Rock Falls High Board awards bus contract amid split vote
Rock Falls High School trustees approved a three year bus contract with Thomeway Lines on a 5 to 2 vote after debate over bids from Thomeway Lines Rock Falls and R C Smith of Morrison. Opponents said they would pursue a taxpayers suit challenging the decision.
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Rock Falls High Board
Themeway
Bennett
Welch
Stigall
Hinders
Coleman
Simpson
Ward
Immanuel Lutheran Women Hold May Circle Meetings
Immanuel Lutheran Church Women met in May with multiple circles gathering in homes and the church. Devotions and Bible studies were led by various circle leaders including Mrs. Hugo Gerken Mrs. J K Hoffman and Mrs. Shirley Dettman among others in host homes and the church fellowship hall.
Miss Flame Contest Deadline Nears in Rock Falls
John Wadelton announces the Rock Falls 1971 Miss Flame contest deadline and judging on June 5 at Veterans Memorial Park. Eligible Rock Falls residents may apply through committee members Gale McBride, Raymond Pitts, or Wadelton at 625-1715. winner gets a trophy, U.S. Savings Bond, and a chance to enter Miss Blackhawk. The event features the Rock Falls High School Marching Rockets band and parade appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wadelton
Rock Falls
United States Saving Bond
Wadleton
Gale McBride
Raymond Pitts
Veterans Memorial Park
Thirty East Coloma Students Promoted at F C Exercises
Thirty eighth grade students from East Coloma will join Rock Falls High School eighth graders in a promotion program at Rock Falls High Gym. Phillip Hott, Rock Falls principal, will speak. Rev. Donald Proctor will give invoca tion and benediction. Diplomas will be awarded by the Board of Education.
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East Coloma School
Rock Falls High School
Phillip Hott
Donald Proctor
First Congregational Church of
Rock Falls
Ken Wasson
Phyllis Slothower
American Legion
Board of Education
Debby Alt
Julie Anning
Rick Beattie
Marty Bryant
Delores Buritt
Donna Cheshier
Cathy Crow
Cheryl Cochran
David Fisher
Ken Fritz
Ron Guthrie
Pam Harden
John Hildebrand
Sally Hughes
Polly Inboden
Former Rock Falls Couple Sparks Tucson Visit
Mr and Mrs Wayne Cambell of Rock Falls now reside in Tucson Arizona visited Pansy Matthews of Baldwins Park formerly of Rock Falls They also toured Disney land Knotts Berry Farm and celebrated Mr Cambell birthday at the James Renner home Pasadena California 91107 It notes Mona Lisa right hand painted by Leonardo da Vinci as a superlative claim
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Wayne Cambell
Rock Falls
Tucson
Arizona
Pansy Matthews
Baldwin Park
Disneyland
Knotts Berg Farm
Cambell
James Renner
Pasadena
California
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Besse Report on Bus Bid Awards for RFHS District
Attorney Kennard Besse analyzes bids for three year bus transportation for Rock Falls High School. He notes ambiguities in the Notice for Bids and item 4 costs, reviews bids from Thomeway Lines and R C Smith, recalls adjustments after opening, and presents three contract options including rebid, reopen negotiations, or proceed with Thomeway, recommending reevaluation due to ambiguities.
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Rock Falls High School
RFHS
al Lines
Paul Simpson
Rock Falls
Thomeway Lines
Thomewa Lines
R. C. Smith
Morrison
Vernon Frye
Kennard Besse
Frye
Besse
Thomeway
Charles Bennett
Welch
Thomeway Lines, Inc
R. C. Smith Bus Service
Area Vocational Center
Overland
Themeway
Area Vocational School
Overland Coaches
A. Smith
B. Thomeway
D. I
Smith
Vocational Center
Board of Education
RFHS Events Calendar Week Of May 12
RFHS schedules a mid May week with exams and graduation events. Wednesday includes exams periods 3 2 and 1 with early dismissal at 1 50 p m and bus rides at 2 p m. Thursday features 8 30 a m graduation practice and a faculty work day with no students. At 7 30 p m commencement exercises are held at Hinders Memorial Stadium. Friday completes the year with a 10 a m closing and final bus returns.
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Hinders’ Memorial Stadium
Meeting and Cards for Social Circle at Immanuel Lutheran
Social Circle met in Immanuel Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall Friday evening May 21 with Mrs Maurice Olsen leading devotions and business. Guests included Miss Clara Miller Sterling and Mrs Don Bushman. High scores in cards were Doris Bushman and Mary Atkin. second high was Clarence Denny and Clara Miller. special prize to John Berge. Refreshments served by Earl and Mrs Maxwell. Next meeting June 18 with Lorence Bauman on serving committee.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Maurice Olsen
Clara Miller
Sterling
Don Bushman
Doris Bushman
Mary Atkin
Clarence Denny
John Berge
Earl Maxwell
Lorence Bauman
Vacation Bible School At Rock Falls Church
Vacation Bible School at Rock Falls First Congregational Church runs June 21 to 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children four years through junior high. Mrs Wayne Spencer directs. Students bring sack lunches.
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Rock Falls
First Congregational Church
Wayne Spencer
Lodges From District Are Guests Of Rebekahs
J H Montague Lodge hosted officers and members from District Association Eight with 57 present at the Odd Fellows Temple. Highlights included district officers welcomed and gifted, plans for future events, hospital notes, and a memorial service arrangement. A musical program was presented by Vicille Humphrey as part of the evening.
