Babson Reflects on Real Estate Postwar Trends in Gloucester
Babson discusses leases and postwar demand in Gloucester Massachusetts noting a shift from local shops to chain stores, growing Italian immigrant influence, vacancy of stores and offices, and the move to subdivide old colonial houses into small apartments. He urges long leases for tenants and shorter leases for owners to adapt to rent changes.
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Babson
Gloucester
Ise
England
OPA
Charles Babson
Red Cross Officials Elected in Carroll County Chapter
At the Carroll County Chapter American Red Cross annual meeting held Friday July 20 at Savanna library club room officers for 1944 45 were elected: Chairman Miss Mabel Greve Savanna vice chairman Maurice James Savanna secretary Mrs Harlow Cromer Savanna treasurer Mrs S B McCall Savanna Reports show water safety home nursing home service knitting sewing and war fund results with volunteers and 1945 quotas and gifts for hospitals veterans and overseas relief.
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Carroll County
American Red Cross
Savanna Library
Mabel Greve
Savanna
Maurice James
Harlow Cromer
S. B. McCall
Farm Safety Week Marked Nationwide
Proclaimed by President Truman and Governor Green National Farm Safety Week runs July 22 to 28 to educate farm dwellers in safe year round practices and risk elimination. Nationwide farm accident deaths average 40 to 50 per day totaling about 15 000 to 17 000 per year.
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Truman
Green
Corn Borer Damage Report Warns Farmers in County
Farm Adviser M. P. Roske reports corn fields in Carroll County suffering varying corn borer damage. He says a few fields are seriously affected but urges farmers to watch closely and take measures if the infestation grows.
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Carroll County
M. P. Roske
End of Gas Stove Rationing Announced
The WPB and the OPA said rationing of gas cooking and gas heating stoves will end July 31. Oil stoves and related oil burners remain under rationing due to fuel oil and kerosene shortages. A current quarter production surge aims to remove the need for rationing.
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WPB
OPA
Mt Carroll court session set with Judge Zick presiding Monday
Judge Leon A. Zick will hear circuit court in Mt Carroll next Monday July 30. No sessions have occurred in two weeks due to parties delaying time off work. County clerk reports no marriage licenses issued in the past two weeks. Discharges of three veterans registered by Chester Cramer last week detail campaigns and ribbons as Virgil Hartman Willis Holmquest and Clarence Arno. Local real estate transfers since July include numerous parcels in Savanna Halderman Lanark Shannon and York with multiple lots and wards changing hands.
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Leon A. Zick
Circuit Court
Mt. Carroll
Chester Cramer
Virgil Hartman
Pfc
Vaughan General Hospital
Hines
Willis R. Holmquest
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Tunisia
Algeria
French Morocco
Sicily
Naples
Foggia
Rome
Arno
France
Rhineland
Europe
Carroll County
Savanna S. B. & L. A
Herman H. Roling
Highland Park
Savanna
Martha Williamson
Laura Gray
Halderman
Geo. W. Beck
John H. Shafer
Stover
Lanark
Ray Douglas
Russell C. Ward
J. W. Miller
Carrie G. Jones
Ruby I. Seidenburg
Mae Schreiner
York
New Clerk Takes Post At Carroll Ration Office
Mrs. Betty Behling of Savanna, formerly Betty Wagner of Mt Carroll, appointed a clerk for Carroll County War Price and Rationing Board and started her duties Monday. She replaces Mrs. Harold Holt, previously Norma Schaut, who now lives in Midland Texas after marriage.
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Betty Behling
Savanna
Betty Wagner
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
Clinton Man Held In Jail After DUI Waiver
James Ritenour 24 of Clinton Iowa waives preliminary examination in Mt. Carroll hearing on DUI charge tied to Sunday night auto collision. Bond set at $2000 in Carroll county jail. Glenda Ashby visits Mt. Carroll. Mr and Mrs Richard Badtke host Marvin Badtke and Dickie of Onawa Iowa.
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James Ritenour
Clinton
Iowa
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Justice of the Peace Bank Schroeper
Ritenour
Glenda Ashby
Wayne Ashby
Richard Badtke
Marvin Badtke
Dickie
Onawa
Boy Drowns in Elkhorn Creek Near Brookville
Marion Rollin Sterenberg aged 15 of near Brookville drowns Sunday in a deep pool of Elkhorn Creek three miles northeast of Brookville. Body recovered about an hour later by Sterling fire department. He swam with companions who lacked expertise. a swift current and rapids contributed to the tragedy. He leaves parents, three brothers, four sisters, and many relatives. nephews of Sterling and Morrison residents.
