Future Bride Honored at Shower in Yorkville
Holly Stewart was the guest of honor at a Friday bridal shower hosted by her cousin Miss Sharon Stewart. Attendees included Illinois State University alumni and Yorkville High School classmates who joined guessing games and refreshments. She will wed Bert Erickson of Bristol on August 17 at Au Sable Grove Presbyterian Church. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stewart of rural Yorkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattville
Holly Stewart
Sharon Stewart
Illinois State University At Normal
Yorkville High School
Bert Erickson
Bristol
Au Sable Grove Presbyterian Church
Robert M. Stewart
Yorkville
Nettie Corrigan
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora
Jeff Craig
St. Joseph Hospital
Juliet
Don Stovall
Dallas
Tex
Nels Stovall
St. Louis
Julie Howell
Moose Lake
Canada
Methodist
Camp Reynoldwoods
Dixon
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Thomas Brown
George Dummitt
Glenn Johnson
Gerald Fraley
Richard Seaman
Coreta Jones
Peoria
S. Main St
Canton
Morris Community High School
Pitzer
Illinois State University
Normal
Career Academy of Broadcasting
Milwaukee
Wis
WBYS
Moline High School
Pontiac
Odell
Graymont
Moline
East Moline
Davenport
Bloomington
Chicago
Geneseo
Rock Island
Mazon
Verona
Plattville Church Plans Sanctuary Redecoration Meeting
United Methodist Church trustees and a WSCS committee meet at 8 p m Wednesday to plan sanctuary redecorations. Orion Circle WSCS gathers at a Wednesday time and Mrs Richard Naden’s home for devotions led by Mrs Frank Reed with Mrs Don Marley as program leader. Thirteen Troop 44 scouts depart Sunday for Camp Chin Be Gota Wisconsin to earn merit badges led by adult adviser Tom Fletcher and Mrs Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Orion Circle
WSCS
At & P.m
Richard Naden
Frank Reed
Don Marley
Boy Scout News
Boy Scout Troop
Chin-Be-Gota
Upper
Wisconsin
Antigo
Tom Fletcher
Fletcher
Community calendar of club meetings and events
Tuesday events include Woman's Relief Corps at 7 30 p.m. in Eagles Hall for a birthday party and Women of the Moose at 8 p.m. for officers night with formal enrollment. Wednesday features NABA at 1 30 p.m. with Mrs. Harry Laabs Shabbona Chapter 46 meets at 7 30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple VFW Auxiliary at 8 p.m. Mazon United Methodist WSCS at 7 30 p.m. with Mrs. Alvin Burkhart. Mrs. Burnette DeGrush will teach Eight and Forty at 6 30 p.m. in the Legion Hall with potluck and installation Officers should wear white Past Noble Grands Club at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Chester Peacock's home. Thursday Bethlehem Lutheran Mission Aid at 2 p.m. in the church Carrie Campbell Past Matrons at 8 p.m. at Lois Knibbs home Minooka High School Board of Education at 8 p.m. in the high school Sunday Hill reunion noon at Coal City Lions Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Relief Corps
Eagles Hall
Women of the Moose
NABA
Harry Laabs
Shabbona
Order of the Builders
Masonic Temple
VFW
Mazon United Methodist Church
WSCS
Alvin Burkhart
Burnette DeGrush
Legion Hall
Noble Grands Club
Chester Peacock
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Mission Aid
Carrie Campbell
Lois Knibbs
Minooka High School Board of Education
Marriage Licenses Granted to DeLong and Gordon Couple
Gary Robert DeLong and Dwight Gordon along with Judy Kay Gordon received marriage licenses in Morris, details show two couples seeking lawful unions this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Robert DeLong
Dwight
Judy Kay Gordon
Morris
Hospital Notes Admits Range of Local Patients
Admitted patients include Miss Sarah Broderick of Route 3, Mrs. Oscar Larson of 1151 East Washington, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gutzman of 1215 Price Street, John Grenell of Mazon, Pvt. William Strum of Orlando Florida, Mrs. Daniel Hunter of Waterloo Iowa, Master John Hunter of Waterloo, Robert Bright of 744 East Benton, and others. Discharged include Mrs. Henrietta Nelson of East Benton, Mrs. Melvin Vandygriff of Liberty Street, Mrs. Brian Leach and son of Main Street, Mrs. Allen Johnson Route 1, Miss Vickie Miller Route 2, James Tate of East Main, George Willis of Division Street, and Vonnell Currier Route 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Broderick
Rte. 3
Oscar Larson
Brian Leach
Magazines Discussed At Norman Homemakers Meeting
