Thomson Community Unit District Holds Organizational Meeting
The Thomson district board held an organizational meeting after Saturday's election. Fred Hook Elmer Hans and Herbert St Ores Jr won three year terms with St Ores the top vote getter. Haas was re elected president and P James Green named secretary at 150 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Thomson Community Unit District School
Fred Hook
Elmer Hans
Herbert St. Ores, Jr
St. Ores
Hans
Hook
Yvonne McGinty
Albert Greeley
Clifford Orward
Marvin Holesinger
Seberta Robert Hill
Warren Waltrip
Merle Bielema
Haas
P. James Green
Halfman
Dittmar
Green
Dykstra
Itmar
Building
Thomson State Bank
Randy Wagenknecht
Frank Matuska
Northwest Illinois Association For the Education of
Howard L. Kennedy
Gerald Smith
Junior College Board
Alan Pickens
Morrison
Surprise Party for Barbara Atherton on 18th Birthday
Miss Barbara Atherton was honored Monday evening on her 18th birthday. Guests included Rhonda Merchant Cathy Edwards Gaye Edwards and Sharon Bielema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Atherton
Rhonda
Connie Merchant
Cathy and
Gaye Edwards
Sharon Bielema
Village Marshall Thompson Sr. Listed Contact Number
Notice records the telephone contact for Thomson's Village Marshall Thompson Sr as 259-2, with no further details or context provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Thompson
Hot Lunch Menu Week at a Glance
The menu lists daily school meals from Monday to Friday. It includes Pizzaburgers with baked beans, Beef Stew with cottage cheese and prune, Chili with crackers cheese celery carrots and strawberry cake, Fish Sticks with potato salad buttered peas cookies, and Spaghetti with spinach bread butter and apple sauce.
Fine Teen 500 Dollar Fine for Minor in Liquor Case
Edward Grant 19 of Lanark fined 500 dollars and given ten days in county jail for third offense possession of liquor as a minor in a Milledgeville Circuit Court session before Magistrate James Thorp. Grant was arrested March 29 on a gravel road southeast of Milledgeville.
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Fulton
Illinois
Edward Grant
Lanark
James Thorp
Grant
Milledgeville
Leslie Fossett
Edwin D. Hook
William F. Meyer
Fessett
Turnbaugh
Carroll County Completes TB Testing for Students and Staff
A comprehensive Mantoux TB skin test program screened 1 310 people including 369 first graders 341 fifth graders 290 ninth graders 217 adult personnel and 79 pupil cafeteria workers. Two pupil and three adults reacted prompting chest X rays to rule out active disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Allen
R.N
Carroll County Medical Association
W. E. Miley
North West Illinois Health Education Project
Thomson Varsity Band Hosts Andrew Concert Band
The Thomson high school gym hosts a joint concert with Andrew Concert Band of Andrew Iowa at 7 30 p m Monday. Both bands combined 81 students will perform four numbers each then unite for five more pieces. Director Earle Mailand hopes a large crowd shows strong local support for the music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Andrew
Iowa
Earle Mailand
Local families share Sunday visits across Iowa towns
Thomson News reports numerous Sunday and Friday visits as families travel between Fulton Aledo Albany Savanna Abingdon and Grand Rapids. Guests include Diephuis Groharing Petersen Kramer Haas Hook Purlee Balk and many others visiting relatives such as the Kramers Buikema Boonstra Hey and Greeley households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Petersen
Lyle Greeley
Clifford Lewis
Cindy
Manistee
Mich
Dorothy Lewis
John Kramer
Charles Kramer
Albany
Arthur Haas
Austin
Fred Hook
John H. Buikema
Phyllis
John Boonstra
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Derrill Hey
Sterling
Hospital Patients and Discharges in Clinton Mercy Facility
