Florida land boom lessons from Babson on risk and opportunity
Babson discusses Florida investment cautions and opportunities on his 40th Florida Room anniversary. He notes past panics where bonds and real estate collapsed, advises diversification, and recommends evaluating small homes with adjoining lots in cities under 20 000 population. He highlights oceanfront limits and suggests West Coast gems like Venice Punta Gorda Fort Myers and Naples with upcoming bridges to Sanibel and Pine Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Florida
Babson Park
Mass
Florida m
Court House
Sarasota
Orlando
Sanford
General Foods Co
Coca-Cola Co
Minute Maid
Caroline Hbird
Look Magazine
Miami
Everglades
Venice
Punta Gorda
Fort Myers
Naples
Friends of of Mine
Sanibel Island
Sanibel
Pine Island
Sackful of Auto Hubcaps Found in Chadwick Cemetery
Investigation into hubcap thefts follows discovery of a sack with 18 hubcaps behind a gravestone in Chadwick Cemetery on April 22. Sheriff Howar Gorman and staff report three complete four‑hubcap sets and other pieces, with no theft reports filed to date. Also notes birthday party for Jess Debbie Bardell on April 17 at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howar Gorman
Chadwick
Boyd Handel
Gorman
Jess Debbie Bardell
Dinner honors Carroll County teachers in Chadwick
About 175 members of the Carroll County Education Association and guests attended a Chadwick High School dinner meeting. Earl Hanson of Rock Island spoke on Our Schools Are Better as officers and retirees were honored and a new slate for 1963 64 was elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Education Association
Association
Chadwick
Hgh School
Merle Hawbecker
Lanark
Grace
Irene Kness
Sven Adolphson
Savanna
CCEA
Board of Education
Savannah School
Adolphson
Merle Hanbecker
Forrest Thompson
Ro Modlinger
K. Graham
Edith Gruhn
Freeport
Graham
Northwest
IEA
Earl Hanson
Rock Island
Harold Stiles
Gordon Hansen
Mt. Carroll
Ome
Evelyn Smith
L. A. Messer
Frank McCann
Smith
McCann
Miss Adolphson
William Floyd
Alma Schmidt
Mary Frey
Albert Dorak
Chestnut Park
Esther Zugschwerdt
Carroll
Floyd
Charles Dyson
Rs. Maude Lang
Roy Modlinger
Leonard Messer
Ruby Stiles
Mr. Carroll
Helen S. Whitney
Chorce
Marilou Penticoff
Lucille Rahn
Lulu Brock
Ronald Sampson
Modlinger
Iss Adolphson
Senior Girl Scout Conference Set in Freeport
Green Hills Council of Girl Scouts plans a two day Senior Conference in Freeport April 26 27 at Freeport Junior High School with about 250 Seniors and adults from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin. Themed Youth Serves the Future the event covers Peace Corps higher education moral values and anti Communist concerns to boost girls community service. Public sessions will be open at the Freeport Junior High School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Hills
Freeport Junior High School
P T A Council Holds April 17 Meeting at Shannon High
Carroll County P T A Council held its spring meeting on April 17 at Shannon High School with 12:30 registration. Officers elected include President Mrs Marvin Holesinger Thompson and Vice President Mrs Roger Finifrock Lanark. Main speaker was Mrs Leroy oy magazine chairman of the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County P. T. A. Council
Shannon High School
Marvin Holesinger
Thomson
Robert Hartman
E. U. B. Church of
Shannon
Norman Yackle
Carroll County Courthouse Notices and Deeds
A marriage license was issued to Leroy Glenn Hatfield and Betty Louise Scott. Deeds recorded include transfers from Paul F. Gibbons to Dean K. Frederick and wife, Richard G Wacker to Charles E. Straight and wife, and Lucille E. Schriner to John J. Aude and wife. A divorce decree granted Tuesday in Carroll County Circuit Court dissolves Eleanor Mae Moore and James L. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Leroy Glenn Hatfield
Savanna
Betty Louise Scott
Lanark
Paul F. Gibbons
Dean K. Frederick
J. F. Allison
Mr. Carroll
Salem
Richard G Wacker
Charles E. Straight
Hellers
Lucille E. Schriner
John J. Aude
O. T. Lanark
Eleanor Mae Moore
James L. Moore
Savanna youths and soldiers face court for disorderly conduct
Four Savanna teenage girls and two soldiers stationed at Savanna Army Depot appeared before Judge Edward Turnbaugh charged with disorderly conduct. One soldier faced an additional battery count as the case moved to May 2 for pleas and sentencing after a ruckus at the Indian Head Motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Savanna Army Depot
