Carroll County Honors Outstanding 4-H Members Night
Carroll County celebrated its top 4-H members at Honors Night on November 9 recognizing work in projects citizenship and leadership. Awards ranged from National 4-H Congress and Key Club honors to specialized field recognition with dozens named as state delegates and project award recipients.
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Carroll County
Carrol County
Sharon Law
Mount Carroll
Wayne Wubbena
Shannon
Ilinois
Key Club
Jean Getz
Joan Getz
Joyce Getz
Savanna
Ann Mackey
Chadwick
Jan McKean
Phyllis Pough
Ann Williams
Milledgeville
Kevan Reader
Thomson
Jim Rath
Lanark
Nancy Wagenknecht
Keith Alexander
Jean & Joan Getz
Chris Keim
Gary Greenfield
Steve Smith
Alan Flack
Illinois
Lawrence Bruckner
Gr Brinkmeier
David Hutchison
Danny Brinkmeier
Larry Miller
Alan Deets
Ayrshire
Janet Deets
Madelon Flickinger
Lois Hartman
John Kustes
Faye Lower
Leah Lyon
Judith Meador
Karen Messmer
Vicki Oetting
Phyllis Peugh
Jennie Reader
Sandy Schneider
Joy Siedenburg
Genevra Snetcher
Linda Snyder
Ann Willams
Roger Williams
Darlene Wubbena
Sam Adoph
Larry Alexander
Cullen Becker
Jay Cheeseman
Lori Coats
Susan Coats
Ricky Cook
Debbie Dauhin
Karen Dauphin
Susan Yauphin
Linda Ellinor
Leanne
Large Crowd At Legion Supper Honors Veterans Day
Thomson Legion Auxiliary hosted a ham supper for Legion members and guests as Veterans Day observance. Miss Kevan Reader led as hostess with Auxiliary daughters serving. Commander Marvin Holesinger reported 127 members. Ozzie Cronister received thanks for chairing membership drive. A freewill offering benefited Auxiliary ladies. Dr and Mrs L E Stout traveled to Dodge City Kansas after visiting relatives and friends in the area.
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Thomson Legion Auxiliary
Thomson American Legion
L E Stout
Dodge City
Kansas
Paul Wallrp
Supervisors Issue Liquor License for New Rec Area
Carroll County Board of Supervisors in regular session approves a Class A liquor license for Cozzolino Savanna to back a motel restaurant and recreation center near Mississippi Palisades State Park Route 64. Planning notes include spring start, possible stocked lakes for fishing, and no net license change after Ted Haller’s is dropped.
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New Rec
Carroll County Board of Supervisors
Harriet Allen
Carroll County
Ted Haller
Savanna
Locke Mfg Opens Open House In Mount Carroll
Locke Manufacturing announces an open house Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at its Mount Carroll Illinois plant on old State Route 64. Administrative Manager R A Fuss and Plant Manager M I H Dearth cite community support and showcase the new facility with ornamental wrought iron fabrication. Free gifts for adults and refreshments.
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Carroll County
Locke Manufacturing
Mount Carroll
Illinois
Fuss
M. IH. Dearth
Dedication Ceremonies Set at Shimer College
Shimer College hosts dedication ceremonies for the Historic Marker on Sunday November 17 at 2 00 p m on the West grounds Mt Carroll Illinois If needed in bad weather the event moves to Metcalf Hall The program includes remarks by Denis Cowan and William Petty and features the marker unveiling by Robert Meissner and Rebecca Bradford Delivering the message Lucile Gray Shimer graduate and Illinois State Historical Society director The event closes with the Shimer Alma Mater Refreshments will follow in Hostetter Lounge Public invited This is part of Carroll County Sesquicentennial events.
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Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Metcalf Hall
Carroll County Historical Society
The
Illinois State Historical Society
Mount Carroll Community Club
Robert W. Weissmiller
Shimer
Denis Cowan
William B. Petty
Isadore Saidel
Russell
Birk
Robert Meissner
Hinsdale
Iinois
Rebecca Bradford
Ludlow
Mass
Milburn _ P. Akers
Shimer Col
Lucile M. Gray
Carroll County
Funeral services for Wayland Bennett in Fulton
Wayland Buzz Bennett 61 of Thomson died 7 10 pm Wednesday at St Clare hospital Monroe Wisconsin after weeks as patient. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Fay Seesser Fulton with Rev William Porgman officiating. Burial Upper York Argo Fay. Survivors include wife one daughter seven sons and multiple relatives. Burial set in Upper York Cemetery.
