Route 29 Slab Being Erected From Henry to Putnam
Route 29 is being paved from Peoria through Sparland to Putnam as crews widen the highway north toward Interstate 80 in Bureau county. About 85 workers are on site with cement pouring nearly complete and a large cement storage bin drawing attention. After completion the project will extend pedestrian sidewalks from Henry Senachwine high school to Western avenue, Henry.
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Ida
Fiifire
Peoria
Sparland
Henry É
Putnam
Put
Bureau County
Cole
Jabor- Henry
Lacon
Utica
Chillcothe
Oller
Ottawa
Marshall Way Department
Wetherby Construction
Ana
Pri
Putnam-Henry
Henry Harbor
Harbor
Wil
Henry
Princeton
Chillicothe
State Highway Department
Wetherby
Henry-Senachwine High School
Western Avenue
Hunt Named Commander Of Henry Legion Post 323
Lyman Bud Hunt was elected commander of Henry Post 323 American Legion for the coming year at the regular July meeting in the Legion home. Harold Klein is outgoing commander. New officers include Leonard Ries as senior vice commander and Walter Reichen as junior vice commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman
Bud) Hunt
Henry Post
American Legion
Legion
Harold Klein
Leonard Ries
Walter Reichen
Gordon Hart
James Finch
Thomas.Clark
James McDonald
Edwin Barry
Harold Heilstedt
Lawrence Newman
James Tindall
Charles Hoffman
Henry Legion
Rain totals and heat in Henry this week
Henry records 0.2 inch of rain on Tuesday night from unofficial observer Allen Tuttlé and 0.7 inch last Thursday, totaling 0.9 inch for the week. The high for the week reached 88 degrees yesterday, Tuesday.
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Henry
Allen Tuttlé
Henry Baptist Church Breaks Ground for New Addition
Henry Baptist Church held a ground breaking on its lawn after Sunday worship for a new addition. Rev Don Grimes led prayers and readings from Psalms and Corinthians. Attendees included Cliff Fountain, Mark Turner, Herschel Robson, Herman Miller, and former pastor Orville Masemore. Construction begins this week.
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Takpart
Hhe Henry Baptist Church
Orville JL. Vasemore
Herman Maller
Herschel Robison
Donald Grimes
Vierk Turner
Rickey Studia
Henry Baptist Church
Don Grimes
Res
Sawmill Owner Killed Instantly Near Putnam
A 52 year old sawmill operator, Donald L. Helle of Tiskilwa, was electrocuted while sharpening a saw on a log cutting crew near Putnam when a crane cable struck a high voltage line. A second man, Mangran of Buda, sustained severe burns. An inquest ruled accidental electric shock. Funeral plans incomplete. surviving wife Jean Underwood and seven children.
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Donald L. Helle
Oregon, Il
Helle
Duke’s
Putnam
Tiskilwa
Howard L. Dysart
Granville
Putnam County
Putnam Town Hall
Charles Murphy
Albert Stickel Wills Wheeler
Clarence Wright Lewis Olson
Robert Heminghouse
Roy Rowe
Gene Helle
Oregon
William Mangran
Buda
Lee
Miliary
Korea
Hughes
Tishilwa
Mr Helle
Smithfield
George
Ida Kaler Helle
Jean Underwood
Grade Board Reactivates Citizens Committee
At a July 13 meeting of the Henry grade school board of education the decision was made to reactivate the grade school citizens advisory committee led by Rev Darrell Williams and to convene it this Friday, July 21. A new chairman will be chosen, replacing Kev Williams who moved to Casey.
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Henry Grade School Board of Education
Citizens Advisory Committee
Darrell Williams
Kev Williams
Casey, St
Pekin
Blanco
Hickeys
Camp Grove
St. Patrick’s Hall
James Winne
Willam Hickey
Kathryn Ringenberg
Dave Moline
Galva
James Davidson
Bradford
Don Ringenberg
Henry
Swamp Angels Motorcycle Club
Camp Grove Dedicates New Post Office In Frosty Ceremony
A new era for the Camp Grove postal service began Sunday with the dedication of the community's new post office. About 300 attended, 115 signed the register, and the 850 square foot building includes air conditioning.
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New
Camp Grove Post Office
Paul Deckard
Post Office Department
Camp Grove
Post Office
Kathryn Ringenberg
B. G Finnegan
Bradford
John King
St. Patrick’s Church
Ringenberg
Edward Day
Capitol
Washington, DC
Gev Otto Kerner
Claude Karr
Everett M. Dirksen
Mildred Thompson
Illinois Association of Postmasters
Edith A. Deffenbaugh
Magnolia
Deckard
ASC Committees Are Announced For 1962 Local Posts
Marshall County ASC voters will elect 1962 community committeemen who take office Aug 1, 1961. The list names chairs and alternates for Bell Plain Bennington Evans Henry Hopewell Lacon LaPrairie and Lapl in terms of townships with officials from Toluca Wenona Varna and Sparland among others. The article notes the staggered terms and duties pending a second-page continuation.
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George R Lander
Marshall-Putnam Asc
Henry
ASC
Marshall County
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al- Cale
Henry Legion Post
Fife
Louis Gras
Clitt Farm
Duke Place
A. F. Tochalauski
Rowe
Mangran
Cain
Citizens Committee
John N Ziegle
Pear Architectural Firm
of Lankton - Iugle-Terry
Stanley Roe
Timots School Consulting Service
Ben Hauher
Mra
Ed Ransom
Hauber
Tindall
Travelers Insurance Agency
William Wyman
J. 1 Wetherby Construction Corp
Route 29
Jack Otter
Orurwa
Rickey Studlo
James Nellinger
B. G. Finnegan
Kathryn Ringen*berg
St. Patrick's Church
Nellinger
Women's Relief Corps of
Ringenhberg
Washington
Earth
Bradford Legion Post
Girl Scouts of
Howard Salisbury
Saratoga
Beryl Malone
Wyoming
Marie Forcht
Hennepin
Tom Studley
Neponset
Marshall Loper
Castletons SR
Lenore Dickerson
LaFayette
Doris McWhorter
Edelstein
Raymond Modro
Varna
Bella Z
Vaughn
Katharine Colwell
Helen Anske
Mila
Mr. Nichols
Pony Express
Stella Townsend
Hollinsworth
James
John Winne
Charles O’brien
Emmett Hickey
Katherine Hickey
Dean Tolliver
Varna Bennington
Eugene Schmillen
Toluca
Thomas Cassidy
Minonk
George Rithmiller
Luca
Raymond Ehrnthauer
Robert Hahn
Minonk. Evans
James Sunken, Jr
Wenona
Albert Prestin, Jr
Charles Stenzel
Weno
Herbert Wenziatf—Foluca
Virgil Mann
Magno- Iba
Frederick Kapraun
Louis Swift
Edward Ransom
Robert Stadel
Clifford Lopeman
Henry Hopewell
George Laible
Edward Benefield
Donald Condit
Gene Held
Bruce Kitts
Russell Skaggs
Joe Kline
Washburn
Gale Hastings
Thomas Kline
Robert C. Webber
Con. Laprairie
Elmer
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