Annual Dinner Set By Woman's Club
The Thomson Woman's Club met Thursday evening at Mrs. Luella Heitman’s home. President Mrs. Marion Wheeler led the flag salute and club collect. Members voted to send one vocal and one band student to music camp again this year. Illinois sesquicentennial place mats were ordered. Guests included Mrs. Howard Kennedy Mr. Robert Carroll and Mr. David Decker who discussed construction industry impacts. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lyle Williams and Mrs. William Bergmen. February’s meeting will be the annual potluck. Members should bring husbands a dish to pass and their own table service. Mr. David Murray will discuss Estate Planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Luella Heitman
Marion Wheeler
Howard Kennedy
Robert Carroll
David Decker
Decker
United Engineers of Philadelphia
Commonwealth Edison Page
David Murray
Railroad to close Chadwick depot in coming months
Chadwick’s CB&Q freight station faces possible discontinuation after a village board meeting hearing announced for January 6 at the Commerce Commission office in Chicago. For years the depot has operated half days with the agent splitting mornings at Milledgeville and afternoons at Chadwick.
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Cb&q RR
Chadwick
Commerce Commission
Chicago
Milledgeville
Milledgeville Grange Hosts Rock Creek Guests
Milledgeville Grange welcomes Rock Creek Grange members for Guest Night on Tuesday January 21. The gathering opens with a 6 30 p.m. potluck supper followed by the meeting.
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Milledgeville Grange
Rock Creek Grange
Grange Conference Set for January 13 in Milledgeville
The Northern District of Illinois Grange officer conference will meet Monday night January 13 at 8 p.m. in the Milledgeville Grange Hall. All Grange members are urged to attend.
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Northern District of Illinois Grange
Milledgeville
Grange
Pastor J D Cotherman to Attend National Convention
Pastor J D Cotherman, vice chairman of the Board of Health and Welfare Ministries for Hospitals and Homes of the Northern Illinois Conference, is selected as one of four to attend the National Convention in New Orleans January 14 16. He will be away from January 12 to 17 but plans to preach in his own pulpit January 12 and 19.
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J. D. Cotherman
Board of Health and Welfare Ministries
New Orleans
Thompson couple announces betrothal of Judith Ann Dykstra
Mr and Mrs Clifford Dykstra of Thomson announce the engagement of their daughter Judith Ann to Ronald Hans son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hans also of Thomson Judy is employed at Nielsons Clearing House Clinton Iowa and Ronald is a student at Wisconsin State University Platteville Wisconsin Both are 1968 graduates of Thomson high school No date has been sent for the wedding.
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Clifford Dykstra
Thomson
Judith Ann
Ronald Hans
Elmer Hans
Judy
Nielson’s Clearing House
Clinton
Iowa
Ronald
Wisconsin State University
Platteville
Wisconsin
Thomson High School
Shannon Eagles Rally Past Chadwick Streaks 80-67
Shannon Eagles beat Chadwick 80-67 in a non conference game at Shannon High. Starting five for Shannon all reached double figures led by Mark Coomes 18 and Rod Tempel 16. Chadwick’s Jim Ferris top scored with 17. Shannon improves to 7-4 overall and 4-0 in Stephenson Conference.
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Shannon Eagles
Chadwick
Shannon High
Shannon
Eagles
Mark Coomes
Rod Tempel
Gary Sturtevant
Daryl Swarve
Dennis Weber
Jim Ferris
Queckboerner
Gale Haverland
Dakota
Kannon BF PT Tempel
Sturtevant
Swalve
Coomes
Weber
Miller
Byers
Foust
Becker
Greenfield
Chadwick Heffelfinger
Queckboerner Brown
Ferris Ao
Haverland
Ballard
Schubert
Tegeler
Keim
Dorothy Miner Sunday at Hope Church Service
Hope United Methodist Church schedules Dorothy Miner Sunday for next Sunday January 12 at 9 30 a m. The event reinforces the churchs long time missionary support for Miss Miner tied to the Sudan Mission in Grindon Nigeria and Red Bird Mission Hospital work. A new clinic with three doctor suites a drug room and lab is under construction and a third doctor has arrived with a pharmacist and dietician still sought. Pastor J D Cotherman will deliver the missionary address.
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Dorothy Miner
Hope United Methodist Church
Hope Church
Missorothy Miner
Miss Miner
Sudan
Grindrn
Nigeria
Red Bird Mission
Red Bird Mansion
Beverly
Red Bird Hospital
Chadwick
J. D. Cotherman
Thomson News Holiday Visitors Across Several Families
Local residents across Thomson share holiday visits with relatives in Albany Roswell New Mexico Albuquerque Marion Iowa Modes to California Bemidji Minnesota and Savanna Illinois State University Normal Illinois and Fulton Fulton area. Families gather for dinners and weekend visits while some prepare moves and career changes.
