Oakville Schoolhouse Museum Opens for Memorial Day
The Carroll County Historical Society opens the Oakville Schoolhouse Museum in Salem township near Oakville Country Club this Memorial Day Friday 2 to 4 30 pm and Sunday afternoons all summer. Mrs Donald Mackay says donations are welcome including a recitation bench reading charts dinner pails coal scuttle water pails and a Washington picture.
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Oakville
The
Carroll County Historical Society
Salem Township
Oakville Country Club
Blacktop
Timber Lake
Donald Mackay
George Washington
Cail
Mackay
Forage Field Day Set at UW Lancaster Farm
A pasture and forage field day will be held at University of Wisconsin Lancaster Experimental Farm on June 4 starting 10 am. Bus tours will visit demonstration plots and teaching stations with university specialists on site to answer questions. Tours run to 3 pm with on site lunch, featuring pasture plots alfalfa varieties silage and soil water conservation demonstrations.
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University of Wisconsin Lancaster
Lancaster
Ilinois
Registration Closed for Summer Play School Sessions
Mrs. Rubye Hill Home Economics Adviser announced on Tuesday that registration is filled for the summer play school for tots and no more youngsters will be accepted.
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Rubye Hill
Sack family visits Milledgeville amid illness in Tucson
Mr and Mrs Dan Sack of Tucson Arizona visit Mr and Mrs John Fedder son and daughters in Milledgeville for two weeks due to the illness of Dan Sacks mother Mrs Nettie Sack, a patient at Dixon Public Hospital. Weekend callers include the St Ores families of Thomson and Freeport and the Bissens of Morrison and Richard Sack's family of Clinton.
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Dan Sack
Tucson
Arizona
John Fedderson
Milledgeville
Sack
Nettie Sack
Dixon Public Hospital
Fedderson
Sacks
Herbert St. Ores Jr
Thomson
George St. Ores
Freeport
James Bissens
Morrison
Richard Sack
Clinnton
Moving On From Thomson Band Leaders Message
Letter from Earle Mailand and family announces departure as Thomson High School band directors to Dodgeville Wisconsin. They cite advancement and proximity to universities, urge parent support to sustain high standards, and invite continued contact with students and the band.
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Thomson
Dodgeville
Wisconsin
Thomson News Supper Guests Honor Hickey Family
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Arlyn Huizenga Brenda and Michael Fulton and Alan Hickey with Vada Carroll. Palmyra Illinois visitors Myreta Presley and Pearl Mathis joined Harold Witt family. Presley, a former Thomson grade school teacher, also hosted Dan Lock of Tucson Arizona as a guest.
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Eldon Hickey
Arlyn Huizenga
Brenda
Michael
Fulton
Alan Hickey
Vada Carroll
Myreta Presley
Pearl Mathis
Palmyra
Ill
Harold Witt
Presley
Thomson
Dan Lock
Tucson
Arizona
Illinois in the red as April 1969 treasurer report shows $100 million deficit
The Illinois State Treasurer report for April 1969 states the state is broke with a total deficit of $100,388,818.58. Deficits include General Revenue, Common School, and other funds while road and motor fuel accounts show positive balances. the piece notes budget strains and cites a legislator's quip about taxation with representation.
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Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Ilinois
Conmon School
Local social notes from Lanark and LaCrosse gatherings
Mr and Mrs Dan Sack were Thursday guests of Mr and Mrs Reynold Bleyer of rural Lanark. Mrs Lyle Williams and Mrs Leonard Stage visited their brother John Smith and family in LaCrosse Wisconsin. They attended Kevin Smiths confirmation into the Lutheran Church. Mr and Mrs Ralph Irion of Morrison were recent supporters of Mr and Mrs Harold Itt.
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Dan Sack
Reynold Bleyer
Lanark
Lyle Williams
Leonard Stage
John Smith
LaCrosse
Wis
Kevin
Ralph Irion
Morrison
Harold Itt
Carroll County Names New Assistant State’s Attorney
State's Attorney William B. Petty announces the appointment of John D. Kightlinger 35 formerly of Springfield Illinois as assistant. He will join Petty in Mt. Carroll, is a Oklahoma native, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a JD from John Marshall Law School Chicago in 1968. He was admitted to the Illinois bar that year and has served on the Legislative Reference Bureau staff in Springfield. He is married to Helen Quade of Mount Vernon Missouri and they have five children Joseph 9 Mark 7 Steven 6 Diane 45 and Carol 2.
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John D. Kightlinger
Springfield, Ilinois
Petty
Mt. Carroll
Kightlinger
Oaklahoma
University of Missouri
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Illinois
Mr. Kightlinger
Helen Quade
Mount Vernon
Missouri
Joseph
Mark
Steven
Diane
Carol
Top Ag Award Winner From Thomson High School
Steven J. Houzenga won the 1969 De Kalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award at Thomson High School for leadership and scholastic achievement in vocational agriculture. He served as president of the local FFA and senior class, plans to study Agricultural Education at Western Illinois University Macomb, and becomes the 23rd Thomson recipient honored on the sponsor plaque.
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Steven J. Houzenga
DeKalb
Thomson High School
al Agriculture
Steve
James Houzenga
Thomson
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Western Illinois University of Macomb
Rock Creek Grange Sets Regular Meeting in Grange Hall
The Rock Creek Grange will hold a regular business meeting at 8 30 p m Monday June 2 in the Grange Hall. Agriculture Committee led by Le Roy Rahn will run the program with special entertainment planned for fathers by Lecturer Mrs Helen Libberton. Refreshments are provided by the LeRoy Witt and Thaddeus Bookman families.
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Rock Creek Grange
Grange
Agriculture Committee
LeRoy Rahn
Helen Libberton
LeRoy Witt
Thaddeus Bookman
Sunday dinner guests visit Chadwick area families
Mrs Harold Van Kampen of Fulton Bessie Johns of Savannah Mr and Mrs Lee Hartman Jr and daughter and Mrs Henry Newendyke were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Balk Susan and Mrs Leona Wagner
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Harold van Kampen
Fulton
Bessie Johns
Savanna
Lee Hartman Jr
Henry Newendyke
Robert Balk
Susan
Leona Wagner
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U.s.mail
Earle, Ella, Libby and
Leah Mailand
DIAL
Geerlings
Geerlings Feed Mills, Inc
P. O
Waterloo
Iowa
FABER
First Street
Fulton, Illinois
Thomson News
Law-Jones Funeral Home
Patrick Henry
Uncle Sam
Chicago Motor Club
AAA
Teu
Jim Morsey
Carroll Coun
William B. Petty
Mr. Carroll
Thegislative Reference Bureau
Springfield
Minois General Assembly
Steven Houzenga
Firestone
Sebert
Savanna Lumber Co
Chen
West Madison
Savanna, Illinois
Chadwick News
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Riverview
Argo Fay
Vernon Popkins
Chicago Ave
Review
Chadwick Review
Thomson Review
Lanark Gazette
Shannon Reporter
Carroll County
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