Commonwealth Edison Pays Personal Property Taxes Under Protest
White side county treasurer Vernon Renkes says Commonwealth Edison filed its personal property taxes under protest amid a Chicago court challenge to the tax. A few smaller firms have protested as well. June 1 is the filing deadline, with protests potentially reducing June tax distributions if large.
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Commonwealth Edison
Morrison
Tl Is
Supreme Court
Whiteside
Vernon Renkes
Renkes
Edison
The
Daily Gazette
Walter P. Dahl
Chicago
Illinois
Thomas C. Donovan
Chicago Circuit Court
DeKalb County
Texaco, Inc
Horseshoe Tourney Opens Sterling Rock Falls Season
The Sterling Rock Falls Horseshoe Club will start its season with a Memorial Day tournament. Qualifying runs from 7 to 10 a.m. and the tournament begins at 11 a.m. Contestants are split into five skill classes. Art Ham of Iowa is the defending champion and state champ, with top players from several states expected to attend.
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Sterling Rock Falls Horseshoe Club
Art Ham
Iowa
Ambulance Takes 15-Year-Old After Coleta Blacktop Crash
Ambulance crews hurriedly transported Candy Pursell age 15 of 1101 Allen's Addition to Community General Hospital after a wreck on the Coleta Blacktop. An Allen ambulance answered the call Thursday to the scene and medical staff treated the patient.
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Candy Pursell
Allen
Community General Hospital
Coleta
Whiteside Men Inducted Into Armed Services
The following Whiteside County Local Board 210 registrants were inducted into the Army at Chicago. Rock Falls men Thomas Michael DeMay Joe Edward Lamz Gary Lee Denison and Sterling residents Keith Leonard Rose David Louie Ortiz are listed among the inductees.
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Whiteside County
Army
Chicago
Thomas Michael DeMay
Joe Edward Lamz
Gary Lee Denison
Rock Falls
Keith Leonard Rose
David Louie Ortiz
Sterling
JCA Joint Board Plans For Events
Fourteen outgoing and incoming officers and board members met for dinner on May 25. The June 1 general meeting will be for dessert only at 7:30 p.m. at the Blackhawk. Incoming program chair Mrs. Bob Colcord announced cards after the meeting. Mrs. Bob Brandt set the dinner dance ticket deadline as June 1. Tickets cost $10 per couple. guests welcome. A cocktail hour begins at 7:00 at Lake View Country Club. Bill Watley’s band will play. Incoming membership chair Mrs. Lynn Heffelfinger announced yearly dues of $3. A new member, Mrs. Ignacio Rodriguez, is welcomed. Incoming profit chair Mrs. Jim Crownhart has tickets for A Man For All Seasons at Timber Lake Playhouse on Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $2.75. deadline July 10. Mrs. David Sproul reported a successful May Day party for White Side County Home residents. The meeting ended with the outgoing board handing over books and offering guidance for the new year.
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Blackhawk
Bob Colcord
Bob Brandt
Lake View Country Club
Bill Watley
Lynn Heffelfinger
Ignacio Rodriguez
Jim Crownhart
Timber Lake Playhouse
David Sproul
Whiteside County
Lumber Boards with Narrow Widths Described
A short note outlines boards that are less than two inches thick but at least one inch wide. It specifies dimensions and basic use cases for the construction context.
Recreation Center Saturday Schedule at a Glance
The Recreation Center lists Saturday events: beginner and advanced swim lessons 9 to 12, general admission 2 to 9 and tennis doubles 12 to 2 and 5 to 7, open gym 2 to 5 and 7 to 9, second floor activities 9 to 12 handball and meetings, teen center 2 to 5, and center-wide access until 9.
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Texais
Community Recreation Schedule with Courts and Events
A local recreation center lists times for general admission and private events. Afternoon slots include tennis doubles for eight players, handball, and Texas doubles, with the building closing at 9 pm unless a private swim party is scheduled.
