Cherry Grove Church Sees Pulpit Vacancy Fill In
Rev Ralph Fry led Sunday service at Cherry Grove in place of vacationing Rev Merle Hanbecker. Clayton Bowman sale drew a good crowd with satisfactory prices. Milledgeville fair drew community turnout. Watermelons sold Sunday at the Zier corner. Rev Ralph Fry and family visited Lee Fry home. Emil Walther and Fd Truncken miller erecting fence. Ladies Aid held all day church meeting. Jesse Shidler painting barn at Quinter Stitzel farm. Funeral for S J Spahr slated for Lanark Wednesday. Lee Fry recovering from an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Ralph Fry
Merle Hanbecker
Clayton Bowman
Milledgeville
Zierorner
Lee Fry
Emil Walther
Fd Trunckenmiller
Ladies Aid
Jesse Shidler
Quinter Stitzel
S. J. Spahr
Lanark
Local Notes From Cherry Grove Area This Week
Injury to a finger occurred when a member was caught in a pulley. Several Cherry Grove residents plan to attend the Morrison fair this week. The Brenmen Cattle Company silo is being filled with sweet corn from the Lanark cannery. Farm tenancy changes are expected again this year. A heavy rain and electrical storm swept the area Monday morning. Barker Lumber of Shannon delivered fencing Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Clayton Bowman will relocate to a new Lanark home early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Brenmen Cattle Company
Lanark
Barker Lumber Company
Shannon
Clayton Bowman
ASC Committee Set for September Community Elections
Carroll County ASC announces mail ballot elections for seven community committee seats. Nominations by petition due August 20 1954. Ballots list 5 members and 2 alternates to serve Oct 1 1944 until next year. Voters must meet ASC eligibility and reside in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed L. Dauphin
Carroll County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Dauphin
Carroll County
Ogle County Fair set for Sept 4 5 6 1954 at Oregon
The 101st Ogle County Fair in Oregon runs September 4 5 6 with afternoon and night shows. Racing begins daily at 1 00 p m CST offering 4800 in purses and a trophy per race. Free acts between races accompany night shows featuring Smiley Burnette and Boyle Wolfolk vaudeville. Exhibits include livestock crafts baking fruits and farm equipment. Concessions fill the midway and nearby social notes mention local visitors and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Smiley Burnette
Boyle-Wolfolk
Ken Griffin
Ogle County Fair
Ashton farmer wins area Save Your Soil for Illinois contest
Mr and Mrs C H Kirsten of Ashton Lee County are area winners of the Save Your Soil For Illinois contest sponsored by the soil conservation district boards Allen E Hart president The Kirstens receive a Coldspot Home Freezer from Sears Roebuck and Company at a Dixon dinner They will compete with 15 other area winners at the State Fair this week for state honors Carroll county winner is Mr and Mrs Stanley Finifrock of Lanark The contest recognizes achievements in soil conservation Bucking ham of Polo visited the Hartman home Thursday evening Zumdahl family hosted dinner with August Zumdahl George Zumdahl Shannon among guests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Kirsten
Ashton
Lee County
Save Your Soil
Illinois
Soil Conservation District Boards
Allen Airhart
Kerstens
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Dixon
Carroll County
Tfr
Stanley Finifrock
Lanark
Argo News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Church Work
Wednesday evening guests at Mrs Geneva Ditsworth included Mrs Thomas Richards and son Tom from San Francisco plus several Savannah and Argo residents. Mrs Hussong improves after major surgery in Savannah hospital. Esther Schmaling returns from Whitehorse Yukon. New doors installed at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Ditsworth
Thomas Richards
Tom
San Francisco
Vaden Lansford
Erve Diehl
Glenn Bogue
Floyd Klitz
Savanna
Frank Rausch
Mt. Carroll
John Sour
Argo-Fa
Wm. Hussong
Savanna Hospital
Russel Carpenter
Chicago
Leslie Durwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Savanna Theatres
Web
Burt Lancaster
Jean Peters
Technicolor
Times Theatre
Ronald Reagan
Steve Forrest
Dewey Martin
Martin and Lewis
New York
John Wayne
Claudette Colbert
Danny Kaye
Francis
WACS
LA & Dick Bloomer
Sunrise Poultry
Bio
Critic
High Energy
Nar
Massacre Canyon
Lus
Pa Kettle
Marjorie Main
Percy Killbride
Sun
Mon
Lana Turner
Carlos Thompson
Pier Angeli
Butch
Richard Conte
Wayne Morris
Marksman
Tanganyika
Valley of the Kings
J. A. Bloomer
George H. Hartman
Thomson, II
Chadwick
GYOW
Earth
Johnson
Clinton, Iowa
Massey- Harris
Lanark Farmers
Louis Miller
Olson’s “Y” Club Junction
Hiways
Fulton
Joel McCrea and
Mari Blanchard
Canyon
Tony Curtis and
Janet Leigh
Tell
Fulton, Hi
Blue Belle
Corey
Main St. Savanna
Tes
McCulloch
Northern Illinois
Helle Lumber Co
Ralpls
Community Election Board
County Election Board
Byron Kutchins
Charles Myers
Emerson Iske
Farm Bureau
Stanley Wagner
Mrs
Lee Hartman, Jr
101St
Ogle County
Fay Hawkins
Kewanee
Spurgeon Harter
Gordon Clark
Freeport
Freece Senneff
Robert Sibley
Heller
Geneseo
Sibley
Robert F. Sibley
Tampico
Winchip Music Co
Strand Theater
Clinton, In
Iowa
Bulova
Pri
Federal
J. H. Potts & Son
Main Ave
Clinton
Lyons Business District
U. S. Testing CO
Able Holiday
Erbert
AETER
Savanna, I'1
Northwestern Illinois Gas
Savanna, Ill
Ashton Farmer
Jess
Frances Buckingham
Polo
Milton Hartman
Emmett Zumdahl
August Zumdahl
George Zumdahl
Argo News
Caroyle
Geo. Schmaling
Leland
Monroe
Wis
Esther J. Schmaling
Whitehorse
Yukon
Nipe’s
Brunswick
Youth of Our County
Chesters
Arthur E. Kniss & Son
Lanark, Il
Best
Chester
Sunny Gine Spotlight
Vigorator
FFA
Orval Schoonhoven
C. Robert Sibley
Chadwick, Il
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