York Mt Carroll edge Mt Carroll in basketball clash
York High led all four periods to beat Mt Carroll 31 to 18 as Hook scored 13 and Bull added eight for York while Emery topped Mt Carroll with eight points. In another game Lemark Milledgeville routed Lanark 35 to 12 led by the Keever brothers and Aurand with strong inside play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York-Mt. Carroll
York High
Easly
Green
Mt. Carroll
Hook
Eugene Bull
Emery
York
E& F Ffe
Bull
D. Bull
Feei Hook
Aoa Groharing
Lemark-Milledgeville Lanark
Keever Brothers
Aurand
Miledgeville
Camn
Gordon
Dale Keever
Sey
Flickinger
Rahn
A. Reiff
Miles
R. Rieff
Lanark
G. Keever
F Engles
D. Keever
Zuck
Fry
Merchant
U Diehl
Milledgeville
Diehl
Law
Coates
F Hummel
Oncken
H. Reiff
Savanna beats Dubuque 32 to 20 in Tuesday game
Savanna high school basketball team defeats Dubuque high 32 to 20 on Savanna floor. Savanna reserves win 81 to 20 in the preliminary. Mt Carroll loses to Mt Morris 20 to 17. Mt Carroll lights win preliminary 22 to 18.
Deaths in Carroll County Passages Prompt Obituaries
Multiple Carroll County obituaries note the deaths of Hans Nelson aged 78 in Savanna, Ray F. Allison aged 62 in Milledgeville, and Laura Sites aged 92 in Lanark. Nelson was a Burlington Railroad section man born in Dermar July 5 1863. Allison was a lifelong farmer married in 1902. Sites, born August 20 1849 in Pennsylvania, resided in Lanark since 1889. Burial and funeral details follow for each, with surviving relatives including nephews, sons, and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hane J. Nelson Venna
Hanselson
Priday
Savanna Hospital
Fuller Funeral
Savanna
I. C. O. F. Lodge Barge
Savanta Tery
J. Nelson
Dermar
Burlington Act
Azound
Detroit
Ray F. Allison
Illedgeville
Edgeville
Rahm
Lanark
Iph
Kenneth
Milledgeville
Seph
Sterling
Richard
Joyce
Linda Allison
The
Brethren Church
Benshoff
Melville McKean
Frank Livengood
Bernard Hawkins
W. W. Livengood
James Lenhart
Virgil Bushman
Laura Sites
Laura Virginia Sites
Church of the Brethren
William
Susan Cornelia Kuhns
Pennsylvania
James Sites
Carroll County
Sites
John Harvey
Batavia
William D. Sites
Neil Atherton
Weddings in Prairie Dell and Savanna Churches
Nesemeier and Byington wed at Prairie Dell Presbyterian church near Shannon with Rev. Alvin Goldhorn officiating. Betty Law and Dale Heisler marry at Cherry Grove Church for the Brethren with Miss Valley Heisler as attendant. Monna Hungerford and Lee Hungerford unite with Cornelius OHeron at Savanna Community church. All couples are Savanna or Shannon area natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesemeier-Byington
Carolyn Nesemeier
Lora Byington
Shannon
Prairie Dell Presbyterian Church
Tike
Alvin Goldhorn
Esther Swalve
Elwyn Spengler
William Nesemeier
Ira Byington
Shannon High School
Byington
Hungerford O’heron
Monna Hungerford
Hannah Hungerford
Savanna
Lee Hungerford
Preston
Cornelius O’heron
T. Stuart Cleworth
Robert Runyan
Governor Calls Special Session of Legislature
Gov Dwight H Green has called a special session of the Illinois legislature to meet at noon Thursday December 18. Main aims are strengthening the state police and the reserve militia. A school program at Fair Haven Center School is planned for tonight led by Mrs Curtis Naniga noting a prior error that the program was to be at Fair Haven school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Green
Tlinois
Fair Haven Center
Curtis Naniga
Fair Haven
Jordan enters innocent plea in White Side murder case
Leo Jordan 23 pleads innocent to indictment charging him with the murder of Warren Snyder a 5 year old Fulton boy. Judge A J Scheineman overrules motions to quash and challenge grand jury. Jordan confessed on Nov 4 and has been jailed without bail since. Indictment returned Nov 6 by Whiteside county grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Jordan
Warren Snyder
Fulton
Leo Jordan
A. J. Scheineman
Whiteside County
Jordan
Carroll draftee sent to Biloxi by draft board
James E. Kane of Milledgeville is Carroll county’s only draftee from November. He joins eight northern Illinois men assigned to the air corps at Kessler Field Biloxi Mississippi per an official Camp Grant reception center report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Biloxi
James E. Kane
Milledgeville
Carroll County
Air Corps
