Program For Carroll 4-H Roundup at Savanna Old Mill Park
Carroll County 4-H Roundup and Farm Bureau picnic set for Aug 25 and 26 at Old Mill Park Savanna. Lawrence Miller chairs with Byron Hutchins detailing events including sheep swine poultry and garden judging, band concert, picnics, 4-H softball, Coates Orchestra, amateur contest, pet parade and trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Farm Bureau
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Miller
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Byron Hutchins
Coates Orchestra
Clinton
Iowa
WLS Entertainment
Carroll County Fair to Offer Over $10,000 in Awards
Mt. Carroll soldier Robert L. Bucher, 20, killed in Korea July 23, notified by war dept telegram. He had served since November 24, 1952 and was recently cited for overseas service. More than $10,000 in premiums and prizes to be offered during Milledgeville fair August 12–15 with livestock and produce divisions drawing crowds. A parade is planned for August 13 at 6 30 p.m. on the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayson Park
Mass
William Wilson
United States
Roger W Babson
Mt. Carroll
Pfe
Robert L. Bucher
Lee Bucher
Korea
War Department
Bucher
Harold
Earl
Stockton
Cid Libberton
Carroll Co
Milledgeville
Charles Schell
Polo-Milledgeville Blacktop
Ralph Spanogie
Jerry Heisinger
Richard Allison
John Parks
Irving Legrig
Della Lamoreaux
Chester Long
Fair Board
Carroll County
Aso
Mrs. Schwing Ill in Hospital Cancels Recitals
Mt Carroll Frieda Schwing a local piano instructor is hospitalized at St. Clare hospital in Monroe Wisconsin due to illness. Recitals planned for August 2 and August 9 in the Metcalf Hall auditorium at Shimer College will not be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Frieda Schwing
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Wis
Metcalf Hall
Shimer College
Firefighters Tackle Weeds Blaze at Henderson Farm
Chadwick fire department responded Friday afternoon to a brush fire burning in weeds and stubble on the Lee Henderson farm at the town's east edge. The blaze covered about a half acre but caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Lee Henderson
Two Newborn Sons Reported in Savanna City Hospital
A son was born July 22 to Mr and Mrs Harold Roberts of Black Hawk in Savanna city hospital. Mr and Mrs George F Salt of Chestnut Park are parents of a son, Roger Dale, born July 22 in Savanna city hospital.
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Harold Roberts
Blackhawk
Savanna City Hospital
George F. Salt Chestnut Park
Roger Dale
Proof Of Identity Needed To Secure Fishing Licenses
Illinois lawmakers adopt new rules requiring proof of identity and residency for fishing licenses and expand fur bearing animal trapping. Nonresident hunting licenses will be issued on a reciprocal basis with minimum $15, while beaver trapping remains tied to special tags. Road work reports new surface coat west from Chadwick to Route 78 with repairs to the ridged roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois General Assembly
Ilinois
Illinois
Chadwick
A. E. Frommelt
la Crosse
Wising
Edward Shiley of Shannon Dies Tuesday
Edward Shiley 79 of Shannon died at 6 a m Tuesday in Deaconess hospital Freeport after a short illness. Funeral services planned at 1 30 p m Thursday at his Shannon area home and 2 p m at Bethel E U B Church with Rev Moritz officiating. Burial in Lanark cemetery. Born November 26 1873 to William C and Mary Shiley, he married Adda Shaner December 29 1896 and farmed in Shannon Lanark area. Surviving: wife three daughters Mrs William Fichmeier Freeport Mrs Harve Henze Shannon and Mrs Irvin Hartman Shannon. a brother Harry Shiley Lanark. a sister Mrs Edward Carbaugh Shannon.
