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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
3
Babson Park Massachusetts note on the best times to buy food fuels and household basics. Highlights include freezing units, emergency generators, meat and poultry price cycles, discount outlets, dairy storage, and seasonal buys for canned goods and staples. Emphasizes studying local newspaper ads and personal budgeting for large families.
Carroll county 4 H members Ardath Flack Shannon Dawn Gifford Janie Miller Lois Huggins Lanark Leann Coble Milledgeville train clothing revue Aug 9 12 Kathy Messmer Sharon Law Mr Carroll Connie Libberton Lanark demonstration Elaine Haas Savanna flower arranging Articles exhibit Ardath Flack Shannon table covers Sharon Law Helen Merkel Judy Eaton Mt Carroll Linda Weidman Savanna Sandy Gravenstein Lanark Mrs Lila McKean Milwaukee Wis visited H H Zugschwerdt Hazel
Vernon Todd of Milledgeville writes on how farming shifted from hand tools to mechanization from 1880s to 1930s. He recalls wages, crop prices, WWI and WWII impacts, Depression-era bank failures, and the Agriculture Adjustment Act. He argues local development jobs may help family farms and rural communities.
Colonel A W Manlove announced that the 3657th Ordnance Co Ammunition of the Iowa National Guard will arrive at Savanna Army Depot on August 10 for a two week encampment. The unit, formerly an infantry company, was redesignated to an ordnance ammunition unit and will receive training in ammunition handling storage and processing. It comprises eight officers and 215 enlisted men with permanent quarters at Red Horse Armory Des Moines Iowa.
Nancy Deets of Milledgeville won the girls pig scramble at Carroll County Fair. Twenty one pigs weighing about 40 pounds each were entered by twenty one contestants including Norma Messmer Joyce Siedenburg Suzie Morgan and many others from local 4-H clubs and groups.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Zugschwerdt and Mr and Mrs Rex Rahn of Lanark left yesterday for Portland Oregon to attend the national convention of Mutual Insurance companies held next week. They will visit their son in Beaverton before returning to Chadwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bucher of Mt Carroll were evening visitors Sunday in the home of Mrs Edna Smith.
The Illinois Department of Conservation set shotgun deer season as two three day weekends from November 8 to 10 and November 29 to December 1. Pheasant, quail, Hungarian partridge, rabbit, raccoon opossum skunk weasel and beaver seasons follow with specified opening dates and daily kill limits.
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports Lew is H. Cram & W. L. Smith Chadwick with 36 records averaging 13,847 lbs. milk and 505 lbs. butterfat on a 305 day mature equivalent basis. One cow, Hialeah Chieftain C B Nola 3672848, totals 100,462 lbs. milk and 3,704 lbs. butterfat in 2,655 days.
The body of 57 year old Charles Hographt was found in his trailer at Riverview northwest of Thomson at about 9 30 am by Jack Olson. Fire department and Carroll county authorities were alerted and confirmed death likely from a heart attack after an illness. Funeral services were held in Savanna with burial planned in Elmhurst Chapel Hill cemetery. Also Airman First Class Cecil D. Johnson of Savanna Illinois arrived at March Air Force Base for assignment with the Strategic Air Command after a Morocco duty. He is the son of Ernest and the late Elizabeth Johnson.
County Clerk W M Nipe issued licenses to Gregory Mason Coleman and Cameos Rae Sarber of Milledgeville. to Robert Franklin Buckwalter and Thelma Louise Brinkmeier of Lanark. to Jerry Wayne Izer of Fulton and Barbara Ann Kness of Chadwick. to Lamol Leod Poffenberg er of Lanark and Catherine Louise Carmen of Savanna.
Geo W Phillips and wife transfer to Joseph H Kobbe and wife lot 2 block 1 Brentwood Savanna. Henry Kampen and wife to Eugene L Miller section 16 township 24 range 7 Lima. aster in Chancery to Anne A DeWall sections 4 9 township 24 range 7 Lima. Kathryn G Grandy et al to R C Bush and wife lots 1 2 block 15 O T Savanna. Elizabeth Warnock et al to Ernie Wurster and wife section 1 ay 24 range 4 Mr Carroll. Obert A Huggins and wife to Eldon Hickey and wife section 24 township 23 range 3 York. Logan A Fulrath Ex to Arthur H Weidman and wife lots 1 2 block 51 Fulraths of O T Savanna. Master in Chancery to Savanna S B L A lot 3 block 2 West Carroll and section 1 township 24 range 4 Mt Carroll. Edna M Schreiner to Glenn D Martin and wife lot 5 block 6 Stovers Lanark. Daniel Dauphin to Geo B Dauphin and wife section 12 township 24 range 3 Savanna.
The Carroll County Republican Women plan a September 11 bus trip to Chicago to attend the National Woman's Republican Club Convention and the Conrad Hilton banquet headlined by Senator Barry Goldwater. Details on departure, return, cost, and reservations via Mrs Ralph Eaton Carroll Wan 7144 are due by August 9, requiring at least 30 reservations to proceed.
Freeport Stephenson County Fair exhibitors are reminded that the deadline for fair entries is August 12. All entries must be filed at the Farm Bureau office here per Douglas Graves, fair association secretary. Kimberlee Schoonhoven of Lanark becomes the first livestock entrant with 11 Hampshire sheep in the junior open and open divisions.
