Carroll County CROP Drive raises cash and grain totals
The 1967 Carroll County CROP Drive collected 1 659 bushels of No 2 corn and 1575 in cash. Cash by township ranged from 15 at Savanna to 320 at Cherry Grove and 289 50 at Fair Haven. New officers for 1968 include Richard Zuck Lanark chairman Russell McInnis Lanark vice chairman Sturtevant Lanark secretary Lawrence Tegeler Mount Carroll treasurer Carl Patterson Milledgeville campaign director Herbert Brantner Lanark publicity Bil Litwiller Milledgeville community chairman.
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Carroll County
Salem
Shannon
Elkhorn Grove
Lima
Wysox
Rock Creek
Freedom
York
Fair Haven
Cherry Grove
Savanna
Mount Carroll
Richard Zuck
Lanark
Russell McInnis
Sturtevant
Lawrence Tegeler
Mount Carrols
Carl Patterson
Milledgeville
Herbert Brantner
Bi Litwiller
Deaths Mt Carroll Woman Lillian Smith 72
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Elmer Lillian Smith 72 at the Church of God. She died Thursday in Jancamb hospital. Rev David Ellis presided. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Born January 10, 1895 to William and Dora Mummert, she married Finmer Smith February 24, 1917. Survivors include her husband, mother, two sons Clyde and Floyd, two daughters Dariene Kaufman and Dorothy Rogers, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Mt. Carroll
Mnoon
Elmer Lillian Smith
Carroll
Church of God
Smth
Jancamb Hospital
David Ellis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lillian Mummert Smith
William
Dora Mader Mummert
Fimner Smith
Mr. Carroll
Clyde
Floyd
Clinton
Don
Dariene) Kaufman
Harold
Dorothy) Rogers
Mr. Carro
Bessie Boyd
Frank Funeral
Savanna City Hospital
Wallace Johnson
Lutheran Church
Shannon
Bessie Cheeseman Boyd
Robert
Elizabeth Snyder Cheeseman
Earl Boyd
Prescon
Savanna
Donald
Elizabeth) Keefer
Mt. Carrol
Funeral Rites Held for Alva Mowery in Mt Carroll
Alva Mowery 86 died Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at Frank funeral home Mt Carroll with Rev. Wallace Johnson of the Lutheran church officiating. Burial in Lanark cemetery. Born January 7 1881 in Carroll County to William and Emma Mowery, he married Matilda Buchenau. Survived by wife two daughters Thelma Hannes and Bernice Brobst, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and four brothers Charles Freeport Francis Torrance Calif Russell Norwalk Calif George Council Bluffs.
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Mt. Carroll
Frank Funeral
Alva Mowery
Wallace Johnson
Lutheran Church of
Lanark
Mr. Mowery
Carroll County
William
Emma Hassen Mowery
Matilda Buchenau
Thelma Hannes
Carroll
Oret
Bernice) Brohst
Free
Brokhers
Charles
Freeport
Francis
Torrance
Calif
Russell
Norwalk
George
Council Bluffs
Obituaries and notices from Lanark and Savanna region
Mrs Earl Wilkin of Lanark notes the death of Bessie Cheeseman Boyd 78 of Mt Carroll with services and burial in Shannon Cemetery. Rose Sansom Martindale of Baraboo died in a local hospital. services held in Baraboo with survivor list including Dr Francis Martindale. John Coward of Savanna reports the accidental death of C Sumner Darrow’s grandson in Shippensburg. details include birth in Oak Ridge Tennessee and schooling in Savanna.
