Present Diplomas and Awards to Grade and High School Graduates
Diplomas were awarded Thursday at Chadwick grade school to 18 graduates entering high school in September. Rev. Paul Farley gave the address, L. A. Messer and Leroy Foltz presented the diplomas, with chorus performances and attendance, reading, and library awards highlighted. Chadwick Community High School class of 1961 awarded valedictorian Alice Geisz and salutatorian Beverly Forth with additional honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Paul Farley
L. A. Messer
Leroy Foltz
Board of Education
Margaret Segel
Linda Hartman
Lana Baumgardt
Joan Pitts
Sheila Sibley
David Zumdahl
Nancy Brandenburg
Cynthia Whitney
Judy Mertz
Chadwick Community High School
Claude Cook
Supt. L. A. Messer
Alice Giesz
Beverly Forth
Kathryn Rahn
Faye Vos
Larry Kness
Allen Rahn
Miss Geisz
D. A. R. Good Citizen
Betty Crocker
Hazel Swanson
Alice Sibley
Ray Cunningham
Ames
Iowa
Addresses of Thomson area men serving in Armed Forces
A compiled list of servicemen from the Thomson area with ranks, units, and mailing addresses. Entries include Blair S-Sgt Paul K at Homestead AFB Florida, Brearton Gerald U S N in Salt Lake City Utah, Frosch AB Lewis B Lackland AFB Texas, Hamm Francis RA in San Francisco APO 24, and many others across Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and various bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Area
Armed Forces
Blair
Paul
Homstead Air Force Base
Homstead
Florida
Local social notes from Chadwick area visits
Chadwick area residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over Memorial Day weekend. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor with family in Lyndon, and Mrs. R. H. Heybeck staying with Mrs. Charles Honberger. Other visitors came from Hanover and Villa Park, with volunteers aiding at the Dix on State School in Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Heybeck
Charles Honberger
Clarence Hartman
Don Harris
Orval Kaufman
Hanover
W. H. Taylor
Neal Doden
Villa Park
George On
Morton Higley
W. J. Quest
Lorna Stadel
Dixon State School
Dixon
Dinner guests honor May birthdays at Doden home
Dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Doden included Neal Doden and son Adolf Margrete Lawrence John Schreiner Handel Clevidence Darrell. The gathering honored May birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Doden
Neal Doden
Villa Park
Adolf Doden
Margrete Doden
Lawrence Doden
John Doden
Ed Schreiner
Lloyd Handel
Paul Clevidence
Darrell
Kenneth Hitney
Keneth Naffziger
Francis McCann
Emma Miller
Don Baer
Dixon
Community Notes on Local Residents and Graduations
A stream of short items lists residents traveling to Moorhead Minnesota for summer school, teachers moving to Fox Lake, and families visiting in Mt. Carroll Belmont and Galena. Several area graduates and families are noted with weekend gatherings and commencement ceremonies at Chadwick Mt Carroll Milledgeville and Waukegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis McCann
Chadwick High
Chicago
Kenneth Naffziger
Moorhead
Minn
Naffziger
Fox Lake
Jan
Carol Maxfield
Mt. Carroll
John Bierman
Charles Scheidegger
Bruce
Sherry Scheidegger
Russell Spensley
Belmont
Wisconsin
Oswald Spillane
North Pekin
Galena
Ed Manning
Ronald Helms
Clarence Helms
Lanark
Chadwick
Howard Helms
John Mintke
Penrose
Rufus Kahler
Loren
Melvin McKean
Milledgeville
Walter Queckboerner
Thomson News Local social notes summarize gatherings
