Trojan Topics High School Honor Roll and Activities
The Fourth Period honor roll lists students such as Jan Jurgens Merrie Jo Sippel Sharon Newendyke Kat hy Dykstra and others. Perfect attendance includes Connie Schmitt Beth Williams Duane St. Ores Donna Sippel and more. The Thomson FFA chapter met March 10 1961 to set tractor seat cover prices elect a tractor pull committee and list FHA banquet helpers. The A team beat Chadwick 70-67 with Junior McGinnis scoring 27. B team won 41-39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Jurgens
Merrie Jo Sippel
Sharon Newendyke
Kathy Dykstra
Sharlene Zenk
Gerald Bower
Joann Jurgens
Connie Schmitt
Beth Williams
Burton Prins
David Marshall
Arlyn Houzenga
Vernon Buikema
Walter Holland
Harlan Hoff
Vera Hickey
Joy Yourward
Leroy Appel
Marcie Melton
Ronnie Mitchell
Lynn Bower
Barbara Gruber
Mary Hoff
Evelyn Wilt
Karen Eissen
Gayle Durward
Danny Kness
Joe Frosch
Beverly Gruber
Duane St. Ores
Donna Sippel
Larry Hook
Vera_ Hickey
Dale Eslinger
Nancy Elgin
Joy Durward
Gloria Atkins
Wayne Wut
Larry Carroll
Earl Englekens
Virginia Harridge
Jan
FHA
Chadwick
Thomson
Junior McGinnis
Spencer family and friends share weekend visits
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spencer and sons were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Loomis in Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Spencer visited the Lloyd Handel home in Chadwick on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tichler and family of Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Engelkins called on Mr. and Mrs. Louis Workman and Larry on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Spencer and
Rolland Loomis
Morrison
Ned Spencer
Lloyd Handel
Chadwick
Willard Tichler
Dave Engelkins
Louis Workman
Larry
Social Roundup of Weekend Visits and Farewell Trip
Numerous local households hosted guests over the weekend with a string of visits among families in Milledgeville Lanark Rock Island Morrison and Savanna. Plans were announced to move to Ratcliffe Iowa then Santa Monica California to make their home.
Carroll County Deaths Mt Carroll Bertha Boyd 83
Bertha Boyd aged 83 died Wednesday morning in an ambulance en route to St Francis hospital after a heart attack at her home near Shannon. Survived by three sisters Grace Gsell Ella Boyd Mt Carroll and Larah Anderson Apple River. Services at 2 p m Friday Frank funeral home Red Ted Road officiating burial in Shannon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Bertha Boyd
St. Francis Hospital
Shannon
Grace Gsell
Ella Boyd
Larah Anderson
Apple River
Frank Funeral Home
Ted Road
Tis
Local residents host a string of visiting friends several days
Tuesday guests included Mr and Mrs Clifford Curley and Floyd Curley from Hanover at Mrs Maude Brown and Harriet home. Tex Culpepper of Chicago visited the Kustes Cooper family. Fulton guests were Monday supper visitors Mr and Mrs Isaac Decker and family. Lavetta Schneider recently called Delbert Dimmick home. Forest Park's Mr and Mrs John Elliott spent weekend with Harold Elliott. AB Lewis Froseh of the U S Air Force on leave with Mrs Max Meakins before transfer to Fort Belvoir Virginia. James Dykema and family visited Morrison and Mr and Mrs Henry Shipma Friday. Howard Wieben ga and Fulton guests joined Morrison for Sunday evening supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brown
Harriet
Clifford Curley
Floyd Curley
Hanover
Edna Shoemaker
Tex Culpepper
Chicago
Thomas Kustes, Jr. Cooper
Melvin Decker
Fulton
Isaac Decker
Lavetta Schneider
Delbert Dimmick
John Elliott
Forest Park
Harold Elliott
AB Lewis B. Froseh
U. S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Max Meakins
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
James Dykema
Bert Meinemain Morrison
Henry Shipma
Howard Wiebenga
Fred Hook
Community Guests Share Sunday Meals Across Town
Milledgeville residents Mr. and Mrs. Don Bogett and family joined Sunday dinner at the Mertz home. Hanover guests Mr. and Mrs. Orval Kaufman visited Mrs. W. H. Taylor. Water town South Dakota’s Mrs. Elizabeth Kness and Milledgeville’s Mrs. Monroe Fosse also had Sunday dinners with the Kness household. Afternoon visitors included Wes ley Kness of Thomson and Vernon Kness. Lena’s Lloyd Ferris spent the evening with his mother, Mrs. Minnie Ferris, at the Brandenburg home. The Frank and Hartman households traveled to Chicago Tuesday for the Flower and Garden Show at McCormick Place. Sunday supper guests of Emil Hartman’s household included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Emmert and family from Mr. Carroll and Don Hartman’s family. Carl Haag’s guests for Sunday dinner were Orville Haag of Sterling and Allen Haag’s family, with Lydia Haag visiting in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bogett
