Honor Roll of York Township Servicemen
The Review compiles an honor roll of men and women from York Township serving in the United States armed forces. Corrections and additions for rank advancements are welcome as the list grows with new entries such as Wilbur Stickell, Harvey Falls, Albert Kraft, Elwin Rice, Richard Robinson, and many others across Army Navy Air Corps Marines and Coast Guard.
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United States
York Township
Wilbur Stickell
U. 8S
Harvey Falls
U. S. Army
Albert Kraft
U. S. Navy
Elwin Rice
Richard Robinson
Roland Rice
Herbert Rawlins
Virtue Johnson
Hubert A. Cate
U. 8. Army Air Corps
Charles Bull
Epa Hook
Robert Rawlins
Paul Rice
U. 8. Army
D.gilpin Stagg
Kenneth Cooper
Fay Groharing
Elmer Haas
Army Air Corps
Kyle Bennett
Robert Demaree
Rolland Mitchell
U. S. Army Air Corps
Everald G. Foltz
Harold Porter
Harry E. Root
Eugene Johnson
Burrell Brown
Gerald Diephuis
Charles Griswold
Kyle McGinnis
Harry Stoner
U. S. Navy Air Corps
Guy Libberton
U.S. Navy
D. M. Gleason
Harold Ashpole
Donald Ashpole
Earl Shelly
U. Army Air Corps
Donald Bennett
Local social notes from Morrison and surroundings
Miss Adeline Holsinger was taken to her sister’s home in Morrison with appendicitis. Adjoining weekend visits include Mr. and Mrs. Behr of Moline, now corrected about Clinton relocation. Ralph Holsinger shipped 30 head of Hereford calves from Kansas City. Other guests and callers frequented households in Morrison, Lanark, and Savanna.
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John Port
Morrisan
Ralph Holsinger
Adeline Holsinger
Marvin Terrelt
Morrison
Donald Ditsworth
Floyd Cleitz
Savanna
Lyle Toepher
Mt. Carroll
Duane McCullogh
Ida McCullogh
Wilbur la Shelle
Cora Mertz
Chas. Sack
Chas. Behr
Moline
Behrs
Clinton
Kansas City
Emma van Buskirk
Lanark
Grade News Highlights from Last Week
The boys played the high school on Tuesday with a 10 to 4 win for the high school. The second game ended in a 5 to 5 tie. Report cards were distributed Wednesday. Teachers will be baying institute Thursday and Friday, so no school. The seventh grade studies equations and finds it interesting.
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Baying Institute
Local visits and hospital stay noted in Thomson briefs
Robert Miller plans a weekend at home to visit his father Fred Miller a patient at Jane Lamb hospital. Mrs Paul Lewis and Mrs Hazel Stage visited Apple River Canyon State park Sunday. Miss Alvina Hass of Clinton is spending the week with Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson.
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Robert Miller
Fred Miller
Jane Lamb Hospital
Paul Lewis
Hazel Stage
Apple River Canyon State Park
Alvina Hass
Clinton
Carl Peterson
Private Earl Kness and Mary Rickard wed in Missouri
Pvt Earl Kness son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Kness and Miss Mary Rickard daughter of Mrs M Rickard of Galesburg were married on Friday Oct 9 in Kahoka Missouri attended by Mr and Mrs Edward Lawton of Galesburg. The couple dined at a Burlington Iowa hotel. Mrs Kness will stay in Galesburg with her mother while he returns to Fort Knox Kentucky for army duties.
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Earl Kness
Mary Rickard
Pvt
Wesley Kness
M. Rickard
Galesburg
Kahoka
Edward Lawton
Burlington
Iowa
Kness
Fort Knox
Parkhill and Ideal schools stage Halloween program
Pupils from Parkhill and Ideal schools present a program Thursday evening October 22 at 8 pm in Parkhill School. Helen Hans will assist at the piano. A cake walk and refreshments follow. The program features songs, dialogues including How Ben Was Hung and The Troubles of an Editor, plus performances by named students and staff. Roland Starck leads as teacher.