Norman Homemakers met Thursday with Miss Fern Van derpool and Mrs. Wallace Benge assisting. Sixteen members named favorite magazines. A business meeting followed with Mrs. Benge leading a discussion and quiz on magazine types. Next meeting is a family picnic August 29 at Gordon Bell cottage on the Illinois River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Homemakers
Fern Vanderpool
Wallace Benge
Benson Family Picnic At Gebhard Woods State Park
Descendants of Olivia and John M. Benson held a family picnic Sunday at Gebhard Woods State Park. Thirty members attended. The oldest were Mrs. Elizabeth Benson and Harold Webster of Morris, while the youngest was Miss Lynette Thompson of Channahon. Guests came from Fox Lake Long Beach Calif Hotchkiss Colo Cincinnati Ohio Newark Channahon and Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia
John M. Benson
Gebhard Woods State Park
Elizabeth Benson
Harold Webster
Morris
Lynette Thompson
Channahon
Fox Lake
Long Beach
Calif
Hotchkiss
Colo
Cincinnatti
Ohio
Newark
Joliet
Oil engineer transfers to Slavonski Brod Yugoslavia
Mr and Mrs Lance Herning relocate after a 10 month assignment in southern Spain. He serves Universal Oil Products as a consultant engineer overseeing startup of new refining processes in foreign refineries. Mrs Herning, Catherine Murphy, is daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Murphy of Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance Herning
Slavonsky Brod
Yugoslavia
Spain
Herning
Universal Oil Products
Catherine Murphy
A. J. Murphy
Morris
Ottawa Couple Wed at Trinity Church
Sr and Mrs Keith Skatrud who wed June 22 in Trinity Lutheran Church Ottawa now reside in Baltimore Maryland Mrs Skatrud formerly Ann Louise Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson of Ottawa and formerly of Her husband’s parents are Mr and Mrs Orrin Skatrud of Valders Wisconsin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Skatrud
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ottawa
Baltimore
Skatrud
Ann Louise Johnson
Richard Johnson
Morris
Orrin Skatrud
Valders
Wis
Local births and hospital notices and a science note
Mrs Ray E Bannon confined to St Luke Hospital Chicago Room 288. Mr and Mrs Alan Babcock Belvidere welcome their first child born Sunday evening at St Joseph Hospital Belvidere mother LaVonne Vogen daughter Gustav Vogen Gardner. Mr and Mrs Robert Carsson Minneapolis Thomas John and Karina Vaksdal Morris return from Europe visit France Norway. Astronomers say moon and earth formed separately then moon captured as satellite by Earth's gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Bannon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Alan Babcock
Belvidere
St. Joseph Hospital
LaVonne Vogen
Gustav Vogen
Gardner
Robert Carsson
Minneapolis, Minn
Thomas
John
Karina Vaksdal
Morris
Europe
France
Norway
Arlene Jones and Robert J Pitzer Exchange Vows Here
Arlene Jones and Robert J Pitzer wed at First United Methodist Church with July ceremony. Rev Harold R Dude officiated as guests from multiple Illinois towns attended the double ring service. The couple resides Canton and both hold local alma maters and careers in broadcasting and teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Jones
Robert J. Pitzer
First United Methodist Church
Aftar
Harold R. Dude
Floyd T. Jones
Rte. 1
Dale E. Pitzer
East Moline
Constance White
Dietrich
Gerald White
Gardner
Gardner and Community News From South Wilmington Area
A Sunday reception honors Janet Bertot as she graduates from St Joseph Hospital School of Nursing Joliet. 77 attend supper at Gardner Legion Hall and Bertot begins work at St Joseph Hospital. The Sorensen reunion at South Wilmington Beach drew 95 with officers elected for next year. Community members travel to visit relatives in Illinois Iowa and Washington while others host guests and celebrate births and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Sowers
Janet Bertot
St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing
Cathedral of Saint Raymond’s Nonnatus
Joliet
Gardner Legion Hall
Sorensen
Firemen’s
Wilmington
Roy Christensen
Raymond Morris
Soren Sorensen
Wilbur O’brien
Chicago
Nels Hansen
Walnut
North Judson
Ind
Waukegan
Kankakee
Lemont, Mokena
Streator and
Gardner
Push Anticrime Program Scott Proposes Plan in Illinois
Illinois GOP attorney general candidate William J. Scott urged top priority for drafting an anticrime program funded by federal dollars. He said states must submit a plan within six months to access federal funds and recommended local aid to police pension funds and a four year state university law enforcement academy. Scott campaigns against Democrat Francis S. Lorenz.
