Pretty Church Wedding Unites Miss Betty Martin and W L Fosdick
Lanark The First Brethren church hosted the November wedding of Betty Jane Martin and William L Fosdick with a ceremony by Rev H Francis Berkshire. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Martin of Shannon and the groom is son of Mr and Mrs Sam Fosdick of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
First Brethren Church
Betty Jane Martin
William L. Fosdick
H. Francis Berkshire
Walter Martin
Shannon
Fosdick
Sam Fosdick
Savanna
Max Sisler
Harry Tallman
Gerald Martin
Clyde Martin
Herbert Richter
Carroll
Marvin Schreiner
Chadwick
Alma Rahn
Earl Wilkin
Kay Kloepping
Sharon Kloepping
Pauline Diffenderfer
Mary Ann Diffenderfer
Robert Fosdick
Thelma Zier
Elizabeth
Freeport
Chicago
Thomson
Geneva Woman Injures Ankle In Icy Route 64 Crash
Savanna Miss Carolyn Bor man, 25, Geneva, suffered a fracture to a small bone in her right ankle when her car skidded on ice on Route 64 east of Savanna and struck a telephone pole. She was hospitalized, then discharged with the mother accompanying her by train. the car was towed to a Savanna garage per Sheriff Harry Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Carolyn Borman
Geneva
Route
Savanna City Hospital
Harry Miller
Tels
Argo Fay Consolidated School Music Program Set
Pupils of the Argo Fay Consolidated school present a program at 7 30 Wednesday evening at the Argo Fa Methodist church under the direction of Jack Hoffman music instructor. Teachers Geo Doden and Miss Hilda Knoess assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo Fay Consolidated School
Argo-Fa Methodist Church
Jack Hoffman
Geo. Doden
Hilda Knoess
Twins, Triples and More: Local Births Reported
A series of birth notices from Savanna City and nearby towns today lists newborns at St. Francis Hospital Freeport and various homes. Names include Harold Schroth Clinton Hopkins Falls Guenzler Speaker Christian sen McCoy Becker and families in Mt. Carroll Thomson Hanover Teeds Grove Elizabeth Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna City Hospital
Harold Schroth
Charles Hopkins
Clinton
Iowa
Jack Falls
Thomson
Ervie Guenzler
Mt. Carroll
Ralph Speaker
Hanover
Max Christiansen
Teeds Grove
Edward McCoy
Elizabeth
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Maurice Becker
Shannon
Carroll County Tops Bond Quota
Carroll County joins 25 Illinois counties reaching 100 percent or more of their U S saving bonds quotas by November 10. Jo Daviess Lee and Ogle also hit their quotas. The director noted several other counties were close and likely surpassed the target since the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carroll County
Illinois
U. S
Jo Daviess
Lee
Ogle
Carpentier Revokes Driver License in State Action
Secretary Charles F. Carpentier announced the revocation of Russell A. Steward’s driver license after conviction on drunken driving charges. The report also covers multiple marriage licenses issued in the last week of November by County Clerk W. M. Nipe, and youth probation hearings in Carroll County Circuit Court including cases against Robert Miller Gerald Haas Earl Geerts and Grant LeRoy Stoudt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpentier
Russell A. Steward
Chadwick
Robert L. Bracken
Robert Miller
Gerald Haas
Earl W. Geerts
Carroll County
Grand Jury
John Wagner
Fair Haven Township
Miller
Geerts
Milledgeville
Bracken
Grant LeRoy Stoudt
Sterling
Stoudt
Whiteside County
Illinois State Crop Report Shows Wheat and Oats Yields
Illinois co operative crop reporting service notes as of November 1 Carroll county wheat yield 23 bushels per acre and oats 38 bushels per acre. DeKalb leads wheat at 42 bushels, while Stephenson DeKalb and DuPage tie for oats at 48 bushels. Nearby counties report Daviess wheat 24 oats 40, Lee wheat 29 oats 42, Stephen son 24 oats 43, Whiteside wheat 29 oats 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
DeKalb County
Stephenson
DeKalb
DuPage
Daviess
Lee
Whiteside
Break-in at Savanna store. nothing missing found
Savanna police report a break-in at Martha's Variety over the weekend. A check of merchandise in the receiving room showed nothing missing. The rear door was opened by removing a board and unlatching, while the door to the main store remained closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Martha's Variety Store
