Carroll Fair Tractor Pull Offers 1170 Prize Money
Prizes totaling 1170 dollars will be awarded at the second Northern Illinois Championship Tractor Pull during the 1963 Carroll County Fair at Scell Park east of Milledgeville. Cash prizes in three classes range from 100 to 5 dollars with trophies from local merchants. Weight limits run 5000 to 10000 pounds. elimination contests precede finals. drivers from FFA FHA or 4 H may receive trophies. entry fee 5 dollars per tractor plus exhibitor ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Scell Park
Milledgeville
Artman Implement Co
Mt. Carroll
Handel Implement Store
Chadwick
Chadwick Supply Co
Carbaugh Farm Service
Lanark
W. G. Byers & Sons Implement
Shannon
Carroll Service Co
FFA
Will Fur
Richard Adolph
Kenneth Moll
FHA
Arnold Fink
Clifford Lichta Lanark
Folow
Farm Tractor Pull Contest Rules Written For Fair
No one tractor may enter more than one class. No phone entries. Fair board may reject entries and is not liable for injuries or damage. Weather may cancel if contestants pull rate is affected. Draw bar limits apply. no front extensions. draw from hat before finals. top ten order set by distance. Boat speed limit, no stripers, no dual wheels, weight includes drive. Reweighing after evening pull possible.
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Fair Board
Thompson area visitors share weekend gatherings
Thompson News reports a parade of guests visiting local households over the weekend. Merle Bielema and family hosted relatives including Paul Ottens from Lyn don. Gilpin Stagg and David returned from a California vacation while Mrs Stagg stayed with Santa Monica kin. Other visitors included Bruckners from Rockford and Prairie du Chien, Leavens from Jacksonville and Chicago, and Miller in Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Bielema
Paul Ottens
Lyndon
Gilpin Stagg
David
California
Stagg
Brian
Tommy
Gs Pearson
Santa Monica
Calif
Burton Bruckner
Anna Bruckner
Margaret
Rockford
Frank Bruckner
John
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Lloyd Bruckner
Dwight Leavens
Jacksonville
Fla
Delores Leavens
Chicago
Frank Leavens
Frank Miller
Milledgeville
Gilbert Holland
Many Local Guests Visit in Iowa and Nearby States
A parade of visitors from Morrison, Toddville, DeWitt, Sterling, and other towns filled weekend and midweek social calendars. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogg, John Hogg, Russell McBurney, Larry Carroll, and many others visiting in homes across Mt. Carroll, Savanna, Dee Moines, Detroit, Windsor, and Toronto areas, with trips extending to Denver and California. Families hosted card parties, dinners, and casual calls, while several residents entertained relatives and friends from Peoria, Rock Island, and Fulton during the recent period.
Erling family reunion held Sunday in Clinton Park
Mr and Mrs Hal Bey and children attended the Erling family reunion at en Park in Clinton. Randy and Mark Hoy returned home with grandparents Ray and Rose Erling of Long Grove Iowa to spend the week. Families from California and Cedar Rapids visited Morrison for Sunday dinner and a two week pontoon trip to Minneapolis. Elma Bowers of California visits Ralph Hopkins Riverview. Others in the week with Henry Strauch include Nelle Bennett Bess Buxton Ruth Worrall and Willard Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Bey
Erling
Clinton
Randy
Mark Hoy
Ray Erling
Long Grove
Fred Miller
Meredith Oaken
Jess Wade
M. J. Strukhoff
Robert Kaltman
Cindy
Scotty
Richard Koring
Sharon Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Riverview
Minneapolis
Minnelma Bowers
California
Ralph C. Hopkins
Allers
Henry Strauch
Nelle Bennett
Bess Buxton
Brookfield
