Babson’s Advice On Job Opportunities For Youth
Babson Park Florida January 3 emphasizes that future job opportunities depend on changing conditions. He notes shifts from agriculture to manufacturing and professional fields, predicting mechanization and growth in machine related vocations while recommending clerical work for women and strategic employer traits for stability during downturns.
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Babson Park
Fla
B. C
Heraclitus
U. S
Bureau of Census
America
Europe
Asia
Babson
Clinton Golden Gloves invites Thomson boxers to enter
The Clinton Herald invites all amateur boxers from Thomson to enter the Golden Gloves tournament in Clinton with preliminary nights Feb 6 7 8 and finals in Chicago late February. Instructors will be chosen and training space provided. Out of town boxers may train locally. No entry charge and winners travel to Chicago at The Herald expense. Send entries to Bob Howard Clinton Herald Clinton Ia.
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Clinton Herald
Thomson
Clinton
Chicago
Clinton Boys
Herald
Bob Howard
Clinton, Ia
Bank Event Set Declares Two Percent Dividend
The Thomson bank has declared a two percent dividend. The annual stockholders meeting is scheduled for 7:80 p.m. on January 14.
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Thomson Bank Bax
Bittner Bride Wed In Chadwick Ceremony
Evelyn Jonson of Savanna married George C. Bittner of Chadwick in a Friday 8 p.m. ceremony at Hope Evangelical Church Chadwick officiated by Rev. T R Moritz Attendants were Mr and Mrs William Meyers of Savanna The couple will reside in Savanna.
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Hope Evangelical Church
Chadwick
Evelyn Johnson
Savanna
Ed Larson
Galva
Ill
George C. Bittner
T. R. Moritz
William Meyers
Meyers
Club Esquire
Freeport
Royal Sandwich Shop
Carroll County Divorce Decrees and Local Marriages 1946
Carroll county circuit court granted seventy divorces in 1946. The past two weeks saw several marriage licenses issued by the county clerk including Alvin Libberton and Alverda Petersen, James Williamson and Nola Pannell, Herbert Sigalus and Bernice Lyman, Frank Leavens and Hazel Heinze. Three divorces were granted December 30 by Judge A Zick of Oregon to Sunborn, Garnhart, and Marsh. John Scheidler was awarded 750 dollars against the estate of Mary Orth. Judge Zick will preside again January 138 as the grand jury reconvenes.
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Carroll County
Gordon B. Smith
W. M. Nipe
Alvin R. Libberton
Mt. Carroll
Alverda E. Petersen
Albany
James L. Williamson
Nola Pannell
Herbert A. Sigalus
Bernice Lyman
Savanna
Frank A. Leavens
Thomson
Hazel Heinze
James William Simmons Clinton
S. C
Lois M. Rathje
Carroll County Circuit Court
A. Zick
Oregon
Christiana H. Sunborn
Lloyd S. Sunborn
Lanark
Bessie Garnhart
Clarence Garnhart
Dorothy Marsh
Heil Marsh
John Scheidler
Leon Zick
Mary E. Orth
Scheidler
Zick
Real Estate Transfers In Savanna And Surrounding Areas
List of property transfers including Helen Fordyce Garrett to Gusta Sturmer and others in Savanna and nearby towns, with quitrent and warranty deeds across multiple parcels. Transfers cover L and S blocks in Chadwick, Eaton sub divisions, Diehl and Meyers additions, and deeds involving First Presbyterian church, Lincoln National Life, and local banks. New owners include Gusta Sturmer, Mina Parker, Daniel Bons, Earl Martin, Frank Withhart, Frederick Hottenstein, and George Hart, among others.
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Helen L. Fordyce Garrett
Gusta Sturmer
Chadwick
Helen T. Pelouze
Mary W. Thompson
Flora A. Douglas
Frank E. Douglas
Gilbert
Savanna
Sidney Albert
Daniel M. Bons
Shannon
Etta Seddon
Mina L. Parker
Freedom
John Manning
First Presbyterian Church of
D & B Sur
William V. Frende
Albert A. Nicol, Jr
Eaton
Clarence R. Eaton
Cora Schindler
Earl J. Martin
West Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Lincoln National Life Ins. Co
Ronald R. MsColley
Washington
Grace Westfall
Frank M. Withhart
Sehell
Florence Diehl
Frederick Hottenstein
Diehl
Glenn L. Zugschwerdt
Conrad H. Roth
Deed
Irvin
Lanark
First National Bank of Chicago
Ethel Mae Spangler
York
George H. Hartman
Leroy B. Hart
John H. Shirk
Local Visits Highlight Mt Carroll Home Scene
Mrs. Anna Williams of Argo-Fa cares for Mrs. Johnson in Mt. Carroll. Mr. A. W. Dolan of Byron visits Tuesday and Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Adams.
