Circle Seven Elects Officers At WSCS Meeting
Circle Seven of WSCS held a pot luck supper and meeting at the home of Mrs. William Skinner with fourteen members and two guests. Devotions by Mrs. Ted Johnson and a program by Dave Sutton preceded the business meeting where officers and committee chairs were elected for the coming year.
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Circle Seven
WSCS
William Skinner
Ted Johnson
Dave Sutton
Earl Ripsch
Fred Knollhoff
Gordon Lear
Clifford Bossert
Gerald Eisold
Gene Gang
Orin Cooper
Wiliam Skinner
Irwin Frischkorn
Lester Darkhuff
Hospital Notes Admits Four and Records Birth and Discharges
Admitted are Tillman G. Anderson Newark Robert Gilbertson Rte. 3 Master Joseph Terry and Richard Owen Dwight. Birth to Mr and Mrs Larry Jones Rte 2 a boy at 5 41 p m Friday. Discharged Charles Willhoit Coal City Mrs Lowell Kay and son Newark Raymond Zweeres Jr Rte 1 Gary Brucker Rte 3. Visiting hours 2 30 3 30 7 8 30 p m.
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Tillman G. Anderson
Newark
Robert Gilbertson
Rte. 3
Joseph Terry
Richard Owen
Dwight
Larry Jones
Rte. 2
Charles Willhoit
Coal City
Lowell Kay
Raymond Zweeres Jr
Rte. 1
Gary Brucker
Open House for John Hoben at Seneca Sunday
An open house for John M. Hoben, retired as Seneca High School superintendent, will be held 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Seneca High School. A 2:30 p.m. program will honor his service since 1927 as science teacher and coach, with coordination by Mrs. Robert Davis and a committee of district board members and education leaders.
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Alvin Biros
Marseilles
Susan
James R. Thorpe
Robert Thorpe
Seneca
Seneca High School
Miss Biros
Ilinois Bell Telephone Co
Morris
Thorpe
Spring Brook
John M. Hoben
Hoben
Princess Margrethe Tours Copenhagen Ahead of Wedding
Crown Princess Margrethe strolls through Copenhagen with fiancé Count Henrik de Monpezat on the eve of their royal wedding. The public cheers as the couple, set to wed at Holmens Church, showcase a relaxed, stylish appearance amid Danish festivities.
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Eddy Gilmor
Copenhagen
Denmark
Margrethe
Count Henri de Monpezat
Frederick IX
City Hall
Monpezat
Prince Henrik of
Mistakes Wives Make in a British Bride Contest
A British Good Housekeeping Insti tute contest asked brides to name marriage mistakes. Among entries were murder, pressing pants wrong, and being intolerant as the top error. Finalists faced a 20 question test, a $42 budgeting task, and practical challenges before winner Jillian Buckingham, 25, cited intolerance as the biggest mistake.
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London
Tenag
Good Housekeeping Institute
Jillian Buckingham
Mrs Hunt Discusses Expo 67 Trip With Wauponsee Club
Mrs. Earl Hunt spoke on her trip to Expo 67 in Canada at a Wauponsee Art Club meeting in the home of Mrs. James Phillips. Seven teen members attended. The group voted $10 for the fireworks fund and heard papers on current events and gardening. Dessert was served by two members.
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Earl Hunt
Canada
Wauponsee Art Club
James Phillips
Valerio
John Jackson
Art Gunderson
Walter Phillips
Hunt
Amateur Flower Growers Invited to Participate
The 34th annual flower show sponsored by the Grundy County Federation of Women's Club will be at United Presbyterian Church Morris with hostesses from Morris Junior Woman's Club. Entries accepted 9 to 10 a.m. Show opens about 12 30 p.m. A salad smorgasbord will run 11 30 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. for 125. Proceeds go to the Grundy County Scholarship Fund. Public invited.
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Grundy County Federation of Women’s Club
United Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Franklin Sts
Morris
Morris Junior Woman's Club
Grundy County
Family Picnic Planned Sunday at Gebhard Woods Park
Mothers Junior Woman's Club announces a family picnic at 1 p.m. Sunday in Gebhard Woods State Park. Bring meat for your family table service and a dish to pass. Drinks and ice cream provided. Children’s games and prizes arranged by Mrs. Arthur Hornsby Jr. Sunday is Children’s Day with fun for all.
