York native Mary Dyson dies in Lanark at 77
Mrs. Mary Dyson 77 died at 10 15 p m Tuesday at her Lanark home after a paralytic stroke Sunday. Funeral Friday in Lanark with Rev E Y Knapp officiating, burial in Lanark cemetery. Born May 1870 in York township, she married George W Dyson Feb 22 1888. Surviving four children two of them in Lanark plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Mary Dyson
Lanark
E. Y. Knapp
Lanark Cemetery
Dyson
York Township
David Grim
George W. Dyson
York
Thomson
Lanark Christian Church
Beltista Chapter
Royal Neighbors of
America
Glen
Des Moines
Thelma
Springfield
Lee Dyson
Frank Kimmel
George East
Joseph Grim
Chadwick
Claud Grim
Nettie Baker
York High School Fall Activities Overview
The York High School offers diverse studies and clubs with updates on algebra, troap ezoids, and circles. typing and school paper work. science experiments. English spelling and poetry memorization. seniors rehearsing the Daffy Dills play. November 7 is a date to note with agronomy and yield contest plans in Carroll county.
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Yorkster
Carroll County
Rome
Leona Curley
Ken Gablin
Margaret Noordhoff
Junior St. Ores
Carolyn Marshall
Tid Bits from the Home Front and Local Notes
A collage of memories and small town news. Mentions Corregidor and veterans, family updates with Sis Lucille and Vernon, report cards, a new shop by Dorethe Lewis, a 24th gym dance, and Dick’s upcoming return after tonsil surgery.
Fall Conference of Woman's Clubs Held in Lanark
Carroll county Woman's clubs met in Lanark Church of the Brethren on Tuesday October 14 with county president Mrs. C Sumner Carrow in charge. The program featured welcome remarks by Mrs. Mathias and an address on Youth and Good Citizenship, chorus performances, a Harvest Home Festival talk, piano solos, and a luncheon for 55. Attendees included club presidents from Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Mt Carroll Salem Merry Circle Savanna and Thomson.
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Carroll County
Woman's Clubs
Church of the Brethren
Lanark
C. Sumner Carrow
Savanna
R. B. Polhill
Milledgeville
I. C. Paul
Mathias
Darrow
Chas. Hower
Chadwick
W. J. Schreiner
Harmon Bro
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Mesdames J. W. Gillespie
Harry Gaar
E. O. Hemmer
Adeline Groharing
Gerald Brown
Eugene Murray
Ernest Smith
Signs To Be Installed To Slow School Traffic
The State Police will place signs at the grade and high school as requested by the American Legion Commander C. W. Hogg to reduce traffic during school commutes. A representative will visit soon to speak with students about the traffic issue.
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American Legion
C. W. Hogg
Card of Thanks for 86th Birthday Remembrance
Mrs Frank Anderson expresses gratitude to friends who sent cards and remembrances on her 86th birthday last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Anderson
Bereavement Thanks From Gleason Family
Mr and Mrs Dee Gleason Mr and Mrs Russell Gleason and Family express gratitude for kind assistance and expressions of sympathy during their recent bereavement. Your thoughtfulness will long be remembered. 1 lt 10-16x
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Dee Gleason
Russell Gleason
In Memoriam for Dear Old Daddy
In memory of a beloved father, the poem notes a treasured picture in the heart. Mrs. Blanche Beck signs the remembrance with affection and enduring regard for a father whose memory remains vivid and cherished.
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Daddy
Blanche Beck
Baptist Sunday School Weiner Roast Social
York Baptist Sunday School held a weiner roast at the Witt home. Co-hosts were Mr and Mrs Hoff. The program included singing readings and musical numbers with a bonfire finale. Bus ter Watt drew praise for building the bonfire.
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Weiner
York Baptist
Marolid Witt
Wis Hoff
Buster” Watt
Three Ships and Church Plans Anthem and Lessons
The article lists James W. Gillespie as minister with morning worship at 10.90 a m and a 11 500 a m Sunday School led by Herbert St. Ores. Evening service at 7 30 p m covers A Great Separation. Women and Men Bible classes meet, with topics on faith power and Saul the anointed. A closing hymn presents a prayer for stewardship and global reverence.
