Labor, unions, and the right to work in public utilities
Babson argues against using labor power to harm the public and urges reform of anti trust and right to work laws. He discusses strikes in New York, especially in newspapers and utilities, and calls for fair regulation of strikes and lockouts, referencing civil rights and national politics. He notes the Christmas timing and the impact on readers and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Babson Park
Mass
New York City
New York
Macy’s
Rome
Clarks- Hill
Tenn
Marine's Holiday Enlistment Program Offered in Clinton Ia
Marine Corps Recruit Station Clinton Ia announces a 120 day enlistment plan that starts now with payoff time counted toward pay and promotion. Prospective recruits may train in auto mechanics electronics jet mechanics photo tech construction and administration. Interested individuals should contact a recruiter at the Red Cross building Clinton In. Mrs Harve Schreiner has returned home after visiting relatives in East Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Clinton
Red Cross
Harve Schreiner
Orval Schreiner
Maurice Mest
East Moline
Army to station new unit at Savanna Ordnance Depot
Maj. Gen. Lynde announced a 230 member ordnance unit will be based at Savanna Ordnance Depot next summer. The unit, described as highly specialized and permanent, will augment current operations without displacing civilians. Lynde urged nearby communities to plan housing and school needs for the personnel and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Nelson M. Lynde
Army Ordance
Ordance
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Lynne
Lynde
Ralph T. Mulvanity
Illinois
Robert S. Heindel
Stockton
Two Eagle Scouts To Speak For Council On List Anniversary
The U S Grant Council of Boy Scouts of America will select one Eagle Scout from Wisconsin and one from Illinois to serve as spokesmen for State Ceremonies marking the 51st anniversary during Boy Scout Week February 7 13 1961. Events will be at the State Capitol and the two youths must be 14 to 18, Eagle rank holder, religious award recipient, and exemplify Scout school and church records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Wisconsin
Illinois
Darwin Fuller
Freeport
Washington D. C
White House
George O. Hersey Dies at 95 Former Carroll County Resident
George O. Hersey 95 of Lawrenceville died Saturday at Methodist Old Folks Home Savannah. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Savannah with Rev. Ernest Carder officiating and burial in Savanna Township Cemetery. Born in Bangor Maine he moved here in youth. He married Mary M. Ulster who died in 1949. A blacksmith he belonged to the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge Chadwick. Survivors: two sons Ralph Libertyville Paul Atlanta Ga a daughter Nell Roberts Lake Forest eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Hersey
Lawrenceville
Carroll County
Savanna
Ernest Carder
Savanna Township
Mangor
John Hersey
Mary M. Lister
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Chadwick
Ralph
Libertyville
Paul
Atlanta
Nell Roberts
Lake Forest
Deaths in Savanna and Mt Carroll claim two local notables
Jens H. Schmidt 72 of Savanna died Thursday after two weeks as a patient at Savanna City Hospital. Funeral Sunday in Savanna chapel with burial in Savanna township cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Hoyer Schmidt daughter Mrs Edgar Wienken Washington DC and siblings. Mt Carroll veteran barber Arthur McClain 84 died Monday at Mt Carroll nursing home. Funeral Wednesday in Milledgeville with burial in Bethel cemetery. McClain born December 4 1875 in Hennepin married Julia Ann Miller in 1906. Survived by two sisters a niece and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Savanna City Hospital
Savanna
Mads
Mary Helen Hansen Schmidt
Mary Hoyer
Freeport
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Edgar Wienken
Washington, D. C
Mary Verne
Mt. Carroll
Arthur McClain
Woodin
Milledgeville
Rev
C. B. Hewitt
Bethel Cemetery
Hennepin
William
Roxanne Wood McClain
Julia Ann Miller
Iowa
Dixon
Clyde Phillips
Franklin Grove
June Anderson
California
Tels
Two Men Fined After State Trooper Stop Near Lanark
Two men arrested by state troopers on the blacktop road south of Lanark were fined in justice court Friday. Andrew Fisher of Rock Falls, 42, paid 50 dollars and costs for transporting liquor with a broken seal, while Wayne El on Shore of Sterling, 29, was fined five dollars and costs for being drunk on a public highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Justice Court
Andrew Fisher
Rock Falls
Wayne Elon Shore
Sterling
Thomson FFA Student Third In Corn Yield