Kessler Field
Miss
Shannon Tourney Pairing Sets Next Week's Matches
Three Carroll County high schools begin the Shannon tournament next Tuesday December 16 with pairings released by Shannon principal A W Cravens. Chadwick and York Thomson are pre-tourney favorites in the upper bracket. Shannon and Leaf River lead the lower bracket as two time champions eye another title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Shannon
A. W. Cravens
Chadwick High
York
Thomson
Leaf River
Chadwick
Mrs H Knapp Burned As Savanna House Is Destroyed
Mrs Howard Knapp 19 is in critical condition from burns after a fire at 11 45 p m Sunday destroyed the family three room one story frame dwelling in Savanna. Mr Knapp escaped through a window with their infant son suffering a wrist gash. Mrs Knapp reentered to save belongings and her clothing caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Knapp
Savanna City Hospital
Savanna
Knapp
Roske Awarded for Longtime Community Service
M. P. Roske Carroll county farm adviser since 1925 received a distinguished service award at the International Live Stock Exposition banquet. Also honored were Hughes of Cook county and Allison of Calhoun county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Roske
Carroll County
National Association of County
Hughes
Cook County
Allison
Calhoun County
National Committee of Theagent
State Agricultural College
Roske
Canby
Minn
Wisconsin State College
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Kansas
Rock County
Mae Hitch Cock
Plymouth
Til
University Oflinois
Frances
State University
Maurine
Melvin, Jr
Mt. Carroll High School
County Farm Head Rehired by the Board
Carroll county supervisors approved a contract renewing Kyle Turney as county farm superintendent for another year and hired Dr. Ray H. Petty as county physician to replace Dr. R. B. Rice. The board also sent plans for a county office building addition to the buildings committee and handled grants, financial reports, jail grand jury findings, and banking depositories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Kyle J. Turney
Ray H. Petty
Turney
Petty
R. B. Rice
County Buildings Committee
Illinois High School 1942 state basketball sites announced
The Illinois High School Association released site plans for sixty regional and fifteen sectional tournaments for the 1942 state basketball event with district sites to follow. Regional centers include Mount Carroll Freeport Oregon and Rock Island with districts to be announced around January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Mount Carrell
Freeport
Oregon
Rock Island
Mt. Carroll
Moline
Rockford
Eastwidh
Court House Briefs From Carroll County Court Actions
Marriage licenses filed by County Clerk Walter Watson for Dale E Heisler and Betty Law of Rockford. Cornelius O Heron and Monna M Hangersford of Savanna also cited. Petit jury panel told to report later. County tax rate cut 25 cents marks Illinois top reduction. Circuit court routine session held. no major hearings. holidays suspend further sessions. George Finch 64 Sterling pleads guilty to forged check, 30 days jail. Other deeds filed: multiple warranty and quitclaim transfers in Lanark and surrounding townships. Weathered land transfers include Elizabeth Grove, Lizzie Spinka et al, and transfers to Harry Byars, Inex Acker, Jurgen Jurgensen, and the Federal Land Bank in Woodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Dale E. Heisler
Betty Law
Rockford
Cornelius O’heron
Monna M. Hangersford
Savanna
George Finch
Sterling
O. M. Grove
Finch
John W. Barber
Robert L. Morris
Lanark
Emma J. Barber
Elizabeth Grove
Harry Byars
Woodland
Lizzie M. Spinka
Robert A. Turney
Fair Haven
Webster W. Wagner
Inex Acker
Mr. Carroll
Ethel S. Watson
Hubsand
Jurgen P. Jurgensen
Thomson
Federal Land Bank
Geike J. Wabben
Blanche Seim to Take Part in Cornell Messiah Performance
Blanche Seim of Thomson participates in the 37th annual performance of Handel's Messiah at Cornell. The Christmas oratorio, directed by Harold Baltz, features the Cornell Conservatory of Music and a full symphony orchestra with soloists Victor Laderoute Annette Thorn Anderson Ruth Pinkerton and Frances German. The event marks the two hundredth anniversary of the work and closes Cornell’s calendar before Christmas break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Seim
