Funeral Service Scheduled in Chadwick for Harold Daehler
Harold W. Daehler 47 a York Township farmer died February 11 in Moline after a cerebral hemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Viva Eversole, two daughters Mary Ann Elder and Diana, a son David, his mother Dora Daehler, two brothers Paul and Louis, a sister Louisa Reitzel, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held February 14 at First Lutheran Chadwick with burial in Savanna cemetery.
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Harold W. Daehler
York Township
First Lutheran Church
Chadwick
Carl Holland
Savanna Cemetery
Robert Geison
Philip Brach
Thomson
Rock of Ages
Charles J. Bissens
Gilbert Holland
Ned Spencer
Hobart Holland
Robert Bristol
John Wiebenga
Glen Kreuder
Paul Wilt
Daehler
Moline Public Hospital
Carl and
Dora Schreiner Daehler
York Community High School
Viva Eversole
Lester
Mary Ann) Elder
Moline
Diana
David
Jane
John Elder
Dora Daehler
Paul
Lanark
Louis
Glendale
Calif
Fay
Louisa) Reitzel
Sterling
Arthur
TNT Club Calendar 1966 at York Community Church
The TNT Club of York Community Church releases its 1966 calendar with officers Irene St Ores president Bonnie Smith vice president Mary Feddersen secretary Hazel Morse treasurer and work and relief committees led by Bertha Hook Mary Feddersen Amelia Sack Elsie Tousley Hazel Morse and Bonnie Smith. Monthly hostesses devotions and roll calls are listed from January to December with activities such as prayers roll calls and hobby themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TNT Club
York Community Church
Irene St. Ores
Bonnie Smith
Mary Feddersen
Hazel Morse
Bertha Hook
Amelia Sack
Elsie Tousley
Bonnie Sihith
Marian Wheeler
Besse French
Flower
Cookie Exchange
Trojans fall to Pearl City in fifth defeat of season
Thomson High's Trojans dropped an 86 67 decision to Pearl City last Friday evening for their fifth loss. They close the year with district tournament play set for Shannon on Feb 24 25 facing Lyndon with the winner meeting Chadwick Shannon. Bissens led Thomson with 21 points Ray Bissens 20 and Dykstra 18. Pearl City Brinkmeier scored 20 as the Wolves built a second half lead after a 44 41 halftime edge. The Junior Varsity also lost 64 36 to Pearl City JV.
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Thomson Trojans
Wolves
Pearl City
Trojans
Shannon
Lyndon
Chadwick Shannon
City
Local Hospital Updates and Patient Stays
Sick Roy Houghton was discharged from Mercy Hospital Clinton after weeks with a broken hip and is staying with his daughter Mrs Ray Klein in Downers Grove. Wayne Ashby Gail Tursay Howard Law and Mrs Law remain patients in Iowa City facilities with family convalescence at home. Karen Halfman daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Halfman confined home with hives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Houghton
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Ray Klein
Downers Grove
Wayne Ashby
Gail Tursey
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Howard Law
Savanna
University Hospital
Law
Howard Leavens
R. R. Thomson
Jennie Griswold
Jane Lamb Hospital
Albert Lynch
Karen Halfman
Lawrence Halfman
National FFA Week Observed Feb 19 26 At Thomson High
Thomson High School joins nationwide FFA activities during National FFA Week Feb 19 25 with theme Agriculture More Than Farming. Go to Church Sunday observed Feb 20 and the annual Parent Son Banquet is set for Feb 22. The Thomson FFA Chapter has 44 members led by President Ray Bissens and officers. The article notes FFA history and Washington as a farmer and pioneer of agricultural practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson High School
Farmers of America
America
William Gengenbach
FFA
Thomson Ffa
Spring Valley Reformed Church
Fulton
Ray Bissens
Mike Weis
Gary Buikema
James Hartman
Trea
David Daehler
Steven Stiles
National Future Farmer Sete
Puerto Rico
Illinois
George Washington
Washington
Thomason News Household Visits and Family Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Fred Hook visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Jens Andresen and Doris at Chadwick. Mr and Mrs James Nienkark and family of Morrison were Sunday dinner guests of his parents Mr and Mrs William Nienkark. Johnny Danny and Jeff Nienkark spent Friday to Sunday with grandparents and returned home with their parents. Mr and Mrs Carl Petersen visited last Friday with Mrs Margaret Johnson and Aaron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hook
Jens Andresen
Doris
Chadwick
James Nienkark
Morrison
William Nienkark
Johnny
Danny
Jeff Nienkark
Carl Petersen
Margaret Johnson
Aaron
Junior High In Final Rounds County Tourney
The Carroll County Junior High Basketball Tournament progressed with first round games at Chadwick. Milledgeville forfeited to Hill due to fog. Mt Carroll beat Chestnut Park in heavyweights as Monday results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Hill
Mt Carroll
Chestnut Park
Mt. Carroll
Shannon
Thomson
Lanark
Center Hill
Chadwick - Lanark
School Bands To Present Winter Concert Friday
The Junior Varsity and Varsity bands will perform their annual Winter concert on Friday February 18 at 8 00 pm in the Gymnasium. The program opens with Heads Up march by the JV band followed by Polka for Band Flute Frapp e and a Processional. The Varsity program features two marches a Latin American suite and several popular numbers including Vanguard Cameo Westminster Waltz Tropical Twilight Ferry Cross the Mersey and Thundercrest.
