Babson's Forecast Highlights 1960 Crop and Gas Prospects
Babson Park Massachusetts April 14 1960 outlines in the government forecast six increases and ten decreases across sixteen crops with overall moderate change. Highlights include expected ample feed grain supplies corn sorghum and barley oats rice and beans plus rising soybean acreage and a potential rise in dry beans and potatoes while flaxseed falls and gas prices are slated to drop due to oil surplus and demand for efficient small cars.
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Babson Park
Mass
U. S
Easter supper guests and family visits noted in Chadwick News
Easter dinner guests included Gilbert Moothart, Rock Falls, and Marjorie Walker with the Schleunings. Neal Maring and Emily visited Fulton. Alvin Reiff spent Sunday with Emma Reiff in Milledgeville. Robert Ferguson and family dined with Harve Queckboerner's relatives. Card of Thanks from Dawn Marie Myers family expresses gratitude for prayers flowers and sympathy notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schleuning
Gilbert Moothart
Rock Falls
Marjorie Walker
Richard Schleuning
Neal Maring
Emily
Jerry Sikkema
Fulton
Alvin Reiff
Emma Reiff
Milledgeville
Robert Furguson
Harve Queckboerner
Dawn Marie Myers
Dorothy
Edgar Myersels
Were You Counted Campaign Aims Full Census Reach
District Supervisor Carolyn Gettings announces the Were You Counted campaign to ensure no resident is missed in the 1960 Census. Residents urged to mail Were You Counted forms. preliminary figures will cover areas with 10 000+ population and counties, with final counts later in the year. The message stresses funding depends on a complete count and notes the ongoing second stage uses blue household questionnaires for 25 percent of homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn M. Gettings
Rockford
Washington
Census Bureau
Courthouse Notes Update Local Marriage Licenses and Crimes
Two marriages were recorded by County Clerk W. M. Nipe for Charles W. Jeanblanc with Elaine F. Zier of Polo and Herbert Amey with Catherine Jacobsen of Clinton Iowa. In Carroll County Court Judge L Melvin Gundry sentenced William Henry Michael to six months at the state penal farm for check fraud. Stanley Zink was held for hearing on larceny of auto license plates. Real estate transfers listed include multiple property deeds in Savanna and Lanark areas. Community meetings and homecraft lessons are scheduled across Lanark Palisades and Salem with lesson topics on energy saving salads and centerpieces and updated meeting dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Nipe
Charles W. Jeanblanc
Elaine F. Zier
Polo
Herbert Amey
Catherine Jacobsen
Clinton
Iowa
Carroll County
L. Melvin Gundry
William Henry Michael
Freeport
State
Vandalia
Michael
Teslow Chevrolet Sales
Mt. Carroll
Stanley Zink
Pearl City
Birchen
Lanark
Salem
Palisades
Ralph Glenn
Earl, Kaufman
Earl Delp, Jr
Max Hays
Savanna
Charles Burkholder
Set Your Clock Ahead An Hour Saturday Night
Illinois state law requires fast time from last Sunday in April to last Sunday in October. Wisconsin will observe daylight saving time this summer. Most eastern Iowa cities near Illinois will shift clocks to conform.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Fat Stock Judging Set For Saturday April 23
Plans for the annual 4-H and FFA fat stock judging contest are complete with events on Saturday April 23 at 8 30 a m on the John K Morris farm between Lanark and Chadwick on Telegraph road Registration opens at 8 00 a m Contest includes three beef rings four swine rings and four sheep rings total 11 rings Winners advance to state 4 H and FFA judging contests representing their county 4 H team or FFA chapter team Homemakers Camp planning session held at White Eagle 4 H camp on April 18 for a camp to be held August 24 serving ten northwestern Illinois counties
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John K. Morris
Lanark
Chadwick
Telegraph Road
FFA
Tels
Homemakers
White Eagle
McKean Again Named To Head Carroll County Board
J M McKean Wysox township supervisor was unanimously re elected chairman of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors and head of the county board of review of taxes. Committee memberships remain the same as 1959. An emergency appropriation of 6600 was approved for sheriff radio equipment. An easement was granted to place a sewer line across a county lot in Mill Edgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKean
Carroll County Board of Supervisors
J. M. McKean
Wysox
County Board of Review of Taxes
Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff's Committee
Milledgeville
County A Declared Modified Brucellosis Free Area
Carroll county received a certificate making it a modified brucellosis free area as of March 14 1962. Blood testing of cattle will not be required for 33 months from this date and fewer than 1 percent of cattle and less than 5 percent of herds are infested. Calfhood vaccination should continue to prevent re infection and complete eradication.
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Carroll County
Tels
Red Cross First Aid Course Opens in Lanark May 2
Carroll County Red Cross sponsors a Standard First Aid course in Lanark taught by Edwin Wade of Oregon. Four 2 1 2 hour sessions begin May 2 at 7 00 p m in the Lanark fire station. Open to any Carroll County adult. Red Cross Certificates awarded on completion. Registration through Mrs Joy Sword or the Savanna Red Cross office.
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Carroll County
The
American Red Cross
Lanark
Edwin Wade
Oregon
Red Cross
Joy Sword
County
Savanna
Tels
Trail Ride Film Shown By Carroll County Mounted Patrol
The Carroll County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol hosts a showing of the 1959 100 mile Trail Ride film at 7 30 p m in Farm Bureau hall Mt Carroll during its monthly meeting. The event promotes public interest as the annual parade winds up at Palisades State Park near Savanna. A two day celebration will close the parade with past endings at the Illinois State Fair and Fort Madison Rodeo.
