Babson Weekly Report on Market Confidence and the 2 Percent
Babson Park Mass July 11 The stock market shows higher prices due to abundant money good dividends high farm income and prosperity but a lack of confidence among investors. Leaders of industry feel discouraged and question the value of their work, while Truman tax and labor vetoes deepen strikes and unease. The piece argues the 2 percent drive most activity and suggests a vacation may renew energy to buy stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
U.S
Truman
Congress
Lark
Top Pilots to Appear at Rock Falls Air Show Sunday
Capt. Johnny Vasey of Los Angeles leads a lineup of stunt pilots for the Northern Illinois Air Fair and Circus at Rock Falls airport on Sunday July 20. The Optimist club promotes the event with parachute jumps by Carl Ruppert and other aerial acts including Lowell White and a Bell Helicopter display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Falls
U. S
Johnny Vasey
Los Angeles
Miami
Chicago
Sammy Mason
Frenchie Levere
Rankin
Tex Rankin Flying School
White
Optimist Club
Army
Navy
Washington
Air Corps
Bell Helicopter
U. S. Post Office
County Legion To Meet July 24 With Savanna Post
Carroll county council of the African Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday July 24 at the Legion home in Savanna starting at 8 p m CST Van Wibber Hansen post 148 of Savanna will host the occasion Election of officers for the coming year will be made and interested members from the seven county posts are expected to attend The Savanna post plans several entertainment features for its guests with J W Sullivan named chairman of the refreshment committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Council of the
African Legion
Legion
Savigna
van Wibber-Hansen
Savanna
Schwarts
J. W. Sullivan
Permanent headquarters for the fish and wildlife service
The Interior Department set a permanent headquarters for the Mississippi valley region at the Savanna post office. Harry Adams, refuge manager, leads efforts with Illinois and Iowa conservation departments and the War Department to improve dikes at Spring Lake, plant fish and aquatic vegetation, and develop recreational facilities. Adams will relocate his family to Hanover this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Wild Life Service
Department of the Interior
Missisippi Valley
Dubuque
St. Louis
Savanna
Harry Adams
Adams
Illinois
Iowa
War Departments
Spring Lake
Alams
Mississippi
Hanover
Turney Clan Seventh Reunion Held At Eagle Point Park
Seventh annual Turney clan reunion of James and Mary Turney descendants gathered at Eagle Point park Clinton Iowa with 70 members and three visitors. Officers elected were Elie Forquet president Gail Turney vice president and Wm Berwick secretary. Oldest attendee was Clinton Wilt youngest Marsha Lynn Machaell. Glen Wilt traveled far from Detroit. One marriage noted Glen Turney and Margaret Kahler Chadwick. Three births recorded David son of Paul Turney Danny son of Bev Tyler and Marsha daughter of LeVern Turney Chadwick. Next reunion set for second Sunday of July at Old Mill park Savanna. Attendees from Chadwick included Glenn Turney Paul Turney and sons Gary and David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Mary Turney
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Iowa
Elie Forquet
Sterling
Gail Turney
Thomson
Wm. Berwick
Morrison
Clinton Wilt
Marsha Lynn Machaell
Glen Wilt
Detroit
Mich
Glen Turney
Margaret Kahler
Chadwick
David
Mre
Paul Turney
Danny
Bev Tyler
Marsha
LeVern Turney
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Glenn Turney
Gary
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk Office
Last week the county clerk issued licenses to James A. Smalley of Pekin and Eva V. Kern of Delavan. Also listed are Glen T. Leavens and Virginia M. Uphoff, both of Savanna.
