Come Blow Your Horn at Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse near Mt Carroll presents Neil Simon comedy Come Blow Your Horn through Aug 21 with Ben Hodge directing. Cast includes Andy Treibachs Steve Shafer Penny Wenrich. set by Bill Larson. Curtain 8 30 Tue–Sat Sun 7 30. Tickets 2.25 2 50. Reservations 244 844 or Timber Lake. Also Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Aug 15 14 1 30. Opening Aug 23 The Boy Friend.
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Ktnwel Wake Playhouse
Mt. Carroll
Neil Simons
Barefoot In the Park
Hilariou
Bachelie Brothers
New York
Ben Hodge
Unversity O Iowa
Andy Treibachs
Steve Shafer
Penny Wenrich
Bill Larson
Timber Lake Playhouse
Sandy Wilson
Wonder Workers Win Share the Fun Contest
The Lanerk Wonder Workers 4-H club won first place in Carroll County Share the Fun final with the act Comin Round the Mountain. Second went to Carrollettes 4-H club Mt Carroll for The Owl and the Pussy Cat. Third was The Princess and the Peanut by Lanark Rockettes.
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Lanerk Wonder Workers
Carroll County
Carrollettes
Milledgeville selects Miss Flame in local pageant
Wagenknecht daughter of Mr and Mrs Ruswell Wagenknecht Milledgeville was chosen Miss Flame of Milledgeville and crowned by Loren Crawford Milledgeville chief She will compete with about 25 area winners in the Blackhawk Fire fighters Association Miss Flame contest in Sterling during Fire Prevention Week this fall Sue Rawson was runner up and Judy Daw finished third
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Po Wagenknecht
Russell Wagenknecht
Milledgeville
Monda
Loren Crawford
Blackhawk Firefighters Association
Sterling
Sue Rawson
Dudy Daw
Runaways Steal Auto in Savanna
Two teenage Chicago boys walked away from a camp north of Savanna and stole a car in Savanna. They drove to Morrison where they wrecked the auto east of the city while fleeing police, one was later taken into custody in Morrison. The owner, Aan Murray of Savanna, reported the theft at about 4 PM as police chased the stolen car toward Morrison then roadblocked at 78 and U S 20.
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Chicago
Ted Linuis
Savanna
Morrison
James Handvu
Whiteide
Latt
Sherf Harry Miller
Carroll County
Robert Carlisle
Aan Murray
Third St.Savanna
Rom
Parke
Heri F
Harry Miller
Gato
Morrison Po‘na
U. S. 20
Ronald Basile Assigned to Savanna Army Depot Audit Office
Savanna Illinois Ronald Basile son of Mr and Mrs Tony Bas ile 310 Main St Savanna transferred last month from the Department of Agriculture Chicago to an assignment at the Savanna Army Depot He holds a BS in Business Administration with an accounting major and will join the Audit Internal Review Division of the Office of the Depot Comptroller A Savanna High School and Northern Illinois University DeKalb graduate
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Savanna
Ill
Ronald Basile
Tony Basle
Main St
Department of Agriulture
Chicago
Savanna Army Depot
Whiteside County Fair Opens August 17 With Premiums
Preparations are underway for the 96th Whiteside county fair in Morrison with over in premiums. Opening day on Wednesday is Family Day with bargain midway rates and daily entertainment including harness and horse racing, 4-H events, tractor pulls, and a full slate of amateur and professional acts through Saturday night.
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Whiteside County
Morrison
Gates
Grand Chamson
Captain Stubby
The
Bureaneers
Bob and
Bobby Thomas
Lou Prohant
Claytons
Farrell Sisters
Hippodrome
Johnny King
Kewanee Clown Band
Tampico High
Fulton High
Morrison High School
Buiit
Quail Released by SAD Sportsmans Club in Area
Four members of the Federal Employees Sportsmans Club at Savanna Army Depot released 230 quail ten weeks old in Carroll and Jo Daviess counties. The release followed at the Depot Game Receive with 78 birds and 152 scattered near Thomson, Savanna outskirts, and Jo Daviess county.
