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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: August 2, 1973 From Thursday, August 2, through Tuesday, August 7, the Kankakee County Fair and Rodeo, was being held at the county fairgrounds. (Note the interesting configuration of dates – Thursday through Tuesday???) In addition to traditional rides and fair food, that year’s fair featured Dan Fleenor’s Hurricane…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: July 26, 1973 These pictures are from the Legion Homecoming Parade… “Good Turnout at Legion Homecoming” “Candy, Sweetest Queen to Date” “‘Wonderful!’ is the way Candy Senesac describes being the queen of the weekend’s Homecoming festivities in Manteno. Candy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Senesac Jr., credits her…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: July 19, 1973 Only in a rural paper… “Missing: Two Angus Heifers” “Anyone see two wandering Black Angus heifers? Don Termunde has been searching the area for the two escapees, who were last seen north of Indiana Avenue and east of Beecher on Monday afternoon, but they have again…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: July 12, 1973 In 2023, the Beecher Fire Protection District made some news as they were hiring a new inspector, but have you ever wondered when the Beecher Area Fire Protection District was formed? Then wonder no longer… “Beecher Area Fire District Formed” By Roger Schoenwald “On May 1,…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: July 6, 1973 Here’s a bit of nostalgia, with some pictures from Peotone’s celebration of the July 4 celebration holiday. What’s a celebration of our nation’s birthday without an old fashioned parade… “New Rides Debut at Midwest Fair” “The gigantic German Hofbrau Haus, with miles and miles of fun…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: June 28, 1973 It was the nation’s birthday and The Manteno News’ front page was filled with celebratory activities for the community, including fireworks, a dance, and the Sportsmen’s Club’s chicken barbecue. It seems the community was encouraged to spend the entire holiday enjoying the lake and all it…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 22, 1973 Seems the Peotone School Board was in an unusual position… “Refuse to Bid on School Business” “The 207-U School Board found itself in the peculiar position Monday night of opening a whole series of letters from companies that declined to bid on school business. The negative…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 16, 1973 The front page of the Peotone Vedette had some interesting headlines, considering June is a quieter time for news in a small town paper: “73 Sued for Not Filing Disclosure Statements;” “Village Accepts 25-Acre Rathje Subdivision Plans;” “Public Hearing Held on Annexation to JJC;” “Village Board…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 8, 1973 I certainly was not prepared for the headline that struck me as I opened the 1973 books for this week’s news – “Latest I-57 Murder Victim Is Former Peotone Resident.” Actually, I felt much the same way I did 50 years ago when my Mom told…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 1, 1973 “High School Seniors to Graduate Sunday” “Graduation ceremonies for 91 seniors in the Peotone High School Class of 1973 will be held in the school gym at 3 p.m., on Sunday. Miss Cheryl Lynn Carstens has been named valedictorian and Miss Alice Elaine Warning, salutatorian. “Miss…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: May 25, 1973 “File Petition to Form Peotone Library District” “At a recent board meeting the trustees of the Peotone Township Library voted to increase the area now served by the library by forming a district library. “A petition asking the court to set an election date to form…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: May 18, 1973 It was May and that meant much activity was scheduled every week at the schools, including the 1973 prom. “Windmills of Your Mind,” theme for the 1973 prom, was held at the Will County Atrium. Rae Ann Murray was crowned Queen and Randy Wischover – King.…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: May 10, 1973 To continue with issues of concern in School District 201-U, here were the predictions… “Nine New Schools Seen By 1978; Only Six with 45-15” “Enrollment projections for the next five years in District 201-U show planning must be implemented for nine new schools if the district…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: May 3, 1973 Who says “life is simple”… “Deny Participation on KCC Annexation Committee” “By Roger Schoenwald” “New and dramatic developments have taken place during the past week concerning the Committee for Annexation to Kankakee Community College. “In last week’s Beecher Herald, an article stated that both Mr. and…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: April 26, 1973 “Form Committee to Push for Annexation to KCC” “By Roger Schoenwald” “Two members have split with the Junior College Advisory Committee and formed the Committee for Annexation to Kankakee Community College. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Waldvogel are members of the new committee, whose existence was made…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: April 19, 1973 Well, I made a comment about election consolidation last week, but apparently, Manteno residents were not deterred in voting twice in just a few days… In the school board contest…“William McMurtry, of Rockville Township, and Richard Brandt, of Manteno Township, tallied up an almost two-to-one margin…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: April 12, 1973 Apparently, residents had not considered the worth of election consolidation back in 1973, as the Manteno School Board election was on Saturday, April 14, and was followed by the Manteno Village Board election on Tuesday, April 17. Add to this, Palm Sunday was April 15 and…
