Carroll 4-H Roundup Opens Monday at Old Mill Park
Rock Island District awards Linwood Stone Products Co. contract for 18000 tons of rock for pool 13 regulatory works on the Mississippi River between Dam 13 near Fulton and Dam 12 at Bellevue. Davenport firm bid $45000 with free delivery to job sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Linwood Stone Products Co
Davenrt
Mississippi River
Dam
Fulton, NL
Bellevue
Davenport
Three Day 4-H Roundup Set At Old Mill Park Savanna
Carroll County 4-H members prepared to exhibit at the three day Roundup on Aug 17 18 19 at Roundup grounds Old Mill Park Savanna. judging begins 9 AM Aug 17 with animals and swine sheep at 1 15 PM tractor contest 3 30 PM. Aug 18 beef breeding animals horses dog care and poultry and rabbits judging. Monday evening crown of 1964 4 H King and Queen at 8 PM followed by Bill King and Jackie entertainment. Tuesday 8 PM pet parade and Doug Hart world’s Wildest Wire Walker. Wednesday greased pole climb 8 PM Patsy Montana and Varju Brothers show causing Western flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
4-H
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Bill King
Jackie
Spike Jones
Tommy Dorsey
Lennon Sisters
Jimmy Dean
Doug Hart
Doug
Patsy Montana
Varju Brothers
America
Babson: Changes in Consumer Habits Driven by Rising Incomes
Babson Park Mass August 13 report notes rapidly shifting consumer markets due to rising personal incomes. About 12.3 million households earn 10000 plus annually, with one third over 15000. education growth boosts sophistication and demand for higher quality goods.
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Babson Park
Mass
Cauht
Giemee
Col Bernard B Abrams takes command at Savanna Army Depot
Col Bernard B Abrams assumed command of Savanna Army Depot Savanna Illinois coming from Washington DC where he served as Division Chief in Headquarters US Army Supply and Maintenance Command Abrams born in Cedar Rapids Iowa and raised in Rockford Illinois is a Citadel graduate with degrees in civil engineering science and a law doctorate He previously served in key Army posts and as City Engineer for Terrell Texas and President of Texas Military College He is a registered professional engineer in four states and listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Engineering The Savanna Depot houses the Army Ammunition School and Center and the 823d Ordnance Company It supports Midwest troops with ammunition and missiles Col Abrams and family reside at the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard B. Abrams
Savanna Army Depot
Savanna
Ill
Washington, D. C
U. S. Army Supply and Maintenance Command
Col Abrams
Cedar Rapids
Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Citadel
Military College of
South Carolina
Col. Abrams
Terrell
Tex
Texas Military Colege
Ohio
Texas
District of Columbia
America
Army Ammunition School and Center
823D Ordnance Company
Midwest
Army Depot
Harold Fedderson Sues to Halt Thomson Unit School District Election
Harold Fedderson of Thomson files suit in Carroll County circuit court against Gordon L. Hansen seeking to stop the August 22 vote on forming a Thomson Clinton County unit school district. He alleges his rights were violated and that Hansen’s hearing decision was contrary to the evidence and not properly notice. The case delays the Thomson election until after the start of the school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Gordon L. Hansen
Carroll County
Hansen
Harold Fedderson
Fedderson
Fed
Circuit Court
Tryouts for Fiorello Musical at Timber Lake
Gary Vitale Timber Lake Playhouse announces Fiorello the musical based on LaGuardia with a New York Times Twenties setting. Public tryouts Thursday August 13 at 10 30 am and again at 1 pm for dancers and singers including tap specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Vitale
Timber Lake Playhouse
Fiorello
Vitale
Illinois Farm Bureau plans first Europe trade mission
Carroll County farmers are invited to join the Illinois Farm Bureau Trade Development Mission to Europe this fall. The Illinois group will leave Chicago October 12 and return November 2, led by William J. Kuhfuss with Dwight Davis assisting. Cost is 995 dollars per person, including air travel, meals, and tips, with first come, first served reservations via Roy B. Will. The tour includes Washington D C, sightseeing, and visits to England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Illinois Farm Bureau
