Deaths in Carroll County Echo Several Local Families
Miss Carrie Kampmeier 54 died at her Shannon home after two months illness. Funeral rites were held at her home and Shannon Brethren church with Rev. Paul Church officiating. Burial in Brethren cemetery. Emma Frutchey 79 died in Savanna after 50 years residence. Funeral in Savanna with burial there. Larry Walter Carbaugh infant son of Mt. Carroll residents died hours after birth. burial in Oak Hill. H J Christian 89 native of Mt. Carroll died in Newell. burial in Oak Hill with Rev. R Ner t ner officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Kampmeier
Shannon
Shannon Brethren Church
Paul Church
Brethren
Mise Kampmeier
William and
Emma Kampmeier
Edward
Emma Frutchey
Savanna
8. B. McCall
Fuller Funeral Home
Savanna Cemetery
Emma Augusta Mecall
Muscatine
David and
Eliza Jane McCall
Clyde Frutchey
Lisbon
McCall
Argus Frutchey
Oxford Junction
Rae Law
H. J. Christian
Mt. Carroll
Newell
D. D
St. Carroll
Fay F. Christian
Oak Hill Cemetery
R. H. Sertner
J. H. Christian
200 Enrolled In Carroll County 4-H Ag Clubs This Year
A total of 200 boys and girls join Carroll County 4-H clubs this year, under Farm Adviser M P Roske. Club rosters include Prairie Edge Mt Carroll 28 Southside Challengers Milledgeville 22 Thomson 4 H 25 Milledgeville Victory Hustlers 22 Palissippi Savanna 32 Lanark East End 58 Lanark West End 35. Members handle 279 projects with swine 66 beef 73 sheep 53 dairy 50 wildlife 11 potatoes 12 corn 5 gardens 7 poultry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
M. P. Roske
H. L. Jepson
Prairie Edge
Mt. Carroll
Southside Challengers
Milledgeville
Thomson
Lanark West End
Shimer Theatre Opens Monday for Summer Workshop
Frances Shimer college announces its third annual summer workshop and theatre opening Monday. The event runs until August 16 with five plays. Director is Lawrence A Carra, former Shim er instructor, now with the University of Texas dramatics department. Staff includes Mrs. Carra, Robert Hitchcock, Clarence Millspaugh, Mrs. Frieda Schwing, Mr. and Mrs. Kneale, and Mrs. Lee Gifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Shimer College
Lawrence A Carra
Shimer
Department of Dramatics
University of Texas
Carra
Robert Hitchcock
Clarence Millspaugh
Frieda Schwing
Brendon Kneale
Lee Gifford
Whiteside County Fair to Proceed Despite War Curb
The 72nd Whiteside county fair will be held in September as planned in Morrison. Directors rejected a federal travel ban request, noting the event attracts local attendees within an 18 mile radius and travel levels do not justify cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside County
The
Fair Association
Morrison
Federal
Director of Transportation
Web Theatre Upgrades Finished at Savanna
The Savanna Web theatre reopened after upgrades including 100 new seats refinished seating, lobby remodeling, a new women's restroom on the south side, and new display panels flanking the entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Bake Cakes And Cookies For S. O. D. Hospital Friday
Women of Chadwick baked three angel food cakes and 17 dozen cookies for Savanna ordnance depot hospital as a county Red Cross project Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Savanna Ordnance Depot Hospital
County Red Cross
Two Herders Tie for June Butterfat Lead in Carroll County
In Carroll County DHIA June reports Halfman and Peck of Thomson with 15 cows and Harry Tallman of Lanark with 24 cows tie for first in average butterfat at 39.3 with milk yields 1014 and 957 pounds respectively. The article lists subsequent herds and top fat records, noting overall drops from May across many herds and detailing high cow producers including Charles Hogg and Nordhoff and Peck among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Dhia
Association
Halfman
Peck
Thomson
Harry Tallman
Lanark