The Sick Debra Halfman daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Halfman was a medical patient in the Savannah Hospital from Saturday to Monday. Howard Buckley has returned to his home from Mercy Hospital Clinton where he was a patient for several days last week. Milfred Thompson Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Mil fred Thompson Sr was discharged Sunday from Mercy Hospital Clinton. Mrs Merle Atherton Sr was discharged Saturday from Mercy Hospital Clinton where she had been a patient for several days. Mrs Joe Deck underwent surgery last week in Mercy Hospital Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besse French
Phoenix
Arizona
Debra
Lawrence Halfman
Savanna Hospital
Howard Buckley
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Milfred Thompson, Jr
Milfred Thompson, Sr
fromMercy Hospital
Merle Atherton, Sr
Joe Deck
Youths charged with cruelty to animals in Savanna incident
Stewarts Haas and Roger Haas face cruelty to animals complaints filed by State's Attorney William B. Petty in Carroll County Circuit Court. A horse dragged behind a vehicle driven by Roger Haas died of injuries after an April incident near Savanna Ridge Road. Neighbors and the Douglas Riding Stables owners voiced concern as the case drew sheriff and humane society attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Taverns
William B. Petty
Savanna
Carroll County
Stewart Haas
Roger Haas
Savanna City Hospital
Engelking Farm
Savanna Ridge Road
Ray Douglas
Douglas
Review
Lions Club Funds Drive For Boy Scouts Initiates April 21
The Thomson Lions Club will conduct a Boy Scout funds drive starting at 7 P.M. on Monday April 21. Members and volunteers should meet at the Fire Station at 7 P.M. April 21. The drive replaces the fall fundraiser that was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Boy Scouts
Thomson Lions Club
Dismissal Time Set Early for Teacher Meeting
School will dismiss at 2 48 p m Friday April 18 afternoon for a teacher's meeting.
Thomson Music Students Compete at State Championship
Thomson varsity band and chorus students prepare for the State solo and ensemble contest at Yates City on Saturday. Featured are numerous soloists and ensembles across flute, clarinet, saxophone, cornet, trombone, brass, and drum groups with teachers Mrs. Bauer and Mr. Mailand directing and accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Yates City
Debbie Bush
Rhonda Fehler
Nancy Schoenig
Cindy Halfman
Debbie Whersema
Bonnie Atherton
Ruth Drake
Julie Houzenga
Barbie McKee
Laurie Sour
Kara Grim
Dawn Knuth
Cathy Edwards
Mike Hill
Cindy Young
Cathy Bellich
Debbie K. Bush
Kathy Fiet
Direct Distance Phone Dialing Coming to Area by 1970
Central Telephone Company of Illinois announced that direct distance dialing will reach area users late in 1970. Upgrades in Savanna, Mt. Carroll and Thomson aim to allow station to station calls without an operator, using a one digit access code, a three digit area code and a seven digit number.
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Central Telephone Company of Illinois
Sterling
Lanark 4H Public Speaking Champs Anne Rath and Jim Mackey
Jim Rath of the Lanark Larkers and Ann Mackey of the Mixing Mixers and Busy Beavers won top honors at the Carroll County 4H Public Speaking Contest held April 12. Rath spoke on Preserve the Family Farm and Mackey on Cleaning Out My Locker, with runners up Janice Forth and David Gilliland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Rath
Lanark Larkers
Ann Mackey
Busy Beavers
Carroll County
Jim
Ann
Janice Forth
David Gilliland
Peggy Kaufman
Dale Ottosen
Roger Williams
Wayne Becker
Ann Williams
Pam Kaufman
Clarence Bruck
TOPS Area Rally Day Draws 1100 Women in Illinois
Mrs Sippel earned a diploma and joined KOPS during the rally at Expo Gardens Peoria. The event featured a parade of chapter queens with Sippel escorted by Mrs Sikkema. Myrna won Division 3 and placed high overall, while the group reported 56 000 pounds lost across 1100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Sikkema
Paul Hartman
Donald Sippel
Janet Leavens
Thomson Tops Club
Exposition Gardens