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James W. Gillespie
Herbert St. Ores
Lloyd Smith
Edson Holland
Roy Heitman
Wm. Griswold
Saul
Methodist church schedules Sunday worship and events
The Thomson Methodist Church posts morning worship at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Argo and Thomson schools share sessions. Evening worship is at 7 30 p.m. A Thomson trustees meeting is planned Friday at the parsonage. A November 2 program features Phillip fine friends describing a church fire trial.
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D. J. Draper
Thomson
Argo
Thomson Trustees
Phillipfine
The Creative Power of Faith at Catholic York Sunday
Catholic York community events highlight a morning worship service titled The Creative Power of Faith on Sunday October 19 at 11 o clock. Attendees are invited to reflect on whether faith is inherited or created and how faith translates into daily life.
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Thomas O. Cleworth
Chineh School
Iin
Local Health Updates In Clinton Community
Bruce Groharing returned home Sunday after several weeks in June Lamb hospital. Mrs. Fanny Rhymer suffers a severe cold at her brother James Green’s home. Dick McGinty had a tonsillectomy at Mercy Hospital Wednesday and plans to return home today.
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Bruce Groharing
June Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Fanny Rhymer
James Green
Dick McGinty
Mercy Hospital
Golden Rule Class Hosts St Oves Home Meeting
The Golden Rule Class of the Baptist Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert St Oves with Mr and Mrs Ken Kemmer as co hosts. Officers elected included Herbert St Ores president Ivan Carroll vice president Mrs Harold Witt secretary treasurer and Mrs Kenneth Kemmer reporter. A lunch of sandwiches pumpkin pie and coffee followed with Rev Gillespie Barbara Ivan Carroll Terry Me and others in attendance.
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Herbert
Oves
Ken Kemmer
The
Baptist Church
Herbert St. Ores
Ivan Carroll
Harold Witt
Kenneth Kemmer
Gillespie
Barbara
Terry
Paul Witt
Evelyn
Roy Heitman
Gilbert Holland
Kemmer
St. Ores
Francis Hoff
Mary Ann
Garden Plain
Additions Bring Total $72.50 From Woman's Club Sale
Additional funds from a rummage and food sale were turned into the Woman's club, bringing the total to 72.50. A spring sale is planned. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Holland visited the Stickells in Chadwick. Mrs. Vernon McGinty, recently released from Ottawa Sanitarium, returned home. Miss Neva Baker of Morrison lunched with her cousin, Mrs. Lena Stagg.
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C. W. Hogg
A. A. Day
Savanna
Arvid Anderson
Glen Ellyn
Charles McGinty
Dick McGinty
Babs
Vernon McGinty
J. Y. Stiex
Chadwick
Woman's. Club
Woman's Club
Hobart Holland
J. Y. Stickell
Ottawa
Neva Baker
Morrison
Lena Stagg
F. F. A. Members Elect Officers
The Thomson F. F. A. Chapter elected officers on Sept. 23 at the local high school. Ellis Pickens was named president with Darrell Gaar as secretary and Merle Bielema as treasurer. Arnold Sikkema became reporter and Alfred Dykstra sentinel.
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Thomson F. F. A
Ellis Pickens
Darrell Gaar
Merle Bielema
Arnold Sikkema
Alfred Dykstra
Paul Hartman
Section T
Lena
Don Kraft
Ronald Bull
Tom Root
John Elliott
David “Bobby” Young
Bob Heusinkveld
John Stearns
Ken Gablin
Fay “Skeeter” Ashby
Willard LaDew, Jr
St. Ores
Ellis Pick
Sunday visits mark health concerns in Hanover area
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heitman called on Mr. Fanny Sherrard at Hanover Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Sherrard suffering from ill health. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hemmer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cate and Cynthia.
