Miss Caisley Honored At Luncheon Ahead Of Wedding
Jean Caisley was guest of honor at a pre nuptial dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs Allen Holler and Mrs Henry Burgess in Mazon. The event featured Romance Bridge with duplicate prizes won by Mrs William Carlson and Miss Caisley. A gift was presented to the bride to be who will wed Hector Chabut on December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Caisley
Allen Holler
Mazon
Henry Burgess
Miss Caisley
William Carlson
Caisley
Hector Chabut
Local Briefs Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel
Felix Notes reports social visits as Joliet residents Mr. and Mrs Richard Blaskie spent Sunday at the Farcus home. Pichon couple enjoyed the weekend at daughter Raymond Van Buskirk’s in Fithian. Barra family visited relatives in Peoria. Ray Brunner from Payson arrived after attending the funeral of his mother in Marshall Arkansas, his wife remaining in Arkansas. Mrs Braddock of Eldorado arrived to spend holidays with relatives Schultz and Keevers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Blaskie
Joliet
Richard Farcus
Felix Pichon
Raymond van Buskirk
Fithian
Albert Barra
Peoria
Ray Brunner
Payson
Ariz
Fred Brunner
John Harrell
Marshall, Ark
Arkansas
Robert Braddock
Eldorado
William Schultz
William Keevers
Wednesday calendar notices at VFW and Legion Halls
Post meeting at 8 p.m. in VFW Hall. Beulah Rebecca Lodge 265 meets at 7 30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VEW Post
VFW Hall
Beulah Rebecca Lodge
American Legion Hall
Holly tree features thorny base leaves to deter animals
A holly tree may grow thorny leaves at its base to discourage animals from eating it. This natural defense helps protect the plant in its early growth stages.
Hospital Notes Admit and Discharge List
Admitted Roy Enger of Route 1. Discharged Mrs. Robert Armstrong Morris Miss Gail Bounds Route 3 transferred to Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago Mrs. Melvin Thompson 616 West Ave transferred to Lincoln Nursing Home Mrs. Harold Rowland and son 415% E. Jefferson St Jesse Baker Seneca Russell Bell Route 1 Joe Foster Griggs Drive Robert Roth Yorkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Armstrong
Morris
Gail Bounds
Rte. 3
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Melvin Thompson
West Ave
Lincoln Nursing Home
Harold Rowland
East Central pledge drive adds 111 to Sigma Kappa
Miss Pam Gohen of 722 E Benton St was pledged by Sigma Kappa at Eastern Illinois University Charleston. The formal rush brought 111 new pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Gohen
E. Benton St
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Minooka Groups Travel Africa in Fund Drive Event
Minooka Methodist senior MYF and St. Marys CYO plan caroling on Friday night followed by refreshments and Africa slides shown by Helen Coyne. Dick Coyne, Peace Corps chemistry teacher in Ghana, aids Akrokerri Teacher Training College and village high school construction funded by Tri County Bank support. Channahon and Minooka MYF and St Marys CYO sponsored a Nov 10 dance that raised 244.95 for the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Channahon
Minooka Myf’s
St. Mary’s Cyo
Kinsman Bridge Club Dinner and Snow Ball Queen crowned
The Kinsman Bridge Club met for noon dinner at the Lodge in Dwight. Awards went to Mrs. Vince Carey Mrs. Dick Prin diville Mrs. Ray Drinan Mrs. Wilfred Harty and Mrs. William Slattery. Mary Kay Drinan crowned Snow Ball Queen at Mt St Clare Academy winter semiformal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinsman Bridge Club
Dwight
Vince Carey
Dick Prindiville
Ray Drinan
Wilfred Harty
William Slattery
Georg Rodosky
Mary Kay Drinan
Donald Drinan
Kinsman
Mt. St. Clare Academy
Drinan
Academy
GAA
Home
Nan Harty
Mt. St. Clare
Clinton
Iowa
Donald Ahearn
Jeanne Coughlin
Northern Illinois University
Mary Beth Voigts
Clark
Dubuque
Eileen Miller
Rodney Baudino
University of Illinois
Betty Dunn
Bradley
Sharon Drinan
Mt. Prospect
Robert Voigts
Pontiac
Elaine Ahearn
Milwaukee
Joan Maier
Janet Philan
Chicago
House Panel Backs Freedom Academy Bill Despite Opposition
The House Committee on Un-American Activities approved a bill to create a Freedom Academy run by a Freedom Commission with 228500 in executive salaries. Opponents from State and Defense depts criticized the plan as unnecessary and objectionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State
Defense Departments
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Freedom Academy
Freedom Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
House
John C. Culver
Iowa
Freedom
Culver
Senate
Congress
Defense Department
Paul C. Warnke
Department of State
William B. Macomber Jr
Congressional Relations
Department
United States
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
Young Spacemen Seek Backyard Longevity Record
In Cochran Georgia two youths Kenneth Davis aged 13 and John Grantham aged 12 crawl into a make believe space capsule in Davis back yard to conduct a longevity test hoping to set an earthbound record as Santa nears Christmas Eve.
