 7 30 p m in Stouffer Room. They announce the June 11 demonstration day at Norrish Auditorium Morrison and a swimming party at White Eagle Pool the same day. Demonstrations by Linda Pruis Gwen Rolofson Tammy Stern Betty Whiteside and talks by LuAnn Galatie and Laurie Thielen. Linda Pruis piano solo Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head and Carla Karr reads Four Leaf Clover. Social time and refreshments follow hosted by Beppi Brininger Diane Topp and Susan Aykens.
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Whiteside
Coleta
Stouffer
Norrish Auditorium
Morrison
White Eagle Pool
Linda Pruis
Gwen Rolofson
Tammy Stern
Betty Whiteside
Pollution Theme For Women's Club Event
Mrs. Jake Klockenga led the Federated Women's Club installation for 1971 79 with officers including Brydin Herald Anderson and Spath. The June meeting featured speaker Mrs. Robert Herald on pollution, urging tree planting, recycling, and policy action. Debra Dolieslager won a district art award while the club announced a Kids Day float and charity initiatives.
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Jake Klockenga
Federated Woman’s Club
PFWC
George
Pearl) Brydin
Robert
Doris) Herald
Fimner
Hilda) Anderson
Raymond
Eva) Spath
Klockenga
GFWC
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Joe Reichard Sr
Elmer Anderson
Richard Sprague
Reichard
Joe Reichard
Robert Herald
Herald
IFWC
Chicago
USA
Eee Ae
Walter Teach
Harry Clementz
Raymond Spath
Prophetstown Federated Women’s Club
George Brydia
Raymond Smith
Debra Doleslager
Laverne Dolieslager
Woodlawn Road
Prophetstown
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Jacksonville Braille School Graduate Nathan C Chasteen
Nathan C Chasteen son of Mrs Oma L Chasteen and the late Rev Nelson C Chasteen will graduate Friday June 11 at two in the afternoon from the Illinois Braille and Sight saving School in Jacksonville He will be 13 July 1 and attended Prophetstown Schools before joining Jacksonville school on September 8 1970 Graduation open house is June 13 from 2 5 at the Chasteen home 112 Short Street Prophetstown Friends and relatives are invited The commencement speaker is Edward T Weaver Director of the Department of Children and Family Services of Illinois
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Nathan C. Chasteen
Oma L. Chasteen
Nelson C. Chasteen
Illinois Braille and Sight-saving School
Jacksonville
Nathan
Prophetstown
Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School
East State Street
Edward T. Weaver
Dept. of Children and Family Service
State of
Illinois
Chasteen
Short Street
Elected To Toppers Jane Lofgren Joins Freshman Society
Jane E. Lofgren daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Lofgren RR 2 Prophetstown was elected to membership in Toppers a freshman women honor society at Augustana College Rock Island Eligibility requires a 3.4 or higher average for one quarter of the freshman year.
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Jane E. Lofgren
Fred Lofgren
Prophetstown
Augustana College
Rock Island
Rock River Lumber and Grain Co 1971 Annual Meet
The 1971 annual meeting at Prophetstown Elementary School drew 225 stockholders for dinner hosted by Saint Catherine Church groups. The agenda covered election of a new board for the fiscal year with directors Henry Oberle Kent Gibson R C Mathis R G Dorothy Harold Plautz Cliff Brumbaugh Calvin Schuneman Hilaire Castelein James B Mosher James Fisk and Phillip Ward Jr. Dividend checks for the past year were distributed.
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Rock River Lumber and Grain Co
Women’s Society
St. Catherine
Ag Students In Bear Country Portage Trip
Senior Agriculture Students from Prophetstown High School Lyndon Unit District II head north into bear country on a portage expedition led by Raymond Zimmerman and Charles Snook. Nine students departed Prophetstown at 5 30 a m Sunday morning May 30 for Minnesota. Participants include Tom Crofton Gary Wiersema Jim Sibley Nick Miller Mike Ryan Jim Perkins Frank Yaklich Craig Jansen and Eric Anderson.
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Prophetstown
Prophetstown- Lyndon
USA
Canada
Raymond Zimmerman
Charles Snook
Minnesota
Tom Crofton
Gary Wiersema
Jim Sibley
Nick Miller
Mike Ryan
Jim Perkins
Frank Yaklich
Craig Jansen
Eric Anderson
Unit District HI Bids Solicited
The Prophetstown Lyndon Unit Ill School Board invites bids for regular gasoline no 2 fuel oil bread milk and school buses Bids due by 3 p m June 21 at Lyndon Junior High Office James Fouts administrator assistant.