Europe
Farm Bureau
Illinois Group
William J. Kuhfuss
Illinois Agricultural Assoc
Chicago
Kuhfuss
Dwight Davis
IAA
Illinois
Roy B. Will
Illinois Agricultural Association
P. O. Box
Bloomington
Ill
Washington D
White House
Acton
U. S
Enland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Miracle Worker at Timber Lake for Two Week Run
Timber Lake Playhouse Mt Carroll Illinois presents William Gibson's The Miracle Worker in a two week run starting August 12. Nan Withers as Helen Keller and Barbara Brubaker as Annie Sullivan headline a cast led by April Edwards George Luce with director Dr James Gousseff. Tickets via mail phone Mt Carroll box. Fiorello soon follows the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timber Lake Playhouse
Mt. Carrolllinois
William Gibson
Annie Sullivan
Helen Keller
Helen Eller
Nan Withers
Signange
Barbara Brubaker
Cild
Anne Bancroft
Patty Duke
Miss Bancroft
Miss Duke
New York Tribune
Mrs. Keller
April Edwards
George Luce
John Williams
James
Helen
Nancy Oehmich
Bruce French
Susan Strunk
Jan Davis
The
James Gousseff
Eastern Michigan University
Gousseff
Orhone
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Fiorello
New York City
Fiorello LaGuardia
Quad County 4H Baby Beef Show Slated for Sept 14 15
The thirtieth Quad County 4H Baby Beef Show will be held Monday and Tuesday September 14 and 15 in Clinton Iowa. Cattle arrive Sunday afternoon and Monday morning with tents sponsored by Clinton Herald Agrico Hawkeye Chemical and Nitrin. Weighing and judging start Monday with a 5 PM deep pit barbecue. Tuesday features a sale auction of show cattle with chief auctioneer John Almberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Iowa
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Carroll and Whiteside
Illinois
Clinton Corn Processing Company
Clinton Herald
Agrico of
Fulton
Hawkeye Chemical Company
Clinton and Nitrin, Inc
Cordova
Quad County Show Committee
Riverfront Stadium
Riverfront Park
John Almberg
Leo Harrison
Teeds Grove
Robert Walliker
Carroll County
Earl Gilliland
Robert McKean
Russell Wagenknecht
Ralph Spanogle
Milledgeville
Byron Hutchins
Robert Carroll
Coast Guard Academy Entrance Exams Set for December 5
Congressman John B. Anderson announces entrance exams for the Coast Guard Academy to be held December 5, 1964 in over 3,000 test centers. Applicants must be single, 17 by July 1, 1965 and under 22, in good physical condition, with a high school diploma or senior status by June 30, 1965 and at least 15 credits. Requirements include three English units, two Algebra, and one Plane Geometry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Anderson
R-Ill
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
College Entrance Examination Board
Coast Guard Academy
River traffic heavy but water is low at Lock 15
River traffic through Lock 15 in Rock Island shows 296 634 tons of cargo this past week with 190 770 tons northbound including 101 700 tons coal and 80 400 tons petroleum products. Southbound totaled 105 864 tons with 100 300 tons ice. Towboats and barges reached 15 and 97 northbound and 18 and 115 southbound. River flow at Lock 13 near Fulton was 11 000 cfs, near the system’s record lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Ill
Lock 15
Quad-City
Lock and Dam
Fulton
Ill
Elect County ASC Committee Elects County ASC Board
Farmers elected to serve as the Carroll County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee for the year are Clin ton R. Plock Glen E Law and Burnie Voss The election occurred at a July 30 1964 county convention at the ASCS Office in Mt Carroll Electors were farmers chosen as convention delegates across the county The committees oversee local administration of national farm programs including conservation feed grain wheat and wool programs loans and storage facilities The Mt Carroll county office serves as headquarters and local contact for program participation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Clinton R. Plock
