Chicago Food Promotion Held In Illinois
The annual Chicago Food Promotion program sponsored by the Illinois Agricultural Association and county Farm Bureaus was held in Chicago February 10 and 11. The event aims to boost farmer retailer understanding and farm product sales with tours to stores and the O Hare Airport food operation. Attendees from Carroll County included Mr and Mrs Fred Hook and R E Lamoreux who chaired the breakfast.
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Chicago
Illinois Agricultural Association
County Farm Bureaus
St. Clair Hotel
Hugh Muncy
Illinois Retail Merchants’ Association
O'Hare National
Arroll County
Fred Hook
Thomson
County Farm Bureau
R. E. Lamoreux
Lanark
IAA Business Service Committee
Loncars Move From Lockhart Farm To Turner Farm
Mr and Mrs Mike Loncar and their two children relocated Monday from the Lockhart farm house to the John Turner farm east of Thomson. Nearby visitors included Mr and Mrs rt Prins and family, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Von Huizen and Colleen, and Mr and Mrs Leslie Prins and family of Fulton.
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Mike Loncar
Lockhart
John Turner
Thomson
Cones
Rt Prins
Kenneth von Huizen
Colleen
Leslie Prins
Fulton
Local families share visits across towns this week
Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton Jr and family were visitors with Dwight Atherton and family last Wednesday. Numerous cousins and relatives from Foltz, Fowler, Cooper, Grim, Durward, Eslinger, and Ashby households spent weekends or Sundays visiting in Morrison Grandview Fulton Clinton Shannon and Burlington areas.
Forreston music teacher Mrs. Amsrud to retire in May
Mrs. Morris Amsrud, longtime music teacher in Forreston, retires this May after 36 years in classrooms. Born in Lanark, she helped form dozens of bands across five counties, led ensembles in Forreston, Chadwick, Thomson, Cordova, Orangeville and Elizabeth, and directed 200-student bands on tours and at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. She plans gardening, pets, and a final band-friendly summer with retirement projects.
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Morris Amsrud
Forreston
Beth Hower
Charles Hower
Hower
Lanark
Lanark High
Beth
Shimer College
Shimer
McPhail School of Music
Minneapolis
Chadwick
Polo
Shannon
Ogle
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Whiteside
Thomson
Cordova
Orangeville
Elizabeth
Soldier Field
Chicago
Benton Harbor
Mich
Battle Creek
German Valley
Baileyville
Forreston’s
Mount Morris
Local families visit and host in Clinton area
Mrs Richard Atherton and children visited Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton Sr last Saturday afternoon. Several other families from Morrison Fulton Clinton Aledo and Chadwick are listed as visitors dinner or supper guests at various homes including Mrs Jennie Griswold Mrs Harold Witt Mr and Mrs Archie Green and many more centered around Clinton and Mount Carroll with travels to Chicago and LeClair Iowa.
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Richard Atherton
Merle Atherton
Robert Atherton
Morrison
Calvin Eslinger
Ray Morgan
Clinton
Jennie Griswold
John Slager
Myles Haas
Jim
Nancy
John Sloan
Archie Green
Pat Green
Robert Legal
Chicago
Dolly Atherton
Dwight Atherton
Harold Tomman
Fulton
James Legal
Gilbert Holland
Francis Hoff
Emil Brach
Harold Witt
Gerald Smith
Kristy
Elmer Holm
Mervin Marshall
Helen Brenneman
William Jenkins
Roswell
N. M
Bernard Groharing
Bert Davis
Aledo
Eva Atherton
Caroline Mark
Mt. Carroll
Inlaw
Wayne Groharing
Billy
Merle Cate
Emma Waas
Gene Diephuis
Mark
Hal Hoy
Marvin John
LeClair
Clifford Durward
Leslie Grim
Loval Brunner
Eugene Halfman
Frank Miller
Milledgeville
Marcia Holland
Russel Green
Clifford Smith
Garden Plain
Charles Faur
Camanche
Iowa
William Nienkark
Carl Petersen
Jens Andresen
Chadwick
Robert Plumley
Frank Plumley
Termites Protect With Terminix From Bruce Terminix
Bruce Terminix advertises termite protection services with contact Bill Cronister and phone number 2433, urging readers to call for service.
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Bruce Terminix
Bill Cronister
Sunday Visits and Funeral in Mt Carroll Area
Family and neighbors share meals and visits across DeWitt Savanna Fulton Clinton Mt Carroll and Rockford. Mrs. Frank Merchant’s funeral at Frank Funeral Home Mt Carroll noted with attendees including Mrs. Frank Potter and Mrs. Elva Connor. Karen Root stayed overnight with Thomas and Karen Root in Savanna.
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Wayne Paarman
DeWitt
Iowa
Robert Plumley
Donald Sippel
Frank Potter
Frank Merchant
Frank
Mt. Carroll
Gene Smiley
Rockford
Ernest Rathie
Elva Connor
Clinton
Henry Haan
Fulton
Dean Rathie
Savanna
Marvin Holesinger
Ralph Holesinger
Morrison
Frank Leavens
William Heinze
Lavetta Schneider
Argo Fay
Paul James Green
Epa Hook
Grace Hook
Albert Hook
Karen Root
Thomas Root
For Sale Purebred Poland China Boar in Lanark
Advertisement lists a purebred Poland China boar for sale by Bernard Hartman in Lanark. Contact phone number 493 2558. ALS 2-13x.
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Poland
Lanark
Bernard Hartman
Sunday Visitation Notes From Clinton and Mt Carroll
Mr and Mrs Asmus Stoltz and family of Clinton were Sunday afternoon visitors with her [{}] Mr and Mrs William Ienkark were Sunday evening visitors with Mr and Mrs Lyle Greeley. Mr and Mrs Leonard Feldt were Sunday evening callers of Mr and Mrs Albert Prins and were Sunday afternoon visitors with Mr and Mrs Clarence Dunn of Mt Carroll.
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Asmus_ Stoltz
Clinton
William Ienkark
Carl Petersen
Lyle Greeley
Leonard Feldt
Albert Prins
Clarence Dunn
Mt. Carroll
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St. Meat
Clover Farm
Catsup
Imperial Gerine
Orthmann
Thermogas
Atherton Service
Chevrolet Corvair
Pontiac
Chevrolet
Ford
International
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Merle Atherton, Jr
Steve
Randy Atherton
Immy Haman
Leto Foltz
Keith
Kenneth
Hadwick
Bert Carroll
Theodore Fowler
Lyndon
Vesey Cooper
Robert Rice
Julie
Sterling
Claude Grim
Merle Atherton Jr
George Collins
Merle Atherton Sr
Glen Raymond
Grandview
Ruby Durward
William Bechtel
Gayle Durward
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Leslie Durward
Joy
Cynthia
Kenneth Hebeler
Robert Smith
Everett Eslinger
Stanley Laash
Brian
Burlington
Wayne A
Fay Ashby
Wayne Ashby
Martha
Hattie Greeley
Johnson Nursing Home
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, III
Lennox
Kooi and
Workman
Fulton, Il
Mita Ea
Monogram
Corey
Main St
Harold James
Bill Haas
Sebert Dykstra
Hunter-Jones
Memorial Home
Considine’s Insurance Agency
Melton
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
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Westinghouse
Ua Ana
Bacon
Hills Bros. Coffee
Fulton, Illinois
FAY Funeral Home
J. M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
DIAL
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George Washington
Washington
Thomson State
Conoco
Diehl Oil Co
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