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Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 9

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ixon vening elegraph i' Serving the Heart of Rock River Valley for More Than a Century Wednesday, August 21, 1968 Czech Council Hears Plans For Zoning Ordinance Deaths and Funerals TOWN Mrs. Edna SupinjrerBryant J. Branson POLO Mrs. Edna Supinger, 75, formerly of 407 S. Green died at 10 p.m.

Tuesday at ley Willows Retirement Home, Rockford. She was horn Oct. 22, 1802, in Fillmore, the daughter of Jerome and Etta Carey Card. Mrs. Supinger was married to W.

W. Supinger April 7 ,1911, tn Fillmore, who preceded her in death. They moved to Polo in 1945. She was a member of the Polo United Methodist Church, the Corinthian Chapter of past worthy matron of the Pittsfield Chapter. She was also preceded tn i death by a son.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary) Anderson, Rockford; a son, Karl, Polo: a sister, Mrs. Roy MrCaslm, Rochelle; a brother, Calvin Card, Franklin Grove; two I dren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church with the Rev.

Len Huff, pastor of the Emmanuel United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in P'atr- mont Cemetery. Friends may call at the Benson-McNabb Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. KSB Hospital Probation Granted Weather DIXON TEMPERATURES Official high Tuesday, 94; low today, 73; 12:30 p.m., 94.

Unofficial readings over past 24 hours at 4-hour intervals ending noon today: Noon .........91 Midnight 4 p.m............96 4 a.m............77 p.m............XX 8 a.m...........80 Noon 94 Clyde A. Gigous Purvey ak In Roelielle PRINCETON Mrs. Ruth Newcomb, 79. Prairie View ing Home, died Monday at Perry Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Mrs.

Newcomb was bom April 13. 1X89 at LaGrange. the daughter of Theodore and Harriete How'ell Bergen. She hs married to Rexford Newcomb Oct. 24, 1911 at Wichita, who preceded her in death.

She was a of the PAR of the Unitarian Church and also a honorary member of the SAI music sorority of the University of Illinois, Champaign. She was also preceded in death by a son, a sister and a brother. Survivors include a son, Rexford Lake Geneva, a daughter, Mrs. Clarke (Margaret Larson, Wyanet; a brother, John H. Bergen, of California.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Jensen and Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Warren M. Mueller, pastor of the Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will lie in Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Santa Anna, Calif.

There will be no visitation. OREGON Clyde A. Gigous, 65, Rt. 2, died early Wednesday morning in his home following a long illness. He was born Oct.

5, 1902 tn Mount Morris, the son of David and Maude Stout Gigous. Gigous was married to Alma Helman June 26, 1926, in He was a lifelong area resident. He was preceded in death by a daughter, a grandchild, a brother and a sister. Survivors include his widow; six sons, Claude, Robert, Jesse, Roy and David, all of Oregon; Donald, Dayton, Ohio; three daughters, Mrs. Wallace (Barbara) Hartman, Sterling, Mrs, Allen (Sandra) Krueger, Mfs.

Roger (Judith) Steffa, both of Oregon; 17 grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Grimes, Mount Morris; Mrs. Amy richs, Lyndonwood; Vernie Gigous, Milwaukee, Mrs. Hazel Mammenga, Rockford. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m.

at the Farrell Funeral Home, with the Rev. Wayne Albright, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, Mount Morris. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

ROCHELLE 'Die Downtown Rochelle Merchants Association are conducting a mail survey under the supervision of David president of the group. Stone said the city will soon be forced to replace its parking meters at a cost of from $10,000 lo $15,000 and thru this survey they intend to petition the council io remove all parking meters on an experimental basis. The letters contained two questions; would like to see the meters removed provided a reasonable parking flow can be and do not want the meters and the respondents were to write their comments. The survey is running 5 to 1 for the meters to be taken out with 35 per cent of the forms already back, aceoiding to Stone. The comments most used on the forms are that the curb space would be used by the merchants and employes.

Stone's comment to the people will have to police This survey will go before the City council meeting Monday night. Christopher C. Thompson Christopher Cambell Thompson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson 520 N.

Ottawa died at KSB Hospital Tuesday evening shortly after birth. He is survived by his parents; a sister, Tracey: maternal grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn Reeder, Dixon; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson Dixon; and his paternal great-grandfather, Dorrance S.

Thompson, Dixon. Family services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Preston Funeral Home with the Rev. Malcomb D. Ludy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery. City Water Board Makes Resolution (Continued From Page 1) band; three sons, Dean William, David Lee and Dennis all at home; her mother, Mrs. Marie Wohrley; four brothers, Henry Dixon; Lewis Franklin Grove; Floyd, Cambridge; John, Dixon; a sister, Dorothy, Dixon. Funeral services will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Church at 10 a.m. Friday with the Rev.

R. G. Magel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for the youth group at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Friends may call at the Preston Funeral Home from 2 p.m. Thursday until 9 a m. Friday, when the body will be taken to the church. The board of the City Water Department of which the late Joseph F. Villiger had been a charter member has passed a resolution calling attention to the service which was rendered to the people of Dixon during his years as chairman of the Water The resolution recalls Villiger had been a member of the board since its beginning in 1956 and that prior to the acquisition of the Dixon Water by the city, Villiger had been the vice president for 10 years.

The board said in the resolution that is with profound regret and deeppst of loss that the members mark the untimely passing of Joseph F. STILLMAN VALLEY Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Poley, 84. who died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in Americana Nursing Home, Rockford, were held today at the Stillman Valley Congregational Church with the Rev.

Walter Sehlaretzki, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Stillman Valley Cemetery. Mrs. Poley was born Dec. 15, 1883 in Stillman Valley, the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Horace Hurd. She was married to Gerald M. Poley, who preceded her in death. She was a member of the Stillman Valley Congregation Church.

She was a former Oregon resident. She was also preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Survivors include a sister-in- law, Mrs. Ruth Hathaway, Stillman Valley. Contract Awarded Chicago Produce CHICAGO (API Mercantile Exchange Butter 93 score AA 6692 A 90 89 Cars 90 89 62.

Eggs grade A whites 38; mediums 33; standards 30. Happy Birthday To Robert Miller Jim Thompson and Mrs. Fred P. Miller, today. A deceptive practice complaint has been signed against Winston C.

Edwards, Amboy, who formerly operated the Town and Country Cafe there. The complaint states that Edwards presented Rock River Provisions Rock Falls, with a worthless $330.23 check for meat Edwards had purchased from the company. Doctors Rochelle Market (Continued From Page 1) couraging to Nixon said, that the spirit is so outstanding. A young staff doctor said the spirit is a lesson in courage to all members of the The man to know When you Investment Information For Information on Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds 0ZZIE W. ZIMMERMAN From Dixon Telephone Only Ask Operator for ENTERPRISE 5795 EDWARD D.

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