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Roy Heitman
Fanny Sherrard
Hanover
Sherrard
E. O. Hemmer
Bob Cate
Cynthia
Carroll County Oratorical Contest Invites High Schools
Schools of Carroll County will join in the National High School Oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion National Americanism commission. Inter school eliminations select four contestants per high school for county finals and district meet en route to a national contest with a four year scholarship for the national winner.
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I Participaton
Carroll County
National Americanism Commission
The
American Legion
United States
A. Mackenzie
Savanna
National Americanism Commission of the American Legion
T. 8
Cleworth
G. H. P. Guttke
A W O L Club Party at Mickelsons and Local Notices
A W O L club hosted a social evening at Miss Lila Mickelson’s home featuring a whist game with prizes for top and low scores. The event included decor, refreshments, and Friday greetings. The newsletter also notes a Methodist ladies bake sale raising 209.4 dollars and lists various social visits to Ashpole, Sorenson, and others, plus updates on the Chester Green farm barn.
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AL W. O
Lila Mickelson
Otto Switzer
Esther Schmittie
Greivene
Mason Swiss Bell Ringers Give Clinton Methodist Concert
Clinton residents attended a concert at the Methodist church by the Mason Swiss Bell Ringers with many local families listed as attendees. Weekending guests included Ben and Nellie Schade and Charles Wender of Lake Beulah Wisconsin. Additional visits feature Mr. Carroll guest Frank Switner and the Griwolds hosting at their home in recent days.
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Ray Brenneman
Sidney Brenneman
Paul Lewis
Hazel Stagg
Clinton
Frank Switner
Virgil Wilt
Carl Haag
George Haag
Chadwick
Charles Sack
Trojans Face Heavy Schedule as Practice Starts
Thomson Post 1025 American Legion announces community dance on October 24 with Luie Geisinger and orchestra providing music. Dance runs 9 to 1 with tickets to be sold soon.
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Thomson Post 1025
The
American Legion
Luie Geisinger
Durin
Argo Home Economics Club To Meet With Pot Luck
The Argo Home Economics club will meet Friday October 17 at the Argo Methodist church annex with a noon pot luck dinner. Mrs. Ernest Smith will give a talk, there will be music, and officers will be elected. West End Home Bureau meets October 28 with Mrs. John Halfman Sr. The major lesson is Room Color Combinations by Miss Footitt. the minor Winter Bouquets by Mrs. Dick McGinty. Mrs. John Halfman elected chairman succeeding Miss Mary Sheridan who resigned. Other officers named: Vice chairman Harold Witt recreation chairman Fred Peters health chairman E O Hemmer publicity chairman Paul K Witt program. Membership committee: Miss Mary Sheridan chairman, Mrs. Ken Kemmer, Mrs. Charles Sack, Mrs. Fred J Miller.
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Argo Fa Home Economics
Argo Home Economics Club
Argo Methodist Church
Ernest Smith
West End
West End Home Bureau
John Halfman
Footitt
Dick McGinty
Mary Sheridan
Harold Witt
Fred Peters
E. O. Hemmer
Paul K. Witt
Ken Kemmer
Charles Sack
Fred J. Miller
Paper drive delayed as Scouts request postponed pickup
A mix-up in dates left Clinton Boy Scouts unable to collect papers Saturday. They ask residents to hold their papers until an open date is secured, tying bundles if possible or submitting them any way until collection resumes.
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Clinton
Halloween Festival and Parade Planned at High School
The Thomson Review notes an after parades event at the high school with games movies and cats for children through high school age after the parade. Prizes will be awarded in classes listed in the October 2 issue.
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Thomson Review
Regan Ambulance Aids After Rochelle Tragedy
A Rockford College student died and two others were injured in an accident 12 miles north of Rochelle last week. The Regan ambulance, driven by Mr Regan, assisted at the scene as two girls, Miss Elizabeth Chinn and Miss Gretchen Gleason, were taken to hospital in Rockford. Dorothy Thielman died at Rochelle hospital after the crash as the other vehicle turned onto the pavement on the way to a homecoming dance at NIIT in De Kalb.
