Babson Warns Against Merchandise Mirages and Booby Traps
Babson Park Massachusetts December 8. In his weekly column Babson cautions investors not to chase postwar gadgets or rely on new firms for profits. He urges buying from trusted factories and established companies, speed reconversion to peacetime production, and avoiding flashy but untested goods. He stresses quality, servicing, and real needs over futuristic dreams.
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Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Rip van Winkle
Shannon High School Freesports Edge Freeport 31 22
Shannon High School defeated the Freeport Fresh-Soph team 31 to 22 Friday night at Shannon with guard Henze scoring 15. Bloom and Franklin added 8 each for Freeport. A preliminary game also went Shannon’s way 19 to 17.
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Shannon High School
Freeport Fresh-Soph
Shannon
Henze
Bloom
Franklin
Freeport
Mt. Carroll
Oregon
Milledgeville
Thomson
Carroll Tourney Planned with Eight Teams
Seven Carroll county teams and Stockton set to compete in the Mt. Carroll invitational tournament with first round games Wednesday night December 20. Chadwick faces Thomson at 6:30, Lanark vs Shannon at 7:30, Milledgeville vs Mt. Carroll at 8:30, and Stockton vs Savanna at 9:30. Semifinals Thursday night and final Friday night determine the champion.
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Carroll County High School
Stockton
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Carroll to Be Regional Cage Center
Mt. Carroll high school gym will host a regional basketball tournament as the state association released centers for 60 regionals and 15 sectionals. District winners advance to regionals with larger schools receiving direct bids. 15 regional winners plus the Chicago winner go to the state finals in Champaign March 15 16 17. Other northern Illinois sites include Oregon Stockton Sterling Rock Island Princeton Rockford East Aurora West Dundee Joliet and Waukegan. Sectionals are set for Moline Rockford West Elgin LaSalle Joliet.
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Mt. Carroll High School
State High School Athletic Association
Chicago
Champaign
Illinois
Oregon
Stockton
Sterling Township
Rock Island
Princeton
Rockford East
Aurora West
Dundee
Joliet
Waukegan
Moline
Rockford West
Elgin
LaSalle
Firefighters Meet at S O D with Large Regional Attendance
Nearly 400 firefighters from the Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association and the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association attended a joint meeting Thursday night at the Savanas ordnance depot. Richard E. Vernon of Chicago spoke on America Under Fire. Col. M. A. Brackett gave the welcome, with a post fire station tour, oil fire demo, talks in the post theatre, a Galena department demonstration, and lunch in the cafeteria.
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Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association
Wisconsin
Northern
Post
Galena Fire Department
Turbine Failure Triggers Three Hour Northwestern ILL Power Outage
A turbine failure at the Savanna plant caused a three hour blackout across the area served by Northwestern Illinois Gas and Electric. Power failure began at 8 16 p m with Chadwick affected and other towns likely hit. Service returned at 11 15 p m. Homes lacked light as theatres refunded or gave tickets for later shows and heating failed for oil and coal heated homes.
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Northwestern Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Savanna
Chadwick
National auto quotas hold at 3,000 cars for month
The national quota for new motor cars for sale this month stays at 3,000, same as November. December passenger car tire quotas rise by 150,000 units to 2,000,000 tires more than the prior month. OPA notes a higher truck tire quota offers little relief from shortages.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Carroll County Board Holds Annual Meeting Tuesday
The Carroll county board in regular session approved semi annual reports of county officers and renewed contracts with the county farm superintendent and county physician. They discussed a Wysox township and Mt. Carroll Precinct No. 1 voting precinct split proposal and reviewed county finances and funds balances.
