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Nancy Bonynge Birthday
Relatives and friends are invited to attend from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Depot in Aledo. Cards can be mailed to Nancy at 1687 100th Ave., Aledo, IL 61231. Nancy Johnson was born March 4, 1923, in Bloomington, Ill., to Harry and Pearl Johnson. She married Thomas Bonynge on Oct. 16, 1943, in Portsmouth, Va., while her husband was in the service. He died Dec. 18, 2003. She attended high school in Aledo with a semester in Peoria, Ill. While in Peoria, her friend's mom called Nancy's mom to ask if Nancy could come back to Aledo, stay with them and finish her senior year. She did. She graduated from Bradley University and Chicago. She retired from Alcoa. She was a township trustee and a member of the VFW Auxiliary and College Avenue Presbyterian Church. She enjoys swimming, canoeing, boating, mowing and cards, and she raised sheep. Her children are Mike (Shirley) Bonynge, Susie (Bob) Watson and Beth (Mike) Bowns. Her grandchildren are Scott (Monica) Bonynge, Mindy (Brad) Tallyn, Steven (Felicia) Bonynge, Bev Watson, Christina (Ron) Bantug, Michelle (Daryl) Starkey, Ashley (Kyle) McClintock and Emily Bowns. She has 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her sister is Carol Johnson. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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