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Rochelle
Rockford College
Regan
Niit
de Kalb
Dorothy Thielman
Elizabeth Chinn
Gretchen Gleason
Rockford
Church Dinner and Bazaar Set for October 22
The Community church ladies host an annual dinner and bazaar on Wednesday evening October 22 in the church annex. Dinner begins at 6:30 after 4 p.m. gate sale tickets cost 5 for adults and 50 cents for children. Mrs. Lawrence Toberman welcomed visitors Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Lockstead of Clinton.
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Community Church
Wesley Lockstead
Clinton
Lawrence Toberman
George Mattie
Henry Holesinger
11Th Ave
Fulton
Mary Jo Sheridan
Lafayette Hotel
Savanna
Birth of John Michael Halfman at Morrison Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. John Halfman welcome a son named John Michael born Wednesday October 1 at Morrison hospital. The child's grandfather is Mr. John Halfman Sr.
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John Halfman
John Michael
the Morrison Hospital
Mr. Halfman
Trojans Prepare for 20 Game Season With New Schedule
Coach Munson released player data as Trojan basketball practice begins with 20 games plus three tournaments under new state rules. New opponents Hillsdale Cordova Port Byron join the schedule as senior Ronald Bull and Tom Root named co captains.
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Ronald Bull
Tom Root
Munson
Trojan
Hillsdale
Cordova
Port Byron
Elizabeth
Ben Dimmick
Trojans
Sandridge School News Highlights Attendance and Fall Activities
Eighth graders William OLeary Ronald Smith and Carol and Phy lis Miller had perfect attendance in the first six weeks. Other perfect attendees include Julia Feddersen fifth grade Richard Miller and William Feddersen second grade. Visitors Donna Feddersen and Mr Bruci noted. Students tested with good vision. Report cards issued. grades strong with some needing more study. Gold star spelling winners Carol Miller William Poorman Julia and William Fedderson. New library books arrived and history book assignments set. First graders begin second pre primer We Work and Play. Fall weather boosts baseball interest and radio programs from WLS WHA KRKOS engage students. Lessons cover stories music conservation and rhythms. A school quilt project will be sold at the social. Fall events planned October 30 include Squaring It With The Boss When the Ghosts Walked on Halloween and Professor Samuel Snickertz Hallowe en pantomime. Public invited Thursday October 30 at p m for program and focal donations welcomed. Popular girl contest fourhanded men contest and kiddie contest anticipated. Two days vacation this week as teachers attend institute Mt Carroll and Rockford. Homecoming Sept 28 hosted. reporters Carol Phyllis Miller William Poorman Ronald Smith. Teacher Libbie C Rupple.
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William O'Leary
Ronald Smith
Carol
Phylis Miller
Julia Feddersen
Richard Miller
William Feddersen
Donna Feddersen
Mr. Bruci
Carol Miller
William Poorman
Julia
William Fedderson
Popu
Hallowe'en
Samuel Snickerwitz
Deau
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Christian Endeavor
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Matrona
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Gene Flack
Hack Kaiser
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Blackhawk Village
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Herbert St. Oves
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Groharing
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Lyle Williston
Vazar
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Ralph Christiansen
Harold Sorenson
John Ashpole
Janice
Gene Fehler
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Oscar Kraft
Albert Kraft
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Carroll
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Dean Hodges
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Lyle Mitchell
Donna
Thek Wiebenga
Harvey
Rena
George Wiebenga
Clarence Wiebenga
Willard Vegter
Harlan and Allen
Chester Green
Regan Ambulance
Warren Nice
Merle
Robert Carroll
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
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Donald Heist
Uisy
Young
Ate Qi
Bob Heuskinveld
Jr. St. Ores
Bob Smith
Willard la Dew
Fay Ashby
Cliff Durward
Merle Prins
Harvey Houzenga
Sandridge School News
Carol and
Phyllis Miller
William and
Robert Poorman
Libbie C. Rupple
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