Carroll County Citizens Show Christmas Spirit
The Mt Carroll area organized a gift and food drive for sixteen Carroll County families totaling 67 people including 48 children. Contributions from multiple local groups and individuals funded meals and clothing and toys for every child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Viola E. Schultz
Department of Public Aid
Unity Circle of the
Baptist’ Church of
American Legion Auxil
Weekly School Lunch Menu Expresses Simple Village Diners
A weekly hot lunch menu lists meals for Monday to Friday featuring Maid Rites with buttered corn and cake on Monday, Stew with Cottage Cheese Fruit on Tuesday, Tuesday? was misread but likely potatoes and ham on Thursday, pumpkin dessert, and Friday offering Cream Tuna on Toast with green beans. The plan emphasizes rustic, familiar fare for students.
Christmas Dinner Guests spread across several families
Thomson briefed by Mr and Mrs Eugene Diephuis and family as Christmas guests. Additional visitors included John Byers of Fulton Herman Jansma and family Linda Jansma of California Clifford Dykstra family and more. SP5 Gene Bissens returns to Aberdeen Proving Ground after holidays. Sandra Dykstra visits Clintonville for holidays returning soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Diephuis
Joe Diephuis
Fulton
John Byers
Herman Jansma
Morriston
Linda Jansma
California
Clifford Dykstra
Familly
Donald Sippel
Harry Rush
Santa Cruz
Calif
Steven Sippel
Gerry Smith
Gene Enloe
Handel's
Savanna
Wilfred Smithson
Bellevue
Dale Edens
Miles
Iowa
Myles Haas
Emma Haas
Gene Bissens
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Charles J. Bissens
Sandra Dykstra
Clintonville
Wis
Clifford Estra
Rick
Dale Eslinger Burned in Chemplex Flash Fire
Dale Eslinger of Thomson suffered second degree burns to the lower face and neck from a butane flash fire at the Chemplex Corporation high density plant in Clinton. He was treated at Clinton hospital and released the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Eslinger
Thomson
Chemplex Corporation
Clinton
Weet R
Theospital
Farmers Help Reduce Surplus by Conserving Base Acres
Farmers in three major federal programs during 1970 will keep about 100 million acres in soil protecting uses and out of surplus crop production. No payments are made to farmers for this conserving base, set by county ASC, based on crop and soil use history. The move aims to curb excess production and protect natural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth T. Benjamin
Illinois State Agricultural Stabilization and Con
Servation Committee
United States
Illinois
ASC
Clifford M. Hardin
House Committee On Agriculture
Benjamin
Ascs Committee
Fatal Car Sled Accident Claimed Child in Carroll County
Tamela Sue Gipe, 8, of Pearl City died after a sled ride with Penny Moothart, 5, into the path of a car driven by Roger Hartman in Chadwick area. Hartman unable to see due to embankment and snow. Penny uninjured. Tammy died at Community General Hospital in Sterling. week reported largely accident-free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamela Sue Gipe
Pearl City
Chadwick
Carroll County
Tamela Sue
Donald Moothart
Penny Moothart
Moothart
Roger Hartman
Community General Hospital
Sterling
Penny
Hartman
Christmas Guests and Family Visits Near Fulton
The report lists multiple holiday visits among the Balk, Haas, Diephuis, Eslinger, Weatherwax, Hand, Bellich, and Flack families. Guests include Sgt. Jim Haas and Sgt. Ronald Young of Grissom AFB Indiana, SP4 David Daehler from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri, and various relatives from Fulton and Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Haas
Sgt
Ronald Young
Grissom Afb
Indiana
Jim
Myles Haas
Gene Diephuis
Mark
Marla
Dale Eslinger
Emma Haas
David Daehler
Ft. Leonard Wood
Vi Daehler
Jacob Balk
Fulton
Edwin Balk
Frank Flack
Hanover
Lawrence Weatherwax
Thomas J. Hand
Emil Bellich
Thomson Woman's Club Reschedules January Meeting
The Thomson Woman's Club will not meet in January. The next meeting on February 5 features the annual pot luck supper and guest night. The Thomson PTA meets at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria with Miss Jeune Nelson presenting on mental health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Thomson Parent-Teacher Association
Jeune Nelson
Paul Petersen
Lawrence Bruckner
Oscar Ferguson
John Simpson
Carroll Dimmick
Families Celebrate Christmas Day Across Thomson and Surrounding Towns
Readouts detail numerous Thomson area families hosting holiday meals with relatives from Morrison Savanna DeWitt Rockford Davenport Davenport Milledgeville and Fort Jackson. Guests include the Athertons Hawkins Townsend Gower Sippel Enloe Bissens Brookstra Groharing and others at multiple homes.