Community Recreation Schedule With Mixed Open Hours
A scanned schedule lists early bird and general swim lanes from 5 45 am to 9 30 pm with intervals for lessons open gym tennis handball and teen center. It notes open to high school students at specific evening times and mentions hours for intermediate swimmer lessons and morning and afternoon sessions.
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Generalission
Inside or outside the house lumber creates warm moods
Lumber’s versatility shines both indoors and outdoors with enduring durability easy maintenance and simple repairs guiding enduring home ambiance and practical design choices.
Men In Service Leave For Germany Mrs Travis Moves Abroad
Mrs. Robert W. Travis departs for Germany to join her husband Sp 3 Robert Travis of the U S Army on an 18 month tour in Fulda Germany Mrs Travis is the daughter of Floyd Harper Rock Falls and Chester Travis Fenton
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Robert W. Travis
Germany
Robert Travis
U.S. Army
Fulda
Peugh Wins DeKalb Award at Sterling High
Merle Peugh of Sterling Township High School earns the 1971 DeKalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award for scholarship leadership and a supervised farming program. He has held multiple FFA and vocational agriculture honors and plans to study agriculture at the University of Illinois.
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Merle Peugh
AR 3
Sterling
DeKalb
Merle
Russell Pough
Illinois
Sterling Township High School
Future Farmers of America
FFA Foundation
University of Ilinois
Sterling High School
Arthur L. Schick
FFA
Installation Concludes St. Marys Society Year
St Marys Altar and Rosary Society closed its year with a May 2 installation in the St Marys Grade School Auditorium. Rev Everett J Hiller offered Mass. Officers were installed by Sterling Deanery president Mrs Raymond Ribardy. co ordinator was Mrs John Pignatelli. Outgoing president Mrs William McKeown announced a June 24 Sterling Deanery meeting at Bishop Lane's Retreat House.
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St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society
Everett J. Hiller
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Tim Sullivan
Raymond Ribardy
Sterling Deanery
John Pignatelli
William McKeown
Bishop Lane
Rockford
McKeown
Marvin Black
Sharon
Kenneth Farley
Joseph Fink
Nicholas Boone
S. A. Murphy
Whiteside County Court Notices and Divorces
Homer C. Lewis of Oregon was fined ten dollars and costs for speeding 40 in a 30 mph zone. Maureen L. Fisher was granted a divorce from Carlton H. Fisher Jr by Judge Richard Stengel in Sterling Circuit Court on May 27, citing mental cruelty. custody of one minor child awarded to the mother.
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Homer C. Lewis
Oregon
Maureen L. Fisher
Carlton H. Fisher Jr
Richard Stengel
Sterling Circuit Court
Morrison marriage licenses issued from county clerk office
Tuesday licenses list recipients including Peter Arno Zolli and Kathy Lynn Johnson of Sterling. Also named are Clifford Howard Ennis of Sterling and Vicky Kay Steel of Rock Falls, Larry Walter Book of Rock Falls and Sharon Rae Olson of Sterling, followed by Michael Terrence Manion and others.
Farmers Union to Sponsor State Summer Youth Corps
Ill inois Farmers Union president Raymond J. Watson announced a state wide Summer Youth Corps program with the U S Department of Labor. About 1 311 youth in 80 counties will work 26 hours weekly for eight weeks at $1 60 an hour in hospitals cities parks and schools. Total cost 620 970 with 505 420 federally funded. Program begins June 7 and includes pre screening by Community Action groups.
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Springfield
Raymond J. Watson
The
Illinois Farmers Union
U.S. Department of Labor
Watson
Employment Service
Farmers Union
Illinois
Spacer blocks guide even fence board spacing
The article explains using spacer blocks to maintain uniform gaps between fence boards. A 1x1 spacer the board length creates one inch spacing, while plywood or hardboard strips provide half inch to eighth inch spacings for precise alignment.
Sterling and nearby residents named in records
Patricia Mercy Reynolds of Sterling, Roger Keith Lester and Joan Rinehart Eshelman of Rock Falls, Keith Melvin Anderson and Julie Ann Brown of Sterling, Vernon Dale Huizenga and Celia Ann Holcomb of Albany.
