Let's Recall 1969 the Good and the Bad
A year in review of Carroll County events from January to December 1969 is summarized. It covers zoning, development, river navigation, new facilities, school and 4 H activities, county awards, flood impacts, and local civic milestones reported by the Review Publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastear
Review Publiations
Big Meadows
Savanna
Tota
Savanna United Methodist Church
Joene Nelson
United Milk Products
Argo Fay
Metro Rubber Products Corporation
Morris
Ilinois
Shimer College
Mount Carroll
Screw 5 Manufacturing Company Inc
Carroll County
Mississippi River
Historical Society
Salem Township
Good Samaritan
Joy Siedenburg
Loyal Siedenburg
Carroll County Extension Service
Jane Forth
Leland Forth
Chadwick
Lawrence Bruckner
Loyd Bruckner
Thomson
David Kaufman
Clyde Kauman
Harlan St “Ney
Red Oak
Wayne Vale
Hanover
Review
Savanna Island
Michael
Joe Pleto
Oak Lawn
Interstate Power Company
Shannon
Red Crs
Birthday listings across towns highlight January dates
A dense roll of names and birth dates appears, listing residents from Lanark Milledgeville Chadwick Morrison and surrounding towns. The notice notes January 9th through January 15th with dozens of individuals and relatives in Chadwick Lanark Morrison Milledgeville Sterling Polo Alva Buckwalter Mt. Carroll Thomson and Dallas Texas among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schreiner
Chadwick
Erne ‘Straub
Ad .Lilie
Lockport
Ill
L. Traum
Lanark
Lucille Kelly
Savanna Iy Nickel
Wendel Harris
Mount Morris
Angel Kimpel
Lanark Mackey
Leland Bryson
Milledgeville
Clyde Groharing
Morrison
J. W. Gilpin
Woodstock
Henry Ashpole
Low Moor
January
Vth
Ao Bower
Thomson
Earl Wilkinson
Carroll
Ray Morgan
Clinton
Victor Roggendorf
Artya Newton
Milledgerx
Verelers
Oe Polo
Benny Campman
Alva Buckwalter
Mt. Carroll
Jake . Engelkens
Fulton
Fred Start
Ronald. Bucher
Floyd Kness
N. J. Hardacre
Lee Rogers
Norma Peters
Andrew Houzenga
Mabel Butts
Clifford Lichta
Fred Strauch
James Barlow
Sterling
Dawn Marie Meier
Km Houzenga
Harold Ale
Moline
Lawrence
Kreider
Milledge
Lilian
Geary
Chicago
Kenneth Nye
Elizabeth D. Lehman
Shannon
Linda Bruce
Dallas
Texas
Lorraine Ewing
James Stuart
Susan Rebecca Gipe
Annis
Maria Diephuis
Stephen L. Meyers
Carol Fay Earp
Berwick
Warren Hartman
Wacker
Donald Smith
Henry A. Box
Jill Maree Aude
Emerson Iske
Gerald Miller
Randy Lee Fijelstad
Bernard Hartman
Lan
Frank Becker
Alan Anderson
John Rosenow
Brenda Goedert
Merle Sweitzer
Harold Zink
Mr. Carrol
Calvin Barthel
Virgil Wilt
Karen Sué Vogel
Oskaloosa
Owa
Gate Burkholder
Ronald Gates
Freeport
Wilton Kness
Polo
Verla Schultz
Shahnam
Ruth Marie Daehler
Donald Derrer
Marion Stuart
Del'v. Curley
Putton
Honor 4-H Yield Winners in Illinois Recognized
Top Illinois 4-H yield winners in corn and soybeans to be honored at a January 31 banquet at the University of Illinois Urbana campus. District winners receive wrist watches, with large state trophies for top entries. Twelve district scholarships of 150 dollars each reward best overall 4-H records, while tours of the campus and Turner Hall precede the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
University of Mons
Urbana
Turner Hall
Agriculture College Agronomy Department
Around the County garden tips and farm staff news
Aarold Brinkmeier notes top vegetable varieties for 1970 from Vandemark and Courter while inviting readers to copy the list. Ron Smith joins Carroll FS staff as Assistant Manager after U of I training. Dick Ime!, Carroll, to attend the state awards banquet in Champaign January 31. The column also cites White House Conference debates on farm aid and livestock disease concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aarold Brinkmeier
