Degrees Offered At Normal University Commencement
Graduate list includes 279 candidates for bachelor of education degrees. Ceremony at outdoor amphitheater June 8 with Pres. I W Raleigh delivering remarks. Three counties youths from Chadwick Milledgeville and Thomson among graduates. Frances Eleanor Rice from Thomson earns elementary education and Hazel Norrene Foget of Milledgeville earns business education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwirht
TL Green
Thilmois State Normal University
Normal
I. W. Ralebild
Couraca
Caren Roll County
Issuing Tires And Auto Certificates By Carroll Rationing Board
Carroll county rationing board issued certificates during the third week in May for purchase of tires and for recapping. The list shows many individuals and firms receiving tires tubes and recapping services for autos and trucks, including several from Mt. Carroll, Savanna, Chadwick, Milledgeville, Lanark, Thomson, Shannon, and Savanna. The record includes quantities and vehicle types with numerous names and locations.
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The
Carroll Rationing Board
Preston Kreider
Milledgeville
Virgil Bennett
Lanark
Donald Mackay
Geo. Lee
Fred Rhodes
Mt. Carroll
H. Francke
Joseph Parenti
Savanna
Charles Honberger
Chadwick
Harve Queckboerner
Hobart Holland
Thomson
Harrison Washington
Arthur Hurst
Howard Baker
William Miller
Robert Brinkmeier
Shannon
Fred Olson
Harry Gaar
Frank Schreiner
James Turnbaugh
Aaron Schneider
Merle Giesler
Thomas Jones
Geo. Schmidt
Jens Anderson
Wayne Phillips
Lewis Brunner
Eldon Hickey
Heavy Freight Traffic on Mississippi River Rises During Holiday
Freight traffic on the Mississippi increases over the holiday weekend as four upriver tows travel upstream Sunday and Monday and another on Saturday. Tow details include Twin Cities with four oil barges, C. C. Webber and Patrick J. Hurley with four barges each, Mark Twain carrying coal and general merchandise, and Husky first trip with two gasoline barges. Southbound boats include Lone Star Tom Sawyer Kansas City Socony and Alice M Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Twin Cities
C. C. Webber
Patrick J. Hurley
Mark Twain
Helen H
Bob Gresham
Husky
Induction Notice Sent to Twenty-One County Men
The county selective service board issued induction notices to 21 men instructing them to report June 1. The list includes transfers from other centers and two Carroll county residents living out of county, with several Thomson Lanark Mt. Carroll Savanna and Dixon residents named. One original name was removed due to burns and Porter replaced it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notiess
County Selective Service Board
Army
Carroll County
Marvin C. Holland
Harold A. Porter
Thomson
Darvin J. Cox
Balaam Lake
Wis
Court House Briefs Highlight Licenses and Trials
County Clerk records list marriage licenses for Therferd Stoddard and Mary Bell of Savanna and for Donald Householder Virginia Oswald and Howard Stacey Leavens and Victoria LaVerne Law, all Savanna. Everett E. Lantz pleads guilty to vagrancy. probation granted. Mt. Carroll circuit court hears motions. courthouse annex work nears completion. Divorces granted for Margaret Shelly and Tom Collins and for Margaret Collins of Savanna. Real estate transfers cover multiple properties in Savanna, Mt. Carroll, Cherry Grove, and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adey
Walter Watenn
Therferd Stoddard
Mary Bell
Savanna
Walter R. Watson
Donald Householder
Virginia L. Oswald
Howard Stacey Leavens
Victoria LaVerne Law
Everett E. Lantz
Carroll
George C. Dixon
Circuit Court
Mt. Carroll
Ralph Eaton
Lawrence A. Smith
Margaret P. Shelly
Lyle Shelly
Thomson
Cris A. Holy
Lillian L. Newman
Lima
Jacob Richter
William J. Richter
Salem
Philomena Brinkman
Frank Brown
William L. Plock
Orville van Brocklin
Cherry Grove
Floyd Richter
Elver Richter
Minnie Richter
Bertha Garris
Rock Creek
Margaret L. Martin
Merle R. Hawbeecker
Stover’s Add
Lanark
Minnie C. Landrum
Thomas P. Madsen
Bik
Effie E. Stitzel
J. Robert Merchant
Fannie A. Benedict
Kathryn Grandy
Fannie L. Eldredge
Frank R. Eagleton
Camp Grant Troops Lead Legion Parade On June 6
Camp Grant troops will head the 13th District American Legion parade at Mount Morris on Saturday June 6. The march starts at 7 p m and features Camp Grant’s military band and color guard along with other bands drum corps and a variety of evening events. Public welcome for Legionnaires and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Mount Morris
