Illinois and Mississippi Canal 1961 Modification Under Way
Rock Island District started the Illinois and Mississippi Canal modification in April 1961 to turn the waterway into a public recreational area. Four locks 14 17 18 and 20 near Wyanet Illinois were upgraded with concrete head-walls replacing old gates and machinery and deteriorated concrete repaired.
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Rock Island
Illinois and Miasiastoy
Wyanet
Ilinois
Illinois
U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers
Rock Falls
Atkinson
Geneseo
Corps of Engineers
Some Car Expense May Be Deductible From Taxable Income
The Chicago Motor Club reminds motorists to include certain car expenses when itemizing deductions on long term income tax returns. It lists general deductions such as license and vehicle taxes, state gasoline taxes, casualty losses, interest on auto loans, and state and city sales taxes on automobiles. For business use, it notes deductions for dues, insurance, depreciation, fuel, repairs, upkeep, garage rent, parking, and tolls, with limits based on business use. commuting costs to regular employment are not deductible. When car use is mixed, business-related items are deductible in proportion to business use.
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Chicago Motor Club
Illinois
Indiana
Motor Club
E Motor Club
Beltista Chapter Set To Hold School Of Instruction
Beltista Chapter will hold a school of instruction at the Masonic Temple with a sun shine committee and finance, eligibility, and examining subcommittees named. The event includes a pot luck dinner at 6 30 for members and families and a social hour after. Mrs Alma Packard of Martinton Wis visited.
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Beltista
Masonic Temple
Sunshine
Otho Greenawalt
Kenneth Anderson
Lawrence Haught
Earl Roth
Earl Liston
David Courts
Joe Delp
Matt Garner
Allen Zier
Harold Manning
George Hammond
Roswell Packard
Clarence van Buskirk
Archie Heath
Temple
Carl Klome
Don Blair
James Jones
Mrs. Lichta's Washington Weekend Notes Family Birthday Visit
Mrs. Clifford Lichta traveled from Chicago to Washington D C for a family dinner honoring Edward Proctor of Red Bank New Jersey who turned 95. She met relatives in Falls Church Arlington and Lanark attended a Pen Woman's Club Tea and viewed the National Gallery and its new Fragonard painting while hearing Emma Lou Diemer perform excerpts from her Indian Symphony.
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Clifford Lichta
Chicago
Washington
D. C
Edward Proctor
Red Bank
N. J
National Gallery
Turner-Weidman wedding in Mt. Carroll church
Mrs John H Turner of Clinton Ia announces the marriage of her daughter Joan to Gerald Weidman son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Weidman Mt Carroll. Vows were spoken 5 pm Dec 31 at United Brethren church Mt Carroll with Rev Darrold Copperwell officiating. Attendants were Mrs Richard Davis and Richard Morris. The couple will reside in Palo Alto Calif. The bride worked for the Methodist Publishing Co and her husband is a decorator.
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Savanna
Palo Alto
Calif
The
Methodist Publishing Co
Graham to Perform in Festival at Urbana Ill
Donovan Graham son of Mr and Mrs E K Graham will join 248 University of Illinois Regimental Band members for the eighth annual Festival of Concert Band Music in Urbana January 12 and 13 Conducted by Prof Everett D Kisinger the First and Second Regimental Bands will give a Festival concert at 2 PM January 13 in University Auditorium The Second Band opens with Aria and Fugue Anvil? not sure The Blue and the Gray Civil War songs are part of selections The program includes Haydn Wood Rodgers and Hammerstein pieces and other works by Cyrill Scott
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Urbana
Ill
Donovan Graham
E. K Graham
University Illinois Regimental Band
Everett D. Kisinger
University Auditorium
Andel
Haydn Wood
Cyrill Scott
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Mademoiselle Angot
Program Highlights by First Regimental Band Include Noted Works
The First Regimental Band selects a varied program featuring Charles Simon Cates’s Overture in C, Huston Bright’s Prelude in F Minor, Wagner’s Das Rheingold entry, Dai-Keong Lee’s Joyous Interlude, and operatic numbers Polka and Yuge from Schwanda the Bagpiper.
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Groegates
Charles Simon Cates
Huston Bright
Chadwick Family Hosts New Year Day Dinner
Mr and Mrs Randall Traum entertained a group of friends on New Years day. They watched the Rose Bowl parade and game on colored TV after serving dinner at noon. Attendees included Ruth Traum and son Jack Richard Hoover and family Gerald Haas and family Aloys Hoover Frank Norma Dennis and Mary Schilwachter. Mr and Mrs Lee Hartman Jr and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Wagner Balk home.
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Randall .Traum
Ruth Traum
Jack
Richard Hoover
Gerald Haas
Aloys Hoover
Frank
Norma
Dennis
Mary Schilwachter
Lee Hartman, Jr
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Reirs
Rock River
Terling
Lanark News
Joe Warner
Northern Illinois University
de Kalb
Paul Warner
Savanna’s Times Theatre
Bob Hope
Lana Turner
Kirk Douglas
Ben Hur
Robert Ryan
Teresa Stratas
Far North
Northwest Mounted Police
C. S
BradulsKi
Thermo Underwear
F. Bradulski
Clothiers and Cleaners
Clinton, Iowa
U.S
Greison Agency
Savanna, Ill
Sound Communities
Carroll County Soil Conservation Meeting
Farm Bureau Hall
MT. Carroll, Ill
the National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Main St
Alma Packard
Martintown
Wis
Hazel Ferry
Paul Ferry
Washington, D. C
Graham
Chadwick News
Emma Dee
Dickerson
Bud’s
Oasis Rt
Cordova Drag Strip
Iowa
J.H. Potts & Son
Lyons Shopping Center
Clinton
Main Ave
Oshkosh
Kroehler
Kroehler Modern
Howell
Lyons Shopping
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