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| | These are some of the leading stories from the Mirror-Democrat for
1972. This is from the 04 Jan 1973 issue. It doesn't seem like that
long ago, does it? How many of these do you remember?
JANUARY
 | January 06
 | Eric Shane, son of the Gerald Shanes of rural Thomson, is the first
baby of 1972. |
| Doctors postponed surgery scheduled for Mrs. Vera Aubrey. A
bonegraft below the hip was done as well as pinning. Mrs. Aubrey's
condition is satisfactory. |
| Morhardts to leave Caroline Mark Home. |
| Open house Sunday for Chadwick doctor & family. |
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| January 13
| Open house honors Mrs. Faun Strubb, former matron of the Caroline Mark
Home, on her 75th birthday. |
| Art Robbe who has been seriously ill and in intensive care in St.
Mary's Hosp., Rochester, MN, responded to the new medication and
returned home Monday much improved. |
| Lowell Gibbons' move to Platteville, WI. |
| Mrs. Glen Edwards, 69, Lanark, died Saturday. |
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| January 20
| Mark Kromer named to Dean's List for Academic Achievement at S. I. U.
for fall quarter. |
| Mrs. Keohane returned from a two weeks trip to North Africa. |
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| January 27
| Orrin Eaton dies at 94. |
| Elmer Rahn named Carroll County's outstanding young farmer. |
| Mrs. Max Smith suffers concussion in fall on ice. |
| Larry J. Friederich, 22, Chadwick, killed in truck collision. |
| William Pottorff and incumbents Earl Smith and Shirley Kromer take out
school board petitions. |
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FEBRUARY
| February 03
| Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Robinson, rural Elizabeth, hired as custodian and
matron of the Caroline Mark HOme. |
| Miss Floy Orr dies Saturday. |
| Lowell Neis' celebrate silver anniversary with open house. |
| Cheryl Guenzler marries James Broderick. |
| Mrs. Al?? Ray died Saturday in Clinton Nursing Home. |
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| February 10
| Steve Myers named Outstanding Teenager of America |
| County DAR winners are Cindy Kloepping, Mt. Carroll, Ruth Mackey,
Chadwick, Doris Kay Brenner, Lanark, Nancy Hartman, Thomson, Linda Lea
Temple, Shannon, Marilyn Vandermoon, Milledgeville, Debbie Handel,
Savanna. |
| The George Prices moving to Elkhorn, Wis. |
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| February 17
| John Signer dies at 82 after long illness. |
| Suellen Finer named to Dean's list at Carthage. |
| Kenneth Schneider, Sr. weds Mrs. Marle Woessner of Shannon. |
| Elver Eisfeller named bank president. |
| Mt. Carroll's first foreign exchange student, Maria Noqueira of Brazil
who arrived Feb. 2, is introduced with host family, the P. J. Brodericks
of rural Savanna. |
| Art Robbe resigns as Civil Defense head. |
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| February 24
| Mrs. Glen Teeter dies at 81. |
| Hal Ashby, 66, died Sunday. |
| Wilbur Lartz of Savanna honored at retirement party. |
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MARCH
| March 02
| Mrs. Paul Weiler heads GOP Women. |
| Erma Slick marries Alfred Amici Feb. 26. |
| Jim Haag and Mr. & Mrs. Glen Neuschwanger honored at Blue and Gold
banquet for continued service in scouting. |
| Basketball awards Duane Derrickson most valuable player, Steve Myers
free throw trophy, Duane Derrickson and John Leemon elected co-captains. |
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| March 09
| Mrs. Levi Zink dies after a two week illness. |
| Mrs. Harold Eaton died unexpectedly in her home. |
| Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Brunner adopted a baby boy, Kerwin Mark, who
joins a brother and a sister. |
| Supt. Harold Graham was admitted to St. John's Hospital in
Springfield. |
| Todd Grimm, 7, returned home March 1 after surgery in Rochester. |
| Helen Mackay sees first robin March 3. |
| Glen Davis suffered a massive heart attack. |
| Karen Brunner, student nurse at Moline Public Hospital, is capped. |
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| March 23
| Mrs. Hattie Davis died after long illness. |
| Frank Magill, Steve Myers and Roger Strukhoff to appear on
"Classroom Quiz' in Rockford. |
| Golden wins States Attorney race in primaries. |
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| March 30
| Fire destroys barn, 100 hogs, some equipment, hat and stray on Dean
Meador farm east of Lanark. Lightning blamed. |
| Bob Colsher is a new volunteer in the Mt. Carroll Ambulance Corps. |
| Bob Grzelak, 27, Rockford, has joined the firm of Frank's Furniture
here. |
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April
| April 6
| Earle E. Engleking, Sr., dies at 77. |
| Brenda Kay Smith marries Melvin Gable. |
| Barbara Ann Kehl weds William Kampas. |
| Stan Toepfer fractures leg in P.E. class at W.I.U. |
| Roberta Sherf is cover girl on a brochure sent out by Ill. State U at