Ruth Worrall
Indianapolis
Ind
Willard Smith
Freeport
Chadwick couple's coast to coast vacation trip itinerary
Mr and Mrs Herbert Stein traveled by train on June 27 to Mather Air Force Base California to visit their son in law and family. Joined by Mr and Mrs Stanley Miller they toured Fair Oaks and celebrated family occasions then visited Sutter's Fort Lake Tahoe San Francisco and the Grand Canyon. The Miller car return trip went via Zion National Park Las Vegas Hoover Dam and Yellowstone Tetons Cody Wyoming and Salt Lake City Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Stein
Mather Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Douglas Carten
Michael
Stanley Miller
Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church
Stein
Frontier Mountain Villages
Sutter’s Fort
Lake Tahoe
San Francisco
Uoia National Park
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Rome
Grand Canyon
Desert
Temple Square
Salt Lake City
Tabernacle
Tetons
Yellowstone National Park
Tunnel
Buffalo Bill Dam
Cody
Wyoming
Chadwick
United States
York Cedar 4-H Club Holds July Meeting
The York Cedar 4-H Club met July 8 1963 at Black Oak Grange. Secretary notes and project reports were read as officers checked record books. Members elected a king and queen candidate for the 4-H roundup and heard talks on swine, beef, and Guernsey cows. Refreshments followed. Duane Ores, reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Guernsey
Duane Ores
Social guest lists and travels fill local society page
John Sloan and Emil Brach headed to Memphis for a three day meeting at the Memphis Ordnance Depot tied to Savanna Ordnance Depot work. Sunday visits included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Diehl with the Andrings. Wayne Ashby Jr. and Billy left for Fullerton after two weeks with Wayne Ashby Sr. and Mrs. Wm. Kuehl. Several families hosted dinners and visitors, including the Athertons, Weis, Collins, Rice, Haas and Diephuis, with trips to Maryland, Virginia, Washington, Smoky Mountains and other southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sloan
Emil Brach
Memphis
Tennessee
Memphis Ordnance Depot
Savanna
Harry Diehl
Ed Andring
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Billy
Fullerton
Calif
Wayne Ashby Sr
Wm. Kuehl
Clinton
Richard Atherton
Dwight Atherton
Wayne Weis
Maquoketa
Iowa
Merle Atherton
George Collins
Smoky Mountains
J. D. Rice
Muskogee
Okla
Emma _ Haas
Myles Haas
Robert Hill
Lenora Clark
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D. C
John Bere
Sterling
Nancy
Emma Haas
Gene Diephuis
Mark
Fulton
Roger
Lee Ann Strukhoff
Morrison
Mrs
M. J. Strukhoff
Community Social Notes from Lanark Morrison and Savanna
Mr and Mrs Carroll Landherr and family of Lanark attended Monday evening supper with Eugene Allman and family. Lawrence Halfman and family joined the Darr reunion at Old Mill Park Savanna. Charles Hersey returned from visiting relatives in Trenton Mo with his uncle and aunt. Steve Kemmer of U S Marines on 30 day leave with Kenneth Kemmer family Morrison. Grandparents Henry Van Zuiden host visiting Dale and Arlyn Holesinger. Mildred Watson Milledgeville visited Frank Leavens. Paula Green visiting Marvin Holesinger home. Jane hosting. Marcia Holland to stay with grandparents Frank Miller Milledgeville next week. Lt Andrew Houzenga Jr and three children from Quire Air Force Base N J on 30 day leave with parents Andrew Houzenga Sr and with Paul Mith. Robert Gray family Geneva spent last weekend with Minnie Ashpole. John Sloan Jill and Dick and Ward Dittmar were dinner guests at Don Kendell Sterling. Vernon Kindle Blue Island also present. Ralph Irion Morrison became Thomson Review subscribers as gift from Jennie Griswold.
