Fascinating Magic charms Thomson students in show
News editor Joyce Sack reports on Walter Blaney known as Zaney Blaney and his wife Joye performing a magic act for Thomson students. They travel 800 miles weekly, stage 12 to 15 shows, and include an eager dog in tricks. Thompson wins 69 65 over Port Byron as Houzenga sinks late free throws. Bielema leads Thomson with 23 points.
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Walter Blaney
Joye
Zaney Blaney
Joyce
Thomson
Dallas
Texas
Midwest
New York
Blaney
Kenneth von Huizen
Newton
Merle Prins
Albert Prins
John Fedderson
Port Byron
Houzenga
Young
Little Trojans
Reiling
Ed Hook
Facts & Fashions
Bowling Woman's League Standings and Results Highlights
Standings from Dec 3 show All Stars leading with 28 wins, 14 losses. Meeks Bakery, Consolidates, and Senneff & Way sit at 25–17. High game by Broughton 190 and high series by Eller 539, All Stars posting 764 in a team game and 2210 in total.
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With All Stars
Chadwick Recreation
Senneff & Way
Gulf Pride
Meeks Bakery
Consolidates
Kness Insurance
Maytag
Brown Trucking
Sunnyside Girls
Independents
Viola's Five
Meeks
All Stars
Kness
Brown
Viola's
Broughton
Eller
Gulf Oil
Seiverts
Steins Market
B& B
Fossetts
Cheese Co
Master Mix
Nobles Jewelry
Quick Way
Ford Implement
Kness Trucking
Steins
Ford
D. Hartman
H. Meeks
P. Dimpfl
B. Provant
W Rahn
H. Schuchard
P. Fossett
B. King
G. Weigle
P. Emmett
P. Hartman
R. Dambman
J. Morgan
F. Provant
D. Eisseller
R. Fossett
Coming Grange Events Listed At Recent Meet
Black Oak Grange held a business meeting at the Grange Hall with reports from the home economics committee. Announcements outlined December installations, a December 17 Christmas party, January 7 pot luck supper, and a gift to the Christmas Neighbor hood Club.
Dessert Bridge Event Hosted by Mrs Edna Woy
Mrs Edna Woy along with Mrs Harry Carbaugh and Mrs Earl Bailey hosted a dessert bridge Saturday afternoon at Mrs Woys home. High score prize went to Mrs Melvin Stengel second to Mrs Albert Hartman third to Mrs Ben StadEl and low to Mrs Hilda Helm. Guests included Jas Waters Polo Amy Runnels Milledgeville Eugene Murray Thomson John Frank Mt Carroll Herbert Spearman Ben StadEl Eugene Miller Arthur Miller K C Whitney K W Senneff L A Frank Melvin Stengel Albert Hartman Alfred Hartman W J Quest Bess Humbert Hilda Helm and Miss Ora Thomas.
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Edna Woy
Harry Carbaugh
Earl Bailey
Eugene Miller
Arthur Miller
K. C. Whitney
K. W. Senneff
L. A. Frank
Melvin Stengel
Albert Hartman
Alfred Hartman
W. J. Quest
Bess Humbert
Hilda Helm
Miss Ora Thomas
Berean Class I Plans Christmas Party And Dinner
The Berean class of First Lutheran church will hold a Christmas party on December 16 at Mrs. Harve Queckboerner’s home with a scramble dinner at 12:30 p.m. Attendees should bring table service, a dish to pass, and a gift for the grab bag. The program includes carols, devotions, and readings by church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran Church
Harve Queckboerner
Mrs Harve Queckboerner Hosts Birthday Dinner
Mrs Harve Queckboerner entertained guests last Thursday evening in honor of Mr Queckboerner s birthday. Those present were Mr and Mrs Herbert Barnhart and family, Mrs Clara Barnhart and Mr and Mrs Robert Furguson and son Lane. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served later in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Queckboerner
Queckboerner
Herbert Barnhart
Clara Barnhart
Robert Furguson
Lane
Legion Auxiliary Christmas Plans and Bake Sale
Chadwick American Legion Auxiliary unit schedules its Christmas meeting for Monday night December 21 at Mrs. Olson home with refreshment committee members named. A bake sale is set for Saturday afternoon December 12 at one o clock in the village council room. The unit will display veteran crafted articles made by disabled veterans at the Veterans Craft Exchange in Chicago. Light colored shirt donations sizes 15 to 17 should be given to Mrs. Gordon by December 12 and miscellaneous items for a box to the Elgin State hospital can be brought to the council room on December 12. Local members Robert Higley and family visited Chicago and at the stock show. other members visited Berwyn and Chicago over the weekend.
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Chadwick
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Olson
Louis Frank
Arthur Miller
Stanley Ottens
Leroy Swanson
Chicago
Veterans’ Craft Exchange
Washington St
Chas. Gordon
Dee
Council Room
Elgin State Hospital
Morrison and Sterling families host Sunday and Saturday guests
Thomson News reports Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mitchell of Morrison joined Sunday supper with his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan visited Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kindle in Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hendricks of Stratford Wis were guests at the E O Hemmer home from Tuesday of last week to Monday, then left for Ft. Riley Kansas to visit relatives.
