Lacon City Council Rejects Water Sewer Rate Hike
The October 8 1979 Lacon Illinois meeting approved monthly bills and city reports but failed to enact a water and sewer rate increase. Officials discussed funding for a fire house roof and planned sewer work and water main Extensions. Resignations from the Zoning Board of Appeals and South Ward Alderman were accepted with adjournment after 9:30 p.m.
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Lacon
Pettett
Pries
Osborne
Ford
Weber
Smith
Hill
Grimes
Jordon Tyson
Tyson
School Street
Ken Ford
Danvers
Illinois
Nazarene Church
Jolliff
Fire District
Sparland
Fire
Water and Sewer Committee
Jack Koch
William Cordes
Zoning Board of Appeals
Harry Hill
South Ward
Western Illinois 1979 Homecoming Parade and Events
Western Illinois University celebrates its 1979 Homecoming on October 13 with a 9 30 a m parade from Macomb business square featuring 32 bands and floats. The day also includes a 130 p m football game versus University of Northern Town and an 8 p m concert by the Jack Daniels Original Silver Cornet Band in Western Hall.
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Western Illinois University
Macomb Business Square
University of Northern Town
Jack Daniels
Western Hall
Putnam County Ambulance Service Reports First Month
Putnam County Ambulance Service handled 13 calls and transported 15 people in its first month. Emergency numbers 925-7477 available countywide. Average response time about five minutes. all patients reached hospital roughly 30 minutes after calls.
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Putnam County Ambulance Service
Putnam County
Granville Rotary Debates Tax Planning and Local Dinner
The Granville Rotary Club heard CPA Jack Martinaitis discuss income tax changes and year end planning options. He urged actions to reduce next spring's tax bite, noting equipment purchases and deferring expenses. The meeting, held at Clover Club of Mark, coincided with a local power outage. Rotarians also planned an October Fest pork dinner for October 27 at a Cedar Point motel.
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Granville
Clover Club
Mark
Putnam County
Rotarians
Cedar Point
Seminary Aid Group Meets on St Francis Feast
The St Joseph parish group gathers after the 8 30 a m Mass Thursday October 4 to pray for vocations and seminarians at St Joseph s Church. Mrs John Monier invites members to her home for breakfast then a short business meeting. One new member joins as three members pass away this year. The group plans monthly Masses and offers spiritual and monetary aid and sells vanilla.
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St. Francia of Assisi
St. Joseph's Church
St. Francis
John Monier
CROP Walk for Hungry Seeks Sponsors in City
Youth canvass city for sponsors for the Walk For The Hungry set for 9 a.m. October 20. The seven kilometer route winds through Henry as walkers secure per kilometer pledges to fight hunger. Funds aid root causes and disaster relief via CROP, a Church World Service division. Contact Jeff Wright at First Christian Church for details.
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Henry
Church World Service
United States
Jeff Wright
First Christian Church
Lacon Police Investigate Dual Thefts
Lacon police report two thefts including a hanging wicker chair worth about $225 taken from James Wilson of 723 11th Street on October 3 and $100 stolen from a gas station pop machine at Hicks Atomic Gas, 109 Fifth Street, observed October 8.
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Lacon
James Wilson
11Th Street
Lacon Hicks Atomic Gas Station
Fifth Street
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Wilson's Antique Clock, Watch & Coin
WIU
Macomb
Lafayette Street
Calhoun
Clay
Adams
Western Avenue
Western
Murray Street
Murray
Hanson Field
Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center
Adams Street
Putnam County High
Joe Massino
Mid-County High School
Varna
Tom Shaffer
Senachwine High School
Robert Eckert
Country Life
Don Gibbs
Darlene Child
Chuck Longanecker
Farm Bureau
Henry, Illinois
Putnam County Ambulance Reports
Granville Rotary Club
Davis Bros. Conservation
Glenn T. Davis
M.E. Davis
Richard T. Davis
Henry Savings Center
Henry Center
Third Street
Chillicothe
Henry News Republican
United Methodist
Cwe
Ray Thanson
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Granville Motor Company
McCoy Street
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