The Savanna Indian Maids 4 H club of Savanna won the Carroll County Share-the-Fun contest with the musical skit This Ole House. Delight Sidenburg of Echo Valley 4 H club Mt. Carroll was named mistress of ceremonies.
Anthony Iovino, 16, Chicago, appeared in Carroll county circuit court and was re committed to the Illinois Youth Commission. He had been charged with striking a counselor with a hammer at the Commission camp north of Savanna and fleeing, was picked up near the Savanna Army Depot and later indicted by the Carroll county grand jury.
A Sunday evening gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Glen Lego in Mt Carroll honored the birthdays of Mrs Mary Lego of Chadwick and Michaela daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Lego of Savanna. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Richard Lego and family Dick and Shirley Mrs Steve Stefanich Sterling and many Lego relatives from Savanna Lanark Chadwick Oregon and surrounding areas.
Springfield Illinois August 1 William T Lodge state director of Conservation today announced that a recently signed amendment to the Boat Registration and a Act makes mandatory the display of the registration expiration decals which the department has been issuing on all new registrations and renewal registrations. During 1963 this will apply only to boats issued certificates with a 1966 expiration date. The policy in the past was that the display of the decals was optional with the boat owner. If a decal is lost destroyed or mutilated the owner must replace it by writing to the department with name address and boat number. The replacement fee is $1. There are over 30 000 boats originally registered in 1960 whose Certificates of Number have expired. If these boats operate without a valid Certificate and decal the owner faces a fine.
Mt Carroll merchants announce their weekly Saturday night giveaway of merchandise certificates for Aug 10. First prize will be $60. Last week Florence Elliott won $30 but was absent so the amount rolled into a $10 prize. Lyle Keckler and Marvin Judas were drawn for second prize but neither attended. a third draw yielded Ronald Fritz, who collected.
Gary Handel traveled from Freeport to O'Hare Field Chicago and then to Tipton Georgia to attend the 1963 farm equipment training program at the International training center.
A donkey softball game will be held at Old Mill Park Savanna at 8 p m Tuesday Aug 20 sponsored by the 4H Roundup committee Duells Dandy Donkeys will perform as the main event with Bimbo the Trick Mule as a preliminary act A men s costume donkey race and a girls donkey race complete the program for a fun filled evening for all ages.
The Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association sponsors a Harvest of Crafts Friday September 20 from 6 to 9 PM and Saturday September 21 from 9 AM to 10 PM at Heinze Store Mount Carroll. Committees include chairman Mrs Boyd Handel and members Mrs Williard Nycum Mrs Paul Miller Mrs Vincent McKenna and Mrs Russell Michael. There will be Yeast Bread and Roll Sale Homemade Candy Sale and door prizes Friday night and Saturday afternoons and evenings. A Commercial Craft Company will demonstrate throughout the show.
Miss Pat St Clair 18 of Chadwick Illinois and a Kent County 4 H exchange student is featured in a Canadian newspaper recounting her impressions aboard a Kent Ontario visit. The article notes similarities between American and Canadian farming, describes home canning and oats harvest, and lists site visits to Western Ontario Agricultural Farm Jack Underwood Roy Buchanan and a Highgate 4 H club member.
The local American Red Cross chapter postpones the August class and now lists the first class for Sunday September 29 at 1 p m in the Mt Carroll court house. Additional classes occur Sunday October 6 and Sunday October 13 at the same time and location.
Cadet Victor A. Shields 19 son of Mr and Mrs John E Shields Jr Shannon NL is engaged in field training at Camp Buckner N Y He is a member of the Class of 1966 at the U S Military Academy West Point During summer training cadets gain infantry skills for future service Cadet Shields is a 1962 Shannon Community High School graduate His new address is Camp Buckner West Point NY 10996
Grand Jury returns eleven indictments naming three men in Carroll County. At Morrison, Whiteside County Fair kicks off with 4 H events, baby beef judging, and the greased pig scramble. Harness racing runs Thu Fri Sat. concerts and auto thrill show headline nightly events.
Obituary notices report funeral services for John Judas 60 highway commissioner of Woodland township held at Frank funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. He died at his rural home near Mt. Carroll. Surviving wife two sons a daughter and grandchildren. Also listed are funeral rites for Mrs Fred Ashman 76 of Savanna following illness with burial in Savanna Township cemetery. Anna Kronberg Ashman born 1887 in West Salem Wisconsin married 1914 in Brodhead Wisconsin lived in Savanna 45 years. Survivors include a stepson sisters brothers and numerous nieces and nephews.
University of Illinois safety expert O L Hogsett warns that tall crops, weeds and trees obscure driver visibility at farm entrances. A Rural Safety Council method guides farmers to measure sight distances using driveway markers at 700 to 830 feet to ensure safe entry onto highways.
Captain Harvey W. Houzenga of Thomson Ontario is participating in Tactical Air Command drills during Swift Strike III in the Carolinas through August 16. He commands a flight and serves amid more than 500 combat and assault aircraft, testing new tactics and equipment to enhance independent tactical air power for land operations.
Chairman Mr. Clinton R. Plock of the Carroll County ASC warns that despite designation as an emergency area, each farm must obtain county ASC approval before diverting acreages can be grazed or hayed. Provisions were relaxed to permit forage use on diverted acres, with other counties targeted.
Mr and Mrs C Robert Sibley and their family left for Cambridge to exhibit Brown Swiss cattle. They will proceed to Springfield Thursday to show at the State Fair.
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