Blood Drive Falls Short of Quota in Peoria
The Peoria Regional Red Cross Blood Program thanked Moose Club and Auxiliary for sponsoring a blood drive on Monday December 15. Ninety one donors gave 89 pints toward a 126 pint goal. Dozens of volunteers and medical staff assisted including doctors Karl Reddies E M Colli and Jurgens Thomson and nurses from multiple groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Regional Red Cross
Moose Club
Edward Andring
Hugh Avery
Dwight Atherton
Paul Barrette
Frederick J. Bess
Kenneth Bobzien
Harold Bollen
Gerald Bonjour
Jesse Fosdick
Donald Funk
William Gilman
Richard Gleich
Eugene Gothard
Arthur Green
Paul Grissinger
William J. Haas
Ronald Hagen
Betty Handel
Hared Harder
Ay Haring
Harold Haring
Eugene Hartley
George Hayden
Christmas Day Guest Lists Across Fulton and Vicinity
Christmas day and pre holiday meals bring many extended families together. Ed Hook and relatives from Fulton Des Moines Aurora Mt. Carroll and Clinton join Mrs Elizabeth Hook Elmer and Dick Hook for dinners. Other gatherings include the Marshals Savanna Rockford and Clinton guests, the Pannell Rathje and Rathje households, and numerous local kin from Savanna Elizabeth Lanark Stockton and Clinton with travel from Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hook
Elizabeth Hook
Elmer
Fulton
Dick Hook
Des Moines
Iowa
Andrew Hook
Aurora
Joyce Hook
Joan
Mt. Carroll
Anne Bos
Dorothy Lewis
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek
Michigan
Clifford Lewis
Cindy
Clinton
Max Meakins
Teresa
Lewis
Fran Henneman
Matthew
Mervin Marshal
Merle Cate
Brad
Savanna
Charlene Cate
Rockford
William Mullen
Elgin
Edna Cate
Lloyd Olds
Dale Krahn
Wells
Morrison
Robert Olds
Rock Falls
Carl Huffman
Sterling
Robert Pannell
Edward Kustés
Edward Pannell
Beverly
Ernest Rathje
Elva Connor
Dean Rathje
Gene Smiley
Pecatonica
Lawrence Halfman
Raymond Cobine
Laura Cobine
Gus Cobine
William
Amos Reed
Elizabeth
Max Roderick
Lanark
John Bernhardt
Stockton
James Morrison
Thomson
Hazel Witt
Harold Witt
Russell Green
Edna Rogndorf
Robert Green
Charles Green
Stockton, Pvt
Larry Wiersema
Colorado Springs
Colo
Christmas Dinner Guests From Oregon and Local Families
Residents entertained relatives and friends in a post Christmas dinner and gift exchange. Guests included Ellwood Rosenbaum and family from Oregon as well as Leonard Feldt and his wife and daughter. Earlier Christmas day visits included the Holland and Brach families and Luella Heitman, with additional evening guests the Walter Holland family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood Rosenbaum
Robert
Randy
Steven
Oregon
Leonard Feldt
Edwin Ik
Gilbert Holland
Marcia
Emil Brach
Philip
Robert Holland
Luella Heitman
Walter Holland
Holiday Guests Visit Area Families
The Misses Rita Fehler and other relatives join relatives across Morrison Fulton Joliet Aledo and Thomson for Christmas gatherings. Families hosting include Wiersema Fehler Davis Gen genvach Houzen ga Eslinger Hole singer and Irion with extended visits through the holidays.
