Chadwick Commercial Club Plans July 20 Chadwick Appreciation Day
The Chadwick Commercial Club outlines preparations for Chadwick Appreciation Day on July 20 at Mackay's Timberlake Resort. The plan covers food for 1500 to 2000 people, entertainment with a local band, games and prizes, and multiple subcommittees to manage swimming, soliciting, music, and cleanup. A Freeport implement dealer spoke, introducing himself as a director.
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Commercial Club
Freeport
Chadwick Commercial Club
Black Oak Grange Hall
Mackay
Boyd Handel
Handel Pony Farm
Committee On
Aude
Freeport Farm Implement
Public funds ledger shows balances and receipts for Carroll County
Robert Lewis sworn statement details village finances for year ending April 30 1960 to 1961 including building expenses fire truck loan payments and fuel oil costs with totals and sources of receipts and fund balances.
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Thomson Fire Protection District
Thomson State Bank
Illinois
Carroll County
Robert B. Lewis
Robert Lewis
Treas
Illinois dealer rep sheds light on price investigation
Mr. Stukenberg of the Illinois Farm Implement Dealers Association testified after returning from Washington where he spoke at a Congressional subcommittee hearing on implement prices to farmers. He noted manufacturers average 6 to 7 percent profit before taxes and Illinois retailers about 2.78 percent, suggesting removal of the state sales tax would save buyers less than zero profits.
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Illinois Farm Implement Dealers Association
Stukenberg
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Chadwick to Broadcast Wednesdays on WS DR Sterling
Chadwick will be on the air each Wednesday from 10 30 to 11 a m on Station WS DR Sterling. The program is sponsored by local businessmen. Mrs Eva Jacobs is a patient at Sterling Community hospital for x rays and treatment.
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Chadwick
WSDR
Sterling
Ocal
Eva Jacobs
Sterling Community Hospital
Milledgeville News Highlights Graduation and Hometown Honors
Arman Stover earns a Bachelor of Science degree at Manchester College Indiana with his parents attending. He plans to marry Margaret Ellen Sharps and study veterinary medicine at Purdue University. Milledgeville schools graduate 42 seniors and 38 eighth graders with notable awards for athletics music and citizenship. FHA officers are named for 1961 62 and Phyllis Pough wins poppy poster contest with district entry pending.
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Arman Stover
Howard Stover
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
Arman
Milledgeville High School
Margaret Ellen Sharps
Plymouth
West Lafayette
Purdue University
Milledgeville
Jeannie Geerts
Joan Flexman
William Danforth Foundation
Kenneth Barthel
Raymond Frederick
Stanley Smith
Joyce Reiff
Frank Merlak
Board of Education
Fayette Maloney
Phyllis Pough
American Legion Auxiliary
Carol Workman
Janet Coats
Freeport
Milledgeville fund drive totals and local gatherings
Mrs. Fred Livengood reports 517.72 collected in the 1961 Milledgeville Cancer Crusade. Milledgeville High School students held a picnic at White Pines state park. Birthday honors for Miss Helen McKean brought relatives to Hill Rest Home in Sterling with gifts and cake. Den 2 Cub Scouts held a wiener roast after school with Mrs. Richard Williams. Local couples and relatives shared supper with Harland and Daw families in the area.
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Fred Livengood
Milledgeville Cancer Crusade
Milledgeville
Milledgeville High School
White Pines State Park
Helen McKean
Hill Rest Home
Sterling
Paul Davis
Den 2
Cub
Richard Williams
Wayne Thomas
Paul
Erie
Charles Daw
Albany
Harland Daw
Community Apprecia tions And Family Gatherings Across Area
Mrs. Ray Farnham assists her mother in Burlington Wisconsin. Households hosted Sunday dinners with multiple guests from Coleta Ashton Sun Prairie Sterling Rock Falls and Mt Carroll. Weekend visits included Emmett Zumdahl Alfred Asche Lanark Wagner Balkome Rahn and others with refreshments served.
