The Visit Opens at Timber Lake Playhouse July 19
The Visit a gripping drama by Friedrich Durrenmatt opens July 19 at Timber Lake Playhouse Mount Carroll for a one week run. Starring Marilyn Breeze as Claire Zachanassian and Bill Larsen as Anton Schill the production is directed by Dr Nelson Magill with a cast including Jack L Fisher and George Luce. The play centers on a wealthy woman’s return to her hometown and a deadly bargain that tests a town and its former lover.
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Mount Carroll
Illinois
Friedrich Duerrenmatt
Timber Lake Playhouse
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Madame Claire Zachanassian
Gullen
Anton Schill
Schill
Claire
Marilyn Breeze
TLP
Bill Larsen
The
Playhouse
Jack L. Fisher
George Luce
Nelson Magill
Shimer College
Halfman Reunion Held at Old Mill Park Savanna
The Halfman reunion took place on June 25 at Old Mill Park in Savanna with 78 attendees. The oldest present was Henry Halfman of Savanna and the youngest was Richard Halfman, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Halfman of Polo, Minnesota.
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Halfman
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Henry Halfman
Richard Halfman
Polo
Charles Deets
Rosemary Wagner
Blooming Prairie
Minnesota
Darrell Deets
David
Owatonna
Minn
Farm Air Tour Sights Conservation Efforts and Costs
The Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District announces its annual Air Tour on Sunday July 23 1967 from Savannah Airport 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Flights last about 30 minutes with a $2.50 adult and $1.50 child donation. Residents see contour cropping terraces sod waterways and erosion areas from the air to reduce Mississippi River donations.
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Carroll County
National Youth Science Camp speakers announced
Senator Jennings Randolph announced Jacqueline Cochran as the featured speaker at the fifth annual Senate luncheon honoring 100 representatives to the National Youth Science Camp near Green Bank West Virginia. Camp activities include a two day Washington trip with tours of the David Taylor Model Basin and Goddard Space Flight Center and White House Capitol visits led by Congressman Ken Hechler. The finale is a July 16 Charleston farewell banquet with Governor Hulett C. Smith and campers depart July 17.
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NYSC
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
West Vic
Iss Jacqueline Cochran
Senate
Green Bank
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
David Taylor Model Basin
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ken Hechler
Fourth District
White House
Capitol
Randolph
Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
Milledgeville Sergeant Promoted in Viet Nam
Terry A. Meyers, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Meyers of Milledgeville Illinois, was promoted to sergeant on June 20 in Viet Nam as a radio teletype team chief with the 18th Military Police Brigade. He entered the Army in October 1965, served at Fort Gordon Georgia before going overseas in September 1966, and is married to Betty who resides at Milledgeville. He is a Milledgeville High School graduate from the class of 1963.
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U. S. Army
Viet Nam
Terry A. Meyers
Russell Meyers
Cochran Ave
Milledgeville, Ill
18Th Military Police Brigade
Meyers
Army
Ft. Gordon
Betty
Hagar Ave
Milledgeville High School
Riverview Stabbing Suspect Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery
Lyle Edward Shaw of Rockford pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in a Carroll County case stemming from a spring arrest for allegedly stabbing an elderly Riverview man with a screwdriver. He received two years three months probation and six months at Vandalia state penal farm.
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Lyle Edward Shaw
Rockford
Carroll County
Shaw
State
Vandalia
Riverview
Harry Rogers of Mt. Carroll Dies at 75
Harry Rogers 75 of Mount Carroll died Saturday in Savanna City Hospital after a three month illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Frank Funeral Home, with Rev. Wallace Johnson officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born May 13, 1892 in Atchison Kansas to Isaac and Ethelyn Rogers. He married Cora Hartman in 1914. Survived by wife four daughters three sons two sisters twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Preceded by parents a son and two brothers.
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Mount Carroll
Harry Rogers
Savanna City Hospital
Frank Funeral Home
Wallace Johnson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Rogers
Atchison, Kansas
Isaac
Ethelyn Kelly Rogers
Cora Hartman
Harold
Edna) Buxton
Clinton, In
Alfred
Mary) Edmonds
Lowes Park
Ronald
Grace) Ritenour
Lanark
Roy
Helen) Dykstra
Morrison
Mt. Carroll
Kenneth
Shannon
Donald
U. S. Navy
Bremerton
Wash
Ida Pifer
Rockford
Katie Miller
Bohlander Wins Second Feature at Speedbowl Park
Glasford driver Don Bohlander in the Ewart Hemi Plymouth captured his second feature win of the season at Speedbowl Park. He led from pole as John Connelly and Lloyd Ewing dueled for second. Loren Wetsel claimed Cadet class top honors. Intermission saw the Samra Duo perform a 90 foot aerial act amid mist ahead of next week’s ladies demolition race and racing program.
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Bohlander
Don Bohlander
Glasford
Ewart Hemi Plymouth
John Connelly
Delhi
Iowa
Lloyd Ewing
Kewanee
Chadd & Crockett Ford
Ewing
John Schlemmer
Bruce Lindbeck
Jerry Rinehart
Loren Wetsel
Dixon
Bill Forbes
Rock Falls
Jim Allison
Mel White
John Engelkens
Jerry Roedell
Simra
Retired Savanna Teacher Dies at 84
Miss Myrtle Rose, 84, longtime Savanna schoolteacher, died Friday at Savanna City hospital. Funeral services were held at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Savanna. She taught in the Savanna system for 50 years retiring in 1951. Surviving are a brother Paul Lothian and several nieces and a nephew.
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Savanna
Myrtle Rose
Savanna City Hospital
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Peter Surrey
Lanark Cemetery
Lanark
Norman
Electa Buck Rose
St. Paul's Church
Altar Guild
PEO, Wa-Tan- Ye
Paul Lothian
Storm Lake
Anna DeWolf
Emily Hitchcock
Mineral
James DeWolf
Gilmore City
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Lowa’s
J. H. Potts & Son
Clinton
Lyons
Lawrence Bruckner
Lloyd M. Bruckner
Thomson, NL
Robert P. McNamara
Robert McNamara
104Th Street
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Lions Elect International President
Jorge Bird
San Juan
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Muffy
Lyons Shopping Center
Darlene’s Shop
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