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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1960
Page
9
Babson Park Massachusetts July 7. In this weekly column Babson analyzes job options for graduates facing a parting of the roads. He lists five paths professions engineering manufacturing agriculture selling and advertising. He emphasizes salesmanship as a driver of economic fate and cautions that employment cycles may shift with time.
Springfield secretary Charles F. Carpentier suspends the license of James Fellows of Lanark for violation of license restrictions job.
Guests attended a party at Mrs. Oliver Johnson’s home with visitors from Wal nut Prophetstown and nearby. Mr and Mrs Jno Sour and family and Mrs Geneva Ditsworth joined Mr and Mrs Maynard Hartwick in Morrison. Miss Joan Schmidt attends a Lake Geneva high school conference. Esther L Schmaling and David Johnson plus Leland Schmaling spent Monday in Chicago. A Sunday school picnic drew a large crowd Sunday evening.
Bob Wade Refuge Manager notes fishing tips along the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge from Rock Island to Dubuque including bullheads bluegills and bass. Highlights bird list frogs berries and strict summer rules prohibit firearms dumping ads and billboard signs with boat etiquette for houseboats and shore ties.
Carroll county board of supervisors met Tuesday. Discussion focused on employing a county supervisor of assessments with referral to the county board of review for investigation and a report at next meeting. Semi annual reports were approved along with county treasurer funds and jail and justice records. A $3000 transfer to the Dependent and Neglected Children fund and a maintenance appropriation for state aid roads were approved.
Wayne Hawkins of Milledgeville announces Carroll County Fair Education Dept prizes totaling 1438 with contests for scrapbooks writing and posters. Poster contests pay 20 first prize with nine places per grade including a new high school class. Posters must be on 18x24 bristle board featuring Carroll County Fair and displayed publically two weeks before the fair.
Carroll County Fair Association sponsors midget auto races at Schell park Milledgeville on Saturday July 23. Time trials begin 7 30 p m and main racing at 8 30 p m with seven events. Admission free for children to 12 and 1 00 for adults.
Licenses to marry were issued in the past week by County Clerk W. M. Nipe to Raymond Heumann and Doris Moll both of Shannon and to Billy D. Watkins and Mary J. Drake both of Savanna.
Wayne Henson pleaded guilty to one count of burglary in Carroll County Circuit Court after being arraigned on the Savanna High School burglary case. Judge Leon A. Zick sentenced him to one to three years in the Illinois state prison. Also reported are two divorce decrees in Carroll County and a separate sentence for Chester Maxwell in Vandalia for aggravated assault. Maxwell, 32, was convicted after an incident in Savanna on July 8 involving a police officer.
Real estate transfers listed include Savanna SB & L A to James Crisei and wife and Matt L. Law et al to Verel E. Rogers. Additional deeds show Omar Ketchum to Dwight Nicol, Paul H. Unzicker to Robert C. Helm, W S Rupp to Francis Kloepping, Sheldon Helle to Phil Lip Roberts, Vernon S. Todd to V Stanley Todd et al, and John R Atherton to Jack R Hoak. Plats include Rock Creek, Senneffs, O T Lanark, Helles 3rd, and Elkhorn Grove areas with multiple lot and block references.
Harold Fox of Mt. Carroll was fined 100 dollars and had his driver's license suspended after a Carroll County Court conviction for driving while intoxicated. Walter Armstrong, also of Mt. Carroll, received 25 dollars in fines plus costs for being intoxicated on a public highway after arrest on July 5 on Highway 64.
Mr and Mrs William Quest of Chadwick visited Mr and Mrs Larry Geerts on Monday evening. Mr and Mrs William Geerts visited Harry Geerts in Fulton Sunday. Donald Green and children returned from a two week vacation to St Louis Quincy Illinois and Wisconsin. Mary Gruber spent Sunday with Linda Rice.
Annual Zugschwerdt reunion gathered 30 family members at the Legion hall Chadwick. Officers for next year were elected: President Paul Mackey Chadwick vice president Allan Zugschwerdt Chadwick secretary treasurer Mrs Leo Bushman Milledgeville. Births deaths and distant attendees listed from across Maryland Florida Virginia and North Dakota.
About 200 to 250 of the finest Holsteins in Northern Illinois will be shown at the 20th Illinois Black and White Show on Saturday July 16 at the Lake County Fair Grounds near Grayslake. Judge Gene Nelson of Union Grove University will preside. Junior 4-H and FFA exhibitors compete, a professional cattle photographer will document winners, and lunch will be available on site.
