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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
4
Proceeds from a Coal City Woman's Club Christ mas Bazaar will support the Community Library building fund. A Walk Down Christmas Lane will be shown from 1 to 5 pm Saturday at the Coal City Lions Hall with bakery candy coffee and tea ornaments and gifts for children.
Tuesday to Saturday listings show numerous meetings across Cedar Lodge and surrounding groups. Includes AF AM, Women of the Moose, Woman's Relief Corps, Presbyterians, Methodists, American Legion posts, VFW Auxiliary, Eight and Forty, and church associations with potlucks, programs, and Christmas activities.
Hospital notes show visiting hours from 2 to 8 p.m. Admitted include Loring Vickers and several residents by address. A birth is recorded for Kenneth Olson and spouse in Minooka, a baby boy born at 7 44 a.m. Monday. Discharges include Mrs. Thomas Bennington and twin boys and multiple others by various routes.
Mrs. Joe Casolari presented Black Forest Cherry Cake Rouladen and Obst Torte at the Morris Woman’s Club. Plans were made for a Channahon Boys Camp party while refreshments were served by a long list of hostesses.
Lutheran Welfare Auxiliary met at Bethlehem Lutheran Church for a potluck Christmas dinner. The Disciples, a church youth group, presented a program. Names of needy people were given to members to compile a Christmas list.
Den 4 Pack 475 met at the den mother’s home for a short meeting then toured City Hall with Police Chief Donald Ward who demonstrated radios and squad car equipment. Troop 471 meetings covered hike safety, a Shabbona trail hike, quick stretcher demos, splints and bandages, with upcoming spaghetti dinner ticket sales at the Eagles Hall for troop funds. Geoffrey Seiber served as troop scribe.
The annual Christmas tea will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the church fellowship hall. The program, Christmas and the Fine Arts, features dance, vocal and instrumental music and paintings. Mrs Gordon Gregg will show slides of Morris Public Library pictures and explain loan access. All members and friends invited.
Morris Night Unit of GCHE held its annual Christmas dinner at the Colonial House with 22 members and four guests. After dinner Mrs Esgar reviewed a short Christmas story at the Farm Bureau auditorium, then sang carols and exchanged gifts. The next meeting is Jan 5 at the Colonial House hosted by Mrs Marion Osmanson.
The WSCS of the United Methodist Church cancels its regular Wednesday meeting due to the annual bazaar and smorgasbord. The Church Women plan a Christmas program led by Mrs Loyal Reader at the United Church of Christ with Mrs Dennis Platt and Mrs Reader as hostesses. The Helping Hand Class elected officers led by Mrs Bernard Shostrom with Mrs Scott Lynch as vice president and Mrs Don Misener as treasurer. Mrs Vernie Small will help pack cheer boxes on Dec 16. The next meeting is a Christmas party at Mrs Fred Foster's on Dec 30 with Mrs Leonard Hanson as assisting hostess. Pollyannas will be revealed then. A solar period was led by Mrs Shostrom with awards to Mrs Kenneth Pfeifer, Mrs Foster and Mrs J H Wilkinson. Lunch followed served by hostesses. Briefs note visits by Mr Thomas Meadors and Mr and Mrs Dean Meadors and infant daughter of Champaign to the home of Mr and Mrs Earnest Meadors.
The Woman's Bible Class met Friday afternoon at the United Methodist Church fellowship hall for a social event. Mrs Dagmar Moberg served a dessert lunch while Mrs Edwin Kelch led devotions and Mrs George Elgar presented a report on Women of the Bible. One guest and 14 members answered roll with a Bible verse. 34 sick visits were reported. The next meeting is scheduled for December 19 and will include a gift exchange.
Eternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Sorensen, all of Gardner.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Huston of Gardner are parents of a son born Monday at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Chester Huston and maternal grandparents are listed in the report.
Winston J. Lebegue, 61, of Seneca, died Monday morning in Manteno. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home Morris with Rev. Willard Giese officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Seneca. Visitation is 7 to 10 p.m. today at Davis Funeral Home. He was born May 21, 1908 in Oglesby, son of Julius and May Lebegue. He attended Seneca schools and graduated from Seneca High School. Surviving is a brother Harold of rural Morris, plus several nieces and nephews. A sister preceded him in death.
Loyd Carpenter 75 of San Bernardino California died when a fishing boat capsized in the Fulton Sea near Palm Springs. His companion also drowned. He is survived by his wife Frances three daughters several grandchildren a great granddaughter and two sisters Emma Thayer Chicago and Mrs Griggs Morris. Born in Morris he had lived in California about 28 years.
Allan M. Enger 64 formerly of Morris died Sunday in Weiss Memorial Hospital Chicago after a brief illness. Funeral at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Finland Chapel with Rev John Baxter officiating burial in Saratoga Cemetery Visitation at service. Born August 11 1905 in Morris he was a son of Martin and Stena Enger. Survived by sister Etta Davis Clearwater Florida and brother Clyde Enger Morris.
Local notes list numerous Illinois households hosting relatives during Thanksgiving. Families from Joliet, Dwight, Morris, Dwight, Mazon, Streator, Coal City, Pontiac, and Seneca shared meals with relatives at homes in Joliet, Dwight, and surrounding towns, with several extended gatherings and weekend visits.
A pound of shelled almonds yields about 3 cups while a pound of shelled pecans yields about 4 cups and a pound of shelled walnuts yields about 4 cups.
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