Normal. |
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| April 13
| Fire destroys Dwight Spealman home near Chadwick. Lightning is
the cause. |
| Mrs. Kathryn Shepley of Chicago, sister of Mrs. Mary Boyd, died
unexpectedly in her home. |
| Connie Buckwalter Paxton marries Robert Haas. |
| Earl Smith and Robert Hutchison were elected to school board. |
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| April 20
| Meekers sold to Gary Harmsen of Miles, IA. |
| C. Bernie Johnson and wife took over management of the Carroll Cafe. |
| Leland Knapp is recipient of Don Jarchow Memorial Award at FFA
Parent-Son banquet. |
| Break-in reported at Dr. Piper's office. Large amount of drugs
and supplies taken. |
| Mrs. Magill re-elected president of Community club. |
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| April 27
| Mrs. Cora Wood died at 95. |
| Harold A. Rogers, 66, died in Savanna Hospital. |
| Dr. Walter J. Hipple, Jr. succeeds Dr. Robert E. Keohane as dean of
Shimer College. |
| Janet Dimpfl of Chadwick receives Dorothy Footitt scholarship
award. She is majoring in Home Economics education at S. I. U. |
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JUNE
| June 1
| Sixty-six seniors graduate. Steve Myers is valedictorian and
D'Anne Noble, salutatorian. |
| Diane Law to participate in 4-H Teen Caravan and spend two months with
family in Denmark. |
| Jud Laws to note 50th wedding anniversary. |
| Porter Poffenberger, 84, died unexpectedly in Wisconsin nursing home. |
| Wylma Miles and Fred Colehour wed. |
| Barbara Geisz named to Girls State by Legion Auxiliary. |
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| June 8
| Classes of 1942 and 1947 hold reunions. |
| Teachers Elmer Gerlach and Mrs. Arlene Bickelhaupt selected as Leaders
of American Secondary Education for 1972. |
| Dr. and Mrs. Robert Keohane announce retirement from staff at Shimer
College but plan to head Shimer at Oxford program in spring of 1973. |
| Burton Streicher earns Engineering degree. |
| Former residents, the Val Smiths of Sparta, wed 58 years. |
| Dale Siefert and Patricia Piper graduate at U of I. |
| Robert Johnson, Chicago, drowns in Warren Harms pond east of Lanark. |
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| June 15
| Dale Siefert is named to national honor society of veterinary
medicine. |
| Olive Toepfer, 82, died Friday. |
| John Irons weds Mary Kelly of Savanna. |
| Robert Wiltshire and Christine Weber of Chadwick are wed. |
| Yvonne Muntean earns Master's Degree in French. |
| John Streichers plan 50th anniversary open house. |
| J. Arthur Fetterolf returns to Shimer to newly created post as
controller. |
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| June 22
| Jim Foltz is candidate for American Farmer degree. |
| Marion Schreiners wed 50 years. |
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JULY
| July 6
| Barbara Kessler is named Miss Flame, 1972, by local Fire Department. |
| Herb Keim flys home-built Midget Mustang for first time Sunday. |
| Mrs. Harold Graham's father, Karr Freeman, 68, died in Kentucky. |
| Cal Caldwell, 46, dies after long illness. |
| Dr. C. John Thomson is promoted to Lieutenant Commander in U.S. Navy. |
| Professor Mary Kinney retires after 30 years as member of faculty of
the Simmons College of Library Science in Boston. |
| Lyle Laws wed 25 years. |
| Democrats hear Mrs. Daniel Walker. |
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| July 13
| Dr. Mauro Ganzon is welcomed to Savanna. |
| Tom Oberg and Mary Doyle, D'Anne Noble and Doug Daggert, and Jack Doty
and Sibyl Haag are wed. |
| Arlo Paxtons honored on 25th anniversary. |
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| July 20
| Mrs. Cathy Poffenberger hired as county nurse. |
| Jack Kampmeier suffers ruptured disc while vacationing in Wyoming,
returns to Rockford hospital by air ambulance. |
| George Hoertz's to celebrated 25th anniversary. |
| Janice Reiff marries Charles Webster. |
| Roger Neis and Linda Williams wed. |
| William Erdmier earns law degree in California. |
| Exchange student Maria Nogueria is feted before returning to her
native Brazil. |
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| July 27
| Over 200 hear Dan Walker, Demo candidate for Governor. |
| Blaine McGinty named chairman of the Lions Candy Day. |
| David Gilliland makes hole-in-one at Oakville. |
| Julie McGowan and David Castro, Kathy Rath and Wayne Becker, Marianne
Ivey and Frank Jokisch wed. |
| John Wursters plan 50th anniversary celebration. |
| Beulah Sack, 69, dies following long illness. |
| Lee Rogers resigns as chairman of planning commission. |
| Craig Fritz enlists in Army. |
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AUGUST
| August 3
| Savanna Wood Products hit by fire. |
| Jim Nowlan speaks at GOP youth rally. |
| Michael Colehour named Sailor of the month. |
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| August 10
| Herb Keim awarded trophy at fly-in at Oshkosh. |
