Hoag & Sons Book Bindery Inc. Sprlngport, Michigan 4 9 2 8 U E lection re su lts ( t y a t u w t t A The polls closed their doors Tuesday night Clerk: Clyde Homickel, 35. Park commissioner- SINGLE COPY 25c after a long day and the votes were sent to Assessor: Harold Dassow, 35. Caps park district- 4-year term: Dean Nussbaum, 25. Pontiac to be counted. Highway commissioner: David Homickel, 19; Eugene Sham brook, 22. CHATSWORTH This year's election at Chatsworth found Trustees: Duane Dassow, 40; Harlan Supervisor: Thom as W. Livingston, 240. most incumbents filling their chairs again for Kahle, 37; Raphael McGreal, 37; Albert “P teU ndeaU n. Clerk: William R. Zorn, 100. yet another term in office. Wahls, 37. Assessor : Harlod L. Dassow, 230. Park commissioner- Highway commissioner: John M. CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS (60921), THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981 It was rather a quiet election in town, no Caps park district- ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH YEAR NUMBER 28 132; Ivan Stalter, 150. rash criticism of opponents that sometimes 4-year term: Dean Nussbaum, 19. Trustees: Kenneth Rich, 65; 1980 Cornbelt Press. Inc. comes with the election year. Krueger, 42; Donald J. Lowery, 51; Steven J. Listed are the newly elected officers: Krones, 59; Roland Stalter, 57. Park commissi oners- CHARLOTTE Caps park district- 4-year term: Donna Aberle, 252; Barbara Supervisor: Dan Kerber, 31. 4-year term: Dean Nussbaum, 235. Clark. 228; Donald G. Gibb, 248; Jane B. Liv­ Clerk: Ronald Fesssner, 31. Library trustees- ingston, 234. Assessor: Hazel G. Allen, 22. 2-year term: Lucille Haberkom, 241; Ed­ Highway commissioner: Berdell Galloway, CHATSWORTH win Kapper, 235; Pamela K. Walker, 229. 33. President: Kenneth R. Sharp, 104. Trustees: Fred Endres, 31; Francis Clerk: Janet A. Honegger, 204. GFRMANVILLE Feeley, 31; Herbert Knoll, 31; Raymond Trustees: Curtis F. Stoller, 104; CharlesE. Supervisor: Harold Homickel, 34. Wallrick, 30. Elliott, 154; Maurice Nussbaum, 186. F a r m e r f o r e c a s t WINTER WHEAT was reported as 14 percent excellent, 71 percent good, and 15 percent fair. Winter wheat in moat areas was reported to be growing well. Photo by Jim Roberts OATS seeding is about 85 percent com plete, compared with four percent last year and the 5-year average (1978-80) of 25 percent. D ry field conditions and warm weather have From this increased the progress of fieldwork. ALFALFA was reported as six percent excellent, 60 p ercent good, and 34 p ercen t fa ir. THIS VOLKSWAGEN, owned by Charles Costello, was overturned into the PLOWING for 1981 com and soybean acreage is about 92 percent complete, ditch crushing the hood, ripping a side runner among other injuries, by vandals compared with 72 percent last year and the Saturday. Photo by Julie Davis 5-year average of 70 percent. PASTURES were reported as one percent A phone call Saturday night a little past 11 excellent, 38 percent good, 54 p ercen t fa ir, and p.m. brought more bad news. This time that seven percent poor. Pastures are supplying Bad luck her husband’s car had been a victim of about 25 percent of the livestock roughage vandalism. requirements, compared with 10 percent last strikes town year and a 5-year average of 18 percent SOIL MOISTURE was reported as dm It was a bad weekend all around with the percent adequate and 99 percent shod concern of the top soil being blown away, the FIELDWORK: There were 8.00 DAYS wind gusting up to 60 miles an hour Tom Corcoran sets SUITABLE for FIELDWORK during the week transplanting buildings, but Mrs. Charles ending-April 3. Costello suffered the loss of their family dog, Saturday morning, that had apparently been Tow n M eeting' for MAIN ACTIVITIES were preparing struck by a car on Route 24. “This er Kxi the machinery for spring fieldwork, caring for day, what else could go wrong?" sighed Mrs. livestock, cleaning feedlots, and applying Costello. Fairbury Saturday fertilizer and herbicides. Few fields of com were planted. Photo by Jim Roberts Costello, who works at Caterpillar in Joliet U.S. Congressman Tom Corcoran will hold had taken turns car-pooling with two other a “town meeting” session Saturday morning men for the past 16 years. When it was not his in Fairbury, his office said today. The Ottawa turn to drive, he would often leave the car Republican will be at Westview school’s t o t h i s . parked on the Campus blacktop off Route 116. cafeteria on South First street from 10:30 a.m. until noon. W e a t h e r Corcoran will deliver a “Washington Update” on the current scene in the capital, then will answer questions. TEMPERATURES