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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1967
Page
6
A growing trend on the West Coast and expanding to mid western cities is the Japanese and rock garden. These designs favor simplicity with few plants, rocks, statuary, and water, offering low maintenance once established. Rock gardens suit many home settings and attract increasing attention in our area.
Illinois faces a severe teacher shortage as substitutes fill regular classrooms. The shortage is acute in Carroll County where additional substitute teachers are urgently needed to cover vacancies in the school system.
Complete Holstein dispersal sale by Earl Pritchard & Sons at Maple Park Illinois from September 7 to 11 11:00 A M. includes 50 milking age cows 48 registered 2 grade 42 heifers springing to heifer calver 3 bulls with top herd sire lineage. Present herd records DHIA 40 years 13394 M 3.9% 520 F 20 due early fall. Catalogs via sale managers Thomson and Williams. Credit available.
Regular employed teachers who are ill may be replaced by substitutes. A substitute must have at least 60 college hours with 6 in professional education. Employment limited to 90 days per system. Retired teachers may substitute up to 75 days or 375 hours yearly without affecting retirement status. Contact County Office of Schools.
Miss Dorothy Footitt will lead a major lesson on Decision Making for Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association units. Local leaders will present An Interesting Breakfast as a short topic. Meetings: North Otter Creek Live Wires September 1 at 1 30 p.m. Carroll Day Unit September 5 at 1 30 p.m. Carroll Night Freedom and ODDS ENDS September 6 at 7 45 p.m. at the Extension Building in Mount Carroll.
Freeport Junior High School and Sauk Valley College in the Dixon Sterling area will host a Northern Illinois University extension course titled The Junior College. Dr. Ralph Belnap will lead the 16 week program with meetings alternating between Freeport and Sauk Valley College starting September 18 at 6 30 PM. Prospective students are urged to register through the local adult education offices or by mail with NIU officials.
The 4 H Fair and Round-Up concluded the year with broad support from Carroll County groups and volunteers. Wayne Wabbena Shannon Shamrocks ranks among Illinois top 10 livestock judges as the Milledgeville Hotshots win Carroll County and District softball titles, signaling a strong year for 4 H in the area.
NIU extension courses charge 13.50 per credit hour for Illinois residents and 27.50 per hour for nonresidents. A 3 registration fee applies if the registration is not completed before the first class meeting. Extension courses fall under Northern's College of Continuing Education, led by Dean Dr Virgil Alexander.
Carroll County Red Cross asks for filled gift bags for U S service members in Viet Nam to ship between September 15 and October 15. Each bag to be given at Christmas. last year 25 filled bags were sent. Also urgent need for unfilled duty bags for hospital and embarkation port use.
The Chadwick Mixing Mixers 4-H club earned an A rating for Share-the-Fun at the State Fair and captured first place in a 7 county contest at the Freeport Fair. They brought home a traveling trophy and now prepare for final exams to grade their 1967 club year. Quad County Beef Show barbecue tickets are available at the Cooperative Extension Office.
The Milledgeville Hot Shots of Carroll County 4 H won the state championship in Springfield tourney play. A late home run by Tom Matznick secured a 3 2 final over the Winnebago county entry after earlier wins over Moultrie Adams Vermillion counties.
A Courthouse News roundup lists Aug 23 to Aug 29 fines in circuit court. Individuals including Douglas K. Kendall Sterling and Mary Houzenga Fulton faced penalties for speeding improper passing and related infractions. Other defendants from Clinton Morrison Savanna and surrounding areas were cited for reckless driving speed violations and no operators license with amounts ranging from 10 to 25 dollars.
The office lists marriages secured this week for Daniel A. Whitmarch from Naperville and Maxine M. Whitmarch of Alexis Thomas E. Harrelson of Iowa and Susan Kay Bascom of Shellsburg William L. Reibel of Savanna and Cheryl L. Ferris of Chadwick Donald E. Pask of Norwood Massachusetts and Mary Ann OLeary of Savanna Donald A. LaShelle and Ann J. Esposito, both of Savanna.
Radke Hotel Corp transfers real estate to Ander for property described in records dated August 18 through August 24. The filing lists the involved parties and references transfer of title and associated instruments.
A series of real estate transfers are recorded including James A. Hamilton and wife to John L. Picciotti and wife for lot 11 in Mortons Savanna. Grace M. Crofton et al to Harold D. Schneider for lot 13 in Sprogle's addition Lanark. Emma A. Haas et al to Li T. Minion for lot 1 in Oakvale addition Savanna. Kenneth R. Peters and wife to City of Lanark for lots 5 and 6 in block 28 O T Lanark. Osm Sackett Smith et al to Horace A. Fetterolf for section 6 two twenty-four range five Salem. Leonard Stage and wife to Henry B. Paulsen for section 24 two 23 range 4 York. Irene S. Peters to Marlin D. Trotter and wife for block A Meyers Ist Milledgeville.
Terone N. Tidd of Thomson was granted a divorce from Paulette J. Tidd on August 23 in Carroll County Circuit Court. Custody of one minor child was awarded to the plaintiff and custody of the other to the defendant.
Gustav A Rolfsen, 79, a Savanna resident for three months, died in Savanna City hospital. Funeral at Law-Jones chapel Thursday with Savanna Township cemetery burial. born November 6, 1887 in Chicago. Survivors include wife, one daughter, three grandchildren, one great grandchild. Florence V Bailey died August 24 in a Moline hospital. Funeral at Law-Jones Savanna, burial Savanna Township. Born August 28, 1875 in Savanna. married William Bailey August 28, 1900. Son Webster survives.
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