AT and T Cable Laying Reaches Carroll County Line
AT and T crews working under contract of the American Telephone and Telegraph install 8 inch diameter underground cable as part of a 3 600 000 circuit trans continental link. The Harden Route crosses the Mississippi at Thomson area with about sixty workers from Shabbona Ill handling the project begun May 10 in Plano Illinois and to connect near the Seeree river. Clean up and grading will continue for weeks as ground check stations and concrete pits across the river enable relay switching.
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Carroll County
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Dave L. Simpson
Amboy
AT & T
Mississippi River
Thomson
Bluffs
Argo Fay
Chadwick and
Milledgeville
Plano, Ill
Minneapolis
Minn
Shabbona
Ill
Plano
Seeree River
Harry Jurgens
Mrs Hill Named To State Office In Illinois
Mrs. Robert Rubye Hill of Thomson chosen as State Sponsor-elect of the Illinois Association of New Homemakers of America at the State FHA leadership conference in Normal Illinois. She will work with State Advisor Miss Katherine A. Carter and other officers during 1968-69, then succeed Miss Amelia McVey as State Sponsor for 1969-70. Mrs Hill also attended a coordinator workshop for Cooperative Education and Related Occupations at the Midway Motel in Chicago. She teaches Home Economics at Thomson High School and lives with her husband and three children. Mr Hill works as a chemist at the Savanna Army Depot.
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Robert
Rubye) Hill
Thomson
Illinois Association of New Homemakers of America
Normal
Illinois
Hill
Katherine A. Carter
Carter
Amelia
Thomson High School
P Roport
Whiteside Area Vocational School
Sterling
Ilinois
Ninety Girls Attend Day Camp Activities
The tenth annual Girl Scout day camp opened at Mississippi Palisades State Park near Savanna under director Mrs. Richard Miller. About 90 girls from Savanna Chadwick Mount Carroll and Thomson attend a week of arts and nature activities tied to Illinois Sesquicentennial themes with four units researching old state capitols Savanna history Chicago area and Land of Lincoln New Salem. Each unit will present playlets at week end after daily sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Mississippi Palisades State Park
Savanna
Richard Miller
Thomson
Chadwick
Mount Carroll
Illinois
Chicago
Lincoln
New Salem
Betwen
Fatal One Car Crash Kills Mrs. Mildred Getz Near Mount Carroll
Mrs Mildred Getz 61 of rural Mount Carroll died after a 7 15 p m Monday one car crash on Illinois Route 88. Her 1968 Chrysler was demolished after veering across the highway into a concrete abutment. An inquest attributed death to a skull fracture. Funeral Friday at Hickory Grove United Methodist Church. Survived by husband Frederick two sons Wayne Harold Paul and Phillip in Navy off South Vietnam one daughter and seven grandchildren.
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Frederick
Mildred) Getz
Mount Carroll
Frederick Getz
U. S. Navy
South Vietnam
Getz
Savanna City Hospital
Frank
L. B. Hussey
Carroll County
Hickory Grove United Methodist Church
William Borgman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mildred Wolf Getz
Noda
Ann Boyer Wolf
Hickory Grove
Gholsons Return After Kansas City Chiropractic Seminar
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Gholson of Savanna returned home Monday evening after attending a chiropractic seminar at the Aladdin Hotel in Kansas City Missouri. The seminar was directed by Dr. John Stone of Pharr Texas.
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E. H. Gholson
Savanna
Aladdin Hotel
Kansas City
John Stone
Pharr, Texas
Tractor Accident Fatal to Youth Paul Hardin 14 Morrison
A farm accident on a Morrison area farm killed 14 year old Paul Hardin while mowing. The tractor skidded over a embankment and pinned him against a tree. Inquest set for Wednesday at 10:00 am at Reynolds funeral home Whiteside coroner John Ardapple. Survivors include mother Marjorie Durward sister Ruth Sarah brother Stephen and paternal grandparents Lloyd and Mrs Durward of Florida. Mrs Hardin taught social studies math and girls P E at Thomson Community Unit School District last year.