Trojans Shine At Forreston Tournament
Thomson High School Trojans posted a 91-90 win over Freeport Again in round one and outscored Ili nois 28-22 in field goals. Doug Bush tied the school record with 37 points, Wes Temple hit the decisive basket with 17 seconds left, and coach Stan McCrudden praised the team’s progress heading toward the state tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trojans
Thomson High School
Forreston
Freeport
Ilinois
Stan McCrudden
Aquin
Doug Bush
Duane Hook
Eee
Wes Temple
McCrudden
Shannon Eagles
Thomson
Shannon
Temple
Troyjans
Don Robinson
Mark Coomes
T.orris
Shannongles
Oregon
Henry Bielemas To Observe 40th Anniversary
Henry R Bielema and Mary Diephuis of Thomson celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on December 31 with a family dinner on December 30. The couple married December 31 in Fulton and have three children Wilma Ot tens Lyndon Merle and Henry, six grandchildren, and farm near Thomson Argo Fay since 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Bielema
Thomson
Henry Bielema
Mary Diephuis
Jake Diephuis
van Phernis
First Reformed Church of
Fulton
Henry Tiesman
Etta Norman
Paul
Wilma) Ottens
Lyndon
Merle
Henry
First Christian Reformed Church of
Thomson-Argo Fay Area
Bielema
Thompson Couple Welcome Baby Son Jefrey Joe
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spencer Jr announce the birth of a son, Jefrey Joe, born Monday December 22 at Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton. He weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces at birth. The mother Lois Huizenga is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huizenga of Thomson. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spencer Sr. of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Spencer, Jr
Jeffrey Joe
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Lois Huizenga
Charles Huizenga
Thomson
Joe Spencer, Sr
Hospital dismissals and admissions reported
Joe Shutters was dismissed last Tuesday December 23 from Mercy Hospital where he had been a surgical patient. Lamb Vacek is a patient in Savanna City Hospital. Mrs Kenneth Howard is a medical patient in Jane Lamb Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shutters
Mercy Hospital
Lamb Vacek
Savanna City Hospital
Kenneth Howard
Jane Lamb Hospital
Golden Wedding Open House For Claude Grim Pair
About 100 relatives and friends attended an open house in York Community Church last Sunday celebrating the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grim. Guests traveled from Iowa and Illinois including Washington Clinton Camanche Cedar Rapids Mt. Carroll Cordova Chadwick Prophetstown Milledgeville Monmouth Fulton Freeport Hanover Savanna Chicago Oregon Rock Falls and Thomson. A share-a-dish dinner followed for 60 relatives in the church annex with assistance from Mrs. Albert Lynch Mrs. Theresa Bissens and Mrs. Marion Wheeler. grandchildren helped serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Grim
York Community Church
Washington
Clinton
Camanche
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mt. Carroll
Cordova
Chadwick
Prophetstown
Milledgeville
Monmouth
Fulton
Freeport
Hanover
Savanna
Chicago
Oregon
Rock Falls
Thomson
Albert Lynch
Theresa Bissens
Marion Wheeler
Farewell for Earl Gilliland by Carroll County 4-H
Carroll County 4-H Federation hosts a farewell for Earl Gilliland Carroll County Associate Extension Advisor who resigns from the Cooperative Extension Service. The program begins 1 30 p m Sunday January 4 at Naaman Diehl Auditorium Mt Carroll with invitation to 4 Hers parents leaders past 4 Hers friends relatives and everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
4-H Federation
Earl Gilliland
Cooperative Extension Service
Naaman Diehl
Mt. Carroll
Earl
Christmas Day Guests Round Out Savanna Gatherings
