Morris Tours Illinois Institutions Critiques State Facilities
Rep. J K Morris describes visits to Sheridan St Charles Stateville Joliet and St Vincents Orphanage. He condemns St Charles as poorly run with inadequate training and high turnover while praising Stateville for morale and employment options. He urges better staff training and a rehabilitative program.
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Sheridan
Kow
Il]inois
St. Charles
Father Flannigan
Stateville
Joliet
Illlinois
St Charles
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Freeport
Illinois
Annual Financial Statement of Township Treasurer for 1946 47
The document outlines the annual financial report for Carroll County Township 28 3 4 Illinois covering July 1 1946 to June 30 1947. It details receipts disbursements balances and summarizes funds held for road maintenance poor relief and school accounts.
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Carroll County
Ilinois
TOUSO
State Board OF
NCW
Educational Fund
Librarie
ALY
TAS
Aperinten
S ‘Treasury
Mary Ww W. Cone
Dummick Public
Nellie Nowiry
Report on House Committee findings on state institutions
A speaker praises the committee that conducted a special investigation of state institutions from March 4 to June 25, noting it cost Illinois taxpayers about $20,000. The seven-member panel, four Republicans and three Democrats, largely consisted of lawyers and is urged to present its findings to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Illinois
Findling
Post-nuptial shower honors Mrs Arnold Reiff in Milledgeville
Milledgeville residents attended a post-nuptial shower at the Charles Sprecher home for Mrs Arnold Reiff newly married. Guests included Mesdames Sprecher Beal Warehime Holbrook and others. The note lists attendees and mentions related gatherings and local employment changes.
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Charles Sprecher
Arnold Reiff
Mesdames
George Sprecher
Morrison
George Beal
Ames
Leroy Warehime
Floyd Holbrook
Don Sprecher
Monroe Fossett
Fayette Maloney
Abe Reiff
Bruce Wenger
William Patch
Ida Miller
Belle Miller
Mary Bogott
Thompson Briefs George Jones of Chicago as supper guest
Thomson briefs George Jones of Chicago as a Friday evening supper guest in the Lloyd Smith home. Mr and Mrs Charles Behr of Clinton spent the holiday weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Chas Sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Chicago
Lloyd Smith
Charles Behr
Clinton
Chas. Sack
Surprise birthday supper for Bob Smith at Smith home
A surprise birthday supper honored Bob Smith at his parents home Wednesday evening. He will leave this weekend for Macomb to attend school this fall. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Gillespie and Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Eslinger and sons.
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Bob Smith
Lloyd Smith
Bob
Macomb
Gillespie
Barbara
Frank Smith
Calvin Eslinger and
Polo Band Concert Returns To Clinton Hill
Mrs Wayne Hawkins and family enjoyed a stay in Kings at Clinton Hill last week Mr Hawkins joining for the weekend A Polo band concert scheduled for Thursday night was moved to this Thursday evening Sept 4 Mrs Ray Polhill hosted her bridge club with prizes to Mrs Harry Pilgrim and Mrs Russell Meyers Guests included Mrs G C Poppenhouse and Mrs Fred Jecklin of Chadwick
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Wayne Hawkins
Connie
Susie
Clinton Hill
Kings
Hawkins
Ray Polhill
Bridge Club
Harry Pilgrim
Russell Meyers
G. C. Poppenhouse
Fred Jecklin
Chadwick
Miss Maxine Miller Weds Philip Doherty in Sterling
Miss Maxine Miller daughter of Mrs Edward Miller and Philip Doherty son of Mrs Bernard Doherty of Alford Iowa exchanged vows in a 9 am nuptial mass at St Mary Catholic church Sterling. The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev Leo Ambre with music by Miss Patricia Kelly and others. The couple will reside in Ames Iowa where Mr Doherty will finish engineering studies after September 24 following a U S Army service.
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St. Mary Catholic Church
Sterling
Maxine Miller
Edward Miller
Philip Doherty
Bernard M. Doherty
Alford
Leo Ambre
Patricia Kelly
Johnston
Clouds
Celga
Mary Pat Fitzgerald
George Beal
Ames
Jas Matron
Hazel Norrene Fogel
Celeste Doherty
Marshalltown
Faille
Rosemary
Elizabeth Barron
Monticello
Tony Marecussen
Chicago
Richard Doherty
Alvord
Iowa
Robert Phillips
Des Moines
Leon Daehler
Chadwick
U.S. Army
Town
Doherty
Argo Ladies Attend Potluck at Mrs Cooper’s Savanna Home
Several Argo women joined a potluck at the Savanna residence of Mrs. Clarence Cooper one day last week. Miss Nellie Parsons and Mr and Mrs Charles Sack were guests for a Wednesday evening call at the Ben Rosenberg home in Chadwick.
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Argo
Clarence Cooper
Savanna
Nellie Parsons
Charles Sack
Ben Rosenberg
Chadwick
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. K. Morris
John Seger
Western State Teachers College
Lyla Mickelson
Fulton
Mount St. Clare
Harvey Seim
Teachers College At
DeKalb
Esther Schmaling
Argo, B. A. Wheaton
College
Wheaton
Thomas Kustes, Jr
de Kalb
Harry Diehl
Eugene Murray
Albert Prins
Alfred Smith
Ralph Stearns
Thomson Consolidated
Milledgeville News
Crouch-Grant Threshing Ring
Crouch
Loren Landis
Harold Stralow
LeRoy Karrow
Fay Reituel
Daehle
Amos Ehman
Benny Sanford
William Arens
Ada Meyer
Floyd Reecher
Clyde Jumoreux
James Stone
James Grant
Homer Crouch
Wayne
Garland Smith
Dewey Brown
Thomson Briefs
Shippee
Stephenson County Rural
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