LeRoy Appel of York Community High School Thomson achieved the third highest corn yield in the FFA section covering Carroll Whiteside and Lee counties, at 154 bushels per acre using Pioneer 329. Data notes include weighing moisture at 15 percent and No 2 corn basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Ffa
LeRoy Appel
York Community
Thomson
Wm. Gengenbach
York High School
LeRoy
Pioneer 329
Carroll
Whiteside
Lee
Vocational Ag
Ronnie Kessler
Mt. Carroll
Allan Vegter
Morrison
York Comm
Don Pauley
Robert Dever
Prophetstown
Gerald Bowers
Lynn Bower
Jim Naffinger
Robert C. Anderson
Mt Carroll Youth Honored at Santa Fe Railway Dinner
Santa Fe Railway held its 24th annual dinner in Chicago on November 28 to honor 4-H club achievements and college scholarship winners. Among Illinois recipients was Mt. Carroll’s Charles Bickelhaupt, a $400 scholarship recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Carroll
Santa FE Railways
Santa Fe Railway
Sheraton - Blackstone
Chicago
Illinois
Charles Bickelhaupt
Carpentier Hospitalized After Slipped Disc
Springfield Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier entered Moline City Hospital Sunday for treatment of a slipped disc. Dr. Charles P. O'Neil said traction will keep him in hospital for at least several weeks. He suffered the injury during his recent reelection campaign but continued touring Illinois up to the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles F. Carpentier
Moline City Hospital
Charles P. O'Neil
Carpentier
Illinois
Farmers urged to unite through cooperatives and credit control
McGuire at the 27th annual Black Hawk Production Credit Association meeting urged farmers to rely on cooperatives and self-provided credit to sustain agriculture. He noted PCA benefits and highlighted leadership awards and 20 year service for Polo president Harold E. McCleary. The association reported 1542 members across Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll, Ogle and Winnebago counties with a net worth of 1,246,318 and about 400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. McGuire
Blackhawk Production Credit Association
McGuire
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
W. Ross Hostetter
Fred Nycum
Mt. Carroll
R. W. Kubatzke
Pecatonica
Allen Airhart
Carroll County
Wm. C. Banks
Mr. McCleary
Harlan E. Reusch
Elizabeth
Jo Daviess County
Stephenson
Jo Daviess
Carroll, Ogle
Winnebago
Body of Missing Man Found in Corn Field
Judson M. Dilworth, 81, who vanished Sept. 10 from a Mt. Carroll nursing home, was found Nov. 24 in a cornfield on the Hurley estate near Mt. Carroll. Coroner says death likely natural. extensive search earlier failed to locate him. Funeral in Dixon. born November 24, 1878 in Columbus, Kansas. survived by brother George and sisters Jesse Iden and Stella, all of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson M
Jerry) Dilworth
Mt. Carroll
Hurley Estate
Marvin Bunker
E. A. Flexman
Dilworth
Carroll County
Dilsworth
Dixon
Columbus
Kans
Gertrude Witzleb
George
Jessie Iden
Stella Dilworth
Chicago
River traffic slacks off as winter nears
Rock Island through Lock No 15 saw total weekly cargo fall below 200000 tons at 164790 with upbound 107590 tons including 95500 petroleum 10000 coal and 2090 miscellaneous. Downbound 57200 tons with 62800 grain and 4400 miscellaneous. winter lull begins as 15 towboats and 46 barges upbound, 23 towboats and 147 barges downbound. last season’s St Paul tow passed Nov 26. river remains open. water 39-42F. no ice. DHIA cooperation meeting set for Dec 7 at 8 PM at farm bureau hall with extension dairyman J Cash to explain new electronic records method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
St. Paul
Minn
Quad-City
Mississippi River
DHIA
Farm Bureau Hall
J. . Cash
Dairyman
Thanksgiving Guests From Lanark Savanna and Carrolls
Mr and Mrs Stanley Wagner and family of Lanark Mrs Bess John of Savanna and Mr and Mrs Lee Hartman Jr and family were Thanksgiving guests in the Wagner Balk home Don Keim of Mt Carroll was a supper guest Saturday night in the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Hartman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Wagner
Lanark
Bess John
Savanna
Lee Hartman, Jr
Wagner-Balk
Don Keim
Mt. Carroll
Walter Hartman
Schoonhoven Reserve Champion Junior Shorthorn at IL Show
Wayne Schoonhoven, a Morrison high school junior, and his Short horn steer Teddy won reserve grand champion in the Junior Contest at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Teddy weighed 1100 pounds and had been named one of Illinois Ten Best Junior Steers for 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Schoonhoven
Shannon High School
Teddy
Chicago
Wayne
Edgar Schoonhoven
T Illinois
Blaine McInty
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
FFA
Morrison
Clinton
Hold Funeral Rites In Mt Carroll For Mrs. Robert Hansen