Edward Turnbaugh
Carroll
Howard Gorman
Indian Head
Dallas Ingram
Ingram
Rotary District Conference Attendees From Milledgeville
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Heyer, Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Isgrig and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Meyer attended the Wednesday evening session of the Rotary District Conference at DeKalb. Thursday afternoon the Litwillers, Isgrig, and Heyer also attended the afternoon and evening sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Heyer
I. C. Isgrig
Robert Meyer
Rotary District
DeKalb
W. A. Litwiller
Isgrig
Mr. Heyer
Two Key Speakers Set for Friday and Saturday Program
The event features Dr Robert R Spitzer of Murphy Products Company as the Friday 7:30 to 9:30 p m main speaker. At 9:00 a m Saturday Dr Nicholas Tyradi from Bradley University presents Shall We Survive in Freeport Junior High School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Spitzer
Oneral
Murphy Oducts Company
Nicholas Nyaradi
School of International Studies
Bradley University
Peoria
Illinois
Freeport Junior High
NFO Leader Staley Speaks at Galena Sausage Dinner
Orlan Lee Staley national NFO president spoke to about 800 at the Galena high school during an April 16 sausage dinner. He urged farmers and business groups to boost efficiency and fair pricing, warning of farm operator losses and urging organized action with processors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
National N. F. O
Orlan Lee ‘Staley
Rea
Missouri
Staley
Oday
N. F
Sheriff Auction Set for Miller Garage Goods in Lanark
A sheriff sale of James E. Miller personal property, former Miller Motor Sales operator, is scheduled for 1 p m Saturday April 27 at the Ford Garage on East Carroll Street Lanark A court order followed a judgment by creditor E F Lawhorn Items include automotive equipment tools and office gear to be sold to the highest cash bidder Also notes a drive and dinner outing by Mr and Mrs Robert Coleman of Milledgeville and Mr and Mrs E M Ritenour at Terrapin Ridge Manor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Miller
Miller Motor Sales
Lanark
Ford
East Carroll Street
Miller
E. F. Lawhorn
Carroll County Home Economics Unit elects officers May
Carroll County Home makers Extension Association units plan May meetings to elect first and second vice chairs and a secretary in odd years. Miss Dorothy Footitt will present the major lessons on Language and Behavior Problems and Cook Today Serve Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association
Dorothy Footitt
Carroll County
Carroll Day
Eldin Bonjour
Kenneth Traum
Rollall
Carroll
John Toepfer
Toepfer
Nellie Roske
Fair Haven
Ray Queckboerner
Miss Footitt
Merlyn Schreiner
Appoint Grand Jurors for June Term of Court Carroll County
The county board named the regular and supplemental grand juror panels for the June term of the circuit court in Carroll County. The list includes jurors from Washington, Woodland, Freedom, Cherry Grove, Shannon, Lima, Rock Creek, Salem, Savanna, York, Fair Haven, Wysox, and Elkhorn Grove, with names such as Margaret Law, Kathryn Broderick, Donald Keller, Mary Kessler, Doris Moll, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Washington
Margaret Law
Woodland
Kathryn _ Broderick
Donald Keller
Freedom
Mary Kessler
Cherry Grove
Doris V. Moll
Charles Williams
Shannon
Audrey Stoner
Margaret Wirtjes
Lima
Dorothy Rita Sandell
Rock Creek
Irma M. Zier
Alberta Eisenbise
Salem
Ruth M. Post
Mr. Carroll
Lyle Irwin
Russell Marth
Savanna
Ray Westfall
A. M. Greison
York
Carl Petersen
Otto Switzer
Fair Haven
Florence Hartman
Lydia Frank
Wyson
Bill Peters
Gordon Nesemeier
Elkhorn Grove
Gene Weigle
Henry Airhart
Dorothy L. Kehl
Paul Daehler
Lee Daley
Vera Scharman
Roland Artman
Helen Iske
Herbert Brantner
Carl M. Engel
Registered Holsteins Dominate Production Report
Nine Holstein cows from the area are highlighted in a production testing report from the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Flossie Tina Legis produced 16 567 pounds of milk and 646 pounds of butterfat in 365 days, while Cram Farm Aristocrat Queenie yielded 15 785 pounds of milk and 609 pounds of butterfat. Both cows are owned by Lewis H. Cram and W. L. Smith of Chadwick, with figures supervised by the University of Illinois as part of a nationwide herd testing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Vermon
Flossie Tina Legis
Cram Farm
Queenie
Lewis H. Cram & W. L. Smith
Chadwick
