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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1957
Page
3
Betty Lou Thompson and Patrick Malone wed on December 21 in Bethany Evangelical Lutheran church Chicago. The bride, employed at the Ordnance Ammunition Command near Joliet, wore a pink sheath dress with black accessories and orchid corsage. The groom is a coach and teacher at Newark Community High School.
Miss Georgia McCluckie was guest of honor at a Sunday afternoon pre-nuptial shower at Mrs. Alfred Walker’s home. About 25 guests attended games with awards to the bride to be, and gifts were given along with a refreshments table centered by cut flowers.
Morris Country club members plan a New Year's Eve dancing party for members and guests from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. A buffet lunch will be served and favors will be provided for all attendees.
Calendar lists Eagles regular meeting at Eagles hall 8 p m Monday. Saratoga Home Bureau unit meeting with Mrs Henry Harper postponed to Jan 8. No Methodist choir rehearsal this week. Mazon Royal Neighbors town hall 7 30 p m Thursday. American Legion dinner honoring past commanders Legion home 6 30 p m. V F W Auxiliary meets Vets home 8 p m. Norman Homemakers with Mrs George Storey 1 30 p m. Installation of officers Baptist church Fellowship hall 7 30 p m. Friday American Legion auxiliary at Legion home 8 p m.
Mr and Mrs Norman Edmunds with Shirley Hill and Linda Swanson returned Sunday from Milwaukee where they attended the Saturday wedding of Nelia Perrine and Kenneth Bacon. Hill served as brides maid for Perrine, her former Chicago school roommate.
ADMITTED list includes Theodore Estensen Morris Fred Harrington 1007 E Washington St Mrs Henry Borens Morris Carl Woelfel 916 Fremont Ave Mavis Foster 733 Second Ave Mrs Jennie Foss 916 Fremont Ave George McLaughlin 715 E Washington St Charles William Reader Coal City Kathleen Curran Dwight Thomas Carpenter Coal City Mary Sue Kunkel Newark. BIRTHS report a girl to Robert and wife Minooka at 12 41 p m Sunday a boy to Philip Thompson Gardner a girl to Harry Leasure Morris a girl to Donald Swanson 1336 Division St a girl to Ralph Spangler Dwight at 7 07 a m today. DISMISSED Robert Holderson 725 E Jefferson St Lyle Paulson Dwight Pamela Shoemaker 325 E Benton St Mrs Paul Hann 732 Second Ave Baby boy Tesdal Rve 3 Morris Mrs Sigurd Sampson Seneca Edwin L Arneson 218 E Jackson St Darrell Johnson 316 E Jackson St Mrs Margaret Bard Braidwood.
Three Morris hospital births dated Aug 1 were omitted from the article listing 1957 births. The families are Mr and Mrs Jesse Carter Gardner a boy Mr and Mrs Joseph Lamaj 10642 Fulton St a girl and Mr and Mrs William Laing 901 Douglas St a boy.
Measurements indicate a section of Antarctic ice reaching a depth of 9750 feet, highlighting extreme subsurface thickness in a monitored zone. Researchers note the finding as part of ongoing ice sheet assessments and satellite surveys.
Fifty members and guests of Morris High School Class of 1937 met at Morris County Club on Friday night for their 20th anniversary. Mrs. George Baum received a corsage as guest of honor. Lyle Monson chaired a toast, and letters from absent graduates and teachers were read.
Prices for New Year celebrations varied by city with luxury venues in Chicago charging up to 24.60 per person for steak dinners and entertainment while New York City venues like the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room listed 37.50 and the Stork Club 15. Other cities posted open house policies or modest covers such as Detroit at 10 and Elmwood Casino at 7.50 with dinners and shows.
In Seymour near Champaign County two young men died and three others were injured when a car rammed a railroad crossing signal. Victims named are John S. McMillan 19 and Richard Moore 24. Driver John Royse 20 had a broken jaw. Police said speed and loss of control may have caused the 2 40 a m crash.
President Carlos P. Garcia was sworn in in Manila for a four year term and pledged to strengthen ties with the United States.
Clarence Pat Riley 59 died near here Friday. Funeral held at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 a.m. officiated by Rt. Rev. Msgr E P McDonough with Mrs J H Telfer as musician. Burial in Mt. Carmel cemetery. Survived by wife Angela four daughters three grandchildren a brother and three sisters. He was WWI veteran with overseas service.
