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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
8
Farmers in Carroll county learn of a new AAA classification for soil depleting crops. The change, received Tuesday, exempts tomatoes snap beans peas and sweet corn from depletion under the 1941 act due to rising demand for processing in the national defense program as announced by Secretary Wickard on April 17 1941.
The governor disapproves a bill by returning it unsigned to the house of origin with objections. Corporations cannot be created by special laws.
New stop signs have been installed at Washington Street Fourth and Third Street intersections and Adama Street Fourth Street intersection. Slow signs were placed on approaches to these intersections and on Bowjen Street at Sixth Street to ease heavy traffic per state inspectors recommendations.
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications for a Classified Laborer Female position at Savanna Ordnance Depot Proving Ground TI with pay from 3.28 to 4.24 dollars daily. Applicants must meet age limits unless military preference applies and must file by May 15, 1941. Duties include weighing smokeless powder, operating sewing machines for charges, assembling charges, and inserting percussion primers.
More than 20 rural Carroll county schools will join a Rural Music Festival at the Mt. Carroll school gym on Friday evening May 2. Directed by Grace Wolfe with assistants Wales Zugschwerdt and Grant, the event starts at 7 45 p m and admission is free. The public is invited to attend and see rural music instruction in action.
Members of the Fair Haven community and the Ladies Aid surprised Mrs Paul Farley Friday afternoon for her birthday presenting her with a money gift.
Savanna high school tracksters opened their outdoor season with a 73 to 47 win over Morrison in a dual meet. Johnson swept four events including broad jump and shot put, while R Mackenzie won sprints and the quarter. Morrison tallied in discus and multiple runner events as Brown led the losers with two firsts. Savanna will travel to Lyons Friday for its second meet.
Eugene F. Grove will direct a massed band of about 175 players from Lena Dakota Orangeville Winslow and Pearl City at the Stephenson county music festival in Pearl City on Friday night April 25. Grove is a noted northern Illinois band conductor with a bachelor of music from Illinois Wesleyan University 1937 a master’s degree 1939 and has taught in Lanark public schools for three years.
Margaret Metzker 72 a Carroll county native died April 17 at a Freeport home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at a Freeport funeral home with Dr. B N Covert officiating. Burial was in Shannon cemetery. She was born June 19 1868 near Chadwick and married George A Metzker in 1890. They lived in Shannon until 1901 then moved to Freeport. Surviving are daughter Mrs Ray Moss and son George D Metzker plus two sisters, one brother and two grandsons.
Sealed bids for leasing seven tracts of government owned land north of lock and dam No 13 will be received at the United States Engineer's Office Rock Island Illinois until 11 am May 2 1941. Tracts range from 36 to 1227 acres with usable land from 17 to 323 acres. Former owners include Carroll Farms John M Stager Jacob Hengel Catherine Anton and Harry F Frank. Hunting is prohibited on the premises under government terms.
County obituaries report Mrs. Martin H. Smith 72 died April 17 in Savanna with services at Fuller funeral home and burial in city cemetery. Daughter Mary Ann Mumford born 1868 in Thurmont Md later lived Mt. Carroll Oregon before Savanna. Surviving husband, daughter, six grandchildren, two great grandsons, two sisters. Also funeral services for Mrs. William Wenzel 64 died suddenly in Shannon with burial in Lanark cemetery. Born Anna Schwarz in Clinton Ia 1876. Survived by husband, two sons Marvin and Edward, daughter Elfreda, two daughters in Colorado and Clinton, three brothers, and other relatives.
A series of Savanna area weddings are recorded including Carmaletta Vomhoff and John Gondek at Maquoketa Lutherans church with attendants Edward and Mrs Lister. Adele LaSarge and Weldon Arb wed in Hannibal. Virginia Mae Thompson and Harold Grummitt marry in Savanna. Kaye Henry and Edward Reese announce their May 21 ceremony in Savanna with Henry teaching near town.
Lawrence Ready of Chestnut Park Savanna and Wade Jenkins of Savanna were arrested Saturday for speeding and disorderly conduct respectively. Each paid fines of five dollars and costs at Monday hearings before Police Magistrate C. J. Fisher in Savanna.
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