Storekeepers as Postwar Employment Key, Urges Babson
Babson argues merchants must lead postwar employment efforts, urging storekeepers to engage with communities and support national recovery. He praises chains and independents for fresh goods and low prices, warning against anti chain taxes, and urges responsible ownership and civic participation. He cites Acres of Diamonds as a moral for local opportunity and stresses the Golden Rule in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Main Street
America
Russell H. Conwell
Derrer Sends Holiday Cable From New Guinea
Mr and Mrs Albert H Derrer received a Christmas and New Year cablegram from their son First Lt Reynold Derrer stationed in New Guinea conveying season’s greetings to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Derrer
Reynold Derrer
New Guinea
Savanna Wins Mt Carroll Invitational Basketball Title
Savanna high school defeated Shannon 48-39 in the final to claim the Mt Carroll Invitational championship. Milledgeville beat Stockton 34-26 in the consolation. Savanna advanced by defeating Cevenna 42-27 in the semifinals, while Shannon beat Stockton 28-85 in earlier rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna High School
Shannon High
Milledgeville
Stockton
Shannon
Savanna
Fisher
Cevenna
Mt. Carroll
Chadwick
Thomson
Lanark
Milledgeville Pilot Awarded the Air Medal
Second Lt. Robert Sandell of Milledgeville was one of eight Illinois fliers in the 11th Air Force awarded the Air Medal for bombing missions over Kiska in the western Aleutians. The group braved enemy fire and bad weather during missions over Attu and Kiska. Sandell, a bomber pilot, later served as an instructor at March Field California and visited Milledgeville at Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sandell
Fred Sandell
Milledgeville
11Th Air Force
Kiska
Aleutians
Sandell
War Department
Attu Island
United States
March Field
Calif
Federal Union names officers for Local 768 in Savanna
Earl N Griswold was elected president of Local No 768 National Federation of Federal Employees for the coming year at a regular meeting in Savanna. Other officers include James Cottral Jr first vice president Harold W Schroeder second vice president George Anangst third vice president Parke Miller fourth vice president Miss Marion Rowe secretary Paul G Weiler treasurer Miss Dorothy Lewis recording secretary George Dauphin guardian. Installation set for Wednesday night Jan 19 at the VFM clubhouse with the president to announce standing committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl N. Griswold
National Federation of Federal Employes
Savanna
Harry Guest
James Cottral, Jr
Harold W. Schroeder
George Anangst
Parke Miller
Marion Rowe
Paul G. Weiler
Dorothy Lewis
George Dauphin
Guardian
Grace Wesley
John Reagan
James P. Woods
Lloyd Heisler
Ralph Buckman
Chris Gantenbein
VFM
Weddings in Mt Carrol and Freeport layers two marriages
Ashby Gillespie wedding in Mt Carroll with Bette Ashby and Pie Gillespie after marching through Mt Carroll high school. Law Schlegel couple Cindabelle Law and Donald Schlegel wed in Freeport with small attendants. A Davenport license issued for Frank Plattenberger and Edith Aimo of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Davenport
Frank B. Plattenberger
Edith E. Aimo
Savanna, Ill
Milledgeville Elder C W Allison Dies at 93 in Savanna
C W Allison oldest resident of Milledgeville died Saturday afternoon at his son John’s home in Savanna due to flu and complications. Born March 22, 1850 near Milledgeville he lived around South Elkhorn, later near Malvern then Carroll county. He planted many trees, served in local offices, later shared time with his children in Savanna. Survived by four children Olive Doty Evanston Edna Holt Lyndon John Savanna Charles Orangeville. several grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Monday at Shirk chapel with Rev Paul Van Ee conducting. Interment South Elkhorn cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Flowers arranged by Mrs Ray Freas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Allison
