Have You Voted Thomson Telephony Editorial
An editorial urges Thomson residents to vote yes on Extended Area Service from Central Telephone Company of Illinois to add Savanna Mount Carroll and Thomson exchanges. It notes current toll charges and multiple exchanges raise costs and delays. the plan would save residents money and reduce exchanges by two. The postcard ballot must be returned today to determine approval.
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Thomson
The
Central Telephone Company of
Illinois
Savanna, Mount Carroll
Thomson Telephone
Savanna
Mount Carroll
Chadwick
Fulton
Timber Lake Resort Hosts Hawaiian Luau
Timber Lake Resort in Mt Carroll Illinois hosts a Hawaiian Luau by a Mormon Hawaiian group of about 35 traveling on a church mission. The event includes an 8 pm hula show for 400 to 600 guests, authentic Hawaiian foods, and ruins to raise funds for a Sterling temple. Advance tickets are $2 for under 12 and $4 for adults. Proceeds go to the temple fund.
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Timber Lake
Mt. Carroll
Linois
Hawaii
Sterling Area
Sterling
Las Vegas
Nevada
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Timber Lakes Resort
Farmers State Bank
Ron's
King Brothers Circus Coming to Savanna on September 9
The King Brothers three ring circus visits Savanna on Monday September 9 under Carroll County Sheriff's Radio and Mounted Patrols sponsorship. Two shows are planned at the Savanna Airport south of Savanna. Proceeds fund patrol projects. Hap Acuff of Savanna chairs the organizing group.
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King Brothers
Savanna
Carroll County Sheriff's Radio
Hap Acuff
81 Baby Beeves Sold at Carroll County Auction
Eighty one head of baby beef calves were sold at Carroll County 4-H Auction on Wednesday night August 21. Top price of 35.50 per cwt went to Rhonda Bull Savanna for a 775 lb Angus. Purchaser was Carson Mobil Service Mount Carroll. Average sale price 31.53 per cwt. Top buyers included Exchange State Bank and Carroll Service Company of Lanark with seven and eight calves. Auctioneers were Chuck Aude Chadwick and Lowell Teeter Mount Carroll.
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Carroll County
Rhonda Bull
Savanna
Angus
Carson Mobil Service
Mount Carroll
Karen Messmer
Moltmann Smith Ford Sales
Randy Durward
Thomson
Mt. Carroll National Bank
Gregg Martz
Lanark
Zemke Trucking
Milledgeville
Exchange _ State Bank
Carroll Service Company of
Atherton Service & Nutrena Feeds
Milledgeville Farmers Elevator
Johnston Feed Service
Mt. Carroll
Thomson State Bank
Blackhawk Production Credit Association
Milledgeville State Bank
Cherry Brothers
Shannon
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll Veterinary Clinic
Stockton Processing Plant
Sturtevant Elevator
Queckboerner Trucking
Chadwick
R. C. Queckboerner
Chadwick Supply
Acker Implement
Carroll Feed Service
de Kalb Feeds
Rock
Curt Weaver Harvestore Lanark
Moltmann
Smith Ford Sales
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
First State Bank
Schneider Oil
Colehour Elevator
Thomson American Legion
Chuck Aude
Lowell Teeter
Math Curriculum Updated In School
The high school adopts a new widely used textbook series to update the math curriculum. The program aims to clarify traditional mathematics and introduce new concepts to deepen understanding, blending familiar topics with recently studied ideas from universities.
Thomson area social notes list weekend visitors
Monday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dykema and sons included Mrs. Ronald Koenes and family and Mrs. Fred Koenes from Fulton and Mrs. Luvetta Schneider of Argo Fay. Recent visitors at Mrs. Ruby Schmaling’s home came from Oberlin Ohio Chicago Savanna Bloomington and others.
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Edward Dykema
Carroll
Ronald Koenes
Fred Koenes
Fulton
Luvetta Schneider
Argo Fay
Ruby Schmaling
Walter Berg
Rhene Potts
Oberlin
Ohio
Marjorie Straub
Chicago
Edward Turnbaugh
Savanna
M. Hill
Bloomington
Doden
Eugene Murray
Lyle Greeley
A. S Camp
Don Kirk
Godfrey
Illinois
Marion Wheeler
Don Dell
Decatur
Robert Lewis
James Morrison
Elizabeth
Kyle Brown
Morrisons
Thomson
Gene Marken
John C. Atherton
John Sloan
Myles Haas
Timber Lake Resort
Transfer and injuries noted in Clinton area records
Eva Pape moved from Mercy hospital Clinton Iowa to Clinton Manor nursing home on Wednesday August 21. Grace Strauch remains hospitalized in Savanna City hospital. Debra Brown sustained facial lacerations from a dog bite Tuesday evening needing three stitches near her ear. Robert Lewis returned home from several weeks in the Veterans Hospital Iowa City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Pape
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Clinton Manor
Grace Strauch
Savanna City Hospital
Debra Brown
Kyle Brown
Robert Lewis
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Youths scale Thomson school roof amid melon stand caper
Southend residents wake to gunfire as Village Marshall Virgil MacDonald fires shots to stop three youths on the Thomson school building. The trio fled unharmed, were taken to Mount Carroll with Mayor Joe Shutters, and hearings in Carroll County Circuit Court were continued to September 15. The youths aided at a local melon stand and were held briefly. no roof damage reported.
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Southend Thomson
Virgil MacDonald
Thomson
Mount Carroll
MacDonald
Joe Shutters
Carroll County Circuit Court
Stagg Son Attends Roosevelt Military School in Illinois
Brian Stagg, son of Mr and Mrs Gilpin Stagg of Port Byron, Illinois, is attending the Roosevelt Military School in Aledo Illinois. An address for Brian will be printed next week.
