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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
1
A broad discussion on federal flood control aid, state matching requirements, and hurricane recovery funds highlights tensions between Vermont and other states. The piece notes hurricane damage bills, weather shifts, and a Springfield reception disrupted by Governor Henry's Florida convalescence.
Carroll County Farm Bureau plans a large delegation to the Tlmnots Agricultural Association three day convention in Chicago January 30 to February 1. Delegates include John Henze Shannon and John Fogel Milledgeville with alternates Bert Rupp and Lake Fackineer Lanark. Notables Prof T W Schultz Town State College and R M Evans Agricultural Adjustment Act head will address on tariffs and foreign markets.
Carroll County officials select the March jury panel for circuit court. Names from Fair Haven to Elkhorn Grove appear, with jurors listed by town. The March term starts March 6 and jurors may be called a week later if trials require.
Mrs Nettiy Clark 68 of Mt Carroll died at 4 30 PM Sunday at her daughter Mrs Robert Kingery’s Morrison home after a stroke. Born April 28 1871 Mt Carroll she married James Clark in 1892 who died 1929. Survived by four daughters one son. three grandchildren. a sister and a brother.
Lanark hosts Dr. Daly Alam head of animal pathology at the University of Illinois to address farmers on livestock diseases. The morning session at 10 30 covers poultry diseases and prevention. the afternoon at 2 30 features Dr Graham on sleeping sickness in horses and contagious abortion in cattle with illustrations and a question box.
County citizens met in Mt Carroll to finalize plans for a Lincoln Day dinner. The event will be held February 15 at Mt Carroll High School gym with 200 tickets available at 75 cents per plate. Attorney Melvin Finer chairs the arrangements. speaker will be Charles Hadley. Mrs. Hoffman oversees other details. Aims to make this an annual county event.
Mrs Rosina Rath 68 longtime Washington township resident died Thursday evening in Milwaukee at a daughter's home where she had lived since fall. The body went to Savanna then to her son John Rath near Mosquito Hill Powers for the Mosquito Hill church service and burial in Mosquito Hill cemetery. Born November 7 1871 in Germany she came to America in 1893 and married Henry Rath in 1895. Surviving are two sons John Rath and Mary Rath. four daughters Mrs Arthur Haas Mrs Francis Schmide Mrs Henry Pohl and Miss Matilda Rath. five grandchildren two sisters Mrs Dora Kettleberger and Mrs Marie Muck and two brothers and a sister in Germany.
Basketball standings show Chadwick 21, Thomson 17, Mt. Carroll 41, Lanark 25, Fulton 39, Savanna 20, Wan. 21 in a Jan schedule. Further results include Mt. Carroll 25 over Mt. Moritis 17 and Shannon 37 over Pearl City 35. Upcoming: Chadwick at Mt. Carroll, Lanark at Milledgeville, Dewitt at Savanna.
The Illinois High School Athletic Association announced a complex plan assigning more than eight basketball teams to district regional and sectional tournaments culminating in the state final at Champaign. District events run Feb 22–25 with winners advancing to regional play March 1–4 in 60 towns, then 15 sectional meets, leading to the state title series.
Farm account records for 1938 sent by many Farm Bureau members in this county will be checked this morning at a meeting in Lanark. During the afternoon new records for 1929 will be opened and discussed. Tomorrow similar sessions will be conducted in Mt Carroll for farm account keepers in that vicinity.
Four-H club leaders in charge of boy's clubs in Carroll county attended a meeting Wednesday night in Mt. Carroll where Harold Jepson state club representative outlined plans for 4-H activities in 1939.
Russell Derrer of Carroll county leads a list of ten high Illinois dairy herds for December. His herd averaged 46.5 pounds butterfat, ranking fifth. Jo Daviess county’s Jo Daviess herd led the state at over 60 pounds for the year, with Walter Splinter of Winslow posting the top monthly average of 61 pounds. Other top herds include Steinman Ford county 59 pounds and the Pocklington brothers in Macoupin County 53.2 pounds.
Judge F. J. Stransky of Carroll county sold a carload of Hereford steers from his Mt. Carroll area farm at the Chicago Stock Yards. The 1189 pound average cattle brought 13.00 per cwt. On the same day Jerry Sikkema of Thomson shipped 31 head of short fed cattle averaging 875 pounds per head for 9.75 per cwt.
Mt. Carroll defeated Lanark 41 to 25 on home floor as Lanark rallied in the second period and kept pace in the final quarter with Carroll reserves. Paisley led Mt. Carroll with five baskets and three free throws. Merchant top-scored for Lanark with two baskets and six free throws.
Savanna high school cavers lost to Fulton at Fulton Coliseum 39 to 20 as Fulton tallied 58 points in the third period to seal the win. Voss led Fulton with 13 points, Maldermaker added 12, while Nightingale and McCue scored for Savanna. Other items include a Mt Carroll Lincoln Day banquet planned, county jury panel for March, and farm program notices with allotment deadlines.
The Annual Reserve Tournament begins Monday January 30 with Thomson drawing a bye. No games Tuesday night due to early league schedules. Action resumes Wednesday February 1 as Mt Carroll faces the Chadwick Shannon winner and Thomson meets the Lanark Milledgeville winner. Finals Thursday evening decide the championship and consolation honors.
Farm Adviser M P Roske announces a woodlot management demonstration at William J Davis farm six miles north of Carroll on Feb 21 with J E Davis state forester to discuss windbreak planting and woodlot income ten years hence. A second event is the March 11 8 tractor school led by Professor Hay of the University of Illinois for young farmers to learn engine construction valves timing fuels and troubleshooting with reservations at the Farm Bureau office in Carroll.
Local Farm Bureau delegates and officials prepare to attend the annual IAA convention in Chicago next week. The report notes Shannon township tax bills higher in 1938 than the prior year and previews a woodlate demonstration and a tractor school in the coming weeks.
Carroll county youths Charles Bull Thomson Harry Paul Geissinger Clarence Arno and Charles Johnson enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps last week. John son went to Mt. Carroll camp while the others departed for a Skokie Valley camp and may later be sent to the west coast.
Notices urge changes to 39 acreage allotments with appeals due by February 4. The call warns applicants to file at designated office locations and outlines eligibility and deadlines.
Carroll county farm operators receive 1939 soil depleting and corn acreage allotments by mail from Mt. Carroll. Appeals for changes must be filed by Feb 4 in writing and signed by the owner to be considered by the county committee. Public inspection of lists will occur at Mt Carroll and the farm adviser office.
At the annual meeting in Carroll County the Soil Conservation Assn re elected directors and officers for the coming year. President Charles Kingery Salem township. vice president Harold Merchant. secretary and treasurer Asury Miller Woodland township. The group works with the Soil Conservation Service and CCC at Mt. Carroll. A year report shows 61 farms statewide demonstration programs covering 10 784 acres in erosion control practices like strip cropping terracing contour farming and wildlife protection.
Final 1938 tax total for Shannon township reaches 21 714 98 up from 20 374 74 in 1937 with county and district levies detailed in new county clerk figures. Taxing bodies include County Town R B Corporation Districts 12 31 33 34 Vil As and Dog tax 36.00 each.
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