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Board of Education of
Prophetstown-Lyndon Unit Ill School
James Fouts
Adm
Lyndon Junior High School
Lyndon
Honor graduate party after eighth grade exercises
Mr and Mrs Donald Broers hosted an after graduation party on Thursday May 27 following the eighth grade graduation exercises at the Col...
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Donald Broers
Coleta
Augustana College Commencement Attended by Burdsalls
Mr and Mrs Howard Burdsall attended commencement services on Sunday May 30 at Augustana College Rock Island. Jane Hult a 1971 graduate, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Hult and granddaughter of the Burdsalls, will teach in Palatine this fall.
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Howard Burdsall
Augustana College
Rock Island
Augustana
Jane Hult
Robert Hult
Palatine
School Honors Son Steve With Green White Décor
A local school honored their son Steve with a ceremony featuring a green and white serving table, floral centerpiece, and a green and white cake adorned by a miniature graduate figure wearing a cap.
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Steve
Reception for Graduate at Wayne Shank Home
A reception was held in the Wayne Shank home on Wednesday night June 2 after the Sterling High School Commencement to honor Ronald Shank, a graduate. Blue and gold decorations highlighted the party with a white linen serving table featuring a blue and gold cake. Mrs. Robert Reiff cut and served the cake while Mrs. Shank and Mrs. Ray W. Smith managed the pit bowl and coffee. All three ladies are Ronalds’ aunts.
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Wayne Shank
Sterling High School
Ron
Robert Reiff
Airman Gary E. Scott Completes Basic Training
Airman Gary E. Scott, son of Mr and Mrs Harold F Scott of Coleta, completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to Sheppard AFB Texas for aircraft maintenance training. He attended Sterling Township High School.
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San Antonio
Gary E. Scott
Harold F. Scott
Coleta
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sheppard Afb
Scott
Sterling Township High School
DeKalb Visitors, Memorial Day Gatherings Noted
Mr and Mrs Gary Kenner and family visited DeKalb on Sunday at Mrs Kenner’s father Jack Flynn’s home. Memorial Day guests included Mr Flynn and the Kenner family at the Keisers in Rockford. Also celebrated were the birthdays of Mrs Max Heide and Mrs Ralph Heide.
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Coleta
Gary Kenner
Greg
Kathy
Becky
Susan
DeKalb
Kenner
Jack Flynn
Local Week of Visits and Family Guests
Mrs. and Mr. Farwell hosted Sunday guests in the Nicholson home while Clyde Richardson’s classmates stayed overnight Tuesday June 1. The party featured supper and games, with a late breakfast for sendoff. Memorial Day visits included Ruble and Heide families and others from DeKalb Rock Falls and Mt Morris. Jean Doering and daughters Paige and Joan visited from West Point, while Cohenour home welcomed Young Arnold and others. Chris Buhrow had a tonsillectomy at Community General and returned home soon after.
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Colfta
William Farwell
Wilbert Nicholson
Chris Stanley
Mark Webb
Steve Miller
Clyde Richardson
Richardson
Earl Ruble
Randy
Robyn
Ruble
Jacob Ruble
Mt. Morris
Max Heide
Stephen
David
Paul
Kenneth Heide
Lee
John Krueger
DeKalb
Ralph Heide
Irene Becker
Rock Falls
Robert Hoffman Jr
Jean Doering
Paige
Joan
West Point
Dale Cohenour
Frank Young
Jennifer
Rebecca
Coatsburg
Jill Arnold
Towler
Cohenour
Chris Buhrow
Merlyn Buhrow
Community General Tal
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Winning Wheels Annual Meeting
Martin Frankfother
Junior Homemakers
Salvation Army
Louis
Bernice) Groharing
Florida
G. W. Nelson
South
Wheels Inc
Prophet Motorcycle Club
Debra Dolieslager
LaVerne Doleslager
John F. Brown
Raymond L. Adolf
Kristie) Zimmerman
Debra
Jacksonville Braille School
Chrysler
Airtemp
Prescott
West Third Street
Sterling
Moori
Sears
Bear Country
DuPont
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