Weather talk and 4-H roundup from Carroll County fair
Babson discusses climate and weather control ideas in Gloucester Massachusetts. Milledgeville and Carroll county 4-H results highlight beef cattle prizes, dairy champions, and extensive livestock judging with top Hereford Angus and Holstein winners led by Dave Saidel and John Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saidel
Morris
Carroll Fair
Milledgeville
Carroll County
Dave Saidel
Mt. Carroll
John Morris
Chadwick
David McGinty
Edwin Keim
Heims
C. Robert Sibley
John Derver, Jr
Robert Carroll
Thomson
Donald Derver
Pinehurst Farms
Rockford
Dick Cohenour
Sterling
Guernsey
Richard Reed
Elizabeth
A. M. Reed
Raymond Habben
Angus
Russell Zier
Sheldon Livengood
Hereford
Cathy Spanogle
Gerald Turner
Lanark
Milledgeville Hot Shots
Lanark Larks
Mt. Carroll Prairie Edge Club
Dairy Queen crowned at Carroll County Dairy Days fair
Miss Arden Rhodes was crowned Dairy Queen of the 1953 Carroll County Dairy Days. The final day featured a big parade with prize winners in Commercial organizational and youth divisions, cash awards given, and a panel of judges from several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Carroll County
Arden Rhodes
Fred Rhodes
Carroll
Carter Implement Co
Barklow Electric
Woodin Furniture
Milledgeville Brethren Church
Rock Creek Grange
Leona Willis
Kay Anderson
Gene Albert Ponies
Leah Bott
Donna Dee Bogott
Capporelli
Susie Hawkins
Judy Cunningham
Chet Rawson
Gregory Coleman
Gary Gerdes
Sheral Gerdes
Rhene Law
Savanna
Ross Hostetter
Polo
H. H. Holmes
Chadwick
T. R. Moritz
Shannon
Leonard Klock
Lanark
Mason Behrens
Sterling
Leo Haag Tops Hogs At Vo-Ag Fair In Morrison
Chadwick and Thomson ag students earned awards at the Section II vocational fair on August 13. Leo Haag captured grand champion pen and single market hogs plus reserve champion purebred boar. Duane Smith took reserve champion pen of chickens with White Leghorns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Thomson
Morrison
Leo Haag
Duane Smith
Haag
Hampshire
Smith
Local births reported from Savanna area
Cradle News notes a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs Edward Havorka of Mt Carroll at Savanna city hospital at 6 58 p m Thursday. A son Ronald Dean born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Cline Wilson of Savanna. Sgt and Mrs Don Gordon of Brookley Air Base Alabama welcome a daughter Bette Lou born Sunday Aug 9 at the base hospital in Mobile with Charles Gordon of Chadwick as grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Havorka
Mt. Carroll
Savanna City Hospital
Bette Lou
Don Gordon
Brookley Air Base
Ala
Mobile
Charles Gordon
Chadwick
Cline Wilson
Savanna
Ronald Dean
Drivers License Test Stations Open in Northwestern Illinois
Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier announces 11 new driver license examination stations opened last week in Carroll, Whiteside, and Ogle counties. Applicants may apply, pay, and test without appointments. temporary permits issued on pass. Renewals must be mailed to Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles F. Carpentier
Illinois
Carroll County
Court House
Whiteside
Sterling
Ogle County
Oregon
Division of State Highway Police
Jvy 1
F Certary Carpentier
Roxyettes to Stage Show at Whiteside Fair Saturday
The Roxyettes a 16 girl precision dance team will headline the Whiteside Fair stage show at 7 30 p m Saturday Aug 22 Also on the program are Sard annual roller skating numbers See America First acts Adamsons perch pole Howard Hardin MC Jerry Cole Ming Sing contortionists Lemke's College of Chimps Matt Tuck & Co Billy Farrell tap and clog dancing acts sponsored by Boyle Woolfolk agency Chicago
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Roxyettes
Whiteside County
America First
Thetage
Boyle Woolfolk Agency
Chicago
Adamsons
Howard Hardin
Jerry Cole
Ming Sing
Lemke
College of Chimps
Matt Tuck & Company
Billy Farrell
Milledgeville Hosts CBS Meeting With Pinochle Prizes
Mrs Lela Hess of Sterling entertained the CBS group on a Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Helen Bryson opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and Lord's Prayer. Members named their favorite cold drink, then two tables of five handed pinochle followed. Prizes went to Elery Shank high bid, Bryson high score, Graehling low score, Howard Wiedel last four aces, and John Hayen last pinochle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Hess
Sterling
CBS
Helen Bryson
Elery Shank
Bryson
R. J. Graehling
Howard Wiedel
John Hayen
Deaths of Mrs Elmer E Smith and Jasper Hutton
Mrs Elmer E Smith 71 died Aug 16 at her Woodland township home north of Mt Carroll. Funeral Aug 18 at Frank funeral home and Center Hill L B church with burial in Oak Hill. Survived by husband two sons two brothers two sisters and other relatives. Jasper Hutton 6 died Aug 15 at his Mt Carroll home. Funeral Aug 18 at Christian funeral home with burial in Oak Hill. Survived by wife three sons a brother and a sister and four grandchildren.
