4-H Public Speaking and Demonstration Contest Winners
Carroll County held a 4-H Public Speaking and Demonstration Contest with winners and alternates named. Jim Rath won first for his talk Agriculture's Place in Politics. Ann Williams was first place girl for Growing P, with several alternates and state-contest qualifiers listed. Roger Williams earned top demonstration honors and will compete at the Illinois State Fair, while ratings were awarded across a range of participants and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Jim Rath
The
Lanark Larkers
Ann ‘Williams
Cooperating Millies
Milledgeville _ Hot
Lawrence Bruckner
Ann ‘Mackey
Thomson and Chadwick
John Kustes
Vicki Oetting
Thomson and
Shannon
Ann Williams
Roger Williams
Milledgeville Hotshots
Lawrence
Clarence Bruckner
Roger Will
Janice Forth
Nacy Wagenknecht
Dian French
Peggy Kaufman
Nancy Bruckner
District drive chairmen named for US Grant Council
Leonard Raftree names district finance chairmen for the US Grant Council drive. Leaders are Dr Kenneth Bauman Mound District Ren Tschude Valley District Dr Delbert Williams Jr Ridge District and Kenneth McCombs Canyon District. Drive to start September 12 across more than 50 communities in the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Leonard Raftree
Kenneth Bauman
Mound
Ren Tschude
Valley
Delbert Williams
Ridge
Kenneth McCombs
Canyon
Raftree
Unity
Carroll County Board of Review Opens July 10
Carroll county board of review begins its 1967 sessions July 10 at the courthouse. Complaints on current year assessments may be filed. Members Merlyn Schreiner Chadwick Howard Woessner Shannon and Hans Greison Savanna attend a two day institute in Springfield for tax review board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Board of Review
Merlyn Schreiner
Chadwick
Howard Woessner
Shannon
Hans Greison
Savanna
Springfield
Figure 8 Race Debuts at Speedbowl Park Saturday
Speedbowl Park officials announce a new Figure 8 division in the Sterling Stock Car Racing Association. Thirty cars have signed up for the inaugural program on Saturday July 8, including the 1953 and 1966 Quad City Figure 8 champions. Local fans show strong interest as track modifications and lighting are prepared for the event at 7 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Speedbowl ‘Park
Sterling Stock Car Racing Association
Study Returns Of Cancer Survey In Carroll County
Carroll County women hosted evening sessions on June 23 and 26 at the Riddle home near Savanna to tabulate American Cancer Society survey results. Officials reported 3 215 survey envelopes returned with questions on smoking and physical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
J. Riddle
Savanna
American Cancer Socieys
Riddle
Carroll County Birthdays List Correction Request
Community asks readers to send corrections to the birthday list and update names after marriages. Readers may report deceased relatives and provide missing birthdates to keep the paper’s birthdays roster accurate with numerous entries across towns like Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Polo Mount Carroll and Sterling.
Local Residents List Names Across Lanark and Nearby Towns
A fragmented roster lists numerous residents and spouses from Lanark Milledgeville Savanna Dixon Chadwick Thomson Comanche and surrounding areas. The compilation includes Albert Williams Mrs Herbert Stein Gary Handel John Geisz Eugene Litwiller Merlyn Bruns Karen Downs Hollis Meeks James Downs Jo Muel Buikema Vernon Rosenberg Dan Kradle Harold Kenyon Russell Nye Kevin Smith Pamela Beyers Jeffrey Ritchie and others with several towns indicated such as Milledgeville Thom son Polo Morrison Mount, and Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Tripp
Chadwick
Howard Etnyre
Mount Carroll
A. P. Kenyon
Alexandria
Walter Garland
Lanark
Ruth Prrere Polo
Lottie Bracken
Sterling
Albert Smith
Beaver Dam
Wis
Roger Lee Port
Vernon Scenefelt
Polo
Chester L. Todd
Menard
James Mertz
Herbert Stein
Dixon
Gary Handel
John Geisz
Monmouth
Eugene Litwiller
Milledgeville
Ralph Picking
Freeport
Virgil Marth
Savanna
David B. Stiffter
Macomb
Merlyn Bruns
Mervyn Bruns
Karen Downs
Hollis Meeks
de Poffenberger
Robert L. Loft
