Train Derailment Cripples CB&Q Tracks Near Thomson
A northbound CB&Q freight derailed nineteen cars near Thomson south of the Ebner station at about 5 45 p m. Seventeen cars were empty with two loaded cement cars spilling across the tracks. Rail officials cited possible heat buckling as a cause and traffic was halted for about seventeen hours as crews cleared debris and repaired damaged track. Illinois State Police and Thomson marshal Milfred Thompson sealed off the gandy lane access road to the scene.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Thomson
Ebner
Galesburg
St. Paul
Burlington
Chicago
Milwaukee, St. Paul
Pacific Railroad
Fulton
Illinois
Thomson Lane
Marshall Milfred Thompson
Gandy Lane
Philathea Bible Class Plans Picnic
The Philathea Bible Class of Hope United Methodist Church Chadwick will hold a noon picnic today July 17 at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Way. Ladies should bring own table service a dish to pass and a poem or verse for the program.
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Philathea . Bible Class of Hope United Methodist Church of
Chadwick
Charles
Daehler Family Reunion Set for July at Chadwick Park
The Daehler Reunion will meet Sunday July 27 at Chadwick Village Park with a noon picnic. Secretary Mrs Arlene Daehler asks members to report births marriages or deaths and lists Darrell Etnyre Ellwood Daehler as table chair and John Doden Paul Daehler on the ice cream committee.
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Daehler
Chadwick
Arlene Daehler
Darrell Etnyre
Ellwood Daehler
Chadwick Briefs Dinner Guests From Lanark
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shuman were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Helms in Lanark, reported in Chadwick briefs.
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Charles Shuman
Clarence Helms
Lanark
Knoess Birthday Celebrated With Sunday Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. George Knoess and Hilda hosted a Sunday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Becker and family of Shannon and Joe Rath of Lanark in honor of Mr. Knoess birthday. Evening visitors included several relatives and friends at the Knoess home and a family picnic later near Chadwick.
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Maurice Becker
Shannon
Joe Rath
Lanark
George Knoess
Hilda
Mr. Knoess
Kenneth Wood
Mt. Carroll
June Rath
Wilbur Linker
Thomas Jones
Marvin
Minnie Linker
Wayne Linker
John Linker
Chadwick
George Doden
Jeffrey
Brent
Scott Doden
Illa Park
Neal Doden
Springfield
Ronald Bucher
Gary Sibley
DeWayne Rude
Eugene Bush
Okoboji
Iowa
August Rosenow
Lowes Park
Kathy Jamerson
Donald Jamerson
Rosenow
James Rose
Fulton
Mary Ann Harridge
Arthur Manning
Eva
Eva Jacobs
Frank
Omar Pitts
James
George Jacobs
Larry Pitts
Lynete
Morrison Water Works
Eleven nominating petitions filed for Con Con delegates
Secretary of State Paul Powell says eleven nominating petitions were filed for delegates from the 35th Senatorial District to the Constitutional Convention by Friday’s deadline. Wilbur Warren Spring of Milledgeville adds to last week list. W. C. Linker of Chadwick also listed. Voters will choose four candidates in the September 23 primary, with the general election on November 18.
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Paul Powell
Wilbur Warren Spring
Milledgeville
Linois
Carroll County
W. C
Bill’ Linker
Chadwick
Stiles Receives AF Commission
Randall J. Stiles son of Mr and Mrs Harold Stiles Mount Carroll Illinois has been commissioned a second lieutenant after completing training. Several local families spent time with grandchildren and relatives visiting Springfield Osage Park and Fulton area communities.
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Randall J. Stiles
Harold Stiles
R.F.D
Mount Carroll
Illinois
ROTC Program Highlight At University Of Illinois
The U S Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program is noted at the University of Illinois. Lieutenant Stiles earned his BSA AE degree from the university’s Urbana branch. He is a Mount Carroll Community High School graduate. His wife Jeanne is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis F E DuPree of Collinsville Illinois.
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U. S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Proram
University of Illinois
Stiles
Urbana
Mount Carroll
Jeanne
Louis FE. DuPree
Briarwood Drive
Collinsville
Illinois Teal Season Set for September Six to Fourteen
Illinois announces a special teal hunting season from September 6 to 14 with daily hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT. The bag limit is four teal per day and eight in possession, with four on opening day. A valid hunting license and migratory waterfowl stamp are required.
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Ilinois
Wiliam L. Rutherford
Illinois Department of Conservation
Rutherford
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Mutty Uffy
Main Ave
Lee Prest
Lyons
Ath
Interstate Power Company
Ote
Philathea
Engel’s
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Savanna
Elliott's
John Doden
Paul Daehler
Chadwick Briefs
Maytag & Coronado
Jerry
Jack
TV Sales & Service
Savanna — Lanark
M’ville Man
J. H. Potts & Son
Clinton
Famous Brand
Savanna, Ill
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