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James A. Smalley
Pekin
Eva V. Kern
Delavan
Glen T. Leavens
Virginia M. Uphoff
Savanna
Willing Workers Sunday Sohoor Picnic Report
The ARCO News notes a Friday picnic supper in Old Mill park with many attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith and families of Green, Draper, Schneider, Schmaling, Dykstyn, Blodgett, and Faber. Mrs. Blodgett of Fulton is visiting. Faber and Marlyn returned from a vacation in northern Minnesota while Durward family toured Canada. A new garage is under construction by Lessie Lathrop at the Hattie Yates home. Home Economics club meets Thursday with Miss Handlin as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohoor
Old Mill Park
Paul Smith
Janice
Gerry
Delbert Nelson
Linda
Earl Green
Frances
Donald
Darrell Draper
David
Evelyn
Maynard Schneider
Bobby
Esther Schmaling
Kathryn Dykstyn
Dieworth
Dwayne Smith
Bertha Blodgett
Fulton
Hiram Green
Donn Faber
Marlyn
Minnesota
Leslie Durward
Canada
Lessie Lathrop
Hattie Yates
Miss Handlin
Local social notes from Cedar Falls and Brookville families
Cedar Falls residents Mr and Mrs William Sack welcomed Friday callers including Mrs Emma Miller of Milwaukee and Mrs Elizabeth Hohnadel. Argona hosts saw Mr and Mrs Charles Sack receive Friday visitors while Brookville hosted Mrs Jane Miller with Mr and Mrs John Coden and Mrs Lillian Hohnadel attending Monday evening. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Arthur Behrens included Frank Ernest Frank Schreiner Jr and Ida Byvick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sack
Cedar Falls
Emma Miller
Milwaukee
Wis
Elizabeth Hohnadel
Charles Sack
Argona
John Coden
Lillian Hohnadel
Jane Miller
Brookville
Arthur Behrens
Frank Ernest
Frank Schreiner, Jr
Ida, Byvick
Six Hurt In Auto Mishaps In Carroll County
Six people were injured in three weekend automobile accidents across Carroll County. Byron Harper, 10, of Savanna suffered a compound leg fracture after being struck on Route 80 near Mississippi Palisades state park by a car driven by Harold Coulson of Peoria. Coulson stopped and assisted. Paul Cave of Indianapolis escaped with minor injuries when his car rolled over near the Brown Derby on Route 80 after swerving to avoid another vehicle. Robert Marlowe, and his brother Ralph, sustained minor injuries when their car avoided a stopped vehicle, struck a boulder and rolled near the Clarence Doty farm lane on Route 80 south of Savanna. Elmer Pauley of Mt. Carroll received a deep forehead cut and John Speer and his mother of Massbach scratched and bruised in a Sunday collision on a gravel road five miles northwest of Mt. Carroll. Pauley received first aid, the Speers were treated and released.
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Carroll County
Byron Harper
Mary Harper
Savanna
Savanna City
Harold Coulson
Peoria
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Young Harper
Coulson
Harper
Paul Cave
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Marlowe
Marlowe
Ralph
Clarence Doty
Justouth
Elmer Pauley
Mt. Carroll
John Speer
Massbach
Pauley
Speers
Savanna Hospital
Roy Atherton Dies Sunday at Savanna
Roy Atherton 63 and long time Thomson barber died Sunday morning in Savanna City hospital after a period of illness He was a longtime barber with Pep Miller and had lived in the York community His burial was in Lower York Cemetery Aunt Myitt Davis of Freeport and two cousins survive with other relatives mentioned in the obituary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Atherton
Thomson Barber
Savanna City Hospital
Theospital
Pep Miller
Regan Fou
York
DL. Draper
Methodist Church
Paul West Saul
Harold Witt
Emil Brach
Pall
Wes Sack
G. A. Smith
Wayne Grokaring
Earl Holman
Ray Rupple
Albert Greeley
Lower York
Acherson
Washin
Oly
Myitt. Davis
Freeport
Della Saunders
Heoo
Frepert
Ray Smith
Carpoll
Meath
Plan Permanent Shed For Stock At Old Mill Park
Savanna park board discusses building an open 100 by 24 foot shed at Old Mill Park to house livestock for the Carroll County 4-H Roundup. Sponsored by the Savanna Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau, the project aims to cut tent rental costs and would allow park use for other equipment. Plans call for oak posts, a concrete or asphalt floor, pens for sheep and cattle, with cattle shown outside. Completion before Aug. 2 roundup is uncertain. An ice cream social July 23 at Village Park is sponsored by the Hope church Adult Fellowship League. donations welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mill Park
Carroll] County
Savanna Park District
Leotie Gundlach
