Roaming notes touch on changes in names and home life
The column surveys a Social Security Board count of common surnames, noting the Smiths top the list with about 470,190 accounts and various spellings grouped together. It then shifts to design trends as radios are hidden in furniture and ends with Roosevelt campaign moves and state finance observations.
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Smith
Social Security Board
Johaeons
Security Board
Sehmidt
Sehmitz
Smythe
Xenogianokopoulos
Dies of Crash Injuries Loui s Houzenga Jr. Fatally Hurt
Louis Houzenga Jr. dies from injuries after a car crash with a train Saturday night. A passenger vehicle collided with a train at a crossed intersection, authorities report.
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Louis Houzenga, JR
Companions Hurt As Car Strikes Gas-Electric Train
Louis Houszenga Jr. of Spring Valley died at Mercy hospital Clinton after his car collided with a Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific gas electric train at a Route 80 crossing south of East Clinton. Companions Ellamae Smith and Alfred Smith of Round Grove were badly injured, with skull, facial, pelvic and limb fractures. An inquest in Fulton revealed the trio rode in the front seat. Houszenga reportedly approached from the south at high speed and struck the train after passing a waiting car.
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Louis Houszenga, Jr
Spring Valley
Ustick Township
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
C. B
Route 80
East Clinton
Houten
Sa Ellamae Smith
Alfred
Round Grove
Clarence Smith
Thomson
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific
Fulton
Houzenga
Appar
NYA Student Aid Reaches 19308 Illinois Students
More than 19 thousand Illinois students benefited from the National Youth Administration Student Aid fund in 1987 88 totaling 1 04905484 dollars. Of the total 14206 were high school students 4957 undergraduates and 205 graduates with per month stipends ranging from six to twenty five dollars. In Carroll County the distribution covered Chadwick York Lanark Savannah Shannon Frances Shimer Junior College with amounts and counts listed.
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Illinois
National Youth Administration
William J. Campbell
NYA
Carroll County
Chadwick Community
York Community High
Lanark Community High
Savanna Township
Shannon High
Frances Shimer Junior College
Rebuilding Burlington Yard Office In Savanna
A small crew from the Aurora division began rebuilding the Burlington yard office in Savanna after a May 1 fire. The interior will be reduced to two rooms from three, with new furniture fixtures and lighting planned upon completion.
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Burlington Yard
Savanna
Building Department
Aurora Division
Enroll 14 County Boys in CCC Monday
Applicants examined Monday at the relief office in Savanna. 14 Carroll county youths accepted. They left for Sparta Wisconsin for a conditioning camp before possible assignment to a western coast camp. Names include Robert Schneck Sievert Nahlik Matuska Truesdale Myers Zubat y Zu baty Paul Warren Vetrisek Bertholf Zubaty Meakin Baumgardt Kreider.
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CCC
Relief Office
Savanna
Carroll County
Sparta
Wia
Robert Schneck
Robert Sievert
John Nahlik
Joseph Matuska
Garland Truesdale
Paul Myers
George Zubaty
Warren Paul
Anton Vetrisek
Arthur Bertholf
Louis Zubaty
Max Meakin
Henry Baumgardt
Milledgeville
James Kreider
Shannon
Sale s man killed in car truck crash near Byron
Siliot Wilkin 51 of Rockford died in a Rockford hospital after his car and a ten ton truck collided at highways 2 and 72 south of Byron. Bevan driver of the truck testified the car appeared from the west and slowed then surged into the truck. The car was carried about 200 feet, Wilkin pinned in wreckage, transported unconscious to hospital with internal injuries, skull fracture and multiple other wounds. He leaves a widow and a son Robert, two sisters and two brothers.
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Siliot Wilkin
Rockford
Byron
Wilkin
Lanark
Shannon
Darwin Bevan
Peoria
Winnebawa
Galesburg
Bevan
Parra
Bevans
Bryan
Leaf River
Robert
David ‘Courts
Helen Wilkin
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ruben Wilkin
Oak Park
Earl Wilkin
Federal Crop Report Flags Overplanting In Illinois And Iowa
The July crop report shows Illinois overplanted by 1,063,000 acres and Iowa by 933,000 acres against state allotments. Illinois acreage reached 8,411,000 vs 7,348,000 allotment. Iowa 10,182,000 vs 9,249,259 allotment. Officials say quotas may be set if August supply exceeds normal by 10 percent. current stocks on farms July 1 totaled 640,861,000 bushels, well above the 1927-36 average.
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Federal Crop Reporting Board
Illinois
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustments Administration
Hart Found Guilty of Assault with Intent to Murder
Julius Hart, of Chicago, convicted of assault with intent to murder in Mt. Carroll circuit court. He was sentenced to 1 to 14 years in the Joliet State Penitentiary after a Burlington Railway special agent was shot on company property near Savanna. The verdict followed a trial that included Hart’s claim of accidental discharge and defense witnesses corroborating events.
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Ilinois
Joliet
Julius Hart
Chicago
Hart
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Burlington Railway
Lawrence Parmenter
Russell Bellicove
Henry Truninger
George Ketchum
J. B. Schreiter
Ray Church
Grace Campbell
Vaden Lansford
Parmenter
Chestnut Park
Albert H. Manus
Fred Queckboerner
Chadwick
Ray John
Milledgeville
Herman Yeager Savanna
Phineas Bashaw
Lanark
Shirley Bashaw
Frank Heisler
Shannon
Francis Gillespie
Joe Brennan
Max Good
Fred Barnhart
John Haugh
Russell Marth
Circuit
Real estate transfers recorded since July first
Real estate transfers list several deeds. Lulu R. Caddell and others to Nina M. Schneider and husband in section 33, township 2, range 6. Milton K. Olmstead and wife to Capitola I. Olmstead and others in section 29, township 2, range 7. Adam M. Fulrath to Clarence A. Fulrath in section 3, township 24, range 4. Exchange State Bank to Ervin Elliott and wife in Lanark. Pearl Dick to Martha E. Albert of Mt. Carroll for part of lot 10, block 14.
