Illinois School Costs Surge as Districts Consolidate
The Illinois Taxpayers Federation notes local property taxes for public schools rose 83 percent in seven years while state and federal aid more than doubled. Enrollments grew modestly, districts fell from 12 053 to 4 489, and building use dropped from 11 396 to 7 311 as transportation costs jumped to 10 373 597. Fourteen counties cited specific consolidation patterns and a push to simplify laws into four classifications.
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Illinois General Assembly
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
General Assembly
Illinois
Carroll County
Local Socials and Movements Reported in Carroll County
Miss Laura Daehler and others hosted at Geo Schmaling home. Several families plan moves to farms near Tampico Sterling Malvern Lanark and Savanna. Grange officers meet at Black Oak with auxiliary dinner. John Meeker case continued to Jan 19 on gaming devices charge.
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Laura Daehler
Chadwick
R. G. Briggs
Freeport
Leslie Durward
Geo. Schmaling
Mary Hook
Frank Tipton
Roy Heitman
Thomsor
George Schmaling
Glenn Tucker
Alfred Torkman
R. A. Carroll
Roy Rittenhouse
Savanna
Martin Brinkman
The
Review
Yes
Virginia
John Meeker
Aavanna
Carroll County
Kessler Otten Herd Dairy Leads December DHIA Totals
Charles Kessler & Sons top Carroll No 1 West Unit with 1289 TH milk and 46.1 fat in December. Edward Otten herd leads Carroll Unit No 2 with 1188 lbs milk and 43.1 fat. Other top 5 lists include Tousley & Hickey Leslie Durward Hook Pratt and more. Highest individual cows listed: Derrer Sons Stransky and others with 2,180 to 2,130 lbs milk and 92 fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kessler & Sons
Carroll No. 1 West
DHIA
Neil Libberton
Tousley & Hickey
Leslie Durward
Robert L. Schubert
Hook & Pratt
John Derrer & Sons
Sikkema & Stransky
Carroll & Hogg
Stransdale No. 1
Carroll
Chuck Libberton
Edward Otten
Many Friends Pay Respects To F. J. Stransky on 50th Anniversary
On New Year’s Day scores of visitors from Savanna and nearby towns called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Stransky to mark their 50th wedding anniversary. About 175 guests signed cards and sent telegrams, with flowers filling the north Third Street residence. A family dinner at Meekers followed later in the evening.
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Savanna
Franklin J. Stransky
North Third Street
Thomson
Chadwick
Mount Carroll
Carroll County
Warren
Ill
Clinton
Bettendorf
Iowa
F. J. Stransky
Franklin A. Stransky
Franklin G
Lucile Stransky
Florence Mills
Mildred Fellows
Auto Damaged Saturday By Fire
Chadwick firemen fought a blaze Saturday afternoon in a 1941 Oldsmobile owned by Harold Resel of Savanna. Resel drove along a gravel road north of Chadwick near the Howard Baker farm when flames erupted, causing him to crash into a stone railing. He alerted the Baker residence and rural trucks responded. the car was badly damaged with the interior gutted and the front end damaged where it struck the bridge.
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Chadwick
Harold
Jim) Resel
Savanna
Resel
Howard Baker
Baker
Farmer Loses Finger in Tractor Accident Near Savanna
Savanna-Nelson Merchant, 22, living mile east of here, lost the index finger of his right hand Monday afternoon when it was cut off by a tractor fan blade. He was treated at Savanna City hospital and released.
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Savanna
Nelson Merchant
Here
Merchant
Savanna City Hospital
Cold Wave Hits As Snow Arrives To Start Week
First touch of real winter brings temperatures near zero Monday night and snow Tuesday with depths around three inches in places. Thermometers show zero to six below at night. More snow was forecast for midweek but had not arrived by noon Wednesday. Highways remain passable with few slick spots. Snow is dry and packs little, easy to remove.