Savanna High School
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Park Board
Gundlach
Adult Fellowship League of the Hope Church
Whiteside Sports Club Plans Major Cheetums Pond Expansion
Whiteside County Sportsmen's Club aims to enlarge Cheetum's trout pond east of Thomson into a lake three times its size. President Clyde Westlake said work starts now, with the existing pond as a rearing area and a new lake for fishing to be fenced, landscaped, and stocked. Fred Henrichs of Sterling leases the property free while owner. The lake will be 10 to 12 feet deep, stocked with fingerlings and larger trout from two rearing pools. Estimated yearly production is 10,000 to 15,000 fingerlings and 2,000 to 4,000 large trout for fishing. This marks the club's largest trout program project yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside County Sportsmen’s Club
Cheetum’s
Thomson
Clyde Westlake
Cheetum’s Pond
Fred Henrichs
Sterling
Westlake
Cheetum's
Sportsmen’s Club
Belvidere couple wed at First Presbyterian church
Miss Jean Barnes and Edward Newcomer of Belvidere former University of Illinois students wed July 5 at Belvidere First Presbyterian. The ceremony featured organ and vocalists, with Henry Barnes’s sister and Paul Barnes as witnesses. The couple, both reporters for the Daily Republican, plan a cross country trip before settling at 616 East Hurlbut Avenue Belvidere. Mr Newcomer served in the Army Air Corps Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Barnes
Edward Newcomer
Belvidere
O. B. Newcomers
Lanark
Belvidere First Presbyterian Church
Frank Harms
Margearite Freek
Paul Barnes
McCormick Theological Eminary
Chicago
Barnes
Helen Keator
Newcomer
Edward Mezner
Rockford
University of Illinois
Mona Newcomer
Beach Lake
O. J. Barnes
Wilkes-Barre
Bradford
Paul
Helen Flemming
Daily Republican
Maryville College
Tennessee
The
Republican
Army Air Corps
Pacific Theatre
East Hurlbut Ave
Sturtevant and Leopold Wed at Savanna First Methodist
Miss Dolores Joyce Sturtevant daughter of Mrs. Leonard Belk Savanna and Leo C Leopold son of Mr and Mrs August Leopold Savanna were married at 3 p m July 11 in the parsonage of the First Methodist church Savanna The Rev J Cedric Pope officiated with attendants Miss Sally Mortz and Jack Wires The Leopolds are living in Highland Park Savanna where he works for the C R Jahn company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Joyce Sturtevant
Leonard Belk
Savanna
Leo C. Leopold
August Leopold
First Methodist Church
J. Cedric Pope
Sally Mortz
Jack Wires
Leopold
Highland Park
C. R. Jahn Company
Sell Brown Swiss Bulls Sold to Illinois Buyers
Robert and Robert F. Shibley of Chadwick Illinois sold Eleanor's Gigolo Larry 81899 to Wayne Rose of Tampico Illinois and Eleanor's Gigolo Harry 81898 to Jimmie Gundelfinger of Clinton Iowa, per Fred Idtse secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeder's Association Beloit Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Robert F. Shibley
Chadwick
Hil
Eleanor
Larry
Wayne Rose
Tampico
Harry
Jimmie Gundelfinger
Clinton
Fred 8. Idtse
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeder's Association
Beloit
Wis
Chadwick Briefs United States Visitors Headlined by Shueys
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs R C Dial included Rev and Mrs A L Shuey and son and Mr and Mrs Gifford Shuey and two children from Mr Pleasant Iowa. The elder Mrs Shuey remained for a two weeks visit. W J Way departed for a week's visit in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
and Airs
R. C. Dial
A. L. Shuey
Gifford Shuey
Pleasant
Rein and Dahl Bid On Chadwick Rt 78 Road Improve
Clarence Bolhous reports Peoria Rockford Bus Co seeks ICC authority to acquire operating rights from Fox Valley Coach Lines in Illinois and from Safety Bus Lines in Iowa for routes Clinton Rockford Clinton Iowa City and Rockford plus connections to Chicago and Detroit. A Davenport hearing is set for July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bolhous
Peoria Rockford Bus Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davis Junction
Rockford
Iowa City
Iowa
Fox Valley Coach Lines
Ilinois
Safety Bus Lines
Towa Commerce Commissions
Clinton
Towa City
Chicago
Detroit
Davenport
Low Bids on Area Road Work Lead to Contracts
Rein and Rahl of Stoughton Wisconsin were the low bidders on 6.7 miles of country road from Chadwick West to State Highway 78. The bid of 171,221 dollars awaits state approval, with early work likely after weather and state consent. Other bids covered Route 78 resurfacing near Polo, and multiple routes in Carroll Ogle and Stephenson counties, while Whiteside County planned an overhead crossing at Union Grove with bids led by H. H. Mass Construction Co. and American Bridge Co. for steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Polo