Vandemark and Courter
Ron Smith
Lion County
F.S
Carroll
Aaty
U. of I
Stark
Iroquois
Ilinois Mn Supply Company
Carroll Service Company
Dick Ime
Champaign
Division of Wildlife Services
Springfield
Kelly
Death of Horner Prompts County Recognition and Memorial Efforts
The death of rural Lanark resident Horner in Florida last week draws tributes from State's Attorney William B Petty Carroll County Historical Society President Judge Edward J Turnbaugh and Dr L J Hitzef who praise his tireless work documenting early schools mills post offices and historic sites. He aided road naming and numbering by mapping 2600 rural addresses and helped print the Historic Sites map, with plans to install road intersection signs as a memorial to his lifelong public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B Petty
Carrol
Edward J. Turnbaugh
L.J. Hitzef
Granges and
Lions Clubs
Aro’d H. Horner
Lanark
Florida
Horner
Thei
Ciec Early
Pioneer
Carroll
R Hitz
Historical Society
Lang Area
Maple Grove Road
Mapleve
Napocet
Hitz Addd
Wll
Department head seeks blackbird roost locations nationwide
The Springfield office at 523 S. 5th St. outlines a schedule of meetings in January including 4 H Camp Board in Ottawa at 10 a.m. and livestock groups meeting in Rockford Princeton Freeport and Shannon High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
S. 5Th St
Ottawa
Rockford
Princeton
Plantation Room
Freeport
Shannon High School
Rockford Holiday Inn
Flood Relief Boost for Carroll and Jo Daviess Counties
Congressman John B. Anderson announced additional federal disaster relief of 50000 to Carroll and Jo Daviess Counties to help cover 1969 Mississippi flood expenditures. The grant increases total relief to 750000 distributed via the Emergency Preparedness office in Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Mississippi
John B. Anderson
Office of Emergency Preparedness of
Battle Creek
Michigan
Thomson Illinois Village Echo and Thomson Review History
Publication record for Thomson Illinois newspapers including Village Echo, Broadax, and Thomson Review with publishers K. C. and J. K. Whitney and editors J. K. Whitney and Lila Atherton. Lists second class postage, weekly cadence each Thursday, and subscription rates four dollars in Carroll and adjoining counties and five dollars elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
K. C
J. K. Whitney
Thomson, Illinois
Lila Atherton
Thomson, Illnois
Carroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lila J. Atherton
Carrolountyard of
Carroll County Taxpayer's Association
Aad
National Recreation
Sarrol County
Th Division of Planning and Land Acquisition
Department of Conservation
State of Illinois
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ann Arbor
Beth Hollinger
Kenneth Hollinger
O Lanark
Dorothy Footitt
Ann Mackey
Paul Mackey
Chris Keim
Lowell Keim
Noble
Dickinson’s
Mississippi State Palisades Park
Howard L Kennedy
A. D. Cordes
Savanna Wa
Illinois District 6 Interstate Power Company
Milton Kreimeier
Mount Carrouil
Illino's Press Association
William Nipe
Frank Furniture
Statiow
Fred Daviaco Savanna
Thom. Con
Board of Supervisors
Carroll County Zoning Commission
Earl Gililand
Chadwck Review
Lanark Gazette
Happy
Congress
White House
Garden Seed Catalog
University of Illinois
Bob Morris Norman Brinkmeier
William Papr Lanark
Jack Rapp
Betty Huston
Bob Weismiler
Abe Zugschwerdt
Allen Airhart
Mr. Carroll
Norman Isenhart
Robert Wolber
Steve Hollowell
Harlan Hollowell
Ray Woodin
Miledgeville
Cliff Rahn
Bob Rohr
Ashton
Krafts’s
Carroll and Jo Daviess Co
Thomson, Review
Sa Os
Uknois Optical Co
Phillip Konecky
Optometrist
16Th Street
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