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J. H. Montague
Amboy
Lorel Huyett
Polo
Hazel Sandeman
Joan Patterson
Morrison
Lodge
Mary Gagnon
Lee Center
Dixon Public Hospital
Vera Kier
Irene Elmendorf
Sterling
Marian John
Esther Conibear
Priscilla Hyde
Dixon
Rachel Rick
Kathleen Samuel
Dorothy Chapman
Florence Baker
Fannie Baker
Lottie Schnoor
Rock Falls
Gertrude Bowen
Community General Hospital
Myrtle Sands
Daphne Kenealy
International Association of Rebekah Assemblies
Theta Rho
Hoislander Rebekah
District Association
Robert Wick
Odd Fellows Children
Lincoln
Lavene Zimmerer
Lavene
Lincoln College
Mildred
Glenn Detweiler
Odd Fellows Temple
Lillie
Noble Grands Club
Northern Illinois Association
Kewanee
Odd Fellows
Annjane Eger
Evelyn Steel
Vicille Humphrey
Rock Falls Police Beat Reports Multiple Incidents
Rock Falls police report a man named Charles Judd jailed on criminal trespass to auto and criminal damage after an alleged auto theft at J Pratt Auto Sales on 1st Ave. He was remanded to Whiteside County Sheriff. Bond was posted for James Henson after a battery arrest at the Crystal Cafe on 1st Ave. A window at Stan’s Floor Cfirm on 1st Ave was damaged by a pellet or BB. A two car collision on US Rt. 30 near 4th Ave damaged Rita Frank’s car with no second driver identified. Community notices include memorial service plans, refreshments committee members, and names of volunteers for the June 14 event.
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Charles Judd
Rock Falls
Judd
J. Pratt
1St Ave
Whiteside County
James Henson
Crystal Cafe
Stan George
Stan
Rita V. Frank
Manlius
US Rt
4Th Ave
Rock Falls High approves $3 rise in student fees
Rock Falls High School Board votes to raise annual student registration by $3 under Plan I to fund activities and facilities. Meeting notes flag May receipts about $122,041.30 and a WAVC enrollment rise from 119 to 172 next year boosting tuition by roughly $18,000. Athletic budget set at $18,149.55 with new equipment requests and a $1,027.16 booster club payment for uniforms to be paid over three years.
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Rock Falls
They Falls High School
Whiteside Area Vocational Center
WAVC
AFHS
Bruce McDonald
Glen Coleman
Walter Stigall
McDonald
J. V
Ward
Rock Falls High School Marching Rockets
Fruhauf Uniform, Inc
Chairmen Hold Key On Agencies' Consolidation
Washington AP reports House committee chairmen may decide Nixon’s plan to merge Peace Corps VISTA and related volunteer programs into an Action Corps. Senate panel also weighing the merger as June 4 automatic-approval deadline looms.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Peace Corps
VISTA
Action Corps
Senate Government Operations Committee
Carl D. Perkins
Education and Labor Committee
Joe Evins
Select Committee On Small Business
Thomas FE. Morgan
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
University of Nebraska
Joseph Blatchford
America
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Administration On
Small Business Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Voluntary Action
HEW
Recreation Center Daily Schedule Tuesday
Recreation Center timetable for Tuesday lists pool hours from 8 am to 11 am general admission 11 am to 12 noon handicap patient swimming 2 pm to 5 pm general admission 7 pm to 9 30 pm general. Gym open 8 am to 12 noon for open gym and tennis 12 to 2 pm tennis 2 to 5 pm open gym and tennis 5 to 7 pm tennis 7 to 9 30 pm karate on one court. Second floor Neg an meetings 1 pm to 5 pm open for meetings 1 pm to 9 30 pm handball seven ee hie mn We center open to Jr.
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Negan
Ee Hie Mn
Scheduling fragments for a community pool and gym
The readable text lists time blocks for activities across a day including early bird sessions, general admission, adult and women's lessons, handicap entries, mixed sessions, adult night swimming, and open gym with tennis slots. It resembles a community facility timetable with several overlapping periods.
My Lai coverup claim by Col Henderson details
Army Col Oran K Henderson, target of a Pentagon inquiry, says every Vietnam brigade has had its My Lai and that he offered to take blame but was refused by Gen Westmoreland. He cites Nebulous reports from subordinates and notes Capt Ernest Medina disclosed the casualty count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Goeller
Associated Press
FT. Meade
Army
Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
Vietnam
Henderson
11Th Infantry
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Indianapolis
Pentagon
Ernest Medina
Charley Company
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Dorothy Hinders
Walter
tBud) Stigall
Thome
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Sarah Lawrence
John Dussler
Esther Circle
Albert Conklin
Lydia Circle
Hugo Gerken
Rena Lindsley
Leona Ruckdeschel
J. K. Hoffman
Martha Circle
James von Holten
Mary Circle
William Montgomery
Ed Downey
Miriam Circle
Shirley Dettman
Ruth Allen
Peter I. Deitz
Rachael Circle
John Kereven
Clifford Hasselman
Ruth Circle
Gail Olin
Ron Young
Rock River
Illinois
Chicago
DuPage River
Butterfield Road
DuPage County
Fox River
Algonquin
McHenry County
Sangamon
Springfield
Weas
First Ave
F. C
Rfhs Board
Themeway Lines
Rubin Setera Shop
West
2Nd St
Mgr
Arrie Sorensen
Vacation Bible School
Rebekahs
Mildred Ryan
Marjorie Sprankle
Emma Strayer
Dolores Anderson
Hildred Davis
Minnette Herndon
Dorothy Kyger
Sharon Adair
Patty Hall
Betty Bryant
Connie Willhite
Pauline Reinhart
Stone Insurance Agency
Tom Seppy
Col. Henderson
Investors Stock Fund
Investors Variable Payment Fund
Investors Mutual
Investors Selective Fund
Carl E, Brachear
Eighteenth Place Sterling, Ill
James F. McDonald
Bushman Ave
Fred Steele
E. High St. Morrison
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