Double Ring Ceremony Unites Patricia Zuidema and Wayne Witt
Patricia Zuidema and Wayne Witt were married in an afternoon ceremony at Spring Valley Reformed Church on July 1. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zuidema, wore lace and illusion with a jeweled headpiece. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Witt. The reception followed in the church hall with family and friends in attendance. Both graduates work at Drives Inc. in Fulton and will live in Thomson after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Connie Bielema
Kati Moores
Clifton Smith
Bette Plecker
Larry Thomas
Darrent Swanson
Jacob Zuidema
Charles A. Witt
Daniel Huizenga
Robert Potter
Daniel Zuidema
Martin Cronister
Sabrina
Fulton High School
York Community High School
Drives, Inc
Fulton
Hea
Thomson
Recreation gear sale offerings and boats advertised
Thomson Recreation lists a new 20 inch portable fan at 18 99. A 16 foot Lone Star fiberglass boat with 30 HP Johnson engine Wind shield seats steering wheel and many accessories. Also a 12 foot fiberglass car top boat with easy on attachment summer caps gloves sunglasses shaving supplies pop candy ice cream and tobaccos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Recreation
Lone Star
Small Fry Baseball Rack Wins Sixth Straight
Small Fry Baseball Rack defeated Milledgeville again in tournament play to run their streak to six straight wins. Young earned the win after a 10 strikeouts in four innings, with St Ores also strong. the team drove in six runs in a decisive fourth inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Fry
Small Fry Dominate Milledgeville In 19-0 Victory
Small Fry beat Milledgeville 19 to 0 at Chadwick with Dave Young earning his third win on a three inning no hit stint. Ricky Hebler finished with a perfect inning. The team totaled 14 walks 7 hits including five doubles and stole three bases. They advance to Friday’s championship at Chadwick at 6 PM and next host Chaa ck on July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Small Fry
Chadwick
Dave Young
Ricky Hebler
Gary James
Terry St. Ores
Clarence Bruckner
Chaack
T.N.T. Club Meets at Mrs. French Home
The T N T club met last Wednesday at Mrs. Besse French's home with six members and six visitors present. Mrs. Glen Lynch led devotions and the program. Christa John of Milwaukee played several piano selections. A luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.N.T
Besse French
Glen Lynch
Christa John
Milwaukee
Lost Black Coon Dog Named Spooks Sought
Jim Buchholz reports a large black coon dog named Spooks missing in Mit area. Contact 259-3356 with any sighting or information. Reward offered for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Buchholz
Mit
Carroll County Enjoys a Happy Fourth Despite Firecrackers
Despite national holiday highway tolls, Carroll County reports a calm Fourth with one fatality a wandering pony near Thomson. The car owner was James Foley. driver Richard Couba of Rockford faced $300 damage. Minor accidents were reported near Lanark and Mount Carroll with modest car damages. Hail varied across the area causing crop damage. Thomson’s melon crop remains buoyant for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Thomson
James E. Foley
Richard L. Couba
Rockford
Couba
Harry Miller
Sterling
Lanark
U. S. 52
Gary Horton
Polo
Edwin E. Harris
Chicago
Mount Carroll
Joyce Bryson
Danny Fiester
Savanna
Lanark- Shannon
Barbeque on the Fourth Welcomes Neighbors
A Tuesday evening chicken barbecue and pot luck at John Athertons drew Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith Mrs Vernon Mat tie and children Mr and Mrs Mooney of Cordova the Delbert Curleys of Fulton Mr and Mrs Calvin Eslinger and family Nancy Haas Ms Mr and Mrs Gene Maren sharing food and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Athertons
Lloyd Smith
Vernon Mattie
Mooney
Cordova
Delbert Curleys
Fulton
Calvin Eslinger
Nancy Haas
Gene Maren
Duane St. Ores Moves to Private Quarters in Michigan
