Controversy Hits Carroll County Mental Health Panel
At the Monday meeting in Mt Carroll the Day Care Center staffing dispute dominated questions to Reverends Glen Shively and Farland Lilly. William Brown pressed for Nelson's firing details while attendees urged budget talks and panel clarity on Benson's role in coordinating the county program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Council of Mental Health
Timber Lake
Mt Carroll
William Brown
Savanna
The
Handicapped Association
Glen Shively
Milledgeville
Farland Lilly
Mt. Carroll
Miss Nelson
Shively
Lilly
Nelson
Philip Jorgenson
Sinnissippi Mental Health Center
Ben White
H Singer Zone Center
Rockford
Echo Rhodes
Brown
Day Care Center Board
Marvin Benson
Shively and Lilly
Council
Benson
Board of Supervisors
Mervin Marshall
Carroll County Review Debuts May 7 1970
The Carroll County Review announces its first issue May 7 1970. Published by Review Publications from Thomson the new weekly will cover local courthouse school county news sports and more. A weekly sports column by Harry Caray will add a colorful voice to coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Review
Carroll County
The
Review Publications
Thomson
Harry Caray
Lanark Thomson Youths Win Top Speech Honors
Lanark and Thomson youths dominated Carroll County 4 H Public Speaking Saturday night with Dian French and Jim Rath earning top honors and both set to represent the county at the State Public Speaking Contest in Springfield on August 15. Other winners and alternates were announced with several 4 H clubs represented in the state contingent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dian French
Thomson
Jim Rath
Lanark
Carroll County
Springfield
Steve Schneider Wins Livestock Judging Contest
Steve Schneider an 18-year-old Mt. Carroll Prairie Edge 4-H member topped Carroll County 4-H and FFA livestock judging contest held at Leonard Flack farm Shannon. Official judge Jerry Swenson coordinated event with multiple divisions and top scorers named. All eyes now on the June 30 Urbana state team selection for 4-H livestock judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Schneider
Mt. Carroll Prairie Edge
Carroll County
Schneider
Roger Williams
Milledgeville
Leonard Flack
Shannon
Jerry Swenson
Oscar Mayer
FFA
Vocational Agriculture
Roger Neis
Allan Derrer
Herb Getz
Ronald Schultz
Jay Cheeseman
Brad Grenoble
Glenn Derrer
Mike Kehl
Willy VanBrocklin
Denny Foltz
Darryl Swalve
Darrell Pauley
Ronald Bumphrey
Brad Law
Jeff Snyder
Dave Tipp
Craig Green
Jule Dauphin
Wayne Becker
Mest Manor open house draws 500 visitors in Savanna
More than 500 people toured Carroll County's Mest Manor on April 26 in Savanna during an open house for the new senior citizens home. George Mest 90 presided at the guest book as chairman of the Carroll County Housing Authority. Tour guides included Rudolph Amling Kenneth Senneff Jack Ferris and Elsie Center with Darius Krell absent. Coffee and cookies followed in the community room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mest Manor
Savanna
George Mest
Rudolph Amling
Lanark
Kenneth Senneff
Chadwick
Center
Jack Ferris
Darius Krell
CCHA
Lawrence
Elsie) Center
Carroll County Dairy Princess Contest Opens
The Carroll County dairy Princess contest seeks contestants aged 17 to 25 with a dairy farm background who live in Carroll County. Sponsored by local dairy interests and Cooperative Extension Dairy Committee, entry forms are available from local contacts and the Extension Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Illinois
Cooperative Extension Dairy Committee
Alden Larem
Clifford Durward
Don Behrends
John Schmit
Harold Miller
Don Keim
Lowell Keim
GOP Candidate Ed Kucharski to speak at Savanna breakfast
Republican candidate for state treasurer Ed Kucharski will attend a dutch treat breakfast at Meeker's in Savanna Wednesday May 6 at 8 am. Sponsored by the Carroll County Republican Central Committee, he is serving as treasurer of Cook County Tickets are available from precinct committeemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kucharski
Meeker's
Savanna
Kucharski
Carroll County
Republican Central Committee
Cook County
New District Forestry Office Opens in Mt Carroll
The state forestry service will open a new district office in Mt Carroll to serve Carroll Daviess Stephenson and Whiteside counties. Ralph Eads of Mt Carroll will lead the office located in the Acker building. Private woodland owners may contact the office for forestry assistance as six district offices statewide begin opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Carroll
Daviess
Stephenson
Whiteside
Acker
Ralph Eads
Fred Siemert
Nen District
Stevenson to Attend May Dinner at Shimer College
Adlai Stevenson III Democratic candidate for the U S Senate will speak at a May dinner at Shimer College at 7 30 p m. Tickets available from precinct committeemen. County and State candidates Kenneth Armstrong Jimmy Thulen Toby Barry also attend. Sponsored by the County Democratic Central Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senate
Shimer College
Kenneth Armstrong
Milledgeville
Jimmy Thulen
Lanark
Toby Barry
Earth Day Teach-in at Shimer College Mount Carroll
Shimer students and local residents joined a nationwide Earth Day teach-in coordinated by Environmental Action Committee. Events included lunch on the quad, wildlife conservation talk by Nyhoff, radiation talk by Moon, greenhouse effect by Bilder, population and pesticides talks by Bernoulli and Tagrin, and guerrilla theater led by Rose Simon with tapes featuring Paul Ehrlich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimer
Mount Carrol
Environmental Action Committee
Washington, D. C
Nyhoff
Palisades Park
Don Moon
Barry Bilder
Zeke Bernoulli
Larry Tagrin
Rose Simon
Paul Ehrlich
Country
Earth Day Cleanup Near Chadwick By Special Ed Students
In Chadwick, 45 special education children from the Bi-County Special Education Co-op cleaned ten miles of roads. Litter ranged from cans and bottles to paper and other items. Supervisors were Mr. Barber, Mrs. Crump, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Gowan, and Mrs. Senneff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Special Education Co-op
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caroline Mark
Rekenthaler
Fred
Echo) Rhodes, Jr
Carrol County
Miss Jeune Nelson
Lilly and Shively
708
White
Noyontal
Albert Greison
Lanark-Thomson
French
Thomson York Cedar 4-H Club
Rath
Lanark Larkers Club
Nancy Bruckner
Peggy Kaufman
David Gilliland
Neal Forth
Barbara Geist
Darlene Wabbena
Genevra Snetcher
Pam Kaufman
Lynn Williams
Willie van
Chem
Nelson Magill
Dorothy Footitt
Dairy Princess
Gop
Forestry Office
County Democratic Central Committee
Mr. Barber
Crump
Green
Gowan
Senneff
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