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Hansen 45 of LaGrange were held Tuesday afternoon at the Frank funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. A longtime Mt Carroll resident, she died Saturday morning after a long illness at St Luke s Presbyterian hospital Chicago. Survivors include husband two sons David and William and daughter Marcia all at home and her mother Mrs Ruth Kent of LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Robert Hansen
LaGrange
Frank
Oak Hill
Jan Doden to be listed in Who's Who Among Students
Jan Doden daughter of Mr and Mrs John G Doden Chadwick has received notification she will be listed in the 1960 61 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. A senior history major at MacMurray Jacksonville Jan is president of Pi Gamma Nu copy editor of the greetings and member of Cap and Gown holding posts on the Legislative Board evaluations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Doden
John G. Doden
Chadwick
MacMurray
Jacksonville
Jan
Pi Gamma Nu
the Greetings
Cap and Gown
Legislative Board
First Livestock Marketing Clinic Friday Opens Series
The first of five livestock marketing clinics will be held Friday afternoon, December 2, at 1 30 PM at the farm bureau hall. Emer Broadbent, livestock marketing specialist from the University of Illinois, will discuss changes in Illinois livestock marketing. A $1 registration fee will be charged for the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Hall
Emer Broadbent
University of Illinois
Illinois
Driver Injured as Truck Overturns Near Mt Carroll
Arthur Williamson, 35, of Mt Carroll, sustained a broken chest bone and cuts when a pickup he drove overturned on a country road south of Mt Carroll while delivering bottled gas. He received treatment at Savanna city hospital and was later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Williamson
Mt. Carroll
Savanna City Hospital
Williamson
Savanna Mayor resigns from Carroll County Democratic group
Savanna Mayor Ambrose Daniels announced his resignation as a Carroll County Democratic precinct committeeman after a dispute with county Democratic chairman H. H. Holmes over praising Gov. Stratton. Daniels said he learned his name remained on the list and blamed the conflict on honoring the governor. Holmes said Daniels was expelled before resignation and noted a pattern of support for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ambrose Daniels
Carroll County
Democratic
H. H. Holmes
Daniels
Holmes
George Bosen
Bosen
Stratton
Wm. G. Stratton
Local Army Aces Arrive, Complete Jump School
Army Pvt Dennis L Strauch of Chadwick arrives in Saigon as part of the Military Assistant Advisory Group and serves as a clerk typist. He entered service last April, finished basic training at Ft Leonard Wood, and is a 1959 Chadwick High School graduate aged 19. Army Pfc Archie E Schaefer of Savanna recently graduated from the 101st Airborne Division Jump School at Ft Campbell, receiving paratrooper wings after three weeks of training and five parachute jumps. He enlisted in November 1959, completed basic training at Ft Riley, and is a 1956 Savanna Community High School graduate aged 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Vietnam
AHTNC
Dennis L. Strauch
Richard F. Strauch
Chadwick
Strauch
Ft. Leonard Wood
Chadwick High School
Army
Archie E. Schaefer
Archie J. Schaefer
Chicago Ave
Savanna, Ill
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Schaefer
Ft. Riley
Kans
Savanna Community High Anethels
International bound Les Litwiller with Sparkey pony
Carroll County reports show higher 1960 personal property valuations. Les Litwiller, 4-H pony exhibitor with Sparkey, active in Happy Hoofs Pony 4-H club for four years, president this year. He will show in Shetland Harness Saturday and ladies fine harness Friday. He bred 10-12 ponies for projects and attended 12 pony shows in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Son of Mr and Mrs Gene Litwiller of Rocky Gulch Pony Farm Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Litwiller
Sparkey
Les
Happy Hoofs
Jean Litwiller
Happy Hoofs Club
FFA
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Gene Litwiller
Rocky Gulch Pony Farm
Milledgeville
Personal property valuations rise in Carrow county in 1960
County treasurer Frank L. Ross says 1960 personal property value totals 18,700,945 up 160,280 from 1959 with 14 townships listed. Drops occur in Rock Creek Mt Carroll and Washington while Cherry Grove and Savanna show the largest increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrow County
Frank L. Ross
Ross
Rock Creek
Mt. Carroll
Washington
Cherry Grove
Savanna Township
Woodland
Freedom
Shannon
Lima
Salem
Savanna
Report 3599 TB Cases In State Two In Carroll
