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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
5
Mr and Mrs E M Ritenour welcomed guests on Sunday Mrs Olga Hirsch of FenimoreWisconsin visited relatives in Elgin and stayed Monday with the Ritenours in Fenimore Wisconsin
Melvin Finer master in chancery will sell at 2 00 PM on Sept 23 1961 farm land and improvements near the village of Wacker Carroll County Illinois Tract 1 includes SE quarter and related parcels Tract 2 plus 30 acres of SW NE quarter all in Township 24 North Range 4 East Fourth Principal Meridian Terms require 25 cash on sale day balance after court approval possession March 1 1962 taxes pro rated Abstract of title provided Auctioneer Roy Fritz and attorneys Burrell and Holton
A notice warns that trespassers on lands owned or tenanted by named individuals and entities in Thomson and nearby towns will be prosecuted. The list includes Fred L Miller, Stransky Farms, Stagg Geerts, Les Durward, Groharing Feldt, E M Ritenour Farm, Heusinkveld Stagg, Fred Werner, George Hartman Farms, W R and Cecil King, Jurgens Farms, Jake Prins, Jordan Wiebenga, Conrad Traum & Sons, Dame Farms, Diephuis Bros, Curley Farm, Reader Farm, and others.
About 75 to 80 participants join a Illinois State Geological Survey field trip led by I. Edgar Odom. Starting at Lena Winslow High School the group tours a quarry near Lena, then Piasa River Canyon State Park, Waddams Hill, and a zinc and lead mine near Galena, with fossil and mineral collecting and talks on rock formations and glacial history. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Kenneth Whitney and daughters Chadwick.
Freeport District 145 announces fall adult education courses with registration on Wednesday September 20 from 7 to 9 PM at Freeport Junior High. Classes run October 2 to 5 with various subjects and three Audubon wildlife films on November 2 February 14 and March 22. For details call the Adult Education Department Adams 2 6141. Mr and Mrs Fay Reitzel visited Dora Daehler in Freeport.
The 1961 Illinois contest, sponsored by Carroll County Farm Bureau and the Illinois Agricultural Association, offers 21 prizes for county contestants. Competition covers three age groups 5 8 9 12 and 13 19 with all area students eligible. Deadline October 5 seeks entries through schools countywide.
An enthusiastic Shimer College crowd gathered at 10 AM to mark the ground breaking for a new half million dollar women’s dormitory. President Mullin opened the ceremony and invited Rev. Andrew Bro to give the invocation.
A Wisconsin truck driver, Roger Dittverd er, 23, of Ringo, escaped injury when his eastbound truck ran through warning signs at the Highway 78 Argo-Fa junction and crashed, the tractor smashing rails and stopping downslope. He received a ticket for running a stop sign and was to appear before Justice George Coden. damage to the truck was about $2,000.
Illinois conservation director announces 1961 hunting seasons for raccoon opossum skunk and weasel with noon November 1 start and January 31 end in the northern zone. Fox hunting year round with license. trapping runs November 20 to December 31. Veterans of World War I Barracks 2041 to meet September 17 at 2 PM in Savanna.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Becker and family of Shannon visited Sunday dinner with J. and Mrs. George Knoess. Later, Elmer Zugschwerdt hosted Truman Royer Jean Frank Lanark and William Zugschwerdt with family Milledgeville and the Knoess family.
The Mere 1000 introduces a 100-hp outboard from Mercury, boasting a compact 90 cubic inch powerhead and all-black styling. Mercury claims the Power-Dome cylinder head compresses the fuel air mix for improved combustion, and the motor weighs about the same as a 75-hp class.
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