Charles Hogg
R. R. Porter and Son
J. C. Bennett
Milledgeville
Nordhoff and Peck
Halfman and Peck
Hogg
Finifrock & Engles
Nordhoff and
Finnifrock and Engles
iR_ R. Porter and Son
Permits Granted for Autos and Tires by County Board
The county rationing board lists weekly permits ending June 21 for autos and tires. Names include Joseph Miller Shannon for a new auto, and multiple residents such as Marshall Carson Savanna and Joe Warfield Chadwick receiving tires and tubes. Additional permits cover implement, truck, passenger tires, retreads, and related items across Lanark Mt Carroll Milledgeville Chadwick Savanna and Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Miller
Shannon
Marshall Carson
Savanna
Joe Warfield
Chadwick
Loren Alber
Milledgeville
Gerald Shellhouse
Mt. Carroll
Austin Elliott
Kenneth Lessman
Shannnan
L. C. Schreiner
Lanark
Rex Willis
Ll. Orr
Arden Deets
Rex B. Lower
A. H. Dambman
Mt. Carroll Produce
V. Jensen
Paul Clevidence
Albert Adolph
Walter Grinnel
Thomson
Keith Acker
Willard Martin
Mt Carroll
Ruth Immel
Ivan Carroll
Russell Carpenter
John Phillips
Leroy F. Card
Ethel Pough
Wm. Kramer
Joseph Weber
WEDDINGS IN SAVANNA AREA MARRIAGES REPORTED
Several couples were wed on June 27 in churches around Savanna Mt Carroll Maquoketa Clinton Hastings and Nauvoo The ceremonies included Dorothy Smith Harold Rogers Myldred Mach P R Bryant Dorothy Ensch John Feuerhelm Phyllis Hensley John Buckert Mary Elizabeth Weyer Robert Nutt Irene Appel John Hartman and others The announcements note home towns school backgrounds and ordnance depot ties with future residences in Savanna or Mt Carroll
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensch-Feuerhelm
Dorothy Ensch
Peter Eusch
Savanna
John Feuerhelm
Harvey Feuerhelm
Lansing
Chester M. Irvin
Savanna Presbyterian Church
John Jones
Guy Shillito
Phyllis Hensley
John Hensley
John E. Buckert
Nauvoo, Ill
Frst Presbyterian
Clinton
Iowa
Bruce McCullough
Betty Boothby
Alfred Johnson
Oxford Junction
Savanna High School
Mr. Buckett
Nauvoo High School
Western State Teachers College
Macomb
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Mary Elizabeth Weyer
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Robert Edison Nutt
First Presbyterian Church of
Hastings
Neb
S. G. Kessley
Janet Empirie
Dorothy Weyer
Morris Anderson
Nutt
Lake of the Ozarks
F. E. Weyer
Hastings College
University of Nebraska
University of Wisconsin
Shimer
Lieut. Nutt
R. H. Nutt
Nashville, Tenn
University of Tennessee
Ordnance Depot of
Army
77 Families Aided Under Housing Act in 1941
Carroll county reported 77 families aided by the National Housing Act in 1941 per Gael Sullivan FHA state director for Illinois. The figures include 74 property improvement loans totaling 24,140 dollars and three small home mortgages totaling 12,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Gael Sullivan
Federal Housing Administration
Finois
Carroll County Receives July Bond Quota of 154200
Carroll County has a July war bond sales quota of 154200, nearly double June, per a treasury department release. Illinois statewide quota is 84925000. Whiteside county 245000, Jo Daviess 139999, and Ogle 202200. Mr and Mrs John Wilburn of Rockford were weekend guests at the Wilburn home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Treasury Department
Illinois
Whiteside County
Jo Daviess
Ogle
Mrs
John Wilburn
Rockford
Carrol County Seventeenth Selective Service Registers 416
A total of 416 young men aged 18 and 19 registered in Carroll County during the fifth selective service registration ending Tuesday night. Registration occurred at the Mt. Carroll local board with volunteers aiding staff over four days. Birth dates will determine order numbers, no national lottery. Authorities note 18 and 19 year olds cannot yet be drafted but pressure to allow induction grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Instea
