Candy Visit by John Hay Sparks Schoolyard Tale
A reminiscence recalls John Hay then county superintendent sharing candy with a tardy pupil after a school trip, a prank involving a buggy whippin g horse, and a warning to improve parental guidance. The piece pivots to reflections on politics, Mussolini and Hitler, and GOP shifts in Carroll County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay
John
Dwight Bennett
Hay
Socrates
England
Canada
Cub
Charley Root
Birthday List of Celebrants by Town and Date
A community birthday calendar lists names for Friday February 14 through Wednesday February 19 by town including Milledgeville Thomson Chadwick Lanark Clinton Rockford Savanna East Moline Savanna and others. Entries include Will Griswold Mrs Donald Anderson Charles Hogg Henry Rahn and many more with multiple per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Griswold
Thomson
Donald Anderson
Milledgeville
Charles Hogg
Henry P. Rahn
Chadwick
S. M. Herrington
Helen Gaar
Merle Turney
Robert Tautz
Mt. Carroll
George A. Sites
Clifford Dingman
Roy Frederick
B. R. Lewis
Henrietta Sikkema
Roland Laverne Lindsay
Lanark
Evelyn Miller
John Armstrong
Arthur George
Savanna
Robert Holland
Nettie Diese
Twin
East Mol
Nellie Olsen
Carroll
Leslie Prins
Russell Sikkema
Sammy Colehour
L. J. Flickinger
McGrath
J. L. Richardson
Fair Haven
John Deere
Dorothy M. Bott
P. A, Knox
Carroll County life notes and business updates
Local column recalls longtime Carroll county friendships and a new Hereford herd sire worth about 650 dollars. The Savanna advertisement sheet switched to The Photo News under Mr Bulkley. Milledgeville and Chadwick items cover stores, events, and people including Kath Ry Wiebenga and Judy Ritenour. The Review reports petitions for township offices, parish events, school awards, and community happenings along with weather and upcoming Old-Time Home Coming discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Clarence van Buskirk
Clarence
Savanna
Bulkley
C. M. Hutchison
Marth Bros
Paul Burns
Plymouths
DeSotos
Milledgeville
Kathryn Wiebenga
Vera
Chadwick
Roy Queckboerner
Kansas City
Charles Holm
Slickerville
Fred
La-Nar
Lloyd Tompkins
Francis Crain
Crain
Glenn Davis
Robert Acker
Allis- Chalmers
Webster Wagner
R. M. Eaton
Ralph
Thomson Review
Thomson
Review
Barber Holland
George Teets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sharpe
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Europe
Kelly-Nash
Flynn
Pendergast
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Saunders H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Iinois
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Happy
H. H. Nicholas
William Eugene Alber
Laura Geisinger
Ruby Roggendorf
Clinton
Florence Fosberg
Rockford
Minnie Hicks
Chas. Harris
Alberta K. Sites
Ine
Rex Lower
Juanita Bogott
Robert Wilkins
Fulton
Joyce Ewers
Mary Edmunds
Howard Imel
Eugene Lott
Clarence Dunn
Betty Lou Rausch
Mr. Carroll
Harold Witt
Dwight Turner
L. W. Kreider
Dorothy Deets
Elwood Gipe
Janice Schreiner
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Chadwick and Thomson
Andrew Miller
T. F. Shultz
Ralph Ferris
W. L. Derrer
Galena Street
MT. Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Columbia
Henry Dykhuizen
Edw. Mest
Archie McCullagh
Sadie Davis
McCormick-Deering
Bradley
Emerson
Ohio
Charley Wierema
R. Mest
Don Carpenter
Guernsey
Milwaukee Stock Yards
Illinois
Wm. Ehredt and
Edw. R. Mest
du Barry
Marth Bros. S
W. F. Black
Walnut
Foster Black
Pfister
Fred Wulf
Mt. Carroll Carroll County
W.f.black Farms
Walnut, Ill
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