Thomson
Harold Baltz
Cornell Conservatory of Music
Laderoute
Cornell
Annette Thorn Anderson
Mount Vernon
Miller School Report Highlights November Attendance and Social
All but one pupil had perfect attendance in November at Miller School. The November social on Nov 10 drew good crowds, raising 21.64 from pastry and novelties. Honor rolls named Viola Miner, Clara Belle Miner, Donald Gehrts, Alyce Jobe, Janis Jobe, Marie Geiger, Lucille Geiger, Gene Gehrts, Gladys Ready, and Jeanette Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bailey
Savanna
Wesley
Santa
Viola
Clara Belle Miner
Donald Gehrts
Alyce
Janis Jobe
Marie
Lucille Geiger
Gene Gehrts
Gladys Ready
Jeanette Smith
I. L. Burns
Burns
Hollis Woodard
Floyd Jobe
Dorothy Ready
Alyce Jobe
Clara Miner
Libbie H. Rupple
Christmas Cantata by Shimer College
Shimer College will present Pierne’s The Children of Bethlehem in public performance at Frances Shimer, Mount Carroll Illinois, on Sunday December 14 at 7 30 p m. The cantata features combined art music and dancing departments with Mme Gilderoy Scott Faye Kingsbury Emily Peterson coaching. the gymnasium will host a large audience and admission is free with a silver offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Kingsbury
Emily Peterson
Pierne
Oakville School Social Planned for Dec 18
Pupils and teacher Miss Phyllis Schaut announce a social and program at the Oakville school house next Thursday Dec 18. The public is cordially invited and donations of pies cakes and candy are appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakville School
Phyllis Schaut
Farm Bureau unit meetings plan township director nominations
Farm Bureau township unit meetings are under way to nominate township directors and officers for Carroll Service Company. Tonight through next week, meetings will nominate in Rock Creek Lima Elkhorn Grove Wysox Argona Mt Carroll Salem Woodland with 7 30 pm start and postmeeting coffee and ice cream. Earlier meetings listed include Washington Savanna Cherry Grove Shannon and Freedom townships. Nominees announced in Savanna Washington townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Carroll Service Company
Rock Creek
Lima
CC Circle House
Lanark
Elkhorn Grove
Wysox
Library
Milledgeville
York
Fair Haven
Methodist Church
Argona
Mt. Carroll
Salem
Woodland
Farm Bureau Hall
Washington
Savanna
Cherry Grove
Shannon
Freedom
Clarence Doty
Wm. Siedenburg
Loyal Siedenburg
L. Seidenburg
Elmer Airhart
Spelling Contest Set for December 20 at Mt Carroll High
Carroll county grade schools plan county spelling contest December 20 at Mt Carroll high with preliminary tests tomorrow at seven centers to select center winners. The county winner likely cannot compete in the state meet due to date changes, while last year’s winner was Marilyn Nehrkorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt Carroll High School
Springfield
Chicago
Chadwick
Marion Ackert
Helen Mackay
Luella Naniga Thomson
Betty Kuhns
Vernetta Homedew
Roland Starck Lanark
Etta Horner
Ruby Stiles
Marguerite Dissinger
Milledgeville
Maida Spencer
Fdna Meyer
Blanche Freeman
Carroll
Alma Schmidt
Lula Johnston
Isabelle Mielke
Savanna
Dorothy Dauphin
Janet Lartz
Hazel Heinze
Shannon
Katherine Duilenan
Thelma Mowery
Marilyn Nehrkorn
Clare Miller sale sets Whiteside county record
A Dec 3 sale at the Clare Miller farm north of Morrison drew record attendance in Whiteside county. Auctioneers Ed Mest Garrett Stevenberg and Glen Teeter led brisk bidding for 235 head of purebred livestock chickens farm machinery and household goods. Receipts exceeded 114000 with a cow calf pair at 164 dollars and a bull at 164 dollars. Oats brought 50 cents a bushel corn 6915 cents a bushel horses sold for 245 dollars and most items topped expected prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Claire Miller
Morrison
Whiteside County
Ed Mest
Garrett Stevenberg
Glen Teeter
Advise Use Of First Class Mail For Greeting Cards
A local poster urges use of first class mail for greeting cards with three cents for out of town, two cents for local carrier, and one cent for village delivery. Benefits include forwarding, return to sender, and the ability to send messages with cards. It notes many cards are discarded when no return address is provided and stresses clear addressing and a return address.