Camp Grant
Uncle Sam's
Soldier Boys
Russell Carson Enrolls as Flying Cadet at Kelly Field
Russell Carson son of Mr and Mrs Robert Carson of Woodland township has enrolled as a flying leader at Kelly Field Texas. He joined the Army Air Corps ground force about two years ago and rose to staff sergeant before his enrollment. He has been stationed at Kelly Field and recently visited Mt Carroll while in charge of convoys of gasoline tank trucks for the air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Carson
Robert Carson
Woodlands Township
Kelly Field
Tex
Carson
Army Air Corps Ground Force
Mt. Carroll
Air Corps
Eugene Grove Named College Music Director
Eugene F. Grove, son of Mr and Mrs P F Grove of Mt Carroll, will head the music department at Atlantic Christian College Wilson NC for next year. He has taught voice there this year after graduating from Mt Carroll High School and Illinois Wesleyan University and previously taught music at Lanark High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene F. Grove
P. F. Grove
Mt. Carroll
Atlantic Christian College
Wilson, N. C
Grove
Mt. Carroll High School
Mlinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Lanark
Higher May Payments for Aged and Dependent Children
Illinois old age assistance payments rose to a new high of 3 937 054 dollars paid to 150 428 persons. Carroll county distributed 10 818 dollars to 484 recipients and aid to dependent children totaled 1 462 14 with 101 dependents covered. Statewide payments reached 729 534 dollars benefiting 47 766 children. Memorial Day hosts included Mr and Mrs Ernest Remmers and relatives from Chicago Morbai Tison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
State Auditor of Poliic
Carroll County
Davenport Auto Races Set for June National Sprints
Davenport will host a seven event program of national championship sprints on Sunday June 14 at the Mississippi Valley Fair half mile as top speed stars race for a rich purse. Ted Horn and Jose Chitwood are set to drive Offenhauser cars as CSRA sanctions mark the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Indianapolis Speedway
Hankinson Speedsys
Consolidated States Racing Association
America
Mississippi Valley Fair
Ralph A. Hankinson
Hankinson
Ted Horn
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Jose Chitwood
Savanna Youth Enters Navy Flight School
Edward Winston son of Mr and Mrs L A Winton of Savanna left May 28 for Iowa City Iowa to enter the Navy preflight training program at the University of Iowa as part of the naval training drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Navy Flight
Edward Winston
L. A. Winton
Iowa City
Navy
University of Iowa
Fine crowd at Carroll Horse Show shines in Western Illinois
A record crowd attended the Mt. Carroll Horse Show at Glengarry Farm, Mt. Carroll, amid hot weather. Judges faced close calls in three and five gaited and stock classes as Fox View Stables of Oswego earned many second and third places. no rider won more than one first. Winners spanned Open fine harness to Five-gaited classes with entries from Fox View Stables, Rapp Farms, and others, plus special attractions by S. J. Campbell and Charles Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glengarry Farm
Mt. Carroll
Ilinois
Fox View
Oswego 1
S. J. Campbell
Charles Wright
Shiner College
Gerald Huntoon
Hinsdale
Fox View Stables
Shimer College
Jackie Peterson
Clinton
Rosemary Trude
Myrtle Heinze
Lea Arne
Rockwood
S. Edwards
Chicano
H. Leslie Atlass
Wheaton
Dick Olsem
Davenport
Stockhorse
Earl Dyche
Rockford
C. R. Colehour
Mr. Carroll
B. Hance
Bob Gullick
Aurora
Mary Louise Deysart
Betty Louiseman
Oswego
Dick Olsen
Dorothy Denny
Harriet Jane Atlass
Patsy Selz
Dicky Lee Iiseman
Frank Atlers
Harcedace Atlass
Bobby Gippert
Ed Musk
Co. S. Gardner
DeKalb
Bob McGrew
Dubuque
James Bader
Max Chaffee
Milledgeville
Gene Rapp
George Polivka
Allen Scott
Mrs. C
W. Ward
Fulton
Robert Denney
Chicago
Isadore Saidel
Edwin King
Carroll Native Returns From Germany After Years Abroad
Mrs. Linnie M. Appel, 55, a Carroll native, arrived in New York aboard the Drottningholm from Germany where she lived for two decades with her husband Ernest who died there. Once Iowa farmers, they also ran Riverview resort near Thomson. She planned to join her mother Mrs. Mary Kennedy and sister Mrs. Rhoda Hoffman in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie M. Appel
Carroll
New York
Drottningholm