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Marion Rollin Sterenberg
Richard Sterenberg
Brookville
Elkhorn Creek
Sterling Fire Department
Marion
Fred Sterenberg
Sterling
Garrett Sterenberg
Morrison
John Orth of Apago-Fa Dies at Freeport
John C. Orth, 64, longtime resident of Argo-Fa, died July 19 at St. Francis hospital Freeport. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Frank Funeral Home Mt. Carroll with Rev. R H Leitner officiating. Burial Lanark cemetery. Survived by widow, a son Alfred Lanark, two daughters Mrs Fred Backer and Mrs Robert Martin Mt. Carroll, three sisters Mrs Ernest Kloepping Mt. Carroll, Mrs Howard Truckenmiller Shannon, Mrs Wallace Mummer t Lanark, four brothers Frank Pearl City, Edward Lanark, Charles Mt. Carroll, Fred Inantra Minn., and three grandchildren.
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John C. Orth
Argo- Fa
St. Franci Hospital
Freeport
Frank
Mt. Carroll
R. HL. Leitner
Lanark
Alfred
Fred Backer
Robert Martin
Ernest Kloepping
Howard Truckenmiller
Shannon
Wallace Mummert
Fou
Pearl City
Edward
Charles
Fred
Inantra
Minn
William Dailey
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
Clare E. Olney
Savanna Cemetery
Carrie May Tallada
Goodrich
Lucy Dan Beebe Tallada
Montrose
H. H. Winkler
Addie Beck
Oregon
Glennwood
Centralia
Louie
Elgin
Fred Lustuff
Seattle
Wash
Deaths mark Lanark area. Kinkade, Downing, Dailey, Sutton listed
Obituary notices recap several local deaths in Carroll County. John M. Kinkade 77 former Lanark resident died of a heart attack at Fort Byron. funeral Thursday in Lanark with burial there. Loomer Downing 67 of Mt. Carroll died after a stroke. services held in Mt Carroll with Oak Hill burial. William Dailey 77 Savanna resident died after a month illness. services in Savanna. William B. Sutton 49 Savanna business owner and alderman died of heart trouble. funeral in Savanna. Hazel Irene Zink infant died at birth in Mt. Carroll. burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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John M. Kinkade
Lanark
Zack Kinkade
Fort Byron
Frank
E. ¥. Knapp
William B. Sutton
Savanna
Second Ward
Law Funeral Home
Clare E. Olney
Lewiston
John and
Salion Sutton
Sutton
Rockford
Wilford Cossman
Hazel Irene Zink
Kenneth
Bessie Zink
Mt. Carroll
K. K. Olafson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Savanna City Hospital
Illinois Sets New Record in War Loan Drive
Illinois final War Loan data show E Bond sales of 281 million dollars, 101 percent of the 297 million quota, a 45 percent rise from the Sixth Drive. Rensrow P. Sherer credits magnificent teamwork and praise for volunteers, press, and radio for the nationwide 39 percent gain.
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Ilinois
Rensrow P. Sherer
War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve District
Illinois
Sherer
Sharer
War Bond
Detour Planned for Route 80 During New Viaduct Work
Razing of the old viaduct over the Milwaukee railroad tracks at Savanna will start Monday of next week. All traffic on Route 80 will be detoured east from Chestnut Park along a gravel road to Route 52 at the Excelsior School east of Savanna. The new steel concrete viaduct will have no curve and be ready for traffic in early January 1946.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Savanna
Chestnut Park
Excelsior School
Shannon Market Settles With OPA Overpriced Hamburger
W H Good meat market operator in Shannon settled for 36 with the office of price administration over sales of hamburger at 35 cents a pound when the ceiling was 27 cents. The action followed consumer complaints to the war price and rationing board. Mrs Martha Baker of Morrison visited her granddaughter Mrs Kronen Kratz in Rockford.
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W. H. Good
Shannon
Office of Price Administration
War Price and Rationing Board
District Opa
Martha Baker
Morrison
Rockford
Mrs
Kronen Kratz
Anderson is New Head of Legion Group
Albert R. Anderson president of Milledgeville State Bank was elected commander of the Carroll County Council of the American Legion for 1945 46. Other officers named are Logan Machen Savanna senior vice commander Carl Kness Chadwick junior vice commander R M Hartman Mt Carroll finance officer Rev R H Leitner Mt Carroll chaplain John Hartman Mt Carroll sergeant at arms. Installation set for Sept 17 at Moose hall Savanna with Van Bibber Hansen post as host. members from Milledgeville Lanark Shannon Mt Carroll Savanna attended.
