Grade School Notes Highlight Christmas Preparations Across Classes
First Grade students use Peep Shows and flannel boards. Mrs Bolhous and Mrs Troxell report returning classmates and room decorating for Christmas. Second Grade colors, songs, and a Christmas picture project. Mastery tests yield sixteen perfect spelling papers. Third Grade makes candle window projects. Fourth Grade decorates for Christmas as Mr Hockman teaches more songs. Social Studies cover Nebraska wheat farms and North Central states. science explores ants bees wasps with honeycomb samples. Sixth Grade maps Italy. bulletin boards for Xmas. new arithmetic unit. Seventh Grade studies Illinois government and maps. gift exchange named. Eighth Grade watches Lincoln movie. health class on heart functions. reporters noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolhous
Troxell
Bobby Law
Dawn Knuth
Raikes
Cole
North Central States
McCue
Italy
Dennis Andring
Schmaling
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Murray
Kentucky
Ilinois
Social Visits In Thomson Area Names Local Residents
Mrs John Sloan and Mrs Emil Brad and Laurie Waltrip visited Mrs Leo Hengtgen and children of Savanna on Monday afternoon. Dinner guests Tuesday included Mr and Mrs Mervin Marshall Mr and Mrs Merle Cate and Brad Mrs William Mullen and Mrs Gladys Cate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sloan
Emil Brad
Laurie Waltrip
Leo Hengtgen
Savanna
Mervin Marshall
Merle Cate
Brad
William Mullen
Gladys Cate
Break-ins Reported at Chadwick and Mount Carroll
Weekend burglaries aimed at Weber’s Farm Service Store in Chadwick and the Colehour Elevator in Mt. Carroll were investigated by Sheriff Harry Miller. Weber’s loss included watches radios shoes and old coins with about 500 dollars in damage. the Mt. Carroll break involved two safes removed from the elevator office and one found in the driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Harry Miller
Weber
Russell Queckboerner
Chadwick Trucker
Elmer Weber
Colehour
Burt Elected Judge in Special Election Unopposed
Marvin F. Burt of Freeport won 2,653 votes to become judge of the 15th judicial circuit in a special election to fill Judge Harry E. Wheat's vacancy. He ran unopposed as Democrats did not field a candidate. Five counties reduced polling places. Carroll County reported 217 votes with two write-ins for Wesley A. Eberle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin F. Burt
Freeport
15Th Judicial Circuit
Harry E. Wheat
Burt
Carroll County
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Wesley A. Eberle
Stephenson County
Milledgeville Missiles Upset Shannon Eagles 75 to 63
Milledgeville defeated Shannon 75 to 63 in Carroll Conference play on Tuesday night. Fredericks and Pilgrim led Milledgeville with 24 points each while Kneiss and Stoner had 17 and 12 for Shannon. Shannon had won the preliminary game 64 to 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Shannon Eagles
Carroll
Shannon
Fredericks
Pilgrim
Kneiss
Stoner
Eagles
Open House Sunday at Mount Carroll Nursing Home
Mount Carroll Nursing Home invites the public for an open house Sunday from 1 to 5 pm, weather permitting. Dr. M. Kanter oversees the facility with new administrator Irma Clary and a 20-person staff. Forty to fifty residents, including bed-ridden on the first floor, enjoy personalized care, nurses aides, meals by cook Duane Peacock, and services such as physician visits, laundry, two televisions, a lounge, and holiday observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll
Kanter
Irma Clary
R. N
Chicago
Duane Peacock
Thomson
Clary
Army officer visits in Columbia and locals travel
M. Set Charles Beck stationed with the U S Army in Columbia South America arrived this week to visit his mother Mrs Asker Peterson and Mr Peterson. Charles Wilt of Gardena California visiting his grandmother Mrs Hattie Wilt has gone to St Louis Missouri to visit his mother Mrs Agnes Wilt. Recent callers in the Ben Stage home included Floyd Welch of Savannah and Claude Millard of Chadwick. Mr and Mrs Robert Carroll and Larry and Mrs Wesley Dykstra and children of Fulton were Sunday dinner guests with Mr and Mrs Robert Gelwicks and Mrs Anna Carroll in Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Set
Charles Beck
U. S. Army
Columbia
South America
Asker Peterson
Peterson
Charles Wilt
Gardena
California
Hattie Wilt
St. Louis
Agnes Wilt
Ben Stage
Floyd Welch
Savanna
Claude Millard
Chadwick
Robert Carroll
Larry
Wesley Dykstra
Fulton
Robert Gelwicks
Anna Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Sunday Dinner Guests Visit Neighbors In Morrison Area
Mr and Mrs Eugene Muur and sons hosted Sunday dinner with the Smiths and daughters in Morrison. Other guests included the Spencers with Emil Groezingers, Kenneth Kem group with Ben Stage, Cecil and Warren Greens with Herman Timmons, and Jennie Riswold staying with Ralph and Marian Irion. Friday they attended the wedding of Nancy Slager and LeRoy Sandell at Morrison Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Muur
Morrison
Robert Smith
Joe Spencer
Emil Groezinger
Kenneth Kem
Ben Stage
Cecil Green
Mt. Carroll
Warren Green
Savanna
Herman Timmons
Jennie €Riswold
Ralph Irion
Nancy Slager
LeRoy Sandell
Morrison Baptist Church
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Mrs. Marken
WHBF
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Fulton, Ill
Jay M, Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O, Seesser
Ill
Publi
Rel
Middle States
Company of Illinois
Savanna, Ill
Thomson News
Elsie Hartman
James Barlow
Sterling
Schauer & Ney Men & Boys Wear
Main St
Toyland
Brown Lynch Scott
Tom Wiersema
Fourth St. Fulton, Ill
General Insurance
Considine’s
Insurance Agency
Fuftos
Francis Snider
Allen Tripp and Sons
Wayne Linker
Deluxe Cleaners
Main Street
Savanna, Illinois
L. P. Struckman, Prop
Joe Marsh
Shorty Johnson
Shorty” Johnson
Shorty
United States Brewers Foundation
Ivy Leagues
Borgman's Men's Wear
Mount Carroll Nursing Home
Herbert Law
Atherton’s Service
Thomson R
Mt, Carroll
Santa
LYONS
Main Ave
Clinton
Christ
Fulton State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fulton, Illinois
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