Congress
Local residents in town for visits and longtime residents
Preston Prairie Assessor Harry Wildey has been in this vicinity. Gloria Oberbein has been spending a week with Mildred Fulrath Molt man. Billie Bogue and Robert Keim were here recently. Reta Ritenour of Lanark is visiting in the home of Howard Petty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wildey
Gloria Oberbein
Mildred Fulrath Moltman
Billie Bogue
Robert Keim
Reta Ritenour
Lanark
Howard Petty
Licenses to Marry Hit New June High in County
Twenty six couples obtained marriage licenses in June, the highest June total since 1937, when over 40 licenses were issued. County Clerk Walter Watson notes the six month total for 1942 is 87, suggesting a possible all time county record year. Monthly figures show January 13, February 10, March 7, April 12, May 19, June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Watson
Carroll County Sees Fewer Traffic Deaths in 1942
Carroll County reports only one traffic death in the first six months of 1942 while June shows a continued clean record for highway facilities. Officials note a roughly 30 percent drop in fatalities this year versus the same period in 1941 due to the enforced traffic slowdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Boy Fractures Skull in Fall from Hayloft
Richard Martz eight year old son of Samuel Martz of Shannon fell about twelve feet from a ladder in a barn escape to the cement floor. He was unconscious for several hours but a Freeport Deaconess hospital report stated his condition was good the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Martz
Samuel Martz
Shannon
Freeport Deaconess Hospital
Nine Carroll county men ordered to report for induction
Nine more Carroll county men have orders to report in Chicago for final examination and induction into army service. They must report Wednesday July 8. Names and addresses include Cyril L. Halfman Savania Harold William Rogers Mr Carroll Frank J. Matuska Savanna Albert C Handel Savanna James W Crawford Milledgeville Jack Donald Rogers Hanover Wayne L Gillespie Massbach Louis R Galor Mt Carroll Ray B Crain Savanna. Mr and Mrs George Mohrman visited the Fred Hartman home Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago
Cyril L. Halfman
Savania
Harold William Rogers
Mr. Carroll
Frank J. Matuska
Savanna
Albert C. Handel
James W. Crawford
Milledgeville
Jack Donald Rogers
Hanover
Wayne L. Gillespie
Massbach
Louis R. Galor
Mt. Carroll
Ray B. Crain
Court House Briefs Name Several Marriage Licenses In County
County Clerk Walter Watson lists marriage licenses issued to Clarence J. Harding Frances Ifrown both of Savannah. Harold W ogers Dorothy M. Smith both of Mt Carroll. John F. Eckerle Freeport. E Mildred Livengood Lanark. John Feuerhelm Lansing Ill and Dorothy Enoch Savannah. Lord 25 Savannah held in county jail in default of 1000 bond on abduction charge. bound over to grand jury after hearing. Robertson 27 Savannah returned from Baraboo Wis on larceny charge after failing to post 1000 bond. White 44 Coleta bound over to grand jury on obtaining credit under false pretence. Juries in vhenit court dismissed. will of Conrad C Miller Chadwick admitted to probate. Real estate transfers list multiple deeds in Savanna Mt Carroll and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Clarence J. Harding
Frances Ki Frown
Lord
Grand Jury
Frank Schroeppel
Kahoka
Savanna
Missouri
Ray Weestfall
Dallas Robertson
Carroll County
Baraboo
Wis
Robertson
Sylvester McWorthy
Wisconsin
Charles F. White
Coleta
Mt. Carroll
White
Vhenit Court
Conrad C. Miller
Chadwick
Marie N. Miller
Alice May Fleming
John H. Shirk
Neikirk
Milledgeville
Thomas C. Jenks
Lester W. Bowen
East Savanna
Philip Reitz
James D. Brown
Melvin Bowman
Mevin Finer
Woodland
Ernest Musser
Harry W. Cheeseman
Elkhorn Grove
Bessie