| Erik Isgrig writes about Hotel Gelnview. |
| Herb Christian returns to Puerto Rico. |
| Glenn Bickelhaupt answers Madison attorney's charges of county being
at fault in Henne Jail escape, Sept. 1971. |
| Brian Woessner and Cynthia Nowviock wed. |
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| August 17
| Govenor Ogilvie leads parade at Fair. |
| Clarra Gordon, 97, dies. |
| Dr. W. C. Niedermeyer retires from dental practice. |
| Diane McCue and James Kosmiskey, JoAnn Holm and David Brinkmeier wed. |
| Mrs. Ruth McCombie, 62, dies unexpectedly in Savanna home. |
| Mrs. Ray Pohill named to head Percy re-election campaign. |
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| August 24
| Carol Messmer chosen Queen of 4-H roundup, Herb Getz is King. |
| Betty Hopkins is outstanding Girl Scout. |
| Open House Fetes Mrs. Nellie Fredericks 90th birthday. |
| JoAnn Halfman and Bradley Kloepping wed. |
| Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Rhodes note 40th anniversary. |
| John Adolph commissioned second lieutenant. |
| Lisa Leemon fractures leg in fall from horse. |
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| August 31
| Michael Kelly heads Shimer admissions. |
| Nicole Michael, 18, from France, arrives as foreign exchange
student. Host family is Kenneth Emerys. |
| Ward Rogers named art director at Racine, WI firm. |
| Roberta Sherf and James Delp wed. |
| Mrs. Grace Roberts dies at 76. |
| Michael Neuschwanger graduates from Army basic. |
| Robert Hartman is named commander of American Legion post. |
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SEPTEMBER
| September 7
| Gregory Brown, 14, dies in tractor accident at Thomson. |
| Peggy Kaufman and Jonathan Cate wed. |
| Father Reese and family to leave for post in Canada. |
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| September 14
| R. H. Seitner, Jr. purchases Teslow Chevrolet, Grand Opening slated
for Sept. 21, 22, 23. |
| Cretney heirs file $700,000 suit in District Court against county,
sheriff and two deputies. |
| Roger Strukhoff is National-Merit semi-finalist. |
| 1932 class plans reunion. |
| George Kinney, 28, dies following Aug. 31 auto-truck accident. |
| Frank Natts, Deneen Bogues observe 50th anniversaries. |
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| September 21
| Methodist Church congregation commemorates 125 years. |
| Mrs. John (Lucille) Crouse, 62, dies after extended illness. |
| Old Stone Hotel comes down as Grimm's Dairy plans parking area on West
Market Street. |
| Jeanne Streicher and Scott Grey wed. |
| Dolly Robbe Osborn, 79, dies. |
| Richard Tinius, Good Samaritan Center administrator, transferred to
Jasper, IN. |
| Ron Luce, 28, named to Mt. Carroll post. |
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| September 28
| Jail break attempt fails at county jail. |
| Dora Mummert, 97, dies at Savanna Hospital. |
| Mrs. Ogilvie at Republican Headquarters in Savanna. |
| Barbara Smith and Ronald Brierton wed, to live in Okinawa. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holm wed 40 years. |
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OCTOBER
| October 5
| Thomas O'Neal, 72, dies after long illness. |
| Centennial farm families honored. |
| Sharon Smith, 19, rural Mt. Carroll, dies. |
| Eva Manning and Larry Buchholz wed Sept. 2. |
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| October 12
| Police Chief Howard Helms quits as city's Civil Defense head. |
| Herb Kessler's barn burns, $11,000 damages listed. |
| Dwight Spealmans, whose rural Chadwick home was destroyed by fire,
move to Mt. Carroll. |
| Thirty-seven area women attend Chicago tea for Mrs. Pat Nixon. |
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| October 19
| Jim Foltz receives coveted American Farmer Degree in Kansas City. |
| Announcement made of Sept. 2 wedding of Kathy Kessler and Dan Cassidy
in Freeport. |
| Judge Rapp named Chair-man of Northwest Ill. Criminal Justice
Commission. |
| David Bielema named to two-county insurance post. |
| Burton Streicher and Anita Chan wed. |
| Mrs. Diana Campbell Grove, 59, of Syracuse, NY, dies following long
illness. |
| Mrs. Harry (Nina) Hartman dies Oct. 12 in New Mexico auto accident
enroute home from visit here. |
| Kris Hartman and Tim Robinson reigned over high school Homecoming. |
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| October 26
| Rites held for Mrs. John (Mildred) Coppernoll, 52, of Stockton. |
| Sandra Floming and Lamoine Aude exchange vows. |
| Mrs. Cora Wolfe, 86, dies. |
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NOVEMBER
| November 2
| Hawks are number one in Northwest Seven conference with 12-0 win over
Milledgeville. |
| Robert Neuschwanger feted for 30 years service with IRS. |
| Dr. and Mrs. Siefert, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Weidman return from tour of
Middle East. |
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| November 9
| Elected in Carroll County are Loren Golden, State's Attorney; Dr. L.
