Chadwick High School Alumni Hold 56th Reunion Banquet
Fifty six annual Chadwick alumni reunion and banquet was held Friday at the school gym with 160 attendees including Class of 1954 members. Officials elected for next year, and a 50 year class tribute recognized members of the classes of 1904 and 1924. A second recital Sunday featured Chadwick students at Metcalf hall Shimer College with performances by Hartman Bowles Doden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick High School
Fred Provant
Curtis Naniga
Adeline
W. J. Quest
Kathryn Diehl
Vernon Gordon
Robi. Geison
JoAnn Kuhse
J. R. Smith
Robert Traum, Jr
Howard Brett
Frank Livengood
Milledgeville
Cora Geison
Irvin Lego
Lanark
William Rudolf
Minneapolis
Minn
K. W. Senneff
Frieda Schwing
Metcalf Hall
Shimer College
Chadwick
Heller
Susan Hartman
Thompson
Bette Lou Bowles
Bliss
Mervin Daehler
Keith
Marvin Daehler
Bach
Joan
John Doden
Janice
Eunice
Reuben Geist
Gloria
Robert Spealman
Lynette
Ette
Charles Spealman
W. H. Taylor
Margrete Doden
Lorelei Blumer
Sunday Visits Share News Across Thomson Families
Thomson News reports a series of weekend visits. Paul Smith stopped by his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and Mrs Barr and family. The Smiths and Barrs hosted Sunday calls. The Dimmicks from Urbana visited Debbert Dimmick’s parents Thursday through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
Frank Smith
Charles Barr
Robert Smith
Lloyd
Woodhull
Glen Kasparie
Jack Warfield
Shamrock
Texas
Wilbur Stiles
War
John Dimmick
Urbana
Debbert Dimmick
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Jory Wiebenga
Five Chadwick FFA Members Compete at State Judging
Five Chadwick Future Farmers participated in the 1954 state FFA judging contest at the University of Illinois. The team members were Leo Haag Bill Spearman Truman Sibley David Stralow and Ronald Geison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
University of Illinois
Leo Haag
Bill Spearman
Truman Sibley
David Stralow
Ronald Geison
Children’s Day Program At Hope Church Highlights Vacation Bible School
Hope EUB church hosted a three department Children’s Day program led by the Vacation Bible School and Pastor’s class. Preschool sang and recited verses. the Pastor’s class covered church history beliefs. Primary sang and prayed. Junior presented a six scene pageant “The Church Goes Around The World.” Offertory, infant baptism, scholar promotions, and pastor’s class reception followed. $50.28 was raised in two weeks of Bible school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Eub Church
Vacation Bible School
Evangelicalited Brethren Church
Leroy Stoner
Albert Williams
Hope Church
Allen Rahn
God
Jesus
the Holy Spirit
Sandra Unzieker
Kathryn Rahn
China
Amsterdam
Panl Unzicker
Mesdames du Wayne Vos
Merlyn Schreiner
Curtis Naniga
Eldon Schreiner
Ray Workman
Don Harris
Paul Turney
Elmer Hans
Howard Stolts
Orval Rahn Robot Balk
John Magill
Sharon
Sylvia Stein
Rugene Rogers
Itwo
Chest X-ray Mobile Unit Draws 171 at Chadwick
The Chest X-ray mobile unit visited Chadwick and registered 171 people between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The article notes the visit was very successful and lists the unit’s schedule for other county towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Social visits and weekend guests span Clinton to Savanna
Local residents hosted relatives and friends from Clinton Fulton Sterling Rock Falls and Lanark over a series of days. The gatherings included dinners picnics and weekend stays as families exchanged visits and shared time with kin and friends across Illinois towns and nearby Galena and Dubuque.
Weekend Delights and Visits Across Clinton Area
A flurry of visitors and relatives gathers in Clinton area towns with trips to Morrison Fulton and Savanna. Families include the Bielemas Browns Hamm Mullen Workman and Timmons kin while trips reach Chicago suburbs and Maryland.
Social Roundup Delights Readers with Local Visits
A long list of Sunday and Saturday visitors graced area households from Rock Falls to Savanna. Families including the Tousleys, Dimmicks, Gleasons, and Carrolls hosted relatives from Morrison Urbana Sabula and Chadwick while others traveled to Freeport and East Moline for shopping, showers, and reunions.
