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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1964
Page
3
A divorce decree was granted Thursday in Carroll County Circuit Court to Jesse Fosdick of Savannah from Darla Fosdick. Fosdick spoke with Judge Robert L. Brac.
Ken reports his wife fired five shots from a revolver at him on August 29 near a Savanna roller skating rink. Divorce granted on grounds of cruelty.
Democratic speakers in Savanna credit Governor Otto Kerner with restoring solvency and fiscal integrity, noting no new taxes for 1963 65 and nearly 100 million more tax revenue from improved collection. They cite the Illinois Building Authority as a long term financing tool and highlight gains in education health welfare and safety.
An all-women Home Economics extension group at Farm Bureau Hall Mt. Carroll presented a slip cover school. Miss Virginia Seidel from the University of Illinois demonstrated measuring and fitting a five piece cover using denim or twill fabrics. Attendees included Mary Frey Raymond Schreiner B Tack Paul Gro haring and others from Savanna Thomson Mt. Carroll Lanark and Shannon with the session noting easier fit and laundering with separate pieces.
Rockford attorney David Connolly announced Illinois State Bar Association judges advisory poll results. Incumbents Robert L. Bracken Dixon Marvin F. Burt and Leon A. Zick were rated qualified with no opponents in the retention vote. Thirty ballots returned. Carroll Jo Daviess and Ogle counties participated.
At a Carroll County Young Republicans meeting Mrs. Maxine Polhill spoke on becoming an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco and about convention sessions. The group called for volunteers for a door to door canvass in Mt. Carroll on Oct 12 and for election day helpers on Nov 3.
Calendar lists event period from April 22 1964 to October 18 1964 and April 21 1965 to October 17 1965 for the New York World’s Fair in Flushing Long Island.
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