Milledgeville
John
Savanna
M. Allison
Fisher
Jane G. Buskirk Allison
South Elkhorn
Mary E. Horning
Malvern
Whiteside
Allison
Jennie Sex
Mr. Allison
Carroll County
Abraham Lincoln
Olive Doty
Evanston
Edna Holt
Lyndon
Charles
Orangeville
Stephen Switzer
Thomson
William Allison
Shirk
Paul van “Ee
Methodist Church
South Elkhorn Cemetery
Vernon Todd
Ray Freas
Charles Schell
Roy Cirstine
John Hagen
Homer Nicholas
Flowers
Vernon S. Todd
Ada Wolf
Judze Stransky Elected Head of Chicago Farmers
Judge Franklin J. Stransky of Savania elected president of the Chicago Farmers a group of 618 business and professional men who own farms in Illinois Wisconsin Indiana and other states He heads Stranadale farms a 5800 acre operation in Carroll County Also named are Oliver M. Burton as vice president B M Hammer as secretary and Austin Jenner as treasurer New directors include Wayne Dinsmors Harry A Hooker Max Hurd A H Kohlbusch and R W McKinstry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin J. Stransky
Savania
Chicago Farmers
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Stransky
Stranadale Farms
Carroll County
Spesers
Oliver M. Burton
Lake Forest
8S. B. Hammer
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Austin Jenner
First National Bank of Chicago
Wayne Dinsmors
Harry A. Hooker
Max H. Hurd
A. H. Kohlbusch
R. W. McKinstry
Winners Entertained By The Losing Side At Grange Banquet
In a Black Oak Grange membership drive contest the winners were entertained by the losing side at a Grange hall banquet last Thursday. A program featured a duet by Betty and Nancy Farthing, a poem by Mickey Hawk, a trio with Betty Betty Farthing and Lawrence Farthing, and caros. Gifts were exchanged and it was announced that joint installation of officers will be held in Sterling on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Grange
Grange Hall
Betty
Nancy Farthing
Mickey Hawk
Nancy
Lawrence Farthing
Caros
Sterling
Former Lanark Resident Dies After Four Month Illness
George Bloyer 75 a former Lanark resident and brother of Mrs Lela Meyers Mrs Harry Peters and Otho and Harry Bloyer died Sunday morning at his Freeport home after a four month illness Funeral services were held Tuesday at the residence with Rev Grant V Graver officiating and burial in Freeport cemetery He was born in Hagertown Md July 19 183 and came to Illinois at 15 to settle in Lanark Surviving are his widow Clara three daughters Mrs Henry Diddens Mrs Edna Fritzenmeier and Mrs Leo F Haas and two sons Glen C and Charles M Bloyer all of Freeport plus four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Ceorge Bloyer
Lela Meyers
Harry Peters
Otho
Harry Bloyer
Freeport
Grant V. Graver
Buriel
Orn
Hagertown
Illinois
Harper
Clara Bloyer
Henry Diddens
Edna Fritzenmeier
Leo F. Haas
Glen C
Charles M. Bloyer
Melissa Coon
Shannon
Ray Alexander
Alexander
Brethren
Melissa Chitty
Cherry Grove Township
Joseph
Elizabeth Chitty
Ralph Coon
Francis Cheeseman
Joe Coon
Maywood
Frank Lease
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
Arthur Menkman
Savanna Methodist Church
Savanna Cemetery
Lucy Long
Dixon
Frank
Lla) Brown
Bertha Taylor
Lucille Dean
Indiana
Lester
Claude
Georgia
What are we fighting for Christmas War Bond plea
The piece urges Americans to keep faith with fighting men abroad and to celebrate Christmas by purchasing extra War Bonds. It argues that answering why we fight is vital to integrity and liberty, and ties patriotism to supporting the war effort at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Savanna Deaths and Obituary Notices Consolidated
