Dr F J Mullin Named Shimer College Head
Dr F Joseph Mullin has been elected president of Shimer College Mt Carroll Illinois. He will assume the presidency immediately succeeding Dr A J Brambaugh who retires to study Florida educational needs. Mullin has served at Chicago Medical School and the University of Chicago and holds a PhD in physiology. He is 47 with wife Alma Hill Mullin and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Joseph Mullin
Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Samuel J. Campbell
Shimer Board of Trustees
Dr. Mullin
Mullin
A. J. Brambaugh
Braumbaugh
Florida
University of Chicago
American Council On Education
Shimer
Chicago Medical School
Alma Hill Mullin
el Paso
Texas
University of Missouri
Chicago
University of Texas School of Medicine
Michael
Mark
Shannon Plans 30th Labor Day Homecoming Festivities
Shannon American Legion Post No 379 sponsors the 30th annual Homecoming over Labor Day weekend with rides on Saturday night. Committees led by Homer Byers oversee entertainment concessions advertising platform and park dance detour parade and bands among others. Attendance relies on broad community cooperation to make the event memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Homer Byers
Donald Petty
Bill Crichton
Randall Schneider
Howard Griffith
Dick Stevens
Francis Ewing
Robert Erdmier
Norman Weigle
Joe Stevens
Alyn Miller
Merrell Earnest
Russell Stoner
John Shields
George Meyers
Richard Finkle
Joe Miller
Earl Meier
Earl Baum
Leo Weigle
Ernest Frey
Emmerson Byers
Ray Alexander
Herman Dole
W. R. Stevens
Irvin Hartman
James Beck
Gordon Frey
Reynold Swalve
Legion Color Guard
Kenneth Alexander
Milford Baum
Harold Lieberhagen
Parade
Wayne Carbaugh
James Scharman
Swingley
Legion
Morrell Earnest
Ken Alexander
Frank Spengler
Elmer Green
Russ Stoner
Preston Stoner
Don Spangler
Don Ramsdell
Donald Fulton
Walter Rouse Jr
Charles Shore
4H Roundup Plans Nearing Completion
Carroll county 4 H members prepare for the annual 4 H Roundup at Old Mill park Savanna on Aug 24 and 25. Swine sheep beef and dairy calf judging set with games contests and a tug of war. Space for exhibits growing with Savanna auto dealers and farm implement dealers featured. Carl Handel chairs the 4 H committee with Savanna Chamber of Commerce officials coordinating.
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Carroll County
4 H
Milledgeville
Whiteside County
Morrison
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Farm Bureau
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
WMT
Carl Handel
Farm Bureau 4-H
Charles Marth
Lucile Stransky
Farm Bureau Committee
Reynold Bleyer
Lanark
Edwin Livengood
Paul Rath
Local social notes record visits and trips around Chadwick
Mrs Wesley Schreiner visited Monday at the Traum home. A picnic supper Friday brought guests from Chadwick and Mt. Carroll including Wesley Sisler Herbert Kearnaghan Janet Miller Larry Friederich. Hilda Knoess and Margrete Coden left for a Black Hills vacation. Jim Brandt and Jerry Spencer returned Sunday from a Canadian trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Schreiner
Arnold Traum
Elmer Weber
Wesley Sisler
Herbert
Donald Kearnaghan
Homer Kearnaghan
Douglas and
Patrick
Janet Miller
Larry Friederich
Mt. Carroll
Davyl Spaans
Portage
Wis
Hilda Knoess
Margrete Coden
Black Hills
Jim Brandt
Jerry Spencer
Points
Canada
Local families plan trips and visits this weekend
Mr and Mrs Herbert Stein and daughters Sylvia and Sharon leave for Cambridge Wisconsin for a few days and plan to return today. Kenneth Whitney and family prepare for a week in Woodruff Wisconsin. Mrs Lee Strom flies from Chicago to Buffalo and Miami. Eugene Murray and L A Frank with spouses tour Lancaster Pennsylvania Washington and other points later this week. Mr Francis Quinn hosts guests Roy Roggensack Merle Doerr and families from Dubuque Daryl Spaans visits Portage weekend guests at Elmer Weber home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Stein
Sylvia
Sharon
Cambridge
Wis
Kenneth Whitney
Woodruff
Lee Strom
Lee Henderson
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Miami
Fla
Eugene Murray
Thomson
