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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
4
Ray Page announces Gordon L. Hansen of Mount Carroll will join the Advisory Council for Instructional Television and Radio. Forty one people will serve, with first meeting at the Leland Hotel Monday January 29 at 9 30 am.
The Clinton Community Theater offers season tickets through February 9 at local banks and shops. Priced at $6.18, tickets save $2 versus single admissions and cover any production or all four shows. Productions include Barefoot in the Park February 15–18 at the Clinton Job Corps Auditorium, The Odd Couple in May, A View From The Bridge in September on the Showboat Rhododehdron, and Never Too Late in November.
Mr and Mrs Edward Siltman and family were Friday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Daniel Cook of Sterling. The occasion honored Mrs Siltman s birthday.
Carroll County farmers may enroll in February to learn about the Black Hawk Farm Bureau Management service. Extension adviser Harold Brinkmeier says the program is a farm management and family living analysis tool. Howard Peverly will explain enrollment costs and benefits at the February 1 meeting in the Extension Office.
Rep Tobias Barry Ladd III, Democratic representative of the 39th district, spoke to about 30 Milledgeville area young Democrats at Armstrong home in Carroll County on January 26. Subjects included mental health education highway improvements and new state laws. Refreshments followed.
Local residents from Chadwick and nearby towns hosted friends and relatives Saturday through Sunday. Guests included Vera Fink, Miss Oke, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tripp, and families from Sterling, Lanark, and Rock Falls. The social calendar featured dinners, birthday honors, anniversaries, church dedication attendance, and weekend visits in multiple households.
Mr and Mrs Emil Bellich hosted a gathering of all local Catholic families on Sunday January 28 to discuss church unity. Preparations were made for a parish renewal mission starting February 11 led by Father Raymond Spitzer, inspired by the Second Vatican Council.
Saturday guests include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowders with Mr. and Mrs. George Cook in Milledgeville Illinois. Sunday callers visit the P. K. McKinnis home as Mrs. Francis Hamm and children from Prophetstown join Mr. and Mrs. Dean Myers.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Law-Jones funeral home for Lyle Taylor 42 of Savanna who died suddenly while working at the Big Meadows nursing home construction site in Savanna Rev William Fetz officiated and burial was in Savanna Township cemetery Born July 31 1925 in Mount Carroll he served in the Marine Corps in World War I Survivors include his mother Bertha Ford Taylor and one brother Charles of Savanna and his father CLS
Mrs Agnes Shaw 86 died late Saturday afternoon in Clinton Manor nursing home after a month as a patient there. Funeral held Wednesday morning at Law Jones funeral home with Rev Milton Kading officiating. Burial in Savanna Town cemetery. Born Ines Wilson Shaw June 21 1881 in Sweden. Survived by five sons Wilson Truman Bert Randall Kermit and two daughters Wilma Green Ethel Mickelson Mildred Peterson, 31 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
A fragmentary obituary references a deceased woman with mentions of a husband and a sister who preceded her in death. The text lacks full names or dates.
Mr and Mrs Albert Bowles and daughter Vianne and Craig Carroll of Lanark attended Beth Liisenmanns commencement exercises at Bradley University in Peoria. Afterward Miss Beth hosted a reception in Lou Bowles honor with refreshments for family and friends.
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