Lanark
Ill
Glen E. Law
Savanna
Burnie Voss
Thomson
ASCS
Mt. Carroll
Plock
Sloan promoted to first lieutenant at James Connally Air Force Base
James E. Sloan son of Mr and Mrs Francis F Sloan Shannon Illinois promoted to first lieutenant in the U S Air Force at James Connally AFB Texas as a motor vehicle maintenance officer supporting Air Training Command. He earned a BS from Carthage College and was commissioned after Officer Training School. His wife Carol is daughter of Mr and Mrs George C Harris of Huntsville Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
James E. Sloan
Francis F. Sloan
Shannon
Ill
U. S. Air Force
James Connally Afb
Sloan
Air Training Command
Carol
George C. Harris
Green Park Dr
Huntsville
Ala
River Flow Measured At Lock and Dam 13 In Quad City Area
The Upper Mississippi River flow is tracked in the 1930s at Lock and Dam 13 for both Clinton and Quad City regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Clinton
Quad-City
Oak Grove district joins Savanna elementary system
Carroll County board of trustees attached School District No. 1, the Oak Grove district north of Savanna, to Savanna district No. 71. Superintendent Hansen said District I had been non recognized by the state for two years and must attach to the nearest elementary district served by the area’s high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Oak Grove
Savanna
No Injuries as Autos Collide
Cars driven by Ben F. Dimmick of Thomson and Charles Tilston of Crown Point Ind collided head on at a blind curve on a rural road northwest of Algona about 11 30 AM Tuesday. No one was injured but damage to each vehicle was estimated at a bout $100 according to Sheriff Howard Gorman who investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Dimmick
Thomson
Charles Tilston
Crown Point
Ind
Algona
Howard Gorman
Marriage License Issued for Skimhorn and Rice
A marriage license is issued to James G. Skimhorn of Savanna and Mary E. Rice of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Skimhorn
Savanna
Mary E. Rice
Thomson
Heart Attack Fatal for D L Sturtevant on Fishing Trip
David L. Sturtevant of Freeport died of a heart attack while on a fishing trip at Savanna on Sunday morning. He was born September 8, 1901 in Shannon, married Dora Burdick in 1923, and worked 22 years for Gunite Boundaries in Rockford. Survived by his wife, two sons Robert and LeRoy, three brothers Jake Everett Ernest, three sisters, and one grandson. a son who drowned in 1964 preceded him. Funeral held Wednesday at Walker. Burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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David L. Sturtevant
Robert
Freeport
LeRoy
Chicago
Jake
Everett
Lanark
Ernest
Chadwick
B. P.tracy
McAuliffe
Marshall
Minn
Lloyd
Maizie) Rogers
Roy
Opel
Walker Aeernnste
K. E. Irvin
First Lutheran Church
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Yreepers
Traffic fines listed for Aug 5 to Aug 10 at circuit court
The notice lists multiple defendants from Savanna and surrounding towns with fines for speeding reckless driving no registration plates improper passing improper lane usage and careless driving. Notable names include William Lego Clifton Saylor John Brodbeck Maburn Snodgrass Eugene Thulen Howard Wintzen John Edens Donald Wolfe and George Bowman with fines ranging from 10 to 310 dollars and one forfeited bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lego
Savanna
Clifton Saylor
Chicago
John Brodbeck
Paul Kallemeyn
Terry Harvey
Thomson
Maburn Snodgrass
Milledgeville
Eugene Thulen
Howard Wintzen
John Edens
Clinton
Donald Wolfe
George Bowman
Erwin Rowe
Madison
Richard Loduha
Richard Smarsty
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Ameneee
Babson
Col
Earl Woodin
Carroll County Fair
Fair Board
Woodin
Middle States Telephone Co
Carroll
Jane Feldman
William G. Miller
Philip J. Feldman
South 6Th Street
Jane
Charles J. Miller
Mr. Miller
Timber Lake
Britt’s
Thomson Ph
F. B
Miracle Worker
Quad County
Ptp
U. S. Coast Guard
Walt Disney
Thomasina
Patrick MecGoohan, Karen da
Trice
D. L. Sturtevant
Li Ee
4 Donahue
Diane McBain
Tony Curtis
Christine
Harold Hecht
Universal
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