Community society notes and weddings in Joliet area
Local groups report officers named for Fight and Forty society at Legion home. Mrs Tillie Davis reelected chapeau. other officers listed. W.B.A meeting hosted at Mrs Pugh’s home with games and a planned July picnic. Marley Brust wedding planned for July 23 in Minooka Methodist church with attendants. Verona Woman's Club session elected officers and planned vacation roll call. Presbyterian Women met for lunch and heard a sermon on The Old Testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie Davis
Chapeau
Fight and Forty Society
Legion Home
Nettie Weidner
Petit Chapeau
Ray Kindelspire
Chapeau Premiere
Fred Bright
Chateau Deuxieme
Russell Higgins
L’archiviste
Evelyn Osmonson
L’aumonier
C. A. Shaw
la Secretaire
Amy McNabb
la Secretaire Caissiere
Clair Doss
la Surintendante
Suiper
Weitz Cafe
E. T. Pugh
W.B.A
Glenn Johnson
Marley-Brust
Minooka
Merle Brust
Paw Paw
Joliet
Helen Lowene
Gordon D. Murley
Maurice Murley
Minooka Methodist Church
William Bailey
Leslie Fox
Verona
Verona Woman's Club
R. A. Hollenbeck
Alex Lyon
Walter Hanley
Edmund Walsh
John Ott
Presbyterian
Woman's Association of the Presbyterian Church
William G. Barthelmes
Kermit Wheeler
Charles Mitchell
Morris
Paul Wright
Elwood Presbyterian Church
Chicago Theological Seminary
Nettle Creek Community Club Picnic Planned at School Grounds
The Nettle Creek Community club plans a picnic Sunday at 1 p.m. on school grounds. Each family brings a main dish or salad dessert and cold drinks. meat coffee and ice cream will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle“Creek Community Club
Hospital Notes and Admits and Births and Dismissals
Hospital notes list visiting hours 2 30 to 3 30 and 7 to 8 30 p m Admitted include Richard Thompson rural Sheridan and several residents with addresses Births recorded for a son to Waldo Bolen Jr and a son to David Barr Dismissed patients include Brian Woldridge Earl McBride Barry Bivens Mark Knoblich William Parker Donald Cornegli o and George Frelk etc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thompson
Sheridan
Laimons Sreimonis
Buying Fresh Clams Guard Against Broken Shells
When shopping for fresh clams check for intact shells and discard any with cracks or damage. Fresh shellfish should feel heavy and tightly closed to ensure quality.
Obituary for Daniel J Cryer 79 of Morris Illinois
Daniel J Cryer 79 of 611 Vine St Morris died early today in Morris hospital. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday at Davis chapel with Rev Harold M Kelley officiating burial in Sample Cemetery. He was born August 29 1880 in Minooka to James and Elizabeth Cryer. He farmed in Goose Lake Wauponsee and Lisbon townships then worked for Morris Coal and Mining Co till retirement 1952. Surviving are two daughters Alta Long Chanahon and Violet Bargo two grandchildren six great grandchildren three sisters Emma Shumway Nellie Bain and Alice Wylie and he was predeceased by his wife Emma L Crellin in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel J. Cryer
Vine St
Morris Hospital
Davis Funeral Home
Davis Chapel
Harold M. Kelley
Sample Cemetery
Mr. Cryer
Minooka
James
Elizabeth Stafford Cryer
Goose Lake
Wauponsee
Lisbon
Morris
Morris Coal and Mining Co
Walter
Alta) Long
Channahon
Joseph
Violet) Bargo
Daniel
Emma) Shumway
Chicago
Clyde
Nellie) Bain
Los Angeles
Calif
Jesse
Alice) Wylie
Marseilles
Emma L. Crellin
Dorothy) Croft
Newark Man Fatland 80 Dies After Illness
Martin Fatland of rural Newark died Wednesday in Copley hospital Aurora after a short illness. At Larson Funeral Home after 7 p.m. visitation. Requiem Saturday at West Lisbon Lutheran Church with Rev. Benjamin Ostrem officiating. Burial in West Lisbon cemetery. He was born October 16 1879 in Skaanerik Norway and lived in Newark area farming. Survived by five grandchildren and relatives with wife Tillie and son Sherman predeceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Martin Fatland
Copley Hospital
Aurora
Larson
West Lisbon Lutheran Church
Benjamin Ostrem
West Lisbon
Mr. Fatland
Skaanerik
Norway
Tillie
Sherman
27th Annual Flower Show Entries Highlight Local Gardeners
The article lists numerous participants and flower categories from the 27th annual show. Names include Mrs. McNeil, Mrs. Grieff, Mrs. Ullrich, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Hill, and Mrs. Morse among others, with bouquets and specimens of columbine, daisies, poppies, violas, hemerocallis, pansies, wildflowers, and larkspur from Mazon, Coal City, Morris, Minooka, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeil
