Coast Guard Seeks 17 Year Olds for Enlistment in Chicago
Coast Guard recruitment in Chicago invites 17 year olds to apply as quotas are limited. Requirements include at least one year of high school, 20-50 uncorrected vision in each eye, and a minimum height of 5 feet 4 inches. Training at Manhattan Beach Station in New York follows, with possible later assignment to cutters, destroyer escorts, and other ships.
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Coal Guard
America
Chicago
Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
Adolph sisters honored at family gatherings
Chedwick briefs show Florence and Lois Adolph of Rockford as weekend guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas Adolph. Several couples joined Sunday dinners at various homes including Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mackey for Mrs Mackey's birthday and Mr. and Mrs. F W Zugsehwerdt for Elaine and Mr. Zugsehwerdt's birthdays. Sgt. Lawrence Weber of Ft Benning attended a Friday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Christy Geison. The Morgan, Handel, and related families shared meals with hosts Harlan Handel and family and Lloyd Handel and Gary, Virgil.
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Florence Adolph
Rockford
Lois Adolph
Wee's End
Chas. Adolph
Frank Sehreines Sr
Arthur Kenrens
Chris Mackey
Mackey
Sgt
Lawrence Weber
Ft. Benning, Ga
Christy Geison
Arthur Miller
Jeanette Queckhoerner
F. W. Zugsehwerdt
Elaine
Zugsehwerdt
James Morgan
Lloyd Handel
Gary
Boyd Handel
Virgil
Harlan Handel
Christmas Pageant to Be Presented at the Vesper Service
The Chadwick Woman's club will sponsor a candlelight Christmas vesper Sunday afternoon December 17 at 3 o'clock in the school auditorium. The pageant The Wonderful Story will be directed by Miss Marolyn Whitford with school choirs and an orchestra providing music. Cast includes Angels shepherds Wise Men and attendants. A free will offering will be taken. Chadwick grade and high schools close December 22 for two weeks of holidays.
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Chadwick Woman's Club
Marolyn Whitford
Fay Hawkins
Shirley Schneider
Abbie Olson
Janice Schreiner
Jeannine Emnyre
Robert Spearman
Clarence Geison
Oscar Rahn
Charles Harris
Evan Rahn
Herbert Senneff
Lana Frank
Willis Stewart
Rhea Jean Schreiner
Carol Kness
JoAnn Asay
Lois Kahler
Pastor Travels to Indiana for Debt-Repayment Meeting
Rev. Earl Coble and his wife attended a Brookville Indiana service at St Thomas Lutheran Church on Sunday to mark the final payment of the church debt. The event featured Rev Wide, superintendent of the Nachusa orphanage, as a substitute speaker in Coble’s absence.
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Earl Coble
Brookville
Ind
St. Thomas Lutheran Church
Coble
Rev
Mr. Wide
Nachusa Orphanage
Christmas Meet Of Club Held Last Thursday
The Woman's club held its Christmas meeting at the home of Mrs. Crystal Rahn with a program including a Christmas Story by Lola Taylor and pieces by Elizabeth Senneff Rev T R Moritz and Rev Gablee Sextette. Refreshments were served by Bessie Sollenberger Lucinda Gipe Nellie Stadel Eda King jery Grace Daehler Evelyn Senneff and Zoa Deets.
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Woman's Club
Crystal Rahn
Lola Taylor
Elizabeth Senneff
T. R. Moritz
Gablee
Bessie Sollenberger
Lucinda Gipe
Nellie Stadel
Eda Kingjery
Grace Daehler
Evelyn Senneff
Zoa Deets
Wedding Bells for Mabel Garber Handel and Carlos Johnston
Mabel Garber Handel daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Garber Mt Carroll and Carlos Johnston son of Mr Paulina Johnston Mt Carroll wed at 4 pm Sunday in the bride’s parents home. Rev R H Leitner First Baptist officiated single ring ceremony. Attendants Edwin Johnston and Mrs Ruth Fosdick. Mrs Johnston a Lanark high school graduate. Johnston a former sheriff and city marshal now employed at Savanna ordnance depot. They plan a Chicago trip then reside in Mt Carroll.
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Mabel Garber Handel
J. L. Garber
Mt. Carroll
Carlos Johnston
Paulina Johnston
R. H. Leitner
First Baptist Church
Edwin Johnston
Ruth Fosdick
Johnston
Lanark High School
Mr. Johnston
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Chicago
Sterling Cadet Nurses Visit Queckboerner Home
Miss Lenora Queckboerner and Miss Doris Martin, student cadet nurses from Sterling, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Queckboerner. Mr. and Mrs. John Geisz traveled Saturday to Shelbyville to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geisz and returned Monday afternoon.
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Lenora Queckboerner
Doris Martin
Sterling
Albert Queckboerner
John Geisz
Jack Geisz
Shelbyville
God the Preserver of Man Lesson in Christ Scientist churches
Sunday lessons in all Churches of Christ Scientist centered on God as preserver. Key biblical passages from Isaiah and II Timothy framed the message, with Science and Health asserting God governs all and fear of sickness and death is avoidable through spiritual understanding.
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God the Preserver of Man
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Chadwick High Selects D A R Good Citizen Candidate
Abbie Olson of Chadwick and daughter of Fred H Olson was chosen as Chadwick Community High School’s D A R Good Citizen candidate. Three senior girls competed with final selection by teachers. Olson’s name advances to Carroll County for county level judging and state competition.
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Abbie Olson
Fred H. Olson
Chadwick
Chadwick Community High School
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Howard Brett
Miss Olson
Carroll County Rechapter
Gifts For 8. O. D. Soldiers Should Be Ready Today
Mrs Julius Rath and family of Savanna visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Knoess and with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Post. The LaVerne Kibble area hosted Dixon relatives for Sunday calls and dinner.
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Julius Rath
Savanna
George Knoess
Lawrence Post
LaVerne Kibble
Dixon
Verdette Kibble
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Coast Guard Agan
Jack Demsey
USCGR
U.S. Coast Guard
W. Jackson Blvd
Chedwick Briefs
Thomson
Morrison
Ideal
Howard Nelson
Buck Machinery International
Hayes Corn
John Deere
International
Oliver
Victor
H. P. International
Jamesway Oil
Vernon L. Rawlins
Sterenberg and
Reiff
Don Carpenter
Dahm’s Grocery
TY Julian Ollendorff
Chadwick News
Everett Schreiner
Rock Falls
Sunda
Bert Schreiner
Emil Hartman
Sharon Kay
A. W. Provant
Lois Queckboerner
Rockfoid
Roy Queckboerner
Bert Straub
Frank Robinson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Robinson
Chadwick and
Indian Ocean
van Rutherford McCarthy
Merchant Marine
Mate McCarthy
Treasury Department
Indiana
Eads Rendering Co. Morrison, Ill
Union Grove
Columbia Wyandotte
John Deere No
McCormick-Deering
I. H.C
H. C
H. P. John Deere
Jamesway
Dwight Wilson
Fletcher, Meyer & Hammer
Round Grove Grange
Paul F. Wilson
C. Schuneman
Bill
Joe
Chadwick Briefs
Christian Science Churches
Jacob
Israel
DAR
Taruly
Bob
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel
Mgr
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