B. Hussey, Coroner; Gordon Smith, Circuit Clerk. |
| Hawks claim first football title since 1940, frosh-soph ends at 7-1. |
| John Millers wed 25 years. |
| Jeff Neuschwanger ends boot trainingin Navy. |
| Herb Getz, Barbara Geisz, LeAnn Handel, and Carol Messmer win 4-H Key
awards. |
| Rick Hopkins joins staff of Delta Queen river boat. |
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| November 16
| Henry Wantd, 54, Hanover, fatally injured at S.A.D. |
| Sherrie Fishbein, 5, dies in Thomson fire. |
| Walter Swingleys wed 63 years. |
| Robert Watson and Diane Derrer repeat vows. |
| James Downs and Richard Huffman commended by sheriff for preventing
attempted Sept. 24 jail break. |
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| November 23
| Pastor and Mrs. Wallace Johnson to leave Lutheran pastorate, accepts
call to Kiron, IA. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bonjour installed Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron
at O.E.S. |
| Mrs. Eugene Murray and Mrs. C. R. Colehour attend bi-centennial forum
in Springfield. |
| Loyde Haas and Robert Wolber suffers injuries in farm accidents. |
| Football awards given. Jerry Randecker, Duane Derrickson, Tim
Robinson named tri-captains. |
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| November 30
| Charles Nadig, 48, Hanover, Jo Daviess Coroner, dies of apparent heart
attack at son's wedding reception. |
| William Halfman, 36, son of the John Halfmans of Argo Fay, dies
unexpectedly of a heart attack Thanksgiving morning. |
| Historical Society votes to return Mosquito Hill Church to its board,
revise constitution. |
| Jean Getz and Larry Messmer wed. |
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DECEMBER
| December 7
| Historical significance of Carroll County courthouse is cited. |
| Attorney William Petty is honored on retirement as State's Attorney
the past 16 years. |
| Denise Douglas, 9 year-old Chadwick paper girl, is cited for alerting
authorities of fire at Walter Kahler home where he was asleep on the
couch. |
| Carolyn Mackay Spanogle and Wayne Getz wed. |
| Alfred Becker notes 50th wedding date. |
| Vivian Ackerman and Merlin Sager wed. |
| Dan Brinkmeier and Jim Warfield and high school art classes exhibit
art work at Shimer. |
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| December 14
| Steven Long, 18, son of Shimer College President Robert Long, dies in
England. |
| John Early named Public Defender. |
| Harry Byars, 81, dies unexpectedly. |
| Andrew Bro named to manage Timber Lake Playhouse for 1973. |
| Glen Aubrey, Sr., 78, dies after extended illness. |
| Mrs. Sylvia Miller, 73, dies. |
| Dr. Colli named to fellowship of the American Academy of Family
Physicians. |
| Kathryn Stakemiller, 56, and Luella Eshelman, 69, Chicago, died
unexpectedly. |
| Pierre Bonjour and Connie Engaldo wed. |
| Donald Kearnaghans honored at 50th wedding anniversary open house. |
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| December 21
| Thieves take presents, etc., from the Rev. Robert Phelps home. |
| Duane Meinsma and Kathy Bush, Deborah Dauphin and Patrick Kelley,
Violet MacMahan and Willard Cleveland wed. |
| Mamie Pfeiffer, Lanark, to observe 101st birthday. |
| John Hoovers wed 64 years on Christmas day. |
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| December 28
| Mrs. Eileen Corcoran wins color TV given by Business Men's
Association. |
| Emily Turnbaugh cited for Christian Education work. |
| Glen (Pat) Ashbys 50th wedding anniversary honored Dec. 31 at open
house. |
| John Steins surprised on 35th wedding date. |
| Jay McCall, Savanna, weds Arizona girl. |
| Bernard Groharing, Thomson, heads Radio Patrol. |
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SOURCE: Mirror-Democrat 04 Jan 1973
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