Obituaries: Frank Vitek Sr. 50 Mazon Township
Frank Vitek Sr. of Mazon Township died unexpectedly early Saturday at his home. Born January 16 1918 in Hicks ville Ohio he was a foreman for Sin Clair Pipeline for 25 years and a Loyal Order of the Moose member. He is survived by his wife Aldena three daughters one son five grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church Morris burial Braceville Gardner Cemetery.
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Frank Vitek Sr
Mazon
Hicksville
Ohio
Peter
Cecelia Vitek
Aldena Clark
Sin Clair Pipeline
Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge
Bryan
Robert
Patricia) Watson
Sherri Mellen
Cecelia
Frank Jr
Julie
Ann
Tony
George
Immaculate Conception Church
Morris
Donald Benzing
Braceville-Gardner
Davis Funeral Home
Death of Mrs Ray Vanderwall in Joliet
Mrs Ray Vanderwall 52 of Joliet and formerly Gardner died suddenly Sunday morning at Sunny Hill Sanatorium Joliet. She was born Sept 20 1915 in Gardner and leaves two sons Michael and Gary two sisters Catherine Belt Annabelle Parkinson two brothers Tracy and Robert and other relatives. Services Tuesday 2 pm at Carlson Funeral Home Joliet with Rev Ronald Ball officiating. Burial in Joliet. Visitation today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Gardner
Ray
Wilma) Vanderwall
Sunny Hill
Joliet
Tracy Harris Sr
Gardner High School
Ray Vanderwall
Michael
Gary
Ronald
Catherine) Belt
Morris
Burt
Annabelle) Parkinson
Tracy
Robert
James
Trinity Methodist Church
Royal
Carlson Funeral Home
Ronald Ball
Funeral Home
Passed Away John W Turner at 78 in Dwight
John W Turner 78 died unexpectedly at his Dwight home. Funeral services 10 am Tuesday at St Patrick Catholic Church Dwight with Rev John Naab. burial in St Pauls Cemetery Odell. Visitation 3–5 and 7–9 pm today at Van Qualen Funeral Home Dwight. Rosary 8 pm today. Survived by wife Mary E McGowan, son Lawrence of Blackstone, sisters Loretta and Nancy Turner, five grandchildren. predeceased by sister and three brothers. Turner, a longtime farmer in Nevada Township retired in 1957.
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Dwight
John W. Turner
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
John Naab
St. Paul's Cemetery
Odell
van Qualen
Loretta
Cornelius
Catherine (Downy) Turner
Mary E. McGowan
Sunbury
Lawrence
Blackstone
Nancy Turner
Pontiac
Turner
Nevada Township
Livingston County
Harrielle Infant Rites Held for 4 Day Old William Jr
Graveside services were held Tuesday at West Lisbon Cemetery for William Everett Harrielle Jr 4 day old son of Mr and Mrs William Harrielle of Route 2 Minooka who died Sunday at Children s Memorial Hospital Chicago The Rev Julius Masted officiated The infant was born Thursday at Morris Hospital and transferred Friday to Chicago Hospital Surviving are the parents two sisters Dawn Lynn 4 Suzanne Annette 20 months maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Earl C Russell Wilmington and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Harrielle Newark
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West Lisbon Cemetery
William Everett Harrielle Jr
William Harrielle
Rte. 2
Minooka
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Julius Masted
Morris Hospital
Chicago Hospital
Dawn Lynn
Suzanne Annette
Earl C. Russell
Wilmington
Clarence Harrielle
Newark
Infant Rickey Worthington Dies in Chicago
Worthington infant Rickey Lee Worthington son of William and Eva Worthington of Saratoga Township died Friday night at Children Memorial Hospital Chicago. Born March 5 in Morris Hospital he is survived by his parents a brother Tracy paternal grandparents Roy and Mrs. Worthington of Danville and great grandmother Mrs. Eva McFadden of Danville. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. today at Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Harold Dude officiating. Davis Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Rickey Lee Worthington
William
Eva Worthington
Saratoga Township
Children Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Morris Hospital
Tracy
Roy Worthington
Danville
Eva McFadden
Evergreen Cemetery
Harold Dude
Davis Funeral Home
James F. Lamie 79 dies. service set in Coal City
James F. Lamie of Maine Township died Saturday at home after a short illness. A 2 p.m. Tuesday service at Reeves Funeral Home in Coal City will be officiated by Rev. E. S. Kerrick with burial in Braceville Gardner Cemetery. He was born June 3, 1888 in Carbon Hill and was a Coal City Mazon area farmer and World War I veteran. Survived by wife Rose two daughters Sylvia Reeves and Dorothy Taylor eight grandchildren and four sisters. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. in the Reeves Funeral Home.