Duane St. Ores stationed at Kincheloe Air Force Base Michigan has moved to private housing in Sault Ste. Marie and is joined by his wife and baby daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane ST. Ores
Kincheloe Air Force Base
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Hickey Finishes Basic Training at Ft. Knox Graduation
Pvt. E-1 Alan Hickey completed basic training and participated in graduation services at Ft. Knox on June 30. He returned home Saturday then drove back to Ft. Knox Sunday awaiting further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickey
Alan Hickey
Ft. Knox
Local social notes from Clinton area weekend visits
The column lists weekend and holiday gatherings across Clinton and surrounding towns. Names include Eldon Hickey Vada Carroll and Mrs. Franklin Fehler visiting Castle Rock Lake Wisconsin. Reverend Emer Grafft and Cle worth at local events. Ann Holland Iowa City. Creighton relatives in Indiana. Reverend and Mrs. Cle worth at Colonial Area Nursing Home Sterling. Becky Wilkinson visiting in Clinton. P. K. McGinnis Sr. and family at a Fourth of July picnic in Prophetstown. Luella Heitman hosts Harold Calvert and Ursal Ogden. Eagle Point Park group picnic includes Diephuis Edens Pestka Shannon Wenzel Rich Sissing families various locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Detra
Prophetstown
Luella Heitman
Harold Calvert
Hanover
Ursal Ogden
Rock Island
Eagle Point Park
Gene Diephuis
Dale Edens
Bob Pestka
John Shannon
Miles, In
John Wenzel
Clinton
Rich Sissing
Garden Plain
Village Board Approves Building Code Enforcement
At the regular village board meeting Wednesday night six trustees answered roll call. Routine bills were allowed and a motion to enforce the National Building Code as adopted by the village was made by Bieleman and seconded by Ash, passing six ayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bieleman
Ashby
Thomson FFA Chapter Holds July 3 Business Meeting
The Thomson FFA Chapter met in the high school room with Dwayne Hook presiding and new adviser Mr. Wen in attendance. Committees reported, two members were chosen to represent at Carroll County Calf Scramble, with two alternates named. several members received awards for essay, record-keeping, scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Ffa
Dwayne Hook
Wen
John Kustes
Steve Houzenga
Gengenbach
FFA
Carroll County
Arlyn Holesinger
Larry McGinnis
Rick Dykstra
Gordon Hartman
Ron Dykstra
Lawrence Bruckner
Greg Hartman
Mrs Heitman Returns From Ada Visit
Mrs Luella Heitman returns from a ten day visit to Ada Minnesota. She attended the wedding of her nephew Gerald Geddes in Fargo North Dakota. The Misses Kiane Heitman and Mary Geddes of Ada with the Harlan Hoffs went to Champaign then to Thomson to spend a few days with Mrs Heitman. They returned home Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heitman
Luella Heitman
Ada
Minn
Gerald Geddes
Fargo
N. D
Kiane Heitman
Mary Geddes
Champaign
Harlan Hoffs
Thomson
Thomson Junior Leaguers Crown Lanark Ball Champs
The Thomson Junior League won the county tournament for 1967 with a 7 to 5 victory over Milledgeville. They advanced by defeating Chadwick 7 to 6, after a strong comeback as Chadwick led 5 to 0 early. Jim Falls earned the win with Tim Halfman relief. Halfman homered for Thomson and Zink and Falls added RBI hits in the final frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Lanark
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Shannon
Thomsonites
Chadwick Boys
Bob Zink
Ray Grim
Ken Schoening
Tim Halfman
Schoening
Craig Robinson
Kenny Schoening
Robnson
Jim Falls
Thom son Pony League Defeats Savanna 6 2 for 7 1 Record
Thom son Pony League beat Savanna 6 to 2 last Thursday night to move to 7 wins and 1 loss and open a three game lead in the Western Division. Pitchers Steve Hebeler and Lee Groharing allowed three hits and struck out 14. Groharing had three hits and four RBIs, Bielemma and St Ores added one RBI each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Pony League
