4 H Judging Results Span Livestock and Poultry Winners
Champion cockeral Ron nie Kaufman Mt Carroll. Champion pullet Nancy Bruckner Thomson. Champion breeding pen Ray Grim Mt Carroll. Champion duck hen Karen Dauphin Savanna. Champion drake Karen Dauphin Savanna. Champion pen of 3 Norman Isenhart Chadwick. Champion pigeons John French Thomson. Goose champions Brian Brinkmeier Mt Carroll and Mary Ketelsen Savanna. Rabbits, horses and ponies, beef and dairy champions listed with multiple exhibitors from Mt Carroll Thomson Savanna Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark. Grand Champion litter Roger Williams Milledgeville. Grand champion Bear Kim Schneider Chadwick. Senior showmanship winners listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockeral
Ronnie Kaufman
Mt. Carroll
Nancy Bruckner
Thomson
Ray Grim
Mark Brown
Karen Dauphin
Savanna
Norman Isenhart
Chadwick
Dennis Yochem
Mary Ketelsen
Brian Brinkmeier
Nancy Ketelsen
Susan Dauphin
Darry Yochem
Buck
John Schell
Milledgeville
Steven Kaufman
Doe
Joe French
Dennis Yachem
Kerry Wittshire
Shelley Moll
Shannon
Jeanne Landis
Shelley Egal Shannon
Randy Eder
Laurie Nesemeier
Lanark
Randy Edler
Brad Law
Kevin Sehneider
Kim Schneider
Hampshire
Wayne Becker
Yorkshire
Gregg Martz
Karen Fleoming
Karen Fleming
Poland
China
Roger Williams
Res
Jeff Williams
Ampion
Milledge
Ann Williams
Jeff Snyder
Kevin Schneider
Mr. Carroll
Gary Mosher
Keith Schneider
Milledgeville Hotshots
Chadwick Busy Beavers
Tip Top Troopers
Mount Carroll
Sandra Fleming
Jeff Miller
Ray Hutchison
Keith Alexander
Ruth Mackey
Ann Mackey
Fair Haven
Jim Rath
Cheryl Ketelsen
Jerry Smith
Dan Ter Hark
Gary Dettman
Herb Getz
Darryl Yochem
Chris
Jill Silvius
Ayrshire
Lynn Paschal
Alan Deets
Lynn Paschal Savanna
Jim Ketelsen
Roger Neis
Mt Carroll
Norm Isenhart
Grade
Brian Schreiner
Jennie Reader
Norm K¢nhart
Curt Keim
Lanark Larkers
York Cedar
Barn Destroyed by Fire at Lawrence Weatherwax Farm
A large frame barn and contents burned last Thursday afternoon on the Lawrence Weatherwax farm along route 78 east of Thomson. The fire origin is undetermined. Tenants are Mr and Mrs John Engelkens. Further details accompany the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Weatherwax
Route 78
Thomson
John Engelkens
Donald Atherton
Savanna
Dwight Atherton
Leila Mitchell
Argo Fay
Thompson Briefs Family Vacation and Visits Across States
Thomson notes Miss Joy Durward flew to Los Angeles for two weeks with sisters Dina and Gail Durward of Seal Beach. She recently finished six weeks as a church camp counselor in northern Wisconsin. Various local residents hosted dinners and traveled visits spanning Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Virginia, Indiana, and Arizona, with Chicago and Tempe as highlighted points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Durward
Los Angeles
Dina
Gail Durward
Seal Beach
Calif
Wisconsin
Weekend Socials and House Guests Across Fulton and Dubuque
Weekend callers included Jim Wiebenga and Bill Madison of Savanna with Fulton relatives and grandson Jeff of Erie. Potratz reunion at Downing Park Iowa drew Francis Potratz Craig Potratz and local families. Various guests stayed with Rathies Athertons Balks and Mcphalls as camping trips at Governor Dodge State Park linked to Marken Haas Sloan Eslinger families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Wiebenga
Jim Wiebenga
Bill Madison
Savanna
Howard Wiebenga
Claude Wiebenga
Fulton
Jeff
Erie
Francis Potratz
Craig
Paul Potratz
Potratz
Downing Park
Iowa
Village Marshal Thompson vanishes. mayor seeks replacement
Mayor Joe Shutters says Thomson's Village Marshal Milfred Thompson left without warning. A squad car was found parked on Main Street with ignition keys and his badge left in Howard Potter's room near Britt's Cafe, suggesting departure late Monday night or Tuesday morning. A replacement search is authorized and a special board meeting is set to discuss the situation. Former Marshal Virgil MacDonald has inquired about resuming duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Milfred Thompson
Joe Shutters
Main Street
Howard Potter
Britt
Howard
Thompson
Shutters
Virgil MacDonald
Foltz Twins Enter National Guard Basic Training in Seattle
Keith and Kenneth Foltz, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Le Roy Foltz of Chadwick, left Monday for basic training in Seattle. They will complete basic training there in January. Weekend dinner hosted by the Foltzs included Steve Luckstead, Diane Luckstead, Tammy Luckstead, Linda Tomby, Sandy Buss, Jerry Foltz, Timmy Foltz, and Marna Bittner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Kenneth Foltz
le Roy Foltz
Chadwick
Seattle
Washington
National Guard
Foltz
Steve
Diane
Tammy Luckstead
Mission Hill
California
Linda ‘Tomby
Tucson
Arizona
Sandy Buss
Freeport
Jerry Foltz
Timmy
Marna Bittner
Magistrate Boege Criticized For Watermelon Theft Remark
A reader rebukes Magistrate Robert Boege for telling three Whiteside County youths charged with dynamite theft to steal watermelons. The letter argues watermelons support farming families, urge better guidance, and condemn the joke as harmful to laborers who depend on such crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Boege
22Nd Street
Rock Island
Illinois
Rockford Morning Star
Whiteside County
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John French
Jan Gerlach
Jule Dauphin
Ville
Gill Reger Williams
Charles
Chuck) Aude
Robert Hutchison
Templa
Elmers
Pittsburgh
Jones Hardware
Lanark, Illinois
Gailon
Thomson Briefs
William Gengenbach
Lloyd Oosterryk
Alice
Morrison
Shell
Grand View
Ida
Bernard Groharing
Thomas Jefferson
Mt. Vernon
Philadelphia
Williamsburg
Missa Durward
Linda Schulteriles
Finer Grafft
York Baptist Church
Camdenton, Mo
Marvin Hole Singer
Henry Ven Zuiden
Myles Haas
Jim
Grissom Afb
Indiana
Ralph Fossier
Durand
From
Michael McGinn
Scott
Chicago
Laurie Brown
Tempe
Laurie
George Cooks
Harry Bowders
Jim Esmay
Rockwell City
Ernest Rathie
Peggy Stuart
Edwin Balk
Merle Atherton
Ralph Townsend
George Bissens
Mervin Magphall
Robert Miller
Peggy
David
Maude Brown
Harriett
George Jones
Emil Brach
Phil. Dawne
Angela
Dean
Darrell
William Couch
DeWitt
Robert Carroll
Minnesota
Honor Foltz Twins
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