St Clair Livingston Wedding In Milledgeville Church
Miss Wilma St Clair daughter of Mr and Mrs William St Clair Milledgeville and A 8 c Ronald Livingston son of Mr and Mrs John Livingston Polo wed Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Methodist church The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev T J Jernigan Attendants were Miss Darlene St Clair and Thomas Livingston A dinner followed at the bride parents home The couple left for a wedding trip Mrs Livingston a Milledgeville High School graduate 1952 worked at Larsons in Sterling Mr Livingston stationed at Wichita Falls Texas
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St. Clair-Livingston
Wilma St. Clair
William St. Clair
Milledgeville
Ronald Livingston
John Livingston
Polo
Methodist
T. J. Jernigan
Darlene St. Clair
Thomas Livingston
Larson's
Sterling
Livingston
Wichita Falls
Tex
Marriage Licenses Tally Reflects Drop From Last Year
County Clerk W M Nipe reports 13 licenses issued this past month, 12 fewer than the same month in 1952. He notes 161 licenses in 1952 vs 189 in 1951 and 155 in 1950, with several area couples named in recent filings.
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W. M. Nipe
Carl E. Pospichal
Etta Burand
Savanna
Victor M. Tracey Jr
Betty
Louise Brown
Owen Kuhse
Chadwick
Jerrine Kappes
Stockton
Wayne E. Raab
Shannon J
Hazel F. Bonnell
Pearl City
Luther DeSpain Sr
Carroll
Charles F. Kinney
Carve County
Mary C. Schneider
C. Norman Weigle
Shannon
Frances Henrietta Sammons
Same
Edwin H. Miles
Patricia F. Herbert
York
Grover E. Bickelhaupt
Earl V. Streicher
Salem
Allen Lister
Charles Beck
George B. Teets
Thomas L. Ratliff
Meyers
Milledgeville
A. Judson Miles
Clarence R. Colehour
Michael Torres
Raymond St. Jean
Lanark
Dwight Fickes
Mount Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Clinton
Deaths from Mt Carroll area in Carroll county
Obituaries note the deaths of Sadie Brunner 53 of Mt Carroll from a heart attack while on duty as a special nurse at St Francis hospital Freeport. She graduated nursing in 1924 and is survived by four sisters and five brothers. Funeral held in Stockton Evangelical church with burial in Morrisville cemetery near Stockton. Also noted is Mrs Robert Delp 51 of East Savanna dying of a heart attack at home. Services at Fuller Memorial funeral home and burial in Savanna cemetery. The obituary details her marriage to R M Delp and two sons, two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Mt. Carroll
Sadie Brunner
St. Francis Hosital
Freeort
Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing
Fred Heid
Lena
LeRoy Schubert
Alvin Dixon
Lloyd Katzenberger
Oscar Brunner
Lloyd
Elmer
Ralph
Freeman Brunner
Stockton
Robert M. Delp
Savanna
Robert Merle Delp
Carroll County
East Savanna
Fuller Memorial Funeral
William Kendall
Milledgeville
Savanna Cemetery
Thelma Anne Warfield
Benjamin
Minnie Leger Warfield
R. M. Delp
Clinton
Iowa
Royal Neighbors
Ladies Auxiliary of Brotherhood of Railroad
Richard of
Blackhawk
Robert L
Janet Kay
Judith Ann
Bettina Eyemo
Riverview News
Loyal Brunner
John Brunner
Wacker
Everett Schreiner
Rock Falls
Brand
Wm. Bowden
Moline
Maud Sager
Francis Sager
Fred Miller
Amelia Drenner
Wesley Miller ‘Thome
Lanark
Terry O'Neal
Craig Manor
Jim O'Neal
Flossie Adolph
Chadwick
Riverview
William Hardcastle
Palmetto
Fla
Clyde Oncken
Lyle Carter
Larry Oncken
Dick Miller
Dee Jay Cravatta
Mercy Hospital
Hazel Dostal
Marie Dostal
la Crosse
Wis
Lloyd Fagan
George Mattie
Wesley Sack
Jim O’neal
Arthur Pape
Dr Holland To Speak At Carroll Farm Bureau Meeting
Dr John W Holland of radio station WLS Chicago will address the Carroll County Farm Bureau annual meeting on Saturday January 31 in Milledgeville high school gym. The event runs 10 a m to afternoon with election of directors reports and business and a box lunch. More than 1200 are expected with Carroll County talent and group singing featured.
