I Wanted Wings Opens at Carroll Theatre with Air Force Slang
Paramount presents the air force themed film starring Ray Milland and Veronica Lake. The piece notes authentic aviation jargon such as Gig a Tour washout and Dodo and highlights cast members including William Holden, Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake and Constance Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Paramount City
Wings
Carroll Theatre
Ray Milland
William Holden
Wayne Morris
Brian Donlevy
Veronica Lake
Constance Moore
Dodo
Veronica
Thoughtful Gift Compared to Angelic Blessings
A reflective line suggests giving a heartfelt thought to a friend could be a blessing akin to gifts from angels instead of tangible gems or flowers.
Hechts boast fine fishing near Carroll county
Max and Dorothy Hecht of Freeport visited Thomson Sunday to show a superb string of fish and praised Carroll county fishing prospects. Eugene Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Grove, has joined Atlantic Christian College Wilson North Carolina as voice instructor in the music department after earlier the Lanark school and public schools service. He holds a bachelor of music from Wesleyan Bloomington 1987 and a 1939 master of music, with recent study in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max and
Dorothy Eugene Grove Hecht
Thomson I. Carolina
Max
Dorothy Hecht
Freeport
Thomson
Dorothy
Carroll County
Hecht
Eugene Grove
P. F. Grove
Atlantic Christian College of
Wilson
N. C
Grove
Lanark School
Lanark
Mt. Carroll High School
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Thomas N. MacBurney
Chicago
Foltz Held on U S Charge in Freeport Indictment
Joseph E. Foltz of Savanna was indicted by a federal grand jury in Freeport on June 16 and arrested by Deputy U. S. Marshal Will Boeke. He faces charges of attempted exertion and larceny of government property with bonds set at 15 000 each, total 50 000, and chose to stay in jail rather than seek his father’s larger bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Foltz
Savanna
Freeport
U. S
Will Boeke
Stephenson County
Foltz
Liberty
U.S
R. P. Eckert, Jr
1941 Farm Sports Festival rules announced
The sixth Illinois Farm Sports Festival rules were released by the Illinois Agricultural Association festival secretary Frank Gingrich. Changes include bowling for men and women badminton for women a 50 yard dash for boys 16 and over wrestling eligibility for district or state champions women split into junior and senior divisions and horseshoe pitching for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gingrich
Illinois Agricultural Association
Gingrich
Freeport Man Gets State Job In This Vicinity
Appointment of six new investigators in the division of standards of the state agricultural department announced Monday by the department director. The appointments took effect July 1. Gerald Moore of Freeport assigned to Carroll Whiteside Lee Ogle and McHenry counties. The division revamped for strict enforcement of the state weights and measures law and two new testing scales have been acquired for north and south sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Standards
State Agricultural Department
Department
Gerald Moore
Freeport
Carroll
Whiteside
Lee
Ogle
McHenry
No Auto Deaths In June In Carroll County Illinois
Carroll county is one of four northern Illinois counties reporting no fatal auto accidents during June. Only one fatal highway crash occurred in the county in the first six months of 1941, with Jo Daviess the only county in the area posting fewer. Through July 1, 17 highway fatalities are recorded in the six county area, by county: Lee 9, Stephenson 3, Ogle 2, Whiteside 2, Carroll 1, Jo Daviess none.
