Milledgeville Shower Honors Sandra Kreider
Milledgeville events include a miscellaneous shower for Sandra Kreider bride elect of Larry Larber hosted by Mrs. D. M. Tarvin with many local guests and gift readings. Seniors from Milledgeville High take a chartered bus trip to Niagara Falls New York City Philadelphia Washington Gettysburg and return after a weekend. Gerald Scott infant son of Gerald Brown was guest at cradle shower hosted by Mrs. Allen Wittenauer with prizes awarded to Mrs. Larry Wolf and Mrs. A. H. Rosenberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Kreider
Larry Larber
D. M. Tarvin
Mmes
Clarence Bushman
John Miller
Willard Krauss
Louis Gerdes
Cecil Chaffee
Franklin Smith
Rex Munz
Myrtle Coyle
Wesley Sarber
A. S. Kreider
Jesse
Milledgeville High School
Floyd Daub
John Hutchings
Niagara Falls
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Gettysburg
Gerald Scott
Gerald Brown
Allen Wittenauer
Roc Falls
Juanita Brown
Milledgeville
Larry Wolf
A. H. Rosenberry
Brown
Baby gifts grace table with doll cradle and streamers
Centerpiece featured a doll in a cradle as blue and white streamers framed the table. Hostesses and guests listed include Mrs. Earl Adolph and many others from Milledgeville Lanark Sterling Coleta sharing refreshments later in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Adolph
Ey Ienene
Bruce Worrell
Munz
Migge Oncken
Clyde Oncken
Larry Wolf
J. H. Kimmel
William Zugschwerdt
Paul Fogel
Hazel Fogel
E. A. Caners
Lester Wolstenho
Lois Simmons
J. M. McKean
Milledgeville
Robert Dambman
Lloyd Dambman
Harry Deets
Donald Anderson
Lanark
William Palmer
Albert Bartholomew
Howard McDonald
Sterling
A. H. Rosenberry
Coleta
Sandra Marshall
Pearl Craig
Claude Warfel
Neighbors Help With Spring Farm Work At Schell Home
A group from Science Ridge Mennonite Church and neighbors assisted with spring tasks at Mr and Mrs John Schells home. They brought tractors plows discs drags manure loaders spreaders and corn planters. About acres were disked planted and dragged with 20 acres plowed and disked. David Wolf finished planting Thursday morning. At noon the men ate dinner at the David Wolf home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Science Ridge Menonite Church
John T. Schell
Schell
David Wolf
Final Honor Roll At Milledgeville High Sixth Semester
The Milledgeville high school lists students on the final six week honor roll with names across freshman to senior classes. Second semester additions include Marilyn Rawson and John Nee among others, plus notable absences or duplications. a separate obituary notes Sister Forest Helen Pittman of Bishop, California, sister to Milledgeville residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville High
Marjorie Doolen
Diana Heide
Susan Karrow
Marilyn Rawson
Marjorie Beck
Jeannie Hawkins
Wilma Hook
Janice Huizenga
Janet Dee Livengood
Donna Martin
Judy Plumer
Beatrice Ransom
Rae Seavey
Gloria Workman
Janice van Zuiden
John Nee
Alberta Peters
Donna Williams
Sharon Workman
Kenneth Barthel
Janice Behrens
Joan Flexman
Robert Glafka
Jeannie Geerts
Gary Hollowell
Susan Jennings
Donna Maxfield
Jeanne Meyer
Carol Peterson
Joyce Reiff
Judy Thorngren
Mickey Kelly
David Wolf
Kay Seavey
Carla Landis
Chester Rawson
Jerry Brown
David Bracken
Carol Gaar
Karen Weigle
Forest
Helen) Pittman
Bishop
Calif
Harold Kimmel
Hazel Fogel
Milledgeville
Stewart Cameron
Sterling
Kimmel
California
Brother of Milledgeville man dies at Lena home
Milo P. Wachlin aged 55, brother of Dale Wachlin of Milledgeville, died Saturday night at his Lena home after a long illness. Survived by his widow, a son, three brothers, five sisters, and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo P. Wachlin
Dale Wachlin
Milledgeville
Lena
Four Little League teams formed with midweek games
Four Little League baseball teams have been formed here with games scheduled for Wednesday nights. Teams will participate in the Carroll County League with base games on Tuesday and Friday nights. Guests included Mr and Mrs Tom Wetzel and their sons from Alden Minnesota visiting Sunday to Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson. Mr and Mrs Lyle Lenhart of Evanston were recent guests of Mr and Mrs R R Eastabrooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County League
Tom Wetzel
Alden
Minn
Donald Anderson
Lyle Lenhart
Evanston
R. R. Eastabrooks
Local families share weekend visits in Sterling and area
Thomson News reports Thomson residents as well as guests visiting nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Eugene Halfman and family dined with Gordon and family in Sterling. Mrs Otto Wolfe and granddaughter Rhonda Bull of Savannah travel to Palatine to visit Mrs Mattie and family. Gene Fahler, son of Frank and the Fahlers, will finish his third year at Northern Illinois University and return home for the summer. Henry Burkema and family visited Lee Morgan in Fulton, while Harold Elliott visited Marion Hall in LaMoille with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Halfman
