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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
1
A national Bureau plan offers a 15 percent return on annual premiums if no claims arise in 12 months, applicable to private autos with bodily injury and property damage coverage. Excludes fleet and other special plans, with payout due 30 days after policy year end.
Henry Grove a 52-year-old ex police chief in Lanark pleaded guilty to an incident charge in circuit court at Mt. Carroll before Judge Albert H. Manus. He was sentenced to one to 14 years in the state penitentiary and will be taken there this week. The case closed as the jury panel was sent home until next Tuesday.
Arnold Horton, referred to as Mr Carroll, was arrested by Sheriff Shepherd on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The arrest followed information filed in county court. Horton, formerly from Sterling, has lived in Mt Carroll for about two months to supervise park improvements near Smiths park west of the county seat. A hearing was set for Tuesday before County Judge Orion M Grove.
Mrs. Nell Stewart from Ohio has been engaged as Carroll county tuberculosis nurse. She will conduct field work to locate TB sufferers, coordinate with physicians, and check county schools while the county sanitarium board arranges treatment or hospitalization with no cost to patients.
Representative Franklin A. Stransky of Savanna announced Monday his bid for a second term in the Illinois general assembly from the 12th district. He plans renomination in the Republican primary on April 12. Also up for election are John A. Bingham of Galena and Charles D. Franz of Freeport, with terms expiring this year. Stransky was first elected in 1936 after serving four years as Carroll county states attorney.
Lee County tops 1937 per capita road spending in District No 2 with about 12.37 dollars. Carroll follows at 10.64, while Rock Island shows 6.27 and other counties record smaller totals. Total district spending about 1,748 dollars yields a 3.66 per capita figure.
L R Piper of the CCC Mt Carroll soil conservation camp urges farmers to adopt contour strip cropping on gentle slopes with rotation and terraces for erosion control. Medium slopes become hay or pasture. steep land for timber and wildlife. seek Farm Adviser guidance for next spring’s liming fertilizer and seed.
Fox pelts presented to County Clerk Walter Watson raise total bounty payments to 155.62 for the month. Hunters Orion Alexander and Winfred Queckboern er from Fair Haven and L. A. Frederick of Cherry Grove submitted pelts. An amendment changed the bounty wording to pelts and added a 1.50 per head for fox pups, while a state conservation warning may limit pup kills. dens must not be destroyed.
Residents woke Sunday to a heavy 3.7 inch snowfall, the season’s heaviest thus far, in Mt. Carroll area. Dry, plow-cleared roads limited traffic disruption while countryside routes remained slick at high speeds. Light snow continued into Monday and Tuesday with melting in warm temps. forecasts warned of a potential major storm that never arrived by nightfall Tuesday.
Mildred Tempel of Lanark was granted a divorce from Orville Tempel in a Monday circuit court session at Mt Carroll. Cruelty was cited in the complaint.
County supervisors, at their regular Mt Carroll session, approved bills, bonds, and a bounty resolution adjustment. They referred to a county buildings committee the search for new quarters for a tuberculosis nurse and directed investigation into better space for the Commodity Food Depot with a Feb. 8 report expected.
Perfect attendance in four months highlights the B honor roll names Mary Edmonds Charles Libberton Robert Frank Cid Libberton Wilma Foltz Russell Libberton. Two new pupils join the class: Marven and Charles Daves. Grace Seim, teacher.
Twelve downstate counties Henderson Warren Knox Peoria Woodford Adams Hancock McDonough Fulton Tazewell Schuyler Brown join the Rockford district of IERC. A Peoria sub-district office will serve nearby counties. The move consolidates Rockford and Peoria districts for economy. Rockford will certify WPA NYA eligibility CCC enlistments and distribute federal surplus foods through county agents.
Elmer J. Engelking Jr of Savanna announces candidacy for county treasurer on the Republican ticket for the April 12 primary. A lifelong county resident, he previously drove for Standard Oil for eight years and later ran a Thomson service station before health issues stopped that work.
Supervisors meet monthly. Farm score cards go to state HQ. F A Stransky seeks state legislature. Carroll man charged with driving while intoxicated. Farm Adviser Roske reports on past year work. Farmers study soil fertility conservation plan. Soil service officials discuss methods. Bounty paid on 62 taxes in county since authorization. County voters face many posts at this year’s election. Bond of 80000 for Lanark sewage plant approved. 200000 state highway spending in Carroll in 1937. Second highest per capita expenditure in District No 2. Naaman Diehl reelected head of Farm Bureau for fourth term. Tuberculosis nurse hired for Carroll County. Lanark former police chief pleads guilty to rape, sentenced 1 to 14 years. Savanna railway conductor burned to death in Lanark wreck. Inquest held.
Farm Adviser M P Roske received a gold medal from Mary McKee along with gold and silver pins for local 4-H girls. Jean Rawlins won the county championship in the 4-H style revue at Achievement Day. Jo ann Albert Carroll Dorothey Shirk Shannon and Helen Hans won gold pins for places two to four. Chicago Mail Order company sponsors the contest.
At the Mt. Carroll Farm Bureau meeting Farm Adviser M. P. Roske reported 4-H enrollment reached 248 with 23 club leaders and 210 members completing projects valued at over 15000. The adviser cited seed exchange, alfalfa purchases, forestry demonstrations, and dairy and beef programs as key efforts with multiple local leaders and meetings.
William Harris of Savanna a Milwaukee road conductor dies in a wreck at Lanark when a caboose and an oil tank car telescope between two freight engines. Fire erupts from a stove spilling coals on oil soaked wreckage trapping Harris. crew and Lanark fire department fail to reach him before death. Harris, long employed by Milwaukee road, was near retirement. survived by widow and sister.
County and state offices will be filled during the 38 election year starting April 12 with the primary. Officials to be elected include United States senator state treasurer superintendent of public instruction two congressmen at large state senators and district congressmen county judge clerk treasurer sheriff and superintendent of schools plus central committee men in each district.
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