Glenda Groharing and Donald Ottens Wed in Morrison Church
Glenda Fay Groharing and Donald E. Ottens united in marriage at Morrison Methodist Church with Rev. David Fouts officiating. Attendants wore crayon green satin and white organza gowns. reception for 250 followed. The couple plans to reside in Fenton Illinois after the trip. Glenda works in Morrison and Donald at Volckman Furniture Mfg. Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Fay Groharing
Fay Groharing
Morrison
Donald E. Ottens
Charles Ottens
Fulton
Til
Morrison Methodist Church
David Fouts
Douglas Cassens
Judy Entwhistle
Chantilly
Janice Stuart
Carol van Zuidena
Gayle Sue Groharing
Dennis Ottens
Pees
Arlyn Ottens
Alan
Robert Mosher
Harold van Zuiden
Roger Haan
Thomas Vogel
Beloit
Madison
Wis
Fenton
Iil
Whiteside County
ASC
Volckman Furniture Mfg. Co
School Notes from Primary to Junior High
The issue details first and second grade classes, names of pupils under Mrs. Ferris, Mrs. Bolhous, and Mrs. Kroll, plus third grade activities with Miss West and Mrs. Holland. It reports birthdays for Audrey Eissens, Robin Dykstra, and Nancy Halfman, a Junior Forest Ranger program, and notes on music, show and tell, and a fall sports and PE program across grades, with several staff and visiting residents mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferris
Bolhous
Mrs. Ferris
Susan Ashby
Bonnie Atherton
Kathy Bellich
Doug Brock
Leonard Crouch
Robin Dykstra
Audrey Eissens
A. Falls
Kevin Green
Tim Halfman
Peter Hamm
Vicki Hoy
Barbara Mckee
Nancy Marken
Roxanne Matteo
Sandra Prins
Debbie Wiersema
Bobby Wilt
Johnny Yenney
Brian Stage
Disneyland
Douglas Krahn
Miss West
Forest Rangers
U. S. Pt. of Agriculture
Our State Forester
Smoky the Bear
Smoky
Holland
Nancy Bruckner
Lori Dittmar
Pamela Kaufman
Jaclyn McClain
James McKeeney
Kathy Beck
Carolyn Ashby
Carolyn Baker
Morelli
Holdgrafer
United States
Greeley
Indies
Titus
Orville
Clark
Mazie James
Marken
Mexico
Johnston
Iss Schmaling
McGinty
David Daehler
James Hartman
Kery Wilt
Sheman Ashby
Patty Eissens
Eporter
Sherman Ashby
Weekend Guests and Cottage Visits Round Riverview
A Riverview social log lists weekend visitors and cottage stays including Melvin and Rose Brocious of Chicago and the Thomas, Pettit, and George households. Others hosting or visiting include Mallory, O Neal, Sweeley, Hartman, and Pringle families across Freeport Davenport Rock Falls Camanche Mt. Carroll and Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview
Melvin Brocious
Chicago
Lewis Pettit
Freeport
Willie Leopold
C. E. Stephens
California
Clyde George
Harry Thomas
Bruce Thomas
Thomas Cottage
Harlen Townsend
Stockton
Frank Graves
Phillip Mallory
Ernest Schreiner
Rock Falls
Ellan Band
Mallon
Thomas
Helen O'Neal
Terry O'Neal
Camanche
Henry Picklum
Wessley Johnson
Davenport
Ernest Sweeley
Georgia
de MacWorthy Sr
Sylvester E Worthy Jr
Wesley Sack Home
Mrs
Harry and Bruce Thomas
Henry Hartman
Wacker
York Township 80 Club Listing Rules and Officers
Eligibility requires age 80 plus residency in York Township or former residency or birth in York Township. A life synopsis including name address birth date place parents siblings occupation marriage and children is needed for listing. Honorary boards and billfold sized cards will be sent to official members. officers listed with dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Local visitors drop by in Chadwick area
Milledgeville residents Mr and Mrs Alvin Schreiner visited Mr and Mrs C J Mackey on Sunday evening. Ben Mohrmann of Lee stayed with Fred Hartman family over the weekend. Fred Mohrmann and wife of Winslow came for Sunday afternoon calls. Ray Burkholder and family of Freeport shared Sunday dinner with Mrs St. Air and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Schreiner
Milledgeville
C. J. Mackey
Ben Mohrmann
Lee
Fred Hartman
Fred Mohrmann
Winslow
Ray Burkholder
Freeport
Nee
Arthur
Air
Education Statistics Track Rising School Attainment
Report highlights longer school terms with 178 days on average versus 144 in 1900 and 159 school days for pupils today versus 99 in 1900. High school enrollment climbs to 83 percent for ages 14 to 17, up from 11.4 percent in 1900. Economic outlays show public education at 14 billion dollars now, from 215 million in 1900. By 1980 the average adult is expected to have at least a high school education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
School Lunch Programs Expand Across Schools
