Erect Second Building For Stephenson Fair
The Stephenson County Fair Grounds add a second permanent structure a 70 by 180 foot steel framed commercial exhibit building. Built by volunteer help under Grounds Chairman Les Finkenbinder with support from seven local farmers and Freeport businessmen. Twenty five individuals backed the loan with personal notes to finance the project as part of modernizing the fairgrounds. The fair previously moved from Taylor Park and now features fencing roads lighting and other improvements. Amateur Show on Thursday August 27 offers a $50 prize with Lena area finalists earning $250 in cash prizes later. Registration for the Stephenson County Amateur Show is open now at Ra-
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Stephenson County
Les Finkenbinder
Freeport
Taylor Park
Stephenson County Fair
Lena
Radio Station WFRL Opens Amateur Signups for Program
WFRL Freeport invites amateurs to sign up by personal visit or telephone for a program to be held on the evening of the 27th It will be recorded for broadcast the morning of August 28 and aired next day.
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WFRL
Freeport
Lois Cheeseman Weds Richard Deets In August Lutheran Ceremony
Lois Cheeseman daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Cheeseman and Richard Deets son of Mr and Mrs Arden Deets were married in a Trinity Lutheran Church ceremony. Rev T J Jernigan officiated with white gladioli decor and music by Miss Dorothy Shipman. The bride wore white satin and nylon tulle with Ven ice lace leaves and a long fingertip veil. Faith Coleman sang and the couple exchanged vows witnessed by Lois Eastabrooks Ronald Ritenour Lyle Cheeseman and Ray Polhill Jr.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Lois Cheeseman
Harry Cheeseman
Richard Deets
Arden Deets
T. J. Jernigan
Dorothy Shipman
Faith Coleman
Venice
Lois Eastabrooks
Ronald Ritenour
Lyle Cheeseman
Ray Polhill, Jr
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Kuhse Held in Chadwick
Chadwick funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kuhse 61 died Sunday at Dix on hospital were held Tuesday at 2 p m in the Frank funeral home with Rev. Eldon V Schriver officiating and burial in Chadwick cemetery. Survived by three sons Dallas Polo Joe Kalamazoo Mich and Eugene Clinton Ia seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Mary Kuhse
Dixon Hospital
Frank Funeral Home
Eldon V. Schriver
Hope E. A. B. Church
Chadwick Cemetery
Arthur Miller
Sheldon Frank
Dan and
Vermon Stoner
Harry Carbaugh
Henry Miller
Robert Traum
Raymond Dean
Frank Russell
Rock Falls
Hilda Helm
J. D. Martin
Kuhse
Tamalco
James
Martha Moody
Louis Kuhse
Chadwic
Sollenberger Auto Electric to Open August 10 in Chadwick
John Sollenberger announces the grand opening of his auto motive electric repair shop in Chadwick set for August 10. The shop in the former Keren building south of Quest Hardware will offer free electrical testing by an Allen expert and complimentary coffee doughnuts and candy for kids. Sollenberger, with long auto experience, previously sold Chevrolets and ran body and service shops.
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John Sollenberger
Automotive Electric
Chadwick
Keren
Quest Hardware
Sollenberger Auto Electric
John
Iterior
Allen
Sollenberger
Chevrolets
Bierman & Larson
Nancy Smith Travels to Boston for Summer Music School
Nancy Smith departed Chicago Thursday on American Airlines with a stop in Buffalo bound for Boston. Her brother David Smith greeted her in Boston and they proceeded to Durham New Hampshire where she will attend the university summer music program. She is enrolled in band and chorus with a class of 315.
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Nancy Smith
Chicago
American Air Lines
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
David Smith
Durham
N. H
Mr. Smith
Ashpole reunion highlights Clinton Oak Park gathering
Thompson area residents attended the Ashpole reunion at Oak Park near Clinton. Others visiting included Mr and Mrs Ray Rupple and Mr and Mrs Thomas Hand hosting dinner guests and several travels to Iowa City Milwaukee Chicago and Columbus for visits and meals with family.
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Clifford Curley
Hanover
Ray Rupple
Oak Park
Clinton
Clarence Bolhous
Marilyn
Virginia
Gladys Kramer
Iowa City
Edward Nugent
St. Louis
Edna Brown
Thomas Hand
John Greve
Fulton
Francis Hoff
Carroll
DeWalt Keefer
Columbus Ohio
Calvin Eslinger
Milledgeville Graduate Wed at Sterling nuptials
The bride, a Milledgeville 1952 graduate and beauty operator at DeHavens Beauty Shop in Sterling, wed Mr. Deets, a 1952 graduate long employed at General Electric in Morrison. They will live at 408 1st Ave Sterling, after a dinner at Maxson Manor in Oregon.
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Milledgeville School
DeHavens
Sterling
Deets
General Electric Co
Morrison
1St Ave
Maxson Manor
Oregon
New Chadwick High appoints Daniel B Braucher as history director
Daniel B Braucher of Oak Park will serve as direct or history instructor at Chadwick High School this year. He married Virginia Elizabeth Ford in Chicago at St Pauls Church by the Lake. The couple plans to reside in Chadwick after August 31, with Braucher a Knox College graduate and Army veteran.