Chadwick Families Tour Black Hills Then Reunion in Faith
Chadwick residents Mr and Mrs Claude Mechling with sons Lynn and Leonard returned Monday from a ten day vacation visiting Faith and Sturgis South Dakota. They attended the Escor reunion at Faith on June 6 and toured Mt Rushmore and Reptile Gardens before a cold snowy spell near the Black Hills. They described the trip as enjoyable though too short. In Korea Pvt Kenneth Friederich 23 son of Mr and Mrs Myron Friederich Chadwick Ill serves with the 772d Military Police Battalion at Taegu after basic training. He sails May 10 for overseas duty and sent a letter home noting office work and jeep dispatches. His new address appears as Pvt Kenneth Friederich US 55436481 Hd y Co 772nd MP Bn APO C o Postmaster San Francisco Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marius Olsen
Mt. Carroll
Joan Smith
Harold Smith
East Moline
David Rutherford
South Bend
Ind
Leslie Grim
David
Tommy
Lester Grim
Preston
Lyle Greeley
Margrete Doden
Fair Haven
Rochester
Minn
Miss Doden
Merle Bicker and
Vera Millerschone
Freeport
William Jenkins
Roswell
New Mexico
Maude Brown
Warren Nice
Morrison
Fred Hook
Robert Carroll
Larry
Elmer Hendrickson
DeWitt
Edward Didderic
Wheaton
Ralph Stearns
Roy Heitman
Horace Heitman
Alhambra
Calif
Springfield
Minnie Kiley
Charles Hogg
William Price
Patty
Bettendorf
Andrew Hook
Fulton
Elmer Hook
Clinton
Kenneth Kemmer
Chester Kemmer
Harvey Mashall
William Marshall
Geneseo
Fred Miller
Lanark
Fred Miller Jr
Ft. Leonad Wood
Robert Miller
Carl Petersen
Schroeder
Crystal Lake
John Elliott
John Murray
University of Illinois At
Champaign
John Kustes
Thomas Kustes Jr
Edward Kustes
Claude Mechling
Lynn
Leonard
Faith Vand Sturgis
S. D
Escor
Faith
Claude
Charles
Sturgis
Black Hills
Mt. Rushmore
Rapids City
Kenneth Friederich
Korea
Taegu
Army
Kenneth M. Friederich
Myron Friederich
Chadwick
772D
Military Police
Friederich
Korean National Railway
Pusan
Fort Leonard Wood
Kenneth
Sasebo
Japan
Hdy. Co
APO
C.o
San Francisco
Navy Discharge for Petty Officer Robert Helm
Petty officer Robert Helm received his discharge recently at Seattle Washington after four years in the service Most of that time was spent in Korea and vicinity on the USS Princeton The leave ends Arnold Blakeslee A N returned to Atlantic City after a 30 day leave with parents and relatives He has served nearly four years and expects discharge in October
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Helm
Seattle
Wash
Korea
Princeton
Arnold Blakeslee A. N
Atlantic City
Arnold
Local families share visits across Freeport and area
Sunday guests stream through multiple homes in Freeport and nearby towns. The gatherings include the Zumdahls in Freeport and Polo, Traum with Haag, Hang and Schreiner families, Bowles and Simpson groups in Mo line and Port Byron, and several others from Sterling, Savanna, Rock Island, Morrison, and Stockton. A visitor from Chicago attended Evan Getz’s graduation, and Jean Elkins in Chicago had an ankle injury healed after seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Zumdahl
Mark
Conrad Daniels
Freeport
Robert Daniels
Polo
George Traum
Carl Haag
Orval Hang
Sterling
W. J. Schreiner
Paul Unzicker
Port Byron
Albert Bowles
Spurgeon Harter, Jr
Savanna
Spurgeon Harter Sr
Vernon McGinty
Louisville
J. Y. Stickell
John Gaskill
H. F. Weber
Chicago
Evan Getz
Vacation Returns and Visiting Relatives Across States
Mr and Mrs Omar Ketchum and sons came home from a week at a Tomahawk Wisconsin resort. Niece Mary Frazier of Oma, Wis will visit for a month, staying with relatives in Clinton Iowa. Mrs Al Raymond of Columbus Junction Iowa visits her brother in Savanna and other kin nearby. Sunday guests include R W Brockley and family from Rock Island. Chicago visitors Clifford McLean Norman Dorothy Martin stay with Eldon Hickey family. Gary from Louisville Kentucky visits Stickell family in Chadwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Breiter
Clinton
Carl Petersen
Charles Geerts
Fulton
Albert Prins
Robert Vogel
Cicero
Claus Prins
Kyle Rawlins
Elmhurst
Arthur Deuthsche
Ben Harris
Barry
John Seger
Mery Ellen
Galena
Dubuque
Palisades Park
Savanna
John Sloan
Vernon Kindle
Nancy
Leroy Kindle
Sterling
C. E. Tousley
Rock Falls
Edith McDonald
Centralia
Tousley Farm
Virginia Krauwer
Louis Workman
Morrison
Martin Bielema
Morton and Joy
Alvin Bielema
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clarence Bolhous
Earl Rupple
Maude Brown
Harriet
Harold Brown
New Mexico
Gerald Brown
Judy Brown
Edna Mullen
Maquoketa
Wm. Mullen
Walter Shanfelt
