Ten County School Heads Meet Monday
Ten county school superintendents will gather Monday under the auspices of Ms. Merzall to discuss various school problems. Claude C. View will preside as superintendent of public instruction and chair the meeting. Attendees include regional officials and local educators from several towns and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enethresterth
Merzall
Claude C. View Waatatet
Ite
Tevetion
Shelrman
Scritch Aaa
Vesides
Winon Ployt Creek
Fred Krulet
Remuese Halsane
Wiseltes
Marjory Fonnavey
Dok le
Peideuty
Barve Galea
Dixor
December births outpace deaths in Carroll County
Carroll county vital statistics report 25 births in December show 17 boys and 8 girls born, deaths numbered 1. The list names Geraldine Lee, Phyllis Jean, Sherry Lee, Anita Mary, Marjorie Ann, Elizabeth Maureen Anne, Janet Lee and other infants with parent details in Savanna, Thomson, Rock Creek, Lanark, and surrounding areas.
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Carroll County
Ieraldine Lee
Dee
Ernest Rice
Thomson
Phyllis Jean
Samuel D. Anderson
Savanna
Geraldine
Eldon Jensen
Rock Creek
Sherry Lee
Francis C. Pauley
Carroll
Anita Mary
Jose Pasada
Marjorie Ann
Wilfred J. Armstrong
Elizabeth
Maureen Anne
Samuel R. Adams
Lanark
Janet Lee
Robert E. Dodson
Sarah Snavely
Shannon
Nellie E. Keim
Mt. Carroll
Sylvester W. Alden
George D. Beck
Marie Jensen
August Altensen
Fair Haven
Charles Eisseller
Chadwick
Paul E. Papke
Barnard Becker
Margaret N. Smith
York
Elizabeth Ann Vinson
Wysox
Margaret Maude Brown
Percy G. Gains
New Precincts Scheduled for Savanna Soon
County board to consider adding two precincts at its June meeting in Savanna. Savanna township shows enough ballots to justify extra precincts, bringing total to 20. Also listed are multiple birth announcements and deaths with locations in Savanna and surrounding towns.
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Savanna
Batbota
George Mest
Makiner
Carnevanty
Fragmentary notice of visitors and attendees at local homes
A garbled OCR fragment lists individuals visiting or spending time at local addresses including Mrs. Arthur Isenhart at Mrs. Gleny Bickel’s home and Mayraed Dovker at the Howard Peny form Jes Warflald week pie lor in his Vicinity.
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Ideo
Contey Hill
Arthur Isenhart
Gleny Bickelhaunt
Mayraed Dovker
Howard Peny
Savanna tops Lyons Ia by 35 points in Illowa clash
Savanna high prevailed over Lyons Iowa 35 to 27 in a late game after Savanna reserves led 20 to 14 in a preliminary. Center Johnson led scoring with 19 points on 9 baskets and a free throw. Lyons’ Pardee White Strohm Williams each contributed in a rough sequence as the teams swapped leads.
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Savanna High
Lyons
Iowa
Savanna Reserves
Lyons Lights
Johnson
Savanna
Kellar
Doty
Nehrkorn
Miles
Welch
Pardee
Ras Thoms
White
Strohm
Po Williams
Farm Bureau Meeting Held In Mt. Carroll
A group of farmers gathered for the annual farm bureau meeting in Mt. Carroll on January 11. Rev. Foltz conducted a special service and led notes of praise during the event.
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Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Rev. Foltz
Shannon Edges Milledgeville In Close Carroll Conference Game
Shannon defeated Milledgeville 24 to 23 on Shannon's floor in a Carroll conference clash. Shannon also won the reserve and grade tilt. key scorers included Gettemy, Roderme, Alexander, Dole, and Erdmi er for Shannon, while Sprecher led Milledgeville with 12.