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Anna Williams
Argo-Fa
Savanna couple wed in Chicago double ring ceremony
Announcement states the December 18 marriage of Miss Olive Roberts of Savanna to Charles Gilbert Jr of Savanna. The service was at 3 p m in the First Baptist parsonage Chicago with Rev John A Swanson officiating. The couple will reside at Blackhawk Village.
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Olive Roberts
J. E. Roberts
Savanna
Charles Gilbert
First Baptist Church
Chicago
John A. Swanson
Gilbert
Blackhawk Village
Marriages Highlight Savanna and Reynolds Residents
A succession of weddings in Reynolds and Savanna Illinois marked Christmas week. Helen Hatfield wed John E. Bousman at Reynolds Methodist parsonage with Lyle Pearson as attendant. Berniece Lyman married Herbert Sigafus in Savanna parsonage. Hazel Heinze wed Frank Leavens in Mt. Carroll parsonage. Beat rice Reiff became bride of Capt. Arthur Michels at Savanna Methodist church. Alvida Libberton tied to James Michels in Mt. Carroll parsonage.
Savanna Couples Wed in December Ceremonies
Miss Norma Jean McCue daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas McCue Savanna and Leonard Lee Kosier son of Mrs Mary Reitz Savanna united in a single ring service at 8 30 p m Tuesday Dec 31 in St Peters Lutheran Attendants were Miss Lois Kosier and Ralph McCue Kosier works for Burlington railroad and they plan to live in Chestnut Park Miss Helen Lucia Ballas daughter of Mr and Mrs John D Ballas Savanna married John A Miller son of Mr and Mrs Edw Miller Bloomfield N J at 10 o clock Thursday morning Jan 2 in St Johns Catholic church Ba vanna with Rev Walter J Ryan officiating Madeline Ballas served maid of honor
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Helen Hatfield
Charles D. Hatfield
Reynolds
Ill
John E. Bousman
Lee Wheeler
Savanna
Ir. Garhart
Lyle Pearson
Berniece Lyman
Isaac Fowler
Herbert Sigafus
Mary Sigafus
Robert Sigafus
First Methodist Church
E. Cedric Pope
Melvin Olson
William Fowler
Hazel Heinze
Frank Leavens
Near Thomson
First Baptist Church
Mt. Carroll
William Nelson Lyons
Howard Leavens
Chestnut Park
Savanna High School
Northern Illinois Teachers College of
Savanna Methodist Church
Beatrice Adele Reiff
Z. G. Reiff
Arthur G. Michels
Station Hospital
Camp Carson
Colo
Charles Miles
Omar Jenson
Constance Greison
James Richards Michels
Minot
N. D
Norma Jean McCue
Thomas McCue
Leonard Lee Kosier
Mary Reitz
Gerhard P. Fischer
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Lois Kosier
Ralph McCue
Kosier
Burlington Railroad
Helen Lucia Ballas
John D. Ballas
John A. Miller
Edw. Miller
Bloomfield
N. J
St. John’s Catholic Church
Bavanna
Walter J. Ryan
Madeline Ballas
Varsity and Reserve Cage Tourney Set at Lanark Gym
Carroll County Conference basketball tourney opens next week at Lanark with two games nightly from Tuesday Jan 14 through Friday Jan 17. Reserve games start 7 15 p m and varsity at 8 30 p m with five schools in both divisions and finals Friday.