Peoria
Ilinois
Illinois
Myrna
Newborn Daughter to Mr and Mrs Everett Appel
Mr and Mrs Everett Appel announce the birth of a daughter LeAnne Heidi born Tuesday morning at Morrison hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are Lawrence Knapp Fulton and Harry Appel Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Appel
LeAnne Heidi
Morrison Hospital
Lawrence Knapp
Fulton
Harry Appel
Thomson
Village Board Members Re elected In Thomson Election
Five candidates sought three board seats with Dwight Atherton 120 votes Tom Mc Kee 109 Emil Bellich 100 defeating Max Meak ins 94 and Don Harvey 19 Mrs Bette Meakins led for Village Clerk with 148 votes Incumbent Joe Shutters beat Harold Starr 116 to 35 as president The board members returned to office after Tuesday’s vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Village Board
Bette Meakins
Village Board
Joe Shutters
Harold Starr
Dwight Atherton
Tom McKee
Emil Bellich
Max Meakins
Don Harvey
March of Dimes Annual Dinner in Carroll County
The Carroll County chapter hosts its annual March of Dimes dinner at Smith's Tea Room Mt. Carroll. Newly elected officers are President Allen Palmer Mt. Carroll Vice-president Mrs Don Schneider Thomson Treasurer Wesley Zink Shannon and Cela Paul Sites Milledge. Representatives from each town include Boyd Remrey Dennis Strauch Savanna Merle Law Thomson Frank Manning Chadwick John Gruehn Milledgeville John Dittmar Lanark Nam an Diehl and Nancy Zink Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
National Foundation of the March of Dimes
Smith
Mt. Carroll
Allen Palmer
Don Schneider
Thomson
Wesley Zink
Shannon
Cela Paul
Milledge
Carroll
Boyd Remrey
Dennis Strauch
Savanna
Merle Law
Frank Manning
Chadwick
John Gruehn
Milledgeville
John Dittmar
Lanark
Naaman Diehl
Nancy Zink
School Librarian Attends Illinois Conference
Mrs. Peter J. Surrey, librarian from Thomson Community Unit District 301, joined about 900 Illinois school librarians at the Illinois Association of School Librarians Spring Conference at the Hotel Pere Marquette Peoria April 11 12. The event theme was Changing Perspectives with talks on school media programs centralized processing and the Knapp School Library Manpower Project. Sidney Harris Chicago Daily News columnist spoke at the Friday banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Surrey
Thomson Community Unit Dist
Illinois
Illinois Association of School Librarians
Pere Marquette
Peoria
A. V
Thomson Junior High Wins Big at State Fine Arts Meet
Thomson Junior High students excel at the Illinois Elementary School Association State Fine Arts Contest in Ashton. Ten finalists from Hampton district qualified, earning 6 firsts and 4 seconds across humorous and serious poetry divisions with students including Donald Schoening Wayne James Konrad Sack III Edward Reed Ray Grim Sandra Weber Craig Robinson Sherry McCrudden and others coached by Mr. Petratz.
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Thomson
Illinois Elementary School Association
Ashton
Illinois
Hampton
Donald Schoe
Sherry McCrudden
Petratz
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Whiteside Area Vocational School
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Edward J. Turnbaugh
En Lawrence A. Smith, Jr
Edwin D
Charles Sipe
Savanna Tavern
Dale Brown
Alene Williamson
Robert G. (Wayne) Douglas
Ward J. Turnbaugh
Lanark Palienses
Cafe
A&p
Union Dairy
Eugene Murray
Thomson News
Eugene Diephuis
Joe Diephuis
Bernard Groharing
Bert Davis
Vicky
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The
Carroll County Humane Society
Lori Dittmar
Larry McWorthy
Nancy Gruckner
Cate
Olivia Kness
Phyllis Buikema
Mae Tipton
Lauri Dittmar
Marcia Holland
Debbie Brunner
Sandy McCrudden
Kathy Johnson
Lee Groeharing
Chuck Johnson
John Engelkens
Tom Gray
Dian French
Barb Schoenig
Mailand
Bauer
Mrs. Mode
Mrailand
Ner, and
Joel Ottosen
Jan McKean
Dennis Yochem
Bob Kaufman
Herb Getz
Nelson Magill
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