Joliet Man Injured in Fall from Sifo
Sonny Snell of Joliet suffered serious injuries in a fall from a new concrete silo at a Joliet farm tenanted by Russell Maors landing on the first floor 40 feet below. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital by the Thomson Fire District ambulance with attending staff Bruce Groharing Faye Ashby and Joe Shutters. The hospital said x rays were not complete but noted his condition as fair.
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Sonny Snell
Joliet
Albert Hook
Snell
Russell Maors
Mercy Hospital
Thomson Fire District Ambulance
Bruce Groharing
Faye Ashby
Joe Shutters
Joilet Silo Company
Interstate Power Seeks Customer Opinion on Service
The Interstate Power Company conducts a mail survey of all customers to gather opinions on the company its employees and the service.
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Interstate Power
The
Interstate Power Company
Electric Company Conducting Customer Satisfaction Survey
The company surveys its customers with questions on service satisfaction and value for money. This tenth mail survey in 25 years seeks frank replies to identify and correct troubles, with forms returned to district offices in postage prepaid envelopes and processed by town.
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Interstate
Staffing Complete as Board Awards Contracts to Two Teachers
The school board offered contracts to two teacher candidates at Monday’s meeting, signaling full staffing for the next school year. Superintendent Wayne Tidd compared local staffing favorably with areas facing shortages while the board also appointed Robert Lewis as school treasurer and heard a presentation on building insurance from Red Insurance Management Company.
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Wayne Tidd
Robert Lewis
Red Insurance Management Company
Dwight Houghton Dies in Oregon Former Resident
Roy Houghton of Downers Grove reports the sudden death of his brother Dwight Houghton in Medford Oregon on July 8. Dwight, about 60, was born in Thomson and lived there until the family moved west sixty years ago. He worked as a bank executive in Portland and later headed the Fruit Growers Exchange before becoming a banker in Medford. Surviving are his wife three daughters and his son David.
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Roy Houghton
Downers Grove
Dwight Houghton
Medford
Ore
Roy
Dwight
David
Thomson
Clarence Thoughton
Oregon
West
Portland
Fruit Growers Exchange
Savanna Army Depot Plans Golden Anniversary Parade
Thomson Lions report Savanna celebrates the Savanna Army Depot 50th Anniversary with a July weekend parade led by Governor Otto Kerner and General Frank White. The open house Saturday runs 12 to 5 pm with band performances, parachute displays, a retreat ceremony, and various military displays.
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Savanna
Ill
Savanna Army Depot
William B. Harding
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Col. Harding
Third Street
Chicago Avenue
Main Street
Burlington Railroad Station
Otto Kerner
State of Illinois
Frank G. White
United States Army Munitions Command
U. S. Navy
Service School Command
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Mount Carroll
Illinois
Sheriff's Department Mounted Patrol
Navy
Hanover
VFW
East Dubuque
Dubuque
Iowa
American Legion
823Rd Ordnance Co
U. S. Army
Golden Knights
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Savanna Girl Scouts
Ridge District
William Gardner
Chamber of Commerce
Moose Lodge
General White
Service Schol Command
Perry
Rock Island Arsenal
823Rd Ordnance Company
259Th Ordnance Detachment
Savanna Junior High
Thomas Grahn
1105Th Transportation Company
Iowa National Guard
AMC Ammunition School
United States Army Material Command
Washington, D. C
Summer Goods and Bargains Listed in Thompson Rec Sale
The notice lists items for sale or trade including Thom son Recreation Summer Caps sun glasses leather and cloth gloves ball band rubber footwear several used boats a few guns for sale or trade smoker supplies pipes and tobacco new 20 inch portable or window fans candy pop and ice cream.
Nationwide railroad strike grips 137000 shopcrafts workers
The walkout involves sheet metal workers boilermakers electricians carmen firemen and oilers totaling about 137 000 union members. They demand 6.5 percent wage hikes this year and 5 percent next year plus 12.5 cents an hour for skilled workers. Current average pay is $2.94 hourly with skilled earners up to $3.05. Our people just can't live on $3.05 an hour said machinists union leader.