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Chicago
Illinois
William J. Scott
GOP
Scott
Stat
Johnson
State University System
Youngblood Reemerges as Nixon Protector at Convention
Rufus Youngblood, Johnson’s famed 1963 assassination guard, reappears as a Secret Service agent guarding Richard Nixon at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Thomas L. Johns, once Johnson’s White House head, also serves, both promoted to senior Secret Service posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Johnson
Secret Service
Richard M. Nixon
Rufus Youngblood
Kennedy
Nixon
Thomas L. Johns
White House
Johns
Youngblood
Gardner South Wilmington staff noted in brief items
For several years he has been a teacher at Gardner South Wilmington High School. Mrs. Keene was music instructor at the high school and Gardner Consolidated Grade School. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Malek and Debbie returned Sunday from a two week vacation in Minnesota Montana and Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Patterson
Lisbon
United Lutheran Church
Harold Sowers
Hines Veterans Hospital
Frank Sowers
Violet Grush
Washington, D. C
Robert Kaffer
Roy Christensen
Raymond Morris
Betendorf
Iowa
Earl Kingman
Fay Lynn
Helen Gordon
Bradley
Ina Day
Frank Motta Jr
Palatine
Frank Motta
Ozark Lakes
Rollo
Lester Andersen
Karen
Karla
Wisconsin
Patrick Kenny
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Kenny
Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School
Don Brown Jr
Streator
Don Brown
Gary Clodk
South Wilmington
Thomas Perkins
Colorado
Willard Perkins
James
Denison
Tex
Edwin Keene
Lauri
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Keene
Gardner Consolidated Grade School
Edward Malek
Debbie
Minnesota
Montana
Washington State
Coal City Notes Baudino Family Reunion Draws 117
Approximately 117 members of the Baudino family gathered at the Coal City Area Club for their annual reunion. Attendees viewed a scrapbook from past reunions, played horseshoes baseball and swam. The oldest guest was Jack Baudino and the youngest Teresa Horan. Travelers from Medicine Bow Wyoming led the farthest distance, with others from Waukegan Mount Prospect Streator Kinsman Joliet and Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baudino
Coal City
Jack Baudino
Teresa Horan
Bill Higgins
Medicine Bow
Wye
Waukegan
Mt. Prospect
Streator
Kinsman
Joliet
Elva Anderson
Worth
W. P. Bennett
Robert Hanson
Lily Cache
Charles Valerio Jr
Morris
Myrtle Hanson
Heidi
George Hanson
LaVerne Barra
Marseilles
Albert Barra
Susan Guist
Oregon
John Born
No Telephone Center for Demos
CHICAGO AP A telephone message center will not be available to presidential candidates and Democratic National Convention officials because of the electrical workers strike against Illinois Bell Telephone Co The IBEW which had agreed to install equipment at the International Amphitheatre refuses to allow workers to install the center and has blocked management installations Illinois Bell said Monday The center has served every national convention since 1952 The IBEW has been on strike since May 8 and will only permit installations at the Amphitheatre not at hotels and buildings The convention opens August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Amphitheatre
Illinois Bell
IBEW
Campaign slogans cross party lines in Okanogan race
Ike Vallance and Herschel Hall filed for county commissioner in Okanogan Washington with slogans from different eras. Vallance is a Democrat using Ike references while Hall is a Republican facing similar campaign theme confusion.
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Okanogan, Wash
Ike
HHH
Okanogan County
Ike Vallance
Brewster
Eisenhower
Vallance
Herschel H. Hall
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Carlson
Plattville Notes
Lions Hall
Moon
Earth
Thomas Breecher
Charles Anderson
David Brown
Fellowship Hall of the Church
Margaret Sue Johnson
Cheryl Welch
College Friends
Bonnie Jones
Gardner Notes
Miss Bertot
Hecht
Liberty
Santa Claus
H. L. Rest
Optometrist
Liberty St
Country Companies
Gene Baldwin
Francis S. Lorenz
State Department of Public Works
Coal City Notes
Demos
Julie Andrews
Mary Tyler Moore
Carol Channing
James Fox
X Magic
Allied Artiste
Dianeys
Ip Savings & Clean
Wauponsee Street
Morris, Illinois
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