Local weddings light up Mt Carroll Savanna and Dixon
A string of ceremonies ties Ruth Elizabeth Seitner to Lt. Charles William Phillips in Williamsburg and Morrison while Helen G Poorman weds Robert G Faletti in Savanna. Rose Brasky and Bryant Diehl wed in Dixon. Elizabeth Eastabrooks and Ralph Bardell marry in Milledgeville. Related unions unite locals Gladys Hatfield and James McCue in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Seitner
Mt. Carroll
Ruth Elizabeth
Charles William Philips
U. S. Navy
Williamsburg
Mt. Carroll High School
Frances Shimer College
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Lt. Phillips
G. S. Philips
Sharon, Pa
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
University of Chicago
Norfolk
Local visitors and farm tasks noted in Preston Prairie
Preston Prairie reports baled hay moved from the George Campbell place to the Rachel Fulrath farm and Bickelhaupt called at 0 Louis Decker home Friday. Frank Isenhour visited Loomer and Preston Downing home Saturday. Mrs. Lee Hartman and daughter visited Louis Decker home Sunday. The Charlie Devine family were Sunday visitors at the Howard Petty home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Brunner
George Campbell
Rachel Fulrath
Bickelhaupt
Louis Decker
Frank Isenhour
Loomer
Preston Downing
Lee Hartman
Charlie Devine
Howard Petty
Contour Strip Cropping Pays Says R. Carson
Carroll County farmers are urged to use contour strip cropping as a wartime production practice. Robert Carson of Woodland township reports nearly doubled yields and better moisture retention. Payments: 2.00 per acre for contour strip cropping and 1.50 for contour farming under the 1948 AAA program. County residents can get help from AAA committeemen or the soil conservation district office in Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Usda War Board
Ernest Rose
Soil Conservation Service
Robert Carson
Woodland Township
Carson
AAA
Soil Conservation District
Mt. Carroll
Wit Simplified Form 1040 A For Incomes Of 3000 Or Less
A brief note explains a simplified Form 1040 A for income up to $3000 from wages salaries dividends interest and annuities. The text describes reading tax directly from a provided table and outlines the form’s scope for small earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Stat
CAS
Carroll County Deaths in Savanna and Surrounding Areas
Savanna and surrounding communities report multiple deaths. Savanna native Savanna-John Brooks, 58, died of a heart attack at his mother’s home. funeral at St. John’s in Savanna. Elizabeth Truninger, 86, former Savanna resident, buried in Savanna cemetery after services in Muscatine. Shannon infant Donna Mae Janssen, 9 months, died after hours of illness. burial in Brethren cemetery. Edward Rogers Towers, 52, machinist in Savanna, died after collapsing on duty. survived by wife, children, and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Donna Mae Janssen
Allen Janssen
Bethel Evangelical Church
Rev Paul Church
Brethren Cemetery
Pedestrian near-miss becomes urban quip on cars
A brief exchange notes how modern automobiles reduce driver injuries while pedestrians face risks. The remark contrasts past fears of drivers being harmed with a sharper point about pedestrians suffering under vehicles, reflecting public sentiment on traffic safety.
Carroll conference games and other sports results
Milledgeville defeated Chadwick 39 to 18 on their floor with Diehl leading Millies with 9 points and Tripp 8 for Chadwick. Shannon-Thomson beat York 61 to 17 as Shannon posted a 16th straight win and reserves won 22 to 10. Savanna defeated Fulton 43 to 34, with reserves 31 to 26. Mt Carroll beat Lanark 42 to 30. Several older jokes and classroom quips follow the sports results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick Nign School
Cagers
Carroll
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Diehl
Millies
Tripp
Shannon-Thomseon
Shannon High
York
Thomson
Shannon
Alexander
Erdmier
Hook
Savanna-Fulton
Savanna High
Fulton
Savanna
Downriver Boys
Fulton Reserves
Mt. Carroll High
Lanark
Mr. Carroll
Pet. Shannon
Mt. Carroll
Alfred Pearson Dies In Morrison Hospital
Alfred Pearson aged 67 died at 7 50 am Friday February fifth in Morrison Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday Funeral rites were held Monday afternoon in a Morrison funeral home and burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery He was born June 1875 in Union Grove township Whiteside county son of Mathew and Sarah Pearson He moved to Nebraska as a young man where he ran a general store until health failed in 1925 and he returned to Morrison He was unmarried Surviving are two half brothers Ralph Anderson of Chadwick Edward Anderson of Canada four half sisters Mrs Emma Eslinger Mrs Lloyd Durward Mrs Roy Marshall all of Morrison and vicinity and Mrs Murray Doland of South Bend Ind He was preceded in death by his parents a sister Mrs Nettie Holmes and a brother Bert Pearson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Pearson