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Parkhill and
Ideal Schools
Parkhill and Ideal
Parkhill
Helen Hans
Hallowe’en
Robert Appel
Marvin Kaufman
Marie
Katie
Phyllis Webster
Sambo
Clyde Kaufman
Bernice Hartman
Hale
Jimmy Roark
Mr. Long
Wayne Filloon
Josie
Millie Judd
Carol Spangler
Mr. Waggs
Bernard Hartman
Benjamin
Ellen Filloon
Harold Kramer
Paul Hartman
Erma Erling
Edwin Webster
Lyle Kaufman
Glenn Kaufman
Hans
Roland Starck
Mt Carroll couple wed at Carroll Lutheran church
Miss Helen Rogers and Roy Dykstra were married Friday at 4 p m in the parsonage of Carroll Lutheran church with Rev E C Dolbeer officiating. The couple, now home on a farm trailer in Ustick, plan to work and reside locally. Officers and family joined in the ceremony and the Rogers and Dykstra families hosted after the wedding. Local visitors from Morrison called at Harold Witt’s home Sunday afternoon.
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Helen Rogers
Harry Rogers
Mt. Carroll
Roy Dykstra
Ben Dykstra
Thomson
Mr. Carroll Lutheran Church
E. C. Dolbeer
Ronald Ritenour
Harold Witt
Ralph Irion
Morrison
Everett Eslinger
Scrap drive mobilizes York township volunteers
Most businesses close except restaurants and gas stations to aid a township scrap collection. Ten trucks and volunteer workers scour the countryside for junk as piles grow at Franecke Switzer hardware. Citizens join the effort in a wide scrap drive across the area.
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York Township
Couple's Sunday Drive Ends With Picnic Dinner
Mr and Mrs Leonard Stage and Mrs Paul Heusinkveld drove to Apple River Canyon on Sunday and were greeted by Rev and Mrs Clarence Plock of Warren for a pleasant picnic dinner.
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Leonard Stage
Paul Heusinkveld
Apple River Canyon
Clarence Plock
Warren
Churches Readies York Community Sunday Schedule
York churches announce 9:30 Sunday school and Catholic Sunday morning services with a focus on community outreach.
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York
Argo Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday school at 9 30. Preaching at 7 30 p m. The ladies aid met Tuesday afternoon at the church.
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Ladies’ Aid
Hunting Season Opens Thursday in Local Area
The duck hunting season starts Thursday October 15 and runs through December 23. Geese and brant may be hunted in the period with a daily limit of ten ducks, including one wood duck and up to three redheads or buffleheads. geese and brant limit two, plus four blue geese if taken, or six blue geese when taken alone. Baiting and live decoys are prohibited. Open-water hunting allowed, but not on government leased lands.
Steak Fry Echoes Through Savanna Park Gathering
A Sunday steak fry at Palisades park in Savanna attracted Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vogel and several neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. Chas Whistler and son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bierman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carroll and Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hogg, Jean and June Groharing. Jimmy Wiebenga, recently returning from Colorado, plans a Tennessee visit tonight.
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Palisades Park
Savanna
Henry Vogel
Chas, Whistler
Morrison
Fred Bierman
Lyndon
Robert Carroll
Barbara
C. W. Hogg
Jean
June Groharing
Newlyweds Honored at Leonard Porter Home
A group of relatives and friends gathered at the Leonard Porter home Monday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stiles. They were all taken to town and treated. Hostesses Mrs. Florence Johnson and Mrs. Edna Cooper gave a shower for Mrs. Stiles on Wednesday afternoon.
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Wibur Stiles
Leonard Porter
Florence Johnson
Edna Cooper
Stiles
Petty Officer Robert Williams Graduates From Great Lakes
Robert Williams will graduate as a petty officer at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Saturday morning. He plans a day furlough later that day to visit Thomson and spend time with his family.
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Robert Williams
Great Lakes
Thomson
Railroad mileage realigned with key transfers announced
The East Clinton and Union Grove sections of the C N W railroad were expanded by adding the intervening segment. Herman Timmons, in charge since 1919, is moved to a section at Austin NL. Mrs Timmons will join him there after November 1.
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East Clinton
Union Grove
Herman Timmons
Austin
Timmons
Beautiful fall color on Thomson area maples
Trees in Thomson and surrounding communities show vivid fall color with hard maples highlighted. Leaves are falling early but display a green to gold palette, making an attractive scene. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sack visited Fred Miller at Jane Lamb hospital Sunday afternoon.
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Thomson
Mrs
Wesley Sack
Fred Miller
Jane Lamb Hospital
Thomson Methodist Church Morning Worship Announcement
Thomson Methodist Church at 10:00 a m holds morning worship at 11:00 a m. Pastors sermon titled A Fourfold Growth of Life led by I A Woodrow.
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Thomson Methodist Church
I. A. Woodrow
Single Ring Ceremony Unites Wilbur Stiles and Alta Porter
A Wayland Missouri ceremony unites Alta Lucille Porter and Wilbur Stiles in a single ring wedding read by Rev. James R. Shultz. Attendants include Jack Warfield of Savanna. reception at a Burlington cafe. family guests from Hillsdale Savanna Port Byron and nearby towns.
