Thomson Woman's Club Meets For Sesqui centennial History
The Thomson Woman's Club opens its year with a meeting on Thursday at 8:00 p m hosted by Mrs Albert Prins. Hostesses are Mrs Larry Smith Mrs Leonard Stage and Mrs Edward Hook. The program centers on Ork Township history in line with Illinois Sesqui centennial celebrations. Members may share family histories and Barbara Schoening and Deborah Bush report on their participation at the State Music Camp at Western Illinois University Macomb this summer. Prospective new members welcome. The Ford family reunion followed at Timber Lake Resort Mount Carroll with about 35 attending and three silver weddings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Albert Prins
Larry Smith
Leonard Stage
Edward Hook
Ork Township
Barbara Schoening
Deborah Bush
Western
Illinois
Timber Lake Resort
Mount Carroll
Harold Schroth
Morrison
Herbert Blodgett
Monmouth
A. S. Camp
Godfrey
Don Anderson
Rock
Family visits span Nebraska Colorado and Illinois
Mr and Mrs Leland Schmaling and family of Mount Carroll traveled from Sunday after a weeklong visit with Dr and Mrs Don Jarchon in Ogallala Nebraska and the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Mrs Vada Carroll Mrs Arlyn Huizenga Brenda and Michael of Fulton visited Wednesday with Mrs Ella Williamson at the Elizabeth Nursing Home in Elizabeth Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Schmaling
Mount Carroll
Don Jarchon
Ogalala
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Vada Carroll
Arlyn Huizenga
Brenda
Michael
Fulton
Ella Williamson
Elizabeth Nursing Home
Elizabeth
Illinois
Thomson news from Sugar Bottom area campout and visits
The Diephuis family joined the Tag-a-Long Trailer Club of Clinton for a weekend camp at Sugar Bottom public use area near Iowa City. The club will hold its September meet there. Mrs Besse French returned to Thomson after visiting relatives in Milwaukee Boulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Diephuis
Sugar Bottom
Iowa City
Iowa
Clinton
Thomson
Besse French
Edward Smaltz
Verdayne John
Milwaukee
John Demaree
Boulder
Colorado
John
Anndre
French
Eugene Dierhuis
Ed Hook
Eugene Hill
Normal
Illinois
Eugene Murray
Lynn Babcock
Sterling
Russell Green
Edna Roggendorf
Wayne Drake
Franklin Fehler
Melons Draw Tourists to Thomson Markets
Fruit and vegetable markets in Thomson attract many visitors to buy homegrown produce. Muskmelons and watermelons are abundant, with high quality melons and daily trailer loads moving from fields to stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Thomsen
Sunday Dinners and Visits Across Towns and States
Sunday dinners brought guests from Decatur Fulton Thom son and Baraboo Wisconsin visits extended to the Wisconsin Dells Ringling Bros museum. Relatives from Clinton Iowa Montgomery Minnesota and Ft Bragg North Carolina visited or traveled with local families in a weekend of calls and family time.
HCC Students To Receive UI Classes
Highland Community College will offer University of Illinois taught classes on site through V.E.R.E. a remote shared instruction program. A stylus based electrowriter system transfers professor words to Highland and a telephone hook up lets students ask questions to the instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.E.R.E
Highland Community College
University of Illinois
Highland
V.E.R.B
Victor
Sauk States ACT Test Date Set for September 21
Sauk Valley College announces a special ACT test date on Saturday September 21 for full time students enrolling for fall. Mack Warren director of admissions and registration notes ACT scores and a high school transcript are required for new full time students. test fees are collected at the college during regular registration September 9 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk Valley College
Mack Warren
Sau Valley College
Local Families Visit Across Illinois Iowa Cities
Mr and Mrs Warren Waltrip and family and Mrs Gladys Cate visited Wednesday and Thursday in the home of Mr and Mrs Russell Wallace in Golden Illinois. En route home they visited with Mr and Mrs Robert Purlee and family in Abbington Illinois. Mr and Mrs Gartus Christia nsen spent Sunday in the Arnold Anderson home in Charlotte Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Waltrip