Funeral services for Emil Fischer age 76 who died at home Friday were held at 2 p.m. today in Davis Funeral Home with Rev H C Mon inaus presiding. Mrs Carl Pierce and Mrs Lester Sullivan sang with Mrs John J Peterson at the organ. Pallbearers included Joseph Esslinger Willard Olson Frank D Condon James Stine Nels P Nelson Thomas Larson Lars Larson and A W Finfrock. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs Edward Peters aged 81 of Rutland Avenue Marseilles died in Ryburn Memorial Hospital Ottawa at 7 30 p m Saturday Funeral services will be held at Sears Campbell Funeral Home Marseilles at 2 p m Tuesday Surviving are five sons Joseph H Morris Henry William all of Marseilles Ray and Roy of Ottawa Preceded in death by her husband two sons and two daughters
Police say 39 year old auto mechanic Fred C. Reece admitted shooting Jarell Kersey 23 a boarder in the Reece home after a confrontation when he found his wife Louise with Kersey in the house all three had been drinking Reece was held without charge as investigations continued
Caroline Stott wed Kenneth Bell and Jean Ann Holderman wed Wilfred Robinson in a local ceremony. The 1957 yearbook style notice lists two marriages in January with brief details and names.
Darlene Elberts and Kenneth Eddings wed in Coal City. Dorothy Donahoe and William Zimmerman wed here. Betty Bradley and Harold Nelson wed in Spring Valley.
Alice Cameron and David Sullivan wed locally, with Louise Watson and Jim Ramsey also uniting in marriage at the same venue.
Dolores Thorson and Charles West wed in Stavanger Nancy Holm and Clarence Dinger wed in South Wilmington Elizabeth Neylon and Robert Trotter wed at Hillsboro Myrtle Bankert and William Broderick wed here Mary Gwarney and Paul Baum wed here Joetta Bruce and Irving Roseland wed here
May weddings listed include Annette Zambon and George Schock in Coal City Shirley Feeney and John Micetich here Barbara Webb and Glen Bright here Delores Parish and Eugene Alsing here Lois Mae Sutton and Charles Adkins here
Reported wedding notices list couples such as Shirley Spolarich with Shad er ic McCawley in Coal City and Barbara Cherrie with Joseph Pavnica in Coal City. Other ceremonies occur in Nebraska Wil mington Minooka Gard ner and here with multiple couples named in public notices.
Readable wedding notices list couples Anna Knudson and John Kurtz in Plattville Barbara Todd and Dale Thompson in Minooka Doris Olson and Richard Olson in DeKalb Joyce Kilmer and Daniel Oberholtzer in Mazon Martha Jean Dalziel and John J. Kegley in Braidwood Eunice Peterson and Wilfred in August noting multiple unions in various communities.
The Morris Daily Mercury lists multiple 1957 weddings across Illinois towns including Joliet Springfield Coal City Mazon Gardner Morris and Morris again. Notable pairs include Karen Smith and James Washburn Dorothy Magnuson and Robert Higgins Anne Hutchings and Charles Linington Jr. and Josephine Prombo with Robert Johnson.
A compilation of marriage notices lists couples wed in various locations including Verona Joliet Coal City Pennsylvania Dwight Dwight Evanston Lisbon Minnesota and Minnesota. Names include Beverly Harla cher and Virgil Greene Leona Richard and Robert Stull Jane Constantine and Allan Hoffman Judith Waters and Robert Novy Darlene Bretto and Bruce Trotter Betty Dudley and Anthony Cheshareck Barbara Spander and Francis Gazzolo among others.
Kay Johnson and Andrew Veranda wed in Coal City. Sue Spieler and Leo Hauge wed at Lisbon. Barbara MclIntosh and Kenneth Brooks wed in Morris.
The page records multiple marriage notices including Sharon Richardson with Gerald Enger in Morris Ann Brooks with Bennie Sklut in Joliet Ina Hanson with Norman Collegarus in Dwight Judith Allen with Ralph E Lee in Hawaii Kay Pickles with Joe Bexson in South Wilmington Lorraine Testa with Edward A Cody in Coal City Rita Coughlin with Thomas Slatterly in Kinsman Bonnie Shostrom with Eugene Grudis in Kinsman
A marriage announcement notes JoAnn Rita Marietta and Richard Klover exchanged vows in Coal City in December. The ceremony marked the union of the couple with a simple ceremony and local family in attendance.
William B Drury 23 of Lockport and Deanna G Lathrop 20 of Joliet obtain marriage licenses in a local civil registry. The records list both applicants as prepared for nuptial filings with customary formalities.
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