Multiple obituary notices record deaths in Savanna and surrounding towns on Dec. 16 and 17. Harry Bahne Grissinger, 45, an orchestra leader, dies of heart failure after influenza. son Paul, daughter LaVece, mother, and brother survive. Melissa Coon, 92, dies in Shannon after influenza. survivors include daughters and a son. Mert L. Lenhart, 67, dies at Coleta. service details in Jordan Lutheran church. John Dangel, 76, lifelong Washington township resident, dies near Savanna. funeral at Law and St. Peters Lutheran, burial Mosquito Hill. Mrs. Frank Lease, 71, Savanna resident, dies. survivors include daughters and sons. Esther Robinson Tipton, Mt. Carroll resident, dies at son’s home. funeral arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bahne Grissinger
Savanna
Fuller
Mr. Grissinger
Mr. Carroll
Charles Grissinger
Mt. Carroll High School
Milwaukee Railroad
Miss Erma Zugschwerdt Visits Town for Christmas
Miss Erma Zugschwerdt arrived on Saturday evening from Sioux City Iowa to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zugschwerdt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Zugschwerdt
Sioux City
Mrs
Louis Zugschwerdt
Recommend Judge Shaw for Vacancy in Northern District
Einya RF Shaw of Freeport a former Illinois Supreme Court justice is recommended by Senator Clark Lucas to fill one of two northern Illinois federal district court judgeships. The other vacancy is slated for Judge Walter L Labay of Chicago. Shaw has served on wartime emergency boards under President Roosevelt and is a member of the national railway labor panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einya RF. Shaw
Freeport
Ilinois Supreme Court
Hilnots
Federal District Court
Beott W. Lucas
Washington
Lucan
Jude Walter L. Labay
Chicago
Peanels Biddle
Loonwell
Senate
Democratie
Willian
Ifn
Medernl
Roosevelt
Pacific Electric Railway System
Los Angeles
Calif
National Railway Labor Panel
Auto licenses mailed after Dec 24 wartime flyer says
State Automobile Department announces license plates will not be dispatched from Springfield until after Christmas to avoid delaying wartime mail. Applications are processed with reassignments and numbers assigned, but mailing is postponed until Dec 24. Over the counter sales start in Springfield and Chicago on Dec 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
State Automobile Department
Edward J. Hughes
Chicago
Court PITWIC House in wha Vis Court PITWIC House in wha Vis
Marriage licenses issued to Richard A. Gillespie and Betty Ashby both of Mr. Carroll. Chadwick man Julius Bickert released on probation after guilty vagrancy plea. hearing set for January 3. Grand jury indictments involve Alvin Traum and Herbert Barnhart with multiple charges. bonds posted. Numerous local property transfers and deeds recorded in Savanna Chadwick Milledgeville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Gillespie
Betty Ashby
Mr. Carroll
W. M. Nipe
Julius Bickert
Chadwick
O. M. Grove
Bickert
Alvin Traum
Traum
Herbert Barnhart
Barnhart
Grand Jury
Appoint Yoeckel Clerk Of Carroll County Circuit Court
Clarence Yoeckel deputy of Circuit Clerk John Gelwicks was appointed clerk of the Carroll County circuit court and ex officio recorder. The four year term begins January 1 1944 to fill the vacancy caused by Gelwicks resignation. The appointment was made by judges Wheat Zick and Dixon. Yoeckel has served seven years as deputy under Gelwicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Careroll
Clarence Yoeckel
John Gelwies
Circuit Court
Carroll County
Gelwicks
Harry EB. Wheat
Freeport
Leon A. Zick
Oreon
George Dixon
Dixon
Voecke
Gelwicka
Fulton flier dies in Ardmore crash of B 17 Fortress
