Grange Social Meeting Scheduled for March 18
The Rock Creek Grange will host a social meeting Monday March 18 at 8 pm in the Grange Hall. Entertainment is organized by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lamoreux Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Lang and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hartman. Refreshments will be provided by the Peter Libberton Earl Carbaugh and Fisie Heisler families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lamoreux
Delmar Lang
Earl Hartman
Peter Libberton
Earl Carbaugh
Fisie Heisler
Four Way Stop Planned at Mt. Carroll Intersection
The U S 52 and Illinois 78 junction on the south edge of Mt. Carroll will become a four way stop. District highway engineer D E Sunmark says traffic on 78 now exceeds 52 after a recent study. The stop signs are to be installed March 18 and motorists are urged to note the change. The junction has seen several serious accidents in the past.
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Mt. Carroll
D. E. Sunmark
Dixon
Illinois
Weekend Visitors Reported Around Chadwick
Chadwick News notes visitors from Wheeaton Miss Susan Smith of Normal stayed with her parents the Weimer Smiths Timothy Hawkins of Kewanee visited his grandparents the S S Harter family and returned home Monday after the weekend.
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David Zumder
Wheeaton
Emmett Zumdahl
Susan Smith
Normal
Weimer Smith
Timothy Hawkins
Kewanee
S. S. Harter
IQ Lapel Pin Encourages Smokers to Quit
Savanna, chairman of the Carroll County Unit of the American Cancer Society, wears an IQ lapel pin meaning I Quit. The pin, released by the Illinois Interagency Council on Smoking and Health, aims to spark conversation about quitting amid rising smoking related deaths.
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Rhone B
Savanna
Carroll County
American Cancer Society
Illinois Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Local Socials and Health Notes From Cordova
Thomson Brieys and guests dined with the Mooneys in Cordova. A new IQ button offered by the American Cancer Society rewards quitting smoking and serves as a gift idea for those who are quitting. The pin costs 35 cents and is backed by Public Health Service statistics claiming 100,000 doctors have quit smoking.
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Law
American Cancer Society
United States Public Health Service
Deadline Nears for 1968 Feed Grain Program Sign-up
Growers must sign up by March 15 to be eligible for price support and diversion payments on 1968 corn and grain sorghum. Price-support loan levels are $1.05 per bushel for corn with 30 cent per bushel payments based on planted acreage and projected yield. An advance of up to half the estimated diversion payment may be requested at signup. advances exclude price-support payments.
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ALCS
Vietnam War Top Issue in Percy Mail Tally
Sen. Charles H. Percy reports that Vietnam and proposed travel restrictions lead Illinois constituents in mail. The top ten issues, listed in order, include Vietnam first followed by travel restrictions and related concerns.
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Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Percy
Vietnam
Carroll County Youths Awarded Scholarships
Illinois state scholarships honor 15,590 students with Carroll County names Chadwick Mest Peugh Rawson Schroeder Senneff Zumdahl Savanna Adrain Boyd Broles Banquet set for March 26 at 7 00 p m in Mount Carroll with speaker Ken Cheetam recognition of Farm Bureau Young People Committee reports from Lyle Bremmer Dennis Sturtevant classes offered at January conference include farming in a free economy and public relations local winners list includes multiple Carroll County high schools with numerous students named in the program.
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Farm Bureau
Young Peoples Committee
Mount Carroll
Lyle Bremmer
Dennis Sturtevant
Womer
Young Peo
Illinois
Carroll County High School
Chadwick
Lowell P. Mest
Phyllis R. Peugh
Thomas R. Rawson
Cathy Schroeder
Thomas Senneff
Mark E. Zumdahl
Savanna
Vicki Adrian
Mike J. Boyd
James Bro
Oles
Ken Cheetam
FBYP
Saint Patrick Day Observed Everywhere Since 1737
Saint Patrick's Day on March 17 marks Ireland's feast day and national color green. Boston's Charitable Irish Society formed in 1737 by Irish merchants to honor St Patrick, with silver keys minted for members. Parades church services and banquets accompany civic observances. The shamrock symbolizes the Trinity.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
America
Boston
Mass
Charitable Irish Society
Political and social notes from Madison and Sterling area
A scanned passage lists topics from draft regulations affecting graduate students to federal tax proposals and civil rights questions. It notes Otto Atepka dropping from a top ten list and records social visits: Robert Geison and family in Madison, Arthur Frommet of Sterling visiting, and Denton Naniga with Del Fikkema in Clinton Iowa during a Sunday gathering.
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U.S.S. Pueblo
Oakley Dam
Ill
Robert Geison
Sheldon
Ronald Geison
Madison
Wisconsin
Ed Robert
Arthur Frommet
Sterling
Viola Frommelt
Denton Naniga
Sunday Aroher
del Fikkema
Clinton, Iowa
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