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Moms Junior Woman's Club
Gebhard Woods State Park
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Boy Scouts Practice Acrobatics with Buckskin Keeper
Members of Den 3 Pack 467 practiced acrobatics when they met Steve Welsh, keeper of the buckskin.
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Den 3
Pack
Steve Welsh
The
Buckskin
Nee dles and Spoons 4 H Club Takes Bus Trip
Twenty two club members with seven leaders and mothers toured the Beauty School in Bradley, ate lunch at the Redwood Inn, visited Pepsi Cola Bottling Co and Simoniz Wax Co. on Tuesday. They stopped at Camp Shaw Waw Nas See on the way home.
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Bradley
Redwood Inn
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Simoniz Wax Co
Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas- See
Community club schedule and Legion events
Calendar entries list Royal Neighbors meeting at 7 30 p m in Eagle Hall and Legion Auxiliary sewing carpet rags at 10 a m with potluck. Tuesday notes American Legion gathering at 7 30 p m in Legion Hall. Wednesday has York Rite Knights at 7 p m in Masonic Temple Oriental Chapter and Blaney Commandery meeting with officer elections at 8 30 p m.
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Royal Neighbors
Eagle Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
American Legion
the Legion Hall
York Rite Knights
Masonic Temple
Orient Chapter
Blaney Commandery
Ottawa Couple Married Friday in Union Street Home
Mrs. Sheila Susanne Keating and James Patrick Manouski both of Ottawa were married at 5 p.m. Friday by Magistrate Chester P. Winsor in his Union Street home. The bridegroom works at the Seneca DuPont plant and the couple will reside in Ottawa.
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Sheila Susanne Keating
James Patrick Manouski
Ottawa
Chester P. Winsor
Union St
Seneca DuPont
Plattville Notes Club Entertained at Mrs Steward Home
The Laff-a-Lot Club will be entertained by Mrs John Steward at 7 30 p m Thursday June 15 in her home. Lutheran Church Women meet at 2 p m Saturday June 17 for the Cradle Roll program at the church with hostesses Mrs Gerald Finnestad Mrs Beulah Olson Mrs Roland Torkelson and Mrs Til ford Hauge assisting.
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John Steward
Lutheran Church
Plattville
Obituary for Mrs John J Donahue of Rural Mazon
Mrs Donahue 70 of rural Mazon died Friday at Morris Hospital where she had been bedridden for a week. Born May 13 1897 in Morris she married John J Donahue in 1915. Survived by husband two sons John Jr and Paul five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral 10 30 a m Monday at Davis Funeral Home with calling after 3 p m Sunday. Memorials to Cancer Society or Morris Hospital building fund.
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John J
Doris) Donahue
Mazon
Morris Hospital
Morris
Ole and
Olina
Olson) Johnson
John J. Donahue
Donahue
First Baptist Church
Haydn (Letty) Dewey
Rural
John Jr
Glen Ellyn
Paul
Cleveland
Ohio
Davis Funeral Home
The
Cancer Society
Morris Hospital Building Fund
Infant Percifield Dies at Birth in Morris Hospital
Stacy Dee Percifield infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry Percifield of 602 E Jackson St died at birth Thursday evening at Morris Hospital The body was moved to Reed Funeral Home Colum bus Ind for burial Monday in Moravian Cemetery Survived by maternal grandparents Lyman and Mrs Gibson Royal Center Ind paternal grandparents Donald and Mrs Percifield Hope Ind Percifield was a seventh grade teacher at Lisbon Grade School and Mrs Percifield taught physical education at Morris Community High School
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Stacy Dee Percifield
Larry Percifield
E. Jackson St
Morris Hospital
Finland
Reed Funeral Home
Columbus
Ind
Moravian
Lyman Gibson
Royal Center
Donald Percifield
Hope
Percifield
Lisbon
Morris Community High School
Funeral services for Mrs Joseph H Olson Held at Davis Home
Funeral for Mrs Clara M Olson will be held at 2 p m today at the Davis Funeral Home with Rev Harold R Dude officiating. Soloist Mrs Richard K Crowe and organist Mrs Ruth Huse will perform. Pallbearers include Francis E Wren Jr Charles Wren Ronald Wren James Ashton Daniel Gordon and John Gordon. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Joseph H
Clara M. ) Olson
Davis Funeral Home
Harold R. Dude
Richard K. Crowe
Ruth Huseby
Francis E. Wren Jr
Charles Wren
Ronald Wren
James Ashton
Daniel Gordon
John Gordon
Evergreen Cemetery
Funeral rites for Susan Donelson held in Ottawa
Funeral services for Miss Susan Donelson were held Friday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Ottawa with Rev. John Gordon officiating. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Seneca, with pallbearers named Anthony Massino Jack Donelson Ronnie Daniels Don Donelson Bill Donelson Ralph Miller Paul Sheedy and Edward Ryan.
