Carroll County Platform from 1939 Review
1939 Review outlines Carroll County platform including a new Bank at Milledgeville extending Rt. 171 from Hengens Corners to Chadwick with Rt. 40 and electing efficient town village and county officers. It calls to promote community competitive sports in Carroll County and presents Carroll County as the sporta men’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Rt. 171
Hengen’s Corners
Chadwick
Rt. 40
Carroll County
Review platform themes from 1939 voters guide
The document lists five platform topics: Taxes Must Be Reduced, Safety First-First, Crime Never Pays, Stick To The Constitution, and Better Farms and Farmers. It outlines priorities for fiscal policy, public safety, crime, constitutional adherence, and agricultural issues, reflecting concerns of the era.
Birthday Notices Jump In August Weekend List
A long birthday list appears with names and towns across Milledgeville Chadwick Savanna Lanark Coleta Coleta Morrison Fulton Chicago and other places. Dates span Friday through Monday August 25 to 26 and include many individuals such as Thomas Hand Jr and Mrs Elmer Davis. The notice reads like a community birthday roll call with varied spellings and some garbled entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hand, Jr
Thomson
Mary Hess
Milledgeville
Jay Bent
Jean Querkboerner
Chadwick
Charles Helm
Elmer Davis
Savanna
Charles Noll
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek Mich
Ida Weber
Donna Ruth Spellman
Lanark
Flaverness
Bill Hawk
Donald Her
Floyd Holbrook
Henry Schleming
Adam Voeckel, Jr
Julia Appel
Malvern
Raymond Brandenburg
Donald Heimbaugh
Alice Wetzell
Godfrey Wolf
Roy Queckboerner
Herman Nater
Paul Gettle
Coleta
Betty Edmonds
Mr. Carroll
Frank Zahn
Beth Goldring
A. M. Wolfley
Chas. K. Switzer
Wm. D. Roggendorf
Paul Wells
Clinton
Lester Grim
Frank Zukn
Virginia Moon
George Buckwalter
John Diehl
M. E. Olmstead
Chas
Wilt
Margarete Shoemaker
Maxine Warner
David Janama
Morrison
Rexford Printz, Jr
Sagac Hook
Fulton
Frank
Milledgeville Community Day guests listed in Review
Milledgeville and Chadwick guests registered for Community Day total around 3500 to 4000, via Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corp secretary Kenneth Peugh. Melon growers report strong sales to trucks, a Whiteside County Fair week ahead features horse races and exhibits, and Melon Day plans for Labor Day at Thomson with a robust program. Cattle feeding notes describe 50 head Herefords weighing 1284 pounds after 751 pounds start, with projected steady gains for market in September. Local developments include new service station construction, a closed old building site redevelopment, and personnel changes at Law Brothers Motor Sales and the Kinney building barber shop. Weather accuracy cited at 80 percent by U.S. Weather Bureau. Names listed: Russell Meyers Milledgeville, Mrs. Lee Dyson Lanark, Mrs. Rose Sykes Clinton IA, Ruth Lawrence Thomason, Russell Gleason Savenna, Russell Miller Lanark, W. W. Livengood Milledgeville, Robert Stone Milledgeville, Ruth McGinnis Thomson, Ralph Fletcher Milledgeville, Lyle Livengood Milledgeville, Phyllis Mae Miller Chadwick, Mrs. Edith Holly Milledgeville, Dorothy Shirk Milledgeville, Dr. H. E. Erickson Milledgeville, Melvin Peugh Milledgeville, Mrs. W. E. Cardiff Galva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation
Kenneth Peugh
Thomson Melon Growers
Waukegan
Whiteside County Fair
Morrison
Thomson
Lanark
Glenview
Fay Stakemiller
Bill Tipton
Kinney
John Gelwicks
Evelyn Grimm
Law Brothers Motor Sales
Russell Meyers
Lee Dyson
Rose Sykes
Clinton
Ruth Lawrence
Thomason
Russell Gleason
Savenna
Russell Miller
Dorothy Shirk
H. E. Erickson
Melvin Peugh
W. E. Cardiff
Galva
Local notes on repairs and events across town