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Savanna
W.1
Federal Employees Sportsmans Club
Savanna Army Depot
Carroll
Jo Daviess County
Sportsmans Club
Lloyd Heisler
Jim Kness
Thomson
Francis Trent
Campus Projects Near Completion At Shimer College
Shimer College in Mount Carroll completes projects this summer. Shroyer Field to be seeded for soccer and more. Hathaway Hall remodeling adds Development and Admissions offices. a new gas or oil boiler and campus gas lines installed. A brick garage houses four cars and the Shimer bus. Tantz Brothers build a campus driveway clearing the quadrangle for pedestrians.
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Mount Carroll
Shimer College
Malcolm Shroyer
Shroyer
Shimer Board of Trustees
Hathaway Hall
Hoffman
Queckboerner
Tantz Brothers
Corps of Engineers Marks 100th Anniversary Plans
The Army Corps of Engineers marks its century on the upper Mississippi with a Rock Island District centennial. Open houses at District headquarters Block Tower Canal Island and at the 12 Mississippi River Locks and Dams Coralville Reservoir and major projects are scheduled for the Aug weekend.
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Corps of Engineers
Mississppi
Rock Island
Vu. Wie Vu
Army Corps of Menses
Block Tower
Morton of Kentucky to Speak at Freeport Rally
Senator Thurston B. Morton of Kentucky will be the principal speaker at the fifth annual 16th Congressional District Republican Rally and picnic at the Stephenson County grounds on Saturday. Other guests include Congressman John R. Anderson State Superintendent Ray Page and Harris Rowe State Treasurer. Charles H. Percy will debate Senator Paul H. Douglas in the November general election.
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Kentucky
Thurston B. Morton
Stephenson County
John R. Anderson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ray Page
Harris Rowe
Charles H. Percy
Paul H. Douglas
Republican event draws big crowds in 16th District
Stanley H Guyer, Republican State Central Committeeman of the 16th District, says the upcoming affair will be one of the biggest Republican events in years. Free hot dogs, sweet corn and beverages will be served.
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Stanley H Guyer
Republican State Central
16Th Congressional District
Round-Up Recipe for Peach Ice Cream
Instructions for making peach ice cream using eggs sugar condensed milk vanilla and peaches. Mix beat chill freeze in a hand cranked freezer with crushed ice and rock salt. Repack as ice melts keep adding ice and salt until firm before serving.
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Dasher
Freeport Woman Hurt in Route 64 Three Car Crash
Katherine Glidden of Freeport sustained facial and possible chest injuries Sunday in a three car crash on Highway 64 one mile east of Mt. Carroll. Her husband Kenneth Glidden rode with her as Odd B. Eberle of Freeport attempted to pass on a curve and collided with Woodrow Johnston of Mt. Carroll. Eberle received a ticket for improper passing.
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Katherine Glidden
Freeport
Mt. Carroll
Kenneth
Glidden
Odd B. Eberle
Eberle
Woodrow Johnston
Johnston
State Treasurer Brings Staff Under Merit Civil Service
State Treasurer William J. Scott announced completion of legal steps to place over half of his 122 staff under the civil service system. The banking division now falls under the Personnel Merit Code with future vacancies filled by competitive exams. Scott noted a prior delay in approval by Gov. Kerner and dismissed concerns of political motives amid personnel changes.
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William J. Scott
Offce
Scott
Kerner
Eed
Funeral services held for Carl Haag at Chadwick First Lutheran
Carl Haag 73 of Fair Haven Township died Aug 4 in Community General hospital Sterling. Funeral at First Lutheran Chadwick with Dr. Carl Irvin officiating and burial in Chadwick cemetery. Survived by wife Neva Traum Haag, three sons Allen Evan Leo, seven grandchildren, two brothers and a sister. Out-of-town attendees came from Sterling, Chadwick and Chicago areas.
