Carroll County Platform Highlights From 1938 Review
A Milledgeville bank proposal and road extensions from Han sen's Corners on Rt 78 to Chadwick with Rt 40 are listed. The plan urges electing efficient town village and county officers and reducing expenses. It promotes community competitive sports and calls Carroll County the sports men's paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen’s Paradise
Birthday Calendar and a Humorous Quartet Aside
A long list of December birthdays across Lanark Chadwick Thomson and surrounding towns runs from Dec 24 to Dec 29 featuring Kenneth Peters Albert Gry Harriett Smith Leroy Prins Dr G F Van de Sand Carol Jean Ware Emil Hartman Carol Joy Anderson and others. The page ends with a quip asking why male quartets often pair a heavy high tenor with a small bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Peters
Lanark
Harry Lo
Albert Gry
Thomson
Harry Watt
Dixon
George Morgan
Chadwick
Harriett Smith
Edgar Imel Chadwick
Marvin Hoffman
Mr. Carroll
Jessie Queckboerner
Leroy Prins
G. F. van de Sand
Fulton
Dale Mayden
Clinton
Fern Point
Albany
Carol Jean Ware
Carroll County Christmas Notes and Local Happenings
Christmas time brings Salvation Army bells and decorated homes in Carroll County. The column highlights Mrs. Ed McGrath’s festive Milledgeville house, local travels, ice rink plans at Point Rock Park, a reoriented downtown Christmas tree, and community events from Melon Day donations to church candy drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Ed McGrath
Milledgeville
Carroll County
McGrath
Herbert Rawlins
Thomson
Chestnut Park
Savanna
Macomb State Normal
Mexico
J. T. Eckman
Lanark
California
Market Street
Point Rock Park
Sequoia Club
Santa Claus Sparks Fire During Candied Outreach
Local Christmas program ends with Santa’s whiskers catching a flare fire but the blaze is contained. Afterward, Santa and residents drive to Mt. Carmel to distribute candy and fruit to children there. A skating pond business grows from Joe Weber’s dammed stream, with skaters visiting Daggetts and Ideal ponds and a Thomson group joining in. Handel Brothers deliver two new International tractors to Charles Harris from Rock Island, unloading challenges noted. The cheese factory issues 1939 calendars and public health officials urge Christmas seals as Illinois tuberculosis mortality falls about ten percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Santa
Mt. Carmel
Joe Weber
Joe
Daggetts
Thomson
Handel Brothers
Charles Harris
Rock Island
Cheese Factory
Sharp humor and fair day memories from a rural columnist
A nostalgic narrative unfolds at a county fair with reflections on a hurt bird in a barn, inner tube weight musings, and a comic tale of a fortune teller and a Hindu princess. The writer recalls family budgets, tips earned at the tent, and a misadventure ending with a promise to reveal more about the princess and her husband.
Public sale of Carroll County estate in Thomson Illinois
By order of the court, B R Lewis administrator will offer for sale the real estate of William George Brown in Thomson at 1:30 PM on the specified date. Property lies in Carroll County Illinois, described as town land with multiple lots, open possession for over twenty years, with bidding steps and 20 percent cash initial payment. Auctioneer Mest and attorney Blodgett listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Whaley
B. R. Lewis
William ©Orge Brown
William George Brown
Thomson
Carroll County
Minis
Carroll
Illinois
Recorder's Office
Tinois
Minois
Id. Mest
A. M. Blodgett
Lincoln Way
Fulton, Linois
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Review
Doe Saunders
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Kenneth Whitney
Offic
Thomson, Ilinois
Happy
Charles Bower
Willis Stage
Leonard Stage
Robert Michael
Howard Schuchard
Jackie Boyer
Earl Isenhart
W. J. Schreiner
Robert Stewart
Bertram Peters
Joyce Sack
Morrison
Merle Turney
Hazel Bower
N. R. Kenyon
Marion Crofton
Howard Wiebenga
Rush Carroll
Robert Spencer
Jeannie Emnyre
Ralph Heimbaugh
Diana Lee Rogers
Norman Stickell
Nellie Dimmick
Pauline Diffenderfer
Woodchoppers
Nevada
Jack McKee
Main Street
MT. Carroll
Mark Twain
A. C. Baxter
Public Hhealth
Sharpe
W. G. Lawrence
Crouch School
Ustick Township
The
Spring Valley Presbyterian Church
John Deere
Garrett Sternberg
Carpenter and Durward
M. C. Crouse
MT. Carroll Rendering Co
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Mt. Carroll, Dr
Kipnis Sale Pavilion
Galena Street
Guernseys
Jerseys
Guernsey
Hampshire
Poland
China
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Miles
Lega Is
Said Coun
Tt. R. Lewis
Artate of Willian
Geo Frown
Lewis Motor CO
John L. Brearton
Ww’. L. Derrer
Carroll Mutual
Fire Ins. Co
Jack Dollinger
St Attler Batchery Lanark
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Scoience Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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