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Patricia Mercy Reynolds
Sterling
Roger Keith Lester
Joan Rinehart Eshelman
Rock Falls
Keith Melvin Anderson
Julie Ann Brown
Vernon Dale Huizenga
Celia Ann Holcomb
Albany
Delay Action On Tavern Owner Liability Bill
Springfield Illinois Senate delayed a bill to remove tavern owners liability for acts by customers after leaving the tavern. The measure, backed by Sen. Sam Vad alabene, would repeal parts of the Dram Shop Act, drawing opposition over loss of limited liability and potential unlimited claims against tavern owners. A similar House-passed bill by Rep. William J. Cunningham previously advanced.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Sam Vadalabene
Edwardsville
A. Lincoln
General Assembly
Vadalabene
William J. Cunningham
R.pickneyville
House
White House Contains 132 Rooms
The report notes that the White House has a total of 132 rooms. It lists the building’s internal layout without detailing residents or events, focusing on this structural fact.
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White House
YMCA Schedule For Open Swim And Programs
The YMCA announces daily activity slots including grade school boys 10 to 12, Jr High Open gym 12 to 5 30, high school and college open cone 10 to 11, and swim sessions from 11 to 12 for pa school boys, grade school girls 12 to 2 with open 2 to 2 30, instruction 2 30 to 3 for Pre Membership boys, 3 to 3 30 for Pre Memb girls, co ed instruction 3 30 to 4, advanced 4 to 5 30, pool open under buddy system, Health Club 9 to 6, and Youth game room 8 30 to 9.
Community Gym and Pool Schedule for Monday
Open gym slots from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. include men’s and youth conditioning. Swim times run 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4 to 9:30 p.m. with buddy system in effect. Instruction for tiny tots and coed swim, plus family and recreational swim periods, weight room and game room hours, a discotheque party, Indian Guide meeting, and a Blackfoot group noted.
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Blackfoot
Theft reported in Sterling police beat record
Sterling police reported a theft from a truck parked in a driveway. Gene Armoska of 820 W 20th St Sterling said a camera and tape were stolen. Also noted: Terry F Moore of 1118 Mary Ave Rock Falls cited for no valid registration and no safety test with fines. David K Osborne of Lawyers Trailer Court Rock Falls charged with disorderly conduct with fines.
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Gene Armoska
W. 20Th St
Sterling
Terry F. Moore
Mary Ave
Rock Falls
David K. Osborne
Lawyers Trailer Court
Frantz Employees Reject Union Affiliation Vote at Frantz Manufacturing
In a Thursday vote at Frantz Manufacturing Co Sterling employees overwhelmingly rejected joining the United Steel Workers of America. The tally stood 161 against and 47 in favor, with the union vote sanctioned by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Frantz Manufacturing Co
Sterling
United Steel Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Post Offices Announce Memorial Day Schedules
Rock Falls and Sterling post offices will observe Memorial Day May 31 with no mail delivery. There will be no window service. Sterling lobby open continuously while Rock Falls lobby operates 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Collection and receipt of mail will follow holiday limits.
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Rock Falls
Sterling
Thirteen Month Pregnancy Recorded By Former Nurse
In London AP report a 27 year old former nurse Christine Houghton delivered a healthy girl Tina after 381 days of pregnancy at Zachary Morton Hospital Rustington Sussex. Gynecologist Lynn Evans noted the rare case and said longest Guinness record is 389 days with average 273 days.
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London
Tina
Christine Houghton
Zachary Morton Hospital
Rustington
Sussex
Lynn Evans
Peter Houghton
Chris
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ERI
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Avis Conard
Clarence Reynolds
Ageen
Peugh
DeKalb Award
V.F.W. Post
W. Third St
St. Mary's Society
Farmers Group
4Th St
Greece
Themistocles
Delphi
World Almanac
Salamis
Newspaper Enterprise Agen
YMCA
Sterling Police
Frantz
DIAL
Edward K. Wheeler Agency
First Ave
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1St Ave
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