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John W. Holland
WLS
Chicago
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Milledgeville
Byron Hutchins
Mount Carroll
Holland
Prairie Farmer Magazine
Claude Cook Jr
Chadwick
Carroll County
Hutchins
Everett Smiley
Bowling Standings and Results January Highlights
Bowling standings show high game by Bittner at 198 and high series by Dambman at 488. Top team game and series go to Kness Insurance with 764 and 2186 respectively. January 5 results list Garland & O Neil, Webers Farm Service, Mt Carroll Merchants victories and other match results. January 12 schedule features seven p.m. and nine p.m. matchups among Steins Market UMPC Hummels Market Parks Hatchery Texaco Chadwick Supply Webers Farm Service Mt Carroll Merchants Bushmans Service Chadwick Review Garland & O Neil.
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Bittner
Dambman
Kness Insurance
Stein’s
Bushman Ser
Cb&q
Chadwick Review
Parks Hatchery
Webers Farm Ser
Texaco
Garland & O'Neil
Mt. Carroll
Chadwick Supply
UMPC
Garland & O’niel
Webers Farm Service
Mt. Carroll Merchants
Bushmans Service
Steins
Hummels
Kemmer
Eisseller
Garland & O
Niel
Tuesday Night League Standings and Results
Standings as of January 6 show Gulf Oil leading with 38 16, Master Mix 32 22, and Meeks Bakery 31 22. Results list Seiverts 3 Nobles 0, Curtiss 3 Fossetts 0, Master Mix 3 Ford 0, plus multiple bowling scores and top bowlers including Lewis 213 599 and Trickel 233 589.
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Goodenough
Merchants
Meeks Lanark Bldg
Kness Ins
Gulf Pride
Maytag
Senneff & Way
Chadwick Rec
Millies
Independents
Wilbur Lumber
Knees Ins
Gulf Oil
Master Mix
Meeks Bakery
Fossetts
Curtiss Candy
Kraft Foods
Ford Impl
Kness
Browns
Noble’s Jewelry
B&b
Seiverts
Nobles
Curtiss
Ford
Meeks
Kraft
Lewis
Lang
Dambman
Trickel
Barbera
Yocum
Sophie
W. Provant
BE. Eisseller
Emmert
J. Morgan
River Traffic Near 1951 Record on Upper Mississippi
Commercial traffic in the Rock Island District neared the 1951 record with 4,980,135 tons moved in the season, just 70,903 tons short of the 5,051,038-ton peak. Alice Ingram opened the season at Bettendorf on March 5 1952, eight days earlier than 1951, as river progress and the nine-foot channel system reinforced a major Midwest transport artery.
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Mississippi River
Rock Island
Col
G. A. Finley
Alice Ingram
Bettendorf
Tri-Cities
Des Moines Rapids
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
Congress
Inland Waterways Corporation
Upper Mississippi
St. Paul
St. Louis
Midway
Upper
County Bowling Tourney Opens At Chadwick Jan 23
Fourth annual Carroll county bowling tournament begins January 23 at Chadwick Recreation lanes. Event sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress includes team matches January 23 24 and 25 with doubles and singles January 30 31 February 1 and February 6 7 and 8. Entries due by January 16. Mrs Fay Hawkins and her sons Michael and Gregory visited her parents Mr and Mrs Spurgeon Harter on New Year’s Day.
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Chadwick
Carroll County
American Bowling Congress
Fay Hawkins
Michael and
Gregory
Spurgeon Harter
Sack Couple to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles A Sack of Mt Carroll Illinois plan an open house on Wednesday January 14 1953 to mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Their daughter Vivian Behr lives in Clinton Iowa and Velma Van Buskirk resides in Chadwick Illinois The couple were married January 14 1903 in Chadwick by Rev H G Gamber They have two grandchildren and have lived on a farm all their lives
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Charles A. Sack
Mt. Carroll
Ilinois
Argona
Mary Bast
Charles Sack
Chadwick
H. G. Gamber
Black Oak Grange Opens New Year With Potluck Supper
Black Oak Grange held its first meeting of the year on January 2 with a potluck supper. The master named committees for the year including Home Economics, Legislation, Programs, Publicity, Agriculture, Relief, Safety, Finance, Membership, and Youth. A series of card parties was announced for January 10 at the Grange Hall in Chadwick with local hosts listed. Plans for future Grange activities were discussed.