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Braidwood
James
Alice Ann) Baker
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
South Wilmington
Francis
Anna Mae) Sinkular
Robert
Mary) Caise
Custer Park
Neil
Adeline) Hall
Coal City
George
John Poppleton
William
Great Falls
Mont
Domenic Veiglin
Caroline Vaira
Russell Lewis
George Harvey
Braceville
Patterson Funeral Chapel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Reeves
James F. Lamie
Maine Township
E. S. Kerrick
Braceville-Gardner Cemetery
Carbon Hill
Lamie
Coal City-Mazon
Rose
Sylvia) Reeves
Morris
Dorothy Taylor
Forrest
Henry Turner
Reiman Philippi
Davenport
Iowa
John McLean
Trevase
Emil Smith
Hughesville
Richert R F Newark dies. rites set
Reuben Fred Richert 55 of Newark died Sunday in Sandwich Community Hospital. Born April 13 1912 in Sublette Illinois he married Amy Hillis Jan 31 1936. Surviving wife daughter Linda Lou Aurora brother Ezra Newark. He farmed with his brother in Kendall County. Visitation 6:30 PM Tuesday Larson-Gabel Newark. Funeral 1:30 PM Wednesday Restland Cemetery Mendota officiated by Rev Thomas Corkish.
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Newark
Reuben Fredrick Richert
Sandwich Community Hospital
Sublette
Ill
Amy Hillis
Linda Lou
Aurora
Ezra
Kendall County
Larson-Gabel Funeral Home
Thomas Corkish
Restland Cemetery
Mendota
Gunman Held After Woundings in Wilmington
Patrol officers reported Newman sought treatment for a neck gunshot wound at a hospital. District 5 troopers searched his Wilmington apartment, finding evidence he stayed there after the incident. A $10,000 bond was set, and further questioning in Joliet was planned.
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Pital
Newman
District 5
Wilmington
Bitner
Kirchner
Chester P. Winsor
St. Joseph Hospital
Grundy
Richard Pierce
Joliet
Wild Flower Talk by Local Speaker at Illinois Valley
Illinois Valley Community College Biological Society schedules a March 12 meeting with Glen Herreke as guest speaker. He will discuss Wild Flowers and Scenes of This Area, starting at 7 30 p m in Room 327 of LaSalle High School. Slides will illustrate the talk. Public invited. refreshments served.
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Illinois Valley Community College Biological Society
Glen Herreke
la Salle
LaSalle-Peru High School
LaSalle
Herreke’s
Pontiac Man Charged After Leaving Scene Of Crash
A criminal complaint alleges James Short of Pontiac struck Charles Bradley’s parked car and fled, failing to report the accident. The complaint signed today before Magistrate Chester P. Winsor cites Bradley of 1321 Liberty St as the accuser.
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Pontiac
Morris
Charles Bradley
Liberty St
James Short
Bradley
Short
Chester P. Winsor
Nixon Makes Last Pitch in New Hampshire
Nixon campaigns across five cities to mobilize Republican votes in the New Hampshire primary while McCarthy sticks to a low key approach. Rockefeller pressure grows as draft talk resurfaces in New York.
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Nixon
New Hampshire
Manchester
N.H
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nashua
America
Four Year Old Dana Arnold Mistakes Caller as Mr. McGregor
In Renton Washington Dana Arnold aged four answered the phone under his parents guidance. He broke into tears when a caller identified as Mr McGregor. He cried Mr McGregor Are you the Mr McGregor who chased Peter Cottontail out of the garden causing the caller to hang up.
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Seattle
Dana Arnold
David Arnold
Renton
Mr. McGregor
Peter Cottontail
Motor Vehicle Damaged by Train Near Right of Way
A badly damaged car along the railway right of way was seen as if struck by a train. Police traced ownership to Laughary who reported the incident. Laughary said the driver could have been killed and the train crew unaware. No injuries reported. In magistrate court at 2 p.m. March 21. Also Gretencord ticketed William G. Smith for speeding on Division St at 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Smith, 23, of Route 2, posted bond with license and to appear March 28.
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Michigan
Romney
Nixon
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Vietnam
Boston
John W. King
King
Sen
Thomas J. McIntyre
Hanoi
McIntyre
Martinez
Morris
Laughary
Division St
Gretencord
William G. Smith
Rte. 2
Smith
City Police Cite Two Motorists
Two drivers were cited over the weekend by Morris city police. Grayson L. Jenkins, 30, of Mazon, was ticketed at 12:35 a.m. Saturday on Division Street for speeding 40 mph in a 30 mph zone. He left his license as bond and is due to appear in court.