Freedom
Franklin A. Cheeseman
Alice L. Rahn
Wysox
Alice TL. Rahn
Myrtle Cheeseman
Joseph P. Wilken
Geo. Schrader
J. R. Shelly
Shannon
Nicholas Krier
George W. Hamilton
Mr. Carroll
Roy D. Zink
Isadore L. Scharmach
Grover Earl Bickelhaupt
Ida Mae Thayer
Savanna Thomson Girls Fall to Polo in Kittenball Clash
The Savanna Thomson girls lost 8 to 3 at Polo on Wednesday June 24 hampered by a missing player. Highlights included Pauline Sikkema and Betty McFadden on defense. The team meets Dubuque in Savanna on July 10 and Daggetts hosts a doubleheader July 23 with Savanna Thomson vs Polo followed by Daggetts vs Wolf Motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna-Thomson
Polo
Pauline Sikkema
Betty McFadden
Kenneth Krempel
Argo-Fa
Dubuque
Dubuque Girls
Savanna
Old Mill Park
Daggetts
Savanna- Thomson
Wolf Motor of
July Fourth Observances Narrow Amid Fireworks Ban
The article notes limited public celebrations due to a state ban on pie sales and fireworks, with lower accident risk expected. Savanna plans a hunting show in Weidman’s field near Old Mill Park, Kas Moline hosts a big American Legion event, and Clinton reports strong holiday business at pools as crowds may be smaller than past years. Many workers remain on production lines and farmers catch up after rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Pwurth
Requet
Savanna
Weidman
Old Mill Park
Kas Moline
American Legion i
Clinton
Met
Lanark Cannery Packs 75000 Cases of Peas
The Fuhremann Canning company of Lanark reports 75 000 cases of early pea crop packed this season doubling last year’s size. Sixteen hundred acres were under contract for peas and 2400 acres for sweet corn. Late crop packing to begin soon after peas finish if weather allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuhremann Canning Company
Lanark
Fourth of July Events at Glengary Country Club
July 4th plans at Glengary country club between Savannah and Mt Carroll include a dance for members and non-members Saturday night and a blind bogey golf tournament Sunday afternoon July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glengary Country Club
Savanna
Mt Carroll
New Pastors Appointed to Thomson and Lanark Churches
Bishop Waldorf announced new assignments at the Rock River conference in Evanston. Rev. Clarence Ploch moves to Warren with Rev. J A Woodrow arriving at Thomson. Lanark will have student pastor Charles M Smith from Garrett Biblical Institute. Rev. George Gable to Shannon. Forty nine ministers named to new charges, 23 in Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson and Lanark
Ernest Lynn Waldorf
Rock River
Evanston
Clarence Ploch
Thomson, Fulton and Albany
Warren
J A. Woodrow
Lanark
Shannon Methodist Church
Chicago
Stamp No 51S extends sugar purchase period
Stamp No 51S becomes valid Monday allowing two pounds of sugar from June 28 to July 25. Stamps 5 and 6 allow two pounds each for a four week period, not increasing overall allowances. Institutional users may apply for July and August allotments before July 10. Report lost books immediately. replacements not issued for two months. Retailers must file ceiling price lists promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bard
Carroll Retailers Pay $12 803 Sales Taxes May
Illinois state statistics show 377 Carroll county retailers paid 12 803 in sales taxes in May. The state total across downstate counties reached 2 862 376 while Chicago area retailers contributed 4 007 895. The director notes soft drink stands and beer parlors outnumber grocers but grocers collected more tax. Mr and Mrs Robert Isenberger attended the funeral of Miss Carrie Kampmeier at Shannon Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Illinois
Carroll County
Downstate
Chicago
Illinois
Grocey
Robert Isenberger
Carrie Kampmeier
Shannon
Wartime Education Program Organizes Countywide Leadership
