Chadwick Swiss Cheese Company shows steady growth in Carroll County
A detailed tour reveals Arthur Scheidegger and son Charles running America's largest family owned Swiss cheese operation in Chadwick Illinois. The plant processes 170000 pounds of milk daily into wholesale cheese and other products while employing about 27 workers with round the clock shifts.
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Carroll County
America
Chadwick Swiss Cheese Company, Inc
Arthur Scheidegger
Switzerland
Scheidegger
New York
Wisconsin
Monroe
Pfund
Charles
Lawrence Dodge
Mount Carroll
Illinois
Chadwick Swiss Cheese Company
Fair Haven School To Be Sold Nov 10
The two room Fair Haven school house in Carroll County Illinois will be sold Friday afternoon November 10 at 1 30 PM at the school site. The sale goes to the highest bidder for cash with 25 percent due that day and the rest on delivery of a deed from the County Board of School Trustees. The board will reject any bid on the real estate under 1500 dollars.
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Fair Haven
Carroll County
County Board of School Trustees
Ill
Thompson News Report On Webster City and Goldfield Guests
Mr Wynne Ventling of Webster City and Miss Chris Nelson of Goldfield were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Mervir Marshall. Ventling, a former Thomson high school teacher, is now a student counselor at Central Webster Community High School in Burnside Iowa. Nelson is a student nurse at the Des Moines Methodist Hospital.
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Wynne Ventling
Webster City
Iowa
Chris Nelson
Goldfield
Mervir. Marshall
Ventling
Thomson High School
Central Webster Community High School
Burnsiee
Nelson
Methdlist Hospital
Des Moines
For Sale items including ladder cement mixer and quilts
Harold Meador of Lanark offers a 40 foot extension ladder a cement mixer with a motor in good condition. Also several handmade quilt tops and one afghan. Call 493 6466.
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Harold Meador
Lanark
Teachers To Meet In Stockton Nov 6
All Carrett and Jo Daviess county teachers gather Monday November 6 at Stockton High School for an all day work and materials exhibit. Iss Hildegarde Staack directs the workshop aided by Albert J Tucker at the Jo Daviess Educational Center. Fifty four publishing companies will exhibit in the gym as part of ongoing in service teacher education.
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Carrett and
Jo Daviess County
Stockton High School
Iss Hildegarde Staack
Jo Daviess County Educational Center
Albert J. Tucker
Carroll County
Marian Chesney
Chadwick
Lois Richter
Carroll
Ruby Wright
Savanna
Esther Schmaling
Thomson
Maude Lang Laanik
Robert Eilis
Shannon
Barbara Mask
Virginia Lawrence
Elmer Gerlach
Robert Granger
Lanark
Donald Mantzke
Allen Held in Carroll County After Hospital Stay
Kenneth O. Allen of Otway Ohio was jailed after failing to pay fines in Carroll county circuit court for driving with no license, failing to register a vehicle, and failure to yield. The Oct 23 collision at Route 64 78 near Mt Carroll involved a semi driven by Delbert Heubner and left both drivers hospitalized.
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Kenneth O. Allen
Otway, O
Carroll County
Allen
Illinois
Mt. Carroll
Delbert Heubner
Sabula
Whiich
Tree nursery stock orders open in Carroll County
Application blanks are available from the county extension adviser in Mount Carroll for reserving state tree nursery stocks for next spring. Harold Brinkmeier notes orders to establish tree stands for wildlife food and erosion control, with upland and bottomland species suitable for pulpwood or saw logs.
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County Extension Adviser
Mount Carroll
Harold Brinkmeier
Carroll County
Brinkmeier
Freeport Scots Rite Centennial Observed Nov 5–11
One hundred years of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Freeport Illinois are to be marked November 5 through 11 with ceremonies rites and dinners at Freeport Consistory Auditorium and Masonic Temple. Nearly 5 000 members and more than 400 candidates are expected with events including open house organ recital vesper services and dinners for candidates and their wives.
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Valley of Freeport
Ill
Freeport
Auditorum
Masonic Temple
West Stephenson St
Carroll County
Scottish Rite Woman’s Club
Louis L. Williams
Bloomington
Oflinois Council of Deliberation
George A. Newbury
Buffalo
N. Y
Supreme Council
USA
Woman's Club
Jolly Troil
W. Galena Ave
Emerson E. Altensey
RFD
Katherine Emma
Chicago
George Rosenberg
Androcles and the Lion on NBC Nov 15
A 90 minute color production of Androcles and the Lion airs Wednesday November 15 from 6 30 to 8 00 p m CST on NBC. The Shaw classic features Noel Coward Ed Ames Inga Swenson and John Cullum with an international cast and music by Richard Rodgers presented locally by Northern Illinois Gas Company.
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Androcles and the
America
George Bernard Shaw
NBC
Androcles
Richard Rodgers
Noel Coware
Ed Ames
Inga Swenson
Brian Bedford
John Cullum
Patricia Routledge
Kurt Kasznar
William Redfield
George Mathews
Geoffrey Holder
Northern Ilinois Gas Company
Refuge Trapping Permits Available
Richard G. Nord, District Refuge Manager, announces trapping permits and trap tags for fur bearing animals on refuge lands. Permits are free. trap tags cost ten cents each. Trapping must follow state and refuge rules. certain areas near muskrat houses are restricted. three Closed Areas in Pool 13 have seasonal limits. Nord will issue permits at Savana Illinois, Clinton Iowa, and Galena Illinois locations on specified dates and times.
