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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
7
The Happy Hour Club met Wednesday with Mrs. Charles Usevick. Prizes in cards went to Mrs. Usevick Mrs. Horrie Mrs. Arneson and Mrs. Olson. Mrs. Gordon Arneson attended as a guest. Dessert was served. The next meeting will be June 12 at Mrs. Harold Arneson’s home.
Five young people were received into membership at Minooka Methodist Church during the 11 a.m. service. New members are Janice Winkler Janice Dailey Jane Griffy Jayne Smith and Pamela Cook.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met in the church fellowship hall with Rev. Harold R. Dude leading the invocation. Four members, including Mrs. W. A. Bumgarner, Mrs. Mohr Griggs, Mrs. Mary Sheets, and Mrs. William Carlson, received life memberships and gold pins for leadership.
Minooka High School will hold a free spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the school gym. The boys chorus will sing Let Me Call You Sweetheart In the Good Old Summertime and Thank Heaven for Little Girls. The girls chorus performs Born Free Puff the Magic Dragon Till There Was You Ring One Bell Today April Love and See You in September. The mixed chorus sings America Our Native Land and When I Was Single. The band will perform Symphonic Overture Dedicatory Overture South Pacific Highlights My Fair Lady Highlights and Dixieland Trombone March. Choral director Bruce Hammit and band director Arthur Juan.
Cedar Lodge 124 AF and AM holds a second degree at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. American Legion Post meets at 8 p.m. in Legion Hall. Patricia Coats Circle meets at 7 45 p.m. with Mrs Henry Poppleton. Minooka Methodist Church library committee meets at 7 15 p.m. in Florence Ketcham Library. Friday the Morris Hospital Woman's Auxiliary meets at 2 p.m. in St Thomas Episcopal Church. Sunday Aux Sabre Cemetery Association meets at 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Tuesday Circle Three of the First Methodist Church meets at 1 30 p.m. with Mrs Arthur Meadors, 712 Fulton St.
The notes list visiting hours 2 30 to 3 30 and 7 30 to 8 30 p m. Admitted: Aldena Vittek Seneca Lawrence Eckart Mazon Irene Tesdal 407 McKinley St James Miller Mazon Charles Hayden Rte 2 Scott Vaksdal Rte 2. Births: Stephen Morris Coal City a boy at 8 55 a m. and Robert Meredith Braceville a girl at 5 52 a m. today. Discharged: John Popwell 120642 Division St Hazel Beem Rte 3 Mary Elizabeth Gutzman 1215 Price St Angela Partridge Seneca etc.
American Legion Auxiliary members honored Gold Star mothers with a pot luck supper. Junior past president Mrs. Peter Thompson chaired. regular meeting led by Mrs. Ralph Thomas. Donations to summer youth recreation and CARE. Delegates named for the June 6 district convention at the Holiday Inn in Peru: Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Howard Pinder, Mrs. Siegel Sampson, Mrs. Irvin Day, Mrs. Robert Lindsay. Alternates listed. one new member initiated. music by Mrs. B O Neill Enger. Meeting closed with prayer and the National Anthem sung. Social hour, games, awards. next meeting May 28 with officer elections.
Brownie Troop 57 held a mother daughter gathering on Monday afternoon with 17 mothers and daughters present. A flag ceremony a short program and refreshments were served.
Den 1 Pack 475 met after school with den mother Mrs James Provancal. The group made Mother's Day cards and then played several games. Tim Peterson served as keeper of the buckskin.
Six Church Circles from First United Presbyterian met at various homes Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon. Circle Five, led by Mrs. David Wharrie, studied scripture read by Miss Pauline Lowe with prayer by Mrs. Herman Johnson. Circle Six planned a June family picnic with lessons led by Mrs. Donald Zwiers and guest helper Mrs. Nancy Olson. Circle One, hosted by Mrs. Magda Carlson, featured birthdays shared by Mrs. Edna Matteson and Mrs. Mae Holderman with Mrs. Russell Thomas delivering the lesson. Circle Two at Mrs. Grace Navin's home included devotional and Least Coin prayer by Mrs. Raymond Lee. Circle Three at Mrs. Marion Syz's home had nine members plus one guest as Mrs. LaVern Bradbury led the lesson. Circle Four met at Mrs. Frank Condon's home with Mrs. T. Adams guiding the discussion.
The United Lutheran Church Women held their annual mother-daughter banquet for 44 attendees in Gardner. Hosts included Mrs. Homer Trimby and Mrs. Rudolph Wagner with decor by Mrs. Frank Hill. Linda Wogen played, prayers and devotions were led, a potluck dinner followed, a girls quartet sang, toasts were given, a chalk talk was shared, and plants were awarded to the oldest and youngest mothers.
The National Geographic Society notes that Georgia sparked the first United States gold rush in 1828, preceding later California discoveries and shaping early mining enthusiasm across the nation.
Laris VFW Auxiliary 6049 hosted a mother daughter banquet with 90 attendees. A ham dinner, pledges and devotions followed by a program led by Auxiliary president Mrs Anthony Prombo. Gold Star mothers Mrs Carl Shaw and Mrs Lark Ventress among honorees. Mrs Oran Ader elected junior vice president. joint installation planned for May 25 at the VFW Hall.
Charles Caballero 77 wins court order banning bees from neighbor’s yard after complaints the insects crossed property lines. Superior Court Commissioner James P. Natoli signed the order Wednesday in Beverly Hills California.
Enrollment for South Wilmington District 74 first graders who turn six by December 1 will run 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday. Birth certificates required as proof of age.
A concise overview states there are 450 known flea species, all parasitic, highlighting their role as blood sucking ectoparasites across various hosts.
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