Christmas day visitors included Mr and Mrs Marvin Anderson and David of Lanark and Mr and Mrs Mike Weis of Williamsfield with Francis Hoff and Nadine of Lodi California joining Thom son friends Merle Atherton Jr and family and Richard Atherton family for dinner with Mrs Eleanor Ferry of Savanna. Additional guests were Mr and Mrs Albert Wagner and son, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fish, and Kenneth Bobzin of Savanna. Earlier, Lester Weis Dennis spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Michael Weis in Williamsfield. Gene Fehler and sons Timmy and Andrew visited Franklin Fehler, Rita and Rhonda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Weis
Dennis
Marvin Anderson
David
Lanark
Mike Weis
Williamsfield
Francis Hoff
Nadine
Lodi
Calif
Thomson
Merle Atherton, Jr
Richard Atherton
Eleanor Ferry
Savanna
Albert Wagner
Lawrence Fish
Kenneth Bobzin
Michael Weis
Gene Fehler
Timmy
Andrew
Malta
Franklin Fehler
Rita
Rhonda
Black Oak Grange Christmas Program Reviewed
The Black Oak Grange held its Christmas program Thursday evening at the Grange Hall. Highlights included a grab bag gift exchange and a dessert lunch served by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Farthing and Mrs. Lillian Stoner. The next meeting will be a potluck supper at 7 p.m. on Thursday January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Grange
Grange Hall
Arnold Farthing
Lillian Stoner
Christmas guests share meals among Miles families
Jr and family and Mr and Mrs Richard Atherton and family were Christmas evening guests of Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton Sr family of Miles Iowa were Christmas Eve supper guests of and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Atherton, Jr
Richard Atherton
Merle Atherton
Dale Edens
Miles
Iowa
Eugene Diephuis
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Iary
Firemen
WaTanYe Club
Women's Civic Organization
Lyons Club
Royal Neighbors of America
Salvation
Grimm's
Lily
Ellis
Moon
Eugene Millsap
Thomson Briefs
Harry Miller
P.T.A
Robert Atherton
Larry Atherton
Douglas Hawkins
Becky
Gordon
Ralph Townsend
Gerald Bower
Seanna
Glen Bower
Lynn
Lyle Asnby
Sherman
Connie
Harry Venema
John H. Burkema
Phyllis
Robert Carroll
William Couch
DeWitt
Charles Hogg
Emer Grafft
Lyle William
James Smith
Steve
Ed Smith
Sarah Messinger
David Pease
Geneseo
Leonard Stage
Seana
Don Sippel
Glen Stockwell
George Bissens
Ray
Marvin Brookstra
Adeline Groharing
Bruce Groharing
Bernard Groharing
Don Groharing
Davenport
Fred Miller
Riverview
Loyal Brunner
Richard Miller
Merle Bielema
Gene Halfman
Iris Miller
Ivan Miller
Walter Eye
Gregory Miller
Fort Jackson
S.C
Vicki Larber
Kenneth Woehl
Fred Hook
Cheryl
Dwayne
Bert Haynes
Herbert Holcomb
Vernon Hollister
Orlynn Hurt
Herbert Isenhart
Charles Kelly
Robert Kelly
Albert Klein
Preston Kreider
Carl Lantau
Si Law
Lloyd Leach
R. J. Loeffler
Marvin Manning
Jennings Massery
Russ E. May
Marion Miche
Loren Michi
Merle Miler
Milford Miller
Jack Mills
Joyce Murphy
Ronald McCready
Stanley McCrudden
Sylvester McWorthy
Dwight Nichol
Larry Peterson
Eugene Potter
Ben Powers
John Putman
Robert Rabuck
Alfred Ralston
Joseph Rath
Michael Ramirez
Karl Reddies
Ron Reiland
Edward Richter
Ronald Ritenour
Dean Robinson
Art Rodda
Clyde Semrow
Hugh Senneff
Donald Shaw
Truman Shaw
Glen Shively
Donald Sites
Robert Sites
John Sloan
Larry Smith
Fay Smith
Joseph Spencer
Gary Strawbridge
Earl Streicher
Robert Stretton
John Sullivan
Clarence Swift
Jason Truninger
Warren Waltrip
William Welk
Maxwell West
John Winter
Donald Winkler
Lester White
Ruby Yenney
Albert Zambon
E. M. Colli
Carroll
Jurgens
Merlin Peterson
Warren Stebbins
John Smolek, Jr
Jan Thompson
George Troha
Keith Dauphin
Lloyd Bruckner
Marvin Holland
Vance Buttel
Rosemary Terry
Frank Brown
Max Garmen, Jr
Paul Daniels
Charles Marth
John Berry
Frank Cimino
C. J. Jones
John Wilson
Mary. Frey
Florence Mills
Eva Philips
Virgil, Nehrkorn
Floyd Klitz
Mina Radke
Russell Sw
Gerald Wiersema
Rita Fehler
Illinois State University At
Normal
Bert Davis
Aledo
William Gengenvach
Mirs
Lloyd Oostenryk
James Houzenga
Charles Dykstra Sr
Roger Eslinger
Joliet
Calvin Eslinger
Kathy
Marvin Holesinger
Henry Vian Zuiden
Ralph Irion
Bush
Fissens
Knuth Dykstra
Hill
Aquin Thomson
PF Temple
Eissens
Dykstra
Knuth
Robinson
St. Ores
Shannon Mt. Morris
Henry Bielemas
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