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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
3
The June Scouters Roundtable for Shabbona district Boy Scouts will be held Monday at Morris Methodist Church in Mor. It features three sessions including a Boy Scout segment led by Don Berglund and Tom Perkins of Gardner.
The theme Physical Fitness will be presented by Bud Garbutt Morris and Earl Smith from Wilmington. Pack 58 Wilmington and two other packs will show a handicraft demonstration for den mothers. Homer Carr will discuss Advancement with cubmasters and committee men. Pack 76 Morris hosts with coffee and doughnuts after a closing ceremony and Scouters Key award.
Mr and Mrs Verl Noice and their children Robert and Cindy of 1217 Wauponsee Street will depart Morris on Monday to establish a new home in Phoenix Arizona Mr Noice works as an operator of the local business they are leaving behind.
Eagles Lodge in Happy Hill installs officers at a Wednesday meeting led by Oswald Thompson. Richard Barkley becomes president with Herbert Gunderson as vice president and Donald Barkley as chaplain. Trustees Robby Carpenter and Maurice Halterman named. Merie Kenney exits after three terms with brief remarks. Lunch followed.
Mrs Noice until recently served as classified advertising manager for the Morris Herald, reflecting shifts in local construction coverage and personnel roles within the Morris area.
Gov. Stratton called for reform of Illinois courts through administrative action and rule changes while noting no legislative action in this session. He spoke at Northwestern University to the Illinois Judicial Conference and stressed using the waiting period for administrative improvements to ease crowded dockets ahead of future constitutional change.
A Friday night event in St Thomas parish hall from 9 to 12 hosted by the Youth Committee. Memberships are expiring with renewals $2 and old card required. new memberships $3. An open house for incoming Morris Community High freshmen is being planned.
Philip A. Swanson son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Swanson of 728 BF Chapin Sr will be one of 58 graduates at Northern Illinois University DeKalb Sunday He will receive a bachelor of science degree In September Swanson will enter the University of Illinois school of medicine for further study.
John Pon once ran a Chinese laundry on Wauponsee Street and now operates in Detroit Michigan. He had long sought to bring his wife and son from Red China to the United States. The son arrived in Detroit on March 2 and Mrs Pon joined him on May 26.
A veteran recounts early Allied invasion morale, a defeatist joke, and a long retreat as American and British tanks advance. He describes being wounded in Holland, later command of an artillery unit on the Eastern front, and final service ending in Czechoslovakia in May 1945.
Lee Eugene Schonert of Racine Wisconsin will graduate from Marquette University Milwaukee Wisconsin at 3 p.m. Sunday after completing the baccalaureate service.
The gathering occurs at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Milwaukee auditorium. Lee Schonert’s parents and grandparents, Mr and Mrs John Schonert, are all former Morris residents making a notable family link to the event.
A note recalls an 1812 quake that wrecked rebel gunpowder stocks in Venezuela, potentially averting a major uprising. The item mentions Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Enger of Morris and advertises classified notices in The Herald.
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