Mazon Notes Class Holds Dinner Christmas Potluck
The Mary Elizabeth Davies Class met at United Church of Christ for a Christmas themed potluck. Officers announced include Miss Myrtle Misener as president and Mrs. Dennis Platt as vice president. Members planned program books and hospitality duties for the year and enjoyed poetry readings and a Christmas story. A next meeting date and several holiday gatherings in Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia were noted along with a 30 day furlough for Davy Joe Welsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Davies
United Church of Christ
Myrtle Misener
Helen Steiner Rice
Miss Misener
Dennis Platt
Garland Dransfeldt
Ardine Klinefelter
Otto Grieff
Guy Lowery
Gordon Bell
Joan Gilchrist
Dransfeldt
Gladys Misener
Effie Johnson
Mail Via Ocean Sent From Honolulu Vessel Cans
Capt. Eugene S. Swanson found two gallon cans painted red and yellow on the ocean front near his home. The cans bore the instruction please post mail inside and appeared to have been mailed by crewmen aboard the SS Mobil Meridian about 250 miles off Honolulu. The return address listed Beaumont, Texas, the ship's home port. The letters were airmailed to their addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Eugene S. Swanson
Beaumont
Tex
Divorces Granted in Morris County
Sheila Ann Blair and Wayne Blair of Morris obtain divorce on mental cruelty grounds. Dianne R. Ward and Theo dore R. Ward of Morris obtain divorce on cruelty grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Ann Blair
Wayne Blair
Morris
Dianne R. Ward
Theodore R. Ward
Johnson's Secret Thai Visit Touched U.S. Airmen
President Johnson met U.S. airmen at the Thai air force base near Bangkok after arriving from Australia. He awarded medals to several airmen, spoke a Christmas message to pilots at dawn, and briefly rested before addressing about 3 000 airmen on a floodlit flight line. Reports noted possible plans to visit Rome to confer with Pope Paul VI on Vietnam peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Johnson
Bangkok
Australia
Harold E. Holt
Vietnam
Thailand
Vatican City
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Khorat
Christmas services at St Thomas Episcopal Church schedule
Special morning and vesper services begin with a 4:30 p.m. vesper at St Thomas Episcopal Church. Holy Eucharist is set for 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. with a church school and coffee hour at 10 a.m. A 4 p.m. youth choir Christmas program and an 11:30 p.m. Mass follow. Christmas Day Mass is 10 a.m. and Holy Eucharist is at 9:30 a.m. on St Stephen’s, St John’s, and Holy Innocents Holy Days, plus 7:30 p.m. service on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
St. Stephen
St. John and
Holy Innocents
Bank of America Robbery Leaves Bank Employee Laying On Floor
A man wielding a hand grenade robbed a Bank of America branch in San Diego of 23800 dollars. All 16 employees lay on the floor while the lending officer emptied cash into a duffel bag. Police later found a grenade pin, suggesting the weapon was a dud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Bank of America
John Torniessen
Obituary for Jay C. Wilson 75 funeral held today
Funeral services for Jay C. Wilson, 75, were held at 10 a.m. today at Davis Funeral Home with Rev. David F. Zimmerman officiating. Pallbearers included John Mac Donald Jr Frank Hoge William Strum Russell Johnson Phillip C. Collins and Clement Dissette. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay C. Wilson
Davis Funeral Home
David F. Zimmerman
John MacDonald Jr
Frank Hoge
William Strum
Russell Johnson
Phillip C. Collins
Clement Dissette
Evers Green Cemetery
Plattville Churches Plan Holiday Services and Visits
Candlelight service at the Methodist Church Sunday at 7 p.m. The festival worship at 10 a.m. Monday at Plattville Lutheran Church led by Rev Ver non Tweedt. Sunday School canceled. Prayer service 10 15 a.m. and worship at 10 30 a.m. Mrs Arthur Jones of Woodbury N J visits relatives in Plattville. Joyce Tweedt a Augustana Academy senior returns home for holidays with Rev Vers non T Tweedt family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Tweedt
Plattville Lutheran Church
Arthur Jones
Woodbury
N. J
William Jones
Church Road
Joyce Tweedt
Augustana Academy
Canton
S. C
Vers Non T. Tweedt
Jonathan
Gloria
Stephen
Speeding Ticket Issued for 40 in 25 Zone
Dennis A. Cameron, 18, of Seneca, cited at 9:25 a.m. Friday on Union St for speeding 40 mph in a 25 zone. He must appear at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 in magistrate court as directed by Morris City Policeman Glenn Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis A. Cameron
Seneca
Union St
Cameron
Morris City
Glenn Johnson
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Rte. 1
College Campus News
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Topper Toy
Tyco Daredevil
Bridge Club
Wilbur Juhl
Fremont
Minnie Lutke
Pekin
William Juhl
Milner
Elmer Juhl
A. J. Sodeni
Kankakee
Edwin Schmidt
Francis Dunn
Joe Drinan
Robert Carey
Joe Lowery
Disneys
Technicolor
Felix Salten
Web
Okays
New Freedom Academy Bill
Young
Fred Grieff
Hughie Leake
Verona
Vernon DeGrush
Keith DeGrush
Rantoul
Tony Gang
Dale Matteson
California
Floyd Grieff
Charlotte
Alexandria
Lyle Grieff
Keith Muzzerelli
Wilmington
Wilkinson
Robert Wilkinson
Griffith
Ind
Davy Joe Welsh
Red Star Arsenal
Huntsville
Ocean
Office OF
Herbert L. Best
Liberty Street
Coats
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Plattville Notes
Paul Cable
E. Jefferson
Coleil
Maxwell House
Kodak
Film
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