Carroll County Entries Earn Honors at International Livestock Show
Four Carrots of fat steers entered by Spanogle and Otten Milledgeville earned places in the carlot judging at Chicago. The junior show saw John Morris Chadwick place third with a Shorthorn senior calf and Diane Rahn Lanark eleventh in the same class. Morris added a second with an Angus summer yearling and Livengood of Milledgeville contributed a Shorthorn among third place Illinois county group results. Champion ship went to Tazewell county Illinois and reserve to Clinton county Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanogle
Otten
Milledgeville
Chicago
Karl
Jack Hoffman
Ida Govela
John Morris
Chadwick
Sheldon Livengood
Milldgeville
Diane Rahn
Lanark
Young Morris
Hereford
Cathy Spanogle
Clark van Buskirk
Morris
Livengood
Carroll County
Illinois
Tazewell County
Clinton County
Iowa
Blackhawk PCA marks 20th annual meeting in Freeport
Over 650 attendees heard Otto Steffey of the Monmouth PCA outline twenty years of Production Credit Service and three prerequisites for cooperatives. He noted $28,000,000 in loans, $280,000 in capital, and $245,000 in building reserves with $1,185 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhawk Production Credit Association
Freeport
Otto Steffey
Monmouth
H. E. McCleary
Polo
Mark L. Brown
Lena
B. L Hauenstein
Stephenson
Carroll
Ogle
Jo Daviess
Winnebago
Hauenstein
Harvey A. Newcomer
Mt. Morris
Association
McCleary
Homer Curtiss
Stockton
Merrill Gale
Carroll County Students at University of Illinois Enrolls 30
Urbana Champaign reports 30 Carroll County residents among 30 students from the county enrolled at Illinois this fall. Total university enrollment is 112 percent higher than last year with 23 231 students overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois
Carroll County
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Illinois
China
Columbia
Canada
India
Germany
Health Sciences
Chicago
Navy Pier
Dairy Meet Panel Sets for December 10 at Grange Hall
A special dairy meeting will be held at Grange Hall next Thursday evening December 10 at 7 45. Farmers and interested persons are invited. A panel discussion on problems facing dairy farming will be led by moderator William Hans with Orville Goodenough Jr Charles Chappel Charles Myers Dr G C Poppenhorse and Professor E N Hansen. After the meeting refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Grange
William Hans
Orville Goodenough Jr
de. Charles Chappel
Charles Myers
County Soil Conservation Service
G. C. Poppenhorse
Milledgeville
E. N. Hansen
Help County CROP Drive
County CROP Drive promotes overseas relief for Korea India Europe and the Holy Land. Since 1947 it has raised about 12 million in contributions plus 5 million in U S government surplus moved for free distribution. Citizens are urged to participate in the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Korea
India
Parkistan
Japan
Europe
Holy Land
U. S
Weddings Darden Chipman Savanna and Spangler Huggins
In Savanna on Thanksgiving day 11 30 a m Miss Mary Jane Darden became the bride of James Chipman in a First Presbyterian ceremony. Also in Erie and Savanna, Edith Spangler wed Ralph Huggins and Priscilla Frances Schoen tied with Ralph North in Savanna church ceremonies. The couples plan to reside in Savanna and Morrison respectively after their weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darden-Chipman Savanna
Mary Jane Darden
Savanna
Lucy Darden
el Dorado
Ark
James Chipman
Kenneth W. Farrar
Ella Key
First Presbyterian Church of
Hanover
First Presbyterian Church
Lois Truninger
Kenneth Farrar Jr
Chicago
Priscilla Frances Schoen
Harold G. Schoen
Ralph F. North
Alma North
Clinton
Harold DeVries
Evelyn Schoen
Adele North
Dorothy Johns
Dean Johnson
Elzie North
James Johnson
Thanksgiving Day Snow Delays Travel In 1953
A Thanksgiving snowfall marked the holiday in 1953 with nearly two inches on Sunday morning. Snow began Saturday night and continued through Sunday, causing hazardous driving due to ice on blacktop and concrete. Residents welcomed moisture but warned more snow was needed for soil.
