Fire destroys Frank Funeral Home in Mt Carroll
Fire Monday gutted the Frank Funeral Home and furniture store in Mt Carroll, causing an estimated loss well over 55000. The blaze started in the adjoining garage, trapping smoke and flames that hampered crews amid cold conditions. salvage included only business records kept in a fireproof safe.
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Frank Funeral Home
Mt. Carroll
Frank
Ruis
Mr. Frank
Shimer College
Chadwick
Houstis Frank
Lanark
Legion Home
Mountain Climbing Talk Delights 4-C Club at Mt Carroll
The 4-C Club met at Farm Bureau Hall in Mt Carroll for an engaging talk by Rev D J Schulyleman of Polo on his Rocky Mountain climbing hobby. He shared experiences with humor and showcased basic gear for mountain vacations and photos of scenes unseen by mere car travel. A social hour with refreshments followed for 26 couples. planning for February’s meeting was announced by Wilmer Smith with four couple committees named.
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Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
D. J. Schuyleman
Schulyleman
Rocky Mountains
Pat McCue
Donald Queckboerner
Randall Carpenter
Earl Kaufman
Wilmer Smith
Lawrence Halfman
Lysle Foltz
Russell Derrer
Harlan Merkel
Births in Savanna Hospital Add Health to Families
Son and two daughters born to Savanna residents. A son to Mr and Mrs Harry Notz at Savanna city hospital on Sunday January 10. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Billy Englade at Savanna city hospital on Friday January 8. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert W alke at Savanna city hospital on January unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Notz
Savanna
Savanna City Hospital
Billy Englade
Robert Walke
Court NEWS Marriage Licenses and Driving Privileges
Court notices list multiple marriage licenses issued by County Clerk W. M. Nipe for residents of Dubuque Savanna Lanark Free dom and Mt Carroll including Roy Duttle June Kalloway LeRoy Kosier Hazel Stakemiller George Wierema Anne Buckingham Louis Howell Wayne Hockman George Kaufman Erve Ritenour Lilian Neis Harold Shilling Maynard Shilling Marian Gossard Donald Casselberry H L Truninger Daniel Brinkmeier Ernest Frey Herman Roling and others. Secretary of State Charles F Carpentier revokes driving privileges of Keith R Bell in Blackhawk Carroll county after a DWI conviction.
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Roy Duttle
June Kalloway
Dubuque, Ia
LeRoy A. Kosier
Hazel Stakemiller
Savanna
Lewis G. Getz
George Wierema
Mt. Carroll
Anne Buckingham
Louis E. Howell
Thomson
Wayne E. Hockman
George E. Kaufman
West Carroll
Erve Ritenour
Lillian Neis
Paul B. Swanson
Donald E. Casselberry
H. L. Truninger
Georgia
B. Campbell
Daniel Brinkmeier
Shannon
Georgia B
Ernest L Frey
Henrietta McGrath
Herman H. Roling
Springfield
Charles F. Carpentier
Keith R. Bell
Blackhawk
Carroll County
Savanna Girl Injured as Auto Overturns
A Savanna girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl LaShelle, suffered a four inch forehead bash in a Sunday early morning accident near the former Brown Derby on Route 80 north of Savanna. She and Max Tack and Charles McColley were in a 1950 Ford when Tack lost control and the car overturned. all three occupants were in the wreck but none were ejected. The vehicle was brought to a Savanna garage after heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl LaShelle
Savanna
Route 80
Miss LaShelle
Max Tack
Ridge Road
Charles McColley
Hanover
McCooley
Tack
Morris Seeks Re election to Illinois House in 1954
Chadwick farmer John K. Morris announces his candidacy for re election to the Illinois General Assembly from the Twelfth Senatorial District in the upcoming Democratic primary on April 13 1954. He cites prior service on multiple committees and dairy farming as credentials. He is a College of Agriculture graduate with two children.
