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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
2
Harold Brinkmeier reports Carroll County farms dominate the economy as a 32 million dollar business. The piece details population shifts, farm sizes, tenancy, aging farmers, and growing capital needs with forecasts of 1975. Part II promises more figures and a review of family farm surveys.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman designated 172 additional counties in 10 Midwest states to join the Food Stamp Program. The move raises Midwest participation to 286 areas with more than 635000 beneficiaries. The program increases purchasing power and boosts local economies as eligible families buy food with stamps. Local dates and implementation steps will be announced after planning with state welfare officials.
The procedures cover caseworker training on program objectives, issuing coupons, certifying eligible needy families, and meetings with grocers and wholesalers to verify understanding before coupon redemption. The counties of Carroll White side and Jo Daviess are included in the new listing.
A Gallup survey shows nine of ten Americans favor youth volunteering for service overseas or in the United States. Two to one prefer VISTA over the Peace Corps for sons, with 47 percent vs 27 percent. VISTA applications climb 34 percent while Peace Corps inquiries fall 30 percent due to cynicism about change.
Carroll County 4-H lists weigh day for Commercial Beef Feeding on December 30 at Kness Trucking Chadwick. Calves split into light and heavyweight classes with 9 to 12 oclock weigh in. Enrollment deadlines for multiple projects start January 1. Alan Skoog leads home grounds and garden classes with sessions January 24 31 February 5 14 and 28 requiring at least 10 members per session.
Carroll County 4-H members may join the 1968 Horticulture School starting January 24, led by Alan Skoog of Timber Lake Nursery. The five class series covers home grounds mapping, landscape design, tree planting, and related horticulture topics, with enrollment based on each member’s 4-H project units.
Darrell L. Gaar, executive vice president of the Aurora Board of Realtors, is honored as Board Executive of the Month by the Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards. The state group covers 56 boards with about 9 000 Realtors.
Earl Gilliland Carroll County extension adviser announces the weigh in for the 4 H commercial beef feeding project will be held Saturday December 30 from 9 a m to 12 noon at the Kness trucking location in Chadwick.
Students from every county in the state are represented in SIU's record full term enrollment of 27788 on the Carbondale and Edwardsville Campuses. Cook County leads with 4533 students, while Carroll County reports seven enrolled at Southern Illinois University.
The text outlines a four session series on landscape design planting and plant care from January 24 to February 28. Each class covers different topics and confirms 4-H member enrollment in propagation trees shrubs indoor flowers and garden planning.
The American Medical Association urges assembling a first aid kit before emergencies. Include dressings, bandages, tape, towels, triangular bandage, safety pins, scissors, tweezers, splints, tourniquet, soap, cups, flashlight, ipecac, a first aid manual, and travel items like a blanket and warning flares.
The Carroll County Sheriff's department and Savanna police halted a car with Wisconsin plates en route to Mount Carroll. Deputies found two missing Burlington train passage tickets in the vehicle’s grove compartment just as the train was due to depart, preventing a delay for two passengers.
A new Illinois Grant Program funds undergraduate students at Illinois colleges. For 1967 68, 6 465 students receive 4 350 000 in non repayable grants at 95 colleges. Applications for 1968 69 are due February 1 1968. The program aims to help about 26 000 students overall.
Bud Miles outlines tax deadlines and how to obtain IRS farm tax guides from Mount Carroll office. He discusses beef production costs and cow branding methods, cattle sales by Glengarry Farms at Illinois Futurity, and upcoming sheep and ewe sales in Forreston and Lake Zurich. Merry New Year.
The Illinois Heart Association proposed a New Year pledge for youths to refrain from smoking. It warned that early damage to heart and lungs and disorders such as heart attack and cancer are linked to cigarettes and noted over 125 000 premature U S deaths yearly. It cited costs over 3000 dollars for the first ten years and urged avoiding the first puff to dodge health and financial risks.
Lynn Bower of Thomson becomes a new member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. He currently milks 17 Holstein cows and plans expansion in the near future.
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