Carroll County Farmers Feed Pigs and Grow Christmas Trees
Local farmers including Guy Asay and Alan Krum in Mount Carroll received feeder pigs from Illinois markets last week. The piece notes hog nutrition, yearbook pricing, and the rising value of pork gains, while also highlighting Carroll County’s Christmas tree farming growth, erosion control plantings, and veteran farm programs.
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Guy Asay
Mount Carroll
Eldred Oetting
Shannon
Donald Fisher
Chadwick
Cliff
Dur
Ward
Thomson
Glenn
Hess
Paul Metz
Alan Krum
Carroll County
ILPA
Southern Illinois
Frank Klenz
Floyd __ Frederick
Walter Nelson
F. S
Christmas Tree Farming Shapes Carroll County Holiday Market
The article surveys Carroll County Christmas tree growers and their side-line farms. It notes Ned Doll linger and family near Lanark harvest about 30 000 trees annually, Timber Lake nursery near Chadwick offers potted trees plus balsam fir and spruce, and three Thomson area locations invite choose and cut options. It highlights labor intensive care, varying prices, and the community spirit behind selecting the perfect tree each year. The piece ends with best wishes for finding the ideal tree in Carroll County.
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Heralden
Carroll County
Ned Dollinger
Lanark
Thomson
McGinnis
Curley
Curleys
Herschel W. Hopkins
Mt. Carroll
Hopkins
Neigbors
Acsiet
Hanny
Misprints and Classified Ad Errors Highlight Newspaper Bloopers
A look at a sequence of misprints in a small daily, culminating in a dramatic notice by R D Jones. The
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Publishers Auxiliary
Rocky
Highland Cheerleader Enters Miss Cheerleader U S A Contest
Ellen Waggoner from Highland Community College is among more than 600 entrants in the sixth annual Miss Cheerleader U S A contest. Five finalists will be chosen and flown to Cypress Gardens for a four day competition.
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HCC
Ellen Waggoner
Highland
U.S.A
Cypresses Gardens
Senda
Ellen
Highland Community College
I Am Courtesy A Tiny Virtue With Big Impact
This piece personifies courtesy as a universal, costless trait that unlocks doors and hearts. It claims to require no one, violate no law, please all levels of society, and inspire respect and admiration, praising the value of polite behavior.
Father Complains of Paper Trust and Social Gleanings
A Mount Carroll Mirror-Democrat item from 30 years ago humorously critiques the newspaper as biased toward women and social pages. The speaker's father grumbles that the paper omits useful information, misses reader needs, and still reads every item and ad. He vows to warn the paper and restore reader relevance.
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Mount. Carroll
Carroll County 4-H members enroll in National Citizenship Short Course
Faye Lower becomes the sixth Carroll County 4-H member to enroll in the 1968 National 4-H Citizenship Short Course joining Joy Siedenburg Robert Wiltshire Janet Deets Jan McKean Ann Mackey and others Ann is the first to enroll The program limits nine members with only three spots left Enrollment includes arts and crafts replacing handiwork with projects like printing stitchery ceramics mosaics weaving reed work metal work woodworking leather craft sketching painting and model building Contact Cooperative Extension Office or Dorothy Footitt for information Sub-committees meet to plan the Extension program Tentative gun safety class dates set April 2 9 16 and 23 First 15 members to enroll will take the course Instructor Cliff will lead the class Last year participants may try the range again
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Faye Lower
Lanark Larkers
Carrolk, County
Joy Siedenburg
Robert Wiltshire
Echo Valley
Janet Deets
Jan McKean
Milledgeville Hotshots
Ann Mackey
Chadwick
Busy Beavers
Ann
Cooperative Extension Office
Contac
Cliff
Volunteers Aid Dixon State School Visitors Assist Infirmary 3a and B7
Mrs. Morton Higley and Mrs. W. J. Quest visited Dixon last Thursday to volunteer at Dixon State School. They worked with the boys in Infirmary 3a and with the girls in B7.
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Dixon State School
Morton Higley
W. J. Quest
Dixon
Piercing Ears: Risks Of Do It Yourself Procedures
A recommended medical view cautions that unskilled ear piercing raises infection and scar risk. Physicians should measure and mark ears, use sterile tools, and advise three to four weeks with temporary earrings. Self piercers and nickel allergies also pose dangers.
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American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical Association
Percy cites top mail issues in Senate report
Senator Charles H. Percy says the leading mail topics remain government spending cuts and a proposed income tax surcharge. The top ten list mirrors last week and covers Social Security, Vietnam, Lake Michigan pollution, postal rate hike, poverty programs, Medicare amendments, chiropractors, supplemental acts, and firearms legislation.
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Charles H. Percy
Lake Michigan
Medicare
Jo Carroll Coop Reports Busy Year At 28th Annual Meet
The Jo Carroll Electric Cooperative held its 28th annual meeting at Mount Carroll High School on Saturday in December. The group recorded a 10.6 percent rise in power sales from the prior year with about 1,000 attendees. Harry Hall of Mount Carroll was named president, Theodore Storm became president, William Janssen was re elected secretary, and Morris W. Birkbeck was renamed treasurer. Ward Dangel remains on the board.
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Jo-Carroll Electric Cooperative
Mount Carroll High School
Francis Weidman
Mount Carroll National Bank
Associa
Nut Bread and Homemade Holiday Crafts
A home kitchen guide presents a simple nut bread recipe using flour sugar salt baking powder soda nutmeg nuts applesauce oil and an egg. It also shares a method to craft Christmas tree ornaments by balloon shaping dyed thread starch and glitter to create decorative pieces.
FFA Students Win Top Corn Yields In Local Section
In a state FFA corn growing contest, Robert Buss Shannon Ray Appel Duane Stoner and others posted top yields in section No 2 covering Carroll Whiteside and Lee counties. Buss 200.7 bushels per acre using Pioneer 3418 Ray 197.3 with Pioneer 328B Duane 195.1 with Pioneer 3414 state winner DeWayne Orr with 265.5 bushels per acre powered by Pioneer 3304.
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Robert Buss
Shannon
Rayppel
Thomson
Duane Oner
Robert
Pioneer
Ray
Duane
Carroll
Whiteside
Lee
DeWayne Orr
Mendon High School
Adams County
Agriculture Department
Ray Appel
Duane Stoner
Wesley Schwartz
Fulton
Dwayne Hook
Greg Adolph
Milledgeville
Tom Hann
Franklin Jr
Mike Kehl
Mount Carroll
David Thormahlen
Prophetstown
Jim Coers
Tampico
Wesley
Temple
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Aeeeeae Center
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Washington, D.C
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University of Mullinois
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Elmer Gerlach
Vo Ag
Vietnam
Linnae
Elmer
O. Tannenbaum
R. D. Jones
Mrs. Kelly
Emissay
the Review
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Farm Bureau
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