Savanna
Steve Hebeler
Lee Groharing
Ed Bielema
Larry St. Ores
Shimer College Secures Key Funds for Library and Dining Center
Shimer College reports private contributions totaling 528,566 toward a 660,000 library and dining center set to begin in fall 1968. HUD approval provides 500,000 for new dining facilities and a Higher Education Act grant of 7,720 funds library materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimer College
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mary A. Nourse
Washington, D. C
Karyn Kupcinet Playhouse Ag
Personal Property Assessment List for York Township
The 1967 personal property assessment list for York Township appears in this week’s Review. The Board of Review will meet next week on July 10 11 and 12 to hear complaints on tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Board of Review
Birthdays at Prins celebrate boy and girl parties
Gary Prins marked his tenth birthday with 19 boys at a party featuring games, a baseball match, ice cream and cake, and overnight guests Donald Schoening Mike Foltz and Clarence Bruckner. A June celebration saw Barbara invite 14 kindergarten friends for an afternoon of fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRINS
Gary Prins
Donald Schoening
Mike Foltz
Clarence Bruckner
Barbara
Pratt Family Holiday Visit to Thomson
Mr and Mrs Paul A Pratt and daughter Paula of Madison Wisconsin spent Independence Day weekend in Thomson joined Sunday by Pauls sister Miss Helen Pratt Paula s fiance John Lussow attended from Madison plus family.
Ill and hospitalized relatives listed in Clinton and Iowa
The sick Mrs. Howard Nelson is at Mayo's with her mother Mrs. Izetta Rawlins. Ralph Hopkins of Riverview is a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. Mrs. Grace Rentschler of Fulton, sister of Mrs. Dora Wiebenga, remains a patient in Mercy Hospital, Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Nelson
Mayo’s
Izetta Rawlins
Ralph Hopkins
Riverview
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
Grace Rentschler
Fulton
Dora Wiebenga
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Mrs John Richter obituary in Mount Carroll service
Mrs John W Anna Richter of Mount Carroll died Sunday at Community General Hospital Sterling. Services were held Tuesday at the Lutheran Church Mount Carroll with Rev Wal lace Johnson officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery Mount Carroll. She was born November 26 1889 in Wacker Illinois daughter of John and Eliza Hart Wacker and married John Richter June 6 1911. Survived by husband three sons Edward Thomson Donald and Glenn Mount Carroll one daughter Mary two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W
Anna) Richter
Mount Carroll
Ed Richter
Thomson
Community General Hospital
Sterling
Wallace Johnson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Linnae Lundgren
Clarence Buchenau
Sam Grim
Russell Derver
Anna Fulton
Edward
Donald & Glenn
Mary
Tina Marie Blount Born at Mercy Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blount welcomed a daughter named Tina Marie born Wednesday morning at Mercy Hospital weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilt of Thomson and Mr. and Mrs. Blount of Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blount
Mercy Hospital
Tina Marie
Paul V. Wilt
Thomson
Rn Blount
Brooklyn
Norman family reunion at Old Mill Park Savannah
Descendants of Hie Norman gathered at Old Mill Park in Savannah for an outdoor reunion last Thursday evening with 85 attendees. Ed and Beverly Pannell led a 6:30 potluck while numerous families shared in the event and plans were made to hold future reunions on the last Thursday in June each year. Ben Norman was the oldest attendee and Kimberly Williams, 2 months, the youngest. Zeerup will oversee 1968 arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie Norman
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Ed Pannell
Ben H. Norman