Son
Buent
Movneral
Wood
Mr. Pearson
Union Grove Township
Whiteside County
Mathew
Sarah Pearson
Nebraska
Morrison
Ralph Anderson
Chadwick
Edward Anderson
Canada
Fou
Emma _ Eslinger
Lloyd Durward
Roy Marshall
Morrison and Vicinity
Murray Doland
South Bend
Ind
Nettie Holmes
Bert Pearson
Marriage License for McCue and Hatfield in Savanna
James W. McCue and Gladys E. Hatfield both of Savanna received a marriage license issued in February. Judge Leon A. Zick will preside the circuit court session on February 23. Carroll county township tax assessments for 1942 have been extended and tax books delivered to County Treasurer Frank Ross for bill preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hatfield
James McCue
Savanna
W. G. Ken
Betty Hatfield
Richard Davis
James W. McCue
Gladys E. Hatfield
Leon A. Zick
Circuit
Carroll County
Walter Waton
Frank Ross
Property transfers span Savannah Milledgeville deeds
Orvie Tuttle transfers to Ida M. Elliott a warranty deed for pilot 3 block 29 Savannah. Helen Mary Knox and Gerald A. Laughlin execute a quitclaim deed for block A Meyers' addition Milledgeville. Laughlin and wife deed to Tether Cemetery Assn a warranty deed of the same description. Arthur G. Hoffman and wife are linked to a work-related transfer phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvie Tuttle
Ida M. Elliott
Savanna
Helen Mary Knox
Gerald A. Laughlin
A. Meyers
Milledgeville
Tether Cemetery
Ass’n
Arthur G. Hoffman
War ration notes and local deed transfers listed
The bulletin lists ration items with stamps and dates including Sugar Stamp No 11 through Shoes Stamp No 17 and deadlines for renewal certificates. It also notes planned meat and butter rationing timelines and fuel price regulation. Separate entries record several warranty and quitclaim deeds for properties in Fair Haven Chadwick York Cherry Grove Shannon Savanna Lanark Mt Carroll and Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Mack H. Eubanks
Fair Haven
Viola Weber
Claude B. Cook, Jr
Snow
Chadwick
Fred W. Carpenter
Don H. Carpenter
York
John E. Scheidler
Everett Sturtevant
Cherry Grove
Fidelity Life Ass
Clyde Leav‘ens
Highland Park
Savenna
Philip Reitz
Robert W. Fiser
Savanna
Clyde A. Buss
Donald M. Polhill
Cora M. Albright
Katie Boop
Shannon
Anna M. Heuerman
Laura Geisinger
Phillip Battaglia
Lewis E. Browning
Wayne F. Browning
Lanark
Hazel C. Browning
Mt. Carroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seitner-Phillips
Helen G. Poorman
Marion Poorman
Robert G. Faletti
John Faletti
Standard
First Baptist Church
C. E. Anshus
Township High School
Faletti
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Army
Brasky-Diehl
Rose Brasky
Dixon
Bryant Diehl
T. J. Walsh
St. Patrick’s Church
Paul Serey, Jr
Elizabeth Eastabrooks
Walter Eastabrooks
Ralph Bardell
Geo. Bardell
Church of the Brethren
Paul Miller
Raymond Bardell
Mrs. Bardell
Mrs. Rose Allison
WEB
Edward Arnold Fay Bainter
MGM
Mrs. Hadley
Tyrone Power
Maureen O'Hara
Simone Simon
Savannaland
Orpheum
Jimmie Durante
Jane Wyman
Max Baer
Arline Judge
McGuerins
Brooklyn
Arne
Walter Huston
Richard Whorf
Preston Prairie
R. Carson
Efe Tees
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Miniver
Roy Rogers
Ken Murray
Frances Langford
Don Wilson
Swing IT Soldier
Gene Kelly
George Murphy
Sun
van Heflin
Kathryn Graysonth
Marsha Hunt
Wit
Fede F
Mer
Jon
End Aarulppe
DOE
DOE CO
Nee’ al
Emory J. Brooks
William Brooks
St. John's Catholic Church
E. A. O'Brien
St. John’s Cemetery
William
Julia Broo
Ella Speck
Michael Cain
Charles van Volkenberg
Hammond
Louis Millard
Tulsa
Okla
T. W. Dargis
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Truninger
Muscatine
Truninger
Henry
Herman Truninger
Charles Truninger
Switzerland
United States
Rock Island
Musscatine
Ulrich Renner
Chicago
William Myers
William Lambert
Santa Maria
Calif
Edward Rogers
Savanna— Towers
Tee
Ambula
Savanna Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
Savanna Machinist Lodge
Jane Rogers
Springfield
Margaret Rogers
Harold Adams
Edward
Morrison Hospital
Court House News
Ration News
Valeontine Gifts
van Alk
Valentine
Stocking Y Schiaparelli
King
van Allen
Schiaparelli
Veore Allen
Clinton, IA
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