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Lulu R. Caddell
Nina M. Schneider
Milton EK. Olmstead
Capitola I. Olmstead
Adam M. Fulrath
Clarence A. Fulrath
Exchange State Bank
Ervin Elliott
Lanark
Pearl Dick
Martha E. Albert
Mt. Carroll
Lanark to start Carroll County Locker Company project
At a Lanark public meeting about a cold storage locker plant about $7 000 in stock subscriptions were reported. The group will form the Carroll County Locker Company and seek incorporation. An option was taken on the John Peters lot for a modern locker and refrigeration plant with action hoped for in September.
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Lanark
Carroll County Locker Company
John Peters
Glendora
Lawhorn’s Motor Sales
Fair Haven
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Farmer Injured In Wagon Accident Near Savanna
John Holy a farmer living four miles east of Savanna sustained a dislocated shoulder when a hay wagon overturned after wheels hit a rut on Monday afternoon He was transported to Savanna hospital for treatment.
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John Holy
Savanna
Savanna Hospital
Herbert Rawlins Jr Makes Good Record At Macomb Normal
Herbert Rawlins Jr of Thomson has earned high honors at Macomb State Normal by being invited to join Kappa Delta Pi, a national education honor society recognizing top juniors and seniors for scholarship and character at the state normal. The society, founded at Macomb ten years ago, seeks to foster teaching standards and exemplary candidates.
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Herbert Rawlins, Jr
Macomb
Thomson
Macomb State Normal
Kappa Delta Pi
Education
Herbert
Grain harvest kicks off across Carroll County farms this week
The county begins grain harvest while Carroll County enrolls fourteen 4-H bays in CCC on Monday and departs for Wisconsin camp. June sees two drownings, seventeen births and deaths, and a county flood of activity with crop reports, road, and school news. Authorities report a fatal car crash near Byron and a guilty verdict for a railway assault case. Local officials plan celebrations, approve cold storage plans, and discuss NYA aid to 27 county students.
Grain Harvests Begin on County Farms Amid Rain Delays
Harvesting of grain started on a number of county farms with more to begin soon while farmers finish storing hay between rains. Rust threatens many fields and some areas were hit hard by recent heavy rains and wind.
Carroll county Supervisors Agenda Limited Action In July Meeting
Carroll county board of supervisors met at the courthouse for the July session with few items. Bills paid in vacation and the June grand jury jail report were approved. A lease between Richard Coady and Carroll County for a small ground tract for a machine shed was signed. A York township bridge aid request for a $1500 span over a spring branch was granted and a committee appointed to inspect the site. Weather stripping for the courthouse and annex was tabled.
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Richard Coady
Carroll County
York Township Commissioner of Highways
Argo-Fa
Scout Camping Season Closes At Canyon Camp
The U. S. Grant Council Boy Scouts of America closed their Canyon Camp season near Woodbine Illinois. Four hundred plus boys and girls likely completed a week of camp training during the 1938 season with 223 scouts from 18 troops in 14 towns and a new troop camping model in use.
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U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Canyon Camp
Woodbine
Ill
Jo Daviess
Stephenson Counties
Girl Scouts of
Freeport
Boy Scouts
Lena
Warren
Savanna
Lanark
Elizabeth
Platteville
Fennimore
Belmont
Darlington
Shullsburg
Monroe
New Glarus
Stockton
Mt. Carroll
County Council
C. H. Andrew
Wis
C. M. Chatters
Storm Tuesday Night Interferes With Power Lines
A severe electrical storm and heavy rain left many county homes and businesses without power Wednesday morning. In Chadwick lightning damaged transformers cutting power to several blocks and rural lines. service was restored briefly around 10 am, then halted again due to damaged insulators on the high line to Route 78, which were replaced and restored before noon.
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Chadwick
Mount Carroll Cheese Day and Area Celebrations Planned
Carroll county venues schedule summer events with Mt. Carroll Farmers and Merchants picnic at Point Rock park featuring a horse pulling contest. Chadwick hosts Cheese Day with parades, free cheese sandwiches, concerts, and a dance. Lanark hosts Old Settlers reunion followed by 4-H Roundup and Farm Bureau picnic at Cook farm.
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Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Point Rock Park
Chadwick
Lanark
Farm Bureau
Cook Farm
Illinois Driver License Law Approved Without Governor Signature
Gov Henry Horner allowed the drivers license bill to become law without his signature, crediting the action to a recent special session. The measure creates a 50 cent three year license for about 3 million motorists, with administration split between the secretary of state and the highway department. The act also addresses motorist financial responsibility and includes a $400,000 appropriation questioned by the attorney general.
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Illinois
Henry Horner
Otto Kerner
New Law
Secretary of State
Highway Department
Horner
Clinic Held July 13 In Savanna
A tuberculosis chest clinic was conducted Wednesday in the Community church basement in Savanna. It marked the third monthly clinic in the county, following events in Savanna and Mt. Carroll.
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Savanna
County
Mt. Carroll
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