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Shannon
Edward Shiley
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Bethel E. U. B
T. R. Moritz
Lanark
Mr. Shiley
William C
William Davis Lanark
William Davis
Frank
Mt. Carroll
John Maine
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lydia Thatcher
Byron
Ed Thatcher
Arthur Schindler
Emma Sherwood
John Calvin Greenawalt
St. Francis Hospital
Nana Miller
Greenawalt
Roscoe Dial
Chadwick
Ward Greenawalt
Cincinnati, C
Chicago
Harry Kreps
Lemasters, Pa
Robert
William
Lemasters
Otho
Shiremanstown
Scott Nichol
J. D. Hamel
Truman
Millie Eckman
First Brethren Church
Dan
Racine
Wis
Three Hurt In Route 64 Crash Near Mt. Prospect
Three people remain in St Francis Hospital Freeport in critical condition after a Sunday crash on Highway 64 east of Mt. Prospect. Francis Palmisano 37 of Champaign and his children Rosemary 14 and Thomas 11 suffer neck and skull injuries with shock. Theresa Palmisano 19 and Joseph Costa 37 were treated and released. Costa drove westbound and attempted to pass when another car approached forcing him to steer back into his lane and overturn.
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St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Highway 64
Mt. Carroll
Francis Palmisano
Champaign
Rosemary
Thomas
Theresa Palmisano
Joseph Costa
Costa
Kenneth Law
Palmisano
Rosemary Palmisano
Son of Lanark Man Dies Under Switch Engine
Sterling-Charles Chuck Cole twenty son of John G Cole of Lanark and Eleanor Cole of Sterling was killed Sunday afternoon when he fell from the rear platform of a backing switch engine west of the Nor thwestern Steel and Wire Co plant. He slipped and the locomotive wheels passed over him. A Knox College sophomore athlete with two football and one basketball letter, he was active in Phi Gamma Delta. Surviving are his parents and two sisters. Services were held at Trouth funeral home with burial in Oak Kroll Memorial park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Charles
Chuck) Cole
John G. Cole
Lanark
Eleanor Cole
Cole
Bar
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company
Knox College
Galesburg
Knox
College Letterman
Phi Gamma Delta
Sterling Township High School
Champaign
Josephine
Chicago
Joyce Sterling
Trouth Funeral Home
Alfred L. Grewe
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oak Kroll Memorial Park
Marriage Licenses Granted in Carroll County area
Licenses to wed issued by County Clerk W M Nipe list couples from Mt Carroll Savanna Chadwick and Seattle among others. Separate report notes a motor vehicle under the influence case against Jack Moline with a $100 fine and three day license suspension. First divorce filings under Illinois cooling off rule appear as three statements of intention in Carroll County circuit court. Real estate transfers include multiple deeds in York Wysox Milledgeville and Lanark areas.
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W. M. Nipe
Russell James Libberton
Mt. Carroll
Janet Kay Delp
Savanna
Leland L. Kerkove, Jr
Blanche E. Tack
Savan
Jack Moline
Harry Miller
Charles F. Kinney
Moline
Illinois
Carroll County
Chadwick Girl Ball Player Injured Fractured Collarbone
Chadwick girls softball player Miss Lorene Geary fractured her collarbone Friday night after a collision with a base runner between first and second base on the local diamond. She was treated at St Francis hospital in Freeport. Chadwick lost 9 to 5. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wales Geary of Lanark. A benefit game may be held Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Lorene Geary
Eagle Market Superettes
Bettendorf
Geary
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Miss Geary
Wales Geary
Lanark
Savanna
First Presbyterian Church
Ridge Road
Kerkove
Savanna High School
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Wisconsin Points
Government Erects New Corn Storage Bins in Carroll County
J W Erdmier reports the government will erect 235 042 bushel capacity corn storage bins in Carroll County. Thirty round bins of 97 500 bushels ashore Floyd Richter farm Mt Carroll and 137 500 on Handel Bros Chadwick. Notices mailed to loan and purchase agreement holders asking for plans to store their corn.
