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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1964
Page
6
County Tourist Promotion official reports contributions to the Pioneer Trail act from Farmers State Bank of Chadwick Arnie's Texaco Station J and R Gulf Station and Tom Redman as noted in an earlier issue.
A reorganization meeting of the Carroll County Young Republicans is planned for Monday night August 17 at 8 pm in the courthouse at Mount Carroll. All young people interested in the Republican cause are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs W J Quest of Chadwick and Mr and Mrs W J Dickinson of Rockford with Donald Dickinson and Mrs Blanch Neuschwanger of Mt Carroll spent the weekend in Minneapolis Minnesota They visited Prairie du Chien Wisconsin to view Villa Louis and attended the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre to see St Joan.
The Carroll County Fair hosted a tractor pull open to county residents with lightweight and heavyweight classes. Top prizes were 60 dollars. trophies awarded to the first three in each class. Notable finishers include Donald Campman and Mickey Morgan in light and heavy classes respectively, with multiple Lanark entrants highlighted. The Lanark Merchants placed second in the Blackhawk Baseball League, ending the regular season 7-3, led by Jim Parod batting .400 and Mel Hanbecker .395.
Fair Haven 4 H members submitted records for review on Monday Aug 10. Leader Vernon Alexander offered guidance, with records due by Sept 1. Reports covered finances from rat bait and paper drives, staff house project payments, and federation notes. Others announced ribbons, committee appointments, and demonstrations at the round up with lunch served by club members.
Mrs. Orville Williams of Milledgeville was named premier exhibitor in the open floral show at the Carroll County Fair. Her daughter Ann Williams won the premier exhibitor award in the junior floriculture department, marking Mrs. Williams' third consecutive win. The entry reflects many hours of dedicated work by the Williams family.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sorrenson Delores Dalcher and Posey Ann of Lanark with Mrs. C J Mackey returned from a vacation in Minnesota and South Dakota. They stayed in Westbrook Stratton Canby and Sioux Falls visiting relatives and WW II buddies. They report crops fair but in need of rain.
Mrs Dora Daehler and Fred Daehler visited in Sterling weekend. They attended graduation exercises for a nursing class from Dixon public hospital school of nursing at Dixon Presbyterian church. Darlene Daehler, granddaughter of Mrs Daehler, is a graduate. Mr and Mrs Jerry Kness and family joined Mrs Iva Spencer for Sunday supper.
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