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John K. Morris
Chadwick
Illinois General Assembly
General Assembly
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
House Agriculture Committee
Governor’s Fair Advisory Board
Live Stock Commissioners
House of Representatives
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Patricia K
John F. Morris
Mr. Allen
Elizabeth
Ill
Illinois
United States Congress
Allen
Senate- House
Congress
House
Speaker Martin
University Club
France
13Rd Field Artilery
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard
Europe
David
Korea
Presbyterian Church of
Galena
Carroll Mt Carroll tops Chadwick in county clash
Mt Carroll defeated Chadwick 61 to 53 in a Carroll County Conference game. Herb Sisler led Mt Carroll with 23 points, while Coden had 17 for Chadwick. Chadwick won the preliminary 39-32.
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Mt. Carroll
Chadwick
Carroll County
Herb Sisler
Coden
Mt Carroll
Shannon
Milledgeville
Norman Byers
Larry Smith
Miledgeville
Pat Kearnaghan
Oregon
Lanark Lanark
Lanark
Blackhawk
Dan Emyre
LeMoyne Baker
County Board Rehires Farm Superintendent and Grants Bridge Aid
Congressman Leo E. Allen of Galena announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Illinois Sixteenth District. The board rehired Carroll County Farm Superintendent Walter H. Hawk and approved several highway and housing appointments. It also set grand jury panels for the March circuit court term and named committee members for township bridge projects.
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Grant Bridge Aid
Leo E. Allen
Galena, Ill
Congress
Illinois
Walter H. Hawk
Carroll County
County Board of Supervisors
Hawk
Rudolph Amling
Lanark
Housing Authority
Carrell County
W. R. Geisz
Highway Commissioners
Woodland
Motorist Dies in Crash Near Savanna
Stephen Miller 59 of Georgetown Illinois was killed instantly when his car left a curve on Illinois 80 seven miles north of Savanna struck an utility pole and two trees and overturned. An inquest found a basal skull fracture and a broken back. Survivors include his widow and a daughter in Waterloo. Burial followed in Waterloo.
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Savanna
Burl
Stephen Miller
Georgetown
Here
Miller
Waterloo
Law Funeral
Metts
Jesse L. Miller
Dairy Exhibit Day at Carroll County promises money making ideas
Everyone Can Learn At Dairy Exhibit Day will be held Thursday Jan. 21 at the farm bureau hall from 11 00 a m to 3 00 p m. Exhibits on calf feeding artificial breeding mastitis grass silage and other dairy problems will be shown. Hay and grass silage show entries must be brought before 11 15 a m. University of Illinois dairy specialists will discuss dairy problems and show slide films. A free noon lunch is provided by Kraft Cheese Co Milledgeville Chadwick Cheese Co op and Quality Milk association. Door prizes and hay grass silage prizes will be awarded.
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Carroll County
Hutchins
Farm Bureau Hall
Jerry Cash
C. 8
Rhode
Extension Dairy Specialists
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Kraft Cheese Co
Milledgeville
Chadwick Cheese Co-op
Quality Milk Association
Department of Dairy Science
Home Economics Extension meetings week of Jan 15 22
County wide schedule of Home Economics Extension meetings listed by community. Activities include major lessons on home adviser and local leaders, roll calls with prompts, special activities such as casserole recipes, cooking hints, Afghan making, purse making, and tailoring. Sessions occur Jan 15 through Jan 22 at various farms, halls, and homes with times from morning to evening.
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North Otter Creek
Robert Lichy
Hickory Grove
Ted Storm
Lanark
Allen Zier
Luella Stengel
Cherry Grove
Glen Bremmer
Shannon Rural
Henry Wabbena
Farm Bureau Hall
Federation
Mt. Carroll
Lima Larks
Lawrence Meador
Otter Creek
EL. Warehime
Engagement of Marilyn Prudi to Arthur L. Book
Mr and Mrs Lawrence E Prudi of Mt Carroll announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Marilyn to Arthur L Book of Compton. A February wedding is planned. Miss Brudi works in the personnel office at Savanna ordnance depot and Mr Book is engaged in farming.
