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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
1
Babson Park Massachusetts August 20. Babson weighs social and economic shifts from taxes and land to soil value and fair assessments. He foresees a future dollar tied to soil productivity and education while urging fair land assessments and protection for homeowners and farmers.
Six clubs with nearly 150 members in Carroll County are active this year. The Roundup Friday in Savanna will feature member projects led by club leaders and instructors including Harlan Hollowell, H. H. Elliott, M. R. Stengel, and others. Members from Thomson Lanark Palissippi Prairie Edge and Lanark East gather dairy swine poultry beef sheep and garden projects.
The Whiteside county fair grounds begin the 73rd annual exhibition next Tuesday with President William Boyd supervising cleanup. Livestock entries closed Saturday at 4 pm and pens are full. main attractions include free horse show, wildlife exhibit, live fur bearing animals, game birds, snakes, and a rural fire prevention display under the Illinois conservation tent.
Carroll County high school superintendents are urged to warn student drivers that gasoline rations may be cut if car use is abused. Last year the ration board received complaints of B sticker cars racing at noon. The board will investigate any new complaints and recall rations if driving is deemed unnecessary.
Schreiner Queckboerner threshing ring families held a picnic at Old Mill park Savanna Tuesday with a scramble dinner ice cream and cake at noon and an afternoon of social games A list of attendees includes Harve Queckboerner Albert Queckboerner Lucinda Gipe Lloyd Schreiner Janice and Judy etc Vernon Ackerman county selective service chief clerk was absent from his post after an appendicitis attack Sunday.
Melons grown near Thomsen are shipping by rail again after a decade, with Burlington and Milwaukee agents reporting multiple carloads. Prices run around 2 cents a pound for watermelons as demand grows and trucks, tractors, and autos deliver to loading sites in Thomson.
The Morrison area set Sept 11 as election day for a new community high school district board with five seats. Five candidates C A Ritchie Joe Preston L C Anderson Clarence Ardapple and Harold Mathew appear on petitions filed by county officials with a write-in backup possible. The new board will organize after the election and coordinate with the current Morrison board to run the high school and teacher contracts.
Majority of Carroll County schools will start the 1949 44 term on Monday August 35 per County Superintendent L B Bruch with some schools delayed to the following week Teachers are on hand for most rural schools leaving only two or three without instructors Some rural schools are closed with pupils moved to others The number of rural schools operating this year is expected to be the lowest on record as eight of ten from last year have arranged transfers
D. W. Grandon 84 longtime editor and publisher of the Sterling Daily Gazette died at 7 45 p m in Sterling public hospital after a heart attack. He lay in state, funeral at Presbyterian church and burial in Riverside cemetery. Born January 19 1859 in Graysville Pennsylvania he built a newspaper group including Daily Gazette Standard and La Salle Post Tribune.
Soil conservation leaders from Carroll and six neighboring counties will convene September 3 at White Pines state park in Oregon to form a seven member committee and study a plan to coordinate soil practices across Ogle Jo Daviess Lee Stephenson Winnebago and Boone counties. Members include Robert Carson Carell Everett Read Frank Scholl Roy Long Kenneth Ralston and Ed Foley.
Fishermen are told 50 000 bass will be released in the Mississippi river by Townesate and federal conservation men. The fish come from fisheries at Gutt a terg and Genoa and will be released between the Dubuque and Hellevue dams.
The annual 4-H roundup is anticipated to draw a crowd close to the 3,009 mark. Other items include several marriage licenses issued by County Clerk W. M. Nipe, court actions, and various property deeds in Mt. Carroll Savanna and Lanark regions.
Arrangements for the Car Roll county 444 club towndup and Form Borea pente near Old Mill park and Weidman field east of Savanna are nearly complete. Forecast attendance near 3000 if weather allows. Livestock exhibits deemed high quality. judging starts at 10 p m with a noon picnic and program.
Mrs Wilfred Roeder of Savanna died at 6 p m on Aug 20 after a lingering illness. Funeral at Fuller funeral home with burial in Savanna. Margaret Wilson born July 20 1906 in Town, married Roeder in 1928, survived by husband daughter Clara Jean son Robert Cecil sister Helen Griffin Salt Lake City half sister Jessie Mary Wilson half brother William Wilson in Great Lakes. Charles Peugh 67 died Aug 20 at home near Coleta after three months illness. Funeral at Coleta Christian church burial Peugh cemetery. Surviving: widow, mother, daughter Mrs Charles Davis Rockford son Donald Coleta sister Mrs William Patch Milledgeville brothers Glenn Milledgeville Harry Sterling. Mrs John H Bowers 62 died Aug 19 Lanark. Funeral at Lanark Church of the Brethren burial Lanark. Former Sadie Miller born 1881 four miles south of Lanark, died at home. Surviving husband two brothers Milton William Miller Lanark four half sisters including Mrs Anna Herrington Milledgeville, two nieces two nephews.
Friends and neighbors held a farewell for Elwood Williams and his wife as they prepare to relocate to Chestnut Park Savanna in September. Guests presented a gift and refreshments were served at the Williams home. Williams, now traffic chief of Salem township, will be ineligible to hold office after the move with no replacement announced.
A Navy recruiter will be at the Savanna Post Office in Savanna Illinois on September 2 1945 at 1 p m to interview men for the Navy or Naval Reserve and women for the WAVES. WAVES must be 20 with two years of high school. Young men 17 may enlist in Navy or Naval Reserve. Applicants should bring birth or baptismal certificates and parental consent notes. Men 38 to 40 may enlist in the Naval Reserve if they have special skills. Adolph Eshelman linotype operator Mt Carroll Mirror Democrat had major surgery Monday at St Francis Hospital Freeport.
Nationwide registration for war ration book No 4 will take place between Oct 20 and Nov 1, according to Edward F Stegen regional rationing executive. Book 4 replaces book 3 and will be used with it briefly. Book 3 goes into use Sept 12 but has limited stamps, so book 4 must be issued soon. The Black Oak Orange group met Aug 19, with refreshments provided by Mrs Myron Friederich and Mrs Marshall Farthing, and the next meeting on Sept 21 will welcome new members.
Michael Cain, Savanna tavern owner, suffered head and leg injuries Friday afternoon after being hit by a car while walking on Chicago Avenue. He was taken to Savanna Hospital and later returned home. The driver fled the scene. witnesses could not provide a license number or vehicle description.
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