FHA Convention in Chicago Attended by Betty Elder
Betty Elder, 17, of Chadwick attended the 1964 Future Homemakers of America national convention in Chicago July 13 16 with 2400 teen delegates. Notable speakers included Mrs Arthur Godsberg and Dean Robert Schaefer as delegates discussed education marriage and community programs. Local Illinois hosts Ott Chadwick senior served as hostess with others from Section 23 delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Chicago
Betty Elder
The
Future Homemakers of America
Walter Elder
Chadwick
Betty
Arthur Godsberg
Supreme Court
Ers
Robert Schaefer
College of Education
Teachers College
Columbia University
N. Y
John Furboy
New York City
Grose Evans
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D. C
Herbert W. Schooling
University of Missouri
Peace Corps
Homemakers of America
United States
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Ott
Chadwick Hig School
Illinois
Roberta Dettwiler
Warren
Charlotte Hemphill
Orangeville
Phyllis Sarver
Durand
Elaine Steinester
Stockton
Ella Sue Beck
Lanark
Assistant Pastor Ekstrom Leads EUB Tour of West
A two week tour by a Safari from Chadwick and participants from Fair Haven visited western US churches. They traveled by bus stopping at Capulin Mountain, Fort Union, Great Sand Dunes, Rocky Mountain National Park, and spent three days at a Santa Cruz Mission School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EUB
United States
Chadwick
David Zumdahl
Susan Smith
Fred Cook
Kathy Messer
Judy Metz
Angie Schreiner
Scott Harter
Mike
Tom Senneff
Fair Haven
Capulin Mountain National Monument
Fort Union National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Rocky Mountain National Park
Santa Cruz
Mission Safari Highlights Sacred Work and Community Building
A group spent six hours daily serving at the Mission starting five o clock, visiting remote branches and a hospital in Espanola. They praise summer workers who volunteer without pay, note building a new church from salvaged adobe blocks, and describe a shared sense of God at work, ending with 35 travelers returning with deeper church mission understanding and a desire for others to visit McCurdy School.
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Espanola
Jesus
God
McCurdy School
Local Social Visits Highlight Chadwick Area Week
Chadwick residents and guests visited friends and relatives across Rockford Wilmington Savanna Freeport and Fulton this week. Mr and Mrs Walter Hartman and family stayed with his parents in Chadwick while Mr and Mrs Larry Colbert of Wilmington visited in Provant home. Kathy and Sheryl Fjelstad spent time with the Provants and Harriett Rogers and Jane Rogers visited in Savanna. R C Naniga called on his sister Dora Flikkema in Fulton and the Schlagenhauser family visited Arvo Arola in Freeport.
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Walter Hartman
Rockford
Walter Hartman Sr
Larry Colbert
Wilmington
Fred Provant
Kathy
Sheryl Fjelstad
Ed Rogers
Milwaukee
Wis
Harriett Rogers
Jane Rogers
Savanna
Richard Voeckel
R. C. Naniga
Dora Flikkema
Clifford ‘Aber
Fulton
Bill Schlagenhausen
Linda
Janet
Arvo -Arola
Freeport
Calif
New York City
Edna Woy
Chicago
Arthur
John
New York
Chadwick
Irene Kness
Franklin Grove
William Rolls
Phoenix
Ariz
Allen Smith
Eric
Mary
Floyd Bales
Galena
Vernon Daehler
Marvin
Eiler Kelsen
Maywood
Anna Hower
Lanark
Ed Mest
Chester
Marion Martin
Ladd
J. D. Martin
Gene Hendrick
Hendric
Andy Blumer
Lorelei
Monroe
Blumer
Fred Blumer
Helen Krattiger
Florence Wunsch
Pontiac
Sheryl Wunsch
Yorktown
Robert Helm
Albert Wunsch
Forrest
Frank Kissinger
Fair Haven
Gene Pinnow
Orangeville
Walter Nelson
Karen and
Dann
Claudine Welch
Mt. Carroll
Virginia Crofton
Howard Helms
Trinity Lutheran Church
Danny Nelson
Armed Forces Addresses of Thomson Area Servicemen
List of Thomson area men serving in various branches including Marine Corps, Army, Navy, and Air Force. Entries provide names, ranks or ratings, service units, and current duty stations or addresses across the United States. Includes locations such as Travis AFB California Luke AFB Arizona Fort Monmouth New Jersey Selfridge AFB Michigan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Area
Armed Forces
Social Roundup of Picnic and Visits Across Midwest Towns
Sunday gatherings at Old Mill Park Savanna and family visits spread through Rockford Mt Carroll Sterling Fulton Galena Lanark and Orangeville. Family trips to Lake Geneva Wisconsin and Chicago continued with church and funeral attendance, weddings, and long‑hidden cousins reconnecting across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and Arizona.