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J. W. Erdmier
Carroll County
PMA
Floyd Richter
Mt. Carroll
Handel Bros
Chadwick
Carrol County
Harold Stiles Named Skelly Award Recipient in Carroll County
Harold Stiles of Mt. Carroll will receive the W. G. Skelly Agricultural Achievement Award at a Saturday breakfast. He and his wife Ruby are noted as progressive Carroll County producers. the prize includes a $100 savings bond a gold lapel pin and a scroll. The Stiles farm spans 140 acres producing milk pork beef and eggs with 60 bushels per acre corn now, and they are active in civic and agricultural groups with a son Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stiles
Mt. Carroll, Ll
W. G. Skelly
Byron Hutchins
Stiles
Ruby
Carroll County
Skelly
U. S
Methodist Church
Dennis
Kness Family Holds Annual Session Sunday
The 24th Kness reunion was held at Old Mill park with 70 members attending. Officers elected included Emerson Sweezey of Clinton Jr as secretary and treasurer and Mrs James Imes of Polo. Two marriages three births and one death were reported. The oldest member was Wm Kness of Audubon Ia at 90. The youngest member was Audrey May Kness two months old. Members came from Cedar Rapids Clinton Carroll Albin and Bryant Sterling Milledgeville Mt Carroll Polo Thomson Mt Morris Rock Falls and Chadwick. The 1054 reunion will be on the same date with location to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kness
Old Mill Park
Emerson Sweezey
Clinton, Jr
James Imes
Polo
Wm. Kness
Audubon
Audrey May Kness
Irvin Kness
Milledgeville
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Carroll
Albin
Bryant, Jr
Davenport Man Killed Friday In Crash In Fulton
A Davenport man, Walter Biersack aged 48, died later at Mercy Hospital Clinton after a crash on U S highway 30 near Fulton. Louis Meyers 28 Rock Island was in critical condition and Gilbert McLaughlin 35 Rock Island suffered minor injuries. The car rolled over after missing a curve and the fatality marked Whiteside county’s 11th death this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Davenport
Walter Biersack
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Louis Meyers
Rock Island
Gilbert McLaughlin
Whiteside
Ed Loftus
Loftus
Chicago Driver Demolished Car At Lanark Underpass
A 1949 auto driven by Fred Lewis of Chicago was wrecked at 4 p m Saturday when it struck a railroad underpass on Route 64 four miles west of Lanark Mt Carroll A passenger with a severed temple artery was treated locally before removal to Rockford hospital Lewis escaped serious injury He said he lost control while negotiating the S curve at the underpass
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Mt. Carroll
Fred Lewis
Chicago
Lanark
Temple
Rockford
Lewis
Harry Miller
Deaths in Stephenson County Rise After Shannon Crash
Shannon Henry Green 78 of Shannon died in St Francis hospital Freeport from injuries suffered June 30 in a two car crash on Illinois highway 72 near Shannon. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Green, a retired farmer and carpenter, was survived by a brother a sister and several half siblings. Services were held at Scarman funeral home and burial at Prairie Dell cemetery.
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Shannon
Henry Green
St Francis Hospital
Freeport
Stephenson County
Gene Burke
Eichmeier Funeral Home
Green
Riley
Riley ‘Ivenbise
Groen
Robert Shirk
Durand
Germany
Jurgen
Margaret Groen
South Dakota
John Groen
Emma Schafer
Monroe
William Fox
George
Louis Groen
Scarman Funeral Home
Chester Ahrens
Prairie Dell Presbyterian Church
Sanannon
Prairie Dell Cemetery
couple wed in Iowa City on July 18
Chadwick Mrs Leona Bucher and Donald Bunnell were married in Iowa City Iowa on a Saturday July 18. They will reside on a farm near Chadwick with Mrs Bucher from Sterling and Mr Bunnell from Oskaloosa Iowa.