L. A. Frank
Wendell Stadel
Lancaster
Washington
Francis Quinn
Roy Roggensack
Merle Doerr
Dubuque, Ta
Daryl Spaans
Portage, Wis
Elmer Weber
Court actions tie up licenses and petty larceny case
Marriage licenses issued in the county include Bernie Starr and Blanche Ince of Kewanee Merle F E Atherton Jr and Barbara Elmira Ferry of Savanna Arland L Kurth and Helen M Hillemann of Savanna John E McCooley and Faye Tropp of Savanna In Carroll county court two railroad workers Llewellyn Cook and Kenneth L Haggett faced petty larceny charges for breaking into the crew’s commissary Bail set at 500 each Pleas entered not guilty and trial dates scheduled Sept 29 for Cook and Sept 30 for Haggett Real estate transfers listed include CGM St Paul and P R Co to Isadore Saidel and wife in Salem Toran D Sturtevant to Nicholas G Drosopoulos in Savanna Midwest Factory Outlet Corp to William F Specht in Meyers 3rd Milledgeville Jessie Yocum to Roy E Smith in Elkhorn Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Starr
Blanche Ince
Kewanee
Merle FE. Atherton Jr
Thomson
Barbara Elmira Ferry
Savanna
Arland L. Kurth
Helen M. Hillemann
John E. McCooley
Faye Tropp
Carroll County
Charles Kinney
Llewellyn Cook
Kenneth L. Haggett
Meyers
Milledgeville
Jessie Yocum
Roy E. Smith
Elkhorn Grove
Hail Damage Strikes Cornfields Across Carroll County
Severe hail wrecked corn on two farms south of Chadwick and damaged Fulton greenhouses and trees during a Monday storm. Other nearby areas escaped major harm though sparse hail reported in Thomson Chadwick and Whiteside County. Odd cloud formations at seven p m drew public attention as lines of round balls appeared in the evening sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Lawrence Doden
Paul Grim
Fulton
Thomson
Obituary notices from Savanna Mt Carroll and Lanark
Funeral services were held for Mrs W J McCall 81 in Savanna with burial in Savanna cemetery. Also reported: Mt Carroll barber Albert Sieber 61 died after heart attacks. Lanark Mrs Henry Traum 51 died in Freeport hospital.
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Mt Carroll
Albert Sieber
Mt. Carroll
Savanna City Hospital
Frank Funeral Home
John J. Main
Ralphne Blatt
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Sieber
Berne
Swaoe
United States
Catherine McCall
Harold
Bernard
Carl
Savanna
Switzerland
Henry Traum
Lanark
Henry ‘Traum
Freewort
Iowa
Daugrhter
William Lonenecker
Robert
David
Allen
Alvin
Anne Backer
Freda Beyers
Lena
Omar Wurster
Lorenz Beyers
Elizabeth
Harold Rogers
Clarence Fritt
al Orth
Fred
Ed Backer
Community Guests Visit Local Families
Mr and Mrs Ed Appel of Sterling and Mr and Mrs Earl Larson were afternoon and supper guests Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Hartman. Mrs Arnold McLaughlin of Cordova visited Monday evening at the Dan Nelson home. Her son Melvin returned home with her after weekend visits. Mr and Mrs Milton Hartman and family visited Frances Buckingham in Polo Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Oscar Brown Jr and family of Mt Carroll were Sunday evening visitors in the Lawrence Weber home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Appel
Sterling
Earl Larson
Carl Hartman
Arnold McLaughlin
Cordova
Dan Nelson
Melvin
Nelson
Milton Hartman
Frances Buckingham
Polo
Oscar Brown Jr
Mt. Carroll
Lawrence Weber
Name Chairmen For Emergency March Of Dimes
A county wide Emergency March of Dimes drive runs from August 16 to 31 in Carroll County with Mrs. Lucile Stransky named county chairman. Local groups sponsor towns Mt. Carroll Lanark Shannon Chadwick Milledgeville Thomson Savanna. fund raising includes miniature lung containers and 6 000 mailed letters with pre paid return envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Lucile Stransky
Savanna
Hi Drive
Ruth V Davies Chosen Executive Director for Girl Scout Council
The Jane Addams Council of Girl Scouts appoints Ruth V Davies of Rocky River Ohio as Executive Director. She returns from Korea where she served as Education Specialist for the Korean Civil Assistance Command and will arrive in Freeport August 16 with meetings set August 18 to September 17.
