Birthday notices list names by date and town
A sequence of birthday acknowledgments appears for February with names grouped by day and town including Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Thomson Albany Chadwick Rockford and Orr towns. The list names individuals such as Junior Hook Earl Derrer Bert Hadley Paul Voeckel and many more without additional details or events.
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Junior Hook
Thomson
Harry Appel
Earl Derrer
Lanark
Bert E. Hadley
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Anderson
Rockford
A. E. Sheridan
H. L. Rawlins, Sr
Frank Warfield
John Halfman
Mildred Hoy
Ray Keeney
Irma Rowland
Vernon Daehler
Chadwick
Iris Miller
Dareth Stoner
Milledgeville
John Schrader
Paul Diffenderfer
Weekend weather clears ice across local roads
Fine weekend weather frees most highways and gravel roads enabling residents to drive out. A Chadwick Friday night basketball game entertained Thomson fans who felt hard done by late in the game. Township candidates circulate petitions amid anticipated warm races. Handel Bros plan another Chadwick sale Saturday. F. L. Stagg returns from Florida and resumes work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Thomson
Handel Bros
F. L. Stagg
Florida
Lincoln Day Banquet Tickets Go Fast at Mt Carroll
Local residents are ordering tickets for the annual Lincoln Day banquet to be held at Mt Carroll next Wednesday as tickets typically sell out. Community notes also report no traffic accidents last week and praise highway crews on Route 80 north of Thomson for prompt cleanup after the last storm.
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Route 80
Thomson
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
N. E. Leavens
Norm
Township race buzz as candidates weigh runs
No petitions filed yet for township offices by Tuesday but chatter points to at least two candidates for assessor, with Bill Strauch and Andy Miller mentioned. Present officials expect to file petitions, a school trustee race looms, Bolly Emyre attended a Freeport judicial convention, and Mt. Carroll hosts a big basketball game next Tuesday amid a light snow that created ice hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Strauch
Andy Miller
Bolly Emyre
Freeport
Mt. Carroll
Local Visitors Mentioned At Rural Community
Preston Prairie Freeman Neuschwanger was a business visitor here recently. Mrs. Ward Weidman spent Saturday in the Russell Derver home. Mrs. Frank Ditsworth of Lanark visited with relatives here Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Neuschwanger
Ward Weidman
Russell Derver
Frank Ditsworth
Lanark
Penny Down the Well Parable
A brief comic exchange centers on Ma and Billy. Billy lets a penny slip toward a well, but Billy still holds the coin in his hand, prompting Ma to offer another. The humor rests on the child’s apparent trick and the mother’s wry response.
Weather vs early spring foretold by famed Wood Chuck
A writer recalls Judge Wood Chuck predicting an early spring or six more weeks of winter. He contrasts past farming methods with modern parity debates, reflecting on self reliance, budgeting, and community giving. The piece blends nostalgia with commentary on agricultural policy and individual farming practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Chuck
Mr. Chuck
Chuck
Tom Cochran
Savanna
Father
The Limit Reached Over Borrowing Tools and a Portable Garage
A speaker warns Rogers about limits on lending items including garden tools lawn mower and an ice cream freezer. The quip notes a firm refusal if Rogers asks to borrow a portable garage.
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Rogers
Witty exchange at home over Chopin and shopping fatigue
A husband asks if his wife likes Chopin on an operatic radio program. She replies that she dislikes it because she grows tired from walking from store to store. The light domestic joke contrasts music taste with shopping fatigue.