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Richard G. Nord
Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge
Iowa
Pool 13
Pleasant Creek
Bellevue
Elk River
Sabula
Fing Lake
Savanna
Ill
Nord
Post Office
Savana
Sportsmen’s Exchange
Clinton
J & D Sporting Goods
Galena
Girl Scouts Brownies Meet After School in Church
The Brownies held their regular Tuesday afternoon meeting at the Methodist Church. They worked on Halloween mask making as one of their activities. Susan Simpson, reporter.
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Girl Scout
Brownies
Methodist Church
Susan Simpson
Mount Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance hosts potluck gathering
Directors and personnel enjoyed a potluck supper Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Law in Mount Carroll. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hole singer. Friday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Myles Haas were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Diephuis and family and Mrs. Emma Haas, all of Thomson.
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Mount Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Lyle Law
Mount Carroll
Marvin Holesinger
Myles Haas
Eugene Diephuis
Emma Haas
Thomson
Open House At Special Education Facility Attracts Large Crowd
Carroll county residents visited the Special Education facilities at Chadwick last Sunday. About 200 people toured four rooms during the open house from 1:30 to 3:00 pm, with visitors arriving as early as noon and well past 4:30. Attendees voiced enthusiasm and support for the modern facilities. The school hosts 54 students across three EMH classes and one TMH class.
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Carroll County
Chadwick
Carro'l County
Homecoming Guests and Local Social Notes Across Illinois and Iowa
Sp4 Larry F Eslinger of Ft Hood Texas visited Illinois State University for Homecoming with his parents Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger of Clinton Iowa. He returned to Texas Sunday evening where he serves as a Military Policeman. Patricia Kaufman and family hosted the event. Other notes include visitors to Mervin Marshall and the Johnson households in Macomb and Ada Minnesota. A three car crash near Macomb left Mrs Henry Newendyke critically injured and Mr Newendyke seriously hurt. Other weekend visits mention Earl Kness of Galesburg and Paul Marks of Stockton visiting Frank Leavens' home.
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Larry F. Eslinger
Ft. Hood
Texas
Forrest Eslinger
Clinton
Iowa
Patricia Kaufman
Illinois State University
Eslinger
United States Army
Patricia
Wayne Kaufman
Thomson
Mervin Marshall
Jerry Geddes
Appleton
Wisconsin
Luella Heitman
Ordean Geddes
Ada
Minnesota
Howard Johnson
Mark
David
John Johnson
Chadwick Couple Hurt in Head on Crash Near Macomb
Mr and Mrs Henry Newendyke of Chadwick were seriously injured in a Friday auto crash on U S 67 north of Macomb. He suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries while she had a skull fracture and later returned to Macomb hospital as her condition improved. Paul Wagner of Des Plaines drove the other vehicle involved. he was not injured. A third car passengers were also treated at Macomb hospital. State police ticketed Wagner for improper passing.
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Macomb
Henry Newendyke
Chadwick
McDonough
Newendykes
Paul
Henry Jr
Western Illinois University
U. S. 67
Paul A. Wagner
Des Plaines
Newendyke
Wagner
Chadwick Man John Doty Promoted to Director of Sales
John Doty of Chadwick, a Progressive Security Life Insurance Co. representative from Springfield, Illinois, was promoted from regional manager to Director of Sales over northern Illinois covering eleven counties. The promotion announced at the statewide meeting last Saturday at the Howard Johnson in Springfield. Doty will lead recruitment and supervision of new representatives and oversee personnel promotions in the area. He has been with Progressive Security for 20 years and is the second representative to qualify for the Two Million Dollar Producers Club.
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John Doty
Chadwick
Progressive Security Life Insurance Co
Springfield
Illinois
Howard Johnson
Doty
Aera
Gas
el Sgible
McCullochs Return From California Deer Hunt Visit Buffalo Bill’s Grave
Mr and Mrs Dwight McCulloch of Argo Fay recently returned from a trip to Long Beach California to visit his daughter and family John Dykstra r and his son in law. He also reports a Utah deer hunting trip where he bagged a deer. On the way home the couple stopped at Buffalo Bill’s grave. Sunday evening visits included Frank Flack and Donald Wilson of Hanover. Other callers were Lyman Johnson Savanna patient in Savanna City and Chadwick visitors Elmer Houzenga Judy and Rudy Brock.
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Thomson News
Dwight McCulloch
Argo Fay
Long Beach
California
John Dykstrar
McCulloch
Utah
En Rute
McCullohs
Buffalo Bill
Myles Haas
Frank Flack
Donald Wilson
Hanover
John Kramer
Lyman Johnson
Savanna
Savanna City Hospital
Elmer Houzenga
Judy
Chadwick
Wesley Kness
Rudy Brock
Frank Leavens
Donald Kramer
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Swiss Cheese Factory
Dodge
Edward Meier
Stockton
Henry van Zuiden
Morrison
Chicago Motor Club
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