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Wilbur Stiles
Alta Lucille Porter
Leonard Porter
Argona
Alta Lucille
Bruce Stiles
Near Savanna
James R. Shultz
Methodist Church
Wayland
Jack Warfield
Savanna
Burlington
Pvt
Harold Porter
Stiles
Savanna Township
Baptist Service and Sunday School Schedule
Baptist Rev. R. H. Leitner leads morning worship at 9 30. Sunday school begins at 10 30. Ladies' aid meets all day Thursday October 22 with Mrs Otto Switzer.
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R. H. Leitner
Ladies’ Aid
Otto Switzer
Fair Haven E C Peacock to Lead Services and Meetings
Fair Haven E C pastor Fair Haven E C Peacock announces schedule for Oct. 15 to Oct. 18. Prayer service at the church on Thursday night, E L C E social at Howard Metz home Friday, Sunday school at 10 a m, E L C E at 7 30 p m, and a sermon by Dr Phillip Beusher at 8 p m followed by quarterly conference.
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E. C. Peacock
Howard Metz
Phillip Beuscher
Ideal Sunday Church Schedule and Guest Speaker
The Ideal Sunday school meets at 10 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Evening service follows at 7:30 p.m. Arletta Hartman led C E this week. Rev Hoak gave the evening message. Special numbers featured a vocal duet by Mrs Harold Stoner and Arletta Hartman and a selection by the Ideal quartet. Rev Cummings of Sterling will present the message Sunday evening Oct 18.
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Christian Endeavor
Arletta Hartman
C. E
Rev. Hoak
Harold Stoner
Ideal Quartet
Rev. Cummings
Sterling
Miss Jimmy's Junior Play Heads to York Community High
York Community high school stages the junior play Miss Jimmy on Oct. 25 1942 under director Miss Shirley Ritzenthaler. The cast features Louise Beverly Marshall Florence Darlene Ashby Catherine June King Doris Bernice Kness Harriet Betty Flickinger Droopy Charles Barr Miss Watkins Mary Blair Jimmy Junior Hook Professor Frazier Frank Manning and others as they navigate romance and social roles in a campus comedy.
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York Community High School
Jimmy
Shirley Ritzenthaler
Louise
Prince Charming
Beverly Marshall
Florence
Darlene Ashby
Catherine
June King
Doris
Bernice Kness
Harriet
Betty Flickinger
Droopy
Charles Barr
Miss Watkins
Mary Blair
Junior Hook
Professor Frazier
Oxford” College
Frank Manning
Scull and Bones
Briar Mountain College For Women
Illness and injuries among Woodstock Savanna residents
Blair Goble undergoes appendectomy Friday morning. Fred Miller Sr. improves after hospital admission. Mrs. Arthur Thompson ill at home in Savanna. Robert Smith in iron lung shows improvement after days of illness. Jesse Jurgens injured when hay rope broke at home. Isabelle Prins recovers from tonsillitis. Blaine Lohmeier treated for broken collar bone at Freeport hospital. LeRoy Prins shows improvement at home.
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Blair Goble
Glen Goble
Woodstock
G. A. Smith
Fred Miller
Jane Lamb Hospital
Arthur Thompson
Savanna
Robert Smith
Lloyd Smith
Jesse Jurgens
Isabelle Prins
Blaine Lohmeier
Freeport Hospital
LeRoy Prins
PLAN TO MARRY IN SAN DIEGO
Miss Henrietta Sikkema daughter of Mr and Mrs L W Sikkema Savanna and Delbert Gaar son of Harry Gaar Thomson announce their engagement and approaching marriage in San Diego They plan a wedding at First Lutheran church with Rev Wosseler officiating A dinner will follow at Mrs Bek's home Gaar served in the U S Army in San Diego and Sikkema has worked in Chicago prior to moving to California.
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Henrietta Sikkema
L. W. Sikkema
Savanna
Delbert Gaar
Harry Gaar
Thomson
Sikkema
San Diego
First Lutheran Church
Wosseler
Bek
Gaar
U. S. Army
Chicago
Local families visit relatives across Illinois towns
Mt Carroll residents Mr. and Mrs. Newt Ritenour and children Mildred and Jimmy spent Monday evening with neighbors. Several couples and relatives from Mt Carroll Clinton Savanna and Chadwick traveled to visit kin in Clinton and Portland area. Weekend guests included E A Cleeton of Chicago and weitere relatives visiting Clinton and Mt Carroll families.