Fourteen to eighteen year olds from Carroll and adjacent counties attend White Eagle 4-H Camp near Adeline July 18 to 23. Activities include swimming boating archery hiking crafts and campfire with counselors from Carroll County.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Daniels and George Zumdahl of Shannon were Sunday supper guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Emmett Zumdahl. Mr and Mrs Allen Smith and Eric were visitors Friday night and Saturday with the Floyd Bales household in Galena.
Carroll and Jo Daviess counties members met at Pleasant Valley Grange hall July 11 with 28 attendees. Reports were read, Safety committee showcased songs and a skit, and announcements covered upcoming picnics and anniversaries.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers in the Rock Island district has developed four limited recreational areas on the Mississippi River and plans three more this summer to ease growing public demand. Notable sites include Blandings Landing near Savanna and an area on the causeway to Lock and Dam No 13 above Fulton, both offering picnic tables, boat ramps, and access to fishing spots as remote alternatives to crowded parks.
Marvin Daehler and Jerry Maring, Chadwick high school graduates, have been accepted as freshmen at Carthage College in Carthage Illinois for the fall term. Orientation for freshmen begins September 11 with a campus conference for new students and parents. Registration for freshmen and upperclassmen is September 15 and classes start September 16.
Carroll County Fair officials announce a new Queen contest with Marjorie A. Johnson directing and training finalists. The winner will advance to the Miss Illinois County Fair 1961 competition in Springfield January 1961. Entrants must reside in Carroll county, be 15 to 22, single, not a current professional model, and submit full details plus a photo by July 28, 1960.
Black Oak Grange met Thursday night with forty members present in the grange hall. Master Frank Manning presided as officers reported absent. Leroy Stoner reported on Reynolds Wood Youth Camp at Dixon and the group planned a Cook's Greenhouse tour for July 14. A July 23 ice cream social was announced and a literary program led by Graces was held.
Eighth annual Carroll County Fair runs Aug 9–14 at Schell Park Milledgeville with Western Horse Show on opening day. Activities include hog and livestock judging, pony shows, tractor pulls, queen and prince contests, parades, cake walks, ostrich racing, animal shows, and entertainment nightly.
Robert L. Schubert dairy herd tops Carroll County DHIA in June with 1411 pounds milk and 63.1 pounds fat from 21 registered and grade Holsteins. Other high herds include Sikkema Stransky, Weidman LaRue, Judson Grove and Clifford Durward. Unit average 929 pounds milk and 32.7 pounds fat with 747 cows across 24 herds and 82 dry cows.
The Boy Scouts prepare for the Fifth National Jamboree at Colorado Springs July 22 to 28 on 2000 acres of Reserve J Dimond Ranch. A city of 39 villages with health lodges, water, showers, commissaries, police and fire services, a daily newspaper, post office, and theatre will serve thousands of participants. Over 6,000 volunteers supervise the encampment with 500 correspondents, 68 special trains carrying 35,000 scouts, and extensive catering and supplies including 1,650,000 meals and millions of cooking items and beverages.
Mrs Bruce Groharing and family visited from Tuesday to Saturday in Galesburg with Mr and Mrs Frank McDowell. Donnie extended his stay. Mrs Mert Helvick and sons of Galesburg returned with her for a visit until Wednesday when Mr Helvick and Donnie picked up the family to return them home. Dwight Atherton and family were Saturday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Melvin Kutler. John Brown of Chicago visited Thompson area last weekend. Debbie Hendrickson of Clinton visited with grandparents and other relatives in the area. Amy Lewis and family returned Monday from a four week Muskegon and Battle Creek trip.
Eight 4-H members from Shannon Savanna Mt. Carroll Chadwick and Fulton were chosen for a Cooperstown New York exchange trip leaving July 16 for a week in New York homes. Chaperones are Mrs. Stanley Nesemeier and Byron Hutchins. Carroll County Bankers Association donated 100 to help cover costs.
Mr and Mrs Gene Halfman hosted Sunday supper for the Browns in Sterling. Mrs Gene Diephuis of Fulton called on the Myles Haas home Tuesday. Mrs Lena Senneff and her son Clifford from Cedar Rapids visited the McGintys, whose sister in law is Mrs McGinty. Milford Raab and family from Mt Carroll visited the Hamm parents Tuesday. Saturday evening visitors in Larry Geerts home included Mrs Roger Simon Peggy St Ores and Bill Spencer. Sunday afternoon visitors to the Athertons included Mrs Helen Vance and daughters from DeWitt Iowa.
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