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Lawrence E. Prudi
Mt Carroll
Marilyn
Arthur L. Book
Guy Book
Compton
Miss Brudi
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Mr. Book
Chadwick-Black Oak Grange Names Officers At Meeting
Chadwick Black Oak Grange held a regular meeting with 6 30 supper before. Officers installed were Lawrence Halfman overseer Arnold Farthing steward Arnold Farthing treasurer with Harold Stoner regalia bearer and Mrs Charles Gordon installing officer. Committees formed for home economics building legislative program publicity agriculture relief safety finance membership youth with a long list of names. Also dates set for January 18 Rock Creek dance January 20 Jordan grange officer meeting and January 21 free card party.
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Chadwick
Black Oak Grange
Grange Hall
Charles Gordon
Harold Stoner
Lawrence Halfman
Arnold Farthing
William Hans
Rock Creek Grange
Jordan Grange Hall
Jordan Grange
Wayland Bennett
Allen Yeager
George Morgan
Grange
William Montague
Hans
Charles Burkholder
Jack Halfman Sr
Paul Mackey
Henry Newendyke
Marshall Farthing
Kenneth Krempel
John Halfman Sr
Eugene Miller
Frank Hawkins
Wm. Hans
Alen Yeager
Howard Johnson
Don Gordon
Oliver Olson
Mesdames Wayland Bennett
Arnold Provant
Frank Manning
Dorothy Webb Home After Wisconsin Visit
Mrs. Dorothy Webb of Janesville Wisconsin returns home after visiting her brothers Art and Ralph Smith and her father Wilbur Smith, who remains a patient at Savanna hospital.
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Dorothy Webb
Janesville
Wis
Art and
Ralph Smith
Wilbur Smith
Tels Savanna Hospital
Stillborn Daughter Born in Savanna Hospital
A baby girl weighing eight pounds was born at 5:42 a.m. Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. William Kramer Jr. of Clay Street Mt. Carroll. Graveside rites followed at Oak Hill Cemetery Mt. Carroll at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Paul Blatt officiated. Surviving are the parents four brothers paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother Mrs. Ray Crist of Peoria.
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Mt. Carroll
Savanna City Hospital
William Kromer Jr
Clay Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Paul Blatt
First Baptist Church
Ray Crist
Peoria
Death of Mabel Seiple Greenawalt Recalls Carrell Roots
Former Mt. Carroll area resident Mabel Seiple Greenawalt died December 24 in Fresno California. She and her husband were born in Carrell county and lived here until about 30 years ago before moving to California. They once ran a greenhouse on the Mt. Carroll area farm now owned by Glenn Teeter.
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Carrell
Mabel Seiple Greenawalt
Fresno
Calif
Youth For Christ Meet Set For Jan 18 In Woodland Church
Youth for Christ meeting scheduled for 7 p m Monday January 18 at Woodland E U B church. Speaker will be Joe Piers of Chicago. Song leader Miss Shirley Beattie. Cornet duet by Donald and Dale Nagel. Whistling duet by Keith and Algene Eipper with Lorrene Nagel. Saxophone solo by Judy Martin. Male quartet Denny Tallman Richard Flickinger Gerald Martin Clyde Martin. Vocal duet Shirley Beattie and Mary Ficker.
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Youth For Christ
P. m
Woodland E. U. B
Joe Piers
Chicago
Shirley Beattie
Donald
Dale Nagel
Keith
Algene Eipper
Lorrene Nagel
Judy Martin
Denny Tallman
Richard Flickinger
Gerald
Clyde Martin
Mary Ficker
National VFW Week Set for Jan 24 to 30 in Illinois
Illinois VFW posts mark National VFW Week from January 24 through 30. Commander Joseph Carnella outlines daily themes Religious Freedom Day Community Service Day Jobs for Disabled Veterans Day VFW National Home Day Youth Welfare Day Americanism and National Security Day Open House Day.