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Carl Haag
Fair Haven Township
Community General Hospital
Sterling
First Lutheran Church
Chadwick
Carl Irvin
Robert Geison
Albert Hartman
Howard Emnyre
Arnold Farthing
Harold Imel
Arnold Oe
Percy Friederich
Eugene Weber
George Yingling
George
Mary
Yvejtre] Haag
Black Oak Lutheran Parsonage
Allen
Evan
Leo
Mt. Carroll
John
Robert
Lydia Haag
Orville
Charles Studner
Steve Anzak
Sandra
Ruth Boehling Jr
Kathy Jender
Chicago
Shimer College hires new instructors and calf scramble winners
Philip T. Marcus will teach Natural Sciences including Mathematics at Shimer College. Peter Roder, a University of Cologne graduate, will instruct Physical Education and German, replacing Hans Buhrmann on a two year leave to pursue a PhD. CALF SCRAMBLE WINNERS at Carroll County Fair include David Weber, Savannah. Gregory Miller, Dennis Rickloff, Milledgeville. Wayne Wabbena, Dale Swalve, Shannon. Ron Atherton, Thomson. Keith Foltz, Chadwick. Jim Skinner, Milledgeville, earned first for best feeding job earned last year.
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Peter Roder
University of Cologne
Hans Buhrmann
Shimer
Carroll County Fair
David Weber
Savanna
Gregory Miller
Dennis Rickloff
Milledgeville
Wayne Wabbena
Dale Swalve
Shannon
Ron Atherton
Thomson
Keith Foltz
Chadwick
Jim Skinner
OES Plans Official Visit and Practice in Lanark
At Baltista Chapter No 515 OES of Illinois regular meeting, officials prepared for the Official Visit set for Monday August 28 at 8 PM at the Masonic Temple in Lanark. Guest in the East was Stanley Heath of Orpha Charter Fargo North Dakota. Plans were made to clean the temple on Thursday August 25 from 9 AM and to hold 2 PM practice for the visit on August 28.
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Baltista Chapter No 515
OES
Illinois
Masonic Temple
Lanark
Stanley Heath
Orpha Charter
Fargo
N. D
Dur oc boar wins at Carroll County Fair judging
Schneider Farms of Mt Car Roll displayed the champion Dur oc boar during swine division judging at the Carroll County Fair.
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Schneider Farms of
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
GOP nominates two for 15th circuit judge seats
Dixon attorney James E. Bales and associate judge Helen M. Rutkowski of Oregon were chosen by 15th Judicial Circuit Republicans as nominees for two circuit judge positions to be decided in November. One other candidate, James E. Richardson of Galena, was also nominated. Carroll and Stephenson counties did not place nominees. The openings followed the deaths of Judge Robert L. Bracken and the retirement of Judge Leon A. Zick.
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15Th Circuit
Robert L. Bracken
Leon A. Zick
Oregon
Grange Social Meeting Scheduled for Monday Evening
The Rock Creek grange will hold a social meeting Monday August 15 at 8 30 PM in the grange hall. Entertainment is by Mr and Mrs Delmar Lang Mr and Mrs Lee Mc Call and Mr and Mrs Bernard Diehl Refreshments will be served by Mr and Mrs Harold Crouse Mr and Mrs Leo Poffenberger and Mr and Mrs Francis oan.
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Rock Creek Grange
Grange Hall
Delmar Lang
Lee McCall
Bernard Diehl
Harold Crouse
Leo Poffenberger
Francis Oan
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Wonder
Miss Flame
Iowa
J. H. Potts & Son
Clinton
Lyons
Zirkelbach Refrigeration
Clinton, Iowa
Whiteside Fair
SAD Sportsmans Club
Morton
Frank W. Mest Insurance Agency
Ad.penden
Zenith
Main Ave
Dial
Shimer Cove
F. J. Mullin
Joseph Q. Heplar
Henry Rath
Europe
Carthage College
Sweden
Germany
Cologne
Bonn
Rhine
Irgn
Frankfurt
Henry
Frankurt
W. W. II
George Races
Michael Fox
Fox
Maynard Gay
Frank Hoover
John Shade
Debbie
Kathy
By Koethe
Melody Kings
Old Thomson High School
Thomson Lions Club
Clippers and Locksmith
Triumph Motorcycles
Kegel’s
Cycle & Key Shop
South
Chicago Avenue
Freeport, Illinois
GOP
Carroll Nor
Grange
Fulton
Whiteside
Harry J. Watt
Morrison James Pell
Bowl Shannon
Roger Spickler
Prop
Pere Te
Iilinois
Northern Illinois Gas Company
P.O. Box
Aurora
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