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Roy Hockman
Morrison
Henry Young
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Geneseo
Wayne Ashby
Aine
George St. Ores
East 3Rd Ave
Anchorage
Alaska
Roy Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Ernest Petty
Mt. Carroll
Frank Smith
A. E. Mitchell
Ben Wagner
John Sloan
L. E. Kindle
Sterling
Louis Hendricks
Stratford
Wis
E. O. Hemmer
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Salem Home Bureau Unit Met Tuesday Christmas Party
The Salem Home Bureau unit gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Robert Queckboerner's home for an all day meeting and Christmas party. Twenty four attended the pot luck dinner. Miss Footitt led the major lesson on Deep Fat Frying and Mrs. C. M. Honberger taught the minor lesson Christmas Candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Home Bureau
Robert Queckboerner
Miss Footitt
C. M. Honberger
Pvt Maurice Fisch Joins Field Artillery Battalion in Korea
Pvt Maurice E Fisch, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Fisch of Milledgeville Illinois, has joined 1 Corps 1st Field Artillery Observation Battalion in Korea. A cook in the battalion he previously served at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri after completing basic training. He is a 1952 graduate of Milledgeville Community High School and a former Kraft Foods employee who entered the army in May.
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Pvt
Maurice Fisch
Field Artillery
Korea
1 Corps
Maurice E. Fisch
Harry Fisch
Milledgeville, Til
Fisch
Fort Leonard Wood
Milledgeville Community High School
Kraft Foods Co
Fair Haven Aid Society Christmas program hosts and readings
Mrs. Vernon Adolph hosted the Fair Haven Aid Society Christmas program with 16 attendees last Wednesday. Members read scripture, poems, and carol origins, ending with a gift exchange and refreshments, and a note about the January meeting at Mrs. McKinley Pickens home.
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Vernon Adolph
Fair Haven
Harold Turnbaugh
Albert Adolph
John Doden
Bethlehem
Earl Walker
Freece Senneff
McKinley Pickens
Local briefs note moves and visits in Milledgeville area
Thomson reports Ray VanBuskirk who lived in Savanna has moved to Route 2 Milledgeville. Bonnie Curley spent Sunday with her parents William and Mrs Robertson. John Bier of Hillsdale called Monday afternoon on his brother in law and sister Richard Badke. Lawrence Ash-
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Ray VanBuskirk
Savanna
Milledgeville
Bonnie Curley
William Robertson
John Bier
Hillsdale
Richard Badtke
Sunday Guests at Several Area Homes
Albany visitors Pole and family and Mrs Agnes Ashpole spent Sunday afternoon at the John Ashpole home. Merle Bicker and sons joined Mr and Mrs Clarence Bicker for Sunday supper in Lanark. Henry Young and family hosted Mr and Mrs Henry Young Jr and kin at Blackhawk. Kathleen Bull stayed overnight with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Young.
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Pole
Agnes Ashpole
Albany
John Ashpole
Merle Bicker and Sons
Clarence Bicker
Lanark
Henry Young
Henry Young, Jr
Blackhawk
Kathleen Bull
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Monarch
Gerbers
Stokleys
Royal Blue
Joyce Sack
John Fedders
Roberta Williams
Carol Williams
Barbara Carroll
Carol Sack
Barbara Senneff
Hazel Schroth
Nancy Spencer
Donna Haas
Janice Smith
Janice
Gladys Kramer
Bll Halfman
Gerry Smith
Andy Houzenga
Julia Fedderson
Shirley Gordon
Duane Smith
Goodyear
U.S. Royal
Diehl Oil Co
Thomson, III
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Black Oak Grange
Grange Hall
Home Economics Committee
Harold Stoner
William Hans
Witeside Pomona Grange
Galt Grange Hall
Curtis Candy Co
Rock Creek
Black Oak
Orval Sell
Oregon
Carroll County
Pomona
Frank Niffenegger
Marengo
State Grange
Donald Gordon
Marshall Farthing
Arnold Provant
Frank Hawkins
Chadwick News
Bridge
Berean
Ed Waters
Anne Lang
John Bierman
Child
Ernest Remmers
Orion Alexander
Fred Queckboerner
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Carrie Hartman
Nellie Stadel
John Geisz
Walter Queckboerner
Robert Higley
Stuart Warner
Mr Higley
Robert Stewart
Berwyn
Marshal Drake
Don Eisseller
Bob Stewart
Thomson News
Christmas Club
Fulton State Bank
Fulton, Illinois
Federal Deposit Insurance
Bara
Fair Haven Aid Society
Thomson Briefs
Mrs
Lawrence Ash
Potter Res
Clarence Appel
Clarence Bothous
Clover Farm
U. S. Choice
T-Bones
Karo Syrup Dle
Virgil Wilt
Arrow
Abc
America
Ferguson
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