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Mt. Carroll
Elmer E. Smith
Woodland Township
Frank
Center Hill L. B
C. L. Barker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dora M. Oberheim
William
Susan Oberheim
Robert
Donald
Chadwick
Oscar Oberheim
Princeton
Lewis Oberheim
Elizabeth
P. G. Fulrath
Grace Oberheim
Ames
Iowa
Jasper Hutton
T. S. Cleworth
Scotch Grove
Allen
Mary Ellen Hutton
Ann Rogers
Paul
Rockford
Lyle
St. Louis
Batavia
Louis
Monticello
Hester Sinclair
Preparations For Annual 4 H Roundup At Old Mill Park
Durward clan reunion held in Morrison with officers named for 1954. The 4 H Roundup at Old Mill Park Savanna runs Tuesday and Wednesday August 25 and 26 with sheep swine poultry garden judging and contests. Coates orchestra entertains and WFRL amateur contest slated along with parade and trophy presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Savanna Legion Band
Coates Orchestra of
Clinton
WFRL
Mt. Carroll
Coates Orchestra
Legion Council Hears State Convention Reports
The Car roll County Council of the American Legion met in Savanna with all posts represented. County Commander James Thorp reported on the state convention in Chicago and delegate Charles L. Reese shared remarks. Thorp noted his role as 13th district delegate to the national convention in St. Louis August 31 to September 3. The next meeting is scheduled for September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Carroll County Council
The
America Legion
James Thorp
Chadwick
State Legion
Chicago
Charles L. Reese
Thorp
Carroll County
National Legion
St. Louis
Mt. Carroll
Courthouse Briefs: Marriage License Divorces Real Estate
One marriage license issued in the past week to William Caruso and M Felicitas Refugio of Savanna. A divorce decree granted in Carroll County Circuit Court to Virginia Householder from Donald Householder, Savanna. Real estate transfers include multiple parcels in Savanna Mt Carroll West Carroll Wysox and Cherry Grove involving several buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Nipe
William Caruso
M. Felicitas Refugio
Savanna
Grant
Carroll County Circuit Court
Virginia Householder
Donald Householder
Fred W. McGough
Leonard J. Stage
Fred C. Withhart
Harry Wolfe
Withhart Bros
Belle Hamilton
Charles E. Kessler
Mt. Carroll
Raymond Brandenburg
Clara N. Brandenburg
Rock Creek
Bessie M. Campbell
Vernon L. Weidman
Add
Chas
E. Stuart
Bayard R. Lewis
Thomson
Lawrence P. Walsh
James H. Blair
West Carroll
Owen Coomes
Marie M. Mowery
Cherry Grove
Midwest Factory Outlet, Inc
Maurice H. Clifton
Indiana Bible conference attendees and related visits
Rev and Mrs H H Rowsey and Jim spent last week at Winona Lake for the Indiana Bible conference. This week they attend the National Conference of Brethren churches in Ashland. Sharon Kauffman Lanark and Ronald Lenhart Polo visited grandparents O A Bott. Raymond Heilener of Wartburg Theological Seminary spoke at the Lutheran church in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Rowsey