CCC Expands Enrollment Nine Times This Year
Arthur C Zimmerman announces eight enrollment periods for CCC in Illinois plus Immediate Enrollment Periods the last ten days of each month. The move aims to keep junior companies near maximum strength. Ten more local men were accepted for CCC and sent to Camp Gays Mills Wisconsin. Names include La verne E Baker William H Bradley LeRoy C Pfile and others from Freeport East Dubuque Ga lena Mt Carroll and more. A joint meeting for Northwestern Illinois Legionaries and district officers is planned with Division Commander William Seymour and others to rally ex-service men and push county participation over the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Arthur C. Zimmerman
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Illinois
Camp Gays Mills
Gays Mills
Wis
Laverne E. Baker
West Beach
William H. Bradley
E. Stephenson Street
LeRoy C. Pfile
R. R
Robert K. Schunk
Carroll Avenue
Fred J. Southwick
West Elk Street
Freeport
Jack E. McKibbin
Eleroy
Ill
Chas. L. Lotz
Leo L. Loso
East Dubuque
John E. Shuey
Galena
Milton E. Hockman
Mt. Carroll, Il
William Seymour
North
Chicago
Douglas Getchell
Arthur Fuller
Noel White
Rehabilitation Commission
Robert Gullic
Education Commission
J. J. Jadrich
Charles Edson
Mt. Morris
Carroll County Legion Auxiliary Event Feb 26 Scramble Supper
Daggar Post 553 and Auxiliary announce a scramble supper and program on Wednesday evening February 26 at Milledgeville Brethren church. Supper at 6 46 then a public program on Americanism with speakers. Various committees named for reception table food invitation and program duties. Another Carroll County Legion meeting with special speakers planned for Monday evening February 17 at Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Noll
A. H. Wagner
C. F. Moon
R. M. Coleman
Burger Runnels
P. D. Burns
E. S. Wagner
Harold Larber
L. F. Buxton
Helen Bryson
Earl Larson
Carroll County Legion
Savanna
Golden wedding anniversary and local society notes
Mr and Mrs Richard A Kersey celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their Shannon home with a noon family dinner and afternoon open house. They wed February 5 1891 in Shannon and moved to a farm west of town before relocating to Shannon twenty five years ago. They have two daughters. Shannon Woman's club met at Evangelical church with Mrs Cora Cheeseman reviewing For Whom the Belle Toll and Mrs Dena Kneiss as hostess. Mr and Mrs A J Geicoman entertained their bridge club. Mrs E P Mitchell visited Chicago for a week with relatives. Mrs Ralph Scharman hosted the ladies card club. M C Deischer of Hot Springs S D visited with Mr and Mrs D S Hoy. Mayme Corbett, recently in a Freeport hospital, stayed with her brother William Corbett at Pearl City. Leonard Flack and wife welcomed a daughter born January 28 at Deaconess hospital Freeport. John Baker was admitted to Freeport hospital with pneumonia threats. Lieut Charles Hoy spent the weekend with his parents and is ordered to report February 6 for Army service at Fort Lee Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Kersey
Shannon
Evangelical Church
Cora Cheeseman
Dena Kneiss
A. J. Geicoman
Bridge Club
E. P. Mitchell
Chicago
Ralph Scharman
Ladies’ Card Club
M. C. Deischer
Hot Springs
S. D
Hoy
Mise Mayme Corbett
Freeport Hospital
Wiliam Corbett
Pearl City
Leonard Flack
Freeport
John Baker
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Thomson Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Happy
Paul Voeckel
Roger Dale Eubanks
E. S. Carbaugh
Walter Snyder
Albany
Carol Pough
Ray Allison
Monroe Fossett
Laura Daehler
L. B. Spencer
Miller
Harve Zugschwerdt
Chadick
Wm. Quest
William Janssen
Freeman Law
A. D. Wood
M. C. Beck
Jimmie Holman
Orr
Minn
Orrie Rutherford
Rulie van Vuren
Fulton
Dee St. Ores
Shirlene Bierman
Evelyn Brandenburg
Virginia Weeks
Florence Artman
Gerald Heffelfinger
Fay Reitzel
Carroll County
Adams
Savanna, Ill
Chadwick and Thomson
Preston Prairie
W. L. Derrer
Sharpe
Washington
Washington, D. C
Edw. R. Mest
Sobula
Carroll County Legion News
Galena Street
Guernsey
Jersey
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Lewis Motor Co
Shannon News
Charles Hoy
H. H. Hoy
Miami
Fla
Army
Fort Lee
Marth Bros
PYREX
W. F. Black
Pelster
Foster Black
Fred Wulf
Mt. Carroll Carroll County
Walnut, Ill
Pfister
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