Legal Opinion Upholds Zoning Payment by Carroll County
Carroll County Board of Supervisors received a written legal opinion by State's Attorney Petty and Assistant Kightlinger at the December meeting. The opinion upheld the $800 payments to seven Zoning Commission members for attendance and mileage, citing Illinois statutes on per diem compensation and county authority to examine and settle accounts.
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Carroll County
William B. Petty
John Kightlinger
Board of Supervisors
Tom Ratliff
Milledgevte
Glen Wurster
Rural Savanna
Carroll County Taxpayer's Association
Ratliff
Zoning Commission
Ilinois
Peteeee
Carroll County Zoning Commission
Carroll County Board of Supervisors
County Zoning Commission
Carroll County Planning Commission
Regional Planning Commission
County Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
School Children Present Christmas Musical Program
Pupils from Thomson Community Unit grade schools will perform a musical program Tuesday evening December 16 at 7 30 in the school auditorium. The first four grades present The Toys that Had To Wait. Grades five and six perform Christmas in Italy Austria and Mexico under Mrs Duane Bauer with closing songs by the German Chorus directed by Paul Potratz.
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Thomson Community Unit
Christie
Italy
Austria
Mexico
Duane Bauer
Paul Potratz
PTA Special Board Meeting Notice
The executive board of the Thomson PTA will meet on December 17 at 7 30 p m in the school board room.
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The
Thomson Pta
Lunch menu for Tuesday to Friday
The menu lists Tuesday baked potatoes cube steaks carrots and Jello. Wednesday features chili celery and cake. Thursday offers chicken potatoes and peas with dessert. Friday serves spaghetti cottage cheese bread and cookies.
Local Hospital Admissions Roundup
Sick Joe Shutters was admitted to Mercy Hospital last Wednesday. Leo Hathaway Jr. entered Mercy Hospital as an accident patient last Friday. Mrs. Frank Potter remains a medical patient in Savanna City Hospital. Lawrence Williams went to Veterans Hospital at Iowa City for tests and will stay several days. Tim Haifman spent Tuesday to Saturday at Mayo Clinic and St Marys Rochester MN and is now home recovering. Danny Wieinema, 14, lost a finger joint and injured another at home Saturday. treated at Medical Associates Clinton and released. Rose Plog and Irene Turner, both of Thomson, are Savanna City Hospital patients. Richard Truninger and Richard Falls were patients at Savanna Hospital. Falls was discharged after an X ray. Mrs Gerald Smith of Thomson is a patient in Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton.
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Joe Shutters
Mercy Hospital
Leo Hathaway Jr
Leo Hathaway
Thomson
Frank Potter
Savanna City Hospital
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Anny
Donald Wie
Sema
Danny
Medical Associates
Clinton
Rose Plog
Irene Turner
Savanna
Christmas Concert Highlights Thomson School Music
A strong crowd enjoyed the Thomson schools Christmas program Monday evening. Floyd Griffy led the varsity band with four pieces including Jingle Bells on Parade. Choruses and clubs performed Christmas selections, with Mrs. Dagney Bauer directing and Lori Dittmar and Kara Grim on piano.
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Thomson Schools
Floyd Griffy
Girls Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
Thomson Man Escapes Serious Injury In Snowy Highway Crash
Marvin Morgan a 60 year old of Riverview Thomson escaped serious injuries when a car carrying him spun off the DuPont overpass on U S 67 near Camanche Iowa. Driver John Doty 54 said a light snow made the viaduct slippery causing the wreck which tore out four guard rails then overturned. Morgan and Doty had just come from a North Western railroad run at 5 35 am and were returning to Clinton when the mishap occurred.
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Marvin Morgan
Riverview
Thomson
DuPont Overpass
U.S. 67
Camanche
Iowa
John Doty
Morgan
Doty
North Western
Clinton
Chairman of Carroll County Board Dies at 75
Charles E. Kessler Sr. of Mt. Carroll died Wednesday in Savanna City Hospital after a short illness. He served as Chairman of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Frank Funeral Home Mt. Carroll with 7 to 9 p.m. viewing Friday and Masonic services at 8:30 p.m. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Born March 8 1894 in Mt. Carroll he married Hazel Stober in Oregon Illinois January 29 1956. Survived by widow four sons including Charles Jr Gerald Herbert and Gene 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Preceded in death by his first wife.
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Charles E. Kessler Sr
Mt. Carroll
Savanna City
Kessler
Carroll County Board of Supervisors
Frank
Mount Carroll
Wallace Johnson
Meeting confrontation over minutes and disruption vows
The session ends with Chairman Pro-Tem Marshall stating that disturbances will not be tolerated and that Ratliff must prove the board wrong. The text notes the action taken and hints at continuation on the next page.
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Pro-Tem Mervin G. Marshall
Ratliff
7th Grade Wins, 8th Loses
The Thomson seventh graders opened conference play by defeating Shannon 39 to 22. Buckner 11, James 8, and Heeler 7 led scoring. Schoening and James tied for 10 rebounds. The 8th grade suffered their fourth straight loss, trailing Shannon 48 to 28 as Johnson scored 21.