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Seneca
Susan Donelson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ottawa
John Gordon
Calvary Cemetery
Anthony Massino
Jack Donelson
Ronnie Daniels
Don Donelson
Bill Donelson
Ralph Miller
Paul Sheedy
Edward Ryan
Allen family grads and church group notes
Braceville notes show Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Allen attending their granddaughter Carol Jean Born’s eighth grade graduation in Coal City and grandson David Allen’s graduation in Joliet. They plan to attend Larry Allen’s graduation at Joliet Catholic High School. WSCS group met in the church parlor with 15 members and one guest.
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Charles B. Allen
Carol Jean
Coal City
David Allen
St. Paul Apostle Church
Joliet
Larry Allen
Joliet Catholic High School
Bonfire Behind Prince Drive-In Under Control
Morris volunteer firemen were called at 1 05 p m to a bonfire behind the Prince Drive In. The fire was under control before they arrived.
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Morris
Prince Drive- In
Supervisors Hire New Custodian for Grundy County Courthouse
William H. Wilson 824 E Washington St will start Monday as custodian at the Grundy County Courthouse replacing Otto Hanoun who resigned to join Morris elementary schools. Wilson, husband of Morris assessor Anne S Wilson, previously spent 12 years at Center School before retirement. Salary 4600. He works with William Heylek of Coal City. courthouse jail committee members include Joe Ryder Joseph Wilt John Gilchrist John Hauschild and Earl Bingham.
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William H. Wilson
Washington St
Grundy County
Otto Hanoun
Armstrong St
Morris
Anne S. Wilson
Center School
Wilson
William Heylek
Coal City
County Board
Joe Ryder
Joseph Wilt
John Gilchrist
John Hauschild
Earl Bingham
Governor signs bill for 20 more magistrates
Gov. Otto Kerner signed a bill on April 7 authorizing 20 additional magistrates in Illinois. The 13th judicial circuit will receive one appointee. A second bill to raise salaries for downstate magistrates awaits his signature, boosting lawyer magistrates from 10 000 to 15 000 and non lawers from 10 000 to 12 500. Florence Smith.
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Florence Smith
Pimlico Stakes Honors 1873 Preakness Survivor
Pimlico celebrates the first Preakness winner from 1873 with a recurring stakes race honoring the survivor.
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Pimlico
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Paul Cable
Optometrist
E. Jefferson
John Hoben
Robert Davis
William Steep
Sherwood Jackson
Victor Viland
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Marion Mitchell
Laundromat
Washington
Joe and
Pat Bertino
Princess
Donald Caisley
Vine St
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Caisley
Herald
Edward Murley
Kenneth Allen
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Percifield Infant
Joseph H. Olson
Braceville Notes
Methodist Church
Cecelia Perino
Freida Domins
Ruth Peterson
Mae Byerley
Spiritual Life
Joseph Jerus
LaVerne Kennedy
Emma Tuskey
Alma James
Vacation Bible School
Church OF Christ
Meadows Circle
Douglas Palaschak
Richard Palaschak
Ransom
School of Agriculture
University of Illinois
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Patricia Danielson
Roger Danielson
Augustana College
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