Mrs. Lawrence Bruci, president of Carroll County Tuberculosis, said provisional figures from the Illinois Department of Public Health show 8,550 new active tuberculosis cases in Illinois for 1960 as of November 10, compared with 3,503 in 1959. Two cases were in Carroll County. The local association funds free chest x rays for school children and supports health education and tuberculin testing as part of its Christmas Seal Campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bruci
Carroll County
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois
Bruci
Six Carroll County Students Enrolled At Southern Illinois
Six Carroll County students are enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this fall according to registrar records. Named students include Paul L. Krum, Wayne L. Wilhelm, Shannon, Joel Evan Rahn, Lanark, B J Verts, Chadwick, Stephen A. Flickinger, Mr. Carroll, Richard Harvey White, Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Paul L. Krum
Wayne L. Wilhelm
Shannon
Joel Evan Rahn
Lanark
B. J. Verts
Chadwick
Stephen A. Flickinger
Mr. Carroll
Richard Harvey White
Savanna
Courthouse News and Real Estate Transfers Listed
Courthouse News reports licensing to wed lawsuits by county clerk involving Larry Burton Smith and Beryl Jean Brown of Thomson and Hugh Jennings and Velma Purl of Rockford. Real estate transfers list Walden Weirather to George H. Kallemeyn, Donald L. Woodin to Earl L. Woodin, Thomas O. Lindburg trustees to Lucille M. Hawk, Dave J. Cravatta to Lucille M. Hawk, Clarence A. Doty to Joyce E. Beaston, Cherry Bros. Feed Mills to International Milling Co., and others in Savanna, Lanark, Chadwick, and East Lawn areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Burton Smith
Beryl Jean Brown
Thomson
Hugh Jennings
Velma Purl
Rockford
Walden Weirather
George H. Kallemeyn
Lucille M. Hawk Etal
Qed
Same
Clarence A. Doty
Joyce E. Beaston
Savanna
Cherry Bros. Feed Mills
International Milling Co
J. R. Shellys
Shannon
William L. Plock
Ronald B. Ritenour
Stovers
Lanark
Eda M. Kingery
Donald L. Kness
Plumers
Chadwick
Glenn O. Blair
W. G. Byers & Sons, Inc
O. T. Shannon
Richard D. Adams
William Kenneth Brown
East Lawn
Tels
Floyd Daub Named Milledgeville Schools Superintendent
Floyd Daub has been appointed superintendent of Milledgeville schools to succeed G. L. Hansen who moves to county superintendent after the death of L. E. Brudi. Daub was previously principal at Milledgeville and the change follows Hansen's new county post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Daub
Hansen
Milledgeville
G. L. Hansen
Daub
L. E. Brudi
Shimer Organist to Present Recital in Mt Carroll
Shimer College faculty member Roger L. Eshelman will give an organ recital on December 6 at 8:00 PM in First Baptist Church Mt Carroll. He will be joined by the Mt Carroll Madrigal Singers and Shimer college choir performing Bach works and Mozart Fantasy in F Minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Eshelman
Shimerer College
First Baptist Church
Mt. Carroll
Shimer
Eshelman
Mt. Carroll Madrigal Singers
Shimer College
Sterling
School of Music
Yale University
Northwestern University
New York
Barrett Spach
Chicago
Finn Videro
Bach
Mozart
R. H. Leitner, Jr
Robert Weissmiller
Beverly Owens
Orville Davis
Leonard Behling
David Weiser
Bradley Davis
D. E. McBride
Therapy of Christmas featured in six home bureau units
Home Bureau outlines a series of lessons on The Therapy of Christmas to be presented at six units next week. Local leaders will host events on December 6 7 8 and 9 with Mrs Henry Brunner Mrs Zella Corbett Mrs Allen Airhart Mrs Fred Tremper Mrs Henry Miller Mrs Glenn Bremmer and Mrs Russell Wagenknecht among others. Activities include making Christmas gifts feather hats and potluck dinners followed by regular meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Henry Brunner
Zella Corbett
Allen Airhart
Fred Tremper
Henry Miller
Cherry Grove
Glenn Bremmer
West End
Henry Bielema
Freedom
Otter Creek
Russell Wagenknecht
Freeman and Kloepping hosted Sunday dinner guests
Mr and Mrs John Freeman of Mt Carroll were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kloepping in Elizabeth. Mr and Mrs Alex Brightman and daughters spent Thanksgiving with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Dial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Freeman
Mt. Carroll
Lloyd Kloepping
Elizabeth
Alex Brightman
Charles Dial
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Council On
Jens H. Schmidt
Voag
Carpentier IN Hospital
Cleary
Mrs. Fred
Nycum
W. Ross
Harold E. Mc Hostetter
Harvey Newcomer
Chadwick News
Schoonhoven
Mt Carroll
International
York
Fair Haven
Yon
Ivy
Wysox
Elkhorn Grove
Courthouse News
Home Bureau
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