Tar roof work on the post office, a new wrecker built with a shifted crane for heavier duty. Three free movies planned, weather may delay. Ben Stadel enjoys a store vacation while Riley starts early shifts. Sunday family reunions across Old Mill and Palisades parks with rain forcing sheltering crowds. Florence Dinsen and Martin Sorenson picnic success marred by a spill from a dish of meat balls and spaghetti. Clarence McGinty, Dick McGinty and Margaret Hensinkveld begin Melon Day posters. Dance club hopes form in Thomson as Walter Switzer displays machinery at the State Fair in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sollenberger
John
Ben Stadel
Riley
Florence Dinsen
Martin Sorenson
Mt. Carroll
Plum River Bridge
Sorenson
Miss Dinson
Old Mill
Palisades
Rain J
Clarence McGinty
Dick McGinty
Margaret Hensinkveld
Oway
Thomson
Walter Switzer
Springfield
J S Young Sells Savanna Store To Kenyon Co
The John S Young and Company dry goods store in Savanna was sold to the Kenyon Company of Belvidere. Charles and Jay Kenyon plan to add departments and rebrand the Savanna location. Jay Kenyon arrives to manage, while Charley Kenyon will join soon. Mr Young is a longtime Savanna business leader and bank president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S Young and Company
Savanna
Kenyon Company
Belvidere
Charles
Jay Kenyon
Kenyon Co
Charles Kenyon
Chicago
Jey Kenyon
Cedar Rapids
Anne Baker
Charley Kenyon
Young
First National Bank of
Commerce Association
The
Liong Club
River trip tale of Clinton Savanna Castle a night adventure
A first person recollection describes a weekend river drive from La Crosse to Eagle Point and Clinton with fanciful castle lore at Eagle Point. The narrator glimpses riverfront sights, wildlife, a heroic rescue tale, and a roadside tour ending with a late supper in Moline, noting a Republican event back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse
Clinton
Eagle Point
Jneath Clinton
Savanna
Jagle Point Park
Thomson Briefs Lenn Carpenter Changes Home to Clifton
Lenn Carpenter is now making his home in Clifton where he is employed as a welder. Mrs N D French and family were guests Sunday in the Silas Waite home in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenn Carpenter
Clifton
N. D. French
Silas Waite
Rock Island
Unclear OCR: Local Visit and Family Names
Fragmentary text lists Thomson Br Mr and Mrs Harry and Diana Lee as visitors at Fred Diehl’s home in Freep, mentions Drak, Drake, and Hunter relatives in Sterling, Thomas Stagg and Son Ir visiting in Rock Falls. Details incomplete and scattered through the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Ghter
Diana Lee
Fred Diehl
Freep
Eq Drak
Sterlingry Hunter
Dart
Torrance
Las Drake
Reture
Sterling
Thomas Stagg
Son Ir
Claude
Rock Falls
Miss A Ty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alewliyamly
Review
Village Echo
Thomson Review
H. G. Slage
Thomson, Ilinois
Office of Publication
Happy
U. S. Weather Bureau
G. H. Thompson
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Cherges Thomson
J. S. Young
Kipnis
Sharpe
Smurden
Villian
Eherne
Mayor Green
Kit Carson
Buffalo Bill
Kit
Bill
Campbells
Hagle Point
Davenport
Saddle Horses
Rock Island Arsenal
Moline
Silvis
Lehman’s
Eagle
Knight
Johnny Brown
Considine’s “Fulton
Lincoln Way
Fountain Service
Homson
Northwestern
Amg
Illinais
Chas, Groharing, Mer
Sinclair
Lewis Motor CO
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Stakemiller’s
Wai Oun
DeWitt
Behan & Helfert Sabule
Lowers
Lawrence A. Smith
National Bank
Savanna, IN
John D. Turnbaugh
Carroll
Thomson Briefs
W. L. Derrer
MT. Carroll Rendering Co
Mt. Carroll, Jil
Walter Lewinnek
Sur Thomson
Elling
IL. B. Hussey
Greison Bldg
Northwest
Illinois Utilities
Fhemson
Sayas
Russell Carpenter
Paul Heusinkveld Thomson
Ill
General Electric
Giesen Ova
Eline
Hac
Passe
Manele
Gee Hyre Storak
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