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Carroll County
Illinois
Daviess
Lee
Stephenson
Ogle
Whiteside
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Des Moines Firm Is Low Bidder On S O D Project
The Kuchara Construction company of Des Moines Iowa was apparent low bidder for the construction and completion of three transfer platforms at the Savanna Ordnance Depot. The bid was 27880 dollars with Hagstrom Construction at 39835 and Peter Plaskee of Kenosha Wisconsin submitting a third bid. The low bidder will begin within five days of notice to proceed and Ninety days are allowed for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuchara Construction Company
Des Moines
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Iown
Hagstrom Construction Company
Peter Plaskee
Kenosha
Wis
Rain Fails To Break Heat Wave
Heat persisted through the weekend with Monday posting the hottest readings of the year in the area. Despite hard showers Saturday and Sunday and a late afternoon thunderstorm, temperatures remained in the nineties. An evening storm cut power to Chadwick for about two hours at the John Geisz corner. Weekend storms slowed haying and corn plowing but farmers kept field work in hand despite heavy June rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
John Geisz
Speeders Fined by Savanna Magistrate
Elmer Albrecht of Savanna paid a $5 fine and costs after a speeding arrest in Savanna. Dorothy Yeager of Lanark, employed at the ordnance depot, paid $3 and costs for a similar charge the same day. Magistrate J. Fisher presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Albrecht
Savanna
Co. J. Fisher
Dorothy Yeager
Lanark
Yeager
Ordnance Depot
New trench silo under way at Stransdale Farm No 1
Work began last week on the largest trench silo in Carroll county at Stransdale Farms No 1, managed by Adam Heinze. The 120 by 21 by 8 foot trench is lined with roofing paper and loaded with alfalfa and ground cob chow. Trucks enter the trench to unload and compact the silage as a tractor and ensilage cutter process the alfalfa. An estimated 40 acres of alfalfa will fill the silo to feed a large Holstein herd and feeder cattle, with over 600 Herefords observed on the farm last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stransdale Farms No
Adam Heinze
Carroll County
Review
Judge Stransky
Mother Drives 50 Miles Before Missing Son
Attendants at a Savanna service station discovered an 11 year old boy left in a car for hours after his mother Mrs. J H Ballender of Dayton Ohio stopped there on a Yellowstone trip. She unaware drove to Dixon before realizing he was missing and notified state police. She returned to Savanna to retrieve him and continued home.
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Savanna
J. H. Ballender
Dayton
Savanna Station
Yellowstone Park
Dixon
Lanark Steers Bring 11.25 On Chicago Market
Frank Hutchinson of Lanark marketed a prime consignment at the Chicago Stock Yards. Twenty yearling steers averaging 1175 pounds sold at 11.25 per cwt for eastern shipment. Hog prices climbed to a season high of 10.80 per cwt, five cents above Monday, with session highs at 10.45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Chicago
Frank Hutchinson
Carroll County
Shannon Farmer Hurt As Team Of Horses Runs Away
Charles Bornemeier, a 55 year old Shannon farmer, was taken to a Freeport hospital after a runaway team dragged a hay wagon toward him. He suffered a back fracture and possible vertebral injuries as witnesses saw the horses bolt from the driver and strike him while he sat near a hay stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon Farmer Hurt
Charles Bornemeier
Shannon
Freeport
Bornemeier
Sheriff Keeps Cooler Empty As Heat Drops Inside
Sheriff Ray Westfall works to stay cool in a quiet week with the jail reportedly empty. He keeps shades drawn and the door shut to maintain a comfortable office temperature around 80 degrees, a relief for visitors and staff alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Westfall
Fine Speeder Arrested in Savanna Hearing
Clarence Quackenbush of Clinton Iowa paid a $5 fine and costs after a Friday speeding arrest in Savanna at a hearing before Police Magistrate C J Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Clarence Quackenbush
Clinton
C. J. Fisher
County Deaths in Savanna Report Two Local Men
William C. Bilhorn 81 was found dead in Savanna at his son Fred Bilhorn's home. Funeral rites planned with I C O F involvement. John R. Brown 62 died at his Savanna home after long illness. funeral at St. John’s Catholic Church and burial in Savanna Catholic cemetery. Browns long service with Milwaukee Railroad noted.
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Savanna
William Charles Bilhorn
Fred Bilhorn
Bilhorn
Mr. Bilhorn
Racine
Wis
Charles
Anna Bilhorn
Fred
Orin
Fannie Layman
Hugh Conroy
Whitefish
Mont
Anna Kosterman
Raeme
Theresa Johnston
Rockford
John R. Brown
Milwaukee Railroad
St. John’s Catholic Church
Jackson County
Iowa
Frank
Margaret Brown
The
Milwaukee
Courthouse Briefs Record June Marriage Licenses
The County Clerk reports 17 marriage licenses issued in June the highest monthly total since July 1 1937 when the premarital medical exam law began. Applications were filed by Ralph Lawvell Prairie du Chien Pearl Ronken LaCrosse Haven Noser Margaret Guenzler Lanark Paul Beck Savanna and Jeanne Helm Chadwick.