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Carmen
Thomson High to Start Vocation-Study Courses
Thomson Community Unit High School will launch an Interrelated Occupations program giving students practical training and classroom work in chosen vocations. The program, designed for 65 percent of graduates not attending college, offers two credits, 200 minutes weekly of classwork, and 15 hours weekly on the job. Thirteen students are enrolled for 1967 68, with placements by the teacher coordinator Tim Wenberg.
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T. S. Cleworth
Claude Grim
Lawrence Bruckner
Theresa Bissens
Horace Bushnell
Thomson Community Unit High School
Tim Wenberg
Four-H Clothing Project Winners Named In Carroll County Show
Carroll County 4-H clothing project winners were announced July 17 at Mount Carroll. A-group knitters include Dena Flink and Barbara Geisz from Mt. Carroll and others from Thomson Savanna Lanark and Milledgeville. A-group first year skirts feature multiple girls from Savanna Lanark Thomson Mt. Carroll and Milledgeville. Blouse ratings list several from Mount Carroll Savanna Thomson Lanark Chadwick and Milledgeville. Additional models for state fair selected from the pool, with list of names and towns.
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Carroll County
Mount Carroll
Dena Flink
Norma Schaut
Kara Grim
Barbara Geisz
Karen Geisz
Mt. Carroll
Linda Bielema
Dian French
Thomson
Cynthia Newinock
Debbie Dauhin
Sue Gilman
Rhonda
Savanna
Cynthia Cassens
Lanark
Anne Sites
Mill
Nancy Hartman
Cindy Flikkema
Judy Meador
Patricia
Funeral Of Mrs W A Adams Held Sunday In York Church
Mrs Catherine Miner born 1872 in Walnut Illinois and married to William A Adams in 1903 lived in Thomson most of life. She died July 14 and funeral services were held at York Community Church with burial in Lower York Cemetery.
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W. A. Adams
York Church
William A. Adams
Moline
York Community Church
Thomson
T. S. Cleworth
Lower York Cemetery
Fay-Seesser Funeral Home
Theresa Bissens
The
Royal Neighbors of America
Merle
Millard Cate
Clifford Durward
Claude Grim
Leslie Grim
Dean Robinson
Catherine Miner
Walnut
Andrew
Rose Gaar Miner
Thomson High School
Paw Paw
Byron
Adams
Milwaukee Road
Christian Church
T.N.T. Club
Church
York Township
James
Arlyne) Ratcliffe
Agoura
Calif
Anna Willis
Stockton
Thomson Lions plan community fair and barbecue dinner
The Thomson Lions Club schedules a August 5 event at the Old High School Grounds with a $1.25 ticket for pre high school students and $1.50 for adults. Entries for exhibits including livestock poultry grain and hay domestic arts and crafts and a pet parade are due by 1 00 p m. Exhibits require exhibitor furnished cages or pens. Mail entries to William Gehgenbach or drop at Diehl Oil Co.
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Lions Club of
Thomson
Lions
Old High School
William Gehgenbach
Diehl Oil Co
Card of Thanks for Birth of Son
Mr and Mrs William Gengenbach thank friends and relatives for cards gifts and deeds of kindness received at the birth of their son.
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Howard & Victoria
William Gengenbach
Gratitude for Support After Bereavement by W A Adams
A brief note of thanks from W A Adams expresses appreciation to friends who assisted during a recent bereavement. The message asks for blessings and remembrance, signed by the author.
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W. A. Adams
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Gerald Bower
Argo Pay
Hickory Grove
Argo Fay
York Baptist
Emer W. Grafft
Philip Brach
Spring Valley Reformed Church
Catholic Immaculate Conception
Fulton
St. John’s Church
Ideal Community Bible Church
Christian Science
California and
Ohio Sts. Savanna
Thomson Review
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
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J. K. Whitney
Jerry Geddes
Luella Heitman
Thomson Recreation
United States Railroad Labor Board
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Q.R.R
Galesburg, Ill
Madelon Flickinger
Diane Kloepping
Sharon Law
Margaret Kroll
Beth Hollinger
Jean Getz
Joan Getz
Joyce Getz
Chicago
Thomson Area
Arie Crown School
N. Kimball Avenue
Henry R. Bielema
Max Bunnell
Jim Hoffman
Donald Sippel
Mississippi River
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Krahn
Koffee KU
Lewis Motor Co
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