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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
1
Babson Park Massachusetts August 27. A long-time observer notes a shift from pessimism to optimism about how rising marriage and birth rates will drive demand for housing furniture appliances and services. stronger birth rates in the late 1960s and 1970s plus an aging 65 plus market create broader opportunities for banks lumber fabric and consumer goods.
A 16 year old Rock Falls girl died at the scene when a 1964 Murphy vehicle collided with the Bryant car at the Route 78 88 junction near Mt Carroll. Gloria Bryant was killed. Milo Bryant and Betty Bryant were hospitalized with injuries. another occupant Daniel, 9, had minor injuries. Murphy faces involuntary manslaughter charges.
Werner C. Schultz 72 of Lanark died Sunday at Timber Lake Resort near Chadwick after a tractor train ride事故 He stopped to aid a falling child when the ride skidded and bumped a tree He was born October 5 1891 in Hopkins Township Whiteside County He married Louise Cassens in Sterling in 1916 and lived in Whiteside County before moving to Lanark in 1949 He was a Trinity Lutheran member and worked at Lanark Feed Mill and Timber Lake Survivors include his widow two daughters a sister three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services were held Tuesday August 25 at Trinity Lutheran Church Lanark with burial in Lanark Cemetery.
Opal Lucille Dittmar Sallows 52 a Bellevue resident and former Carroll area resident died Monday at Finley hospital Dubuque after two weeks as a patient. Funeral 1:30 p m Wednesday Law funeral home Savanna burial Oak Hill cemetery Mt Carroll. Born December 10 1911 in Jo Daviess county daughter of Albert and Sarah Dittmar she married Howard Sallows January 12 1945. She managed the Burlington Railroad lunchroom in Savanna. Surviving: husband daughter Donna Bristol of El Paso Texas two sons three grandchildren mother Mrs Sarah Smith Savanna sister Gladys Jones Clinton Ia brother Floyd Dittmar Mt Carroll.
Mr and Mrs Ed Manning and family with Mr and Mrs Ben Manning of Polo took a weeklong trip visiting relatives in Wichita Kansas Beloit Wisconsin and Butte Nebraska They recalled their 52nd wedding anniversary at Butte then continued to Sioux Falls South Dakota before returning home
Mr and Mrs Robert Calloway Carlin of Dyersburg Tennessee announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Elizabeth to Thomas Reynolds Watson son of Mrs Thomas A Watson of Mount Carroll and the late Mr Watson Linda a Dyersville High School and University of Illinois alumna taught at Wells Junior High School Chicago and will teach English at Auburn High School Rockford This fall Mr Watson a University of Illinois journalism graduate is sports editor of the Belvidere Daily Republican and member of Tau Epsilon He plans a August 29 wedding at First Presbyterian Church Dyersburg
Four Stockton youths pleaded guilty in Carroll county circuit court to criminal damage to property. They were fined $100 each and placed on two years probation by Associate Judge Edward Turnbaugh. Names listed: Allen Beyer 18 Blake Rowe Dennis Fletmeyer Gary Todsen. Restitution of $17 per person paid for advertising sign damage. Case against a fifth youth, no Zimmer 19, continued.
Thirty seven junior Illinois farmers and five local canning firms compete in the tenth annual Canning Crops Contest sponsored by the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association and the National Canners Association. Entries close Sept. 12 with state regional and national prizes. contestants submit detailed crop reports and profit analysis for peas tomatoes corn and other produce.
The State Department of Public Works and Buildings approved two new road sections for Carroll County. One in Salem township between Routes 78 and 88 near Timber Lake Resort and another seven miles in York township from Riverview to Thomson, north and east of Riverview. Costs are estimated at 30 000 to 40 000 dollars per mile.
The Pomona Grange meeting at Black Oak Grange Hall on Monday August 10 featured briefings on awards won by Carroll County Pomona for parade decor and attendance at a Northern Illinois Grange picnic. Upcoming events include Milledgeville Booster Night September 15 and a Hanover Scenic Grange dance August 14.
Ted Bookman son of Mr and Mrs Thaddeus Bookman of rural Lanark has joined the Air Force and departed from O'Hare Field on August 17 for Lackland AFB Texas for a 12 week Officer's Training School course. Address provided for OT Thaddeus A Bookman AF 16810160 OTS Class 65 C Building 10502 Box 1540 GP 35412 Fn 8 Lackland AFB Texas 78236. Ronald E Gerdes stationed with the Air Force in Topeka Kansas has been transferred to McConnell AFB Wichita Kansas. The family left Topeka August 27 and new address is Ronald E Gerdes 2320 E McArthur Rd Lot 63c Wichita Kansas.
Donald D. Bach of Thomson Illinois serves on the USS Enterprise as part of Operation Sea Orbit aboard the World War II era atomic powered task force. He is among 6 000 officers and men in Task Force One aboard the carrier.
Fiorello a fast bright musical about New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia stars George Luce in Timber Lake Playhouse eighth season. Nancy Oehmich Nan Withers Darrell Ruhl John Williams Kent Gravett April Edwards and Juce French fill major roles with dance numbers and political satire set to period songs. Fiorello opens August 26 and runs through September 7 with 8:30 p.m. curtain and reservations by mail or phone.
Janet Lou Smith and Duane Carl Smith of Thomson obtain a divorce decree. Billy Ray Mc Adams of Savanna is granted a divorce from Shirley Jean McAdams.
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