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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1960
Page
5
MAZON Cub Pack 477 held its May meeting in the grade school with a potluck dinner. Each boy received his registration card for 1960. Douglas Harford earned the lion badge and Junior Isham received the gold and silver arrows under the lion badge. Baseball was played for recreation.
Four month old Susan Raelene Byers daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Byers Coal City was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran church by Rev L G Hinderaker. Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Harvey Hunley Waukegan. Mother formerly Judy Ammons of Morris.
James P. McNulty of St. Paul testified against the acquisition as a representative of 400 000 former cooperative members across Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho Wyoming and Washington. Indications are that the hearing may end today or Thursday.
Janet Mary Lindenmuth and Robert Martin Lindenmuth wed at 11 a m Saturday in Immaculate Heart of Mary church Chicago. The ceremony featured Girl Scouts as singers and guard of honor, with a chantilly lace gown, crystal rosary, and white rose bouquet. A reception followed and the couple, who plan a Florida honeymoon, will reside in Chicago.
Calendar lists the Eight and Forty Society at Legion Home 6 30 p m. Methodist Senior choir rehearsa l at the church 7 15 p m. VFW Auxiliary meets post home 8 p m. Norman Homemakers club meets with Mrs John Stuckey 2 p m. American Legion post meeting Legion home 8 p m. Iapgeaa meets with Mrs C M Hodney 7 30 p m. Ladies Aid at Grace Lutheran 2 p m. Bethlehem Lutheran Ladies Aid at the church 1 30 p m. Grundy County Home Bureau executive board at Miss Nora Bares office 1 30 p m. Sunday Erienna school picnic Goold Park noon.
Admission includes John R. Henderson and several residents from Morris Liberty Street and Coal City. A birth is recorded for Clifford Hieser's family a boy born at 9 02 a.m. today. Discharges include Wayne De Grush Nora Starks Georgia Klinker and others.
Senate whip profiles his legislative record and 12 years as a lawmaker to bolster a bid for the high bench. In the 6th District spanning 12 northern counties, fallout from the GOP March convention may aid Solfisburg. Rockford residents chafe at Justice Davis not being renominated. Knight’s backers rely on Winnebago County support as Davis rode a Republican 3 to 1 margin five years ago. Knight, 72, headed the Illinois Industrial Commission under Governor Stevenson.
At a news conference Chairman J William Fulbright said NASA U2 flights largely study air turbulence and weather data. A weather aircraft based in Turkey remains missing after the incident.
In Jacksonville Florida a Lee High School teacher excused class to allow visiting educators to question students about school conditions. Students cited lack of books in the library as a major problem and said they often had to use the public library instead.
Thomas Meadors of Mazon is listed as a patient in room 181 at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet.
Moscow reports U S Navy hydro plane violated Soviet waters by flying over an icebreaker in the Bering Sea at 300 feet. It says an American plane buzzed a Soviet steamer in the Sea of Japan on May 27 and notes several flights over Soviet merchant ships from May 23 to 25 in the Mediterranean, Sea of Japan, and Pacific.
Mrs. Michael J Sheedy 85 died at Ryburn Memorial hospital Ottawa at 12 20 a m She had been ill three weeks Her body in Pfeffer Funeral home callers after 7 p m Rosary 8 p m Thursday Funeral 9 30 a m Friday St Patrick church Rev Edmond Blough burial Calvary cemetery Sheedy born Sept 18 1874 Brookfield Twp married 1895 to Michael Sheedy He died 1957 Survived by three sons Edgar Charles Seneca Joseph Peoria daughter Rosemary Seneca two sisters Emily Moran Odell Two grandchildren five great grandchildren preceded in death by two sons brothers and a sister.
Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Treasure Gardner, 105, died Saturday at London Mills. Service was held Tuesday in Canton with burial at Round Grove cemetery near Campus. She was born in Wales on December 27 1854 and married George Treasure in 1878. Survived by three daughters a son and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
The group notes the public library lacks desired resources and they must travel to Jacksonville University or the University of Florida in Gainesville, about 70 miles away. They protest that teachers restrict their independence and say seniors should think for themselves.
The eighth grade class at Kinsman school recently graduated. notables include Elaine Ahearn Karen Bunton Jeffery Coveny Dolores Drinan Pat Harty John Jones Richard Pierce Randy Thompson and Joe White. Community members hosted gatherings and visits over Memorial Day and summer events as families celebrated graduates and socialized at homes and local churches.
MAZON Elbert R Sellers 22 Aurora ticketed 80 mph in a 65 mph zone on Route 47 failed to appear and paid 40 dollars plus costs after a warrant issued by Justice Hosea F Johnson. Other motorists paid varying fines including Sassenger 10 Wilder 15 Garcia 10 James 14 Ferrell 10 Desmore 12 Shumaker 10 Huffman 19 with charges of speeding and court costs noted.
A cabbage looper is identified as a climbing cutworm that devastates cabbages. It is described as 80 Sotter for having lost a pair of legs and reaches cabbages by looping.
The text notes two theories from Europe and the United States about the origin of the name. In Europe berries were threaded on straws for market delivery while in the United States straw beds protected berries from rapid temperature shifts.
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