Sunday Dinner Guests In Garden Plain Area
Mr and Mrs Albert Prins Burton and Howard and Miss Kathy Turner were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Von Huizen and Colleen at Garden Plain. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Le Roy Prins and son from Broadview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Prins
Burton and
Howard
Kathy Turner
Kenneth von Huizen
Colleen
Garden Plain
LeRoy Prins
Broadview
William Blair
Morrison
Paul Smith
Jerry Brinkman
Madison, Wis
Eugene Diephuis
Mark
Royal Winter formal queens named at York churches
Mikel Stiles and Lois Huizenga were crowned winter formal royalty at the York community churchs dance. The event featured decor, crownings by previous queens, and a grand march. Other notices cover Lent sermons, baptist and Methodist services, and Catholic Mass schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikel Stiles
Lois Huizenga
Lanark Lanark County Zoning Meeting Planned
A public, county wide zoning meeting was tentatively set for March 25 in Mt. Carroll. The plan emerged at a Friday meeting of the Fact Finding Committee on Zoning held at Merle Sturtevant’s home. Robert Pope of Champaign will be the main speaker and attendees planned to join supervisors and planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Merle Sturtevant
Robert Pope
Champaign
Committees Named for Alumni Banquet on May 28
Alumni Association officers announced committees for 1966 at a Feb 12 meeting hosted by President Calvin Eslinger. Invitations go to Betty Lou Stagg and others. Nominating team led by Richard Buckley. Decorations by Lila Atherton. Tables by Tom McKee. Dishes by Dorothy Bennett. Dance by Fred Hook. Entertainment by Harold Wilt and Paul Groharing. Banquet set for May 28 with Jack Busch and his orchestra providing music. Officers: Calvin Essinger president, Gene St. Ores vice president, Karen Eissens secretary, Irene Weatherwax treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Calvin Eslinger
Betty Lou Stagg
Diana Marken
Alberta Johnson
Mary Waltrip
Mary Root
Richard Buckley
Jim Haas
Marla Eslinger
Janet Dykstra
Lila Atherton
Tom McKee
Philip Brach
Dale Eslinger
Burton Prins
Dorothy Bennett
Sylvia Witt
Fred Hook
Gilbert Holland
Harold Wilt
Paul Groharing
Jack Busch
Calvin Essinger
Gene St. Ores
Karen Eissens
Irene Weatherwax
Golden Rule Class Met Wednesday Night at Baptist Ch
The Golden Rule class of York Baptist Church held its monthly meeting in the church basement with eleven adults and two children. The session opened with I Surrender All, devotions featured A Sermon on Lincoln by Rev. Jennings, and Lorraine Holland led prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Baptist Church
Lincoln
Jennings
Lorraine Holland
Luella Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Dorothy Carroll
Grafft
Robert Carroll
Maxine Marshall
Helen Brenneman
Mr and Mrs Tom Kustes Visit Savanna
Mr and Mrs Tom Kustes visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Jack Regan at Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kustes
Jack Regan
Savanna
Mrs Seaman Swett Dies at 62 in Thomson Home
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs Seaman Swett 62 who died Saturday morning at her home in Thomson. Rev William Kendall officiated at Fay funeral home Fulton with pallbearers Donald Merle Jr Richard and Robert Atherton Lyle Mitchell and Robert Shephard. Burial followed in Lower York cemetery. She was born December 16 1903 in Thomson daughter of Arch and Dolly Atherton and married Seaman Swett May 11 1929 in Thomson. Surviving are her husband and 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren plus four daughters two brothers and four sisters. She was a member of York Community Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman Swett
Fay
Fulton
Lower York
Lena Atherton
Thomson
Arch
Dolly Griswold Atherton
York Community Church
Gerald
Hanover
Gary
Norma) Lehr
Juda
Wis
Garland
Jean) Harris
East Mo
Weekly School Lunch Menu Brief
Monday February 21 shows baked beans cabbage salad bread butter apple sauce and milk. February 22 offers vegetable soup crackers sliced cheese bread butter cookies and milk. February 23 serves beef stew lettuce salad bread butter pudding and milk. February 24 features barbecue sandwiches buttered corn pickles ice cream and milk. February 25 lists macaroni and cheese peas bread and butter apricots and milk.