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Carroll County
S. S. Harter
Chadwick
Democratic Committee
Wysox Township
Mt. Carroll Township
Wyson Township
Mt. Carroll No. 1
Walter Hawk
R. B. Petty
Mt. Carroll
Treasury
Frank L. Ross
Major Griffith, Big Ten athletic head, dies at 67
Major John L. Griffith, 67, longtime Big Ten commissioner of athletics, died suddenly in his Sherman hotel office in Chicago. Burial was in Mt. Carroll. He was re elected to another five year term six hours before death. He leaves wife Alice Kel ley Griffith a son John Jr a sister and a brother.
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John L. Griffith
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mt. Carroll
R. H. Leitner
First Baptist Church
Hugh Jordan
Lucy Luella Cummings Griffith
Mt. Carroll High School
Old Warren Academy
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Army
University of Illinois Athletic Department
Big Ten
The
Athletic Journal
Alice Kelley
Yankton
S. C
John, Jr
Jona Hay
Charles Griffith
Toulon, II
Marriage Licenses Issued By County Clerk Nipe
County Clerk W M Nipe issued licenses in the past week to Carlos E Johnston and Mabel G Handel of Mt Carroll Melvin Traum of Lanark and Betty Rose Swett of Thomson Russell My Coon and Pauline L Sweitzer of Shannon.
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W. M. Nipe
Carlos E. Johnston
Mabel G. Handel
Mt. Carroll
Melvin Traum
Lanark
Betty Rose Swett
Thomson
Russell My*Coon
Pauline L. Sweitzer
Shannon
Rural Youth Election Meeting in Mt Carroll
Carroll county Rural Youth association holds its annual election meeting Monday evening December 18 at Farm Bureau hall in Mt. Carroll to choose officers and set plans for the coming year.
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Carroll County Rural Youth Association
Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
County Farm Bureau elects township directors
Township Farm Bureau directors and officers were elected in Carroll County last week. Nominees for the Carroll Service Company board were named, and a seven member board will be chosen at the service company annual meeting. Names are listed by township with the officer nominees following each director.
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Township Farm Bureau
Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Carroll Service Company
Fair Haven
George Knoess
Robert Geison
Herman Daehler
York
Wesley Sack
Eugene Murray
Harry Gaar
Chas
Sack
Wysox
Frank Livengood
Russell Nye
Livengood
Dwight Turner
Lanark Farmers Sell 57 Steers at Chicago Show Auction
Lanark Future Farmers completed a special auction sale for Junior Livestock Feeding contest entries at the Chicago Market Fat Stock and Carlot Competition held last Thursday December 7. Steers sold for $25 to $33 per hundredweight with Donald Eugene Miller’s 1040 lb Hereford topping the sale at $33 cwt and earning $30 prize money after placing third in its class. Other Lanark entries included Herefords, Angus and Shorthorns with prices from $25 to $26.50 per cwt and various prize monies. weights ranged from 365 to 1270 pounds.
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Lanark
Chicago
OPA
Donald Eugene Miller
Ilereford
Richard Lacy
Hereford
Leland Zier
Leland
Junior Delp
Delp
Mrs Lizzie Heinze Buys Sterling Home
Mrs Lizzie Heinze has purchased a home in Sterling and with her daughter Edna plans to move there in the near future.
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Sterling
Lizzie Heinze
Edna
Dairymen Receive National Honor Certificates in Carroll County
Ten dairy herd owners in Carroll County awarded national honor certificates by the National Dairy Association based on 1945 production records ending Oct 31. Recipients span Thomson, Lanark, Chadwick, Mt. Carroll, and Milledgeville with herds averaging 7 to 28 cows and butterfat outputs from 363.8 to 434.5 pounds.
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National Dairy Association
Carroll County
M. P. Roske
Milledgeville
Holland and Pratt
Thomson
Carroll and French
Noordhoff
Wallace Williams
Mt. Carroll
Joe E. Blair
J. C. Bennett
Finifrock
Eagles
Lanark
John Derver
Harry Tallman
Unadilla Farm
Chadwick
Lanark Farmer Wins County Corn Growing Championship
Sturtevant and Bath of Lanark topped Carroll county in the 1944 DeKalb Hybrid Corn Growing Contest with 152.62 bushels per acre from Hybrid No. 458. The Lanark winner receives a plaque from the DeKalb Agricultural Association as officials note thousands of farmers from 18 states competed and county yields were among top regional performances. Additional high results include Jonn A Rahn 143.85, Rex R Rahn 132.93, Ralph A Gerdes 126.16, James J Green & Son 124.57 bushels per acre.