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Jane Addams Council of
Girl Scouts, Inc
Ruth V. Davies
Rocky River
Korea
Miss Davies
Freeport
Stroudsburg
Davies
Asia
Europe
Central America
United States
The
Red Cross
Okinawa
Japan
Civil Service
Carroll county supervisors approve voter registration day and bridge plan
Carroll county supervisors held a routine session purposed to allow one day of voter registration per precinct before the November general election, approved payment of routine bills, and confirmed the reappointment of Dr. Ray H. Petty to the Carroll County Tuberculosis Sanitarium board. The board also adopted a resolution seeking state approval to erect a steel truss bridge across Plum River in Woodland township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Otho Bloyer
Ray H. Petty
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Board
State Division of Waterways
Plum River
Woodland Township
County Highway Department
County Highway Committee
Power
Whiteside County Fair Opens With Kid's Day Deals
Morrison Whiteside county fair begins next Wednesday August 19 at the Morrison fairgrounds. Kid's Day features 10 cent rides until 6 p.m. Races and a big horse show cap the opening, with four harness races daily Thursday through Saturday starting at 2 p.m. entertainments include WLS National Barn Dancers Boyle Woolfolk Revue Ward Beam Thrill Show and a livestock parade at 9 a.m. Saturday. Dancing each evening in the Bandbox. All times are daylight saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Whiteside County
Morrison Fairgrounds
WLS National Barn
Ward Beam
Savanna Couples Tie Knot In Double Wedding News
Savanna hosts two weddings on Aug 7 and nearby weekend with the Sack and Pearce families. Zernie Sack Jr and Savanna native Miss Cole n M Pearce wed at First Methodist Church with Rev. A Stanley Beck officiating. Wanda Jean Ward and Benito Torres wed at St John’s rectory with Rev. Edward L McDonald assisting.
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Savanna
Cole'n
M. Pearce
Harry Pearce
Galena, Til
Zernie C. Sack, Jr
Zernie Sack
Chestnut Park
First Methodist Church
A. Stanley Beck
Anne Mason
Harry Lee Pearce
Minnesota
Sack
Hanover High School
Savanna High School
Savanna Fabricators. Co
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wanda Jean Ward
Russell C. Ward
Murray Street
Benito Torres
Arnulfo Torres
Chicago Avenue
Edward L. McDonald
Amador Rosales
Fock Island
Rosales
Torres
Galena
Ill
Moose Club in Savanna Robbed. Small Cash and Whisky Stolen
Police report says burglars broke a kitchen window after climbing gas tanks at the rear of the Moose Club in Savanna and unlocked a door. About seven dollars in cash and several bottles of whisky were taken. The break-in was found around 6:30 a.m. by the janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Club
Savanna
Eluh Tels
Forreston to mark 100th year with Sauerkraut Day planned
Forreston prepares a belated centennial celebration after Mrs. Fred Deuth finds the town’s 1854 founding in an 1886 county bio. Attorney Leo Rutkowski and Legion post commander Hilbert Haack say a Sauerkraut Day event is likely on September 16 to honor the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forreston
Fred Deuth
Carroll Pomona Grange Meets Aug 9 in Black Oak Hall
Carroll County Pomona Grange met Monday evening August 9 at Black Oak Grange hall in Ideal. Atty Leroy Todd guest speaker from Washington State Grange opened the session with remarks and a memory tribute to Milledgeville and Black Oak Granges followed by a full program of music, poems, and reports.