Jim
Winona Lake
Ashland
Sharon Kauffman
Lanark
Ronald Lenhart
Polo
O. A. Bott
Raymond Heilener
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Lastheran Church
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Gloucester
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New England
Futhermore
Chamber of Commerce
Ellsworth Huntington
New York
Scientific American
Allen Haag
Blaine McGinty
David
Mt. Carrill
Heiffer
Robert Buford
Wesley Broers
Tampico
Aberdeen
Habben
Chester Whites
Donald Hook
Orval Schoonhoven
Schoonhoven
Schoon
Duroc
Kenneth Tels
Schneider & Son
Hampshires
Burton
Poland
Sheep
Shropshires
Jam
Floyd
Ewe
Woodin
Ram
Donald Dell
Franklin Grove
Ramsdell
Liam Spearman
Oxford Downs
Herman Fer
Herman
Schafer
Donald Keim
Cheviots
Carolyn Johnson
Walnut
R. T. Peterson
Prophetstown
Peterson
M. J. Rabbitry
Dixon
M. J
B. L. Hornberger
Freeport
New Zealand
Hornberger
Ben Brady
Reid
Havana
Harry Diehl Sr
Diehl
Orville Deets
Deets
Reid’s Rabbitry
Audrey Saunders
Silver Martins
Ce-Del
B L. Hornberger
Braonart
Ce-Del Rabbitry
Carl Haag
Fred Rhode
Lloyd Mackey
Arthur Read
Leslie Long
Kathy Carter
Rhode
Lowell Wilson
Egan
Harold Steiner
Forest
Crown Arden
Rhodes County Dairy Queen
United States Savings
Treasury Department
F. E. Weidmann
Volunteer Savings Bond
Hazel Stagg
George Lansink
Jacksonville
Paul Law
Margaret Munz
Lyle Livengood
Harry Stoner
Dorothy Spanogle
Laura Haugh
Don Hollowell
Melvin Ritchey
Margaret Williams
Janet Dee Livengood
Larry Plog
Pam Smith
Betty Isgiig
Sandra Kreider
Jim Bunce
Macomb
Will Oncken
Ralph Hines
Cynthia Carter
Betty Sites
Sylvia Brown
Jane Law
Wilma Emnyre
Betty Buffington
Norma Stover
Larry Oncken
Harriet Brunner
Keifer
Ronald der
Rer
Derrer
Truman Sibley
Arvilla Sibley
Otto Wagenknecht
Gary Smith
Spealman
Keim
Carolyn John
Dick Rogers
Billy Green
Ward Beam
Harold Andresen
York-Hamp
Ronald Daehler
China
Dale Engelkens
Wayne Linker
Hamshire
Larry Miller
Berkshire
Truman _ Sibley
Bill Spearman
George Yingling
Kenneth Geisz
Ronald Mackey
David Stralow
Rex Stu
Thomson Ronald Bielema
Jerry Brearton
Clinton Oats
Leslie Prins
New Hampshire
Gerald Smith
John Fedderson
Per Bu
Cradle News
Whiteside Fair
Camy
Robert Simpson
Charleston
W. Va
John Newton
Russell Bott
Sharon
Palmyra
Ind
Lyle Glenn
A. Bott
C. K. Schell
Durward
Merle Durward
Leslie Durward
Durward Cook
Lloyd Durward
Harold Hardin
Seaton
Moline
Ruby Durward
Clifford Durward
Argona
Vernon Alexander
Erwin Larson
Clayton Stone
Robert Stone
Patty Schuler
Edna Lutz
Fulton
Anna Long
Durward Long
George Long
Sam Long
East Moline
Lyle Cook
Aurora
Sam Gammon
Elaine
Don Robertson
Margaret Durward
Jerseyville
Patty Durward
Warren
Red Blanchard
Beaver Valley
WLS
Myron Mueller
Taylor Ridge
Robert Howard
Dundee
Harry Imel
Galesburg
Homer Kearnaghan
Garden
Tels
Groupe
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Legion Council
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