Chadwick Students Earn State Music Contest Honors
Chadwick high seven music students earned four superior ratings seven excellent and one good at the Class D state contest in Charleston. Superior honors went to Nancy Smith Lorelei Blumer Marjorie Walker and the flute trio Spearman Spearman Heffelfinger. Excellent ratings were awarded to multiple vocal, instrumental and ensemble entries, with Marjorie Walker receiving a code rating on baritone. The group, praised by instructor Robert Genualdi, advances eleven entries to Bloominton state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick High
Charleston
Nancy Smith
Lorelei Blumer
Marjorie Walker
Sharon Spearman
Lynette Spearman
Nancy Heffelfinger
Dale
Ianake
Mother-Daughter Banquet Draws 200 at Hope E A B Church
About 200 attended the Mother-Daughter banquet Tuesday evening at Hope E A B Church parlors. The event featured decorations in pink green and yellow, a 7 p.m. meal served by men of the church, and a program including songs, tributes, poems, and flower demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope E. A. B
Marilyn Menchoff
Genese Wunsch
Darrell Gaar
DeKalb
Harry Gaar
Adeline Groharing
Presbyterian Church
Fulton
Frank Potter
Savanna
Arthur Deets Returns From California Visit Highlights
Arthur Deets came home last Thursday after wintering in California. He stayed in Los Angeles headquarters and toured Pomona and Sunnyside Washington. He saw asparagus harvesting on a 2000 acre ranch with about 70 Mexican workers and noted much of the crop is shipped to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Deets
California
Illinois
Los Angeles
Martin Spearman
Pomona
Calif
Irene Tucker
Sunnyside
Washington
Lloyd Miller
Boston
Garden Party themed Couples Club gathering at Hope parronage
Chadwick Couples Club met Saturday in the Hope parronage recreation room with 30 attendees. Prizes were awarded to Mr and Mrs Charles Phillips for most plants, Mr and Mrs Vernon Gordon for tallest plants, and Mrs John Doty for most unique gardening costume. Gardening games, relays, and picnic style lunch followed. committee included Rev Eldon Schriver, Emmett Zumdahl, and Robert Balk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Married
Hope Parronage
Charles Phillips
Vernon Gordon
John Doty
Eldon Schriver
Emmett Zumdahl
Robert Balk
Community Social Notes From Thomson Area
Local residents travel to Moline airport and Savanna for visits and church events. Gatherings include 98 at Catholic Daughters of America meeting in Savanna and multiple Sunday meals with families from Clinton Fulton Lamark and Mora hosts. Various relatives and friends from Morrison Morrison to Chicago and Portland visit or stay with local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard King
Morrison
Kenneth Kemmer
Thomas Kustes Jr
Robert Bristol
Catholic Daughters of America
Savanna
St. Clair
Clinton
Iown
Leo Hand
Charlotte
Thomas Hand
Galesburg
Fred Kemmer
William Britt
Delmar
Ivan Morse
Elmer Carlson
Lulu Melendy
Raymond Carroll
Alma
Helen Mertz
Lloyd Stitzel
Lanark
Timothy McNamara
Ray
Fulton
Emil Bellich
Wayne Drake
Jon
Fenton
David Bealer
Ruth Ann
Dale
N. D. French
Bertha Holland
Garrett Stevenberg
Sam Fox
Hancock
Wis
Wilmer Sievert
Hickman Mills
Ben Wagner
Webster Ross
Sievert
Alan Root
Don Carpenter
Wesley Luckstead
Moline
Paul Groharing
Virgil Wilt
Jon Wayne
Verdayne John
Elm Grove
Social notes from Morrison Chadwick and nearby towns
Local column lists numerous visitors, family gatherings, and weekend travels among Morrison Chadwick and Fulton residents including the Youngs, Drakes, Wrigh ts, and Groharings. The piece notes Mother and Daughter banquet at Chadwick BEU church and rising Mississippi River flows with weekly traffic totals and tonnage.
Guest Night for Ramah Chapter OES May 11 at Masonic Hall
Ramah Chapter OES hosts Guest Night Tuesday May 11 in the Masonic hall at 8 pm. Guests include Mr and Mrs Samuel Wernicke of Freeport and guest officers Mr and Mrs Ross Miller of Mt Morris. Refreshment committee lists Mrs Charles Sucher Mrs Robert Spencer Mrs J R Smith Mr and Mrs Charles Gordon Mr and Mrs Arnold Farthing Mr and Mrs Howard Baker and Mrs C M Honberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramah
Masonic Hall
East
Samuel Wernicke
Freeport
Ross Miller
Mt. Morris
Charles Sucher
Robert Spencer
J. R. Smith
Charles Gordon
Arnold Farthing
Howard Baker
C. M. Honberger
Seeds and pearls for sale in Illinois grower notice
For sale seeds include Florida Giant and Black Lee melons with blight resistance. Also Hybrid Japanese Hulless popcorn. Limited supply, guaranteed as represented. Buyer of pearls noted. Noah Sweit zer, Thomson Illinois. Pioneer melon grower, Fit 5-6x.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Black Lee
Noah Sweitzer
Thomson, Ill
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Chadwick News
Evan Rahn
Mary Jean Venema
Charles Honbeker
George Venema
Mary Jean Readine
Lawrence Green
Herbert Stein
Lundstrom
Sterling
Crete Harshman
Selma Fruit
Franklin Grove
Harlan Merkel
Gloria Jean
Mee
Charles Spealman
Youls Mil‘ee
Mt. Carroll
Harlan Merke
Bether Lass
Spealman
Louis Miner
Mt. Castell
Mesdames
W. J. Quest
Charles Dial Jr
Elmer Weber
Claytonhaul
Mabel Alexander
Deets
Ernest Remmers
Donald Rauser
Land-O-Lakes
VC and Agrico
Atherton Service
Thorason, Illinois
S Ween
Balancing
Tewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Thomson News
John Johnson
Alberta
Linda
Henry Newendyke
Dorothy of
Chadwick
Vicin
Ity
Cabrini Guild of
Lawrence Weatherwax
John Sloan
Vernon Kindle
Stevtine
Jill Sloan
Janie Miller
John Greve
Otto Switzer
Eugene Green
Portland
Oregon
Herman Timmons
Mr Timmons
John Root
Wilmer Sivert
William Wagner
Chicago
Steven Bull
Henry Young
Fred Miller
And
Dielsi
Irs
Robert Mier
Ted Buckwalter
Hobart Holland
Ann
BE. U. B
Arthur Kromrey
la Verne Wright
Wagner
Eugene Bull
Jimmy
Gena
John Carpenter
John McCaughey
Wayne Ashby
Geneseo
Myrta Groharing
Harold Wilt
Virgil
Wilt
George Stage
John Flickinrer
Starr’s
William Geist
Fred Hook
Dee Bradley
St. Paul Minn
Rush Carroll
Fred Nipe
WLS
Lyle Greeley
Carl Petersen
Verdayne John and
Teddy
John Deag
Davenport
George Stumphy
Walter King
Eugene Williamson
Mr. Carroll
Reka Hass
Erich Marske
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Mississippi
Minnesota
Mother
Thomson State Bank
J& P Shoe Shoppe
Second St
Iowa
Clover Farm Stores
Thrift
Miracle
Stokely’s Strawberties
Dromedary’s
Brooks Finest
Carton
Sturtevant Ice Cream
Clover Farm
Vtte
Wieners
Sack & McBride
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