Former Milledgeville Resident Dies in Polo
Polo Stanley Sarber 57 died unexpectedly at 11 45 p m Saturday in his home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Woodin Funeral Home Milledgeville with Rev Thomas Jernigan officiating and burial in Brookville Cemetery. He was born in Milledgeville to Charles and Susan Sarber and married Jessie Bender Dee on January 1 1914. Surviving are his widow a daughter Mrs Margaret Nighswonger of Sycamore two sons James and Donald Sarber of Polo a brother Clinton Sarber of Milledgeville and a sister Mrs Hans Nickelson of Scottville Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo
Stanley Larber
Woodin
Milledgeville
Thomas Jernigan
Brookville
Mr. Sarber
Charles
Susan Sarber
Jessie Bender Dee
Margaret Nighswonger
Sycamore
James
Donald Sarber
Clinton Sarber
Hans Nickelson
Scottville
Mich
Carroll
Joseph Zink
First Lutheran Church
E. A. A. Kreppert
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Zink
Derrida Center
Daviess County
Benjamin Zink
Roselia Enders
Elmer
Herman
Lee
Mount Carroll
Glen
Stockton
Frank
Lanark
Albert Bingham
John Streicher
Donald Wacker
Daniel Randecker
Kent
John
Tony
Mt. Carroll
Benjamin
Savanna
George
Warren
William
Elizabeth
Henry Eden
Auto Collision Injures Four on Fourth Street
Four people were injured in a weekend auto collision on Fourth Street in Savanna. Richard Altensey suffered a fractured kneecap while Richard Altensey Jr and Mrs. John Welch sustained bruises. They were treated at Savanna City Hospital and released after observation. The other vehicle was driven by Christ Bambulas of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Fourth Street
Richard Altensey
Richard Altensey Jr
John Welch
Christ Bambulas
Chicago
Savanna City Hospital
Lanark to Des Moines wedding in candlelight ceremony
Dorothy Earldine Robison and Wesley Claude Sampson wed in a candlelight double ring ceremony at the First Methodist church in Des Moines Iowa. The bride is from Lanark and the groom from Terril Iowa. they will reside in Des Moines after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earldine Robison
Wesley Claude Sampson
Lanark
Dorothy Earldine Robison
L. Earl Robison
Wesley Claude Sa Gmpson
T. Lester Sampson
Terril
Iowa
Wilbur Wilcox
First Methodist Church
Des Moines
Beryle Mordon
Jefferson
Joseph A. Billings
Grieg
Mona Robison
Eleanor Robison
Maid of Honor
Eugene O'Neill
Louis Kruzick
Helen Wiggins
Ruth Below
Mildred Carl
Nada Miller
Sampson
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Drake University
Kappa Pi Beta Alpha
Pi Pai Omega Social Sorority
Tau Kappa Epsilom Fraternity
River Traffic Steady Amid Large Mississippi Tow
Rock Island District reports steady streamflows and normal pool levels as mild weather reduces ice on the Mississippi. The downbound tow ET Weir with 14 barges moved 15 000 tons of grain to Cairo, surpassing prior 12 000 ton record by A H Truax. Upstream this week saw 8 tows with 28 barges, totaling 48 000 tons petroleum products and 1 800 tons of misc items. Downstream carried 19 500 tons grain and 35 tons misc for 70 135 tons total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Upper Mississippi
