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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
2
The Morris Chapter of Lutheran Welfare will meet at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Wesley Haag. No rehearsals for Sweet Adelines lines tonight or next Monday.
Hosts and hostesses listed for pre dance parties preceding the Morris Hospital Benefit Ball at Morris Country Club include Arthur Allaben Carl Anderson Hugo Avalos Richard Bauer and many others. Will Grundy County hospital directors received special invitations to the First Annual Hospital Benefit Ball. Les Tucker singers performed in two special floor shows.
The Ma zon Community Library enters its second year with a summer read ing program for grades one through six from June 3 to July 12 enrolling 100 children. A total of 1 323 books were checked out. Bryan Thorson read 105 books, Lee Bivens 103. High school girls including Mary Finch and Pat Misener assisted, with some continuing story hour sessions for ages three to six on Tuesdays and Fridays. The program is sponsored by the Mazon Junior Woman's Club.
Summer campers formerly at Pilgrim Park and East Bay Camp includ e Patti Sutton Patti Jo Brown Lisa Gilmour Sherri Boss Laurie Witt Mark Helling Wade Helling Dale Sutton and Douglas Brown. A training school for Woman's Society of Christian Service officers in Streator listed attendees from Mazon and nearby Mrs J H Wilkinson Mrs William Lynch Mrs William Mount Mrs Lee Provance Mrs Ernest Meadors Mrs Doris Bilsborough and Mrs Vernie Small. Briefs note Mrs Loren Clithero of Sterling visited relatives here last week.
Hospital notes show multiple admissions and discharges. Admitted include Mrs Donald Jones Route 2 Harry Kern Sen eca Larry Crook Wilmington Blanchard Tesdal 618 East Chapin Street and others. Dismissed include John Barkley 1335 Liberty Street Mrs Henry Lewis South Wilmington and several transfers to Grundy County Rest Home.
Mrs. Ray Alice Morrall of Morris was guest of honor at a Sunday party for her 75th birthday held at the Seven Gables. Attending were four children Margie Welch Lombard James Jack and Gene Morrall and 13 grandchildren. She was born July 28 1893 to James and Mary Feeney.
Karen Kay Bonta of Rte. 1 has been named to Culver-Stockton College Canton Missouri Dean's List for the second semester. She earned at least a 3.5 GPA with no grade below a C while taking at least 12 credit hours.
Married Friday at 7 p.m. in Ottawa, Mrs. Marie Antonette Connors and Harold Walter Coop tied the knot at the home of Magistrate Chester P. Winsor on Union Street. Attendants were Miss Teresa Connor and Vernon G. Eichelkraut. The bridegroom is a mechanic and they will live in Ottawa.
Forty people from Michigan and towns in Illinois gathered at Gould Park for the Jacob Born family reunion. After a 1 p.m. potluck, a short business meeting set an annual reunion for the second Sunday in August. The oldest attendee was Mrs. John R. Benson of Morris and the youngest was Lisa Such of Joliet. Prizes went to several attendees and Mrs. Emery Hougas of Morris will organize the 1969 reunion.
Miss Judy Hume was guest of honor at a shower hosted by her aunt Mrs. John Brady. Attendees received corsages in yellow and green, games awarded prizes to several guests, and Miss Judy opened gifts with assistance from Shirley Johnson and Pamela Hume. The bride elect plans to wed Andrew Anderson Jr. on August 10 at the First United Methodist Church.
Miss Mickey Matteson of Ma zon was guest of honor at a bridal shower held Thursday evening at the John Gilchrist home. Hostesses were Mrs. Gilchrist Miss Jane Gilchrist and Misses Karin and Mimi Burgess. Thirty five friends and relatives attended with games and prizes. The bride elect opened gifts from turquoise decor and pink roses. Miss Matteson will wed Kris Lauritzen of Gardner on September 1.
IAPGCAA members meet at 10 30 a m Wednesday at the First Baptist Church then proceed to the summer home of Mrs Milton Carlson for a potluck dinner Each attendee brings a dish to pass.
Richard Louis Tabcatt of Bellwood and Mary Elizabeth Duland of Morris obtain marriage licenses.
Carl D. Peterson 63 former Morris resident died at Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago at 10 a.m. Sunday. He married Marjorie Hagen of Morris and is survived by son Don of Bourbonnais, daughters Joy Des Plaines Judy Rosenberger Park Forest, three grandchildren Kelly John Kyle Rosenberger, three brothers William Helena John Sandwich Russell Morris, three sisters Elinore Marvick Morris Jeannette Williams Hayward Anne Fairclough. Preceded by parents John Anna Peterson and other siblings. Visitation at Rambo Bradley with funeral 1 p.m. Tuesday and burial Memorial Gardens Kankakee Dwight. later services 10 a.m. Thursday Davis Funeral Home Rev Harry Naden officiating. burial Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs Edward Relyea aged 75 of Joliet dies after a long illness at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. Services set for 1 p m Tuesday at Coyne Funeral Home Plainfield Road Joliet with Rev Leland Roth officiating. Burial in Elmhurst Cemetery Joliet. Survivors include daughter Helen Booth and two sons George and Harold Hungerford with 14 grandchildren and three sisters.
Mrs. Lee Osmanson Ward's memorial service was held Friday evening at Rosedale Mortuary Los Angeles. Her ashes were buried beside her husband at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mrs Frank Smith 65 of Morris died this morning at Morris Hospital. Born October 16 1902 in Joliet she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Miller. She married Frank Smith in 1920 and is survived by five children including Rosemary Kencher Frank Jr Margaret Gladys and Georgann plus Gerry of Morris.
A one car crash on Illinois 460 west of Nashville killed Sherman Potts aged 5 and Steve Potts 9. The Potts family of Kirkwood Missouri sustained injuries including the parents and five other children and were hospitalized in Nashville. Police cited mechanical failure causing loss of control and impact with an embankment.
A Mexican tourist Alfredo Villareal and his pregnant wife Leticia, both 19 and 20 from Tampico, were wounded on Chicago's West Side by two youths who police believe were linked to two other shootings. The couple, walking to a movie, were shot after being asked for money.
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