Peace Lutheran to Dedicate New Morris Church Building
Bishop Ehme Osterbur will attend the dedication on Lisbon Road with a 9 am service and 2 to 5 pm open house. He will greet guests at 3 pm as Peace congregation of Morris unveils a 250 baptized members from 80 families. The service includes Pastor Harold Nelson and Rev. Leonard Hinderaker, with choirs from Peace and St. Mark Lindenhurst. Bethlehem Lutheran Morris and Illinois District support the mission drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Lutheran of
Morris
Ehme Osterbur
Lisbon Road
Osterbur
Illinois
Harold Nelson
Leonard Hinderaker
Peace Congregation
James Watters
St. Mark
Lindenhurst
Charles Backhus
Word
Bethlehem Lutheran of
N. E. Conference
New Peace Lutheran
Morris Public Library trustees delay bonuses discussion
Library trustees postponed action on Christmas bonuses for Morris Public Library employees citing lack of an employee list. They adjourned to an executive session on bonuses and later reconsidered, with concerns about legality and past practices of gifts funded from donations rather than taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Public Library
Hugo Avalos
Avalos
Gary
Linda) Schultz
Schultz
Fred Schaefer
Luzetta Hutchinson
Library Board
Debbie Trotter
Capture at tavern burglary ends with three suspects held
Alertness by two Grundy County sheriff's deputies early this morning led to the capture of three burglary suspects at a tavern. Investigators say the deputies responded to reports of a break in and located the trio hiding in the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Sheriff's Deputies
Burglary Arrests Linked to Bar I Plus III Case
In a dawn burglary at Bar I Plus III on Grand Ridge Rd near Verona deputies arrested Carl D. Krentkowski 22 Oak Forest and later detained William S. Krentowski 23 and Buddy E. Hawkins 26. Others, John J. Krentkowski 23 and Larry E. Hawkins 24 of Oak Forest, were arrested after ISPERN dispatch. Bond set at 50000. Several suspects held awaiting court. coins and cigarettes recovered. Also notes siren malfunction and Mendota death from a Sunday crash near Troy Grove.
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Grand Ridge Rd
Verona
Gary Phillips
Charles Marketti
Thomas Walker
Walker
Marketti
Carl D. Krentkowski
Oak Forest
Ron Fox
James Olson
Evert Poyner
Curt Leach
Coal City
James White
Greg Hummel
Seneca
Les Loucks
Marseilles
Jim Hollenbeck
Poyner
Det
Fox
Sgt
Leach
William S. Krentowski
Buddy E. Hawkins
Ispern
District 5
Phillips
John J. Krentkowski
Larry E. Hawkins
Vahey
R. Cieszynski
R. Pillot
M. Shaughnessy
M. Jensen
John Krentkowski
Larry Hawkins
Grundy County
Fox and
Olson
Morris
Robert Wren
Richard Wilder
Plan for Saratoga Tower residency heats up in Grundy County
Grundy County Housing Authority Executive Director Tracy Adcock reports 105 preliminary registrations for Saratoga Tower, with 92 eligible by age and income and four more in board review. Of the 81 county applicants, 68 are women, 81 from Morris and nearby towns, average age about 73 and rent $58 monthly, with interviews to determine assets. Interviews may filter out about 20 percent, leaving 80 percent of residents identified. Moving in by mid December targeted, with furniture by Dec 8 and draperies finishing soon.
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Grundy County
Adcock
Morris
Coal City
Gardner
Minooka
Mazon
Kinsman
Wilmington
Housing Authority Board
LaSalle County Housing Authority
Joseph Bickel
Dresden Acres
ACC
Earl Bowman
Bureau of Environmental Science
Illinois Department of Transportation
George St
Illinois 47
Three injured in U S 6 crash near Joliet
A Joliet woman and two children were hurt in a two vehicle crash on U S 6 at the Caterpillar Plant near Joliet about 3 30 p m Monday. Nancy Engelman 18 was ticketed for failure to yield at a stop sign. Readman 59 was treated and released. Both vehicles were towed to Manor Service Station.
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Wilmington
U.S
Joliet
Margaret Clark
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph
Gaynor Ambulance Service
Miss Engelman
Illinois
Readman
U.S. 6
Manor
Interstate 55
Road land condemnation hearing in Grundy County
Jurors hear testimony in the Illinois Department of Transportation suit against Fred and Mrs. Jeanne Zabel over land needed for Interstate 55. Real estate appraiser Richard Taylor testified about the farm’s value from 1971 and 1972. judge barred his older opinion. The land comprises 180 acres in one parcel and 80 acres in another. 13.71 acres may be acquired for the project.
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Grundy County
Illinois Department of Transportation
Fred
Jeanne Zabel
Goodfarm Township
Richard Taylor
Rte. 3
Robert Malmquist
Taylor
Department of Transportation
Barry Hynd
Three Men Charged in Morris Car Theft Case
Morris and Hobart police charged three men including Fredrick Dokey and Anthony Lotz with felony theft after a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette stolen from Morris on Nov. 21 was found being worked on in a Hobart garage. Robert Foster, 22, was also charged. bond set at 10000 dollars.
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Morris
Hobart
Ind
Eagle
Robert Lynes
Fredrick Dokey
Burbank
Anthony Gregg Lotz
Hickory Hills
Grundy County
Robert Foster
Alan Williams
W. George Sr
Eagle Lot
Lynes
Dokey and Lotz
Williams
Dokey
Lotz
Indiana
Official to talk on highway project improvements
A Division of Highways representative from the Illinois Department of Transportation will review Illinois 47 improvements affecting adjacent land before the Morris Planning Commission at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the First National Bank of Morris. Planners also will review the home occupations section of the zoning ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois 47
Division of Highways
Illinois Department of Transportation
Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
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Gary Schultz
Schlutz
IBM
Bur Oak
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Civil Defense
Joe Temple
Mendota, Ill
UPI
Constance Rhea
Mendota
Mendota Community Hospital
Troy Grove
Zimmerman's
Liberty
Robert Chitwood
Plan Complex
Saratoga Tower
Forest City
Dillon Project
Darrell Deem
Deem
Dillon
Saratoga Towers
Social Security
Charles Livingston Adcock
Livingston
Morris City
Wallace
Bud'’ Burroughs
John Verbolio
Vernon DeGrush
James Stine
al Pilch
Morris Daily Herald
1-80 Control
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
IVSW
Richard
Carol) Johnson
Jack King
Georgia Wilcoxen
I-80 Control
John
Ellen) Hanson
James Peterson
Ivsw Board of Directors
Gerald
Jeanne) Zaccagnini
I-80
1VSW
F.J
Ruth) Nelson
Raymond
Marge) Kopczick
Gordon Foss
Ed Connor
Herald
Paul Ehrman
Carl Bremenkamp
Morris Post Office
United States
Foster
Dee Ee
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