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Hans
William Hans
Harold Stoner
Delmar Lang
Charles Gordon
Henry Smith
James Keeney
Milledgeville Grange
Black Oak Grange
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling
Dst
Rock Creek Grange
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Pomona Grange
Milledgeville
Robert Dale
Lanark
Robert Haught
Grange News
Peter Libberton
Paul Sites
Percy Schreiner
Ralph Roberts
Connie Therton
Tarantella
Gretchen Lamoreux
Kittle
Dayton
Alaska
Atty, Todd
New Attractions At State Fair Conservation Building
Illinois State Fair officials announce new exhibits in the Conservation Building for the 1954 fair in Springfield. A model farm pond within a 12 acre farm area features buildings fences wheat field contour plowing and erosion control. a forestry exhibit includes a model tree planter and tool panel. animal bird snake and fish displays are highlighted. open daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Glen D. Palmer
Department of Conservation
Illinois
Frank Zier Tops The Market With Hereford Steers
Frank Zier marketed 24 Hereford steers at the Chicago Stock Yard selling for 24.75 per cwt. The top price for the market weight was 1290 pounds per steer, with a rise in prime and choice cattle noted as receipts lag. Limited stocker feeder receipts pushed that class up 25 to 50 cents while overall prices held steady.
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Shannon
Amon
Chicago
Frank Zier
Mt Carroll families plan western vacation to Colorado
Grace Aude visits sister Mrs Louis Weber in Mt Carroll as Ernest Dollinger Jr and Robert Spencer couples depart for a Colorado trip. The group plans to spend about a week visiting Estes Park and other points of interest before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Aude
Mt. Carroll
Louis Weber
Ernest Dollinger Jr
Robert Spencer
Colorado
Estes Park
Tickets On Sale For Farm Air Tour
Tickets are on sale for a conservation air tour at the Tom Fritz farm northeast of Mt. Carroll next Sunday, August 15. The 20 minute ride costs 2.50 per person, with morning or afternoon slots available. Sponsored by the Carroll County Soil Conservation District Board, the tour aims to show erosion and conservation gains. Tickets are sold in Mt. Carroll Savanna Thomson Chadwick Milledgeville Carters Implement Lanark Shannon and others. if sold out, visitors may drive to the farm and ride if space remains. Most planes carry three passengers. Signs will guide from the north side of the Mt. Carroll bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Fritz
Mt. Carroll
Allen Airhart
Carroll County Soil Conservation District Board
Farm Bureau
Savanna
National Bank
Thomson Barber Shop
Chadwick
State Bank
Milledgeville
Carters Implement Store
Lanark
Carroll Service
Shannon
W. G. Ayers and Sons
Weekend Visits and Local Social Gatherings
Mrs Vern Fink and sister Flore Becker stayed with Mr and Mrs E C Fox in Marion Ta. They attended a Cedar Rapids concert by the Vernon band Sunday and were back Monday. Dinner guests at Denton Naniga Friday included Mino William Bosch and daughters Carlys and Barbara of Pella IA and Curtis Naniga. Mr and Mrs Charles Geist and family visited Carl Gengenbach near Mt Carroll Sunday evening.
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Vern Fink
Flore Becker
E. C. Fox
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Vernon Band
Denton Naniga
Mino William Bosch
Carlys
Barbara
Pella
Curtis Naniga
Charles Geist
Carl Gengenbach
Mt. Carroll
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Juliet Harwood Post
Lane Technical High School
Alton
Skokie
Commonwealth Edison Post
Chicago Cavaliers
Kosciussko Post
Belmont Park
Norwood Park
Sons of the American Legion
George L. Giles
Tess
William Wagner
Carroll
W. J. McCall
H. Foster Whitney
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Savanna Cemetery
Anna Priscilla Robbe
W. P
Sarah Watson Robbe
California
Kenneth
Mildred Fellows
Doris Cain
W. P. Robbe
John Robbe
Nancy Hall
Galesburg
John Cottral Sr
Walter King
Stransky
Arvo-Fa
John Merry
Vincent Olsen
W. J. Sehreiner
Preston Kreider
Irma Barth
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Girl Scout Council
Chas. M. Hayes
Chicago Motor Club
Ilinois
Indiana
New Jersey
Hayes
George Carroll
Lutz, Fla
Ernest Remmers
Whiteside County Fair
Pearce
Ward
Carroll Pomona Grange
Black Oak
C. T. Wilhelms
First State Bank of
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Agricultural Commission
American Bankers Association
Wilhelms
Winds Hanks
Llinois
Nan
Wilhelm
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Land Banks
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