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Newt Ritenour
Mildred
Jimmy
Mt. Carroll
Frank Warfield
Roy Heitman
William Griswold
St. Paul
Mae
Lyle
Edgar
Spring Valley
Paul Turney
Chadwick
Blaine Turney
Clinton
B. R. Lewis
Cecil Frosch
Brett
Francis Sager
Savanna
Pat Cate
Gladys Cate
Hastings
Neb
Henry Sack
Ruth
Morrison
Wesley Sack
W. F. Reynolds
Cortland
Alice Lewis
Chas. Jenkins
Ralph Olds
Claus Prins
Martin Rose
Mary Warfield
L. S. Abbott
Albert Prins
Dave Geerts
Albany
Peter Smith
Garden Plain
Will Fink
Herman Daehler
Elizabeth
Nellie Parsons
Robert Groharing
E. A. Cleeton
Chicago
Local families host guests across multiple towns
Sunday and weekday visits mark social life with guests from Lanark Chadwick Fulton Morrison Belvidere and Colona. Dinners, calls, and belated visits include the Grim and Hogg households, the Warfield, Plumley and Tobey families, and the Jones and Schade households.
Woman's Club to Introduce New Type Program in School
Gilbert Lehman of Harmon Newfoundland announces the betrothal of his daughter Miss Lucila Winona Lehman to Corp Roy W. Parker son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Parker of Dixon.
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Woman’s Club
Gilbert Lehman
Harmon
Hat
Lucila Winona Lehman
Corp
Roy W. Parker
Wayne Parker
Dixon
Schwan couple plan farewell parties before move to Fairview
Mé and Mrs Clarence Schwan host several farewell parties as they prepare to leave Morrison for Fairview Kana. They ran a Morrison hatchery for years and will visit her mother in Fairview and his family in Okla home City before departing.
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Clarence Schwan
Morrison
Fairview
Kana
Oklahome City
Vacations For Pupils As Teachers Attend Institute
The pupils of the high and grade schools enjoy a two day vacation while teachers attend institute Thursday and Friday.
High School Honor Roll and Class Officers Listed
The document lists Honor Roll names for Seniors Harriett Roggendorf Helen Hans Pauline Carpenter Martha French Mary Alice Wheeler La vonna Potter. Juniors Darlene Ashby Charles Barr Gladys Dykstra June King Peverly Marshall. Sophomores Mary Ellen Halfman Lucille Prins Pauline Sikkema. Freshmen Lila Curley Lucille Larson Evelyn Ashpole Evelyn Houzenga Ruth Strubb. Perfect Attendance names include Seniors Mary Alice Wheeler Sophomores Vivian Wheeler Lorra ine Young Juniors Charles Barr June King Freshmen Evelyn Ashpole Lila Curley Evelyn Houzenga Dean Robinson Ruth Strubb. Class Officers show Senior Pete Cate president Pearl Holman vice president Robert Smith secretary treasurer Miss Goldenstein adviser. Junior Charles Barr president Andrew Hook vice president Alma Robison secretary Darlene Ashby treasurer Miss Ritzenthaler adviser. Sophomore Earl Holman president June Groharing vice president Mary Ellen Halfman secretary treasurer Mr. Elliott adviser. Freshman Harlan Spangler president Dean Robinson vice president Lavonne Robinson secretary Kenneth Bielema treasurer Mr. Blodgett adviser.