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Paul Hardin
Morrison
Paul
Marjorie Hardin
Hal Hardin
Morrison Community Hospital
Reynolds
Whiteside
John Ardapple
Reynolds Funeral Home
Marjorie Durward
Stephen
Ruth
Sarah
Lloyd Durward
Florida
Hardin
Thomson Community Unit
Religious Program Held In Thomson
Religious Instruction program for Catholic families this week at Thomson Legion Hall featured Bible Vigil Sunday night, adult discussion Monday, Eucharistic Service Tuesday at the Weatherwax home with 51 attendees. Fathers McMahon and Wilbur of Chicago officiated Mass. Children attended instruction Monday through Friday led by Sister Mary Elizabeth BVM and the two priests, with a special children's Eucharistic service Friday morning.
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Thomson Legion Hall
Lawrence Weatherwax
William McMahon
James Wilbur
Chicago
Mary Elizabeth
Stitch and Chatter Club Meeting Honors Guests
Misses Clara and Anna Cash hosted the Stitch and Chatter Club gathering at their Savanna home. A three course chicken dinner and Independence Day themed table decor were enjoyed. Honors were presented to Mrs. Isabelle Streicher, Mrs. Floyd Bleakley, and Miss Sven Adolphson. The next meeting, August 6, will be hosted by Mrs. Bleakley.
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Stitch and Chatter Club
Savanna
Isabelle Streicher
Floyd Bleakley
Sven Adolphson
Bleakley
Funeral Services To Be Held Friday For Teacher's Son
Funeral services for Scott Abbott 26 of Van Nuys California formerly of Fulton are set for Friday afternoon at 2 00 p.m. at Bosma Funeral Home Fulton with cremation to follow Abbott died Tuesday night from apparently self inflicted gunshot wounds Friends may visit at the funeral home Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials are to be made to the Fulton Christian School Abbott was born July 24 1941 in Fulton to Douglas and Thelma Abbott He is survived by his wife two sons Todd 5 and Mikel 2 his parents and a brother Robert of Van Nuys Thelma Abbott a Fulton teacher also taught English and foreign languages and will return to the staff this fall The death of Mrs Abbott s son follows the tractor accident that claimed the life of Paul 14 son of Mrs Marjorie Hardin also a Thomson High teacher in Morrison.
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Bosma Funeral
Fulton
Scott Abbott
van Nuys
California
Abbott
Fulton Christian School
Douglas
Thelma Abbott
St. John’s Military Academy
Wisconsin
Martha DeWeerdt
Bethel Christian Reformed Church
Redlands
Todd
Mikel
Robert
Village Sues to Enforce Thomson Junk Ordinance
Thomson village files suit in Car roll County Circuit Court to enforce Ordinance No. 109 abating nuisances from Donald D. Harvey and Charlene Harvey. Complaint alleges unlawful vehicle storage and burning on premises, with odors noises and health risks. Defendants allegedly ignored requests to abate.
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Carroll County
Thomson
Legion Auxiliary Meets In Legion Hall Monday Evening
Legion Auxiliary will convene Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Legion hall. The York Progressive extension unit will not meet until September. The Golden Rule class will not meet next week and this month’s picnic replaced this meeting. W S C S Thomson Methodist church will not meet again until September. Michael and Bonnie Atherton travel from Anchorage to Chicago after a five week Alaska vacation with relatives at Fort Richardson.
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Alaska
Michael
Bonnie
Atherton
John C. Atherton
Anchorage
O'Hare
Chicago
CWO4
Vernon C. Mattie
Fort Richardson
Crane News: Wagenkys Welcome Son in Clinton Iowa
Mr and Mrs Danny Wagenk neck of Fulton are the parents of a son born Monday in Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Iowa. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Gene Kness and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Matuska.
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Danny Wagenkneck
Fulton
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton, Ia
Gene Kness
Frank Matuska
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