Annual Sale of Lapel Flags Is Monday June 14
Mayors James A. Ellmaker of Sterling and Orville Thome of Rock Falls proclaim Monday June 14 Flag Day. Sterling Rock Falls Unit 145 Mothers of World War II Inc will sell lapel flags on city streets to passersby. Proceeds support disabled veterans and the mothers carry on this work year round.
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Sterling and
Rock Falls
James A. Ellmaker
Orville Thome
Sterling-Rock Falls Unit 145
Mothers of World War II, Inc
Mothers OF
Merling
Chester Groff
Margaret Harrison
Proclamation Flags Day urged by two Illinois mayors
The Mayors of Sterling and Rock Falls designate June 14 as Flag Day and appeal citizens to support the Mothers of World War II Inc. rehabilitation program. The notice recalls the 1971 date and urges financial backing to aid veterans. The document cites the Sultana disaster of April 27, 1965, as historical context for wartime sacrifices and national unity.
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Rock Falls
Ilinois
Mothers OF World War II, Inc
YWCA Y-Wives Host Park Coffee on June 16
The YWCA Y-Wives announce the first monthly Coffee in the Park for Wednesday morning June 16 from 9 30 to 11 at Kilgour Park. Postponed from June 9 due to weather. Open to all members and guests with drinks and cookies for children. weitere coffees on July 14 and Aug 11. For information contact Mrs Clifton Wise 625 6929 or Mrs Richard Gingrich 625 5336.
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YWCA
Y-Wives
Kilgour Park
Clifton Wise
Richard Gingrich
Wise
Whiteside County April Savings Bond Sales Decline Remain Steady
Whiteside County residents bought 124952 in Series E and A bonds in April, with Illinois total at 32465860 or 31.5 percent above last April. State sales reached 7 percent of the national total, while four months into 1971 achieved 39 percent of the state goal. The Treasury extended maturities for Series E and H bonds and Freedom Shares. County chairman Wayne P. Andreas urges continued investment for retirement, education, and home plans.
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Whiteside
United States Savings
Wayne P. Andreas
Ster
Savings Bonds Committee
Illinois
Clarence
Soechowski
Treasury Savings Bonds Division
Andreas Re
Whiteside County
Freedom
Treasury
Home From Hospital
Stuart Smith returned home Thursday from Rockford Memorial Hospital where he had undergone back surgery on Monday.
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Stuart Smith
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Ambulance Transfers Between Hospitals And Rest Home
Ambulances from Melvin and Allen transports move patients Thursday and Wednesday between Community General Hospital Rock Falls Colonial Acres Rest Home Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City and private residences. Patients include Mrs Grace Swanson Randy Lilly Mrs Robert Kinison Harry Diehl Sr Mrs Fred Albert and Mrs Hannah Cox with multiple transfers and returns.
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Grace Swanson
Melvin
Community General Hospital
Colonial Acres Rest
Randy Lilly
Harmon
RR Two
Robert Kinison
E. 12Th St
Rock Falls
Harry A. Diehl Sr
7Th St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa
Fred Albert
Allen
Hannah Cox
Colonial Acres Rest Home
Slides Of Orient By Evelyn Sell
Evelyn Sell presented travel slides of the Orient to the Business and Professional Women's Club during the June 10 dinner in the Red Carpet Room. Upcoming events include a leadership meeting June 27 at the Marietta Motel Chicago with reservations through Cecelia Wilson by June 16.
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Orient
Evelyn Sell
Business and
Professional Women's Club
Red Carpet
Sell
Joe Bell
Marietta
Chicago
Cecelia Wilson
Chateau
Sinnissippi Park
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United States of America
Sterling
U. S
Mississippi River
Louise Otten
Bertha Barnum
Ida Black
Edna Satterfield
Joseph Oswald
Clifton Hartman
Edgar Breed
Park
D'Scounts
E. Srd ST
Sterling, Ill
Stiles
Moliaele Lae
GETTY
KLINE
Cork
The
JoAnn Powell
Rose Gleason
Elsie Thompson
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