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VFW
Local families share Sunday dinner and visits
Grand View residents Mr. and Mrs. Roger Deem and son of Moline join Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hays of Hoopole for the Hays birthday dinner. Marty Glass and the Levy boys stayed at their cabin over the weekend. Harold Fedderson and family visited the Glen Raymonds, and Frank Leavens visited the Howard Leavens. Patterson and Knox families also spent Sunday at their cabins. Glen Raymond and Frank Hays hosted Monday evening guests.
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Roger Deem
Moline
Truman Hays
Hoopole
Frank Hays
Hays
Marty Glass
Levy
Harold Fedderson
Glen Raymonds
Frank Leavens
Howard Leavens
Patterson
Knox
Glen Raymond
Aude and Manning Marriage Held at Sacred Heart Clinton Ta
Mr and Mrs Herman Aude Sr and daughter Grace of Pearl City along with Mrs Ed Aude Barbara and DuWayne attended the marriage of Donald Aude and Marilyn Manning Saturday at 1 pm in Sacred Heart church Clinton Ta Mr and Mrs Charles Sack of Argona visited Elizabeth Hohnade in the Fred Provant home Saturday afternoon and Clinton Spencer visited her Monday
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Herman Aude
Grace
Pearl City
Ed Aude
Barbara
DuWayne
Donald Aude
Marilyn Manning
Sacred Heart Church
Clinton
Charles Sack
Argona
Elizabeth Hohnade
Fred Provant
Clinton Spencer
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Treasury Department
United
United Nations
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States
Eisenhower
Ci&in
Jels
Sheep Association
Carroll County Sheep Improvement Association
Forrest Beyers
Nathaniel Miles Jr
Cal Caldwell
Reynold Bleyer
Robert Cambman
Edwin Keim
Kenneth Wood
Donald Wackay
John Frank
L. A. Frank
John
Ron
Ordnance Depot
Court News
W. M. Nipe
Savanna Girl
March of Dimes
the National Foundation For Urfantile Paralysis
Fulton
Hanover, Lanark
Morrison
Prophetstown
Dixon
Amboy
Franklin Grove
Lee Center
Rock Fall
Newman
Sterling
East Dubuque
Scales Mound
Warren
Freeport
Dakota
Aquin
Orangeville
South Beloit
Stockton
Hillsdale
Cordova
Lyndon
Port Byron
Erie
Geneseo
Orion
Alleman
Rock Island
Hilsdale
Mount Morris
Ashton
Forreston
Leaf River
Mt Morris
Polo
Rochelle
Winnebago
Jess
Ychs Trojans
Lanark Beavers
BFP
Kearnaghan
F. Smith J. Smith
Sisler
DeSpain
Wacker
Kk. Smith Kneal
Parks
D. Smith
Frederick
L. Smith Woodin
R. Parks Snider Franks
Rowsey
Leo Lundy
Robert McIntyre
Alvin Kehl
Donald Kearnaghan
Freedom
Floyd Slick
Edward S. Bornemeier
Harold Crouse
Esther Winters
Lima
Orval Rahn
Mr. Carroll
C. V. Binkley
Lloyd Becker
William Siedenberg
Glenn Law
York
Dorothy Carroll
Leota Holland
Fair Haven
Joe Rath
Wysox
Paul Davis
David Spanogle
Elkhorn Grove
Hazel Thomas
Sherman Marth
Robert Ritenour
Forest Kleepping
Lester Shannon
Laura Wirtjes
Ernest Michael
Rock Creek
Lloyd Peters
Paul Diffenderfer
Salem
Simon Jensen
Fred Noble
Chas. Kessler, Jr
Ray Fields
Earle Strautz
Irene Weatherwax
Richard McGinty
Harlan Handel
Arlene Daehler
Frances Livengood
Margaret
Rex) Munz
Ethel Smith
Leo E, Allen
Home Bureau Notes
Clothing Leaders Training School
Lanarak
Orville Bowers
Chadwick News
Kromer Infant
Woodland Church
Tols
Grand View
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