December birthdays listed for Clinton and nearby towns
The notice catalogs birthdays on December 13 and 14 for residents in Clinton Iowa Milledgeville Warren Illinois Perry Florida Lanark Polo Thomson Chadwick and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Ross King Mrs Bertha Brennannan Mrs Mason Spaulding Mrs Clara Hileman Mrs Delmar Kradle Mr Carroll Clarence Dean and others.
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Ross King
Clinton
Bertha Brennannan
Sunnyside
Warren
Illinois
Mason Spaulding
Milledgeville
Clara Hileman
Delmar Kradle
Carroll Clarence Dean
Perry
Fla
Gertrude Rodermel
Shannon
Miriam Rodel
Deerfield
Mina Marie Linker
Chadwick
Andy Blumer
Frank J. Schreiner, Jr
Milleville
Jayton Bowman
Lanark
Maureen McCue
Carroll George Mattie
Thomson
George Dembman
Polo
Dean Miller
Frank Potter
Arnold Fijelstead
Karen Mae Halfman
Mis
Aoe S. Hutchison
Milledgee
Local Names Appearing Across December Entries
A long reader list shows numerous individuals named with cities such as Chadwick Thomson Milledge Savanna Lanark Forreston Clinton Monmouth and others. Dates DECEMBER 16 17 18 19 accompany many names including Mrs. K C Whitney Dr. Ross C. King and James Laurence Halfman.
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Edith Ann Mach
Emery Park
Arizona
Claude Wiebenga
Fulton Bert Holman
Orr
Minn
Fred Hook
Thomson Janice Doden
St. Louis
Arthur Miller
Chadwick
David Milroy
Milledgeville
Daniel Milroy
Milledgevile
Donald Grove
Beloit
Wis
Mary Fellows
Baraboo
Vernon Schultz
Shan
Merle Prins
Thomson Cliff Lichta, Jr
Lanark
Terry Lee Doty
Sterling
Deaths in Carroll County and Mt Carroll area
Obituaries list services and survivors for Mrs. Floyd Colebaugh Robert McGrath and Mrs. Mary Schelfhause. Services held in Savanna Mt. Carroll and Mt. Carroll with burial in local cemeteries. Survivors include spouses children grandchildren and siblings with birth and marriage details and prior residences.
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Floyd Colebaugh
Savanna
Law-Jones
Savanna City Hospital
Robert Stevenson
Presbyterian Church
Savanna Township
Platteville
Wisconsin
Frank
Mary Austin
Galena
Leslie Bailey
Elizabeth
Harvey Austin
Seattle
Washington
Robert McGrath
Mt. Carrol
Frank Funeral Home
Mt. Carroll
Hays
Kansas
Robert Younts
Mary Schelfhause
Christian Funeral Home
Moline Hospital
Wallace Johnson
Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mary Neis Schellhause
Daniel and
Adeline Elosa Neis
Charles Schellhause
Salem Lutheran Church
Floyd
Dubuque
Rev
Mt. Capen
Elmer
Clinton
Selma Bousum
Mt. Morris
Highland Community College Bonds Sale Delayed
The Board of Trustees was told the sale of 4.2 million dollars in bonds for the college building program will be delayed until January. President Kenneth E. Borland said financial consultants H. C Speer and Sons, Inc. expect a better bond climate after the new year.
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Highland Community College
Kenneth E. Borland
HCC
H. C Speer and Sons, Inc
Carolers Continue Christmas Hymns Through Centuries
Voices rise in carols from Silent Night to The First Noel as a long tradition continues. The piece traces origins from early Christian praise at St Paul to legends around St Basil in Greece and St Francis of Assisi’s 13th century manger scene in Grecchia.
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St. Pauil
Julian
Greece
St. Basil
St. Francis of
Carroll County Courthouse Notes Actions on Local Offenders
Jacob Stilson 28 of Mount Carroll was returned from Colorado to Carroll County on a Circuit Court warrant. He pleaded guilty to non support of his wife and three children and received three years probation with a duty to support his family. Thomas Callis 47 of Peoria pleaded guilty to theft of several outboard motors and received three years probation plus $90 court costs. Motors were recovered by Sheriff Miller. Rick Massey 20 of Lanark was fined 100 dollars plus 26 dollars costs for reckless conduct following an altercation with Irving Merke. arrest by Deputy Howard Helms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Jesse Stilson
Mount Carroll
Carroll County
Harry H. Miller
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Stilson
Mt. Carroll
Edward J Turnbaugh
Thomas Clinton Callis
Peoria
Riverview
Thomson
Rick Massey
Lanark
Howard Helms
Irving Merke
Lanfark
Helms
Ancient Customs Live at Yuletide Traditions Show Global Echoes
A look at how Christmas customs endure amid modernization. The piece cites German gift wrapping with treasure hunts, and notes Christmas trees arrived in France in 1837 via Princess Helen of Mecklenburg, while Parisians still favor New Year gift exchanges for adults.
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France
Helen of Mecklenburg
Duke of Orleans
Paris
Legends of Saint Nicholas and early Christmas cards
The article notes legends linking Saint Nicholas to generosity and protection for robbers and pawnbrokers in medieval times. It recalls that in 1875 Christmas greeting cards in the United States showcased glass frosting and sold for up to three dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
New Book of Knowledge
United States
Savanna Soldier Joins Vietnam Deployments With 4th Division
Private First Class Jon E. Coverdill, 21, son of Westly J. and Mrs Coverdill of Moline, has been assigned to the 4th Infantry Division near Pleiku Vietnam as a rifleman in Company A 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry. He entered service April 1968 after basic training at Ft Polk and was last stationed at Ft Benning. He attended Riverdale High School Port Byron and worked for Eust K Newburg Corp Cordova before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Jon E. Coverdill
Westly J. Coverdill
16Th Ave. E. Moline
Savanna, Ill
4Th
Pleiku
Vietnam
Pvt. Coverdill
Ft. Polk
Ft. Benning
Riverdale High School
Port Byron
Ill
Eust K. Newburg Corp
Cordova
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Robert Traum, Jr
K. C. Whitney
Curtis St. Ores
Thomson Ray Morgan
W. J. Schreiner
Jackie Etnyre
Eastabrooks
Robert Buchanan
Frank Zier
Franklin Hebeler
Savanna John Hebeler
Savanna Becky Lynn Mannon
Lyndon Susan Pettinger
Belvidere
Dale Porter
Brian FE. Aude
Carl Petersen
Eugene Stewart
Rock Falls
Frank Klenz
Mr. Carroll Russell Lego
Clarence Young
Anaheim
California
Leonard Hartman
Mt Carroll
John Geiz, Jr
Monmouth
Chester Hoffman
Anna Wold
Mound
Blaine B
Leavens
Oak Park
Tony M. Knorr
Lorelei Rocha
Larry Bushman
Arleta Wilt
Keith Oncken
Karen Ann Zuck
Brenda Helm
Diane McCue
Comer Brown
Fullerton
Californ
Orville Allen
Max Reister
Albert Warfield
Savan
Verdayne Johns
Milwaukee
Helen Keim
Susan Terry
Forreston
Jan Glenn
Deanna Rae Wilt
John T. Kustes
Sfantaly
Albert M. Greison
Main Street
Savanna, Illinois
Carroll Service Company
Lanark, Illinois
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Massachusetts
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New International Harvester
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