Second Lt. Henry A. Post 21 of Fulton is the first local casualty of the current war. He died when a B 17 Flying Fortress from Ardmore air base crashed near Ardmore Oklahoma on December 16. The Fulton native a star basketball player and West Virginia alumnus born January 16 1922 studied at Fulton High and served as air cadet since 1942. He previously survived a Shaw Field South Carolina crash in February. Survived by parents two brothers and two sisters, he was buried in Fulton Cemetery after a Christian Reformed church funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Post
Fulton
Ardmore
Okla
Post
Anne
Gertrude Post
Fulton High School
University of West Virginia
Shaw Field
S. C
Second St. Post
Christian Reformed Church
Anne Post
Alfred
Ensign Seymour Post
Virginia
Stanley Lizinsky
Chicago
Clara
Flora Post
Effie
Frances Medema
Victorville
Calif
James Putt
Fulton Cemetery
Truck owners to receive gas rations by mail in Carroll County
Carroll county truck owners will not need to appear at the Carroll County Rationing Board office to secure new gasoline coupons for the quarter starting January 1. Mileage figures are set by the Office of Defense Transportation and coupons are being mailed. For adjustments contact Herman Dachler at the Triple-A office in Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Office of Defense Transportation
Board
Herman Dachler
Triple-A
Mt. Carroll
ODT
Local Carroll County Men Accepted for U S Armed Forces
Carroll county men were accepted for service in the Army Navy and Marines. Army inductees include LaVerne Lahre Stanley Warfel Charles Beck Daniel Sack Layton Smith Theodore Lantz Brendon Kneale Orville Rogers Arthur Ferguson Marvin McCue all of Lanark Mt Carroll Savanna and Thomson. Navy inductees are Ward Olson Chadwick Robert Keim Alvie Frey William Shiley Adam Craig Mr Carroll Clifford Davis Savanna Roy Rice Thomson. Marine inductee Max Tack Savanna. Also noted are holiday visits by Mr and Mrs W H Taylor and daughter Mary to Mt Carroll and Morrison, with Elizabeth Taylor visiting on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
United States
Army
LaVerne L. Lahre
Stanley L. Warfel
Lanark
Charles M. Beck
Daniel E. Sack
Thomson
Layton Smith
Theodore Lantz
Brendon A. Kneale
Orville L. Rogers
Mt. Carroll
Arthur B. Ferguson
Marvin McCue
Savanna
Navy
Ward A. Olson
Chadwick
Robert G. Keim
Alvie B. Frey
William L. Shiley
Adam G. Craig
Mr. Carroll
Clifford G. Davis
Roy E. Rice
Marines
Max C. Tack
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bapsns ! Weekly
Psuort
Babson
Baltimore
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
F. C. Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
Eric A. Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Son Cables
Savanna Victor
Federal Union
Pfe. Gillespie
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Gillespie
Judze Stransky
Harry B. Grissinger
Paul
LaVece Grissinger
Sycamore
Howard Grissinger
Rockford
Robert
Pearl Harbor
Bert L. Lenhart
Mert L. Lenhart
Coleta
West Jordan Lutheran Church
P. C. Boyse
Mr. Lenhart
Iowa
Phillip
Matilda Lenhart
Maggie Bitters
Genesee Township
Whiteside County
Jordan
Genesee
Dau
Ghters
Lester Reins
Gladys
Gretchen Marshhang
Clayton
Jordan Township
Chester
John Dangel
Washington Township
Law Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Gerhard P. Fisher
Mosquito Hill
Christian
Augusta Daniel
Rose Hoffman
Ward
Mary Allbright
Irma Randecker
Savannia
Muriel Albright
Rose Thompson
Casper
Wyo
Esther Robinson
Sherman Tipton
Oak Hill Cemetery
Sherman
Frank Tipton
Camp Grant
John Tipton
Ethel Schnitzler
Shaw
Blaine L. Peck
Thomas H. Runyan
East Savanna
Ray A. Engelking
Howard M. Fish
Wilbur J. North
Range
Timothy McNamara
Raymond McNamara
York
Robert L. Morris
Oscar W. Rahn
Lima
George L. Cambman
Emil Hartman
Plumer’s Add
Elizabeth M. Rhodes
Vaughn Hungerford
Turnbaugh
Ervin E. Diehl
Frank F. Winters
Diehls
John Mest
Earl A. Larson
Riley Temple
Fred H. Olson
Snow
William Maxfield
Valetta
Clifford E. Dingman
Meyers
Yoeckel
Iullon Flier
U. S
W. H. Taylor
Mary
M. P. Roske
Taylors
Morrison
Elizabeth Taylor
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!