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Albert R. Anderson
Milledgeville State Bank
Carroll County Council of the
American Legion
Legion Hall
Mt. Carroll
Logan Machen
Savanna
Carl Kness
Carroll County AAA To Sell Steel Bins At Public Auction
J W Erdmi er, Carroll County AAA chair, says steel bins owned by CCC will be sold due to storage and material shortages. Bins in Milledgeville Illinois go to public auction on Aug 3 at 9 50 am. National Safety Week July 22–28 urged farmers to stay careful through the crop season.
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J. W. Erdmier
Carroll County
AAA Committee
Milledgeville
Ill
AAA
Carroll
Erdmier
State funds earmarked to aid Illinois township roads
Governor Dwight H Green signed Senate Bill No 327 creating a 15 million dollar general revenue fund to improve township roads. Counties will receive allocations based on township highway mileage with priority for school bus and rural mail routes, while localities must provide right of way and earthwork. Some counties may receive under 150 thousand dollars if funds are shared evenly.
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Illinois
Senate
General Revenue Fund
State Treasury
Dwight H. Green
State Department of Public Works and
210 in 4-H Work in County
A total of 210 Carroll county boys and girls are members of home economics and agricultural 4-H clubs for the current club year. Club members list 281 projects. Leaders and clubs span Savanna, Mt. Carroll, Lanark, Thomson, Shannon, and Milledgeville with numerous named club leaders guiding both home economics and agricultural groups.
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Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Jacobstown
Mount Carroll
Thomson
Priscilla Club
Shannon
Lanark
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Palisippi
York
Lanark West End
Lanark East End
Prairie Edge Club
Mary Frey
Henry Brunner
Margaret Ross
Anna Towert
Robert Miller
Frank Heisler
Grace Keeney Smith
Harold Yochem
A. Terwilliger
Harlan Hollowell
E. W. Farnsworth
L. N. Gundlach
M. R. Stengel
Eugene Strauch
Alan Salter
Donald E. Miller
Kenneth Kniss
Richard Zuck
Lloyd Martin
Mr. Farnsworth
Chadwick Club
Hot Weather Boosts Corn Harvest In County
Long delayed summer warmth arrived last week as farmers began grain harvests. Thermometers topped nine ties daily and corn, previously slowed by cool wet weather, responded to sun with rapid growth. Oats harvest is under way and nearly complete in the southern area.
Gerald Bowers celebrates second birthday at scramble supper
Last Thursday evening a scramble supper was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bowers in honor of their son Gerald's second birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Dale Mayden and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Grim of Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Johannsen of Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grim of Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Sherm Oakley and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ashby.
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Glen Bowers
Gerald
Dale Mayden
Lester Grim
Clinton
Harlan Johannsen
Fulton
Claude Grim
Thomson
Sherm Oakley
Lyle Ashby
Beef Subsidy Applications Here July 30
The Carroll county AAA chair announces Beef Subsidy Payment Program paperwork will be at the county office by July 30. Eligible feeders and feeder slaughterers may receive 50 cents per cwt for cattle sold for slaughter. applications follow specific filing rules and evidence retention for audit. Beverly Marshall of Jane Lamb hospital spent Sunday and Monday with her parents.
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Carroll County
AAA Committee
J. W. Erdmier
Erdmier
Commodity Credit Corporation
Beverly Marshall
Jane Lamb Hospital
Mrs
Harvey Marshall
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Babson’s Weekly Report
Main Street
RED Cross
Frances Shimer Junior College
Home Service
Home Service Department
Army
Navy
War Fund
S. O. D. and Hospital and Service Club
Schick General Hospital
Howe News
W. M. Nipe
Clarence G. Arno
Bruns General Hospital
Santa Fe
N. M
Chicago
Philippines
New Guinea
John Orth
Apago-Fa
Cerell
Mr. Kinkade
Kinkade
Kermit Krell
Zacharias
Clarinda Kinkade
Blanche Wherritt
RB. Breneman
Zack
Mrs. Loomer Downing
Loomer Downing
Christian Funeral
Mt. Ee
S. A. Birdsall
Frank Countryman
Oak Hill
Eva Bickelhaupt
George and
Louise Bickelhaupt
Northern Illinois State Normal College
Preston
Harvey
Lawrence Getz
Paul Metz
Reid Horner
Henry Stubbe
David Goldy
Charles Bickelhaupt
Earl Bickelhaupt
William Sutton
Zink Infant
Harry Gaar
I. Smith
Varisa
Marion Cross
Jessie Grobaring
Verrill Dailler
Anderson
Legion Group
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