Babson Opinion Pieces on Kennedy Minimum Wage Proposal
The Babson Park piece argues that a $1.25 minimum wage could reduce hiring, raise prices, and hurt small shops while boosting purchasing power for some. It warns of unemployment from foreign competition and warns against broad subsidies without creating new industries.
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Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Kennedy
Presdent Kennedy
Germany
Japan
Italy
U. S
Congress
Extension Committee Plans Area Swine Day Program
Extension Livestock Committee members and Farm Adviser Byron Hutchins traveled to Amboy on January 17 to plan the area Swine Day set for April 5. Attendees were Fred Hook Thomson Harlan Hollowell Milledgeville and Pat McCue Lanark. The program will cover artificial insemination of swine and specific pathogen free disease free pigs and urges farmers to save the date.
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Extension Livestock Committee
Byron Hutchins
Amboy
Fred Hook
Thomson
Harlan Hollowell
Milledgeville
Pat McCue
Lanark
Winter Fun Day at Canyon Camp Draws Scouts
Explorers from Savanna and senior Girl Scouts from Wisconsin join U. S. Grant Council at Canyon Camp near Stockton for skiing ice skating and tobogganing despite little snow. Two slopes warming cabins and a snack bar supported the event before an evening at Atwood Community Hall with square and popular dancing led by Bennett Underhill.
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U. S. Grant Council
Canyon
Stockton
Platteville
Badger
Wisconsin
Savanna Jane Addams
Ilinois
Savanna
Atwood Community Hall
Bennett Underhill
Freeport
Underhill
Explorers
Rock Falls Girl Weds William Pickens in Jan. 7 Ceremony
Nan cy Lee Musser of Rock Falls married William Pickens of Fair Haven on January 7 at the Rock Falls home of Rev. Harry Shiffer. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Shiffer. A January 20 miscellaneous shower near Morrison hosted 25 relatives with gifts and prayers from absent relatives.
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William Pickens
McKinley Pickens
Fair Haven
Nancy Lee Musser
George Musser
Rock Falls
Harry Shiffer
Shiffer
Marvin Snyder
Morrison
Mmes
Jay Ward, Sr
Mary Pickens
Ada Pickens
Durward Meier
Doretta Newendyke
Verna Snyder
Lenorah Gordon
Eleanor Pickens
Blink couple celebrate 25th wedding anniversary open house
Mr. and Mrs. Onno Blink Jr celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with an open house at their Fulton area home on Sunday January 15. Guests from nearby towns attended and 84 editors signed the guest register. The event featured a four tiered white wedding cake and silver trim with flowers and gifts noted by family.
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Onno Blink, Jr
Fulton
Diane Schrader
Milledgeville
Big Island
Morrison
Erie
Garden Plain
William L. Schrader
Wilma
Blink
John J. Mitchell
Arlene
la Puente
Calif
Mr. Blink
Kathy Blink
Tim van Kampen
Elsie Blink
Milton Barsema
Harold Housenga
Mrs Rice and daughter return to Peaumont California
Mrs. Robert Rice and daughter Julie have returned home to Peaumont California after months with Mrs. Rice's parents Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grimm and family.
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Robert Rice
Julie
Peaumont
California
Claude Grimm
Sheriff Probes Break-In At Engelke Feed Store Chadwick
Sheriff Harry Miller investigated a break-in at Engelke Feed Service on Route 88 Chadwick. Owners found the office ransacked and a case of motor oil plus a large truck jack missing. Wheel nuts on a semi trailer in the driveway had been loosened, and the thieves fled or abandoned the attempt.
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Harry Miller
Engelke
Chadwick
Parsons College Head Speaks At Savanna High
Dr. Millard G. Roberts Parsons College president and renowned speaker will address Savanna community high school January 26 at 8 00 p m. The event funded by Lincoln Avenue Chestnut Park and Savanna PTA groups marks Roberts long record of leadership and service with the Iowa National Guard and a career of frequent public talks.
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Millard G. Roberts
Parsons College
Savanna Community High School
Lincoln Pta
Avenue Pta
Chestnut Park
Savanna Community High Pta
Parsons
Iowa National Guard
Lanark And Chadwick Win Opening Tilts
Lanark and Chadwick won their opening Carroll Conference games at Mill Edgeville. Chadwick defeated Thomson 55 to 45 in frosh soph action while Lanark beat Thomson 80 to 44 with Arlyn Larson and Ken Kaul scoring 17 and 16. Cook led Beavers with 21 points Olson 17. Hickey 12 Kness 12 for Thomson.
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Chadwick
Thomson
Lanark
Carroll
Streaks Face Beavers in Carroll Conference Semi Final
Chadwick's Streaks meet Shannon Eagles tonight at 8 30 p m in Milledgeville high gym in a varsity semi final. Streaks seek revenge for Jan 17 loss on Shannon floor while Shannon advanced by beating Mt Carroll Tuesday. Lanark meets Milledgeville in fresh soph action tonight.