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Carroll County
Sturtevant & Bath
Lanark
Sturtevant and Rath
United States
DeKalb Agricultural Association
Jonn A. Rahn
Rex R. Rahn
Ralph A. Gerdes
Milledgeville
James J. Green
Wysox Native Edith Holly Dies in Sterling at 78
Edith Freas Holly 78 a former Mill Edgeville resident died Monday evening in Sterling public hospital after fracturing her hip in a fall six weeks earlier Funeral services were held today at Melvin funeral home Sterling with burial in Bethel cemetery Milledgeville She was born August 31 1866 in Milledgeville married William Holly in 1887 and had a daughter Marion Crams a granddaughter and a great granddaughter survive She was active in the Milledgeville Methodist church and O E S chapter and lived with her daughter in Sterling for three years.
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Wysox
Sterling
Edith Holly
Milledgeville
Sterling Public Hospital
Melvin
A. J. Tavenner
Bethel Cemetery
Edith Freas
Horace
Mary Freas
William Holly
Marion
Ward ‘Cram
Holly
Milledgevile
Methodist Church
Lyle Robinson
Mary Holland
Aurora
Disorderly Conduct Leads to Two City Arrests
Two men, Josh Edwards and George Perry, were arrested for disorderly conduct in recent days. Edwards paid a $10 fine plus costs and Perry paid $25 and costs. Both had hearings in the city jail before police magistrate C. J. Fisher. Savanna Times Journal notes social arrivals at a Sunday dinner hosted by the Friederichs.
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Josh Edwards
George Perry
C. J. Fisher
Savanna Times Journal
Triple A postpones three community elections to mid December
The Triple A office at Mt. Carroll announced date changes for three community elections. The Wysox Elkhorn Grove meeting moved from December 11 to December 14 at the Grange hall in Milledgeville. Freedom and Woodland township meetings shift to December 15 at Freedom school and Woodland town hall, all starting at 7 30 p m.
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Mt. Carroll
Grange Hall
Milledgeville
Freedom
Woodland Township
Freedom School
Woodland Town Hall
Death notices for Anna Woessner aged 41 at Shannon
Funeral services for Anna Kathryn Kneiss Woessner 41 of Shannon were held after she died Sunday at St. Marys hospital Rochester Minnesota. Rev Paul V Church officiated at the Shannon Evangelical church with burial in Brethren Cemetery Shannon. She was born January 30 1903 near Shannon and married Harvey E Woessner February 22 1922. Surviving are her husband a sister Mrs John Haugh Milledgeville and two brothers Harvey and Henry Kneiss Shannon.
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Anna Woessner
Shannon
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Shannon Evangelical Church
Henry K. Kneiss
Harvey E. Woessner
John Haugh
Milledgeville
Harvey
Henry Kneiss
Dusing Rites Held For Milledgeville Resident Charles Dusing
Charles Dusing died at 57 from a heart ailment at his Milledgeville home. Funeral services at his residence and at West Jordan Lutheran church will be conducted by Rev. Martin Kabele of Polo. Burial in Maple Ridge cemetery. Born July 2 1887 in Jordan township Whiteside county he married Lizzie Hand in 1908 and they farmed until retirement. Survivors include his widow three daughters Luella Gayman Frances Strock Irene Bennett seven grandchildren and brother Frank of Coleta.
