Drug Arrests Continue In Carroll County Links To Shimer College
Carroll County Sheriff Harry H. Miller announces four more young men linked to drug traffic face grand jury indictments dated April 17. Steven Derrickson 17 Mount Carroll Raymond Riegert 20 Shimer College Westfield N J Phil Taper 20 Shimer College New York City and Barry arp 23 Ottawa Ontario Canada charged with narcotic offenses. Bonds set at 10 000 each for Derrickson Taper and Riegert total 40 000 for arp, bond reduced to 10 000. Taper pleads innocent with trial slated June 18. Riegert case continued to May and Stephen Derrickson assigned counsel with a May 14 hearing. A related reckless homicide case against Savanna resident prop 21 is continued after indictment.
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Steven Derrickson
Mount Carroll
Raymond Riegert
Shimer College
Westfield
N. J
Phil Taper
New York City
Barry
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Derrickson
Taper
Karp
Bond
Arp
Circuit Court
Helen Rutkowski
Savanna
St Ores Receive Call From Son on R and R in Australia
Mr and Mrs Curtis St Ores received a telephone call from their son Eugene early Sunday. Gene is on rest and recuperation leave from his duties in Vietnam and is spending his R and R in Australia.
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Curtis St. Ores
Eugene
Gene
Vietnam
Gtt
Austalia
Woman's Club Dinner and Book Review in Morrison
The Woman's Club holds its annual dinner on Thursday evening May 2 at 6 30 p m in the Brick House Morrison. Members and guests may arrange rides through fellow members or neighbors. Mrs Dora Lee Smith will present a book review and new officers will be installed during the evening program.
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Woman's Club
Brick House
Morrison
Dora Lee Smith
Kindergarten Registration Set For Spring 1968
Kindergarten registration will be held Friday April 26 1968 in the grade seniors. Children with last names A through J register 8 30 to 11 00 am and K through Z register 1 00 to 3 00 pm. Parents and children will meet the kindergarten teacher in the library after registering. Children starting kindergarten this fall must be five by December 1 1968 and bring a birth certificate. Book fee is 5 00 payable on registration day.
Open House Set for Whiteside Vocational Center
The Whiteside Area Vocational Center in Sterling Illinois invites Thomson residents to attend an open house Tuesday evening April 30. Coordinator Aaron Wheeler announces the event to tour facilities and meet staff with sessions guiding visitors through center areas and a question period for parents and the community. Coffee will be served in the lobby.
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Whiteside Area Vocational Center
Sterling
Illinois
Thomson
Aaron Wheeler
Thomson High School
Central Telephone Announces New Rates and Timing Changes
Central Telephone Company of Illinois unveils new rate structure effective April 13 for day and night calls, person to person rates, and state to state comparisons. The plan includes reduced weekend and holiday rates, a late night station to station cap, and a new minimum rate with altered operator handled calls.
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Central Telephone
Ilinois
Central Telephone Company of
Central Telephone Company of Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Freshmen Registration Planned for Incoming Class of Sixty Eight
Orientation and registration for eighth graders and their parents set for Wednesday May 1 at 7 30 p m in the high school cafeteria. Incoming ninth graders will register for their freshman year and discuss the four year program with school officials including Principal William Gengenbach and Counselor Thomas Lonergan.
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Wayne G. Tidd
Thom
William Gengenbach
Thomas Lonergan
Tidd
Andrew Thomson Band Concert Delights Andrew Community Schools
The Thomson varsity band hosted Andrew Community Schools from Andrew Iowa for a four hour afternoon rehearsal and an evening concert. The 37 piece Andrew band opened with European Folk Suite and The Spirit of 76. Mr Armstrong and Mr Mailand played trumpet solos with the 44 piece Thomson band. The combined bands closed with several pieces led by Messrs Armstrone and Mailand. An exchange concert is planned May 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Andrew’s school gym.
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Thomson
Andrew Community Schools
Andrew
Iowa
Roland Armstrong
Thomson Music Boosters
Andrew Band
Thomson Varsity
Tchaikovsky
Subdivision Named Mississippi Sunset by Brunners
Correction states the subdivision north of Thomson is Mississippi Sunset Subdivision not Mississippi Summit as previously reported. Mr and Mrs Loyal Brunner plan to open a small grocery store this summer to serve vacationing families and locals, with construction to begin soon as an addition to their home.
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Loyal Brunner
Thomson
Mississippi Sunset
Mississippi Summit Subdivision
TOPS in Trouble Chanter Club Plans Weight Loss Meet
Thomson Trim TOPS group reports a 17 pound net loss this week and the area supervisor will meet the members Monday at 7 15 PM in the Legion hall to push them to regain top weight loss. Last meeting split into three teams for internal competition with an undetermined penalty for the losing team.
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Thomson Trim Tops
Chanter
Legion Hall
Newlywed Wicks Honored at Pot Luck Supper
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sikkema to honor newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Wim Wicks. Guests traveled from Thomson Fulton and Savanna.
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Arnold Sikkema
Wim. Wicks
Thomson, Fulton
Savanna
Donations Sought For Village Trees
Thomson village adds seven shade trees to Park and Library replacing elm losses. Norway maples and Marshall seedless ash planted by Mayor Joe Shutters and Village Marshall Virgil Mac Donald. Trees cost 66.65 dollars each and donations are requested to fund future plantings.
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Thomson Village
Thomson Library
Marshall
Joe Shutters
Virgil MacDonald
Shutters
Ice Cream Supper Honors Local Newlyweds
Friends and relatives are invited to a social evening Saturday at 8 p m in the Mt Carroll Community house honoring newlyweds Mr and Mrs Leland Schmaling of Mt Carroll Ice cream and coffee will be furnished guests may bring cakes. The former Mary Colehour and Leland Schmaling were married March 17 in Mt Carroll.