Gladys Cate
Russell Wallace
Golden, Ulinois
Robert Purlee
Abbington
Illinois
Gartus Christiansen
Arnold Anderson
Charlotte
Iowa
Help Wanted: Service Members Invited to Share Life Stories
Carroll County readers invited servicemen, women, Peace Corps volunteers and former residents to write to the local paper about life in service and travels. The column seeks home town interest and reader responses to publish future installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Carroll County
Olks
Dan Janssen Wins Beef Feeding Contest
Dan Janssen the Grand Champion of Carroll County Commercial Beef Feeding contest, Chadwick, with a light weight Hereford steer that gained 2.99 pounds daily at a feed cost of $14.02 per hundredweight. Reserve honors went to Jerry Janssen Chadwick Hereford at 2.82 pounds daily and $14.50 cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Dan Janssen
Richard Janssen
Chadwick
Janssen
Jerry Janssen
Mike Holesinger
Mount Carroll
Angus
Paul Crofton
Lanark
Visiting folks share weekend in Iowa and Illinois
Mr and Mrs Marvin Kramer and Mr and Mrs Elmer Kramer of Fulton were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr and Mrs John H Buikema and daughter. Mr and Mrs Wayland Bennett recently enjoyed a week’s vacation at Brock Lake near Mackinaw Illinois. They visited in the home of their daughter Mr and Mrs Virgil Jacobs. Aaron who had been visiting the Jacobs returned to Thomson with his parents. Monday visitors of Mr and Mrs Gartus Christiansen were Mr and Mrs Arnold Anderson and Laverne Christiansen all of Charlotte Iowa and Mrs George Boothby of Clinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lewis
Don Dell
Decatur
Ron Dickau
Fulton
Dorothe Lewis
Thomson
Luella Heitman
Wallace Calvert
Boulder
Colorado
Aleda Wiebenga
Tamara Lynn
Dora Wiebenga
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Claude Wiebenga
Howard Wiebenga
Leslie Grim
Wisconsin Dells
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Ringley Bros. Circus
Paul _ Petratz
Larry Atherton
Louis Mielke
Clinton
Iowa
Florence Ashby
Paul Bennett
Wayland Bennett
Walter Bennett
Leroy LaVett
Sioux City
Tom Kustes
Kathryn Cooper
John Creighton
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Charles Richter
Montgomery
Minnesota
Carl Brock
U. S. Navy
Thomson News
Marvin Kramer
Elmer Kramer
John H. Buikema
Brock Lake
Mackinaw
Illinois
Virgil Jacobs
Aaron
Jacobs
Gartus Christiansen
Arnold Anderson
Laverne Christiansen
Charlotte
George Boothby
Mixing Mixers Win at Illinois State Fair
The Chadwick Mixing Mixers 4H Club won first place with a blue ribbon for their musical skit Goodship Lollipop at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. They later earned second place at Stephenson County Fair out of six divisions, judged Superior and praised as interesting clever and artistic. Club leaders are Mrs. Richard Janssen and Mrs. Virgil Handel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Goodship
Ilinois State Fair
Springfield
Stephenson County Fair
Richard Janssen
Virgil Handel
Betrothal Announced for Angela Schrein er Harms
Announce the engagement of Angela Kay Schri ner to Morris Dale Harms son of John Harms and the late Mrs Harms of Fulton Illinois. Angela and Morris graduates of Chadwick and Fulton High Schools attend Northwestern College Orange City Iowa. Wedding planned for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlyn Schreiner
Chadwick
Angela Kay
Morris Dale Harms
John Harms
Mrs. Harms
Fulton, Illinois
Angela
Chadwick High School
Morris
Fulton High School
Northwestern College
Orange City
Iowa
Nancy Wagenknecht Tops 4H Beef Shows With Two Grand Champions
Nancy Wagenknecht of Milledgeville swept grand honors at two consecutive shows. She led her 925 pound Angus steer to Grand Champion Baby Beef at the Carroll County 4H Fair and Round-up in Savanna and then won Junior Open beef show Grand Champion at the Stevenson County Fair in Freeport. Other local winners include Bill Mosher, Cindy Daw, and Darlene Wabbena in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wagenknecht