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Eve Cage
Lanark Gym
Carroll County
Lanark
Shannon
Thomson
Chadwi
Carroll County Locker Company
Russell Rahn
Bowling Bits and Holiday Tourney Winners Named
Thomson Farmers won 3 while Thomson Sack and McBride captured 2. The Thomson No. 1 team lost 3 as the Thomson Ladies posted a 2 and 1 record against the Swansons. In Savanna’s Men’s Holiday tournament Sam Fox took first place, Harold Witt second, Kenneth Kemmer third, Mr. Taylor fourth, Merle Atherton fifth, with Emil Brach charting the high series and Mr. Taylor the high game.
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Thomson Farmers
Thomson Sack
McBride
Thomson No
Thomson Ladies
Swansons
Savanna
Sam Fox
Harold Witt
Kenneth Kemmer
Mr. Taylor
Merle Atherton
Emil Brach
Thompson Brie and Dick Stagg Return to School in Macomb
Thompson Brie and Dick Stagg resumed school work in Macomb after enjoying a holiday visit with his mother Mrs. H. G. Stagg and siblings in Thomson. The article lists multiple local guests and family connections including the Ketchums, Lewis family, and Savanna visitors as part of the social notices surrounding the wedding of Thomas Ballas and Robert Sievert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Stagg
Macomb
H. G. Stagg
Thomson
Leslie Eaton
James
Jean
Savanna
Russell Swetzer
Mary Potter
Lanark
Wayne Ashby
Harold Starr
Con
Marie Mitchel
Walter Starr
Maquoketa
George Ketchum
Wm. Tucker
Haywood
Wis
Wm. Hynes
Cedar Rapids
Virgil Wilt
Robert Lewis
Sherrie
B. R. Lewis
Omar Ketchum
Bride Miss Rathje Weds Master Sgt Simmons In Savanna Home
Miss Lois Maxine Rathje daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Rathje Savanna married Master Sgt James W Simmons USMC son of Arthur Simmons Clinton 8 C at 6 p m Thursday Jan 2 in a doubles ring ceremony at the bride’s parents home Attendants were Miss Joyce Bender and Dean Rathje A wedding dinner followed and the couple left for Clinton 8 C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Maxine Rathje
Ernest Rathje
Savanna
James W. Simmons
USMC
Arthur Simmons
Clinton 8. C
E. Cedric Pope
Joyce Bender
Dean Rathje
Rathje
Clinton, 8. C
Death of Glenn C. Tripp in Freeport Area
Glenn C. Tripp 46 of Fair Haven township died December 29 near Freeport after a heart attack at work at Elizabeth while returning from scene of a truck accident. He had worked as a service engineer for Kraft Foods four years. Funeral held December 31 at Grace Episcopal Church Freeport with burial in Oakland Cemetery. He was born May 1 1900 in Fair Haven. survived by his widow Charlotte Haase, his mother Mamie Tripp, and sister Leta Isbel.
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Glenn C. Tripp
Fair Haven Township
Freeport
Elizabeth
Kraft Foods Company
Tripp
Grace Episcopal
Charlotte Haase
Mamie Tripp
Ben
Leta) Isbel
George Cambman
Lena Tripp
John Tripp
Chadwick
New Years Guests Visit Area Families
Numerous social visits are listed in Clinton and surrounding areas. Roy Heitman and Mervin Marshall hosted New Year greetings. Edna Huber of Des Moines joined Hattie Rawlins for Sunday dinner. Herbert Rawlins visited family before returning to Des Plaines. Dee Frosch and Larry joined John Carpen household. Carl Petersen and Adam Heinze hosted relatives. James and Warren Green attended a 12th wedding anniversary. Ely Cochran and Mrs. Lundberg traveled to Chicago. Delbert Curley’s grandchildren Sharon and Clark Curley stayed with Grandparents Lynn Curley in Albany.
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Roy Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Edna Huber
Des Moines
Hattie Rawlins
Herbert Rawlins
Des Plaines
Dee. Frosch
Larry
Savanna
B. R. Lewis
John Carpen
Clinton
Carl Petersen
Adam Heinze
Gerald Brown
James Green
Mt. Carroll
Lavere Kness
Riverview
Warren Green
Blackhawk Village
Ely Cochran
Lundberg
Chicago
Clark
Sharon Curley
Delbert Curley
Albany
Lynn Curley
Savanna Area Obituaries Chronicle Local Deaths
Multiple notices report deaths in Savanna and surrounding areas. Andrew Bindrup 72 died of a heart attack December 26 at his Savanna home. funeral at Law Funeral Home with burial in Savanna Cemetery. Celia A Gillogly 89 died December 29 near Savanna. services January 1 in Mt Carroll with burial in Savanna Cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs. Edward W. McLaughlin 79 and Mrs. William Tarner 83 of Mt. Carroll. Werthwein 64 of Chestnut Park Savanna. Amelia Randecker of Jo Daviess county. Burial sites and funeral details noted.