Beverly Pannell
Bernard Baker
Robert Howard
Everett Housenga
Otto Schuster
James Williamson
Harvey Williams
Paul Anglese
Harvey Williams Jr
Robert Pannell
John Zeeryp
Mattessels
Harold Zeeryp
Raymond Bielema
Arnold Damhoff
Norman Wessels
Robert Holesinger
Don Miller
James Wessels
Jack Burns
Marvin Vogel
Ronald Vogel
Arthur Norman
Harold Shear
Sue Anglese
Rita Brondyke
Denise Rosenow
John Smith
Dale Wiersema
Kenneth Petersen
Ben Norman
Kimberly Williams
John Zeerup
Elliott Family Updates From Wisconsin to Wyoming
Mrs Harold Elliott of Ferryville Wisconsin reports Harold Elliott recovering well from lung surgery in Madison. Dr John Elliott and Lavonne welcome a second son born in February in Albuquerque New Mexico. They also have four year old Gary. Jean Elliott and Don Ericson move August to Tucson Arizona as Don begins teaching at the University of Arizona after PhD at Illinois. They have David and twins Susan and Peter. Terry Elliott and Babs McGinty with their three children move from Libby Montana to Du Bois Wyoming where Terry works for the Forestry Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ericson
Champaign
Ill
Tucson
Ariz
Don
University of Arizona
U. of Iinois
David
Susan
Peter
Terry Elliott
Babs McGinty
Libby
Montana
du Bois
Wyo
Forestry Service
Blair Family Reunion at Point Rock Park Mt Carroll
Mr and Mrs Wayland Bennet and Terry and Aaron Bennet attended a Blairs family reunion at Point Rock Park in Mt Carroll on Sunday. About fifty family members were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wayland Bennett
Terry
Aaron
York community church summer program and services steady
York Community Church under Pastor T. S. Cleworth and Superintendent Lawrence Bruckner hosts summer stories on teamwork with Juniors and a 10:30 morning worship. Annual meeting part of worship reviews church activities over the past year. Other area churches list service times and catechism, including Methodist Argo Fay Hickory Grove Thomson, York Baptist Emner W. Grafft, Spring Valley Reformed, Catholic Immaculate Conception, and more with Bible classes and evening worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community Church
T. S. Cleworth
Claude Grim
Lawrence Bruckner
Theresa Bissens
York Church
Gerald Bower
Argo Fay
Hickory Grove
Spring Valley Reformed Church
Ideal Community Bible Church
Maynard Kohl and Lola Rice Wed in Lawn Ceremony
Maynard H. Kohl of Clinton Iowa and Lola P. Rice of Thomson were married Friday night June 30 in a lawn setting at the Grim farm. Rev T S Cleworth officiated with Herbert Roman as best man and Mrs Roman as matron of honor. Guests included family members and friends from Clinton Thomson Milledgeville and Morrison. The couple departed for a four day honeymoon after receiving gifts from hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Grim
Maynard H. Kohl
Clinton
Iowa
Lola P. Rice
Thomson
T. S. Cleworth
Milledgeville
York Community Church
Herbert Roman
Camanche
Roman
Grim
Florence Kohl
Clinton, Ja
Larry Grim
Julie Rice
James Skimhorn
Rose Lizden
Beth
Joane Rogers
Morrison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patricia Zuidema
Wayne Witt
Larry Eyler
Sandra Ammon
Albany
Jack Houzenga
Sandra Plecker
Meshelle Smith
Vicki Hartman
Judith Zuidema
Ted Keenes
George Eissens
Charles E. Eissens
John Huizenga
Sheila Wade
Gretchen Balk
Sandra Creme
David Mitchel
Thomson Review
Illinois
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Es ‘Newspaper
Young
St. Ores
Hebler
Clubs
Lodges
Krahn
Koffee Kup
Thomson News
Wayne James
Tim Hartman
RBI
Halfman
Bill James
Jim
Memr
Mill
Newton S. Noble
Barrington
A. B. Dick Foundation
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Aurora
Martin J. di Cola
John Richter
Cradle News
Norman
Elliott
York Baptist
Emner W. Grafft
Philip Brach
Catholic Immaculate Conception
Fulton, Ill
Christian Science
California
Ohio Sts. Savanna
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson Ph
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