The item lists numerous visits and events in Thomson including Memorial Day picnics at Savanna Ordnance and family gatherings. Names include Clarence Court, June Rauser, Ray Rupple, John Miller, Lynn Babcock, Otto Switzer, Myles Haas, Gene Marken, R. C. Bush, Millard Cate, Jill Sloan, and others with their locations such as Polo Clinton Sterling Lanark Albany Moline Davenport Dixon and Sabula. It notes travel plans to Canada and the Eastern States and a birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Courtright
Coleta
June Rauser
Polo
Ray Rupple
John Miller
Clinton
W. A. Adams
Myles Haas
Gene Marken
R. C. Bush
Savanna Ordnance
R C. Bush
Canada
Michigan
Lynn Babcock
Sterling
Sabula
Henry Engelking
Lanark
Otto Switzer
Millard Cate
Pe Melton
Marcia
Robert Bristol
Harry Dittmar Andom
Clifford Durward
John Sloan
B. E. Kindle
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York Township
Review
F. L. Stagg
Jessie DeKay
Boise
Idaho
Frank Holman
Zacccuutve
Ernest Whitney
Edward Foltz
William Robertson
Argo Fa
Wm. Adams
Chas, McGinty
Frank Smith
Hattie Wilt
Charles McGinty
Edith Robinson
William Adams
George Schmaling
Matilda Harney
Alice Geisz
Shirley Brightman
Linotype
Ed Sack
Harve Schreiner
A. F. Larem
Dubuque
Virgil Jacobs
Mackinaw
Wayland Bennett
Walter
Emil Stark
Paul Grim
Clayton Grim and Son
Sheldon Frank
Mrs. Frank
Bette Bowles
Brearton
Gerald
St. Lo
Bast Lake City
Utah
Daniels
Ambrose L
Quantico
Dyson
Charles R. RA
Firig. Sra G. M
G. M
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Frosch
Lewis B
Lackland
Apb
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Groharing
Bernard
St. Sault Saint Marie
Mich
Houzenga
Harvey AO
New York
N. Y
Gerald T. Hubble
R. A
M. T. B. 35Th Armor
Armored Division
Fort Hood, Texas
Ihne
Richard
Garmisch Garrison Apc
New York, New York
Kenyon
Gunston Road
Alexandria
Mattie
Vernon
26Th Aviation Co
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Murray
John P. AO
D. C
Lloyd Smith
Supply S. Q A. P
New York, N. Y
Ronald P. Smith
Sack
Wesley D. G. R
Great Lakes
Illinois
Traum. Pvt
Kenneth W. US
Vernon R. Workman
New River
Jacksonville
N. C
Savanna
Times Theatre
Walt Disney
Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come
Jimmie Rodgers
Luana Patton
Chill Wills
FBI
Dan Dailey
Shirley Jones
Pepe
Cimarron
Companies Insurance Life
Atherton’s
Thomson
Fulton
Sebert Dykstra
Ill
Emma Dee
Dickerson
Bud’s
OASIS
Rt. 80
N. Cordova Drag Strip
Chadwick News
Richard Taylor
George Taylor, Sr
Lyndon
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Considine
Insurance Agency
Pillsbury
Pillsbury’s
Atherton Service
Harrison ST
Michigan Blvd
Congress St
Joyce Lumber
The
Greison Agency
Savanna, Ill
Alden
Calvin Dennis
Marshall
Carroll Brauer
Waukegan
O. H. Rahn
Charles Geist
Mt. Carroll High School
Marilyn Geisz
Carrell
Kay Daggert
J.H. Potts & Son
Lyons Shopping Center
Main Ave
Thomson News
Carmal Hey
Derrill Hey
Vernon Kindle
Nancy
Danny Kindle
Don Kendell
Mamie Sloan
Sloan
Jill
Carl Jensen
Marvin
Albany
Russ@i Green
Harold Ashpole
Moline
John Ashpole
John D. Christiansen
Low Moor
Dickie Sloan
Gary Korbar
Ronnie Atherton
Ronnie
Donkness Tracking
Chadwick, Ill
Fulton, Ill
Hoffman Construction Company
Eee Tels
Peter Lawford
Nbc-Tv
Menswear Center
Bermuda
ARROW
Arnold Palmer
F. Bradulski
Clothiers and Cleaners
5Th Ave
Jay M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
Fulten
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