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Celia A. Gillogly
Carroll County
Savanna
Christian Funeral Home
Mt. Carroll
E. Cedric Pope
Savanna Cemetery
Frederick
Mary Prufer
Robert F. Gillogly
Fred
Savuanna
Fay F. Christian
Glenn Byars
Nettie Gillogly
William Turner
Merle Hawbecker
Dutchtown
Milledgeville
Tarner
Whitewater
Wis
William Tarner
Luther DeSpain
Henry Ginther
Carroll
Eldon Beattie
Rock Falls
Edward Bast
Theodore Kingery
Lanark
Mary Fieldsend
Morrison
Marvin Conrady
Sterling
William Werthwein
Chestnut Park
Gerhard P. Fischer
Derrida Cemetery
Amelia Randecker
Jo Daviess County
Peter and
Mary Wurster Randecker
Exchange Vows In Home Of Bride's Parents
Miss Marjorie Zugschwerdt daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer H Zugschwerdt Chadwick Illinois and Robert Hicks son of George Hicks Mt Carroll Illinois exchanged nuptial vows in a candlelight ceremony December 26 at the bride's home The Rev Earl Coble officiated with music by Sheldon Frank and narration by Lois Smith The couple plan a wedding trip through Iowa then reside in Urbana Illinois where Hicks attends the University of Illinois and Marjorie Hicks previously worked in Mt Carroll and Cedar Rapids The bride is a Chadwick Community High School graduate and Hicks is a York Community High School and Blackburn College alumnus He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and is pursuing engineering studies
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Alveda E. Petersen
Peter W. Peterson
Albany
Alvin R. Libberton
Florence Libberton
Mt. Carroll
Frank Countryman
Henry Landon
Preston
Neil Libberton
Marjorie Zugschwerdt
Elmer H. Zugschwerdt
Chadwick
Robert Hicks
George Hicks
Earl Coble
First Evangelical Church of
Sheldon Frank
Nolen Zugschwert
Maquoketa, In
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Lois Smith
Iowa
Hicks
Urbana
South Broadway
University of
Army Air Corps
University
Olio Fund Drive Opens Here January Sixteenth
Carroll County launches the Olio Fund Drive to aid polio treatment costs with a two week campaign starting January 16 led by Miss Bertha Smith of Savanna. Half the funds stay in county and half go to the national foundation, with $2,500 advanced this year and projected 1946 bills over $6,000. The drive emphasizes non-political aid open to all ages and condones no discrimination.
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Carroll County
National Organization
National Fund
National Organization Fund
Miss Smith
Harold Mackenzie
Savanna
Ruth Nehrkorn
Mra
Jesse Johns
C. Turner
L. B. Hussey
Ge i 4 Ag
Mount Arroi
Seyfarth Lanark
John Sh .Stransky
Sava
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson’s Weekly Report
Clinton Golden Gloves
Geo. Bittner
Mrs. Bittner
House News
Thomson News
Hatfield-Bousman
Sigalus
Heinze Leavens
Reiff-Michels
Ballas-Miller
C. A Kincaid
Portland Cement Association
Thomson Brie
Robert Sievert
Betty Mann
Robert Miller
Thomas A. Ballas
James J. Ballas
Robert N. Sievert
John D. Ballas, Jr
Bloom‘field
Rathje-Simmons
Glenn Tripp
Thomson Briefs
Carroll County Livestock Feeders Association
Mount Carroll High School
Ed Schneider
Elmer Buffington
Henry Livengood
Wallace Ware
Roy Moll
Clarence van Buskirk
Clayton Kayl
Albert Hook
Nipe
Andrew Bindrup
Law Funeral
Russell Shaw
Mr. Bindrup
Denmark
Milwaukee Railroad
Andrew Jr
Edward W. McLaughlin
Glenn B. Laughlin
Sabula
William Worthwein
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