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Ray Farnham
Burlington
Wis
Minnie Turnbaugh
Elmer Weber
Chester Lenhart
Coleta
Donna Harris
Ashton
Daryl Spaans
Cheryl
Sun Prairie
Lyle Weber
Carolyn
Johnny Duden
Sterling
Wm. Beck
Rock Falls
Ernest Remmers
Wm. Hans
Allen Tripp
George Yenney
Ernest Smith
Merle Zink
John Edwards
William Edwards
Paul Meyers
Tom Sarma
Clifford Gallentine
Mary Fulrath
Mt. Carroll
Lillian Yenney
Savanna
Thomson News Social Visits Around Lyndon and Savanna
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bielema and family visited last Thursday with his brother-in-law and sister at Lyndon. Memorial Day guests at Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Gholson of Savanna were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gholson of Centralia Illinois. Ardella and Jeanne Houzenga of Fulton are staying this week with Fay Ashby and family.
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Merle Bielema
Paul Ottens
Lyndon
E. H. Gholson
Savanna
Paul Gholson
Centralia
Ill
Ardella
Jeanne Houzenga
Fulton
Fay Ashby
Local elders host after commencement reception
Guests gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Way land Bennett’s home after Friday night commencement exercises honoring their son and new Mrs. Virgil Jacobs of Mackinaw who attended. Attendees included Earl Bennett and Paul Smith of Clinton Iowa. Willard Ballard of Lyndon. Max Miller of Camache Iowa. Lillian Koehler and Cathy. Clarence Kniss of Freeport. George Knoess family. Kenneth Wood of Mt. Carroll. Cecil George of Morrison. Walter Queckboernet. Edwin King and children of Darlington Wisconsin who visited Mrs. Flossie Adolph.
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Dora Daehler
Paul Daehler
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Carroll High School
Darlene
Ayne Daehler
Lowell Mertz
Judy
Russell Hoover
Sterling
Owen Sands
Rock Falls
Debra Mertz
Earl Bailey
Lanark
Chadwick
Memorial Hospital
Freeport
Myron Freidericch
Larry
Walter Hartman
Elmer Kaufman
Daniel Nelson
Wayland Bennett
Virgil Jacobs
Mackinaw
Earl Bennett
Paul Smith
Clinton, Ia
Willard Ballard
Lyndon
Max Miller
Camanche
Iowa
Lillian Koehler
Cathy
Clarence Kniss
George Knoess
Kenneth Wood
Cecil George
Morrison
Walter Queckboernet
Edwin King
Darlington
Wis
Flossie Adolph
Gholson Family Gatherings Mention Dinner Guests
Mrs. Merle Namanna and relatives visited in Clinton with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinty. Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Gholson visited Sterling at Roy Gholson home. Twenty four guests attended a dinner including James Gholson family from Chicago, H. Gholson, Jack of Princeton, James McGee and Paul Gholson families. The reunion centered on their mother Mrs. F J Gholson.
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Merle Namanna
Clinton
Charles McGinty
E. H. Gholson
Sterling
Roy Gholson
James Gholson
Chicago
H. G. Gholson
Jack
Princeton
James McGee
Paul Gholson
Centralia
F. J. Gholson
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Bathroom Tissue
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Illinois Municipal League
Dues Fire Association Review
Bollous
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Illinois Man
Milledgeville Ins
Alexis
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson State Bank Graham Colehour
Diehl Oil Co
The
Milledgeville News
FHA
Angie Miller
Future Homemakers
Donna Williams
Diana Heide
Kathy Carter
Jeannie Hawkins
Mickey Kelly
Vicki Leng
Carol Lee Simmons
Joyce Hohlen
Cheryl Bryan
D. Rawson
Chadwick News
Sheldon Frank
Hope E. U. B. Church
Marvin Schreiner
Richard Horst
Leonard
Neal Queckboerner
Angela Schreiner
Patricia Zugschwerdt
Maria
Dennis Bittner
Marilyn Asay
Kathleen Messer
Gregory Jengel
Reynolds Smith
Mark Zumdahl
Cathy Schroeder
Lowell Mest
Nancy Brandenburg
Rita Rogers
Lana Oe
Jim Miller
Sherrie Strauch
Janet Manning
Kathy Wiersema
Debra
Judy Mertz
Lowel Mest
HY Sherrie Strauch
Debra Ertz
Gregory Stengel
Eynolds Smith
Lana Maring
Darla Schreiner
Allied
van Limes
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Conoco
America
Thomson, Illinois
Melton Electric
Robert Potter
Thomson News
Atherton
Cities Service
Harold Atherton
Main
Chicago Ave
Bel Air
Chevrolet
Bob
John
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Atherton Service
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Mac
Servisoft
Jerry’s
Oe G. A
LG. A
I. G. A. Cookies
Bud’s Iga
Fulton, Illinois
Potter Bros
Tom McKee
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