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Mt. Carroll
Leland Schmaling
Mary Colehour
Poe
Heusinkvelds Return Home After Bradenton Visit
Mr and Mrs Paul Heusinkveld arrived home Monday afternoon after spending December first week in Bradenton Florida. The trip wrapped up with their return to home.
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Paul Heusinkveld
Heusinkvelds
Bradenton
Florida
Carroll County History Name Chosen Amid Subscription Push
Mrs. R. Schmaling won with the title Carroll County, A Goodly Heritage for the Sesquicentennial History. The project revises earlier county histories with 55 years of recent events and local institutions. Subscriptions must reach 800 before printing. price rises from 10 to 12.50 after August 2 and banks list totals.
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Carroll County Historical Society
Carroll County
Schmaling
Mount Carroll
Glen Wise
Lanark
Schma
Mount Carroll National Bank
Milledgeville State Bank
State Bank of Savanna
National Bank of Savanna
Exchange State Bank of Lanark
Farmers State Bank of Chadwick
Thomson State Bank
Shannon State Bank
Committees Named for Annual Alumni Dinner
Thomson high school Alumni association officers formed committees for the May 25 banquet and dance in the high school gym. Invitations Nominating Decorating Tables Dishes and Dance groups were announced with chairmen and members listed. A May 1 meeting in the school cafeteria will finalize plans for the reunion.
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Thomson High School Alumni Association
Ronald Bull
Merle Bielema
Dorothe Lewis
Joe Root
Charlene Cate
Emil Brach
Robert Plumley
Dean Robinson
Rubert Holland
Larry Frosch
Walter Holland
Diana Daehler
Terry Haas
Edwin Ralk
Linda Johnson
Kathy Eslinger
Nancy Haas
Eugene Diephuis
Faye Ashby
David Young
Merle Prins
Gordon Brown
Arnold Sikkema
Warren Waltrip
Alan Hickey
Medical and Surgical Patients in Mercy and Swedish Hospitals
Sick R. C. Bush and Lavere Kness are listed as medical or surgical patients in Mercy hospital Clinton Iowa. G A Smith convalesces at Valley House Tucson Arizona. Clarence Bolhous a Fulton resident was a medical patient at Swedish American Rockford with a forehead laceration and brain concussion after a fall. Jacklyn McClain and Eli T McClaine Jr also listed as Mercy patients Clinton Iowa.
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R. C. Bush
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
G. A. Smith
Valley House
W. Lee
Tucson
Arizona
Lavere Kness
Riverview
Eli T. McClaine, Jr
Sharon Miller to Wed Robert Williams
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of Phoenix announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Sharon to Robert Williams son of Mrs Ruth C Williams and the late Arthur C Williams of Phoenix The wedding is set for June 29 1968 at St Gregory s Catholic Church in Phoenix Williams attended Northern Montana College Havre and will graduate from Phoenix College with a political science degree He works as administrative sergeant of the campus police at Phoenix College Sharon attended Thomson Schools Phoenix High School and Phoenix College and is employed by Carnation Company in Phoenix
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Charles Miller
Phoenix
Arizona
Sharon
Robert Williams
Ruth C. Williams
Arthur Clark Williams
St. Gregory's Catholic Church
Williams
Northern Montana College
Havre
Montana
Phoenix College
Thomson
Carnation Company
Cancer Drive Underway in York Township
The York township cancer fund drive is ongoing led by chair Mrs. Marvin Holesinger. April is Cancer Month per President Johnson. Solicitors include Mies Paul Hartman Wayne Kaufman P James Green Clifford Durward Curt Pilgrim Emil Bellich Robert Gray Fred Fiet Kyle Brown Harry Dittmar Sylvester MacWorthy Jr Ed Hook Robert Carroll Don Wiersema and Bernard Gro haring. Donors are urged to contact a solicitor or Mrs. Holesinger to arrange pickups and memorials may be made.
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York Township
Cancer Drive
Marvin Holesinger
Johnson
Mies
Paul Hartman
Wayne Kaufman
P. James Green
Clifford Durward
Curt Pilgrim
Emil Bellich
Robert Gray
Fred Fiet
Kyle Brown
Harry Dittmar
Sylvester MacWorthy, Jr
Ed Hook
Robert Carroll
Don Wiersema
Bernard Groharing
Holesinger
Golden Rule class meets at York Baptist on Easter program
The Golden Rule class of York Baptist met in the church basement on Wednesday April 17. Mrs. Mervin Marshall led a program that opened with Give Me Thy Heart. Seventeen members answered roll with Easter verses and refreshments honored Mrs. Luella Heitman on her birthday.
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York Baptist Church
Mervin Marshall
Luella Hietman
Austin Miles
Marshall
James Whitcomb Riley
Luella Heitman
Robert Hill
Heitman
Vietnam Bound Marine Pfc Terone Tidd Leaves for Service
Pfc Terone Tidd son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Tidd departs Pendleton California for Vietnam duty with the U S Marines. He leaves Wednesday for overseas service reflecting family and local ties as he heads to the Southeast Asia conflict.
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Pfc
Terone Tidd
Wayne Tidd
Vietnam
U.S. Marines
Pendleton
California
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Shimer
Harry H. Miller
Robert L. Stingley
Phil Taner
Stephen Derrickson
Vicki Cook
Melvin Finer
Cents
Andrew Thomson
The
Norses & Aids
Dr. Gunnersn
Orion
Ozzie’s Barber Shop
R. Schmaling
New
Hisory
Ruby
Sharon Miller
York
Bake Sale
W.S.C.S
Argo Fay
Krahn
Koffee Kup
Chicago & Clinton
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