Carroll County Farm Bureau Picnic and Melon Day notes
Carroll County reports a cheerful Farm Bureau Picnic with plans for Melon Day in Thomson and surrounding towns. Melon stands in Thomson show strong sales, while dairy farming wanes. Judge Stransky to speak at Melon Day and Friday band events cap the week in Chadwick and Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Thomson
Milledgeville
Coleta
Chicago
Carroll County
Shannon
Albany
Frank J. Stransky
Johnny Brown
Fulton
Chadwick
Old Mill Park
Frank Matuska
Ordnance Depot
Lyle Thulen
Earl Lahre
Justice of the Peace
W. G. Kent
Frank Brown
The Review’s Dedication to Carroll County Citizens
The Review lauds Carroll County residents as the backbone of the nation praising their honesty hard work and dependence on local churches banks and shops. It pledges to continue supporting honest effort in future issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Carroll County Platform Emphasizes Roads and Officials
From the 1940 Review, Carroll County pledges a bank at Milledgeville and extending Rt. 171 to Chadwick via Han sen’s Corners. It calls for efficient town village and county officers, cost reduction, and promotion of community competitive sports. Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Safety First First Crime Never Pays
A compact civic page urges adherence to constitutional norms and safety, tying themes of crime prevention to public responsibility. It emphasizes prudent policy and orderly, law respecting conduct for community welfare.
Birthdays listed for August 23 to 29 across multiple towns
A long list of names and towns schedules birthday observances for August 23 through 29. Recipients span Thomson Lanark Chadwick Milledgeville Mt Carroll Savanna Coleta Morrison Clinton Iowa and U. S. Navy service mentions appear alongside ordinary residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Sheridan
Thomson
Pauline Sweitzer
Lanark
Roy Hook
Argo Fa
John Atherton
Margaret Alexander
Chadwick
James Keckler
Ned Spencer
Moline
Marguerite Fletcher
Milledgeville
John Hartman
Lyle Queckboerner
Helen Traum
Mt. Carroll
Edwin Schleuing
Orval Rosenberg
U. S. Navy
Brice Puterbaugh
Freeman Law
Virginia Moon
M. E. Olmstead
Frank Reynolds
L. J. Gnngey
George Buckwalter
John Diehl
Charles Wilt
Margarete Shoemaker
Carroll David Jansma
Morrison
Maxine
Reynolds Texaco Lyons opens new Coney Island Beer Garden
The Reynolds Texaco Service at Lyons unveils a new Coney Island style beer garden at 66 Main Avenue. It offers beer and refreshments, a lighted attractive setup, tire and battery service, Havoline and Texaco oils, and invites Illinois motorists to stop by across the river. The note adds a reflective closing remark on unity guiding progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynold
Texaco
Lyons
Coney Island
Main Avenue
Havoline
Illinois
War era air battle ends in stalemate and shifting strategy
A student observer weighs eight English plane losses to ten for Germany and argues Germany could press a stronger air campaign. He notes food shortages in conquered nations, potential rebellion, and Britain’s supply routes, predicting the western conflict could shift if food shipments halt. The piece reflects on Nazism, power, and historical parallels as the author signs off.
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London
Berlin
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Poland
Austria
Western Hemisphere
Russia
England
Italy
Prussia
Big Island
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Louis Frank
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M. S. Nelson
Sanford
Florida
Nelson
Wendell Willkie
GOP
Iowa
John Gelwicks
Marth Brothers
Marth
Savanna
Grant Grimm
Oregon
Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Telephone
Happy
Martha French
Thomson Rudolph Holm
Argo
Fa Beth Anderson
Irma Tripp
Don C. Harris
A. J. Litwiller
A. J. Graebling
Robert Sword
Mary Lou Overholser
Mrs
Evin Elliott
Shirley Rahn
Thomas Hand, Jr
Thomson Jean Queckboerner
Charles Helm
Mary Hess
J. M. Bent
C. W. Noll
Donald Jer
Floyd Holbrook
Elmer Davis
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek
Michigan
Ida Weber
Donna Ruth Spellman
Phillips 66
Will Rentschler
Frank Alt
Thomson _ office
Northwestern Illinois Utilities
Chas. Groharing, Mgr
Reynold’s
New
W. L. Derrer
Erall
Ferguson
Sharpe
Paris
Europe
British Isles
Isles
Canada
Hitler
Sinclair Gas and Oil
Lewis Motor Co
Mt. Carroll, II
Galena Street
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Matty
General Electric
GE Thrift
Illinois Utilities
Electric
Fountain Pens
Avanna
Danny Kness
W. F. Black
Yarms
Foster Black
Walnut, IN
W. F. Black Farms
Walnut, Ill
Pfister
Savanna Cafe
B. K. Shores
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