Service Army Staff Sergeant Allan L. Van Keuren in Vietnam action
Service Army Staff Sergeant Allan L. Van Keuren 24 of Whitewater Wisconsin serves with the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Frshing. He helped evacuate over 19000 refugees from coastal areas and fought Viet Cong forces while leading his squad in Company C 1st Battalion 50th Infantry. His wife Kriste resides in Savanna Illinois.
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Army
Allan L. van Keuren
Charles van Keuren
Whitewater
Wis
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
U. S
Keuren
50Th Infantry
Kriste
Viaduct Road
Savanna
Illinois
Airman Stiles promoted to airman first class in Air Force
Marvine R Stiles son of Marvin and Marilyn Stiles of Thomson Indiana has been promoted to airman first class. He serves as an air armament mechanic at Amarillo AFB Texas and belongs to the Strategic Air Command. A 1961 York Community High School graduate he attended Clinton Junior College in Iowa. His wife Linda daughter of Edith Leeper of Clinton Iowa. Seaman Teenie John Eckburg USN son of Jack and ? Eckburg of Lanark Illinois completed his third on the line period off North Vietnam aboard USS Constellation following a prior 36 day Gulf of Tonkin tour.
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Marvine-R.stiles
Marvin E. Stiles
Thomson
U. S. Air Force
Stiles
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Strategic Air Command
America
York Community High School
Clinton
Iowa
Linda
Edith Leeper
Sixth Ave
Teenie John E. Eckburg
Constellation Replaces Forrestal in Subic Bay Visit
The Constellation, in Subic Bay for five days, replaces the fire-damaged Forrestal. Its air wing struck North Vietnam targets at Son Bridge, An Phu near Haiphong, destroying surface to air missile sites. Strikes knocked out 115 barges, 67 trucks, three patrol boats and 18 bridges.
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Subic Bay
Rrn
Forrestal
Want Son
North Vietnam
An Phu
Haiphong
Missing Hour Returns To Schedule On October 29
The mystery of the missing hour is solved and will be returned to schedules this Sunday October 29. The writer suggests turning the clock back one hour before retiring Saturday night to avoid being early for church on Sunday morning, a remedy better than being late as many were last spring.
Deer Permits Sold Out In 15 Illinois Counties
The Illinois Department of Conservation announced that deer gun permits are no longer available in 15 counties. Northern Illinois counties Carroll Jo Daviess La Salle Marshall McHenry Ogle Rock Island are closed. Central Fulton Peoria Logan are full while southern counties Harden Johnson north Pope Wayne Williamson have quotas filled.
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Illinois Department of Conservation
Carroll
Jo Daviess
la Salle
Marshall
McHenry
Ogle
Rock Island
Illinois
Fulton
Peoria
Logan
Hardin, Johnson
North Pope
Wayne
Williamson
Schreiner visit notes Dixon nursing home patient
Last Saturday Mr and Mrs W J Schreiner visited her brother L L Brink at Orchard Glenn nursing home in Dixon where Brink has been ill for a long time with no major change reported. Visitors included Albert Ruppi Lulu Moyer Elwood Gipe and several others from DeKalb Milledgeville and Amboy communities.
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W. J. Schreiner
L. L. Brink
Amboy
Orchard Glenn
Dixon
Brink
Albert Ruppi
Lulu Moyer
de Yalle
Elwood Gipe
Herbert Law
Carroll
Maurice Knutts
Milledgeville
Orval Rahn
Raymond Alexander
Maromb
Western Illinois University
Halloween Night of Spells and Shared Joy
A vivid snapshot of Halloween as a time of mystic merriment when Samhain and witches evoke dark spirits and playful fright. The piece envisions black cats, smiling Jack O'Lanterns, and children racing door to door with sacks full of treats amid parades and costumes.
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Samhain
Farming notes and county agricultural statistics from Carroll County
The column covers corn and bean harvests in central Illinois with forecasts of a large crop and price trends. It lists Carroll County farm age distribution, DHIA milk data, new dairy sampler cooperators, and upcoming DHIA meeting. Atrazine use tips, fall fertilizer questions, and soil conservation advice are included along with county test plot results from Whiteside and Jo Daviess counties.
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Carroll County
Lila Atherton
Thomson
Robert Wiltshire
Henry Polhill
Mount Carroll
Lee McCall
Lanark
DHIA
Russ Carpenter
Vernon Gordon
Whiteside & Jo Daviess
Brave
Clintlanda
Lodi
Extension Calendar of Events Carroll County listings
A series of upcoming events are listed including Carroll County Pork Producers Association at Mill Edgeville High School on Oct 30, Carroll County 4 H Federation and Officers Training School on Nov 1, C s Meeting on Nov 3 4, County 4 H Achievement Night on Nov 4, District meeting on County Health Needs on Nov 7, Beef Cattle Day at University of Saskatchewan Campus on Nov 9 and the DHIA Annual Meeting on Nov 11.
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Carroll County Pork Producers’ Assn
Milledgeville High School
Carroll County
4-H Federation & Officers’ Training School
U. of S
DHIA
Career Night Draws Many Students at Mount Carroll High
Over 135 Carroll County students attended a University of Illinois Extension Career Night at Mount Carroll High School last week. The event aimed to guide non college bound students toward training for well paying jobs, with boys showing interest in Auto Mechanics Welding and Electronics and girls in secretarial beauty school and airline stewardess programs.
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Carroll County
University of Illinois Extension Service
Mount Carroll High School
Boand High School
Extension Educational Careers Committee
Frank Nester
Monntrol
County Seas
Shimer Professor Discusses Art and Society at A A U W Talk
Mr Burton Blistein of Shimer College spoke to Mount Carroll A A U W on October 23 about how social beliefs shape art choices and self perception. He contrasted Egyptian and modern art and noted fears of nuclear destruction influencing contemporary artists.
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Burton Blistein
Shimer
A.A.U.W
Mount Carroll
American Association of University Women
Shimer College
Blistein
Mr. Blistein
Educaional Foundation of
Grange Installs Officers Thursday
The Oak Grange Han over Zion Granges met last Thursday night in Black Oak Grange for installation of officers. Installing master was Paul Sites with Mrs Paul Sites and Jane Sites as Marshalls. Beavers Arthur Manning and Mrs Arthur Manning. Pianist Mrs Frank Manning. Merle Law of Zion Grange acted as Master and Ann Sites as installing chaplain. Two officers were absent. An officers meeting of Black Oak Grange will be held at Mrs Charles Gordon’s home Sunday evening Oct 29 at 7 30 p.m.
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Mg Oak Grange
Hanover Se
Zion
Carroll County Young Democrats Meet at Courthouse
The Carroll County Young Democrats invite all interested to an organizational meeting on October 26 at 7 p.m. at the Mount Carroll Courthouse. For more information contact Kenneth Armstrong at Milledgeville 225-5261.
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Carroll County
Mount Carroll
Kenneth Armstrong
Milledgeville
A.A.U.W. Fellowships Fund Supports Global Grants
Asian, Middle East, Australia recipients receive individual stipends from 3000 to 5000 dollars. Awards funded annually by A.A.U.W. brand members nationwide and supplemented by the Fellowships Endowment Fund exceeding four million dollars.
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Can
Middle East
Australia
A.A.U.W. Brand
United States
Fellowships Endowment
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