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Thomson
Shannon
Fulton
Buckner
James
Eler
Schoening
Mike Krantz
Johnson
Lions Club Christmas Party Set At Legion Hall
The Thomson Lions Club plans its annual Christmas party for members and guests at 2 p.m. on Sunday December 14 at the American Legion Hall. Attendees should bring a grab bag gift for men and for women plus a dish to pass and their own table service. The club will provide the meat.
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Lions Club
The
Thomson Lions Club
American Legion Hall
Club
Ruth A Bielema to Wed Henry L Road in June
Mr and Mrs Cornelius F Bielema announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth A to Henry L Road son of Mr and Mrs Pimner Road of Cutlerville Michigan A June wedding is planned Both graduates of Calvin College Grand Rapids Ruth teaches at Calvin Junior High Grandville and Road is a computer programmer at Oliver Machinery Co Grand Rapids
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Cornelius F. Bielema
Futon
Thomson Area
Ruth A
Henry L. Road
Pimner Road
Cutlerville
Mich
Miss Bielema
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Calvin Junior High School
Grandville
Oliver Machinery Co
Ruth Huizenga to Wed Robert Robbins on January 24
Plans for a January 24 wedding are announced for Ruth Ann Huizenga and Robert Edward Robbins. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Huizenga of Morrison and he is the son of Mr and Mrs R E Robbins of Renton Harbor Michigan. The ceremony will be at noon at the Spring Valley Reformed Church in rural Fulton with a church hall reception to follow.
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Ruth Ann Huizenga
Robert Edward Robbins
Paul Huizenga
Morrison
Thomson Area
R. E. Robbins
Renton Harbor
Mich
Spring Valley Reformed Church
Fulton
Mrs Sippel Hosts Annual Christmas Coffee at Home
Mrs Donald Sippel invites friends to a casual Christmas coffee at her home on Wednesday December 17 from 1 30 to 4 30 p m. Bring a guest or carload and sample the holiday treats in a friendly setting.
Stitch and Chatter Christmas Party at Sven Adolphson Home
Miss Sven Adolphson hosted the Stitch and Chatter club for a Christmas party Tuesday night with a buffet dinner and a festively tree lit room. Mrs. E H Gholson read a story A Day of Pleasant Bread while Mrs. E D Gantert sang So How a Rose and Mrs Clayton Sturtevant read a poem Let Nothing You Dismay. A Christmas poem was read by Miss Adolphson and a 10 cent gift exchange followed with dessert and iced candy. Isabelle Streicher will host January 5.
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Sven Adolphson
Stitch and Chatter Club
E. H. Gholson
E. D. Gantert
Clayton Sturtevant
Miss Adolphson
Isabelle Streicher
County Women Receive Honors in Girl Scout Meeting
Delegates and leaders of the Green Hills Council of Girl Scouts gathered at the Freeport YWCA for their annual meeting. Mrs. Jack Eversol of Platteville was elected council president for the coming year, with Mrs. Richard Miller named first vice president and several members-at-large added to the board. Recognition included a statuette for Mrs. Louis Akker, ten-year pins for Mrs. Willard Crichton and a twenty-year pin for Mrs. Larry Neuschwanger. Attendees from Thomson included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller and Mrs. Donald Kramer, both voting delegates.
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Green Hills Council of Girl Scouts
Freeport Ywca
Jack Eversol
Platteville
Wis
Carroll County
Richard Miller
Thomson Cadette
Donald Ashby
John Adney
Savanna
Walliam Specht
Milledgeville
William Stevens
Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Donald Kramer
Funeral Thursday for Local Man La trie Davis
Mr and Mrs Bernard Grolar attended the funeral last Thursday at Reisner Funeral Home in Aledo Illinois for Leslie Davis 44 who died suddenly on Tuesday December 2 at his Dixon Illinois home. He was the son of Bert and [Mrs] Davis of Aledo and is survived by a daughter a granddaughter his parents two brothers and three sisters. He was preceded by one sister.
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Bernard Grolaring
Reisner
Aledo
Ill
la Trie Davis
Dixon
Ilinois
Bert Davis
Honored on 81st Birthday at Lavetta Schneider Home
A surprise party marked William Heinze’s 81st birthday held Saturday evening at Mrs. Lavetta Schneider’s home. Guests included Edna Heinze Glen Seidenburg Hal Ashby Carl Petersen Jennie Heinze Anna Greeley Robert Schneider Fred Nipe Belle Heinze and Charles Heinbaugh. Cards and social time followed with cake ice cream mints and coffee served.
