Carroll County Fair History and Growth Through Years
A reflective piece traces Carroll County fairs from 1853 beginnings to postwar growth. It notes early premiums, site shifts near Mt. Carroll, bankruptcy scares, revival in Milledgeville in 1953, and eventual land acquisitions totaling 45 acres. Upcoming continuation teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Agricultural Society
Monroe Bailey
York Township
Argo Fay
John N. Keech
McCal & Kellogg
Widney & Walker
Sarah Fuller
Mt. Carroll Seminary
C. M. Gregory
F. A. Wood
Mt. Carroll
Agricultral Society
Milledgeville
O Carroll
County Fair Board
Milille
Kraft Foods
Carrol County
Ilinois
Gene Litwiller
Har- Esther Boyd
Audrey Writz
Jerry Heisinger
Ralph Spanogle
John Parks
Lloyd Peters
Richard Alison
Irvin Isgrig
Charles Schell
Schell
Carroll County Fair Association, Inc
Fair Association
Milledgeville Lutheran Church
D. H. Wheeler
Extension Calendar of Events for April
The April schedule lists events across extension units including Soil Profile Tour April 15 at 8 a m at the Extension Office York Progressives Unit 7 30 p m April 15 Mrs Merle Bielema Extension Office April 16 Hickorgrove Homemakers Unit 1 30 p m Credit Conference 4 30 p m Freeport Holiday Inn Gun Safety School 7 30 p m Extension Office April 17 4 H Committee 8 p m Extension Office April 18 Otter Creek Unit 7 30 p m Mrs Melville McKean April 19 4 H Public Speaking Contest 7 30 p m Extension Office 44 H Demonstration Contest 8 p m Naaman Diehl Auditorium April 22 DHIA Cooperators Meeting 8 p m Extension Office April 23 Salem Unit 1 30 p m Extension Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Progressives
Merle Bielema
Ag. Extenson Council
Ofice
Hlckorgrove Homemakers
Kenneth Rekenthaler
Freeport Holiday Inn
Otter Creek
Melville McKean
Naaman Diehl
Dhia Cooperators
Salem
Fund Drive Reaches $42000 for Carroll County Nursing Home
A total of $42000 has been raised to date in the current fund-raising drive in support of a Good Samaritan Nursing home in Carroll County. Fund drives are under way in Savanna and Thomson, with Chadwick and Milledgeville drives yet to be completed. $67000 more is needed to reach the county goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Bernadine Morris
Lanark
Russell Zier, Jr
Milledgeville
Wayne Becker
Savanna
Ronnie Sturtevant
Shannon
Illinois Vegetable Garden Guide
A Good Samaritan Nursing
Carroll County
Chadwick
Illinois streams stocked with brown trout in multiple counties
The Illinois Department of Conservation announced brown trout stocking in four streams Apple River Pine Creek Rock Creek and Kent Creek with additional sites at Pages Park Coleta Area Pierce Creek Winneshiek Creek and Indian Creek. Stocked streams operate on a put and take basis with an eight trout per day limit and sixteen in possession after opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ilinois
Apple River
Jo Daviess County
Pine Creek
White Pines State Park
Ogle County
Rock Creek
Kankakee River
Kankakee County
Kent Creek
Pages Park
Rockford
Coleta
Dixon
Whiteside County
Pierce Creek
Lanark
Carroll County
Dakota
Stephenson County
Indian Creek
Winslow
Department of Conservation
Congressman's Housing Stand Urges Open Occupancy Law
The congressman cites a National Advisory Commission report showing racial disparities in housing fueling urban tension. He urges a national open occupancy standard, supports Senate Amendments to the Civil Rights Bill, and plans to vote aye on H R 1100 and H R 2516 to promote reconciliation and civil rights nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
U. S
House Rules Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Rules Committee
House
Agricultural Credit Workshop Slated for Freeport Holiday Inn
Bankers and lending agencies across Carroll JoDaviess and Stephenson Counties are invited to an agricultural credit meeting on Monday evening April 16 at the Holiday Inn Freeport. The program runs 4 30 p m to 9 p m and covers agricultural data processing farm cash flow and a farmer lender panel. Contact Harold Brinkmeier Carroll Extension Adviser to arrange dinner reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
JoDaviess
Stephenson
Holiday Inn
Freeport
Harold Brinkmeier
Carroll Extension
GOP Women Plan For Reception in Mount Carroll
Carroll County Republican Woman's Club executive board met at Chadwick home Friday April 5 with president G Poppenhouse presiding. They planned an April 17 reception for Illinois Governor candidate Richard Ogilvie at the Mount Carroll Community House. A regular meeting with lunch is set for April 26 in Chadwick with reservations due April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Republican Woman's Club
K. W. Senneth
Chadwick
G. Poppenhouse
Milledgeville
Richard Ogilvie
State of
Illinois
Mount Carroll
Looking for the good in people and coming friends
Old Nathan tells two strangers that a town has the kind of people you expect. One arrives with a view of bad town neighbors, the other with good, and the old man notes you find what you look for. The lesson: seek the best in others and you will succeed and make friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan
County Woman's Club Meets In Lanark April Conference
The County Woman's Club meets Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs in Lanark at the Lanark Methodist Church on Tuesday April 9 with 43 in attendance. Officers were installed by Mrs. Russell Rahn and an afternoon program featured music by Lanark High School and slides from the National Gallery of Art. Attendees from Chadwick include several named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Carroll County
Lanark Methodist Church
Leslie Hoak
C. S. Darrow
Charles Honberger
Jean Beacon
Lanark High School
National Gallery of Art
Lichta
Russell Rahn
H. P. Greison
Savanna
Dennis Cowan
Mount Carroll
Otto Switzer
Lanark Club
Chadwick Club
W. J. Quest
Mila Senneff
Raymond Ebersole
Bertha Carbaugh
H. Morton Higley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Engelking
Gene Hardick
Camptown
DuQuoint
Paul Warners
Iinois Pork Producers Asociation
Carrol
Charles
Carare
Way
Thomson
Que
Worth
Chanel
Fashion
Consumer Service
Dept. WW
ILGWU
Seventh Ave
New York
Dale Carnegie
Gene Murphy
John Moats
Mike Rothenberger
Dale Carnegie & Assoc., Inc
C. J. Lichta
Thomson Review
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
K. C
J. K. Whitney
Thomson, Illinois
Lila Atherton
Thena “Newspaper
Hatlona
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