The article notes two thirds of city school districts provide complete lunch programs, with 25 percent offering some services. Illinois reports 28 million pounds of food valued at ten and a half million dollars for 1959-60, and 76,558 Type A Meals served, up 3,525,890 from the prior year. Ray L. Morelli is cited as Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Office
the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ray L. Morelli
Farmington Family Plans Return After Two Week Visit
Mr and Mrs Roger Ladd and family of Farmington Maine will return home Friday after spending two weeks with Mr and Mrs Jens Andresen and relatives. Weekend visitors included the Post Bowles Patterson and Daehler families with Daehlers sharing western tipi photos. Aude and Aude visited in Mt Carroll and a Como picnic honored Tommy Browns thirteenth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Ladd
Farmington
Maine
Frida
Jens Andresen
Lawrence Post
Albert Bowles
Donald Patterson
Vernon Daehler
Daehlers
Ed Aude
Lester Aude
Mt. Carroll
Orion Alexander
Ernest Brown
Larry Adolph
Chadwick
Eric Kent
Sterling
George Adolph
Como
Tommy Brown
Thomson News Sunday Caller Neighborhood Roundup
Thomson News Sunday lists visitors and subscribers across Thomson Lanark Sterling Savanna Mt. Carroll Morrison and Albany. Names include the Millers Browns Kohn Raab Sloan Hand Bellich Stiles Atherton and others with birthdays for Thomas Hand and Kathy Bellich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brown
Robert Miller
Lanark
Gordon Brown
Rhonda
Jackie
Sterling
Merle Kohn
Savanna
Milford Raab
Mt. Carroll
William Hamm
Ethel Kness
Rock Falls
Wilfred Hazen
Clyde Bailey
Route 1
Thomson
Thomson Review
John Sloan
Jill
L. E. Kindle
Laurence Weatherwax
Thomas J. Hand
Re Fulton
Emil Bellich
Thomas M. Hand
Kathy Bellich
Karen Stiles
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Dick Sloan
Ronnie
Mike Atherton
Jennie Griswold
Ralph Olds
Dan Sack
Clinton
Jerry Brinkman
Fulton
Ralph Irion
Morrison
Merle Atherton
Merle Atherton, Jr
Dolly Atherton
Herman Timmons
Edna Shoemaker
Clare Hackbarth
Albany
Social visits and game outing noted in community columns
The column lists numerous social calls and visits across towns from Chicago to Rock Falls. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bielema at a White Sox Yankee game, and gatherings with the Stage, Huffman, Hackbarth, Parker, Timmons, Kemmer, Ladd, Andresen, Lynch, Giese, Sikkema, Smith, Welch, Christiansen, Koop, and Koole families in Illinois and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Bielema
Chicago
Paul Stage
Rockford
Ben Stage
Ione Huffman
Esther Hackbarth
Winona Parker
Rock Falls
Herman Timmons
Bruce Groharing
Jean
Lori
Kenneth Kemmer
Morrison
Wagner Hosts Mitchells on 56th Anniversary Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wagner entertained last night for Mrs. Wagner's brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. A E Mit chell of Morrison celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary. Guests included Mrs. Jessie Lambert of Phoenix Arizona and several local couples and children. Joe Shutters and Ned Spencer vacationing in Minnesota. Continued visits by Kyarses, Ashbys, Athertons, Kustes, Cooper, Lehman, Creighton, Bissen, Young, and Wacker families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wagner
A. E. Mitchell
Morrison
Jessie Lambert
Phoneix
Ariz
John Root
Harry Root
Joe Shutters
Ned Spencer
Minnesota
George Kyarses
Clinton
Wayne Ashby
Fay Ashby
Merle Atherton
Dwigh Atherton
Thomas Kustes
John
Kathryn Cooper
Ed Kustes
Fulton
Henry Picklum
Salina Lehman
Riverview
George Creighton
Charles J. Bissens
Charles Young
Wacker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glenda Groharing
John Ashpole
Henry Ashpole
Low Moor
Harold Sorenson
Wm. Lehr
Morrison Hospital
Max Fulton
Elsie Holy
Denii Naniga
Lehr
Clover Farm
Spaghetti & T
Star Kist
Jonathan
Orthmann
Thomson State Bank
Thomson, Illinois
Considine’s
Bert Pringle
Erie
Cecil Green
Review
F. L. Stagg
Jessie DeKay
Boise
Idaho
Edward Foltz
William Robertson
Argona
Wm. Adams
Chas, McGinty
Frank Smith
Hattie Wilt
Charles McGinty
Edith Robinson
William Adams
George Schmaling
Matilda Harney
Chadwick News
Aluminum
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Robert Potter
Thomson News
Sebert Dykstra
Ill
Mac
Servisoft
Iowa
Olympic
Muntz TV
Melton Electric
Diehl
Old High ScHoOl
Thomson, Ill
By Eddie Uhl
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Allied van Lines
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Hormel Spam
Cans
Gerber’s
Hills Bros. Coffee
Fulton, Illinois
America
Conoco
Diehl Oil Co
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