Community visitors and dinner gatherings in Prophetstown area
Catholic churchgoers and local families gathered for Sunday services and meals across Prophetstown Clinton Chadwick Savanna and nearby towns. Notes mention visits to Mt. Carroll nursing home Fort Bragg NC and interactions among Sippel Lofgren Smith Christiansen Wilt and Morrison families with multiple relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Smith
Mt. Carroll Nursing Home
Blaine Smith
Robert Smith
Abel Bielema
Savanna
Ned Spencer
Ernest Dollinger
Mt. Carroll
Dee Wilt
Daugters
Paul V. Wilt
Fort Bragg
N. Carolina
Arnold Sikkema
Robert Sikkema
Francis Hemmer
Leslie Grim
Mervin Marshall
John Schoff
Louise Setterberg
Princeton
Herman Hage
Roy Kleeman
Cory
James Morrison
Lawrence Halfman
Eugene Halfman
Loyal Brunner
Erick Marske
Weekend Social Roundup Of Clinton Area Families
Numerous Clinton area residents hosted and visited kin and friends over the weekend. Cpl Vernon Workman, on 40 day leave, plans reassignment to North Carolina. Other gatherings included visits by families from Milledgeville Savanna Morrison Chadwick and Fulton with extended relatives in Clinton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Vic
Fred Hook
Cpl
Vernon "Workman
Louis Workman
Larry
N. Carolina
Harry Oncken
Milledgeville
Eugene Halfman
Danny B. Kness
Sam Kampas
Savanna
Leo Kness
Terry
Rita Benz
Morris
Andy Andrews
Joliet
Dan N. Kness
William Heinze
Mt. Carroll
William Lehr
Lyle Sikkema
Fulton
Albert Lynch
Don Stauffer
Dixon
E. H. Gholson
Gilbert Holland
John Sloan
First State Bank of
Shannon
Fulton radiator shop advertises services and contact
Fulton Radiator Shop offers radiator cleaning and repairing front end alignment wheel balancing. Sebert Dykstra, proprietors. Phone 5112 Fulton, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Sebert Dykstra
Ill
Missiles Edge Beavers In Overtime Tilt
Milledgeville Missiles edged Lanark Beavers 52 to 48 in overtime to advance in the Carroll Conference varsity division. Chadwick and Mt Carroll won in fresh soph. Fredericks 17 Pilgrim 15 led Missiles while Graham Parod 10 led Beavers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Lanark Beavers
Carroll
Shannon Chadwick
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Larson
Kaul
Miller
Beavers
Fredericks
Pilgrim
Graham
Parod
Varsity
Lanark
Fred-Soph
Libberton Farm Set by Harold Libberton Arrival
Harold Libberton and family arrived from White Plains Missouri to occupy the J. M. Libberton farm. Leslie Grimm of Carroll Service Co. supplied feeds and fertilizers to area farmers this past week. WSCS hosted a successful church breakfast on Wednesday. Dina Durward, student nurse at St. Joseph hospital Dubuque, Iowa, spent the weekend at home. S. A. members earned bars for attendance with years listed for several members including Durward, Durward, Bowers, and Foltz families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Libberton
White Plains
J. M. Libberton
Leslie Grimm
Carroll Service Co
WSCS
Dina Durward
St. Joseph Hospital
Dubuque
S. A
Cynthia Durward
Joy Durward
Lynn Bowers
Gerald Bower
Gayle Durward
Sherman Ashby
Ruth Ann Drake
Dennis
James
Judith Foltz
Barbara
Karen
Connie Schmidt
Jon
Dale Drake
Local Families Share Weekend Visited and Dinners
Tommy Rutherford and daughters of Clinton joined Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grimm for Sunday dinner. The Babcocks of Sterling Frank Brown Sr. and Leavens visited with Gus Roggen dorf on Saturday. Amy Freeman of Belmont Mass returned home after a month with Mil lard Cate and family. Howard Johnson and Lena visited his parents, while Gordon Brown and children of Sterling ate with Maude Brown and Harriet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Groharing