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Bucher-Bunnet Chadwick
Leona Bucher
Donald Bunnell
Iowa City
Iowa
Chadwick
Hartman Family Fete Honors Two Birthdays at Picnic
Mr and Mrs Lee Hartman Jr hosted a family picnic Sunday for Cathy Hartman 2nd birthday and Stanley Wagner's birthday. Attendees included Allan Shoup and daughter Linda Jeanne Lanack Nina Mae Johns Leona Wagner and Stanley Hartman Sr Ned and Donna Hartman Robert Balk and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hartman, Jr
Cathy
Stanley Wagner
Allan Shoup
Linda Jeanne
Lanack
Nina Mae Johns
Savanna
Lee Hartman
Ned
Donna
Leona Wagner
Stanley
Tcls
Robert Balk
19th Daehler Family Reunion Held At Sterling
The 19th annual Daehler family reunion met Sunday July 26 at Lawrence Park Sterling with 57 members present. Officers elected: President Vernon Daehler Vice President Mrs Donald Imel Secretary Treasurer Laura Daehler. Six births and three deaths were reported and the 1954 reunion will be at the same time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daehler
Lawrence Park
Sterling
Faye Reitzel
Vernon Daehler
Donald Imel
Rock Falls
Laura Daehler
Chadwick
Wm. Daehler
Waterloo
Penny Sue
Orville Clark
Rippon
Wis
Waddell
Ralph Geldmacher
Milton
Mass
Elaine Frances
Jas. Buchanan
Indian Hills
Colo
Henry Daehler
William Lewis
van Orin
Conrad Daehler
Historic Galena Homes Tour Set for Sept 26 27
The fourth annual Historic Galena Homes Tour will be held September 26 and 27. Eight privately owned houses open to the public include U. S. Grant’s rose brick home and the Old Rock House. Guides in 19th century attire greet visitors. event sponsored by First Presbyterian church guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Walter Ehrler
Historic
Galena Homes
First Presbyterian Church
U. S. Grant
Old Rock House
Chalatain Acres
Augustus L. Chetlain
John E. Smith
Maryland
Thomas A. Melville
Prospect Hill
City
Council Hill
Tour
Galena Homes Committee
Local families gather for weekend visits and picnics
Mrs. Don Brand and son Terry of Downers Grove are spending this week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mest. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Queckboerner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schriver, Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Stickell joined with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schreiner for a Sunday picnic supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Brand
Terry
Downers Grove
Ed Mest
Roy Queckboerner
Fred Schriver
J. Y. Stickell
Ed Schreiner
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Babson
Ree News
Richard Kehl
Betty Keeffer
Howard F. Stoner
Blanche E. Linder
Seattle, Wash
Elbert Dugan
Robert G. Breckenfelder
York
George B. Teets
Midwest Factory Outlet Corp
Wysox
Ralph B. Hanover
Leman W. Ewing
William H. Sellers
Hannah E. Straka
Myers Adt
Ross Boylan
Walter Baldridge
Edward F. Hartman
Max D. Smith
Mr. Carroll
Oscar R. Brinkmeier
Floyd C. Hannabarger
Kness Family
Keeffer
Kehl
Betty Jane Keeffer
Donald Keefer
Howard Kehl
First Baptist Church
Paul Blatt
Wiley Rummel
James Keeffer
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mt. Carroll High School
Delp-Libberton
John J. Main
R. M. Delp
East Savanna
Russell Libberton
Florence Libberton
Evelyn Skiles
Robert L. Delp
Arthur Eckhart
OLD Settler’s
Lanark City Park
Lanark Commercial Club
Cal Cheek
Ranch Hand Trio
Bonnie Church
the Carrollettes
David Mackey
Eddie Hassett
Wilfred DU Bois
Fernando & Fair
Chase & Park
Ruth Sislie
Howard Nelson
Raymond Zier
Lloyd Peters Winston Mattes
Frank Parker
J. C. Greenawalt
Mrs. Scott Nichol
Chadwick News
Daehler Family
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