Avenue A Improvement Hearing Prompts City Action Plan
About 75 residents attended a Rock Falls Civic Center hearing on Avenue A upgrades including curb and gutter, roadbed reconstruction, and storm sewers from Dixon Ave to Centennial Park. The council may act Monday June 21 to proceed, funding split between homeowners and city, with debt if approved.
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Rock Falls
Ave. A
Dixon Ave
Centennial Park
Orville Thome
Earl Forehand
Streeet
Blodgett
Thome
Knox
Additional Bands in RF Midwest Competition District 64 Band
District No 64 Band from Neal Junior High School North Chicago brings 60 members 28 boys 32 girls to the Mid west National Band Championships at Pok Falls on Friday and Saturday. The band has been invited to many parades including the Sesquicentennial parade 1968 at Springfield. They perform at up to 20 events yearly including Veterans Day at Downey Navy Hospital Great Lakes. Royal Guardsman from Magador Ohio features 100 members 50 boys and 50 girls. Miss Chris Smiles leads the 100 guardsmen in the parade.
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Neal Junior High School
North
Chicago
Pok Falls
Springfield
Downey Navy Hospital
Great Lakes
Royal Guardsman
Magador
Ohio
Chris Smiles
Allen Gillette Sets Illinois State Fishing Record
Allen Gillette of Rock Falls landed a 57 pound two ounce lake sturgeon from Pool 18 of the Mississippi River in Whiteside County. The 64 inch fish, caught with cheesebait, surpassed the old record by ten pounds two ounces and is part of the Illinois Record Fish Contest run by the Department of Conservation.
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Springfield
Allen Gillette
Rock Falls
Pool 18
Mississippi River
Whiteside County
Wesley Mills
Cumberland County
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Henry N. Barkhausen
Tina Munz Fourth Birthday Party Celebrated at Home
The fourth birthday of Tina Munz daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Munz 214 3rd Ave Rock Falls was celebrated at their home on June 4 with ten young guests.
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Tina Munz
Robert Munz
3Rd Ave
Rock Falls
Rock Falls Youth Nearly Electrocuted Clinging to Tree
A nine year old, Matt Siperly, had a brush with a 2,500 volt power line while climbing a tree at 1502 Shore Acres Road. He touched the hot wire while reaching for a leaf, suffering second and third degree burns on a hand neck and leg. Fire and electric department officials said救 he might have been killed if he had grabbed the wire, and the tree limb kept him from being thrown by the force. He was expected to be released today from Community General Hospital.
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Rock Falls
Mike Bryant
Bryant
Siperly
Community General Hospital
Honor Committee At OES Chapter Meeting
A Rock Falls Chapter OES meeting at the Masonic Temple featured pro tem officers Minerva Hagberg Ethel Sheldon and Lawrence Pratt. The ways and means group Flora Newton Janet Waderton Vera Donaldson Ruth Carter was seated in the East. six Grand Chapter members were introduced and two past matrons and four past patrons attended. Hazel Mathis was honored posthumously with the altar draped. A resolutions committee Marion Smith Ethel Sheldon Lois Myers was named. two members reported ill. A special meeting was set for Saturday June 26 with former East officers Vera Sayers and Earl Sayers as guests, followed by a picnic lunch in the dining room.
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Rock Falls
Masonic Temple
Minerva Hagberg
Ethel Sheldon
Electa
Lawrence Pratt
Flora Newton
Janet Waderton
Vera Donaldson
Ruth Carter
Hazel Mathis
South Bend
Ind
Marion Smith
Lois Myers
Virginia Bohlkin
Joyce McCulloch
Vera
Earl Sayers
Joyce McCulloh
Vera Sayers
Merle Modler
Robert Donaldson
RX256 fat loss pill offers money back guarantee
An advertisement promotes RX256 a fat loss tablet sold without prescription. It promises to reduce fat, extend life, and offers a full money back guarantee with no questions asked if returned. The ad states a $2.00 price and mail order fulfillment.
Rock Falls Police Beat: Multiple Collisions and Theft Reported
The Rock Falls police logged several incidents including a two car crash injuring William J. Mass and a second driver Loran M. Moore, both from Iowa and Sterling respectively, with Mass hospitalized after hitting a utility pole. A teen, Brian F. Brown, was cited for failure to yield in another crash involving Carl R. Schram. A minor collision between Joyce Qualls and Martha A. Adams caused minor damage. Stephen Loy reported a Bible stolen from her car on 8th Avenue.