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Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
Sheriff's Mounted Patrol
Illinois State Stock Horse Association
Palisades State Park
Savanna
R. L. Neuschwanger
Mounted Patrol
Stock Horse Association
Fort Madison
Turnbaugh Victor In Drawing But Ballot Recount Is Expected
In Carroll county the Republican county judge contest saw Atty Edward J Turnbaugh prevail in a drawing to break a tie with Atty James M Thorp after petitions for a recount were filed in circuit court. Officials reported initial leads shifted as tally sheets were checked with spoiled vote considerations. The outcome may hinge on a circuit court decision on recounts.
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Carroll County
Thorp
Turnbaugh
Turnbaugh Ad Thorp
Circuit Court
Lyle Novinski Named Canyon Camp Director for 1960 Season
The U S Grant Council announces Lyle Novinski as Camp Director of Canyon Camp for the 1960 season. A veteran Scout Leader and Eagle Scout, he will lead a twenty four member staff with camp open from June 12 to August 6 across eight one week periods. As of now 37 troops and 699 boys are signed up with room for about 400 more. 35 troops remain to reserve.
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U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Lyle Novinski
Canyon Camp
Novinski
Scout
Easter Dinner Guests in Macomb
Mrs. W. C. Linker and Mrs. Mary Mackey were Easter dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stiffler in Macomb.
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W. C. Linker
Mary Mackey
Harold Stiffler
Macomb
AAUW Mt Carroll to Meet April 25 at Mrs Sheldon Frank's
Mrs Sheldon Frank of Chadwick hosts the Mt Carroll branch AAUW meeting on Monday April 25 at 8 pm. The Mass Media committee led by Mrs Robert Keohane will present How to Get the Most Out of Your Newspaper with a judging criteria guide by Theodore Bernstein.
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Sheldon Frank, Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
The
AAUW
Robert Keehane
Carroll
Theodore M. Bernstein
New York Times
Robert Keohane
Christian Science Monitor
William C. Putnam
William Niedermeyer
Chicago Daily News
Glenn Wise
Chicago Tribune
Max Rahn
Lana Frank
Rockford Morning Star
David Weiser
Free
Milledgeville Woman 27 Dies in Gunshot Incident
Mrs. William Seymore of Milledgeville died Sunday afternoon from a gunshot wound found by a neighbor after a shot was heard. Funeral services were held at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. William Rokosh officiating. Burial followed at Ashton cemetery. She was born Dorothy Pierce in Ashton on April 8, 1933, married March 17, 1953, and survived by her husband, her parents, and a brother.
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Milledgeville
William Seymore
Calvary Baptist Church
Sterling
William Rokosh
Ashton
Seymore
E. A. Flexman
Stoke Green
Flexman
Dorothy Pierce
Merritt E
Mabel Pierce
Dixon
Grand jurors named for June circuit court term
Tuesday's list shows regular and supplemental grand jury panels for the June term. Regular panel includes members from Washington township to Elkhorn Grove with names such as Edward Simon Helen Palmer and Otto Kniss. Supplemental panel adds further jurors from Washington Woodland Freedom Cherry Grove Lima Salem Savanna York Fair Haven Wyson and Elkhorn Grove.
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Washington Township
Edward Simon
Woodland
Helen Palmer
Irma Geisz
Freedom
Margaret Newcomer
Cherry Grove
Joseph Rath
Otto Kniss
Shannon
Henry Swalve
Vernie Heisler
Lima
Shirley Bowers
Rock Creek
Lewis H. Cram
Earl C. Burkholder
Salem
Donald Fisher
Mr. Carroll
Victor Roberts
Paul Getz
Savanna
W. Dick Hansen
Sam Hengel
Easter Weekend Guests Attend in Illinois Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stadel and Mrs. Barbara Geisz visited Monmouth and returned Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Aude Jr. and daughter Lorraine dined with the Weber family near Mt Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kromrey and Nancy of Morrison joined Easter guests of Roy and … Schreiner.
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Ben Stadel
Barbara Geisz
Jack Geisz
Monmouth
Herman Aude, Jr
Lorraine
Louis Weber
Mt. Carroll
Arthur Kromrey
Nancy
Morrison
Roy Schreiner
Fishing and birding notes at Upper Mississippi Refuge in spring
Fishermen reported decent strings of crappies bluegills and walleyes and sauger at Fulton Bellevue dams with catfish catches a mix of baskets and nets. Ducks showed the poorest spring migration since the 1930s and geese moved through in good numbers but with fewer local stops. Mushrooms emerged after showers with the common morral as the main foraged pick of locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Potter’s Road
Thomson
Spring Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson’s Weekly Report
Chadwick News
Courthouse News
WED
Gertrude Morse
John Zubaty
Fulraths
Harry Kipnis
Albert G. Ehringer
Charles D. Handel
Donald M. Nichols
Wilson L. Rittenhouse
Keneath A. Mitchell
Home Bureau
Ray Westfall
Carroll County Welfare Services Committee
Harold Ramer
Sheriff’s Patrol
United States OF America
U.S. Census District Office
South Main St
Rockford, Il
Edward J. Turnbaugh
James M. Thorp
Randson
Budget Bureau
Sheldon Frank
ON the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge
Rock Island
Dubuque
Bob Wade
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