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Shannon
Milledgeville
Carroll
Roderme
Gettemy
Alexander
Dole
Erdmier
Sprecher
Millies
W. Alexander
de Dole
Theatres La Nar presents Ginger Rogers in Lucky Partners
Ginger Rogers and Ronald Coleman star in Lucky Partners at Theatres La Nar Lanark Ill Thursday Jan 16. Friday and Saturday feature Sky Murder with Walter Pidgeon as Nick Carter and The Quarterback with Wayne Morris Edgar Kennedy. Sunday to Tuesday bring Strike Up the Band starring Mickey Rooney Judy Garland and Paul Whiteman and band.
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Ey Rooney
Judy Garland
Paul Whiteman
Mickey and
Judy
Demonstration on Woodlots Planned for Friday
Woodlot owners in Carroll County will gather Friday for a county wide meeting at the Julian Jack farm in Salem Town. The event will showcase a quarter acre plot on the Jack farm partially cut five years ago under the direction of J N Davis extension forester of Hilmoth College of Agriculture. The owner notes his woodlot is more productive now and income rises each year, with an average net return of two dollars per acre.
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Carroll Dousty
Keaults
Stuck
Qeojeeks
Wil
Court House Briefs: Whitmer Sentenced. Will Admitted
Wi bur Whitmer of Lanark was sentenced to four months at the Vandalia state penal farm for probation violations. The last will of Henry Schoen of Lanark was admitted to probate naming Gertrude Schoen executrix for life with remainder to son Robert. Real estate transfers include Emily Frick to Warren Hartman and theMiles and wife to Frank Brooks and Bertha Armstrong to Charles Larson.
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Bur Whitmer
Lanark
Vandalia State
Henry Sehoen
Gertrude M. Schoen
Robert
Emily Frick
Warren F. Hartman
Shannon
Pauli
Miles
Frank Brooks
Oakvale
Savanna
Bertha M. Armstrong
Charles A. Larson
Fair Haven
Chadwick Leads Carroll County Basketball Standings
Chadwick now leads the Carroll County Conference after holidays with Mt Carroll and Shannon tied for second, Lanark and Milledgeville tied, Thomson last. Chadwick beat Mt Carroll Friday to break the tie, Shannon beat Milledgeville, Lanark beat Milledgeville, leaving a close race heading into next round.
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Chadwick High School
Carroll County
Mt Carroll
Shannon
Lanark
Milledgeville
Thomson
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Shangy
Shannonge
Thomson O
Chicago Man Escapes Injury In Highway Crash
Eugene Bowers, 45, of Chicago, escaped serious injury when his automobile left Highway 62 near Center Hill and crashed through a fence onto the Eber Shepherd farm. Sheriff Ray Westfall investigated and noted the car was badly damaged with some fence sections demolished.
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Eugene Bowers
Chicago
Center Hill
Eber Shepherd Farm
Ray Westfall
Bowers
Wence
County Legion Meeting Set for January 20
Carroll County American Legion schedules a meeting for Monday January 20 at Mill Edgeville village hall. State Commander Wm F Waugh will speak on national defense this Saturday January 18 over WGN Chicago.
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Carroll County American Legion
Milledgeville
the Legion
Wm. F. Waugh
WGN
Chicago
Black Oak Grange to Sponsor 4 F Club at Meeting
Black Oak Grange plans a student club drive with over 25 high school youths showing interest. Rosenberg offers time to oversee monthly member visits. 12 members needed to form the club. meetings now on Wednesdays. New officers seated. committee chairs named including Finance Orion Alexander and Joseph Weber in several posts.
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Roserberg
Black Oak Gronge
Grange
Meetice
John Roserberg
Pomona
Alexander
Plaza
Charles Deets
Marshall Farthing
Orion Alexander
Lief
Fred Olson
Joseph Weber
Charley Gordon
John Halfman
John Rosenberg
Marriage Announcement for Vernon Kness and Ruby Bowman
Announcement of the November 9 1940 marriage of Vernon Kness son of Mr and Mrs Frank Kness Chadwick and Miss Ruby Bowman daughter of Mr and Mrs Mel Bowman Mt Carroll. The ceremony was in Tipton Iowa with Rev. Pinkett pastor of the Tipton Lutheran church officiating. Attendants were Hazel Bowman Mt Carroll and Howard Schuchard Chadwick.