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Rock Island Locks
Cairo
Ill
Rock Island Lock
Obituary notices from Mt Carroll area towns
Multiple death notices from Mt Carroll area including Nettie E Traum 80 of Mt Carroll died in Freeport after illness with funeral at Frank Funeral Home. Martha Hinebaugh Shannon 78 died on a Shannon farm. Joseph Zink 81 retired farmer died at home with services at First Lutheran Church. Glenn H Woodmansee 52 found dead by self inflicted gunshot in Savanna with coroner inquest and funeral at Hunter's Fuller Memorial chapel. Surviving family members listed with locations and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Nettie Elizabeth Traum
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Tueasday
Frank
E. A. Kreppert
Oak Hill Cemetery
Henry
Elizabeth Carroll
Fair Haven Township
George Traum
Ralph
Kenneth
Wilbur
Mr. Carroll
David Truninger
Savanna
Harry Greasle
Martha Hinebaugh Shannon
Martha Hinebaugh
Frank Schneider
Shannon
Harry Hinebaugh
Scarman Funeral
Joseph Zink
Glenn H. Woodmansee
Bert Fuller
Herman Holland
George Hull
Earl Hess
Leroy Hummel
George McKay
Hunter's
Fuller Memorial Chapel
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Woodmansee
Webster City
Iowa
James
Jane Ann Clements Woodmansee
Glanys Stevens
Bruce
Wis
Richard Longseth
Walter Hayes
Imogene Bolte
Harlem
Leala
Linda
George
Bruce, Wis
R. P
New Aunburn
Lewis
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Archie
Woodstock
Frank Klein
George Miller
Fall Creek
Ore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Jess
Miss Betty Martin
W. L. Fosdick
Keith Kniss
Shirley Beattie
Carolee Brown
Ronald Kniss
Douglas Martin
Lloyd Martin
John Reusch
Argo
Cradle News
Howe News
W. M. Nipe
Keith Allan Kloepping
Lois Amanda Ware
William Len Fosdick
Max DD. Schatzer
Janet M. Law
Edgar Turney
Joan Meyer
Philip Reitz
Oscar L. Ferguson Jr
York
William Handel
Edward Handel
Howard Cavanaugh
Ralph Richard Moshure
Rapp and Puterbaugh
Herbert F. Engelking
Rudolph Hereld
Hellers
John A. Miller
William E Kampus
Max M. Dauphin
Beulah W. Pfaffle
Wm. O. Rodermel
Harry Bowers Jr
Deed
Lima Emery C. Wales
Edmund S. McFadden
Edward H. Schneider
Keith Cunningham
Blackhawk
Winnebago County
Joe Termini
Freddie Caserio
University
Tess
Roy Butterbaugh
Jo Carroll Dairy Meet
Jo- Carroll Rural Electric Co-operative
Savanna High School
Charles Youtzy
Clayton Dittmar
Berniece Moore
Morris W. Birkbeck
James Morgan
Co-Operative
Jacobstown Community Club
Glen Laws
Law
Wayne DeVries
Presbyterian Church
George Becker
Glen Strong
C. M. Scott
Marlo Specht
Charles Niemeyer
Carson Simmons
Wayne Vanderheyden
Chevyl Grinnell
Carol Jeanne Speer
Kay Brandt
Jane Hathaway
Quad City
Spangler-Huggins
Edith Spangler
Erie
Ralph Huggins
Methodist
Donald M. Cobb
Harry Spangler
Morrison
Mr Huggins
Albany
Huggins
Schoen
Chadwick and
Thomson Ag
Melvin Stengel
Charles Hogg
Allen Haag
Swift and Company
Chicago Producers Commission Co
Burlington
Art Frommell
Jerry Brinkman
John Feddersen
Larry Geerts
Ed Holland
Leslie Prins
of Thomson
Harold Andresen
Tela
Nettie E. Traum
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