Germany
Appel
Iowa
Mt. Carroll
Riverview
Thomson
Savanna
Mary Kennedy
Rhoda Hoffman
Savanna Native to Receive Naval Ensign at Annapolis
Richard Rhodes Law 22 of Belvidere will be among 17 Illinois midshipmen to receive ensign commissions at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland on June 19. He is a Savanna native, son of Mr and Mrs Ives Law of Belvidere. His father owned drug stores in Savanna and Belvidere and served as a pharmacist in World War I aboard a transport making 15 Atlantic crossings. The late Mrs Frank Rhodes, great grandmother of Richard, was Savanna’s first white born resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rhodes Law
Belvidere
Illinois
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Savanna
Ives Law
Law
Frank Rhodes
Deaths in Carroll County Recall Local Notables
Obituary notices from Carroll County list William Downe, a former Milwaukee railroad foreman, and Christiana Jensen Thompson among residents who died in Savanna and Mt. Carroll. Surviving family members include children in Savanna, Freeport, Villa Park, Muskegon, and Denison areas. Funeral services and burial details reflect local churches and Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir Carroll
Poneer
Pat
Savanna City
Mr. Downs
Christian Funeral
Mt Carroll
E. C. Colbeer
Ifieinting
Wurial
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mt. Carroll
Mr. Wowns
Forman
Milwaukee Railroad
Walter
Stockton
George
Eugene
Freeport
Selon
Villa Park
Bert Bertholf
Savanna
Mra
Vern Hardacre
Dearborn
Mich
Alexander Duggid
Neta Smith
Whapeton
N. D
Mary Downs
Muskegon
Joseph Downs
Mra Idan Upright
Chicago
Peter Thompson
Fuller Funeral Home
Gerhard Fischer
Savanna Lutheran Church
Savanna Cemetery
Christina Jensen
Denmark
United States
Minnie Tomagkevic
Arthur Thompson
Warren Moore
Heavy Showers Hit Area In Early Week Weather
The region experienced heavy showers starting Monday with additional downpours Tuesday and another storm Wednesday morning. In Chadwick, Reynold Lang reported damage to phone and electric wires along route 78 after the Tuesday storm. Lightning knocked out fuses in a 138,000 volt transmission line on Monday and Tuesday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Reynold Lang
Chadwick
Route 78
Hansen’s Corner
Lang
Nutrition conference set for June 19 and 20 in Springfield
A statewide nutrition conference will be held June 19 20 at the Leland hotel in Springfield. The Illinois Nutrition committee sponsors the program to promote local nutrition activities through county committees. Carroll county members plan to attend while Lanark and Mt. Carroll prepare nutrition courses led by home economics teachers, with more communities likely to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Hotel
Springfield
M. P. Roske
Carroll County Nutrition Committee
Illinois Nutrition Committee
Carroll County
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Fulton elected to supreme court by 3 to 1 vote
William J. Fulton wins the Carroll County supreme court seat by a 3 to 1 margin. Officials estimate the Tuesday election cost about 1,160 dollars to the county, roughly 85 cents per vote, based on costs for judges polling place rental posting notices and returning results across 20 precincts. With 1,455 ballots cast and ballot printing excluded, the per voter cost nears the dollar mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Naples
Death of Mrs. Coxwell Supposedly in De Soto
Members of the S. C. Campbell family of Mt. Carroll attended funeral services in De Soto for Mrs. Thomas Coxwell mother of Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Coxwell died Sunday at her home in De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Campbell
S$. C. Campbell
Mt. Carroll
DeSoto
Thomas Coxwell
Campbell
Coxwell
Kipnis to Graduate From Army Vet School
Corporal David Kipnis of Camp Grant will graduate Saturday from the Army veterinary technical school and expect transfer to Chicago thereafter. He is the son of Harry Kipnis of Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
D. Kipnis
Army Vet School
Marchesi Bros Buy Property at Freeport
Marchesi Brothers, operators of northern Illinois theatres including Mt. Carroll and Prophetstown venues, bought a 40 foot frontage at 105 109 Fast Shephenson Street Freeport. They may rent the current building for storage until the war ends or tear it down to erect a new, larger State theatre once construction restrictions are eased.