Milledgeville
Lowell Mertz
Orval Kaufman
Hanover
W. H. Taylor
Elizabeth Kness
Watertown
S. D
Monroe Fosset
Frank Kness
Wesley Kness
Thomson
Vernon Kness
Lloyd Ferris
Lena
Minnie Ferris
Vernon Brandenburg
L. A. Frank
Sheldon Frank
Herbert Stein
Chicago
McCormick Place
Paul Emmert
Mr. Carroll
Don Hartman
Emil Hartman
Carl Haag
Orville Haag
Sterling
Allen Haag
Lydia Haag
Fulton Radiator Shop Ad
Fulton Illinois radiator shop offers cleaning repair front end alignment and wheel balancing services. Sebert Dykstra, proprietor, reachable at phone 6112 for Fulton area automotive care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Sebert Dykstra
Prop
Ill
Melton Seeks Public Note On Campaign And Life
Dear Campaign Manager letter from Marcia Melton outlines Perry Melton born in Northern Wisconsin his varied work early life and service in Germany. Now running a television service in Thomson he faces election scrutiny asks if he will survive the political test and family verdicts from wife mother and community. Sunday visitors include Plumley and Workman families from Fulton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Melton
Wisconsin
Germany
Local residents host guests visiting across towns
Mr and Mrs Gordon Brown and children stayed with Mrs Maude Brown and Harriet. The party visited Calamus at William Voss home. Several families from Savanna Clinton Fulton and Princeton Illinois hosted or visited relatives and a note about Capt Harvey Houzenga leaving for Germany after a leave.
Weekend Visitors and Basketball Tourney Plans Highlight Community Note
Marion Iowa hosts Wayne Ashby Jr and family with Eugene Halfman and John Halfman families visiting Forreston and Cicero residents join Albert Prins household for Sunday dinner. Coach Don Dell takes several basketball players to Urbana state tournament Friday to Saturday. Kindergarten notes celebrate perfect attendance and early literacy with alphabet, weather tracking, and daily calendar activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Marion
Iowa
Wayne Ashby
Eugene Halfman
John Halfman Jr
Forreston
Albert Prins
Leroy Prins
Cicero
Jan Faber
David Geerts
Fulton
Don Dell
Urbana
Bill Spencer
Danny Kness
Bob Potter
Alan Hickey
David Diehl
Thomas Kustes
John
Kathryn Cooper
H. F. Birdsall
Quincy
Milledgeville
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Thomson F. F. A
Thomson News
Orthmann
Diehl Oil CO
Wulko Imperial
Potter Bros
Robert Holland
William Lehr
William Heinz
Alma
Helen Mertz
O. A. Bott
Robert Miller
Lanark
Lauren Mitchell
Larry Geerts
Douglas Kemmer
Ben Stage
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Doug Anderly
Cedar Rapids
M. J. Strukhoff
Ursal Ogden
Rod Pearson
Jody
Virgil Wilt
Ratcliffe
Santa Monica
California
Gertrude Kustes
Robert Pannell
Paul W. Wilt
Merle Bielema
James Chipman
Riverview
William Mullen
Carl Petersen
Jens Andresen
Bob Gray
Geneva
Illinois
John B. Ashpole
Richard Atherton
Savanna
Merle Atherton
John V. Christiansen
Low Moor
Carl Jurgensen
Ida Baker
Richland Center
W. Tues
Jurgensen
Baker
Renton
Wash
Ashpole
Washington
Robert Potter
Carroll County
Chadwick News
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
Odes Vetey
Thomson, III
Melton Sez
Per- 13
Melton
Marcia Melton
Robert Plumley
Frank Plumley
Ronald Workman
Paul V. Wilt
Kerry
Gordon Brown
Francis Hemmer
Calamus
William Voss
Jesse Brock
Rudy Brock
Robert Nehrkorn
Frank Leavens
Russel Green
Gus Roggendorf
Stella Temple
Albert Hook
Everett Eslinger
Clinton
Jennie Griswold
Dick Miller
Fred Miller
Eugene Hallman
Roy Hellman
Harold Tobey
Princeton
Carol Flack
Robert Bulley
Rock Falls
Myles Haas
Harvey Houzenga
Andrew Houzenga
Air Force Base
New Jersey
Allied
van Limes
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Buyamuntz TV
Meltok Electric
Pillsbury
Atherton Service
Atherton
Servce
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Bob
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Earle E. Engle King
Justice OF the Peace District No
Washington, Savanna and
York Townships
Northwestern University
University of Illinois
Northwestern Illinois
Carrollen
Cook Street
Savanna, No
I. G. A. Fresh
Oscar Mayer
Musselman’s Apple
Bell’s Tomato Soup
Fulton, Illinois
Thomson State Bank
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