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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
1
A local column notes spring hints and civic topics from Illinois politics to advertising trends. It highlights a campus survey on newspaper ads, robin sightings, census questions, and a stark warning on rising fire losses and the need for universal fire prevention efforts.
The Lanark Brethren church hosts the Carroll county Federated Woman's clubs annual Spring conference on April 16 with program committee chairwoman Mrs. O. H. Rahn Chadwick announcing talks by Miss Kathryn Porter Frances Shimer and Rev J R Uhlinger Rock Falls. The day features poems by Glenn Ward Dresbach Lanark music by Chadwick Savanna and Lanark pupils, plus addresses on community service.
Cecil Richard Connell 41 longtime Red and White grocery proprietor in Savanna died Tuesday in Sterling after six years of ill health. He was born Sept 9 1898 and is survived by his widow Marian, his mother Anna Connell, sister Margaret and brother Sherman with services at 2:15 and 2:30 pm in Savanna Methodist church.
A large group of Carroll county farmers toured the annual county livestock feeding circuit on a Friday trip. Stops included Clarence Van Buskirk’s Mt. Carroll area farm with 102 calves, John Warner’s Lima township steers, Conrad Rath’s Lanark area yearlings, and Naamon Diehl’s Lanark farm with 150 Hereford calves. Calves gained 269 to 286 pounds since October as silage oats and corn rations plus cottonseed and oil meal supplements supported growth.
Supervisors of Carrell County meet in Mt Carrell for the annual organization of the county board. No township elected supervisors this spring, but a chairman and new standing committees will be formed. Robert Carson is the current chairman for the past three years.
Republican voters in Carroll County backed Thomas E. Dewey for president and C Wayland Brooks for U S senator with Green for governor and Cross for lieutenant governor among top performers. Brooks and Lyons split against Churchead Green, while Democrats showed lower turnout but notable support for Slattery for senator and Hershey for governor.
Captain W H Wildey, Carroll County's sole surviving Civil War veteran, will mark his 101st birthday at his Mt Carroll home on April 18. A lifelong Republican, he recalls attending Chicago Wigwam convention of 1860 and Lincoln's first nomination.
Captain Wildey born April 18 1839 in Buffalo moved to Chicago at 16 and served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1866. He opened a Mt Carroll grocery until 1925, married Emily Vale in 1867, and was a longtime Mason, reputedly the oldest in Illinois and perhaps the nation.
Clifford Holman and Edward McClain both of Clinton were sentenced to 48 days in Clinton county Jail after pleading guilty to seven counts each. Holman, previously from Carroll County, and McClain, commercial fishermen, were arrested April 4 by three state conservation officers near Dam 15. About 100 pounds of rough fish, a trammel net, and a loaded shotgun were found in their boat.
Forty wild turkeys released Friday at the Savanna Ordnance Depot to feed and acclimate. Raised near Alton, the birds were delivered by Mr. and Mrs. A. Fromm under conservation sponsorship and released in a wooded, fenced area with feeding and watering stations.
Last week licenses were issued in Clinton Iowa to Francis J Schmidel and Beth Alene Goldring both of Savanna and to Randall Downs of Lanark and Margaret Gehrts of Savanna.
Incumbent John L. Brearton edged Lawrence A. Smith and John D. Turnbaugh by a narrow margin in a county Republican primary that remained unresolved until the last precinct reported. Final unofficial totals: Brearton 1491, Smith 1390, Turnbaugh 1286, with unopposed county offices later announced. Write-in votes for state's attorney near a hundred for Robert L. Morris were incomplete due to reporting gaps.
Rush Carroll's 21 Holsteins top the Carroll County Dairy Herd Improvement Association for March with 1,168 pounds milk and 46.5 butterfat per herd. John Derrer and son place second with 1,324 pounds milk and 46.1 fat. Individual high is Rush Carroll's cow at 1,761 milk and 91.6 fat. a Derver herd cow reaches 2,170 pounds milk and 89 fat. Eighty-six cows in association herds exceed 40 pounds butterfat.
Governor proclaims Conservation Week running statewide with the state department of conservation leading the programs. The Illinois Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs and Educational Conservation Society join in reflecting on game fish and forest resources and the need for prudent use and protection.
Farmers here showcased much of the early grain during the first week in April. Visitors Elmer Shelhouse and Ward Rogers called in. Mr and Mrs George Weidman visited the Harry Fulrath home Sunday. The Taylor family of Rockford stayed with Albert Petty family over the weekend.
About 60 miles of Jo-Carroll Electric Co operative lines will be energized this month. Portable generating units will be installed between Elizabeth and Woodbine to supply power until Genoa Wisconsin plants and transmission lines come online.
Gust Carlson of Mid-West Construction at the Savanna Ordnance Depot investigated material dropping from a clamshell bucket. He found a six foot gar wedged in the bucket jaws, causing the bucket to fail to close as it lifted a load from the riverbed.
The county clerk reports sixty applications for absent voters ballots received by the closing hour for such requests ahead of Tuesday's primary election.
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