Community notices and club events in Lee County
Health department hosts AIDS audience from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Monday. Mothers' Club discusses oriental cooking at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday. Young at Hearts dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Holloway Center. Practical Club dessert luncheon at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday. Wesleyans dinner at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday with Nature program. Public substance abuse program on steroids Tuesday at 7 p.m. Heads Up support group organized Wednesday at Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living. Sauk Valley Stroke Club meets 7 p.m. Wednesday at Community General Medical Center with film program. DHS Sports Booster Board meets 6 30 p.m. Wednesday in the DHS library. Rock River Grange 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at Grange Hall social committee chaired by Helen Joynt. Lee County Historical Society meets 7 p.m. Wednesday at Penrose General Store.
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Mothers’ Club
Young Mothers’ Club
Jackie Schmidt
Forest Park Drive
Kathy Miller
Young At Hearts
Young At Heart Club
Holloway Center
St. Anne’s
St. Patrick’s
Frank Floto
Elmer Berger
Francis Drew
Mable Hoyle
Arnould Butterbaugh
Practical Club
Vernice Bross
Helen Cartwright
Wesleyan Society of the First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Deb Osmer
Lowell Park
Ivan and
Lola Swegle
Harry and
Mary Newcomer
Paul
Carrie Levi
Alberta Wolf
Ruth Iske
Dixon Police Department
Dixon Public Library
Everette Brooks
NICIL
Sterling
Northwestern Illinois Center For Independent Living
Wedneday
Second Ave
Sauk Valley Stroke Club
Community General Medical Center
Leo Bulgaria
Freddie the
Leaf
DHS
Dixon High School
Rock River Grange
Grange
Helen Joynt
Memories Miatke celebrate 40th wedding anniversary
Maurice and Mildred Miatke of 1612 17th Ave Sterling will mark their 40th anniversary. Married May 8, 1949 at Leon Methodist Church Prophetstown, they host a reception and dance May 20 from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Rock Falls American Legion, hosted by their four daughters Susan Carey Betty Weidman Lou Ann Schuldt and Rhen Bill Miatke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice
Mildred Miatke
17Th Ave
Sterling
Leon Methodist Church
Prophetstown
Rock Falls American Legion
Brien
Susan) Carey
Larry
Betty) Weidman
Don
Lou Ann) Schuldt
Bill
Rhen
Hardesty Couple Celebrates 55th Wedding Anniversary
Paul and Ethel Hardesty of 610 S Fifth St Oregon celebrate their 55th anniversary on May 15. Married May 15 1934 in Washington Grove Ogle County. They have three daughters Pauline Elvin Cherry Valley Marie Black Oregon Marilyn Schwartz Polo, seven grandchildren and two great grandsons. A family celebration is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Ethel Hardesty
S. Fifth St
Oregon
Paul Hardesty
Ethel Sanford
Washington Grove
Ogle County
Pauline Elvin
Cherry Valley
Marie Black
Marilyn Schwartz
Polo
Grimes Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary in Rochelle
Mr and Mrs Tom Grimes Sr of Rochelle marked their 25th anniversary with a family party hosted by children Tom Jr and David at Hillcrest Village Hall on March 19. The couple wed Janet Helfrich on March 20 1964 in Dixon at Central Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Grimes Sr
Rochelle
Tom Jr
Mary
David
Debbie
Hillcrest Village Hall
Tom Grimes
Janet Helfrich
Central Christian Church
Dixon
Bridge lesson on sign-off and cue-bidding strategy
A detailed bridge hand discusses overcall responses and a jump to spades as an invitational bid, plus cue-bidding the opening suit to force to game. It outlines declarer play to improve after the first three diamonds, discards, ruffs, and a planned sequence involving dummy spades and clubs, ending with strategic trumps and a second finesse. The note promotes James Jacoby's books on bridge and card games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West
Declarer
South
James Jacoby
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
Pharos Books
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Health Department
Lee County Health Department
Historical Society
Lee County Historical Society
Penrose General Store
R.C. Smith Transportation
IBM
Peoria Avenue
Locust Street
Mrs
Maurice Miatke
Frank
Mr. and
Grimes
Betsy Bulfer
FTDA
Specia
The
First Street
Dixon, Il
Dixon Area Chamber of Commence and Industry
Stork
John Thompson
Roy Bridgeman
Dixon City
Lynn
Paul Roe
Lee, Ogle
Whiteside
North
W. First St. Dixon
Nancy Bradford
Nutrition and Behavior Counseling
E. Lincolnway
N. Galena
Meyers
Marshall
Oldsmobile
Malu
Santare
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