Cas Rogwendorf
Elsie
Cecil
Lloyd Tousley
Arthur Kromrey
Roy Hockman
Henry Young
Delbert Dimmick
John Dimmick
Urbana
Ben Dimmick
Carroll Dimmick
Russell Gleason
Ruth
Rockville Center
L I, N
Donald Gleason
Kathryn McNeill
Oceanside
Madge Kruse
Rockford
Mary Stage
Merle Bicker and Sons
Randall Bloyer
Mt. Carroll
William Starck
West Chicago
Robert Carroll
David
Elsworth Nice
Alice Nienkark
Barbara Carroll
Ausmus Stotz
Sabula
Rush Carroll
Wilbur Hall
Chadwick
Harvey Wiersema
John Kramer
Marilyn Bolhous
Nancy Dornbush
Merle Bicker
Charles Ditsworth
Shannon
Freeport
Fred Miller
Lanark
Linda Harrison
Sabulala
Eugene Bull
Omar Ketchum and Sons
Tomahawk
Wis
Mary Frazier
Ogema
Clinton, la
al Raymond
Columbus Junction
Joe Kauffman
Ivan Morse
R. W. Brockley
Rock Island
Clifford McLean
Norman
Dorothy Martin
Chicago
Eldon Hickey
Vernon McGinty
Gary
Louisville
Charles McGinty
J. Y. Stickell
James Thorp
Danny
Wilbur Kessler
Monroe
Ray Engelkens
Charles Heines
Morrison and Pvt
Glen Engelkens
Sarah Prowant
R. N
Clinton, Ia
V. V. Prowant
Jack Newton
John Newton
Polo
Tripp reunion to be held at Lawrence Park Sterling
The 17th annual Tripp reunion is planned for Sunday June 27 at Lawrence Park Sterling starting at 12 o clock CST Bring your own drink Reports of deaths marriages and births should be sent to Mina Marie Williams secretary Lanark IL Mr and Mrs Orion Alexander dined with Forest Hartman in Milledgeville Other guests and visits are noted with several families traveling and hosting gatherings around Lanark Mt and St Louis MO including playground supervisor appointment for Mr Geisz and a Brookfield zoo visit by Knoess Rath Hartman and Geisz families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripp
Lawrence Park
Sterling
Mina Marie Williams
Lanark
Carl Gengenbach
Mr. Carroll
Clara Geisz
Marilyn
Aren Geisz
Charles Geisz
Geisz
Carl Genzenbach
Mt. Carroll
Allan Shoup
Lee Hartman
Donna
Miller
Chicago
Roy Hartman
Anna Hartman
Robert Appel
Wallace Geisz
St. Louis
John Geisz
George Knoess
Hilda
Joe Rath
Brookfield Zoo
Weekend Homecomings and Visits Round Local Community
Residents and relatives plan visits and reunions across towns and states. Pvt Glenn Engelkens returns from Ft Leonard Wood before reassignment to Ft Knox while families host kin from Clinton Iowa Morrison Illinois Wilmette Chicago Polo Oswego and more. Lane Frank prepares for ROTC training with Senator Burts son in Freeport Maryland and George Cambman Jr and family visit from Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Engelkens
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Knox
Helen Meyer
Clinton, Ia
C M. Kingery
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Robert Balk
Robert Genualdi
Genualdi
Grange Quartet
Arnold Provant
Eugene Miller
Stoner
Naniga
Blue Notes
Town
Thomson News
Hope
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Otto Switzer
Joe Larson
Linton, Ia
John Greve
Merle’ Bicker
Clarence Bicker
Charles Disworth
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
York Baptist Ladies Aid
Eugene Moerray
the Pines
Eleanor M-Donald
William Hamm
Joan Kramer
Harold
Louis Workman Jr
Town City
Baltimore
Maryland
National Editorial Association
Virginia
Arthur Moeszinger
Ralph Stearns Jr
Stockton
Ile
William Lawrent
Richard Badtke
M Sves Alma
Helen Mertz
F. W. Hughes
Matt McCune
Fast Moline
Joe Moore
Hillsdale
Donald Robertson
Gilbert Robertson
Gilbert
Richard Williams
Robert
Lawrence
Lester Roberts
Mooseheart
Norman Atkins
William Nipe
Ray Brenneman
Baptist Church
Hud Oson
George Creighton
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo
Indiana
Clarence Huggins
Toulon
Delbert Curley
Lynn Rogers
Dunque, Ia
Paul Strukhoff
M. J. Strukhoff
Chadwick News
Bob Helm
NAVY
Alvin Schneider
Mary Schneider
Bette Lou
Vianne
Bowles
Moline
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Wm. Lehr
Wacker
Denton Naniga
David Senneff
Freece Senneff
Kenneth Krempel
Wisconsin
Sharon Ball
Emil Hartman
Leland Forth
Clarence Beswick
Beverly
Lawrence Eipper
Clifton Spencer
Kristin Eipper
Spencer
Jean Elkins
Joe Weber
Clover Farm
C. F
Carton
Bartlett Pears
Stokelys
Jelio
Orion Alexander
Forest Hartman
Fay Hawkins
Kewanee
Spurgeon Harter
David Zumdahl
Helen Nelson
Wilmette
Lillian Moseley
Frank Stutzman
Stutzman
Apple River State Park
C. B. Vaught
Lynn Clinton
Emil Hart
Thomson
Wilby Stickell
Trent
Oswego
Lane Frank
Senator Burt
George Cambman Jr
Richard
Doris
Colorado Springs
Colo
George Cambman
Sunhappy
Ing
Seaside Sunners
Sportswear
Collec
Claude Briggs
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