Reverend Thomas Mohn Enrolls for Second Semester at Augustana
Rev. Thomas Mohn of the Thomson Argo Fay Hickory Grove Methodist churches has enrolled for the second semester at Augustana College in Rock Island. He attends classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings and is majoring in psychology as he starts his senior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mohn
Hickory Grove
Argo Fay
Thomson
Thomson Church
Edna Hutchins
Ant
India
Miss Hutchins
1Thorsson - Argo Fay Myf
Thomson - Argo Fay
Local clubs outline meetings and events for February
American Legion Auxiliary meets February 2 at 7 30 p m with district director Geneva Newman reporting. Carroll County Auxiliary postpones February meeting to March 9 in Savanna. York Progressive Home Extension hosts February 2 with Irene St Ores on Calorie Conscious eating and Marion Wheeler on Low Calorie Desserts. Thomson WSCS plans March 12 fried chicken supper. Mary Circle of Thomson Methodist hosts February 19 pie sale with advance orders due February 18 and delivery February 19. contact Sippel Marken or Mohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Geneva Newman
Carroll County Council
Savanna York
Marion Wheeler
Thomson Wscs
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Thomson Methodist Church
Mary Circle
Donald Sippel
Don Marken
Tom Mohn
Heart Sunday observed nationwide February 20
Heart Sunday promotes Heart Association support for heart disease prevention. Volunteers will call Thomson residents on February 19 with door envelopes for donations, left for absent Hausholers, and Mrs. Emil Brach leads the local drive. Visitors to Thomson this week include Mrs. Bob Gray Geneva Wilburn Bargholz Wasco Nina Bowgren Wasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart
Heart Fund
Heart Association
Thomson
Emil Brach
Thomson Area
Bob Gray
Geneva
Wilburn Bargholz
Nina Bowgren
Wasco
Wanted Full Time Bus Driver Starts March 1
Help wanted notice seeks full time bus driver to begin March 1. Send applications to Supt Wayne G Tidd Thomson Grade School by Feb 71, 1 od T 2-17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne G. Tidd
Thomson Grade
Erect Trio All Aluminum Martin House This Summer
One week left to place orders for Trio All Aluminum Martin Houses. Details available from Fay Ashby. Call Thomson 259 3384 for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Ashby
Thomson
Bolhous Couple Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Clarence Bolhous of Thomson marked their thirtieth wedding anniversary on February 14 1966 with a gathering in Morrison and a later reception at the Vos home in Clinton Iowa. Clarence and Grace Bielema Bolton later married in 1936 and reside in Thomson where he works in insurance and real estate while she taught in Thomson and Fulton schools. They have a daughter Marilyn Juikema of Morrison and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bolhous
Thomson
Gordon Buikema
Morison
Morrison
Fulton
Rockford
Illinois
Clinton
Dubuqne
Iowa
M Irs
Bolhous
Clarence
Vos
5Th Ave
Clinon
Theormer Grace Bielema
First Christian Reformed Church
Ilinois
A. Blick
Thomon
Grandson Ronald Fossett Returns Home From Viet Nam
Mrs. Dora Wiebenga reports her grandson Specialist 4 Ronald L. Fossett has arrived in California from Vietnam where he served with the Armed Forces for months. He is expected to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fossett of Chadwick soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Wiebenga
Ronald L. Fossett
California
Viet Nam
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Thomson News: Delbert Curley’s daughter aids father in LA
Mrs Delbert Curley returned from Los Angeles where she cared for her father Clarence Huggins who is convalescing at the Los Angeles Convalescent Center. Mr and Mrs Huggitts are former Thomson residents. Mr and Mrs Robert Knth attended the annual boat show in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Curley
Los Angeles
California
Clarence Huggins
Los Angeles Convalescent Center
St. Alvardo St
Calif
Huggitts
Thomson
Robert Kn@th
Chicago
Card of Thanks From Mrs Wilt
A sincere thanks to all who remembered me in many ways while a patient at Jane Lam Hospital and after returning home. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. Mrs. Paul K Wilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lam Hospital
Paul K. Wilt
Community thanks for support after Ron Dykstra injury
Neighbors and friends who helped when Ron was injured in basketball are thanked for cards gifts and visits. Sebert Phyllis and Ron Dykstra express gratitude and say kindness will be remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Sebert
Phyllis
Ron Dykstra
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Harold Daehler
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Daniel L. Wiebenga
Richard McGinty
Aleda Kathleen
Daniel Lee Wiebenga
Howard Wiebenga
Fulton High School
Drives Inc
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T.N.T
Thomson Review
Thomson, Illinois
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Thomson Broadax
D. G. & T. R Stagg
Thomson, Ill
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York Baptist
Emer W. Grafft
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Linda Johnson
Jack Phillips
Ruth Hoff
Roger Dykema
Luann Frosch
Guy Plumley
Kathy Ehrich
Kay Olds
Dale Krahn
Vernon Hoffs
Catholic Immaculate Conception
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