Most Positions Filled In County Schools
County Supt. Gordon Hansen says about six teaching positions remain open in the county’s schools if applicants meet needs in Carrollton. The system bought additional titles in science mathematics English and social studies at a total cost of 7230 dollars with 50 percent funded by state and federal governments and 50 percent by 16 districts at 25 cents per student over a two year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hansen
Carrollear
Guard Training Yanked Home From Ripley Visit
Roy Handel returned home to Gibson City after two weeks in Ripley Minnesota for National Guard training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson City
Roy Handel
Ripley
Minn
National Guard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voss Brothers
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
J. M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
DIAL
Fulton, Ill
Rath Blackhawk
Wilson Korn King
J. G. A. Fresh Bread
Dearborn Club
Fulton, Illinois
Ekstrom
West
Diekl Oil
Culligan
Main Street
Diehl
Bill Haas
Chadwick News
Britt’s
Thomson Ph
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Margaret ’S, Heusinkveld
Sebert Dykstra
Fulton, Il
Considine’s Insurance
Hunter-Jones Memorial Home
Lance Corp
James E. Baker Marine Detachment
U. S. S. Coral Sea
O F P. O
San Francisco
Brearton
Gerald
St. Lo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dykstra, Pvt. Bernard RA
Usascs
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Roger Box
C. M. R. Mt. Home Afb
Idaho
Fossett
Pfc
Ronald L. RA
USA M., T. C
T of
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Frosch
Larry J
Selfridge Afb
Mich
Grim
Larry E
C-S Co
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Graharing
Richard C
Clark St
Salina, Kansas
Houzenga
Harvey W
Cannon Afb
New Mexico
Kemmer
P. L. Stephen K
H. M. Bun
S. P
Palms
Kenyon
Gunston Road
Alexandria, Va
Kness
Danny R. Jo Sedort Sad
Holyers P. A. C. A. F
Cal
Kness, Pvt
Richard D
Co. D
Eng
A. P
D.C
Selfridsge
Afb
Michigan
Walter Hartman Jr
Jesse Hatman
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Old Mill Park
Harold Adams
Clinton
Terry Cavanaugh
Goose Lake
Ives Grossman
Preston
Steve Partridge
Rock Falls
Debra
Dennis Bittner
David Jecklin
Terry Weber
Roger Hartman
First Lutheran Church
Lake Geneva
Robert Vanderbilt
Waterloo
Alex Brightman
Albert Faber
Fred Boelkins
Edward Siltman
Charles Heffelfinger
Eugene Miller
Jack Martin
George St. Clair
Elmer Galor
Law Funeral Home
Mr. Galor
CB & Q Railroad
Mary Lego
Steve Stefanich
Richard Lego
Sterling
Glen Lego
Carroll
Ward Weber
Arthur Way
San Rafael
Charles Gordon
Gordon
Julius Habben
Freda Lapash
Moorhead
Martin Norris Co
Inton
and Boys Store
NASA Ata
Telco
Faber Feed & Coal
Richter
Clover Farm
Towne Pride
Kraft Macaroni Dinner
Thompson
Oscar Mayer
Nutrena
Nutrena Research Farm
Atherton
Savanna Livestock Sales
Max Garman
Shannon, Ill
John Breuning
Ill
Teeter & Son
O. P. Miles
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