Local Newspapers Directory Fragment
Readable fragments list Shannon Weekly Reporter Shannon Illinois Est 1897 Lanark Gazette Lanark NL Est 1893 Chadwick Review Chadwick Ill Est 1898 Thomson Review Thomson fil Est 1875 Phone numbers shown for each title in the missing directory context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Review
Chadwick Review
Lanark Gazette
Shannon Weekly
Carroll County
Shannon Weekly Reporter
Shannon
Illinois
Ill
Lanark
Chadwick
Thomson
Mt Carroll A and P plans relocation plan revealed
Mount Carroll city council heard Ellis McDaniel of Chicago announce an option on the service station site at E Market and Clay Streets. The building would be 5750 square feet, with five to seven more jobs than the current 115 W Market Street store, and six paved parking spaces to replace space lost by the new site. A decision is set for February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll A & P
Mount Carroll
Ellis McDaniel
Chicago
E. Market and
Clay Streets
W. Market Street
Groundhog Prophet and the Six Weeks of Winter
A playful take on the groundhog tradition notes that if the animal sees its shadow it signals six more weeks of winter. The joke contrasts folklore with meteorological expectations for the season.
Hay Silage Kings Named At Meet In Lanark
At the annual hay and silage show and Soil Conservation District meeting on January 24 in Lanark first place corn silage went to Dean Lower. Thornton Pier Shannon won the top based hay award and Joe Rath Lanark topped haylage. Runners up included Dale Mennega Emerson Iske and Rath. Judges were Harold Harms and Stan Smith. Winners’ samples will be analyzed by Carroll Service Company Lanark. prizes were awarded by Carroll County Soil Conservation District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Soil Conservation District
Dean Lower
Lanark
Thornton Pier
Shannon
Joe Rath
Dale Mennega
Emerson Iske
Res Baed
Harold Harms
Producers Company
Stanley Smith
Dixon
Carroll Service Company
Carroll County Soil Conservation District
Sale of Rural Directories Gets Underway
Associate Judge Edward J. Turnbaugh and the Federation Rural Directory Committee led a sales kickoff on January 22 with 4H Leaders and Junior Leaders from Carroll County. The 64 page directory includes 15 county maps listing occupants owners phones and road names with canvassing planned through March 18, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Mount Carroll
Federation Directory Committee
Carroll County
Joyce Getz
Savanna
Federation Rural Directory Committee
Kim Rath
Lanarkerry
Adolph Keith Alexander
Vicki Oetung
Shannon
Alvin Reiff
Bill Hans
John Grain
Black Oak Grange
Paul Sites
Milledgeville Grange
Glen Wurster
Zion Grange
Harold Horner
Lanark
L. J. Hitz
Turnbaugh
Dun & Bradstreet Lists Carroll County Businesses
Dun & Bradstreet reports 331 businesses listed in Carroll County from the November 1967 Reference Book. Davenport official Don J. Newman notes up to 3 million nationwide requests for financial statements occur each January. The book omits some service and professional firms, and 105 Carroll County changes were added in the past year as the directory updates every two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Don J. Newman
Davenport
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Newman
United States
Corner County
Rural house numbering by side and direction policy
Federation Reporter ANN MACKLY notes that in rural areas houses are numbered so west and north sides are even and east and south sides are odd. The 4-H members will be visiting you soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Federation
Ann Mackly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chadwick Lanark
Milledgeville
Mt. CarroLl Savanna Shannon Thomson
Business & Professional
Pauley’s Plumbing & Heating
Walter Nehrkorn
Arman Stover
Lanark, II
MT. Carroll Veterinary Clinic
Mt. Carroll
Shannon Veterinary Service
R P_ Swingley
D_L. Gilchrist
D. R. Miller
Optometrist
Ninth Avenue
Fulton
Schwinn Bicycles
Backer
Fifth Ave
S. Clinton
John Ivey
Patz
Ray Stamm
Lena
Winslow
John Kempel
Pearl City
Alcoholics Anonymous
Clinton
Iowa
Mount Orris
Edward H. Dykema
Mt Carroll
Jim’s
Clinton, Iowa
de Weerdt Electric
East-Rite Silos & D
L. C. Schreiner
Schigro Service CO
Victor
Jim
S. Second ST
Polo Rendering Service
John T. LaForge Co
Freeport
Shannon Stockyards
Herb Hays
Mgr
Buser Lumber CO
Mount Morris
Dick Whitney
Clark VanBuskirk
Ralph Busekross
State Fair
Joe Wilkens & Sons
Buss Mfg. Co
Lanack Tilinaie
Graf & Barrick
Farrow
Marvin T. Wood
Morrison, Il
Gilts, Sons
Cail Behr Farms
Hampshire
William Upmann
Stockton
Morrison, Ill
Jamster Industries Inc
Ashman
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Max Ehlert
2Nd St
James A. Arnold
Diamond
Route 1
Idaho
Faber’s
1St St
Fulton, Ilinois
Faber's
First St. Fulton
Philco
Fulton Paint & Paper
Box D
Circle R
Hereford Farm
Malane Til
Waivua
Duroc
Harmpshire
Wilmer , Smith, Chadwick
Kraft
FABER
Fulton, Ill
Fulton Paint & Paper Store
O. K
Oliver
Oliver Diesel
Gehl
Kools
Gehl Pto
Hammermill
First St
Fulton, Il
Hartman Implement Sales
Oliver Sales & Service
Forreston
Joe Becker
Davenport & Chair
Farmall
Don Taylor
Chadwick, Ill
Floyd E. Kness
Morrison, N
Telephone
Lena — Tripp
Call
Nation’s Marketplace
Kraft Foods
Milledgeville, Illinois
JDN
Elmer Johnson
Locust St. Lanark, Hil
Litwiller, Inc
John K. Morris Real Estate Agency
Lanark, Illinois
William D. Fliflet
William C. Fliflet
Fifth St
Savanna, Ill
572nd_ Transportation Company
Long Binh
Viet Nam
Fordham
Havens
Dixon, Il
Leeds
Behr Farms
Louis Bush
EOW
RCA Whirlpool Appl
Savanna Electric CO
Electrical Contractors
Paul Groharing
Wisconsin
Clarence Acker
Middleton
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
Kelly-Springfield
ROUTE
Tire Company
Prophet of
Woodchuck
Keith Kniss
Mutual OF Omaha
Mutual OF Omaha Insurance Company Life Insurance
United of Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
Carroll Co
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