Gordon Brown
Sterling
Otto Wolfe
Rhonda Bull
Savanna
Palatine
Sam Mattie
Mattie
Wolfe
Gene Fehler
Frank Fahler
Northern Illinois University
Henry Burkema
Lee Morgan
Fulton
Harold Elliott
Marion Hall
la Moille
Bids On Chadwick Sewer Project Come In Lower Than Estimates
Bids opened at the June village board meeting show total bids of 68 769 40 for the Chadwick sewer project with 37 359 for lagoons from Kessen Construction Rochelle and 31 410 40 for intercepting sewers from John W Keeler Moline Both bids awaiting Public Health Service approval and federal grant coverage expected to offset about 30 percent of costs. Site work and easements for lagoons and sewer lines already secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Kessen Construction Company
Rochelle
John W. Keeler
Moline
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Keeler
F. H. Stutzke
W. H. Lawrence
Blair Bros. Co
Asker Peterson to Visit Son in Illinois Two Weeks
Asker Peterson left Sunday for a two week visit with his son Ed Peterson in Monee Illinois. Mrs Florence Zimmer of Clinton will stay in Thomson with her mother Mrs Peterson while he is away. Mrs Mary Nugent of Rockford spent Memorial week here with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Weatherwax and friends. Mr and Mrs Ervin Stuart and family of Morrison were Sunday supper guests of her brother in law Mr and Mrs Fay Ashby and family. Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dwight Atherton and family were Mr and Mrs Leo Linder of Minneapolis Mrs Dolly Atherton Mrs Leila Mitchell and Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asker Peterson
Ed Peterson
Monee
Ill
Florence Zimmer
Clinton
Thomson
Peterson
Dwight Atherton
Leo Linder
Minneapolis
Dolly Atherton
Leila Mitchell
Merle Atherton
Local Visitors And Visits Reported In Savanna And Nearby
James Wiebenga of Savanna called on his mother Mrs Dora Wiebenga Tuesday morning. Numerous visits and trips are recorded including families from Morrison Forreston Elizabeth and Freeport with residents and relatives in Savanna Thomson Aledo Morrison and MacMurray College student Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wiebenga
Savanna
Dora Wiebenga
Charles J. Bissens
Fred Hottenstein Sr
Harold Elliott
Jacksonville
Terry
MacMurray College
N. D. French
Grand Rapids
Mich
John Demaree
Herbert St. Ores
Peggy
Donald Green
Elkhorn
Wis
George St. Ores
Michael
Freert
Lillie Hubb
Elizabeth
Lyle Greeley
Bert Meinema
Morrison
James Dykema
Seaman Swett
Forreston
Thomson
John Biukema
Phyllis
Leslie Grimm
Bruce Groharing
Bert Davis
Aledo
Henry Shipma
Harry Bonders
Chicago
Daniel Goldberg
Howard Wiebenga
Fulton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lanark Community Unit
Peter Eisenbise
Connie Lindsay
Murray Sloan
Keith Schultz
Stanley Downs
Marva Hartman
Daniel Stitzel
Marilee Lotz
Dennis Sturtevant
Kevin Bergdall
Helen Derrer
Stephen Shellhouse
Edward Whitmer
Paulette Haan
James Parod
Carol Mackey
Ray Irion
Carol Benell
Steven Olson
Faye Sweitzer
Albert Williams
Alice Christ
Man
James Mueller
Gary Lamoreux
Dolores Champion
Eugene Poffenberger
Larry Armstrong
Ruth Ann Bremmer
Dale Mennenga
Jerry Witt
Dolores Buss
William Lowe
Carol Dietz
Donovan Graham
Richard Attig
Diane Rahn
Beverly Krell
Patricia Paschal
Geoffrey Fysh
P. L. Kreider
Sara Jane Kreider
Martha Tarvin
A. M. Shipman
Walter Thiel
Sylvia Kreider
C. F. Moon
John Pittenger
Tucson, Ariz
E. S. Wagner
Fisher
Chevy
Chevrolet
Lewis Motor Company
John T. Schell Farm
Maxwell Street
Milledgeville Legion Hall
Milledgeville Grange
Charles Bort
Walter Bauer
South
Gulfport
Mississippi
Pasgoula
Gulf
Mobile
Alabama
Ballingrath Gardens
Florida
Pensacola
Tampa
Cypress Gardens
Bok Tower
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
John Schryver
George Teets
Robert Frederick
Frederick
Lester Stover
William Brown
Clarence Campbell
Milledgeville Rotary Club
Schell Park
Thomson News
Winchip Music CO
Strand Theatre
Clinton, Lowa
Yune
Geerlings Feed Mills, Inc
Waterloo
Iowa
Geerlings
Faber & Fiet
Illinois
Rockford
Springfield
Mid-West
Coliseum
Fairgrounds
Decatur
Fairview Park
Crab Orchard Lake
Harvard
Mattoon
Rock Island
Tri- City
Masonic Temple
Columbia
American Legion
Peoria
Glen Oak Park
Brookfield
Kiwanis Park
Kiwanis Park Shelter
Illinois State Museum
Joliet
Memorial Stadium
Geneva
Casey
Stifal Gun Club
Prospect Park
Finian’s Rainbow
Lincoln
Washington Park
Fountain Square
Maxwell
Marion
Downers Grove
Grant Park
Geneseo
Vandalia
New City Park
Galena
Staunton
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