Carroll Fair features Weatherwax Lassie at 1966 event
The Carroll County Fair Board announces Budd Weatherwax with Lassie the famous TV dog will headline the 1966 Carroll County Fair from August 8 to 13. Lassie appears twice on Saturday August 12, with Johnny King’s Automobile Thrill Show on Wednesday August 10.
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Carroll County Fair Board
Carroll County Foir
Lassie
Famous Dog
Johnny King
Carroll County Fair
Illinois
Dorchester
Les Larbe
Re-Elect Iske Carroll Farm Bureau Chief
Iske Emerson of Lanark was reelected president of Carroll County Farm Bureau at its annual Mt. Carroll meeting. Over 500 members attended as trustees and district directors were named from various townships. Local reports covered operations, livestock marketing, county life insurance, and marketing. A NutritIon lesson titled Calorie Conscience was announced for upcoming local sessions.
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Emerson Iske
Lanark
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Donald Schriner
Lima
Russell Derrer
Salem
Thornton Zier
Cherry Grove
Duane Law
Mount Carroll
Harold Miller
Woodland
Harlan Hollowell
Wysox
Eldred Oetting
Shannon
Robert McIntyre
Washington
Reynold Bloyer
Rock Creek
Hugh Senneff
Fair Haven
Fred Hook
York
Palmer Dauphin
Savanna
Delbert Newcomer
Freedom
Clayton Lenhart
Elkhorn Grove
Harold Manning
Elmer Airhart
LeRoy Hill
Carroll Service Co
Herschel Hopkins
County Life Insurance
Dwight Davis
IAA
Carroll County Homemakers Set Week Unit Meetings
The Carroll County extension program lists unit meetings this week to plan better family meals. Missippi, Chadwick Lamplighters, Palisades, Freedom, Meadow Larks and Cherry Grove Atoms units host lessons by Mrs. Palmer Dauphin, Mrs. Joseph Rath, Mrs. Harvey Shafer, Mrs. Joe Robbee, Mrs. Beattie and Dorothy Footitt on storage use and meal plans.
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Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association
Palisades Unit
Raymond Schreiner
Harvey Shafer
Joe Robbee
Carroll County
Dorothy Footitt
Better Days Ahead for Farmers in Babson Weekly Report
Babson Park Massachusetts February 3 1966 Our nation s farmers earned better incomes in 1965 than for any other year in well over a decade Realized net farm income was about 14 billion and the outlook for 1966 is for further boost Strong demand for livestock and rising prices for pork and bacon underpin the boom in farm income Exports to foreign markets and a potential feed for peace program could absorb surpluses and aid developing nations, benefiting U S farmers
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Babson Park
Mass
U. S
Europe
Japan
Canada
Soviet
Russia
Congress
ISU Students Teaching During Second Semester Nine Weeks
About 386 Illinois State University students are engaged in student teaching in the first nine weeks of the second semester. From Carroll County are Milledgeville Diane Hartje teaching 3rd grade at Sherman School Streator Ellen Wynne teaching elementary at McCall School and speech correction at Canton Mt Carroll Douglas Kearnaghan teaching social science at Community High Mor ris
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Noraml
Illinois State University
Carroll County
Milledgeville
Diane Hartje
Sherman
Streator
Ellen Wynne
McCall School
Canton
Mt. Carroll
Douglas Kearnaghan
Community High
Morris
Deaths in Carroll County Mabel Wolf and C Homer Hawk
Mrs Mabel Wolf 84 Savanna resident died at Johnson Nursing Home Shannon. Funeral at Savanna Methodist Church burial Oak Grove LaCrosse Wis. Survivors include son Roland daughter Mrs W F Patterson two grandchildren one great grandchild and sister Mrs James A Wall. Mrs C Homer Hawk 75 Mt Carroll native died in Moline Lutheran Hospital. Services at Wendt Brothers Moline burial in Moline.
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Savanna
Mabel Wolf
Johnson Nursing Home
Shannon
Oak Grove Cemetery
LaCrosse
Wis
Roland
San Carlos
Calif
W. F. Patterson
Brookfield
James A. Wall
Stoddard
Blood Drive at Savanna Army Depot Planned for Feb 8
The Savanna Army Depot announces a one day blood drive led by Col. B. B. Abrams. The Bloodmobile will collect depot employee donations on February 8 from 10 00 a m to 4 00 p m.
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Savanna Army Depot
Savanna
Ill
Col. B. B. Abrams
Carroll County
Red Cross
Grange to Meet February Seventh at Rock Creek
Rock Creek Grange schedules its regular meeting for February 7 at 8 pm. The Lecturer will lead a revised program replacing a cancelled item. Refreshments will be provided by Mr. and Mrs. Percy Schriner, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller.
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Grange
Rock Creek Grange
Percy Schriner
Merle Smith
Louis Miller
Schmidts of Mt Carroll Observe 58th Wedding Anniversary
Saturday evening January 29 relatives friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs William Schmidt of Mt Carroll to honor their 58th wedding anniversary. A social evening was enjoyed and refreshments served. Mr and Mrs Pete Libberton of Lanark attended and Mrs Libberton is a daughter of the honored couple.
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William Schmidt
Mt. Carroll
Pete Libberton
Lanark
Libberton
Thomson Briefs Mrs Louise and Mr Lawrence Hosts
Half man and Lisa were Monday dinner guests with her parents James Morrison. Mr and Mrs Marvin Holesinger and family were Sunday dinner guests of her parents Henry Van Zuiden at Morrison.
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Lawrence Halfman
Lisa
James Morrison
Marvin Holesinger
Henry van Zuiden
Morrison
Local social notes from Thompson area households
Thomson News Jr. and Mrs. Albert Hook received a telephone call from son Albert Jr. of Granada Hills California. Dick Hook from Des Moines was a weekend guest in the Hook home. Paul Johnson and several friends visited Wayne Etnyre at Winslow, Illinois. Etnyre was released from Rockford Memorial Hospital last Friday and is recovering from December auto injuries. Families in Sterling, Sabula, Moline, Chadwick, and Chadwick area shared visits with relatives and neighbors through the week.
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Jay Bulkema
Sterling
Donald Kramer
John Kramer
Norman Fleugel
Moline
Geo. Mattie
Frank Schroeder
Sabula
William Nienkark
Carl Petersen
Adam Heinze
Jens Andresen
Chadwick
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5Th Ave
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Commonwealth
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South 2Nd Street
Coats
van Buren Ave
Freeport
Mississippi
Miss Margrey
Chadwick Lamplighters Unit
Wm. Schneider
Joseph Rath
Freedom Unit
Wm. Beattie
Frank Rausch
Rs Beattie
Meadow Larks Unit
Dean Meadow
Cherry Grove Atoms Unit
Miles Miller
Frank W. Mest Insurance Agency
General Insurance
Lyons Drug Company
Main Ave
Dial
KRAFT
Babson’s Weekly Report
Uncle Sam
C. Homer Hawk
ASCS
Clinton R. Plock
ASC
Fee
Thomson Briefs
Thomson News
J. H. Potts & Son
Lyons
Berns Air King
West Bend
Star Model Beer
Ron
Bacardi
Booth’s High & Dry
Drewrys Beer
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