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Black Oak Grange
Lillian Stoner
Mamie Montague
Sepha Yeager
Oliver Olson
Romaine Deitmeier
Alvin Schneider
Kenneth Krempel
Delores Baker
Harold Stoner
Augene Eipper
Marc Gordon
Grace Newendyke
Alice Halfman
John Halfman
Jnt
Allen Yeager
Wm. Hussong
Neva Hani
June Farthing
Margaret Frederick
Ivy Farthing
Hael Hawkins
Arnold Farthing
Charles Burkholder
Lawrence Halfman
Marshall Farthing
Charles Gordon
Wayland Bennett
Howard Baker
Edna Olson
Helen Manning
Helen Krempel
Florence Halfman
Gene Miller
Frances Burkholder
Grange
Chadwick
Land
Chas. Gordon Sr
Lanark dealer invites all to Massey Harris show
C J Stauffer Massey Harris dealer returns from St Charles where he previews new Massey Harris self propelled combines and tractors. He highlights models 90 80 and 70 with hydraulic speed control live axle drive full width design and multiple table options. Also shown Clipper 50 series and new plow tractors with live power take off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Stauffer
Massey- Harris
St. Charles
Massey-Harris
Stauffer
Grange Plans Card Parties in Chadwick Hall
Black Oak Grange schedules three public card parties at 7 30 p m in Grange hall Chadwick on Saturdays January 10 17 and 24 Prizes will be awarded and lunch provided All are invited Mr and Mrs Harry Blakeslee returned from Manchester Indiana where they spent New Year with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown
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Black Oak Grange
Chadwick
Harry Blakeslee
Manchester
Lloyd Brown
County Homemaking Extension Meetings Schedule
Weekly slate of Home Economics Extension gatherings for Jan 9 to Jan 16 across multiple areas. Programs include major lessons on local leadership, estate planning, and child guidance with guest speakers from the University of Illinois and other institutions. Activities feature nylon flowers, cake decorating, painting and music, home nursing II, and crafts such as leather and fabric projects.
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West End
R. Williams
Fred Peters
Lloyd Kloepping
Hobart Smith
Rock Creek Northern Lights
Albert Warfel
C. F. Isenberger
Palisades
University of Illinois
Briggs
Kansas State College
Oklahoma A and M College
University of Chicago
Mills College
Calif
Home Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Farm Bureau Hall
Francis Weidman
Fire and Casualty Insurance
North Otter Creek
Reynold Bloyer
Stovers Market Cattle At 30 Dollars A Cwt
Howard Stover and son Armand of Carroll county delivered 21 Aberdeen Angus steers and heifers to the Chicago live market. The cattle averaged 1155 pounds and sold at 30.00 per cwt, with feedlot gains reported at just over 2 pounds daily. Next fall he plans 50 head of Hereford steers on feed for Chicago sale.
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Chicago
Howard Stover
Carroll County
Milledgeville
Armand
Stover
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Argo News
Northern Illinois
Black Oak Grange Hall
Kessler
Otten
Dhia Unit
Hollowell & Deers
Lester Wolsenholm
Mintke & Wallace
Dale Porter
Lester Wolstenholm
Hillowell & Deets
Foltz & Linker
Guernsey
Lawrence Woessner
Wolstenholm
Howe News
M. L. Sutton
Robert J. Fulrath
Audrey
Bette Lou Bowles
Golden Opportunity
WOCTV
Davenport
Channel 5
Bette Lou
Albert Bowles
McGinty Hardware
Dr. Holland
F. B. Meeting
Woman's League
Edward Manning
Janet
Bernard Manning
Coleta
Clarence Mears
Morrison
Marion Stuart
Louis Metzger
Cordova
Leroy Swanson
Ead
March Dimes
American Cancer Society
John Magill
Mawill
Stovers
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