Carroll Historical Society Re-elects Directors Officers
At the April meeting in Mt. Carroll the Carroll County Historical Society re elected directors and officers who served in 1965. Officers named were President Fay F Christian Mt. Carroll Vice President Larry K Roberts Mt. Carroll Secretary Florence Turnbaugh Savanna Treasurer K C Whitney Chadwick. Curtis W R Larson noted Shimer College appointment to the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission meeting April 18 and suggested input. The 150th Illinois statehood anniversary will be observed in 1968.
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Carroll County Historical Society
Mt. Carroll
Fay F Christian
Larry K. Roberts
Florence Turnbaugh
Savanna
K. C. Whitney Chadwick
Curtis W. R. Larson
Shimer College
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Springfield
Illinois
Mel Jones
Law-Jones Funeral Home
Matties Describe Alaska Road Trip By Truck Camper
Vernon Matties and family detail a cross country trip from Alabama to Alaska by truck camper. CWO Mattie stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, with the U S Air Force, as the family travels 8500 miles, camps amid snow and cold, and settles into sponsor housing near the base after arrival.
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Vernon Matties
Alaska
CWO
Vernon
Bing” Mattie
Tara
Tonda
Lynn
Lilah
Alabama
Mattie
U. S. Air Force
Fort Richardson
Matties
Thomson
Viet Nam
Statewide Three Day Tribute Planned for Sen Everett Dirksen
A nonpartisan three day statewide tribute honors Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen for 49 years of public service. Events start April 24 with a plaque at his Pekin home and include scholarships, church services, veterans ceremonies, and dinners across Illinois cities.
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Everett McKinley
Dirksen
Senator Dirksen
Pekin
Illinois
Aurora
Rockford
Rock Island
Peoria
Danville
Quincy
Decatur
Belleville
Centralia
Cairo
Senator Dirkser
Springfield
United Republican Fund of Illinois
Chicago
Conrad Hilton
State Line Hosts Pomona Grange Meeting Highlights
State Line hosted a Monday Pomona Grange gathering at Apple River with Arthur Manning elected steward. Reports from Black Oak Rock Creek Zion Hanover Milledgeville and others noted speakers from Thailand and a program including a reading of Our Grange and pictures on Germany. The group planned to take the program to Pomona in May and invited all to a May 29 church event.
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Carroll County
Pomona Grange
State Line Grange
Apple River
Arthur Manning
Stewart
Paul Sites
Black Oak Grange
Rock Creek
Thailand
Milledgeville
Cats Zion Grange
Louis Newendyke
Hanover
Hacker
Germany
John K. Morris
State Line
Rock Creek Grange
Shidler
Our Grange
Helen Manning
Cure Wane
Cancer Control Month appeals for donations and awareness
April marks Cancer Control Month with an appeal urging financial support and public education. The message highlights three reasons to contribute: accelerating research, saving lives, and funding improved medical services for patients already ill with cancer.
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Pit
Glen Wurster Runs for Illinois State Assembly 39th District
Glen M. Wurster of Route 1 Savanna Illinois filed as a Republican candidate for Representative in the General Assembly from the 39th District. He is 52, married to Eva Mae Schroth, with two daughters and a granddaughter. A former machine operator at Northwestern Barb Wire Co he has farmed 140 acres near Savanna for 27 years and holds church and farm group memberships. He backs limited federal and state regulation and constitutional government and favors Illinois operation like a well run state.
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Glen M. Wurster
Savanna
Illinois
Republican Party
General Assembly
Eva Mae Schroth
Mra
Donald Swank
Beth
Jil
Emphasia
Northwestern
Barb Wire Co
Savanna Ordinance Depot
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Carrol County Farm Bureau
Grartge
National Farmers Organization
Illinois Association ¢ Farmer
Wurster
of Illinois
Youth in Custody After Runaway Joyride Incident
A 13 year old boy was taken into custody by the Carroll County sheriff with help from Mounted Patrol and state police. The youth had been placed in the Rosecrantz Home at Rockford weeks earlier after taking several cars for joy rides and then escaped.
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Carroll Cownty
F Police
Rosecrantz
Rockford
Carroll County plans for industrial growth and retirement homes
At the April Carroll County Planning Commission meeting Kermit Crouch of Hone Associates advised on preserving the rural countryside image as nearby cities expand. Martin Lantau of Carroll Development Option was asked about 1000 acres between Savanna and Thomson with no plans revealed. Illinois 1966 highway maps are available by mail or at state offices in Springfield and district highway offices.
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Carroll County
Edema
Mt. Carrobh
Carroll
Plannin Commission
Kermit Crouch
Hone Associates
Lanners
Crouch
Mctissibel
Martin Lantau
Savanna
Thomson
Lantau
Illinois
Illinois Division of Highways
Secretary of State Information Office
Springfield
Conirol
Division of Highways
Car theft case tied to Savanna area found wrecked north
Sheriff Gorman reported a youth stole a car in Rockford and drove it to Bensenville then abandoned it for another vehicle. The second car was traced back toward the Savanna region where a search began for the suspect who remained in custody pending further action.
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Howard Gorman
Rockford
Bensenville
Savanna
T Day
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Carroll Historical Society
U. S. Public Health Service
Ilinois Department of Public Health
Armea Forces
Flih 'Eeart - Pree
Zenith
Main
Clinton
Iowa
B. David
J. H. Potts and Son
the Lyons
Tok Junction
Bing
Slad
Llad
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Aviation Battalion
Capt
Mrs. McBride
Siad
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Glen Wurster
State Assembly
Ringo
Bradulski
5Th Avenue
Clinton, Ia
Frank W. Mest Insurance Agency
General Insurance
Chadwick
Interstate Power Company
Power Company
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