Mt. Morris
Rockford Black Top Construction Co
Gund Graham Co
Rockford
Union Grove
Whiteside County
Northwestern Railroad
H. H. Mass Construction Co
Algonquin
American Bridge Company of Chicago
Grand Jury Indicts Four Men in Carroll County
Four men were indicted in three true bills returned Monday by the Carroll county grand jury. Howard Heather faces a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with bond set at 500 dollars, later not furnished. Hubert Frye is charged with forgery after cashing checks purportedly signed by the sheriff. Frank C. Gierens and Nicholas J. Ferencak are charged with larceny for involvement in stealing several slot machines from the Indian Head tavern near Savanna. bond set at 4000 dollars each but not furnished. Two other gang members escaped to Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Heather
Hubert Frye
Frye
Chicago
Henry Truninger
Mt. Carroll
Frank C. Gierens
Nicholas J. Ferencak
Indian Head
Savanna
Wisconsin
Gierens
Fereneak
Deaths in County Mrs. Lloyd Renner and Russell Darr
Mrs. Lloyd Renner, 65, died at Mercy hospital in Clinton Saturday after living near Mt. Carroll. Funeral services were held at Frank funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Russell Darr, 20, son of Stanley Darr of Elgin, died suddenly in Savanna while visiting relatives. Surviving family members are listed for both, including spouses, children, and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Renner
Mr. Carroll
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Frank
Mt. Carroll
Frank Countryman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Renner
Coleta
L. J. Noble
Royal of
Kenneth
Galena
Alvin Hanna
Polo
John Hanna
Haldane
Alfred Phillips
Russell Darr
Stanley Darr
Elgin
Savanna
Bernard Rogers
Darr
Eugene Meyers
June Darr
Dorothy Darr
R. H. Darr
Local Families Share Sunday Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Jonn Carpenter Bob by and Marilyn of Clinton Mr and Mrs Eugene Bull and Stevie of Thomson Mr and Mrs Wallace Dresbach and Mary Jean of Mc Carroll were Sunday dinner guests for Mr and Mrs Robert Queckboer ner Afternoon callers were Mrs B R Lewis and Mrs Virgil Wilt and Nancy of Thomson Evening guests ice and Jerry of Argo Fa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonn Carpenter
Bobby
Marilyn
Clinton
Eugene Bull
Stevie
Thomson
Wallace Dresbach
Mary Jean
Mc.Carroll
Robert Queckboerner
B. R. Lewis
Virgil Wilt
Nancy
Paul Smith
Janice and
Jerry
Argo Fa
Pension Payments Increase in June Across Illinois
State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder reports June payrolls show old age pensions totaling 5 004 997 dollars, up slightly from May. In Carroll 261 recipients got 9 090 dollars, Whiteside 752 received 30 452. Aid to Dependent Children paid 1 781 896 dollars to 57 095 children, down from May by over 35 000. Carroll had 44 beneficiaries totaling 1 095 and Whiteside 195 recipients totaling 4 7 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Arthur C. Lueder
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Nsuditer
Miss Uphoff Wed To Glen Leavens In Savanna Ceremony
Miss Virginia Mane Uphoff daughter of Mr and Mrs William Uphoff of Savanna Illinois married Glen Thomas Leavens son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Leavens of Savanna July 12 in a single ring ceremony performed by Justice of the Peace Oscar Morrissette at his home east of Savanna Attendants were Miss Olive Green and Virgil McCue The bride wore a gray pin striped street length dress with black accessories and corsage of red roses The groom a World War I Navy veteran operates a trucking business They will reside with the bridegroom's parents after the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mane Uphoff
William Uphoff
Savanna
Ill
Glen Thomas Leavens
Floyd Leavens
Justice of the Peace
Oscar Morressette
Miss Olive Green
Virgil McCue
Miss Green
Mrs. Leavens
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Babson’s Weekly Report
Babson
RAF
Vasey
AAF
Stearman
Los Angeles Ace
Carl Rupert
Ruppert
Support
Minneapolis
Lowell White
Army Air Forces
County Legion
Savanna Post
John Doty
Clayton Kaul
Arthur Frommelt
Roy Queckboerner
Turney Clan
Pent News
Arco News
Chedwick Briefs
Whiteside Sports Club
Ogden-Horner
LaBelle Odgen
Rochelle
Donald Horner
Fred Horner
Mr. Horner
Anark High School
Chadwick Briefs
Rein and Dahl
Springfield
Miss Uphoff
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