National Holstein Organization
U.S
University of Illinois
Woessner Reelected to Lead Carroll County Board
Howard Woessner of Shannon township was reelected as Carroll County Board of Supervisors chairman at the annual organization meeting. Merlyn Schreiner received four votes to Woessner’s nine with two absentees. Two new supervisors Harold Fink and Louis Rabin were seated, and Woessner named committee assignments. The board also approved highway contract for Zion road paving, named the June circuit court term, and granted a culvert project in Lima township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Woessner
Shannon
Carroll County Board of Supervisors
Woessner
Merlyn Schreiner
Salem Township
Oessner
Schreiner
Harold J. Fink
Fair Haven
Louis H. Rabin
Savanna
County Board
State Division of Highways
Mt. Carroll
Woodland Township
Lima Township
Mabel Greison
County Welfare Services Committee
Blanche Lantau
Carroll County Humane Society
Illinois Civil Defense Agency
Public Buildings Committee
Carroll County establishes fishing commission by vote
The county board of supervisors adopted a resolution Tuesday establishing a Carroll County Fishing Commission. Thirteen members representing all communities were appointed, including Harry Pilgrim Milledgeville W J Schreiner and Wight Turner Chadwick Ted Robbe and Ben Fecke Mr Carroll Jake Johnson and Kenneth Winters Shannon Henry Sorenson and Thomas Diffendefer Lanark Robert Hill and Otto Switzer Thomson William Welk and Elmer Airhart Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Board of Supervisors
Harry Pilgrim
Milledgeville
W. J. Schreiner
Wight Turner
Chadwick
Ted Robbe
Ben Fecke
Mr. Carroll
Jake Johnson
Kenneth Winters
Shannon
Henry Sorenson
Thomas Diffenderfer
Lanark
Robert Hill
Otto Switzer
Thomson
William Welk
Elmer Airhart
Savanna
Open House Sunday At East Moline State Hospital
The public is invited to attend an open house at East Moline State Hospital on Sunday April 28 from 1 to 4 PM. Visitors will tour hospital grounds and buildings and see treatment and recreation therapies aiding patient return to homes and communities. Superintendent Dr Konstantin D Dimitri urges attendees to bring family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Moline State Hospital
Konstantin D. Dimitri
Milledgeville girl chosen as delegate to Illinois Girls State
Mickey Kelly daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Kelly Milledgeville has been selected by the Milledgeville American Legion Auxiliary as delegate to Illinois Girls State in 1963 She is a junior at Milledgeville High and belongs to the Pep Club Mixed Chorus and FHA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Kelly
Harold Kelly
Milledgeville
Milledgeville American Legion Auxiliary
Illini
Milledgeville High
FHA
Isgiig announces betrothal of Elizabeth Isgiig to Ronald Payne
Milledgeville announces the engagement of Elizabeth Isgiig to Ronald Lyle Payne son of Harold and Mrs Payne of Bryan. Elizabeth a 1962 Ashland College graduate teaches in Oberlin Ohio schools while Ronald majors in Psychology and Art at Ashland College and will graduate in June. A wedding is set for June 29 at the Milledgeville Brethren church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin C. Isgiig
Milledgeville
Elizabeth
Ronald Lyle Payne
Harold Pe
Bryan
Olizabeth
Ashland College
Ashland
Oberlin
Milledgeville Brethren Church
Polio Vaccine Drive Reaches 9186 County Residents
The county reports 9,186 people received Type III polio vaccine Sunday, about 48 percent of residents. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 28. set clocks ahead before bed Saturday night to wake on time. Illinois residents will run on fast time for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Gem and Mineral Society Dinner Meeting Set for April 27
Members and friends of the Rock River Nb Gem and Mineral Society will attend a dinner meeting on Saturday April 27. The County Line Grange at their Hall on Highway 20 one mile west of Belvidere will serve the meal. An auction swap table and grinding and lapidary demonstrations will also take place. Tickets available through club members or by contacting Floyd Voss Rockton 26799.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rock River
Nb Gem and Mineral Society
County Line Grange
Highway 20
Belvidere
Floyd Voss
Rockton
Carroll county polio drive vaccinates 9186 residents