Russell Wagenknecht
Milledgeville
Angus
Nancy
Carroll County
Savanna
Blackie
Harvey Hartter
Chicago
Bill Mosher
Lanark
Charolais Fatheifer
Cindy Daw
Darlene Wabbena
Shannon
Keith Schriner
Carl Hackbarth
Milledgeville Hotshots
Lanark Larkers
Shannon Shamrocks
Quad County 4-H Show Draws Calves From Four Counties
Carroll County hosts the Quad County Baby Beef Show at Riverfront Park Clinton Iowa on September 9 with calves from Whiteside Jackson and Clinton counties. Judging starts 9 30 a m and Grand Champion will be selected followed by the annual auction beef barbecue runs 5 to 7 p m tickets in advance 1 50 at the gate 1 75 call Mount Carroll 244 9444 for details sponsored by Clinton Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Riverfront Park
Clinton
Iowa
Whiteside County
Illinois
Jackson
Clinton County
Cooperative Extension Office
Mount Carroll
Quad County
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Carroll County DHIA Report Top 10 Producing Herds and Cows
The report lists top producers in Carroll County with names and herds. Dale Porter Lanark 25 cows 44.8 butterfat 1.93. Stan Remrey Hays Mount Carroll 25 cows 1.65. Jim Schmidecamp Shannon 23 cows 48.8 1.57. Arnold Sikkema Betcher Thomson 32 44.3 1.56. Lowell Termark Shannon 21 45.1 1.50. Kenneth Erbsen Lanark 33 39.6 1.43. Raynor Mosher Lanark 31 39.1 1.43. Clifford Durward Thomson 40 36.3 1.40. Mrs A F Larem Son Chadwick 21 34.1 1.38. Merna Zemke Son Milledgeville 55 45.0 1.36. Top cows finishing 305 days Henry Kenneth Appel Chadwick cow 22 18,701 milk 683 fat. Donald Edwin Keim Mount Carroll Bea 16,364 661. Edgeville Gypsie 16,860 658. Lyle Law Lyle Coats Mount Carroll Buffy 15,804 629. Frederick Getz Mount Carroll Jane 12,475 613. Chadwick No 8 15,251 601. Chadwick No 13 15,592 600. Harold Stiles Mount Carroll No 49 15,120 578. Kenneth Erbsen Lanark Connie 15,643 574. Jane 16,784 573.
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Stan Remrey & Hays
Mount Carroll
Jim Schmidecamp
Shannon
Arnold Sikkema
Betcher
Thomson
Lowell Termark
Kenneth Erbsen
Lanark
Raynor Mosher
Clifford Durward
Mrs
A. F Larem
Henry & Kenneth Appel
Chadwick
Donald & Edwin Keim
Bea
Merna Zemke
Mt. Carroll
Jane
Henry
Kenneth Appel
Harold Stiles
Connie
Hartman Reunion Held Sunday in Chadwick Park
The Hartman Reunion gathered 36 people Sunday at Chadwick Village Park at 1 p.m. Ed Schreiner was the oldest member present and William Scott Dunn was the youngest. Officers elected were Lloyd Handel president Jens Andersen vice president Mrs Ben Dyson secretary and Mrs Richard Houzenga treasurer. The group chose to hold the 1969 reunion in Chadwick Village Park on the last Sunday of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Chadwick
Ed Schreiner
William Scott Dunn
Clarence Dunn
Mount Carroll
Lloyd Handel
Jens Andersen
Ben Dyson
Savanna
Richard Houzenga
Local Families Plan Weekend Visits and School Duties
Mr and Mrs William Mullen of Elgin will spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Mer vin Marshall. Mr and Mrs Herman Hagg returned home after a three and a half week vacation at Lake of the Woods Canada. Mrs Marion Wheeler of Thomson teaches a kindergarten class in the forenoon and a third grade class in the afternoon at Garden Plain school this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mullen
Elgin
Mervin Marshall
Herman Hagg
Lake of the Woods
Canada
Marion Wheeler
Thomson
Garden Plain
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Woman’s Club States Meeting
Macomb
J. H. Potts
Lyons
Sears
Sears Catalog
Tom & Marlene Smith
Savanna, Ill
Carroll - Call Enterprise
Lee
Perma Prest Pants
Jean
Milwauka
Hanes
Spreayfoot
Woolrich
Muffy's Men's Shop
HCC
Nalplex
Diehl Oil CO
Bob - Jack Thomson
The
Carroll County Livestock Feeders Association
Angela Schreiner
Engel’s
Main St
Elliott
Freeport
Dhia Report
Vernon Gordon
Dale Porter
Egret Fund
Employers’ Group Fund, Inc
Nat Boston
Fas Omen Inc
Erle Allais
Ridge Crest Drive
Weon Employers’ Group Fund, Inc
Country Companies
Tower
Richard Storch
EOW
J.H. Potts & Son
Iin
Interstate Power
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