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Brian Stagg
Gilpin Stagg
Port Byron
Illinois
Roosevelt Military School
Aledo
Brian
FS Services announces annual meeting in Chicago
FS Services Inc announced its annual meeting will run September 12 and 13 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. More than 2,000 attendees from Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin and national agricultural and business leaders will hear officer reports and conduct year business.
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FS Services, Inc
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
FS County
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
FS Services
C. H. Becker
James Healey
Management & Business Services
Future Farmers of America
William Boehm
Mosinee
Hot Lunch Menu for Tuesday to Friday
The menu lists Salisbury steak with potatoes and gravy, cabbage salad, bread and butter, and pudding for Tuesday. Wednesday offers pizza, Jello salad, bread and butter, cookies. Thursday serves ham salad sandwiches, green beans, carrot sticks, and apple crisp. Friday features macaroni and cheese, sliced tomatoes, bread and butter, peanut butter, fruit, and cookies.
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Salisbury
Enrollment Drop Marks 1968-69 Thomson CUSD 301
Enrollment in Thomson Community Unit School District No. 301 for 1968-69 totals 478 students, a decline of ten from 1967-68. High school at 128 pupils down eight, grade school 350 down two, with K-8 total 346 and 9-12 total 128.
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Thomson Community Unit
Winter Sports At State Park Eyes Snow Mobile Trails
The 122 acre farm once owned by Ted Haller at Mississippi Palisades State Park is slated for future development as a winter sports area. Budget limits will delay major work this year but snowmobile runs are possible, leveraging ski runs and long trails. The home on the property will be occupied by Merle Cate and family of Thomson who will move in after Haller vacates within sixty days.
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Ted Haller
Savanna
Mississippi Palisades State Park
James W. McMillen
Department of Conservation
Springfield
Illinois
McMillen
Haller
Merle Cate
Thomson
Cate
TOPS Chapter To Meet Tuesday
The Thomson Trim TOPS chapter reports this week that Linda Johnson was queen of the week for August 19 and Harold James’s wife was queen last week. Mrs Hole was named queen of the month for weight loss. Mrs Sebert Dykstra won the recent six week contest. The group will meet in the evening due to Labor Day.
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Thomson Trim Tops
Linda Johnson
Harold James
Marvin Holesinger
Sebert Dykstra
Schoolhouse Museum Dedicated Sunday
The Carroll County Historical Society opened the former Oakville School near Mount Carroll as a School Museum gifted by Mr and Mrs Donald Mackay. Officials announced public hours Sundays and Labor Day and outlined related Sesquicentennial plans including markers at Plum River Falls and other sites, with Ed Turnbaugh as Historic Sites Chairman and local figures in attendance.
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The
Carroll County Historical Society
Oakville
Mount Carroll
Donald Mackay
Mackay
William B. Petty
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Ogle County
Polo
Shimer College
Conrad Aschenbrenner
Lanark
Helen Scott Hay
Board of Supervisors
Howard Woessner
Russell Rahn
Homer Zuck
L. H. Rabun
Men Form Fellowship Group At Thomson United Methodist
An organizational meeting at the Thomson United Methodist parsonage formed a Methodist Men’s Fellowship group with six men from three churches. Members will meet biweekly on Monday evenings for Bible study and community service planning, with the next session September 9 at 8:00 p.m. focusing on Philippians.
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Thomson United Methodist Parsonage
Paul
Thursday Evening Visitors at the Wilkinsons
Thursday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilkinson and family were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Drake and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilkinson
Wayne Drake
Vosses Return From Western Trip With Family
Mr and Mrs Burnie Voss come home Sunday night after a western trip begun August 9 with nephew James Larson. They visited Osage Iowa Plainview Nebraska Denver Colorado Clark Colorado and Ontario California staying with relatives. Weather fans Colorado cold and wet while California was beautiful.
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Burnie Voss
James Larson
Osage
Iowa
Plainview
Nebraska
Herbert Johansen
Voss
Denver
Colorado
William Venhuisen
Larson
Venhuisen
Clark
Los Angeles
Ontario
California
Robert Copeland
Copeland
Dyke Family Back From Eight Day Northern Trip
Mr and Mrs Edward Dyke and two sons of rural Mount Carroll Illinois returned home Sunday from an eight day motor trip. They visited Mr and Mrs George Brown in Holland Michigan and Rev and John Nevwsma family in Michigan. They toured Niagara Falls and portions of Canada.
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Edward Dykema
Mount Carroll
Illinois
George Brown
Holland
Michigan
John Nevwsma
Niagara Falls
Canada
New Arrival for Gene Fehler Family in Forrest Illinois
Mr and Mrs Gene Fehler of Forrest Illinois welcomed a son Andrew Scott born Tuesday August 27 at Fairbury hospital Forrest weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Art Eggert Hebron and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Franklin Fehler of
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Gene Fehler
Forrest
Illinois
Andrew Scott
Fairbury Hospital
Andrew
Art Eggert
Hebron
Franklin Fehler
Thomson
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Champion
Thomson News
Red Cross
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Altho
Arlington National Cemetery
Oakville Cemetery
Burt
Roumania
Carrol
Marvin F Burt
Freeport
Kings
Queens
Balkan
Florence Nightingale
E. George Thiem
Evanston
Kable Printing Co
Mt. Morris
Plum River Falls
Old Mil Park
Brookville
Abraham — Lincoln
Gaetha
Black Hawk Wa
Isaac Chambers
Buffalo Grove
Lima Township
Mr. and
Mrs. B. Voss
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