Enlistment in Air Corps Grows in Carroll County
At least two Carroll county youths enlist in the air corps this week and several others indicate plans to enlist in various armed forces. Robert A. Dittsworth, 21, Lanark, son of Charles Dittsworth, joins the air corps and is assigned to Biloxi, Mississippi. Donald Sprecher, 22, Milledgeville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sprecher, also enlists and is assigned to Biloxi same station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Air Corps
Robert A. Dittsworth
Lanark
Charles Dittsworth
Biloxi
Donald ©. Sprecher
Milledgeville
Charles Sprecher
Club to Meet Today With Mrs Roy Hinebaugh
Regular Salem Merry Circle meeting is set for today at the home of Mrs Roy Hinebaugh. Mrs Russell Derrer and Mrs Charles Stakemiller assist. The Christmas gift exchange follows the program with songs, devotions, a Christmas story, and an art display led by various members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Merry Circle Club
Roy Hinebaugh
Russell Derrer
Charles Stakemiller
Emma van Buskirk
Henry Grimm
Dwight Spearman
Little Town of
Bethlehem
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Weber
Mackey
Martin
Alexander
Rodermel
Erdmier
Stevens
Spengler
Scharman
O’heron
Ordnance Depot
Shannon Tourney
Forreston
Pearl City
Orangeville
Lena
Elizabeth
W. W. Fulkerson
Freeport High School
Milton Death
Paul Unzicker
Herbert Blodgett
M. E. Werfal
Charles Sprague
John Mitchell
Darrell Wallace
Evan Kinsley
Faye Perkinson
Ernest Lowe
County Farm
Mount Carroll
Erional
Aurora
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Belleview
Belvidere
Benton
Cairo
Canton
Carthage
Charleston
Chenoa
Chicago Heights
Clinton
Danville
Decatur Dixon
Dundee
Dwight
East Peoria
Edwardsville
Effingham
Elmhurst
Fisher
Flora
Galesburg
Gillespie
Harrisburg
Havana
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Hoopeston
Jerseyville
Joy
Kankakee
Kewanee
LaSalle
Lincoln
Metropolis
Monmouth
Mount Carmel
Murphysboro
Pain
Paxton
Pekin
Pinckneyville
Pittsfield
Quincy Robinson
St. Elmo
Streator
Sycamore
Tuscola
Virginia
Waukegan
Wenona
Bridgeport
Carbondale
Casey
Centralia
Champaign
Collinsville
Jacksonville
Joliet
Maywood
Ottawa
Peoria
Taylorville
Court House Briefs
Ilinois
Illinois Taxpayers Association
Herbert Temple
Temple
Ray Westfall
Frank Lchroeppel
Miller School
George Dyson
Lee Dyson
Neva Kimball
Nettie Baker
Ben Dykstra
Herman Jansma
Myron Tibbits
Frank Dean
Shimer College
Oakville
F.B
Clare Miller
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