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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1968
Page
4
The Boy Scout Leadership program at Canyon Camp runs Friday night to Saturday October 11-12, 1968, for the U S Grant Council. Full credit for camping. training aims to equip Scout Masters with junior leader training and outdoor skills. open to any interested adult.
Mrs Olive Powell president of Sinnissippi Mental Health Center announces the second annual meeting Tuesday evening October 15 at 8 00 p m at the new center offices on the Dixon Sterling Freeway A brief board meeting to elect officers follows and new directors from Carroll Lee Ogle Whiteside counties will be announced Refreshments will be served.
Verlin Baker of Cedar Rapids won the 109 lap Midwest Invitational at Speedbowl Park with a 25 lap late surge on a flat tire aided by a safety inner boot. Don Bohlander led briefly early. Herb Shannon of Peoria finished second and Bohlander third as Speedbowl closes for 1968 and plans for 1969.
Seven 4-H members were elected to Carroll County 4-H Federation Council on October 2 with roles including president Chris Keim and secretary Janice Forth. Leadership requires State Project Honor or higher and a majority vote. Gun safety schools for 4-H members set for November 11 taught by NRA instructors Cliff Lichta and Jerry Davis, enroll by November 5 with 10 to 30 members.
Funeral services held in Savanna for William Bouseman 60 formerly of Savanna who died Wednesday morning. Born January 4 1908 in Hanover he is survived by two daughters Betty Rowe and Charlene O Neill one son William Wayne in Vietnam three brothers and a sister, plus a half
A column reprints a Clinton Herald piece by Everett Streit arguing that federal and local actions have expanded government payment for divorce and dependent child aid. It cites cases from Pennsylvania and New York challenging residence rules and noting Supreme Court rulings. The piece criticizes taxpayer subsidies for marriage and non marriage scenarios, calling it a social policy overreach.
Herman Zabel 87 of Savanna died Monday in the Savanna City hospital. Graveside services were held Wednesday in Evergreen cemetery Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. He was born August 6 1881 in Prairie du Chien to John and Carolin Heas Zabel. He married Lena Schaefer July 11 1906 who died March 1943. Survived by one son George of Savanna and by four brothers and a sister.
The Registered Nurses of Northwestern Illinois will meet Tuesday October 15 at 8 PM in the Lutheran Church at Mount Carroll. Guest speaker will be Miss Jeanne Frederick of Stockton, who is blind, speaking on Seeing Without Eyes. Hostesses are Mines Joyce Peterson Darlene Brooks Louise Wagenknecht and Mae Grebner.
Lt. T. C. Swietek, a La Salle Illinois native, has been assigned to Savanna Army Depot as assistant Post Inspector after a year in South Vietnam. He joined the Army in 1965, attended Southern Illinois University, and completed OCS at Aberdeen in 1967 earning a second lieutenant commission. He is single and resides in the Bachelor Officers Quarters at the Depot.
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