Morris district to create business manager public relations post
Morris Community High School adopts a new 1974-75 curriculum plan and votes to hire an administrator to oversee business management and public relations. Harold Sutter cites space, elective expansion, and policy changes while the board plans a 7,200 square foot steel addition and interviews Raymond Miller for the new role.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Harold Sutter
Sutter
Raymond Miller
Whiteside Area
Sterling
Miller
Morris
Barbara) Lovell
Richard Schweighart
Joy) Parnell
Stangland and Kutches
Richard Taylor
Hugo Avalos
Barragree seeks Democratic nomination for state rep
Kenneth E. Barragree announces his bid for the Democratic nomination in Illinois 43rd Legislative District. A Watseka native, he is president of the Watseka Chamber of Commerce and a partner in Austin Graphic. He supports Iroquois Valley Association and opposes converting prime farmland to sludge ponds. He and his wife Sue have two young children and attend First United Methodist Church in Watseka.
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Kenneth E. Barragree
Watseka
Barragree
University of Illinois
Eastman Kodak Co
New York City
Austin Graphic
Weather forecast and temperatures across locations
Partly cloudy tonight with diminishing winds. Low 5 to 10. Increasing cloudiness Friday with a chance of snow and a high in the 20s. Wednesday high 41 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. low 23. At 7 am today the temperature was 35, downtown Morris at 10 30 am 33. Precipitation measured at .12.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Kendall County adopts merit system and fee changes
Kendall County Board approved a sliding scale building permit rate of five, four, and three cents per square foot for successive blocks, aligning with other counties. The board also adopted a merit system for office help, set starting salaries at 95 dollars weekly, and approved a 1974 county budget of 2,082,088 dollars with a levy of 866,412 dollars. A two-lot Fox Township subdivision was accepted, Adele Reynolds hired as assistant probation officer, Robert Nelson named second assistant state's attorney, and election dates consolidated with primary and general elections.
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Yorkville
Kendall
Kendall County
Fox Township
Curtis Combs
Millington
Fox River Drive
Educational Service Region
Jean Brady
Adele Reynolds
Robert Nelson
Jerome Nelson
Oswego
Local gourmet chef stages Morris class demonstration
Roland Zwerger, German born chef, demonstrates Beef Roulader and Carrots Vichey to about 20 Morris residents in Gourmet I at Morris Community High School. He discusses training, migration to the United States in 1961, and career evolution from apprentice to executive chef with a Des Moines hotel chain.
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Roland Zwerger
Zwerger
Jan Sutter
Morris Community High School
Joliet Junior College
Germany
Fussen
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Zweiger
Italy
France
London
Scotland
United States
Zweger
U.S
Roland
Europe
Des Moines
Iowa
Wagoner named finance executive for national Scout post
H W Skip Wagoner 49 of Morris has accepted the finance executive role with the National Council Finance Service of the Boy Scouts of America. He will assist in capital fund drives for councils in the southeast starting with the East Carolina Council at Wilson North Carolina. The move includes his wife Maxine and daughter Cheri 10 relocating after arrangements. son Harold Jr and daughter-in-law Dianne stay in Coal City.
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Morris
Rainbow Council
Shabbona
H. W
Skip) Wagoner
National Council Finance Service
Boy Scouts of America
United States
East Carolina Council
Wilson
N.C
Maxine
Cheri
Coal City
Wagoner
Grundy County
Puerto Rico
Youngstown (Ohio) University
Kutztown
Morris High Plans Mock Disaster Drill With Agencies
Morris Community High School and Morris Hospital will stage a mock disaster in chemistry and physics classrooms at 10 45 a m Friday to test Morris emergency personnel. Morris police civil defense fire department and ambulance service will participate.
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Morris Community High School
Morris Hospital
Morris
Morris Police
Civil Defense
Fire Department
Ambulance Service
Burglary Investigations Sweep Morris Area
Morris police investigate three burglaries with activity at Ye Old Hobby Shop on Liberty Street where a crowbar pried wood from a bolted door. No items reported stolen and possible suspect fled west. other incidents include thefts on Washington Street and a truck break in on Bedford Road with radio and tape player taken.
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Morris
Liberty St
Dave Anthony
Alan Love
Carl Bremenkamp
Ken ‘Shannon
Anthony
Love
Robert Waters Jr
Rte. 3
W. Washington St
Paul Ehrman
Citizens
Joint bid on U S 6 project from Morris
Two Morris contractors James E. McElwain Co and Charles O'Brien Son Construction submitted the only bid on the 6 mile U S 6 improvement from Walker's corner to Morris west city limits totaling 1 038 052 62 dollars The department said a decision on award had not been made and the bid was above the estimated cost by District 3 engineer Robert H Blasius Ottawa Illinois
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Morris
James E. McElwain Co
Charles O’brien & Son Construction
Walker’s Corner
Illinois Department of Transportation
Robert H. Blasius
Department of Transportation
Ottawa
Voters Approve Ambulance Tax Across Braidwood Area
In Braidwood Godley and Reed Township residents on Wednesday approved a .25 percent tax levy for ambulance service. The measure sets 25 cents per $100 of assessed valuation as the maximum rate. At the Braidwood Fire Station 374 ballots were cast with 351 yes and 9 no, plus 14 spoiled ballots.
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Braidwood
Godley
Reed Township
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Morris Daily Herald
Knight
William Stangland
Jack Kutches
William Ferguson
MCHS
Richard Waterhouse
Gourmet
National Scout Post
Harold Jr
Dianne
State Teachers College
Steubenville
Ohio
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Chatteroux
Boy Scout Organization
Lordstown Ordnance Depot
Anger- Wagoner Egg Co
North Jackson
Moose Lodge of
FM & AM Lodge
Skip
Walter Nelson
Shel- Mar Tavern
Bedford Rd
Tim Weber
Nelson
Gerald Broderick
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