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Wayland
Buzz” Bennett
Thomson
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Wisconsin
Fay-Seesser
Fulton
William Porgman
United Methodist Church
Upper York
Argo Fay
Wayland D. Bennett
Earl A
Vera St. Ores Bennett
Dorothy Blair
Peoria
Mount Carroll
United Milk Plant
Thomson Village
Marshall
Thomson Community Unit School
Lord Baltimore Press
Clinton
Iowa
Daucher
Virgil
Marianlee) Jacobs
Mackinaw
Ilinois
Earl
Walter D
Paul — E. Fulton
Terry A
Aaron J Bth
Vera Bennett
E. N. Giles
School Releases First Honor Rolls
Superintendent Howard L Kennedy of the Thomson Community Unit School releases the first nine week honor rolls for junior and senior high students. High School Honors list includes Mike Hill Nancy Bruckner Don Robinson Deborah Bush Kara Grim Vicki Holmquist Barbara Schmitt Sharlene Temple Gordon Hartman Ronald Dykstra Steve Houzenga Stephen Brock Rhonda Fehler Gail Marken Wes Temple Debra Reynolds Mae Tipton. Junior High Honors for 8th grade lists Bonnie Atherton Barbara McKee Susan Ashby Douglas Brock Rhonda Brown Sheila Clark Audrey Fissens Tim Halfman Tom Hartman Stan Krantz Kenneth Schoening Tom Senneff Laurie Sour Christie Tipton Jeffrey Weber. 7th grade has no honorees.
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Howard L Kennedy
Thomson Community Unit School
Susan Ashby
Douglas Brock
Rhonda Brown
Sheila Clark
Audrey Fissens
Tim Halfman
Tom Hartman
Stan Krantz
Kenneth Schoening
Tom Senneff
Laurie Sour
Christie Tipton
Jeffrey Weber
Trojans Face Bellevue In Friday Home Opener
Thomson Trojans opened the season with a 68 to 58 win over Elizabeth and plan a strong year with coach Stan McCrudden entering his third season. The team returns key players Dennis Zink Dwayne Hook and Lee Groharing plus sophomores Doug Bush Wes Temple Rick Dykstra and Bob Bissens. The Frosh Soph squad also shows promise. The first home game is 6 45 p m Friday against Bellevue in Thomson.
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Thomson High School
Thomson Trojans
Fezabeth
McCrudden
Carroll County
Trojan
Trojans
Bellevue
Burglaries Thefts and Vandalism Occupy Sheriff
Carroll County Sheriff Harry H. Miller filed a complaint charging Thomas Clinton Callis, 47, of Peoria Illinois with grand larceny for stealing multiple outboard motors from boats moored on the Mississippi River bank near Riverview about four miles north of Thomson around September 16 1968. Motors noted include 6 hp Evinrude 15 hp Johnson two 6 gallon gas tanks and a fire extinguisher.
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Carroll County
Harry H. Miller
Thomas Clinton Callis
Peoria
Illinois
Mississippi River
Riverview
Thomson
Sheriff's Department
Marion Milton
Willard Bowman
Elton Knapp
Lavere Kness
Verel Hawks
Miller
Callis
Freeport
Moltmann and Smith
Mount Carroll
Dennis Hoover
Lanark High School
Monroe
Wisconsin
Steve Griffith
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Dean L. Smith
Smith
Vernon County
Viroqua
Richard Lamm
Ronald Brinkmeier
Hoover
Griffith
Stephenson County
Carrol County
Clinton Detective Bureau
Clinton
Iowa
Donald Mirick
Robert Ryan
William Geronzin
Elvira Road
Voters Approve Con-Con Ballot Across Illinois
Official counts show Illinois voters favor calling a constitutional convention with about 2.495 million yes votes out of roughly 4.525 million total. Downstate and Cook County united behind the measure, with a January 1969 General Assembly deadline to set delegate procedures and staffing.
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Illinois
Illinois Committee For Constitutional Convention
Kingman Douglass, Jr
William J. Kuhfuss
Ilinois
Cook County
Ilinois General Assembly
Con Con
Thomson News Visitors span Illinois Iowa and Indiana
Mr and Mrs Mervin Marshall visited Mrs Eather Miller in Princeton Illinois on Sunday. Dick Sloan of Urbana and Mr and Mrs Edward Nett Davenport Iowa were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs John Sloan.
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Mervin Marshall
Eather Miller
Princeton, Ilinois
Dick Sloan
Urbana
Edward Nett Davenport
Iowa
John Sloan
Trojans Open Season With 68 58 Win At Elizabeth
Thomson Trojans defeat Elizabeth 68 to 58 in season opener amid 32 fouls and 27 turnovers. Zink led scoring with support from Groharing Hook and Temple. Dykstra and others contributed. Also notes on birthdays and upcoming game vs Bellevue.
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Thomson Trojans
Elizabeth
Trojan
Dennis Zink
Lee Groharing
Dwayne Hook
Zink
Snot
Groharing
Voss
Dykstra
Oso Bush
Eissens Oo
Trailer Contents Lost In Fire
The Thomson fire department responded at 11 50 AM to Hansen's Addition north of Thomson where a mobile home owned by Mr and Mrs Duke Anderson burned completely. The small attached building and contents were destroyed with no items saved.
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Thomson Fire Department
Hansen's
Scouts Plan Thanksgiving Camping Trip to Camp Woodlow
The Junior Girls Scouts will take a camp trip over Thanksgiving break to Camp Woodlow near Sterling. Twenty four girls depart Friday morning November 29 and return Saturday noon, accompanied by Mrs Warren Waltrip, Mrs Robert Plumley and Mrs Richard Miller.
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Camp Woodlow
Sterling
Warren Waltrip
Robert Plumley
Richard Miller
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Schneider Bros
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Locke Mfg
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Stephen Brock
Rhonda Fehler
Gail Marken
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Barbara McKee
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