Carroll 4-H Roundup Moves to Savanna at Old Mill Park
Carroll County 4-H Round-Up shifts from Lanark to Savanna. The event at Old Mill Park is tentatively set for Friday Aug. 28 with livestock exhibits, girls 4-H work, a style show, a speaker and entertainment. Laurence H. Miles of the Savanna Chamber of Commerce will appoint organizing committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Savanna
Lanark
Farm Bureau
Old Mill Park
Laurence H. Miles
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Can Strawberries Be Canned Or Frozen With Little Sugar
Carroll county residents can obtain state supplied guidance from the Farm Bureau on canning with little or no sugar and on freezing berries for locker storage without sweetening. Mrs. M. P. Roske notes juice pressing for large batches reduces added water. Separately, local cattle at Chicago Stock Yards saw Frank Livengood of Lanark sell mixed steers and heifers at 13.00 per cwt and Merboth Sword ship 21 head at 14.15 per cwt, averaging 1085 and 1191 pounds respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Bureau
M. P. Roske
Carroll County Nutrition Committee
Carroll County
Chicago
Frank Livengood
Lanark
Merboth and Sword
Fulton Wins Illinois Supreme Court Seat Over Shaw
Judge William J. Fulton of Sycamore was elected to a nine year term on the Illinois Supreme Court, defeating Justice Elwyn R. Shaw by about a three to one margin. Fulton led with 34,410 votes to Shaw’s 11,718 in 550 of 560 precincts in the 12 county district. Carroll County backed Fulton 1,046 to 308. Shaw carried only one county, Stephenson, due to Freeport votes. turnout was light, roughly half of the 1983 judicial election. Fulton will assume office between June 15 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Fulton
Sycamore
Ilinois Supreme Court
Elwyn R. Shaw
Freeport
Fulton
Shaw
Carroll County
Savanna No
Stephenson
Supreme Court
No Highway Deaths In May In Six Northern Counties
A survey of traffic safety records at the close of May shows perfect records for May in Carroll Whiteside Jo Daviess Stephenson Ogle and Lee counties In the first five months of 1942 the six county area reported 20 fatalities with Jo Daviess the only county without a highway death this year Carroll and Whiteside each had one and Lee four Stephenson five and Ogle six fatalities
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Illinois
Carroll
Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Ogle
Lee
Jo Davies County
Tent Caterpillars Alarm Carroll County Gardens
Farm Adviser M. P. Roske warns tent caterpillars are damaging fruit and walnut trees in Carroll County. The pests form nests in branches and strip leaves but can be controlled with arsenate sprays or by burning small colonies with a pole. He notes no widespread cankerworm reports yet and alerts to a new issue with sweetclover weevils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Roske
Mrs Hinebaugh Guest Of Honor In Van Buskirk Home
Mrs Roy Hinebaugh is honored at a gathering hosted by Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk north of Chadwick last Wednesday. Guests from Carroll, Brookville, and local families attended, including Mesdames Derrer Stakemiller McGhinty Keim Derrer Jr Burkholder Rogers Emmert Jr Carrolls Ay Brookville Neis Neis Miller and others. The report also notes a separate dinner visit by the Carroll couples Rush Thomson and Ivan at the Gelwicks home in Milledgeville on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence van Buskirk
Chadwick
Roy Hinebaugh
Mesdames Russell Derrer
Charles Stakemiller
Blaine McGinty
Edwin Keim
Adolph Derrer, Jr
Earl Burkholder
Lee Rogers
Paul Emmert, Jr
Carroll
Donald Asay
Brookville
Earl Neis
Fred Neis
Fred Miller
Rush Carroll
Thomson
Ivan Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville
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Ferd. Grimm
Mississippi
Court House Briefs
Tom Collins
Margaret Collins
Eugene Grove
Ernest Remmers
Herman Remmers
Dayghiter Corrine
A. Cc. Schroeder
Wilmer Schroeder
Morbai Tison
Davenport Auto Races
Carroll Horse Show
Carreoll
Willian Downe
J. A
Belle Dresbach
Cumperland County
John and
Alcinda Dresbach
Warren
R. H. Leitner
Arnold's Grove Cemetery
Freedom Township
Susan Sharpe
Jo Daviess County
Joseph and
Isabell Sharpe
John Soudersland
Edward
William Sharpe
George Sharpe
Bryant
Jane Hughes
Albino
Neb
Marchesi Bros
Precinct
Fulton Shaw Fair Haven
York
Wysox
Elkhorn Grove
Freedom
Washington
Savanna Iy
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