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Charles Hogg
Robert Carroll
John Hogg
Russell McBurney
Toddville
Iowa
A Carroll
Morrison
Larry Carroll
Donald Green
Elkhorn
Wis
Merle Bielema
Patty Price
Reno
Nevada
William Couch
DeWitt
Alfred Williams
Rock Island
John Johnson
Linda McCune
Sterling
Evelyn Wilt
C. F. Wilt
Detroit
Michigan
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Delmar Kradle
New Mexico
Kradles
Savanna
Chester Law Farm
Mt. Carroll
Dwight Atherton
Merle Atherton, Jr
LeLand Bray
Port Arthur
Fla
John Sloan
E. N. Giles
Peoria
Earl Bennett
Maude Lundberg
Denver
Colo
George Creighton Jr
Trafalgar
Ind
George Creighton
Wm. Reimers
Abingdon
Ill
Wesley Cooper
Melvin Decker
Fulton
Isaac Decker
Dale
Jon
Ruth Ann Drake
Rose Bealer
Fenton
Gerald Weirsema
Argo Fay
Chares E. Bissens
Edna Cooper
Bushnell
Harold Omen
Moline
Franklin Fehler
Carroll Landherr
Lanark
Eugene Allman
Lawrence Halfman
Old Mill Park
Charles Hersey
Robert Marriott
Trenton
Steve Kemmer
U. S. Marines
Kenneth Kemmer
Okinawa
Arlyn Holesinger
Henry van Zuiden
Mildred Watson
Milledgeville
Frank Leavens
Paula Green
Marvin Holesinger
Jane
Marcia Holland
Minnie Ashpole
Jill
Ward Dittmar
Don Kendell
Vernon Kindle
Blue Island
Ralph Irion
Thomson Review
Jennie Griswold
Two Burned in Gas Explosion in Savanna
Mrs Mary Kosier about 75 and her son LeRoy 54 were seriously burned Tuesday night in a gas explosion and flash fire at their Savanna home. They were taken to University Hospital Iowa City after initial Savanna treatment. Doctors reported second and third degree burns over 50 percent of their bodies. A faulty water heater pilot light allowed gas to escape into the basement and explode as Kosier tried to relight the burner.
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Savanna
Mary Kosier
LeRoy
Savanna Me
University Hospital
Iowa City
Savanna Hospital
Kosier
Thomson Teams Small Fry and League Games Schedule
A sequence of youth league matches lists locations Mt Carroll Shannon Ak Chadwick Milledgeville Savannah and Savannah in July and August with game starts at 6 00 PM and 6 30 PM for Savannah only. The events span July 19 to August 1 with Chadwick hosting several dates and Pongee Milledgeville and Savannah appearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Shannon
Chadwick
Pongee
Milledgeville
Savannah
Savanna
Family Visitation Highlights Dover Morristown Visit
Dennis Andring returned home after a week with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Cyril Andring in Dover Minnesota. Cheryl Lynn Stuart of Morrison is staying this week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Fay Ashby and family. Mr and Mrs John McCaughey Barbara and Craig of Lima Ohio arrived Saturday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Wayne Ashby Sr for a visit. Mr McCaughey is attending a Northup King Seed Co meeting in Washington Iowa. Mr and Mrs Fred Hook and children were Sunday evening visitors with Mr and Mrs Wilbur Brinkman at Garden Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Andring
Cyril, Andring
Dover
Minn
Cheryl Lynn Stuart
Morrison
Fay Ashby
John McCaughey
Barbara
Craig
Lima
Ohio
Wayne Asby
McCaughey
Northup King Seed Co
Washington
Iowa
Fred Hook
Wilbur Brinkman
Garden Plain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll Fair
Clover Farm
Catsup
Orthmann
LP Gas
Corey
Main St. Savanna Dependagle LP Gas
Philgas
Phillips Petroleum Company
Igh Quelity
Gea
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
J. M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
DIAL
Diehl Oil Co
Thomson News
TOR
Sebert Dykstra
McKee Lumber
Mr. Farmer
Atherton Service
Chadwick News
Steins
Charlie Frisbie
Thomson
Robert L. Purlee
Insurance Agency
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
LD Janes
Bill Haas
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Hi Tay
The
Board of Review of
Court House
York Township
Howard Woessner
Folger’s Coffee
I. G. A. Fresh
Fulton, Illinois
Curtis Mathes
Discount House
Main St
Savanna, Ill
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