for the period of March 30 - April 5,1961 averaged eight degrees to 15 degrees above normal as a warm trend continued over the state for the second straight week. Several new maximum temperature records were set as readings climbed into the 80’s. PRECIPITATION was scattered as M a r k e t amounts ranged from less than .10 of an inch in the west and northwest sections to .30 of an inch in the central and southern areas. Local Livingston Grain Quotes heavy rainfall fell in the extreme northwest Wednesday, April 8, 1981 and extreme south where more than one inch Com $3.2S was recorded. Beans 7.64 The OUTLOOK for the period of April 7 -14 is for above normal temperatures and above normal precipitation toward the end of the period. NO TRESPASSINGl!! read the sign but the wind storm whipped through this THE WIND PLAYED havoc Friday Pictured are the remains of a tree- shed anyway leaving only a rubble behind at the Schade farm. night destroying both small and large house at Mary Jane Schade's firm buildings whichever stood in its path. south of town. came this.. Photo by Julie Davis Photo by Julie Davit m Social News L i t t l e P in c h Mr. and Mrs. Frank Livingston spent Saturday, Mrs. Phyllis Hale was one of six Saturday and Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind. initiates taken into Delta Kappa Gamma, an They attended Parent’s Weekend activities at honorary teachers' sorority, at the Country C a s i n o Butler university with their son, Dick, a Mansion in Dwight. Mrs. Hale was a home student there economics teacher in Oakland before coming h i t t i n g to Chatsworth, and has served as substitute Elaine Sandoval was transferred from St. teacher, taught in Fairbury, and is now by Julie Davis Joseph hospital, Bloomington to Fairbury teaching remedial reading one half days in the hospital, on Tuesday. Chatsworth system. Mrs. Dorothy Pearson was one of the by Melanie Gillett officers assisting in the initiation and Mrs. Johanna Hanson and Jo Wittier spent the Betty Gillette escorted Mrs. Hale in the weekend in Lombard and Wheaton with the ceremony. Paul Hanson family and Cheryl Wittier. Approximately 50 women attended the My co-workers have always could design the most original jack-o- They always say a dog is man's But this adage concerning dogs Cheryl and her mother attended the play luncheon. Following the luncheon Mrs. Patty lantern, when in entered a local being man's best friend could best be "George M” (based on the music of George M. bugged me about writing a column best friend. Scott, first grade teacher in Saunemin, an when I've filled in at the Plaindealer. citizen who was surprised to see us Sunday, I returned a dog to my spelled out by spelling the creature's Cohan) at Glenn Bard West High school. The active figure skater, and owner of the Dwight Well, this week nobody bugged me so working so diligently. I don't think 1 cousins I had kept for them while on name backwards. Dog spells God students of the school presented the play. Art Gallery'. gave a talk on collectables and just for spite I decided to write one, made a very good Impression. vacation. backwards, so it's no wonder then Cheryl taught most of these students in Junior showed examples of Hummel figurines, high. with a little help from a ghost writer. I've even tried my hand at I enjoy pets and especially Gypsy that one of his own creations would Christmas plates and other examples of art work, explaining who made them, how they I've made my rounds throughout "editoring." My first experience was as she kept me company throughout have these good quantities like the Clarence Martin is recovering from were limited in production, and what the the Cornbelt Press area filling in. in Cullom with the Chronicle-Head­ the winter. She was a good watchdog maker himself. surgery at Carle hospital in Urbana. His room numbers meant. My first experience at Chatsworth, light-Enquirer, last summer. While the always "watching over" the farm I stopped by the polls Tuesday at number is 723A. Others attending from Chatsworth were I remember turning the knob and long time editor of that paper, Toby while I was working. 2:30 and 115 voters had been through Miss Florinda Bauerle and Mrs. Louise being locked out, with what seemed Van Alstyne was out of commission, I I had talked to my cousin earlier thus far. I'm glad these citizens Mrs. F. L. Livingston Sr. spent Thursday Stoutemyer. like 40 feet of snow outside, nowhere sat in the chair of the editor, actually that morning and he had even offered remembered that it is not only a and Friday in Eureka where she was narrator to go, I decided to drive home, call Mr.