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Charles Dusing
Milledgeville
West Jordan
Lizzie Hand
Luella Gayman
Dixon
Frances Strock
Sterling
Irene Bennett
Polo
Frank
Coleta
Edward Mielke dies at 80 in Pearl City obituary
Edward Mielke 80 died Monday at his Pearl City home after a lingering illness. Funeral rites were held at 2 p m today at Offenheiser funeral home Pearl City with burial in Highland cemetery. He was born August 21 1864 in Germany and married Alvertine Pieper April 8 1889. The couple came to the United States June 18 1891 and farmed near Pearl City before moving to town. Surviving are his widow two sons Ernest of Savanna and Carl of Pearl City three daughters Mrs Gustav Schmidt Mt Carroll Mrs Armin Pendrick Baxeter Ia and Mrs Oyla Meyer Freeport 16 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Edward Mielke
Pearl City
Gustav Schmidt
Mt. Carroll
Ernest Mielke
Savanna
Offenheiser
Highland Cemetery
Germany
Alvertine Pieper
United States
Ernest
Carl
Armin Pendrick
Baxeter
Oyla Meyer
Freeport
Monoxide Fatal To Truckers Who Stopped To Rest
Two Iowa truck drivers Joseph L. Rodgers and Robert P. Handley were found dead in their truck cabs on Fulton Street. Coroner's inquest ruled carbon monoxide poisoning from a running engine used for heat while parked for a nap after midnight. Rodgers 21 of Oelwein and Handley 24 of Fayette were discovered at 8:30 a.m. with a partly open window.
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Iowa
Fulton Street
Joseph L. Rodgers
Oelwein
Robert P. Handley
Fayette
Chicago
Snow Drifts Close Highways in Carroll County Illinois
A severe snowstorm produced six to eight inches of snow with northeast winds creating drifts up to six feet. East west roads across Carroll County were blocked while some north south routes operated with limited access. Plows struggled, deliveries halted, and schools closed through Tuesday with gradual reopening.
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Ilinois
Carroll County
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Geo. Schleming
Harold Stoner
Harlan Handel
Charlie Hinebaugh
K. W. Senneff
Herbert Spearman
Stephen Adee
Chadwick and
Thomson
Ordnance Depot
Green River
Morrison
One Killed and Two Wounded In German Action
A Carroll county soldier was killed in action in Germany and two others wounded in the same area. Pfc. Dale Hatfield, 19, of Savanna died on November 24. Pvt. Harold Foley, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Warnock of Mt Carroll, suffered a foot wound and is in a hospital in Holland. The Warnocks also received a telegram noting slight wounds with few details. Foley had been overseas about two months.
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Carroll County
Germany
Dale Hatfield
Savanna
Harry Forry
Harold Foley
W. G. Warnock
Mt. Carroll
Foley
Holland
War Department
Warnocks
Eisfeller Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Edgewood
Don Eisfeller from Chadwick Illinois was commissioned at the Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School graduation exercises at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland on December 9. He was selected from the ranks for training by his superiors for outstanding military record education and character. He is a Carthage College graduate who was farming before joining the army.
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Don Eisfeller
Edgewood Arsenal
Donald Eisfeller
Chadwick
Ill
Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School
Carthage College
Army
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Miles Rogers
Lima
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Earl Carbaugh
Chas. Carroll
Harold Manning
Rock Creek
Louis Diehl
Reynold Bleyer
William Beattie
Ed Rahn
Salem
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Roy Nycum
Ed Keim
Chas. Honberger
Roland Artman
Howard Woessner
Cherry Grove
Clinton Plock
Homer Hammond
Forrest Thompson
Kenneth Winters
Frank Rausch
Wesley Sisler
Freeman Law
Woodland
Robert Schubert
Alen Airhart
Henry Miller
Allen Airhart
Washington
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Jesse McIntyre
Glen Law
Arthur Haas
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Loran Martz
Leonard Brandenburg
Angus
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Richard Zuck
Ronald Rahn
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Howard Cassens
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Allen Becker
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Myron Friederich
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