Open House Marks 25th Wedding Day for Grissingers
Mr and Mrs Paul Grissinger observe their silver wedding anniversary on May 10 1969 with an open house Sunday May 18 from 2 to 5 pm at their Savanna home seven miles north of Thomson on route 84. They wed May 10 1944 at St Johns rectory Savanna. They have three sons, Robert and Harry of Savanna and Richard at home, plus two grandchildren Tommy and Vanessa. The couple run Lake View floral shop and Paul also works for Hoffman Building Service. They are longtime Savanna residents.
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Savanna
Thomson
Helen Dunn
Paul Grissinger
St. John's Rectory
Robert
Harry
Richard
Tommy
Vanessa Grissinger
Grissinger
Lake View
Paul
Hoffman Building Service
Former Residents Celebrate 40th Wedding Day
Mr. and Mrs. William M Hawk of rural Mt. Carroll will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this week. They are to be honored at a dinner at Handel's Steak House in Savanna. The Hawks married May 8, 1929 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Savanna, and later lived in Thomson and Chadwick areas. They are parents to four children: Cecilia Zemke, Barbara Schnitzler, William R. Hawk, and Francis Hawk, plus nine grandchildren.
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William M Hawk
Mt. Carroll
Handel's Steak House
Savanna
Mary Halfman
William Hawk
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Thomson
Chadwick
Leo
Cecilia) Zemke
Barbara Schnitzler
William R
Francis
Carroll
Deaths Mrs John Coffman Savann Former Savanna Resident
Funeral services were held in Billings Montana for Mrs Gertrude Smith Coffman 76 a former Savanna resident who died Saturday morning Survivors include Ruth Matson Ellensburg WA Morris Coffman Billings William E Smith Lawrence A Smith Sr Catherine Leavens and one grandchild She was preceded in death by her husband and one son Mount Carroll services followed for Richard Sack 39 who died Saturday in his home of a heart attack Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery.
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John Coffman Savann
Billings
Montana
John Coffman
Savanna
Coffman
Gertrude Smith
Ter
Norman
Ruth) Matson
Ellensburg
Wash
Morris Coffman
William E. Smith
Lawrence A. Smith, Sr
Mount Carroll
Frank
Richard Sack
Wallace Johnson
Lutheran Church
Oak Hill
Mr. Sack
John
Craig Sack
Mount Carroll Heart Association elects officers
Mrs Loyal Schreiner and Mrs Francis Shiley elected co presidents at the Carroll County Heart Association annual meeting held April 28 at Siewerts Mount Carroll. Retiring president Mrs Helen Weisz of Lanark also serves as state heart association vice chair for Jo Daviess Carroll and Stephenson counties.
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Loyal Schreiner
Mount Carroll
Francis Shiley
Carroll County Heart Association
Siewert’s
Helen Weisz
Lanark
Illinois Heart Association
Jo Daviess
Carroll
Stephenson
Heart Fund
John Linton
Milledgeville
Roy Beck
Ray Lower
Kathryn Bornbeck
Kenneth Moot Shannon
Shreiner
Shiley
Melvin Jones
Savanna
Jo Aviess
Galena
Fire Department
Service man Glenn E Lego serves on salvage vessel Grasp off Vietnam
Mount Carroll Illinois native Second Class Glenn E Lego serves aboard the rescue salvage vessel USS Grasp off the coast of Vietnam. The ship, a unit of the Seventh Fleet, is departing Vietnam for its Guam home port, expected in early May.
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Mount Carroll
Glenn E. Lego
USN
Glen L. Lego
Ridge St
Wllinois
Grasp
Vietnam
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Guam
M. L
Mrs Annie Webb Mount Carroll Funeral Notice
Funeral services were held in Mount Carroll for Mrs Annie Webb former resident who died Saturday in Maywood Illinois after eight years there Rev Robert Younts officiated and burial followed in Nova Scotia Canada She was born in Margate Prince Edward Island Canada to John and Katherine Seaboyer Bingey and leaves daughter Doris Webb of Maywood
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Annie Webb
Mount Carroll
Rank Funeral Home
Maywood
Illinois
Robert Younts
Mt. Carroll United
Mrs. Webb
Margate
Prince Edwards Island
Canada
John and
Katherine Seaboyer Bigney
Ricciseys
Doris Webb
Master Chief Photographer’s Mate Serves on Carrier USS Enterprise
Oliver Olson Jr. USN husband of Lois DuBose of Vara Fla serves aboard the nuclear powered carrier USS Enterprise with Task Force 71 after North Korea shot down a Navy BC-121 aircraft. The Task Force under Rear Admiral Malcolm W. Cagle includes more than 200 ships, four aircraft carriers, two guided missile cruisers, a heavy cruiser and several frigates and destroyers.
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Malcom W. Cagle
USN
Enterprise
Savanna Gets Second Driver's License Office
The Illinois Eye health initiative opens a second driver's license station in Savanna to serve up to 90000 residents. The new office in the Sullivan building on North Main Street will operate five days weekly with two new examiners and one clerk.
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Savanna
H. H. Holmes
Chadwick
Carroll County Democrac
Kenneth Armstrong
Milledgeville
Armstrong
Holmes
State of
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Lakeview Flowers
Hilltop Floral
Vada Carroll
Zenith
Ieee
Lyons Drug
Main Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Duncan
Main Street
Savanna, Illinois
American Heart Association
Rushville
Beth Ann
Laurie
Mark
Walter
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. John
Morrison
Gerald
Dorothy) Ritenour
Indianapolis
Ind
Marcella Sack
Concerto
J. H. Potts
Lyons
Clinton
Illinois Society For the Prevention of
Engel’s Jewelry 311 Main St
Savanne
Elliott's
Gambles
Sunbeam
Northrup King Flower and
Apni
Soo
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