Miss Flame Contest Set For Saturday September 18
Sterling fire department announces the Miss Flame contest at the Grandon Civic Center on Saturday September 18 with a 1 p.m parade of local fire apparatus and judging to follow. Contestants must be 16 to 18 by October 9 and reside in Sterling or the Sterling Fire Protection District. sponsors provide entrance fees. Applications are available at the Sterling Fire Department 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and must be submitted by 6 p.m. September 11.
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He Baie Fae Denm
Grandon Civic Center
Morrison
Sterling
Sterling =e
Tony So Carte Mae
4As
Sterling Fire Department
Ecology Theme At Jordan Grange Meeting
The Jordan Grange met at Jordan Hall with moderator Jacob Stouffer master. Clayton Lenhart spoke on corn blight and Ruby Lenhart urged farm safety. The secretary read a lecture note about centennial contest prizes and upcoming drills and picnics. Carol Stouffer led ecology talks and discussed smog trash oceans and water impact. She estimated a $71 billion five year cleanup cost. Lisa Lenhart played piano.
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Jordan Grange
Jordan Hall
Jacob Stouffer
Clayton Lenhart
Ruby Lenhart
Stouffer
Boone County Fairgrounds
Carol Stouffer
Theresa Weidel
Lisa Lenhart
YWCA Names Beverly Albrecht New Nursery School Director
Beverly Albrecht of Sterling named director of the YWCA Nursery School. She brings early education credentials from Manchester College and Northern Illinois University, plus previous teaching, AAUW leadership, and a four to five year old class background. The program starts Aug 30 at the YWCA building in Sterling with nine sessions through April 1972.
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YWCA
Marvin Albrecht
Sterling
Beverly Albrecht
Dixon
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
Northern Illinois University
State of
Rock Falls
Albrecht
1St Ave
State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
New Arrivals Reported From Sterling and Prophetstown
New births at Community General Hospital include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs C Edward Casper at 1501 E 3rd Sterling on June 28 and a son born to Mr and Mrs L Scott Braaten at 18024 16th Ave Sterling on June 28. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph M Morris at 502 Jackson Prophetstown on June 28.
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C. Edward Casper
E. 3Rd St
Sterling
Community General Hospital
L. Scott Braaten
16Th Ave
Ralph M. Morris
Jackson
Prophetstown
Accident at Til. 64 and 78 Claims Two Fatalities
State Police report a Saturday crash at Til. 64 and 78, claiming the lives of George and Savanna. A passenger, Terry Olson, 25, of Savanna, was hospitalized at Savanna Hospital after LaShelle vehicle left the road, struck a culvert, and rolled several times.
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Dist I
Til
George
Savanna
LaShelle
Terry Olson
Savanna Hospital
Mrs Arlene Klein Trades Guide Dogs In Training
Mrs Arlene Klein of Sterling announces retirement for Heidi a Pilot Guide Dog after five years of service at Pilot Dog School Columbus Ohio. Klein begins training with a new guide dog and will return home soon with another Pilot Guide Dog. Pilot Dog Inc headquartered in Chicago supports training in Columbus with Lions Clubs aiding its nationwide work for the blind.
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Arlene Klein
Sterling
Klein
Heidi
Pilot Guide School
Columbus
Ohio
Pilot Dog School
Pilot Guide Dog Inc
Chicago
Ao Ra Klein
Read Bey Air
Deg
Piot Dog Inc
Lion’s Clubs
United States
Lions Clubs
Swimming Classes Enroll 766 Pupils
Sterling Park District and Coloma Park District run summer learn to swim programs at their pools. Sterling enrolls 506 with multiple class levels and 260 at Lawrence Park Pool in Coloma. Classes run mornings with mixed schedules through August 7 under pool staff led by Mark DeJarnatt.
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Sterling Park District
American Red Cross
Park District Recreation Center
Sterling Rock Falls
Coloma Park District
Lawrence Park Pool
Mark DeJarnatt
Soprano to Headline Sterling Music Under The Stars Concert
Mrs. Daryl Knutsen featuring in a Music Under The Stars program by Sterling Municipal at Grandon Civic Center Central Park on Wednesday at 8 30 p m. She will sing a medley including Richard I Whistle a Happy Tune I m In Love With a Wonderful Guy and Climb Every Mountain.
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Daryl Knutsen
Sterling Municipal
Grandon Civic Center
Central Park
Supreme Court Opens Room for Aid to Religious Schools
The Supreme Court gains a broader framework allowing government aid to religious institutions without excessive entanglement. It upholds direct construction grants to private religiously affiliated colleges while striking down teacher subsidies in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The decisions move the church state debate to a new plane with mixed opinions among justices.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Ates
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
High Court
West Virginia
Minnesota
William D.as
Hugo L. Black
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
Petunia Festival Week Opens in Dixon with Parade
Dixon launches its seventh Petunia Festival, running Wednesday through Monday. Highlights include a 2:30 p.m. Sunday parade along Petunia Boulevard, a 7 p.m. Sunday drum and bugle corps competition with six units, and Monday shows at 3 and 7:30 p.m. featuring Lassie and music groups, followed by a 9:15 p.m. Rock River fireworks finale. Admits $2.50 adults $1 children for the parade and $1.50 adults $0.75 children for Lassie shows.
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Dixon
Petunia
Petunia Boulevard
Petunias
Southern Rebels
Metairie
The
Chevaliers
Waterloo
Towa
Utchin
Kewanee
Phanthom Regiment
Rockford
Nisei
Chicago
Lassie
Canine
Television Fame
Five Musical Wades
Goetschi Brothers
Bob Trent
Rock River
Scotch Foursomes Winners at Emerald Hill Club
June 25 event at Emerald Hill Country Club saw Low gross claimed by Robert Shaffer Bertha Rutt Jack Chare. second low gross to Russell Thorpe Ward Freeman Ben Martin Richard Paetz Herb McDonnell. low putts to Ben Martin Bertha Rutt Mary Brian Herb McDonnell. birdie prizes awarded to Bertha Rutt Jack Chare and Ed King Dennis Peterson. July 2 scotch foursome chairmen are Russell Thorpe with tee off 5 to 6 p.m.
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Emerald Hill Country Club
Ed Sarver
Low Gross
Robert Shaffer
Bertha Rutt
Jack Chare
Russell Thorpe
Ward Freeman
Ben Martin
Richard Paetz
Herb McDonnell
Mary Brian
Rutt
Ed King
Dennis Peterson
Prophetstown-Lyndon Unit District III to hear auxiliary staff
The June 21 adjourned Prophetstown Lyndon unit district meeting scheduled a special session for June 30 at 8 p.m. in the central school office to hear salary and increment requests from non teaching staff including secretaries bus drivers and cooks. Spokesman Her Doering Jr. told the board staff are unhappy with June 21 actions. Attending will be Paul Ottens Howard Thompson and James Fouts. Also the board awarded a $4 256 bus purchase to Moline Body Co and chassis to Myers Ford in Sterling for $4 265.
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Prophetstown
Lyndon
Doering Jr
Paul Ottens
Howard Thompson
Gordon Blackett
James Fouts
Moline Body Company
Myers Ford
Sterling
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Philco
Decorator
Mrs
Mrs. Knutsen
By Barry Schweid
Douglas
Petunia Fest
Illinois Historymobile
Dixon Men’s Garden Club
Sage Park
Nagle Farm
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Emerald Hill
Bill Stern
Bill
Telephone Company
Illinois Bell
Unit District II
KEN Weaver Insurance Agency
DIAL
Central Nat'l Bank
Rollaways
Dinette
Ruth
2Nd Ave
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Redwood
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