Grieff
Mazon
Ullrich
Williams
Hoge
Hazel Burkhart
Harry McNeil
Helen Fillman
Morse
Enrietta
Shirley Monbrum
Coal City
Ullfrich
Petunia
Misener
Death Notice of Mrs Anton Darin in Wauponsee Township
Mrs Anton Darin 64 a longtime Wauponsee township resident died at home after a long illness. Services are set at Reeves Funeral Home and Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Mt Olive cemetery Wilmington. Survived by husband Anton four sons two daughters a brother a sister and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Darin
Wauponsee Township
Reeves Funeral Home
Reeves Chapel
Immaculate Conception Church
Arthur Maher
Mt. Olive
Funeral services for John E Hughes in Streator
John E. Hughes 67 of Streator a former Coal City resident died in Streator Monday Funeral services were held Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church Streator Burial was in St Marys Cemetery He is survived by his wife formerly Freda Fleshman and three sisters Mrs Jack Roddin Berwyn Mrs James Lavin Chicago and Mrs Frank Leonard Hartford Michigan He was employed as an electrician for the Illinois Coal Co until retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Hughes
Streator
Coal City
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary’s
Hughes
Freda Fleshman
Jack Roddin
Berwyn
James Lavin
Chicago
Frank Leonard
Hartford
Mich
Illinois Coal Co
Rotary International picks J Edd McLaughlin to lead 1960 61
Abey tion and of the International Circulation Managers association J Edd McLaughlin president of the Security State Bank Trust Company of Ralls Texas will assume office on July 1 as president of Rotary International for the 1960 61 fiscal year. The convention stressed opportunities for Rotarians to foster international understanding goodwill and peace through service and discussion groups.
Russell Lewins Rites Held for(Local) Man in Western Springs
Russell Lewins of Western Springs and formerly Coal City died early Wednesday after a heart attack. He had been patient three weeks at Hinsdale Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Merker Funeral Home chapel in Western Springs. He is survived by his wife two sisters Mrs Clyde Bunton of rural Morris and Hazel Lewins of Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lewins
Western Springs
Coal City
Hinsdale Hospital
Merker
Clyde Bunton
Morris
Hazel Lewins
Fire damages car at Bedford plaza restaurant
A Cary motorist reported a car fire Wednesday at the Redwood restaurant in Bedford plaza. Morris fire department arrived to extinguish the blaze but wiring was damaged and hood paint scorched before firefighters reached the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary
Bedford Plaza
Morris Fire Department
Community club and club meetings around town
Calendar notes list events including VFW Auxiliary and American Legion meetings at their post homes at 8 p.m. lapgcan gathering with Mrs Hodney at 7 30 p.m. friday events include Grundy County Home Bureau executive board at 1 30 p.m. and picnics at Nettle Creek school grounds Goold park and Welcome Wagon family picnic at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Auxiliary
Post Home
American Legion Post
Legion Home
Lapgcan
C. M. Hodney
Grundy County Home Bureau Executive Board
Nora Bare
Nettle Creek Community Club
Brienna
Goold Park
Welcome Wagon Club
Ducklings Rescue Sparks Street Halt as Children Aid Return
A wood duck brood led a northward march from the Warland home with three followers before scattering toward Fremont avenue. Children corralled the errant birds as traffic paused briefly. Darkhuff, noting state permit rules for wild animals, collected ten birds to help raise them at a game farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warland
Fremont Avenue
Darkhuff
Man Treated After Motorcycle Crash in Minooka
Malcolm Crowell was taken to Morris hospital Wednesday evening for treatment of injuries to his left elbow and thigh from a motorcycle overturn. He did not remain as a hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Crowell
Morris Hospital
Crowell
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Lassers Furniture CO
Warner
Daniel Cryer
Sado
Alphena
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Marjorie) Mau
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Bugle Shoes
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Columbia Pictures
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Eastman
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