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John Coward
Savanna
C. Sumner Darrow
Shippensburg
John
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lincoln Elementary
Chambersburg, Pa
Local Student Dies During College Study
Funeral services were held in Shippensburg Pennsylvania for a college sophomore who died while attending school. He is survived by his mother Mrs Mary Grover two brothers Joe and Tom two sisters Mary and Laurie all in Shippensburg his father John Coward in Oak Ridge Tennessee paternal grandmother Mrs John Coward Sr Oak Ridge and maternal grandparents the C Summer Darrows of Savanna Georgia
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Shippensburg
Pennsylvania
Mary Grover
Joe
Tom
Mary
Laurie
John Coward
Oak Ridge
Tenn
C. Summer Darrows
Savanna
Milledgeville Woman Lois Riter 84 Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Daily funeral home in Port Byron for Lois Riter 84 Milledgeville resident who died Sunday in East Moline Illinois Burial was in Bethesda cemetery Hillsdale Lois Ward born September 7 1883 at Joslin to Theodore and Alice Ward She married David Riter June 26 1907 He died in 1966 The couple farmed about 20 years Survivors include brother James of Davenport and several nephews and nieces including Mrs Leslie Ropp of Milledgeville
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Milledgeville
Port Byron
Lois Riter
East Moline
Illinois
Bethesda
Hillsdale
Lois Ward
Joslin
Theudas
Alice Hanna Ward
David Riter
James
Davenport
Leslie Ropp
John Wurster of Mt. Carroll Dies at 83
Services for John Wurster 83 of Pleasant Valley north of Mt. Carroll were held Monday at Good Hope Lutheran Church. He died Friday in Freeport Memorial Hospital. Survivors include wife Mary daughter Mrs. Glenn Aurand of Stockton two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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John Wurster
Mt. Carroll
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Pleasant Valley
Wurster
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Mary
Glenn Aurand
Stockton
Illinois Students urged to enter sesquicentennial essay contest
Sen. Charles Percy urges Illinois students from grades seven through twelve to submit 150 word essays for the If I were Governor of Illinois contest. Prizes total more than 2000 dollars including a $1000 grand prize and a day with Gov. Otto Kerner in Springfield. Entries must be postmarked by February 12, 1968 and mailed to Box C Children Press Inc Chicago Illinois 60607.
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Charles Percy
Illinois
Childrens Press, Inc
Ilinois
Otto Kerner
Springfield
Savings and Loan
Chambers of Commerce
Children Press, Inc
W. van Buren St
Chicago
Ill
Hither and You and the Value of a Homemaker
A column explores the cost of time and money for housewives, citing AP statistics and Chase Manhattan Bank estimates. It contrastingly notes how much a wife may be worth weekly and urges supporting local businesses and neighbors. The piece ends with a plug for the brown spider column by Harold Brinkmeier.
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The
Chase Manhattan Bank
Thomson
Harold Brinkmeier
Carroll County Extension
Farm Bureau Acquaintance Day Tour At Mount Carroll
Timothy Wenberg and Steve Houzenga attended the Farm Bureau Acquaintance Day on January 13 at Mount Carroll. The group visited the IPLA building, then toured the Farm Bureau Building to see the Producers Credit Association the Producers Supply and the soil laboratory and learned about loan terms and lending practices.
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Timothy Wenberg
Steve Houzenga
Farm Bureau
Mount Carroll
International Livestock Producers Association
IPLA
Producers Credit Association
Producers Supply
Farm Bureau Soilaboratory
Farm group tour highlights soil and conservation work
A visiting group toured a soil laboratory and Extension office learning about soil tests and Extension help. They viewed conservation slides at the Soil Conservation Service and the Agriculture Conservation Stabilization Office before lunch. The program ended after Farm Bureau operation slides. Reporter Steve Houzenga.
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Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Conservation Stabilization Office
Wednesday Visit and Saturday Socials in Thomson
Mrs. Leslie Grim stopped by the Maple Lawn home of Mrs. Vera Bennett and Mrs. Ellen Brand on Wednesday afternoon. Saturday evening guests at the Calvin Eslinger home included Lloyd Smith and families of the Markens and Athertons, plus Bonnie Jo.
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Thomson News
Leslie Grim
Vera Bennett
Ellen Brand
Maple Lawn
Calvin Eslinger
Lloyd Smith
Jack Marken
Gene Marken
John c. Atherton
Bonnie Jo
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Edna) Wilkin
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