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Chadwick
Shannon Eagles
Carroll
Milledgeville
Shannon
Eagles
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
25th Anniversary to Be Observed by Howard Lawrences
Mr and Mrs Howard Lawrence of 739 Orange Street Tempe Arizona will observe their 25th wedding anniversary on February 15 Howard Lawrence was born in Thomson and educated there His wife is Helen Lehr daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm C Lehr of Thomson and sister of Mrs Denton Naniga of Chadwick Duane Smith of Lanark attended a dinner at Mr and Mrs Leslie Grim last Friday Carol Flack of Clinton Town is spending this week with her sister Mrs Myles Haas and children
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Kennedy
Howard Lawrence
Orange Street
Tempe
Ariz
Thomson
Helen Lehr
Wm. C. Lehr
Denton Naniga
Chadwick
Duane Smith
Lanark
Leslie Grim
Carol Flack
Clinton
Town
Myles Haas
Lanark and Shannon Earn Wins in Carroll Conf Tourney
Lanark defeated Shannon 63 to 43 in the frosh soph game at Milledgeville. In the varsity, Shannon beat Mt Carroll 77 to 61 as Kneiss led the Eagles with 20 points and Fritz and Kurth added 15 and 14 respectively.
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John Kneiss
Eagles
Jerry Fritz
Ron Kurth
Hawks
October Sales Tax Nets Carroll County Cities
Springfield January report from the Illinois department of revenue shows November sales taxes on October liability will net Carroll County municipalities 7540.90. Cities listed amounts: Chadwick 496.68 Lanark 1150.78 Milledgeville 832.20 Mt. Carroll 1283.96 Savanna 2969.71 Shannon 450.45 Thomson 357.12.
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Springfield
Carroll County
Illineois Department of Revenue
Chadwick
Lanark
Milledgeville
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Shannon
Thomson
County Residents Buy Near Million and a Half in Bonds
Carroll county residents purchased $1,404,230 in series E and H United States Bonds last year, per F. E. Weidman of Mt. Carroll, county Savings Bonds chairman. This amount is 110.9 percent of the county quota. The 1961 county quota stands at $1,536,680.
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Carroll County
United States
F. E. Weidman
Mt. Carroll
General County
Savings Bonds Committee
Boy Scout Week Observances Planned February 7 13
Readers learn of a wide set of Boy Scout events across the U.S. Grant Council area for February 7 13 with Klondike Derbies at Lena Golf Course and Zanders Lake Browntown Wis a district rally at Platteville Armory and a Savanna High School show for hundreds of Scouts. The plan includes a Pow Wow for leaders on February 19 at Freeport Junior High and 50th Anniversary Achievement Award recognition for about 500 local Scouts.
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Glenn Schwendiman
U.S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts of
Amereica
America
U. S. Grant Council
Lena Golf Course
Zanders Lake
Browntown
Wis
Savanna High School
Platteville Armory
Schwendiman
Eisenhower
U. C. Grant Council
Freeport
Phillip Watt
Pleads Guilty To Assault and Battery in Savanna
James McGinnis, Savanna grocer, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. State's Attorney Petty attended. He declined to pay the fine and was remanded to Carroll County jail after the magistrate Earle E. Engelking ordered detention based on a complaint from his wife about a store quarrel.
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Earle E. Engelking
Savanna
James McGinnis
Petty
Engelking
McGinnis
Carroll County
Deaths in Carroll County: Brooks and Thain
Charles A. Brooks 70 of Savanna died Friday in a Tulsa Oklahoma hospital while visiting a sister. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St John’s Catholic church in Savanna with burial in St John’s cemetery. He was the son of William and Julia Brooks and survived by a brother Frank and four sisters. Ralph A. Thain 67 of Savanna died Friday afternoon at his Savanna home after a long illness. Services were held Sunday at Law Funeral Home with burial in Savanna Township Cemetery. He was born April 13 1893 to Casper and Mary Thain and survived by a sister and three brothers, all of Savanna.
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Mt. Carroll
Frank
Florence Hostetter
San Diego
Calif
Oak Hill Cemetery
Florence Engelbrecht
Wm. Engelbrecht
Ross Hostetter
West
Ross, Jr
Freeport
Jack Waterman
Donald Ford
Olympia
Wash
Savanna
Charles A. Brooks
Tulsa, Okla
Tulsa
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
William
Julia Markey Brooks
Kathryn Cain
Charles van Valeanburg
California
Ted Dargis
Minneapolis
Ralph A. Thain
Law Funeral Home
Rev
W. G. Hoffman
Savanna Township
Casper and
Mary Groth Thain
James A Patterson Dies At Ustick Farm
James A Patterson 75, Ustick township farmer, was found dead near a feeding trough on Jan seven miles northeast of Morrison. Coroner ruled heart attack as cause while shoveling corn. burial in Grove Hill after services in Morrison. Survived by a sister Mrs Robinson of California, a brother, three nieces and a nephew.
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James A. Patterson
Ustick Township
Morrison
William Connelly
Wm. Green
Whiteside County
Patterson
Samuel
Red Cross To Sponsor First Aid Classes
Carroll County Red Cross chapter offers two first aid courses in the county. A standard refresher course runs three Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. at Mt. Carroll High School for six hours, open to any county resident with a current first aid card. A separate advanced course runs Sundays from 1:30 to 5 p.m. over five consecutive weeks for sixteen hours at St. Paul Parish House Savanna, with instructors Harold Hersey and Duane Stevens. Courses are free. contact Red Cross Savanna office for details.
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Carroll County
The
Red Cross
Mt. Carroll High School
Harold Hersey
Savanna
Duane Stevens
St. Paul Parish
Min Street
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M. J. Wolf
Charles Green
Jim and
Gary
Frank Leavens
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Howard Lawrences
Froshsoph
Bier
Pillsbury’s
Pillsbury
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Leonard Reitz
Charles
Fred
Ustick Home
Rockford
Earl Gilliland
Extension Service
Warren Spring
Howard Nelson
Carolyn Elliott
Suggestions
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Debra
Bureau Township
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