A wartime education program creates township leaders to spread protection and citizenship facts. District coordinators include numerous families and residents across York, Lima, Rock Creek, Wysox, Shannon, Elkhorn Grove, Washington, Woodland, Savanna, Freedom, and more, guiding rural outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neowi
Ivy Um
Carroll Minty
Fair Haven
Mire
Cha Sacher
Frecee Sennefi
Helen Lehreiner
iChristy Geiron
Albert Adolph
Earl Irenhart
Carl Maring
Clarence Hartman
Fred Queckboerner
Beth Anderson
Elmer — Fink
Lawrence Duden
Clara Geisz
George Knoess
Robert Geieon
L. Meyer
Charles Adolph
York
Ivan Carroll
Fred Peters
Lloyd Smith
Ernest Smith
Leonard Porter
Verlnon Rawlins
Will Hans
John Halfman
Harold Witt
Clarence Lielema
Paul Witt
Robert Carroll
John Balk
Lynn Curley
Otto Switzer
Salem
Adolph Derrer, Jr
Oliver Heisler
Mason Deets
Earl Burkholder
Elwood Williams
Albert Queckboerner
Dwight Spearman
Naomi Larem
Blaine McGinty
Kenneth Schneider
Henry Guinther
James Morgan
Harold Cassens
Leo Lotz
Melvin Handel
John Derrer
Jr. Lima
John Hose
John Warner
Quinter Stitzel
Harry Shipman
Ed Rahn
Win. Kiness
Chas Marty
Albert Schreiner
John K. Morris
Lake Flickinger
Joe Lower
Wysox
Dwight Turner
9. Stoner
Russell Nye
Harry Stoner
Fred Volker
Glen Deets
Frank Livengood
Mra
Roy & Kreiner
Cheery Grove
Admiral Iuer
Charles Mowery
Edw. Wentgel
Earl Wilkins
Matt Garner
Lee Frye
Vernon Shore
Free Wilhelm. Shannon
Paul Woessner
R. B. Stoner
Frances Reuter
Harold Crouse
Frank Diehl
Esther Mohlencamp
Art Dewall
Elkhorn Grove
Marie Schryver
Walter Pumper
Orville Landis
Roland Cheeseman
Russell Mack
Miles Rogers
Washington
Mex
Harold Haring
Allen Airhart
Betty Kuhns
Eddie Handel
Arthur Haas
Kenneth Nesbitt
Ed Simon
Harold Adams
Glen Law
Woodland
Harold Schmidt
Howard Schmidt
Ritchie Williamison
Harry Kearnaghan
Karl Sword
Henry Polhill
Robert Carson
John Miller
Glenn Carson
Frank Davis
Robert Schubert
Dewitt Law
Clyde Ehredt
Glenn Miller
Maynard Gothard
Roy Moore
Chas. Rogers
Austin Elliott
Don Kearnaghan
Chas
Gordon
Savanna
Vic Dauphin
Earnest van Dorn
Carl Mielke
Hart Johnston
Ward Fritz
Harold Merchant
Arthur Kniss
Geo. Hammond
Mission Society Meetings Planned for July 8
The Lutheran missionary society meets July 8 at Mrs. George Doden's home with Mrs Wm. Fink leading and Mrs. Fred Olson presenting a quiz. Special music by Miss Abbie Olson. Hope church mission society also meets July 8 in the church basement with Mrs. W. J. Schreiner leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lutheran Missionary Society
George Doden
Wm. Fink
Fred Olson
Abbie Olson
Missionary Society of Hope Church
W. J. Schreiner
Carroll County Woman’s Relief Corps Elects New President
W R C elects Mrs A K E Corzine of Savanna as president succeeding Mrs Hugh Wilson of Mt Carroll. Other officers include Mrs Cora Dale Lanark as vice president and Mrs Helen Schmaling Mt Carroll as secretary-treasurer. Donald Walker Park Ridge visiting Jay and Mrs Asay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. KE. Corzine
Savanna
Carroll County Woman’s Relief Corps
Hugh Wilson
Mt. Carroll
Cora Dale
Lanark
Helen Schmaling
Donald Walker
Park Ridge
Mrs. Jay Asay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whiteside
S. O. D. Hospital
Halfrian
Mt. Carroll High School
Harry Rogers
Mach Bryant
Myldred R. Mach
Wm. Mach
Cheatnut Park
P. R. Bryant
Richard Bryant
Eizabeth
Congregational Church
Maquoketa
T. Stuart Cleworth
Elizabeth
Illinois School of Optometry
Appel-Hartman
Irene Appel
J. C. Appel
John Hartman
Mt. Carroll Lutheran Church
E. C. Dolbeer
George Hartman
McCracken-Ball
Miss Louise McCracken
Everett McCracken
Sylva, N. C
Thomas Ballas
John Ballas
Youtas
Preston Prairie
George Mohrman
Fred Hartman
Court House Brief
Iafe Anu Sane
Heri
Lanark Cannery
Carroll
Mission Society
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