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Walter Watson
Ralph L. Lawvell
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Pearl Ronken
LaCrosse
Haven Herbert Noser
Margaret Guenzler
Lanark
Paul E. Beck
Savanna
Jeanne C. Helm
Chadwick
Property Deed Transfers Listed for Savanna Mt Carroll Wysox Areas
A series of warranty and quitclaim deed transfers are recorded involving multiple parties. Ed Lawrence Jr and others convey parcels in Savanna Mt. Carroll Wysox and J. T. Allison's Mt. Carroll addition with various lot, block, and section descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Owens
William Carr
Robinson
Savanna
Edwin F. Lawrence Jr
William M. Long
York
George A. Smith
Jurgen P. Jurgensen
Thomson
Lester E. Myers
Thyra C. Perry
J. T. Allison
Mt. Carroll
Savanna Couple Wed in Community Church Ceremony
Miss Mary O. Grandy of Savanna married Dr. Jesse W. Gridley of La Harpe Ill at three in the afternoon in the Savanna Community church. The bride, daughter of Mrs. John Grandy, is a Savanna native and Lawrence college alumna who has taught music in Niles Michigan. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gridley, is a Savanna native educated at Morton Junior College and osteopathy college in Kirksville Missouri and will practice in La Harpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O. Grandy
Savanna
Jesse W. Gridley
la Harpe
Ill
T. Stuart Cleworth
John Grandy
Savanna High School
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Niles
Mich
Gridley
Leslie Gridley
Cicero
Morton Junior College
College of Osteopathy
Kirkstille
Fort Madison couple wed in First Lutheran Church ceremony
Miss Mary Virginia Hanneman daughter of E. C. Hanneman Fort Madison Iowa and Erik Isgrig son of Mrs Emma Isgrig Savanna Illinois were married Saturday June 28 in Fort Madison First Lutheran Church with Rev A L Angerbach officiating.
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Mary Virginia Hanneman
E. C. Hanneman
Fort Madison
Erik Isgrig
Chicago
Emma Isgrig
Savanna
First Lutheran
A. L. Angerbach
Savanna Couples Tie The Knot In Sterling Ceremony
Miss Lucy Schoenhaar daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Schoenhaar Savanna married Marion Miller near Hanover in Sterling at 2 pm Sunday June 22. Rev Muller officiated they plan a Wisconsin wedding trip and will live with Mrs Miller's brother Paul near Savanna. Mrs Miller a Savanna High graduate kept house for her brother. Miller a Hanover High graduate works at Savanna Ordnance Depot. Also announced is the marriage of Miss Rosemary Erhart Rock Island and Charles Terry Savanna which occurred December 29 1940 in Savanna St John s Church rectory with Rev Fr Kunkel officiating. Mrs Terry is daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Erhart of Rock Island and Mr Terry is son of Mr and Mrs James Terry of Andalusia. He works at Economy Paint in Savanna and they reside in Manning apartment Savanna.
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Lucy Schoenhaar
Sam Schoenhaar
Savanna
Marion Miller
Edward Miller
Hanover
Mennenga
Sterling
Muller
Wisconsin
Savanna High School
Hanover High School
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Rosemary Erhart
Rock Island
Charles Terry
St. John’s Catholic Church
P. R. Kunkel
Terry
Fred Erhart
James Terry
Andalusia
Manning
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Pride of
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New Orleans
America
Bruce Cabot Mischaauer
Joan Blondell
Roland Young
Jack Benny
Rochester
Topper Returns
Billy Joe Conn
Louis
WEB
Wallace Beery
Robin Hood
Mexico Way
SUN
Mon
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
MGM
Oys Town
Wednes & Thurs
Rita Hayworth Merle Oberon
Dennis Morgan
Orpheun
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Bob Sterling
Virginia Weidler
Marsha Hunt
Joseph Foltz
S. O. D. Project
Speeders
Stransdale Farm
Sheriff Cool
William C. Bilhorn
Indiana
J. J. Cavanagh
Clara Schumm
Joliet
Helen Nowicki
Saint Donatus
Blue Island
Audrey Drechsel
Saint James
Arlington Heights
Marilyn Radke
Avenue
Betty Spoon
Hickory
Virginia
Nora Jean Borush
Clarendon Hills
Dorothy Shinkle
Birds
Ramona Lee Whitson
Lincoln School
Lawrenceville
Lois France
Lincoln
Marilla J. Carson
Cherry Street
Olney
Ann Ayers
Buffalo
Ruth Palmer
Pleasant Hill
Springfield
Dora Harvill
Wanless
Mr. Isgrig
Grandy Gridley
Hanneman-Isgrig
Alden’s Cafe
2Nd St
Erhart
Goodenough
van Allen
van Allen’s
Rhodes Bros
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