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Vernon Kness
Frank Kness
Chadwick
Ruby Bowman
Mel Bowman
Mt. Carroll
Tipton
Mr. Pinkett
Tipton Lutheran Church
Kness
Hazel Bowman
Howard Schuchard
Public Encouraged to Help Compile Forest Information
The article urges Tomasek and the public to aid forestry outreach by submitting information. A booklet on big trees in Illinois may be produced if enough responses are received, and drivers are reminded of highway safety signs while noting no yellow no passing stripes locally.
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Helpius
Tomasek
Sporsmen
Ilinois
Bighwaye
Enlistment Parents Identify Six Youths Leaving Rockford for Navy
Robert F. Carlson, 17, of Chadwick and five other northern Illinois youths left Rockford Monday to enlist in the United States Navy. Carlson is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Carlson who live southeast of Chadwick.
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Robert FE. Carlson
Chadwick
Tineis
Rockford
Chicago
United States Navy
Robert
Robert A. Carlson
Ashby to Speak at Mt Carroll Livestock Market Meet
R C Ashby will be the principal speaker at a livestock market meeting today at Mt Carroll Bureau hall. The session begins at one o clock with Mr Ashby leading a discussion inviting stockmen to ask questions and discuss industry problems.
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Yrof, R. C. Ashby
Am Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Mr. Ashby
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Good Pictures
Joe E. Brown, Jr
Jane Withers
NYA
Lynn Roberts
John McGuire
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
Nazimova
MGM
Ethel Vance
Lloyd Nolan
Lynn Bari
Virginia Gilmore
William Henry
Jennie
Orpheum
Tim Holt
Hugh Herbert
Anita Louise
Carroll Theatre
The
West
Trail of the Vigilantes
Franchot Tone
Warren William
Lone Ranger
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Arlene Dietr Ey
Beauty Shop
Weston Bldg
Clinton
Loren William
Wm. K. Brown
Robert Keith
Orville Lyness Adams
Woodland
Timothy Minard
Owen P. Miles
James Allen
Kenneth W. Dutsworth
Richard Dallas
Lloyd E. Rogers
Tanark
Lester John, Jr
Lester J. Eastabrooks
Fred Tautz
Carroll Kurt Hardin
Martin Sorensen
Kenneth Speers
Bruce Thomas
Russell L. Mulgrew
Dubuque
Paul Joseph
Donald P. Dewey
Lima
Donald Robert
Donald D. Dickinson
John Ellsworth
Willard S. Roberts
Jason Charles
Clayton L. Sturtevant
Harland David
Wade
Law
Howard Thomas
Howard L. Buck
Preston Prairie
Court House Briefs
Mount Carroll
Lanark and
County Legion
Chadwick News
Black Oak Grange
Thomson Ag
O'sidine’s “Fulton's
Lincoln Way
Cigars
Fountain Service
Rts
G. H. Thompson
Fulton
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Northwestern
Larcis Utilities
Albert M. Greison
Ashby
IDFOR
Thomson, Illinois
Hulting
G. E. Hulting & Son Geneseo
4Th Ave. S
Frank L. Vogtmann, Jr
MFG
Clinton, la
Our
LETCH
Safety Service
Clinton, Ia
Pardner
van Illen’s
Clinton, Iowa
U.S
NAEVE
Illinois
U. S
Ohio
Iowa State College
Ames
Marvin Naeve Bryant
Sharpe Carroll
Dan Emnyre
Harold
Will Holm
Mr. Carroll
Marvin Wenzel
Leonard Klock
Rinhold Miller
Pearl City
Frank B. Westendorf
Morrison
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