Fire safety program at two high schools
John Scott, regional public relations coordinator for the Country Companies, led a home fire safety program on February 22 at Mazon Verona Kinsman and Gardner South Wilmington High Schools. The session covered fire causes, fuses and wiring, handling of flammable liquids, fire alarms, and extinguisher types. Attendees received a booklet, The Fireproof Mind, with a home safety inspection guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazon-Verona- Kinsman
Gardner-South Wilmington
John Scott
Don Brown
Grundy County
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
Brown
William Murray
E. Cortez
H. Martin
Gardner- South Wilmington High School
Dan Doglio
Kim Densmore
Patty Roeder
Mark Finn
AgriVisor Spring Seminar Set for Peoria Regency
The AgriVisor Spring Seminar runs March 20 evening through 21 all day at the Peoria Continental Regency with noted speakers offering practical information. Optional evening sessions include a Get Better Acquainted meeting for new subscribers and Plotting a Better Course for experienced charting, led by Ellis Luke of Blunt Marketing Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AgriVisor
Peoria Continental Regency
Ellis Luke
Blunt Marketing Service of
Chicago
Young Farmers Schedule Meetings and Conference Invites
The regular Young Farmers meeting is set for 7 30 p m in the Farm Bureau board room. On March 10 many county farmers are invited to Kendall Grundy FS Young Farmers Conference. On March 12 at 6 30 p m Kendall and Will Counties join a Tri County meeting at the Tri County Bank in Minooka.
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The
Young Farmers Organization
Farm Bureau Board Room
Kendall-Grundy FS
Our Young Farmers Group
Kendall
Will
Tri-County Bank
Minooka
Women's Committee Plans Two Seminars This Month
The Women's Committee will sponsor a Corporation Seminar on Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 PM in the Farm Bureau building upstairs meeting room. A Farm Family Safety Seminar, co-sponsored with Young Farmers, follows on Tuesday, March 21 at 1:00 PM in the same room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Women's Committee
Safe home living urged by regional safety speaker
John Scott, regional coordinator of public Companies, spoke to students at Minooka Grade School on March 2 about home accident risks. He urged teaching safe habits at home and highlighted falls fires burns suffocations poisonings firearms and electric shock as top dangers. He advised clearing stairs lighting them well tacking down treads using a proper ladder and avoiding standing on boxes or chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scott
Minooka
Country Life
Country Mutual
Country Casualty and Mid-America Fire and Marine Insurance Companies
CC Services, Inc
Country Capital Investment Fund, Inc
Scott
Grundy County Farm Bureau elects officers for year
The regular board meeting on February 27 elected Milford Bjelland as president Bruce Burkhart as vice president Robert Hunt as secretary LeRoy Rieke as treasurer and Wood E Wolfe as executive board member for the coming year Committees will be appointed at the March 27 board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Milford Bjelland
Bruce Burkhart
Robert Hunt
LeRoy Rieke
Wood E. Wolfe
Women bowlers win state title at Illinois Sports Festival
Shirley Matzen and Jean Smith won first place in the Women's Open-Class Doubles during the Illinois Sports Festival in Springfield on Saturday March 4 with a combined 1039. The event also featured Evert Poyner Catherine Baudino and others in mixed and women’s doubles, with 98 county tournament bowlers and 43 in the district event in Kankakee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Matzen
Jean Smith
Springfield
Evert Poyner
Catherine Baudino
Mike
Carla
Ranz
Young Farmers
Barb Gill
Debbie Boss
Kankakee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Country Companies
CC Services Inc
Country Capital Invest Fund Inc
Illinois
Morris
Set AgriVisor
Young Farmers Bus
Women’s Committee
Country Companies Public Relations Department
Country Companies Insurance Agency
Grundy Farm Bureau Business Services, Inc
Morris, Illinois
James R. Purdue
Wiesbrook
Washington Street
Adams Tillage Tools
Kendall-Grundy FS Inc
Mazon
Yorkville
Dan Olson
Jeff Cotten
Mark Eastman
Renee Ludeman
Lynette Lorenc
the Bank of Generations
Federal Land Bank Assoc. OF
George Hodges
Mgr
Rte. 47
I-80
PCA
Mark Kettelkamp
FOX Valley
Rte
Sam
Wayne D. Ruder
Dave Potts
Gardner-Mazon
Dave Borger
Agency
Washington Morris
Ill
Kenneth Bjell and
Verona
Kinsman
Steve Butler Morris
Arthur Trotter
Coal City
Tim Hanley
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