Nine thousand one hundred eighty six people in Carroll county received Type III Sabin oral vaccine during the third county-wide feeding campaign. Over 1000 volunteers from 20 organizations aided in seven communities with vaccines stored at Grimm's Dairy Mt. Carroll under Burton Bowman direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Grimm's
Mt. Carroll
Burton Bowman
Mt. Carroll Craggiet
Sheriff's Radio Patrol
Karl H. Reddies
Savanna
William Shearer
Lanark
Shearer
Milledgeville
Shannon
Chadwick
Thomson
Mrs Harold Mackenzie 68 Dies in Savannah Hospital
Carroll County death notice for Mrs Harold Mackenzie born January 29 1895 in De Falls Wisconsin. She taught in Geneva and Chicago and married Harold Mackenzie September 18 1956 in Chicago. Cremation held Davenport Indiana with memorial at Ravenswood Methodist Church Chicago and ashes interred Wheaton cemetery. Surviving husband and a brother Bert of Racine Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Mackenzie
Savanna City Hospital
Davenport
Ravenswood Methodist Church
Chicago
Wheaton
de Falls
Wis
William Skinner
Geneva
Obituaries from Savanna area residents
Mae Delp 84 died at Savanna City hospital after 10 days as a patient. Funeral held at Hickory Grove Church with burial in Hickory Grove cemetery. Also listed Lillian Dauphin 66 died in Madison Wis. and Jesse Smith 86 died in Savanna with funeral arrangements made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Mae Delp
Savanna City Hospital
Hickory Grove
Lanark
Leroy
Lompoe
Calif
Walter C
Benos Aires
Argentina
William Penturi
Placerville
Cali
Lloyd Higlin
Evanston
Mabel
Detroit
Mich
Clarence Doty
Ray Doty
Polo
Lillian Dauphin Savanna
Lillian Dauphin
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison
Wis
Law Funeral Home
Leonard
Julius
Arlene Williams
Milledgeville
Alberta Dittmar
Sterling
Jesse Smith Savanna
Jesse Smith
Smith
Royal and
Lyle
Virginia Smith
la Crosse
Ray
Mt. Carroll
Royal
Sandusky, O
Hattie Gehr
Homemakers Extension Play Day Set For April 30
Carroll County Homemakers announce their annual play day at the Farm Bureau Hall on Tuesday April 30 with the theme TV House Party. Registration starts 10:00 a.m. Queens contest entries due 10:25 a.m. Rev Theo H Mahnke guides Bermuda trip and Debbie Drake performs. Potluck lunch at noon. guests welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Theo. H. Mahnke
Bermuda
Debbie Drake
Five Teenagers Hurt In Two Sunday Auto Crashes
Five Carroll county teens were briefly hospitalized with minor injuries after two separate Sunday crashes on routes 80 and 78. In the first accident near Thomson, Donald Nolte and several Savanna residents were treated for head cuts and other injuries after Nolte’s car rear ended Charles Cravatta’s vehicle. In the second crash, Ronald Lartz, 17, was injured and later charged with reckless driving after his car, probably on the wrong side of Route 78, struck Gerald Daley’s car and ended up in a farmyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Thomson
Donald J. Nolte
Robert
Gaile Mix
Robert Grissinger
Savanna
Donald Nolte
Grissinger
Savanna City Hospital
Bausman
von Essen
Jake Baker
Cravatta
Nolte
Sourroopers
Ronald Lartz
Morrison Community Hospital
Gerald F. Daley
Delavan
Wis
Lartz
Harold Dreier
Toave
Daley Auto
Dreier
Ann Storm Chosen for 1963 Illini Girls State
Mt Carroll junior Ann Storm daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Storm Rt 1 Mt Carroll selected as a delegate to the 1963 Illini Girls State by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 67 of Mt Carroll She is FHA vice president Pe Club officer and Glee Club president at Mt Carroll High School Bonnie Zink named alternate Both seniors were juniors at Mt Carroll High School Leonard Mechling and others hosted a sunday dinner and antiques at Claude Mechling home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Storm
Theodore Storm
Rt. 1
Mt. Carroll
Illini
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 67
FHA
Hig
Mt. Carroll High School
Bonnie Zink
Merle Zink
Rt. 3
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson’ Weekly Report
Chadwick Cemetery
Courthouse News
Milledgeville News
Rotary
NFO
Chadwick News
Robert Coleman
E. M. Ritenour
Terrapin Ridge Manor
Home Economics
Tarm
Mount Carroll News
Floyd Kehl
John Aude
Mr. Aude
Frank Carboy
John Streicher
Sue Speers
F. R. Kehl
Livingston
Earlville
State Hospital
Tell Gem and Mineral Society
Mrs. Harold Mackenzie
Mrs. Mae Delp
Homemakers Extension Association
Jess
Leonard Mechling
Herbert Queckboerner
Beverly Knutts
Claude Mechling
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