Bruce Groharing
Robert Carpenter
Clinton
Iowa City
Richard
University Hospital
Louis Workman
Larry
Vernon
Henry Wilkins
Morrison
Mervin Marshall
Earl Miller
Malden
Princeton
Fred J. Puttcamp
Bernard Groharing
Sault Saint Marie
Michigan
Town City
Clarence Franks
Milledgeville
Wayne Drake
Misa Betty Feldt
Jake A. Balk
Fulton
Harry Wilkinson
Percy Carl
Baby
Savanna
Tommy Rutherford
Claude Grimm
Lynn Babcock
Sterling
Frank Brown Sr
Frank Leavens
Gus Roggendorf
Amy Freeman
Belmont Mass
Millard Cate
Howard Johnson
Lena
John Johnson
Gordon Brown
Maude Brown
Harriet
Sunday Visitors At the Ashpole Home Share Local Ties
Sunday visitors included Mrs Nina Jackson of DeWitt and Mr and Mrs Roy Ferguson of Calamus with Mrs Ida Baker joining for a visit. Additional calls came from Harvey Fossett and daughter Judy of Chadwick and from Mr and Mrs Ralph Townsend of Green Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ashpole
Nina Jackson
DeWitt
Roy Ferguson
Calamus
Ida Baker
Ashpole
Jackson
Harvey Fossett
Judy
Chadwick
Dora Wiebenga
Ralph Townsend
Green Rock
Merle Atherton
Eugene Halfman
Iris Miller
Merle Bielema
Agnes Ashpole
Lawrence Ashpole
Albany
Robert Miller
Janie
Peggy
Lanark
Maude Brown
Harriet
Michael Brearton
Sheri
Marion
Iowa
Harold Brown
Frank Brearton
Harold Sorenson
Clinton
Real Estate Transfers and Local Political Update
Raymond Bardell and wife transfer to Don Geary. Arthur Sherwin and wife to Ray Miler. Robert Wade to Merle Atherton. Alfred Walther to Wanda Beyer. Lloyd Schreiner to Roy Schreiner. Earl Woodin withdraws from constable race in Carroll District 3. No other candidates filed. Mr and Mrs Alfred Dykstra visited the Geerts in Morrison Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Bardell
Don C. Geary
Wysox
Arthur A. Sherwin
Ray E. Miler
Meyers
Milledgeville
Robert V. Wade
Merle Atherton
Frenchs
Thomson
Alfred Walther
Wanda A. Beyer
O. T. Lanark
Lloyd C. Schreiner
Roy H. Schreiner
Earl Woodin
Carroll County
W. M. Nipe
Woodin
Lanark
Alfred Dykstra
Neil Geerts
Morrison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson News
Donald Sippel
Prophetstown Methodist Church
Fred Lofgren
Prophetstown
Tage Christiansen
Lloyd Handel
Brn
Daniel Goldberg
Paul K. Wilt
Considine’s
Insurance Agency
Herbert Law
Country Companies Insurance
Life
Atherton
Thomson State Bank
Ember
Federal Reserve VE
Thomson, Illinois
Orthmann
Clover Farm
OLEO
Idaho
OF New
Bob
John
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Potter Bros. Inc
Paul Friederich
Darlene
Wacker Road
Madison
Wis
Albert Getz
C. R. McCue
Knoxville
McCue
C. E. Bowers
Walter Ireland
Ruby Durward
Argona
Merle Durward
Irwin Larson
Vernon Alexander
Lyle
Otto Switzer
Harold Crouse
Charles Faur
Camanche
William Nienkark
Carl Brock
Gus Roggenorf
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, III
Missiles
Chadwick Downs
Kitty Ferguson
Linda Rice
Jennie Geerts
Leonard Feldt
Jay M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
Fulton, Ill
Robert Potter
Bielema
Shoe Service
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Joyce Lumber
Melton Electric
Argo News
Whbf TV
Thomson, II
Jerry’s
Diehl Oil Co
Conoco
I. G. A. Fresh
Swift
Alsweet
Kington Fane Winesap Apples
Robin Hood
Arizona
I. G. A. Elberta Peaches
Bud’s Iga
Fulton, Illinois
Forreston
Polo
Red Arrows
Forreston Grove
Avery
McCormick H
McCormick
Kewanee
Gehl O
Chevrolet
James Rood
John Maas
1St State Bank of Shannon
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