New Low Rates For Overseas Packages
Postmaster R E Balk of Chadwick announces new airlift service for parcels to U S military personnel overseas at space available rates plus a $1 fee. Up to 30 pounds and 60 inches combined length and girth qualify. Service extends to APO and FPO addresses including Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico with some cases showing significant savings over standard air parcel post.
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R. E. Balk
Chadwick
Balk
APO
FPO
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Air Parcel Post
Postmasten Balk
Vietnam
Frankfort
Germany
Post Office
Black Oak Grange Holds January Meeting At Gruhn Home
The Black Oak Grange met in the Gruhn home for a 7 pm January business session with 20 attendees and a potluck. A public card party January 18 at 8 pm in the Grange Hall supports the March of Dimes Birth Defect drive.
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Black Oak Grange
Gruhn
John Gruhn
Grange Hall
of Dimes
Chadwick
John Halfmann
Joan Halfman
Grange
Deaths Mt Carroll Mrs Mabel Poffenberger
Mrs Mabel Poffenberger 79 of Mount Carroll died Saturday night in Savanna City hospital Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Frank funeral home Mount Carroll Rev Earland Lilly officiated burial in Oak Hill cemetery She was born September 12 1888 in Mount Carroll daughter of Samuel and Alice Ackerman Klitz She married Frank Poffenberger on March 28 1907 in Mount Carroll He preceded her in death Survivors include a daughter Frances Carbaugh Mt Carroll two sons Wade Miamisburg Ohio Walter Mt Carroll five grandchildren three great grandchildren a sister Ida Hoover Mount Carroll and a brother Frank Klitz Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Mt. Carroll
Frank
Mount Carroll
Mabel Poffenberger
Savanna City Hospital
Earland Lilly
Mt. Carroll Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Samuel
Alice Ackerman Klitz
Frank Poffenberger
Savanna Native George LaKaff Dies in Kalamazoo
George LaKaff 60 a former Savanna resident died Tuesday in Kalamazoo Michigan Funeral services set for Friday in Kalamazoo He was a retired manager of Doyle Trucking Terminal born June 3 1907 in Savanna to Vaneb and Daisy Lakaff married to Mabel Pollock in Chicago 1938 Survivors include his wife two daughters Bonnie Cole and Gretchen Barnard both of Kalamazoo and two grandchildren.
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Savanna
George LaKaff
Kalamazoo
Michiga
LaKaff
Doyle, Trucking ,Terminal
Vaneb
Daisy O'Boyle Lakaff
Mabel Pollock
Chicago
Maurice
Bonnie) Cole
Ronald
Gretchen) Barnard
Carroll County Board action on permits bridges and appointments
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors met in Mt. Carroll and approved building permits for Carpenter, Rock Creek Township, and Locke Manufacturing Co. It reappointed Dr. Lee W. Derrer as Rabies Inspector and George Mesta to the Housing Authority. It also reappointed several Planning Commission members and referred salary requests to the Finance Committee. Petitions from Woodland and Savannah townships urged voters to oppose zoning. meeting adjourned to January 16.
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Carroll County Board of Supervisors
Mt. Carroll
Merlyn Schreiner
Carpenter
Rock Creek Township
Locke Manufacturing Company
Mt. Carroll Township
Lee W. Derrer
Carroll County
Albert Dorak
Reyland Lang
Woodland Township
Savannah Township
Chadwick High 1967-68 Student Activities Roundup
Calendar lists club events and school observances for Chadwick High. Highlights include F F A activities, dances, public speaking contest, junior and high school graduations, and Easter vacation with no school on specified dates.
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Chadwick High
Junior Varsity Basketball Schedule Readjusted
The Junior Varsity team lists away games at Comanche Thomson Shannon Lanark Mt Carroll Lanark and Miledgevile with home games against Thomson Shannon and Lanark. Start times range from 3:00 to 4:30 PM across January and February.
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Comanche
Thomson
Shannon
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Miledgevile
Lanar
Service Chief Shipfitter Gordon T Peterson Jr Advanc
Shipfitter Gordon T Peterson Jr USN son of Gordon T Peterson Sr of 312 Washington St Savannah Ill and husband of Nancy R Spann of 14321 Nimitz St Mount, advanced to his present rate aboard destroyer USS Charles S Sperry in the Mediterranean. Advancement based on time in service and rate, military appearance, duties performance, and Navy-wide promotion test. 2200 ton destroyer carries 22 officers and 300 men, homeported in Newport R I.
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Gordon T. Peterson Jr
USN
Gordon T. Peterson Sr
Washington St
Savanna
Ill
Nancy R. Spann
Nimitz St
Mouston
Charles S. Sperry
Mediterranean
Newport
R. I
Staff Sergeant Donald T. Gordon on duty in Viet Nam
Staff Sergeant Donald T. Gordon, son of Mrs. Marie L. Gordon of Chadwick, Illinois, is on duty at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Viet Nam. He serves as personnel specialist with the U.S. Air Force.
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Donald T. Gordon
Marie L. Gordon
Chadwick, Ill
Tan Son Nhut AB
Viet Nam
Gordon
Southeast Asian service by Pacific Air Forces sergeant
A Pacific Air Forces technician served in Viet Nam after duties with the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver. A 1949 Chadwick Community High School graduate, he fought in the Korean War and studied at the University of Illinois North Illinois State Teachers College and the University of Tampa. His wife Lenore is the daughter of Mrs. Anna Trisler of 600 Pine Street Darby Pennsylvania.
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Pacific Air Forces
Viet Nam
Air Reserve Personnel Center
Denver
Chadwick Comm
University of Ilinois
North Illinois State Teachers College
University of Tampa
Fla
Lenore
Anna Trisler
Pine St
Darby, Pa
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George Mest
Carroll County Housing Authority
Henry Sorenson
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Walter Helle
Claude Cook
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