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Rock Falls
William J. Mass
S. Concord
Davenport
Iowa
Mass
Community General Hospital
Loran M. Moore
19Th Ave
Sterling
Bevilacqua
Mass Auto
Moore Auto
Brian F. Brown
Carl R. Schram
2Nd St
East Moline
Schram
Joyce M. Qualls
3Rd St
Martha A. Adams
3Rd Ave
Qualls
1St Ave
Adami
Qualls Auto
Stephen Loy
8Th Ave
Horsemen Complete June 20 Show Plans
The Sauk Valley Horsemen Association held a Rock Falls meeting led by President Frank Simpson. Whiteside Inc. representatives Cliff Hasselman and Ron Pierce spoke on horse care with slides and displays. June show at Stouffer's Rockwood Stables features halter at 9:30 a.m. and afternoon performance. Mary J. K. Wiegand and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reeser poured refreshments.
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Sauk Valley Horsemen's Association
Rock Falls
Frank Simpson
Cliff Hasselman
Ron Pierce
Whiteside Fl, Inc
Harry Stouffer
Stouffer
Rockwood Stables
Mary J. K. Wiegand
Howard Reeser
Pilots Attend Illinois Convention on Traffic Safety
Mrs Eleanor Smith and Mrs Ethel Degnan of the Pilot Club of Sterling Rock Falls attended the Illinois Conference of Women Leaders for Traffic Safety at the St Nicholas Hotel Springfield on June 12. The meeting featured talks by state officials on actions for traffic safety, youth programs, and driver education, including statistics on women drivers and aging motorists, with emphasis on trauma care and enforcement.
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Eleanor Smith
Ethel Degnan
Pilot Club
Sterling Rock Falls
St. Nicholas Hotel
Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Mark Braun
Naval Reserve Surface Division
John W. Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
Mark Killam
Illinois Youth Traffic Safety Conference
Stillwater
Oklo
Okla
Wisconsin Lake Band to headline Mid-West National Championship
The National Champion Lake Band of Milwaukee will be one of the featured groups at the second annual Mid-West National Band Championship in Rock Falls, with about 2,000 youths expected. The 99-member band, formed in 1952, has won numerous Legion and VFW titles and travels nationally, with Dallas in August planned for the national VFW competition.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Rock Falls
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Lake Band
United States
New Orleans
Miami Beach
Canada
Dallas
Texas
Lake Band Parents, Inc
Saint Francis Bay View Post
Bay View Post
Harold F. Lorenz
Mark Humphrey
Fred Lorenz
Mary Ann Scibek
Unexpected Trips To Hospital For Cousins Tuesday
Two cousins were hospitalized Tuesday after an electric shock and appendectomy. Matt Siperly, 10, received burns after contacting 2300 volts while climbing a tree and Tommy Kutz, 8, underwent emergency surgery. Both boys, grandsons of H. Austin Corrett, remained in hospital with Matt likely to be released soon and Tommy to stay about a week.
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Community General
Matt Siperly
Larry Siperly
Shore Acres Road
Tommy Kutz
Jack Kutz
Matt
Kutz
Tommy
H. Austin Corrett
Fire destroys mobile home in Grennan Park yard
Rock Falls firemen battled a blaze for nearly two hours Tuesday evening that destroyed Oliver Warren's mobile home in Grennan Trailer Park. Officials estimate the home is a total loss and say the cause remains undetermined.
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Rock Falls
Oliver Warren
Grennan
Golden Agers To Meet For Noontime Potluck
Rock Falls Golden Age Club will meet at noon on Thursday June 17 at the Rock Falls American Legion Home. Bring a dish to pass and table service. Visitors are welcome. For more information call Roy Turner at 626-1563.
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Rock Falls
Golden Age Club
American Legion
Roy Turner
Illinois women leaders install traffic safety officers
Mrs Rhae Barkman of Fenton, Governor's Representative to the National Association of Women Highway Traffic Safety Leaders, presented Frances Braun with a national membership certificate. Eleanor Freeman installs, Braun renewed as president for two years. Region Four president Eleanor Smith of Sterling Rock Falls. Region Four conference set for Sterling in November at the Holiday Inn from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Rhae Barkman
Fenton
National Association of Women Highway Traffic Safety Leaders
Frances Braun
Eleanor Freeman
Chicago
National Association Women Highway Safety Leaders
Braun
Zonta International
Eda Hostess
Morrison
Illinois
Eleanor Smith
Pilot Club
Sterling Rock Falls
Illinois Conference of Women Leaders For
Sterling
Holiday Inn
Rock Falls Teachers Back Reconsideration Of Degnan Decision
Rock Falls Elementary teachers, led by President Donald Loftus, vote to urge the District 13 Board of Education to reinstate Ethel Degnan for the 1971-72 school year. The group also empowers its directors to pursue actions to heal relations among staff, administration, and the board. Tourism note: manufacturing is Puerto Rico’s top income source with 1970 output near $1 billion.
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Rock Falls
Association
Board of Directors
Board of Education
Puerto Rico
Island
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