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Larry Smith
Roswell
New Mexico
Gerald Brown
Orvie Nix
Albuquerque
Michael Brearton
Marion
Iowa
Dawn
Angela Dykstra
Robert Carroll
Dean Dykstra
Darrell Couch
Paula Munson
Modesto
California
Paul
Fulton
Munson
Paula
Bemidji
Minnesota
Bemidji College
Gordon Brown
Woman's Club Set for January 16 Meeting
Chadwick Woman's Club will meet January 16 at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Eugene Bush presiding. Social committee includes Mrs. Kenneth Senneff and Mrs. Bush. Music by Mrs. Alex Brightman and daughter and Mrs. Diane Pauly. Allan Skoog of Timber Lake Nursery speaks on Conservation.
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Chadwick Woman's Club
Eugene Bush
Kenneth Senneff
Bush
Alex Brightman
Diane Pauley
Allan Skoog
Timber Lake Nursery
Chadwick News District Moves And Family Travel
Mr and Mrs Ronald Heffel returned Monday from a four day Kansas trip visiting J F Washburn and family at Fairway. Roads were slippery, forcing reduced speeds on the drive home. Mr and Mrs Dennis Patch moved from Milledgeville to a Chadwick home bought from Bill Mercer. The Mercer family relocated to Lanark where Mr Mercer runs a business. Miss LaVonne Cotherman resumed graduate studies in Bloomington after holidays with her parents, Pastor and Mrs J D Cotherman.
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Ronald Heffelfinger
Kansas
J. F. Washburn
Fairway
Dennis Patch
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Bill Mercer
Mercer
Lanark
LaVonne Cotherman
Bloomington
J. D. Cotherman
Golden Rule Circle Meets in Home
The Golden Rule Circle of First Lutheran church Chadwick met at Mrs. Glen Hartman’s home with Mrs. Alan Skoog as assistant hostess. Seventeen members attended the devotional hour, which opened with the Pledge to the Christian Flag and featured the lesson Paths of Prayer led by Mrs. Maurice Larson and Mrs. Lawrence Doden. Scriptures were read, offerings given, and closing prayers offered by members, with thank you notes read at the business meeting and the benediction pronounced to end.
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First Lutheran Church of
Chadwick
Glen Hartman
Alan Skoog
Maurice Larson
Lawrence Doden
First Evangelical Lutheran Church Women Meet
The Bergan Circle of Luther an Church Women of Chadwick plan a monthly meeting on Wednesday January 15 at 2 p m Hostesses are Mrs Anna Lang and Mrs Albert Queckboerner Presentation of the lesson Paths of Prayer will be given by Mrs Elmer Zugschwerdt and Mrs Elsie Remmers.
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Bergan
Lutheran Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Chadwick
Anna Lang
Albert Queckboerner
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Elsie Remmers
Eleaet ieee eee i ties Ye F SPIRE
Readable fragments describe an engineering project or event named SPIRE involving entities such as IEEE and EEE groups. The text hints at a collaboration or conference setting with ties to electrical engineering and integrated systems, but details and specifics remain unclear.
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Eleaet Ieee
SPIRE
Mystery Blast Wrecks Chimney at Old School House
Explosion likely dynamite wrecks brick chimney of Pleasant Hill school two miles south of Chadwick. Hay stored inside. no fire reported. Neighbors woke about 2am. deputy investigates after discovery of chimney wreckage and signs a charge was placed through a base clean-out door.
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Pleasant Hill
Chadwick
Welding Class Delayed At Chadwick High
The Chadwick High Adult Welding Class is postponed to Monday January 13 at 7:30 p.m. due to low enrollment. Instructor Randall Peterson says the course will start then if sufficient interest is shown and asks potential students to contact the school office.
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Chadwick High
Randall Peterson
Peterson
Local Farm Names Listed in Thomson Illinois Area
A garbled OCR list names numerous farms and landowners in and around Thomson Illinois including Heusinkveld Stagg Jurgens Conrad Traum & Sons Mount Carroll Howard Johnson Ernst Miller Farms Rea Er Farm Lloyd Bruckner Farms Curley Farm Mrs Lloyd Smith Mrs Fred Miller Zemke Farms Ren Farms Don Buss Farms Ray Rupple Farm and a no hunting notice.
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Heusinkveld & Stagg Thomson
Jurgens Farms
Thomson Conrad Traum & Sons
Mount Carroll
Howard Johnson
R. R
Ernest C. Miller
Rea
Thomson Lloyd Bruckner
Thomson
Illinois
Curley
Lloyd Smith
Fred M. Miller
Lanark
Wednge Zemke
Chadick
REN Farms
Don Buss
Ray Rupple
Thomson Illinois
Boy Fractures Arm While Coasting in Chadwick Hill
Sick Randy Ritenour, elder son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Ritenour, fractured his left arm Sunday while coasting with other youngsters on a small hill in Chadwick. He attended school Monday.
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Randy Ritenour
Ronald Ritenour
Chadwick
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