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Daniel B. Brancher
Oak Park
Chadwick High School
Virginia Elizabeth Ford
St. Paul’s Church-by-the-Lake
Chicago
Walter C. Bihler
Paul W. Ford
Braucher
F. A. Braucher
Wisconsin
Chadwick
Michigan State College
Sherwood Music School
Baucher
Knox College
Galesburg
Enjoy Tour In Canada And The Western States
Mr and Mrs George East and their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Donald Martin of Moline completed a two week vacation to Canada and the New England states. They saw Buffalo and crossed into Canada via the Peace Bridge visiting Toronto Ottawa Montreal Quebec and St. Johns New Brunswick. Highlights included the Shenandoah and The Atlantic ships at Quebec Citadel St Lawrence River Plymouth Rock Old Ironsides and Rock of Ages granite quarry. Weather was ideal and the trip revealed many places of interest.
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George East
Donald Martin
Moline
Canada
New England States
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Buffalo
N. Y
Peace Bridge
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
U. S
Shenandoah
Southampton
St. Lawrence
St. John’s
New Brunswick
Calais
Maine
New England
Boston
Mass
Ironsides
Plymouth Rock
Franconia Notch
N. H
Barre
Local residents spend weekends visiting friends and family
Edward McClain of Savanna visited Thomson friends while Marjorie Gilbert returned to Port Byron after a visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Richard Badtke. Several couples plan trips to the west coast and Idaho, with gatherings at Eagle Point Park Clinton and other hometown events across Fulton Stockton and Milledgeville.
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Edward McClain
Savanna
Thomson
Marjorie Gilbert
Port Byron
Richard Badtke
Andrew Hook
Mt. Carroll
West Coast
Paul Waltrip
Idaho
Utah
Herman Timmons
Leota Club
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Marion Wheeler
Harold Schroth
Chadwick
Jake Kerkstra
Fulton
Allert Prins
Mire Ann Hoan
Milwaukee
Wis
Roy Brenneman
Wilbur Kauffman
Stockton
Rachel Blair
Long Western States Tour by Lott and Doty Families
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lott of Chadwick and son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Arthur Doty of Sterling completed a 5000 mile western tour. They crossed Missouri Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico Texas Arizona California and reached California's Carlsbad Caverns and the 1939 Boy Scout Jamboree in San Diego. They saw Will Rogers Memorial buffalo ranch red rocks salt flats sand storms and desert landscapes including the Imperial Valley and the American Sahara.
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Arthur Lott
Chadwick
Arthur Doty
Sterling
California
Mississippi River
Missouri
Quincey
Kansas
Kansas City
Pleasanton
Kans
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Picher
Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Texas
Amarillo
New Mexico
White City
Carlsband National Park
Carlsbad
Yuma
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Holtville
San Diego
del Mar
Pacific Ocean
Ivine Ranch
Doty
Tommy
Long Beach
San Juan Capistrano
Chadwick News Family Picnic Draws Salem Home Bureau Members
Salem Home Bureau members and families enjoyed a picnic supper Sunday evening at the Oakville home of Robert Jack and his sister Mrs. Van Orman. Guests included many local couples and children, plus Janet Nordeen of Chicago. Donald Mackay shared pictures of the Mackay ranch in Ismay Montana and a trip to Nova Scotia.
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Salem Home Bureau
Robert Jack
van Orman
Oakville
Leo Lotz
William Nipe
Russell Derver
Donald Mackay
Carolyn
Janet Nordeen
Chicago
Anna Towert
Dorothy Footitt
Max Fulton
Claire DuVall
Carroll
Gerald Lower
Martha Crowe
Robert Queckboerner
Kandis
Lanark
Jas Morgan
Dwight Spearman
Hill
C .M. Honberger
Mackay
Ismay
Montana
Nova Scotia
California Jamboree Highlights and Midwest Family Visit
A diary style recap chronicles a Boy Scout jamboree with 40 000 scouts marching and rail road pages from coast to coast. The text moves to a family tour from Long Beach to San Francisco including Winsor Lott in Vallejo and sights like Alcatraz and the Cliff House. The group returns via Donner Pass to Illinois, while other local visits include Merle Bicker and Mabel Bell guests and news of Gilbert Holland's Milledgeville trip and an appendectomy.
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Knott
Berry Farm
Buena Park
California
Long Beach
San Luis Obispo
San Jose
San Rafael
Vallejo
Winsor Lott
Arthur Lott
San Francisco
Sacramento
State Capitol
Napa County
Golden Gate Park
Cliff House
Alcatraz Federal Prison
Treasure Island
Winsor
Santa Cruz Beach
Donner Pass
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Iowa
Illinois
Merle Bicker
Clarence Bicker
Lanark
Mabel Bell
Blackhawk
Maude Brown
Harriet
Gilbert Holland
Milledgeville
Glenn Miller
Miller
Isenhart St Ores wedding held at Oak Park Church Savanna
Mrs Elizabeth Carroll and sons of Morrison visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Robert Carroll and family for the Isenhart St Ores wedding at Oak Park Christian Church Savanna. Many relatives and friends hosted visits through the week with local families in Morrison Fulton Clinton Bettendorf and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Carroll
Morrison
Robert Carroll
Isenhart-St. Ores
Savanna
Oak Park Christian Church
Fay Ashby
Phillips 66 Oil
Paul Lewis
Jack Marken
Gail
Farmers City
Marken
Paul Pratt
Barbara Carroll
Mary Pratt
George Creighton
James Henricksen
Clinton
Marvin Brookstra
Fulton
Adeline Groharing
Fred Doden
Calvin Strauch
Bettendorf, Jr
F.id Winston
Florida
Francis Hoff
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Virgil Wilt
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Lawrence Weatherwax
Emil Bellich
Charlotte
Leo Hand
Clara Switzer
Francis Hort
Gilbert Hound
Frank Milles
Myr
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Cora Barnes
Freenort
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el Paso
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