Mt Carroll Area Notices and Local Visits Report
Mrs Chester Libberton and children visited Mt Carroll area friends after a week with the Meads. Kenyon has returned from Tennessee with his daughter Alberta plans to attend high school next term. The Lloyd Smith family and Calvin Eslinger visited Sadie Dunshee in Savanna. Alberta Johnson of York Center School graduated eighth grade at Mt Carroll. Various Morrison and Chadwick visitors gathered for dinners and suppers with local families as Hiram Green and family plan to move mid June.
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Chester Libberton
Mt Carrel
Joe Me
Tay
Ning Kenyon
Tennesee
Clyde Grewith Hs
Farrge Et
Lloyd Smith
Calvin Eslinger
Sadie Dunshee
Savanna Hossile
Alberta Johnson
York Center School
Mt. Carroll
Alberta
Vernon Dearinger
Morrison
Raymond Carroll
Cliff Durward
Rwin Larsen
Les Durward
Argo
Cecil Green
Joe Olsen
Chadwick
Local families host visitors across several village homes
Loretta Kopenga visited Malta relatives and returned with her parents. Many households shared visits including the Hole family in Savanna, the Roberts and Ditsworth families in Savanna, and others in Morrison Fulton Monroe Clinton and Mt Carroll. Funeral services for Herbert Bradley in Bloomer marked a recent event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Kopenga
Malta
Ralph Holesinger
Peter Kopenga
Holesnger
Pauline
Scot Roberts
Donald Ditsworth
Ed Roberts
Savanna
Charles
Fred Seim
Harvey Sein
Blanche
Frank Becker
Morrison
Anna Kaufman
Ralph
Dorothy
Bockford
Verne Kaufman
John Faber
Martyn
Fulton
Scot
Melvin Johnson
Lyndon
Velma
Lois Johnson
Roberts
Edward
Richard Hook
Elmer Hook
Eva Foltz
Ford Grim
Frank Warfield
New Ritenour
Mt. Carroll
Harry Jensen
Gladys Warfield
Monroe
Mich
Hans Jensen
Dorothy Warfield
Scott Roberts
Nolan Basta
Clinton
Margaret Bower
Charles Bower
John Gaar
Howard Kness
Katie Kness
Rush Carrell
Robert Carroll
Bloomer
Wis
Herbert Bradley
Dee Carroll
Rush
John Carroll
Witty exchanges blur lines between spouses and doctors
A comic strip of quick quips shows a pilot's wife cashing in on pocket change while experts dispute a patient diagnosis. A joking divorce remark follows about a "model husband" contrasted with a "blue print" for humor.
Wartime Town and Farm Report on Food and Services
War Food Administration reports plentiful eggs potatoes canned vegetables and other staples through June. Military training for Merchant Marine recruits outlined with age limits and writing addresses for applicants. Sugar allotments and wheat loans described along with home canning guidance and new steam canners. Fuel shortages forecast for winter with advice to stockpile coal and conserve energy. Employment data and wartime production details included with cautions on oil in foods and limited oilcloth supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation of
WFA
Department of Agriculture
WPB
Merchant Marine
Solid Fuels Administration For War
The
Solid Fuels Administration
County poultrymen urged to boost egg production for wartime supply
Carroll county poultrymen are asked by the government to produce about 2,022,296 dozen eggs this year, four percent more than 1943, as part of the Food for Victory program. Leon Todd urges housewives to use the egg surplus, while distributors push steady supply. Todd notes A and P Foods paid Illinois producers 440 960 last year and warns rising prices could curb markets if farmers dump flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
National Poultry Defense Committee
Committee
Leon Todd
Todd
A & P Food Stores
Illinois
Public chat at the party line sparks remarks
Bill asks about public speaking as Joe recalls proposing on a country party line. Jones teases why his wife sings, and Smith mentions it haunts her. The clerk offers a birth certificate copy while Shiftless seeks work information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Joe
Jones
Smith
Leisure and debt drift in odd chatty exchanges
A quirky dialogue features Sonny, Dad, Blue, Brown and Mrs discussing leisure as two minutes of work, debt burdens, and a household joke about buying a dad and Sophie. The playful banter hints at family roles and financial stress in a comic exchange.
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Jean Brooks
Elaine Shepard
Amelita Ward
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the Song OF
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SS Jennery Jones
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Stewards’ Department
U. S. Maritime Service
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Secretary of Labor
Times Theatre
Robert Taylor
Walter Pidgeon
Ruth Hussey
Uncle Sam's Eagles
Flight Command
the Sullivans
Anna Baxter Thomas Mitchell
Nelson Eddy
Charles Coburn
WEB
Jean Parker
Kitty O’day
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Raymond Hatton
the Trail
Gail Patrick
Nancy Kelly
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Matinee
Bernadette
the Oasis
Albany
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Four Keys
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G. A. Brumer, JR
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Clinton, Iowa
Greison Agency, Inc
Savanna, Illinois
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Neckties Shop
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Leisure
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