James Downs
Jo Muel Buikema
Thomson
Fred D. Hutchison
George Knness
Vernon Rosenberg
Comanche
Iowa
Dan Kradle
Harold Kenyon
Russell Nye
M. G. Marshal
Harold E. Unn
Rockford
Jacob Burkholder
Harvey Brown
Kenneth Petersen
Davenport
Merle Bielema
Kevin Smith
Joyce Ann Schayer
Morrison
Pamela A. Beyers
Jeffrey Ritchie
Charles Paisley
Wyman
Jon Russe
Sikkema
Fulton
150 Youth Attend White Eagle 4 H Camp
About 150 campers from Carroll Jo Daviess Bay Island and LaFayette counties attended White Eagle 4 H Camp last week. Activities included canoe portage trips archery golf crafts swimming and a campfire ceremony with new cabins noted as a fine addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Eagle
Jennifer Ldwell
Eri Coats
Barbara Kessler
Su-san Gengenbach
Penny
Bess
Gaylene Clough
Debbie Myers
Sandra Schneider
Sally
Lawson
Diane Law
Roxanne Fritz
le- Ann
Strukho
Eispmiller
Lynn Ween Ye Ee Sackfield
Lisa Gah
Dena Flink
Tami Bausmary
Dat Kromer
Nis
Cindy Schneider
Hammond
Teresa
Swiech
Brad Law
David Gid
Dennis
Mount Ndel
Nda Bielema
Yochem
Carroll
LeAnn
Chadwick
Susan Flynn
Jans
Joseph French
John French
Thomsen
Theresa Mosher
Melissa Wiehers
Jean Newcomer
Patricia’ Holder
Edward Meador
Ga Mosher
Kim Sturtevant
Fred Beightol
Lanark
Herb Getz
Bol'Airhart
Savanna
Dorothy Footitt
Karen Messmer
Kathy Kessler
Brian Woessner
Working wives rise in American economy study
Babson Park Mass a National Industrial Conference Board study analyzes the role of the working wife in America. It notes rising female participation, the costs of child care, and the shifting economics that can both help and hinder family finances as women pursue education and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
National Industrial Conference Board
America
Miss Bruder and Mr Schoen Engaged to Wed
Miss Martha Lynn Bruder of Warsaw and Wim A. Schoen of Lanark announce their engagement. Bruder, daughter of Louis and the late Mrs Bruder, is a recent St John’s Hospital School of Nursing graduate. Schoen, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Schoen, is a 1966 Bradley University accounting graduate employed by Whitney Hokman and Conaghan in Springfield. The couple plans a November wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bruder
Mr. Schoen
Martha Lynn Bruder
Warsaw
Wim. A. Schoen
Spring
Louis Bruder
Bruder
Schoen
Robert Schoen
Lanark
Warsaw High School
St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing
Springfield
Lanark High School
Bradley University
Peoria
Whitney, Hokman, and Conaghan
Certified Public Accountants
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Gilliland
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
District Drive
Board OF Review
Sterling, Illinois
Carroll’ Service
Lanark, Illinois
Alnoks
Otto Kerner
Francis S. Lorenz
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Sevice
Daryle Rockafellow
Tom Gilroy
Donald Bowden
Earl Griswold
Florence Mills
William Welk
Leonard Pannell
Grace Bertholf
Mary E. Soltow
Loriie Hall
Anna Cush
Clara Cush
Gladys Getty
Timber
MT. Carroll
Sfewk
James A. Arnold
Dixon, Ill
Sherman House
Chicago
College Inn
Randolph, Clark, LaSalle
Gerald S. Kaufman
Howard Imel
Vernon Kress
Jesse Klitz
Vernon Landis
Clyde Broadwater
Ed Turney
Joyce Hook
Clinton
Bessie Groharing
Billy Lego
Jerry Wolfe
James B. Savage
Marseilles
Edwin Butts
Ronald Hartman
William Ethridge
Frank Quade
Eugene Halfman
Wm. Werner
Richard Glenn
Delbert Hardacre
Ruth Lower
Kenneth Green
Joe W. Bowers
Springdale
Conn
Herman Zemke
Richard Falls
Edward Sykes
Rock Falls
Marvin Appel
Richard Hutchison
Ruth Walters
Ruth Mertz
Scott
Fayette Fossett
Glenn Boyd
Stanley Franks
Robert Atherton
Richard Atherton
Donald Brown
John Neis
Roy Brown
John Harridge
Gary Sartwell
Jesse Habben
Jean Yenney
Sandra Raab
Brian Poffenberger
Jake Engelkens
Robert Kradle
Melville McKean
Claude Warfel
Lyle Miller
Kermi Lasch
Ekhorn
I. B. Lego
Ralph Flickinger
Marvin Wenzel
Lynn Babcock
Lee Lee Engelking
Ralph Gifford
Gerald Schultz Shannon
Ralph Doyle
Merle Roland
Albert Williams
Whel
BIG Animal
White Pines Deer Park
Oregon
Ill
White Pines State Park
Babson’s Weekly Report
Kitty
Iiciu
Krafi
Illinois
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