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Helen Hans
Harriett Roggendorf
Pauline Carpenter
Martha French
Mary Alice Wheeler
Lavonna Potter
Darlene Ashby
Charles Barr
Gladys Dykstra
June King
Peverly Marshall
Mary Ellen Halfman
Lucille Prins
Pauline Sikkema
Lila Curley
Lucille Larson
Evelyn Ashpole
Evelyn Houzenga
Ruth Strubb
Vivian Wheeler
Lorraine Young
Dean Robinson
Pete Cate
Pearl Holman
Robert Smith
Miss Goldenstein
Andrew Hook
Alma Robison
Miss Ritzenthaler
Earl Holman
June Groharing
Mr. Elliott
Harlan Spangler
Lavonne
Sunday Guests Visit Wesley Kness Family Details
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Bill Geerts with children from Erie Mrs LaVere Kness of Savanna Pvt and Mrs Earl Kness from Galesburg Mr and Mrs C J Green and sons of Mrs Hattie Rawlins spent a couple of days last week at Kyle Rawlins home Mr and Mrs Donald Smith and Ison Duane spent the weekend at Lockport with the Conrad Lillie family
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Wesley
Thomson Woman's Club approves revised bylaws and elects new VP
The Thomson Woman's Club met October 14 at Mrs. Alfred Smith's home. Bylaws revised by Salome McGinty, Frances Switzer, and Cora Stickell were adopted. Adeline Groharing elected vice president to fill a vacancy left by Mrs. Glenn Demaree. Switzer reported on district meeting in Sterling September 24 urging collaboration with Red Cross knitting First aid and nutrition courses and scrap drives. A $5 Red Cross donation was proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Alfred Smith
Salome McGinty
Frances Switzer
Cora Stickell
Adeline Groharing
Glenn Demaree
War Service Rehairman
Sterling
U.S. O
Red Cross
Eugene Murray
Savanna
Adeline Graharing
Groharing
Bertha Grimm
Ralph Fedler
Shirley Ritzenthaler
Franz Schubert
Ava Maria
Couple Weds in Clinton Iowa Lutheran Church
Miss Betty Hansen daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Hansen Argo and Elmer Davenport son of Mr and Mrs Frank Davenport Perry ville Wisconsin united in marriage at Second Zion Lutheran Clinton Iowa on Wednesday Sept 30. Rev Krueger officiated. The couple will continue work at the Savannah ordnance depot and live at 20 Third St Savannah.
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Betty Hansen
Hans Hansen
Argo
Elmer Davenport
Frank Davenport
Perryville
Wis
Second Zion Lutheran Church
Clinton
Krueger
Miss Gorzne
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Third St
Savanna
Weekend Visits Across Iowa and Illinois Families
Mr and Mrs M J Strukhoff and son Paul spent the weekend at Maquoketa Iowa with Mrs Chas Rogers parents and were joined by Mrs Ray Darling and Kay of Cedar Rapids Iowa who returned Sunday to Thom son and stayed with Mrs Strukhoff. Mrs Harold Atherton and children of Moline Illinois visited the Willi am Strubb home. Mrs Vernon Leudeke and daughter of Freeport were guests of her parents Mr and Mrs J Y Stickell. Monday visitors at the J Y Stickell home included Mr and Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk Lanark Illinois Mr and Mrs Chas Behr Moline Illinois and Mr and Mrs Chas Sack Argo.
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B. R. Lewis
Robert Lewis
Ida Weber
Harvey Marshall
Claude Grim
Lee Dyson
Lanark
Dale Mayden
Clinton
George Hicks
Robert
Chas
Hogg
Frank Plumley
John Vogel
Fulton
Albany
Carl Johansen
Mark Kradle
Chadwick
Frank Warfield
Joe Warfield
Dorothy
Marie Crow
Morrison
John Schade
Dick Williams
Green River
George Collinson
Belvidere
Richard Badtke
William Badtke
H. A. Tobey
M. L. Tobey
LeClaire
Merle Atherton
Harold Tomman
Colona
Clarence Jones
M. J. Strukhoff
Paul
Chas. Rogers
Maquoketa
Ray Darling
Kay
Cedar Rapids
Thomson
Harold Atherton
Moline
William Strubb
Vernon Leudeke
Freeport
J. Y. Stickell
Clarence van Buskirk
Chas Behr
Chas. Sack
Argo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Argo FA
Thomson Briefs
Ft. Knox, Ky
Argo Methodist
Jimmy Wiebenga
Colorado
Tennessee
Ralph Pannier
Olga Andersen
Emil Bier
Laura
Donald Wainwright
Hillsdale
Forrest ‘Gilbert
Raymond Schave
Marilyn
Port Byron
Frank Jadtke
K. B. Carpenter
DeKalb
Sam Gunn
Frank Moore
Gene
Will Hower
J. C. Teeter
Elgin
Charles Hower
Ella Orr
Mae Densmore
Art Anderson
Sycamore
Fair Haven
Margaret Cochran
Evelyn George
Edna Tucker
Ida Seim
Ford Grimm
Argo Club
R. T. Houghton
Amy Lewis
Louella Diehl
Hortense Nipe
Erelyn Welch
Mayme Mummert
Brownies
Joan Wilt
Gayle Grim
Arla St. Ores
Janibelle Beck
Thomson 500 Club
Clara Andring
R. I. Houghton
Girl Scouts
Argo Home Ee
Argo Methodist Church
Carroll County
Evelyn Welch
Maude McGinty
Edith Robison
Alice Switzer
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