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Morris City
Division St
James Gretencord
Grayson L. Jenkins
Mazon
Jenkins
Bond
Centennial Delegate Program at University of Illinois
Lee Miller son of Mr and Mrs Ray Miller of Verona attended the Centennial Delegate Program at the University of Illinois on Friday and Saturday. The event, sponsored by the University of Illinois Agriculture Alumni Association, selected high school juniors from each county to acquaint them with the College of Agriculture.
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Lee Miller
Ray Miller
Verona
University of Illinois
U. of I. Agriculture Alumni Association
College of Agriculture
Robins Sighted by Local Residents Across Town
Robins were sighted Sunday by city employee Robert Cook and Glenn Mattes of Waupon township. This morning Mrs. Doris Kowalczyk and Thomas Olson also reported seeing robins in their neighborhoods.
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Robins
Robert Cook
Glenn Mattes
Wauponsee Township
Doris Kowalczyk
E. Washington St
Thomas B. Olson
First Ave
More Names Added for Township Precinct Committeeman
Grundy County Clerk Nels P. Nelson announces additional candidates for township precinct committee man. The list includes Daniel N. Beal Vienna Rep Parker B. Davis Norman Rep James E. McElwain Morris 2 Rep LeRoy Shannon Morris 7 Rep Lloyd B. Cato Garfield 2 Dem Thomas H. Parks Rep Donald Dean McKinney Braceville 3 Dem Joseph T. Phillips Rep Leonard Kodat Dem Francis Hockings Dem Felix 1 Felix 3.
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Grundy
Nels P. Nelson
Daniel N. Beal
Vienna
Parker B. Davis
Norman
James E. McElwain
Morris
LeRoy Shannon
Lloyd B. Cato
Garfield
Thomas H. Parks
Donald Dean McKinney
Braceville
Joseph T. Phillips
Leonard Kodat
Felix
Francis Hockings
Vandals Damage Car After Ditch Crash West of Coal City
John Bracket of Morris said his car struck a ditch on a road west of Coal City Saturday night. He was gone to call a wrecker and returned to find all windows smashed. Authorities are investigating the incident.
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Coal City
John Bracket
Morris
Grundy County
Richard Pierce
Bracket
Wall Street Rallies As Gold Pool Supports Price
Wide gains in glamor stocks offset by gold mining declines after news the international gold pool will defend $35 an ounce. AP average up .7 to 303.6, Dow up 6.99 to 842.23, industrials and rails gain, utilities fall. London markets follow suit as Benguet leads gold shares lower.
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New York
Wall Street
International Gold Pool
Associated Press
Dow Jones
London
Benguet
Philippine Gold Mine Company
Market rally lifts tech and blue chips across exchanges
The tape showed gains in high priced glamour shares with IBM up 13, Xerox 8, Polaroid 6, Scientific Data 9, Control Data 6, Teledyne 6 and Itek 4. Broadly higher trends carried steels, motors, mail order retailers, electronics, chemicals, rails and drugs with the AMEX also moving higher.
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IBM
Xerox
Polaroid
Scientific Data
Control Data
Teledyne
Itek
American Stock Exchange
Bank Employee Attends 65th National Savings Conference
Mrs. Jeanne Fox assistant vice president of Grundy County National Bank returned from Boston Mass after attending the American Bankers Association 65th National Savings Conference. More than 600 bankers joined three days of clinics panels and discussions. Fox 16 years with the bank was named manager of the new Savings Division.
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Jeanne Fox
Grundy County National Bank
Boston
Mass
American Bankers Association
Birth of 27th child in Houma family
In Houma Louisiana Mrs Antoine Lodrigue gives birth to an eight pound boy named Morris bringing the count of her children to 27. Twenty one Lodrigue children are living three are married with seventeen at the two bedroom frame home. Mrs Lodrigue is 41 and has had four sets of twins and one set of triplets. Lodrique, 49, works for a packing company.
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Houma
Antoine Lodrigue
Morris
Lodrigue
Lodrique
Tax probe nets Brazil $65.6 million, with $15.6 million later
A two month inquiry covering 4000 people in seven states led to 65.6 million reais recovered by the Brazilian Treasury, said Director General Antonio Amilcar de Oliveira Lima. He added an additional 15.6 million reais came from people impressed but not directly approached by investigators.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Antonio Amilcar de Oliveira Lima
Lima
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Mrs
Worthington Infant
Reuben F. Richert
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Oregon
Tom McCall
Gov
George) Romney
Carolyn Wells
Scovill Plant
Washington, N. C
City Police
Mead
Cco
Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Cash Grain
U.S
NBC TV
Greenway
Pontiac - Olds, Inc
Morris, Ill
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