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Lavetta Schneider
William Heinze
Glen Seidenburg
Edna Heinze
Hal Ashby
Carl Petersen
Jennie Heinze
Anna Greeley
Robert Schneider
Fred Nipe
Belle Heinze
Charles Heinbaugh
Trojans Edge Tampico In Tough Four Quarter Victory
The Trojans upset Tampico 62 to 49 on Saturday as a tough defense held the opponents to under 10 points in all four quarters. St. Ores 15 Knuth 14 Bush 13 led the scoring, with Knuth grabbing 12 rebounds. Mt. Carroll defeated the Trojans 70 65 on Tuesday, dropping the Trojans to 3 3 on the season. The Thomson Frosh Soph won their sixth straight, beating Mt. Carroll 84 71 behind Hill 26 Falls 18 Zink 14 Hebeler 10.
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Trojans
Tampico
St. Ores
Knuth
Bush
Mt. Carroll
Offensie
Temple
Eissens
Dykstra
Hebeler
Bielema
Thomson
Opp
Ete Thomson
Thomson Frosh-Soph
Hill
Falls
Zink
Robinson Hebeler
Schoening
Krantz
Thomson Wee
Tec
Mt. and Robinson Hebeler
Schoening, K
Mt Carroll
Military personnel listing from service booklet
A dense roster lists service members with ranks and addresses across U S forces and posts including USAFE PACAF PACF Fort Knox Camp Pendleton and San Francisco area APOs. Entries include T Sgt Cate A1C Carroll YN2 Sp4 and many others with assigned units and street city state ZIP codes.
Library Adjusts Hours For Holidays In York Township
York Township Library will open Tuesday evenings 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on December 23 and January 30 instead of regular Wednesdays. The library board meets Friday January 9 at 3 p.m.
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York Township
Mrs Adeline Groharing Honored On 89th Birthday
Mrs Marvin Brookstra hosted a December 2 party in Fulton honoring her mother Mrs Adeline Groharing on her 89th birthday. Attendees included Mesdames Amelia Sack Albert Lynch Fred Miller Curtis St Ores Hazel Morse Emil Brach Vada Carroll Luella Heitman and guests from Morrison Lanark Milledgeville and Fulton. A lunch of birthday cake and ice cream followed a social hour with wishes for continued health and many more birthdays.
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Marvin Brookstra
Fulton
Adeline Groharing
Thomson
Mesdames Amelia Sack
Albert Lynch
Fred Miller
Curtis St. Ores
Hazel Morse
Emil Brach
Vada Carroll
Luella Heitman
Garrett Sterenberg
Morrison
Wallace Dresbach
Lanark
T. S. Cleworth
Milledgeville
Graharing
Linda Schroth and Eric Anderson to Wed in Morrison
Miss Linda Schroth daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold L Schroth of Morrison and granddaughter of Mrs Marion Wheeler and Mrs Gartus Christiansen of Thomson plans a January 18 wedding at 2 p m Bethesda Lutheran Church Morrison The groom to be Eric Anderson is son of Mr and Mrs Carl Anderson of Cordova He is employed at Erie Feed and Supply and she is a Sauk Price junior
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Linda Schroth
Eric Anderson
Harold L. Schroth
Morrison
Marion Wheeler
Gartus Christiansen
Thomson
Carl Anderson
Cordova
Bethesda Lutheran Church
Sauk Price
Erie Feed and Supply
Visitors From South Carolina Return Home After Stay
Mr and Mrs James Brock and daughters Cindy Karen and Linda return to Charleston SC after a ten day visit with relatives in Thomson and Savanna. Parents of the couple are Mr and Mrs George Collins of Thomson and Mr and Mrs Rudy Brock of Savanna. A Thanksgiving gathering was held at the Brock home in Thomson with guests from South Carolina Thomson and Savanna.
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James Brock
Cindy
Karen
Linda
Charleston
S. C
Thomson and Savanna
George Collins
Thomson
Rudy Brock
Savanna
Car Brock
South Carolina
Thomson and
Baldridge Sings in Memphis State Play Something Wicked
Stephen Ray Baldridge son of Mr and Mrs Bentley A Baldridge Sr of Thomson I is a college actor part of the cast for Something Wicked This Way Comes at Memphis State University December 8 13 He is a sophomore enrolled in University College and attends the college.
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Stephen Ray Baldridge
Bentley A. Baldridge Sr
Thomson, I
Memphis State University
Stephen
University College
Funeral for Mrs Uladys Olds Held in Rock Falls
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Olds attended the funeral of their sister in law Mrs Uladys Olds of Rock Falls on Monday. She died at Sterling Community Hospital on the 5th.
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Lloyd Olds
Uladys Olds
Rock Falls
Sterling
Pital
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PTA Special Board Meeting
Richard Truninger
Savanna Hospital
Richard Falls
Gerald Smith
Jane Lamb Hospital
Ruth A. Bielema
Henry Road
Ruth Huizenga
Robert E. Robbins
Mrs. Sippel
Mr. Snowman
Snowman
Warren Waltrip
Louis Akker
Chadwick Brownie
Willard Crichton — of
Larry
Bealer
David L. Cmr
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Fissens
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Abersees Proving Grounds
Groharing
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Trans. Co
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Moltmann
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Root, Pvt
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Schaver
Larry B
Chicago
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Apt
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