Babson on commodity prices and labor costs
Babson Park Massachusetts June 9. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen from 685 to under 600 with a rebound. He cites higher labor costs and union fears as major factors keeping prices steady in retail food, while wholesale prices drift lower. He expects downward pressure on many industrial commodities and oil amid global surplus, with caveats on copper and farm goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Abson Park
Mass
Europe
Japan
China
Russia
U. S
Sahara
France
DeGaulle
Nasser
Scout Leaders For Annual Jamboree Plan Picnic
Carroll County Federation of Woman's clubs announces an annual picnic on Tuesday June 21 at Point Rock Mt Carroll starting 12 30 p m All executive board and club members are urged to attend Willard Byers Shannon will be assistant scoutmaster and Ed Laughlin Mt Carroll junior assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scouts of the US Grant Council attending the Fifth National Jamboree at Colorado Springs the week of July 22 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Clubs
Carroll County Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Point Rock
Mt. Carroll
Willard Byers
Shannon
Ed Laughlin
Group of
Boy Scouts
U. S. Grant Council
Colorado
Tels
Springfield Driver License Suspension Notice
The Springfield Driver License Division of the Office of the Secretary of State announces the suspension of Henry Fink Chadwick's license for violating license restrictions or permits. This action affects his driving privileges and requires compliance with suspension terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Office
Secretary of State
Henry Fink
Chadwick
Premiums Announced for County Fair Penmanship and Poster Exhibits
Carroll County Fair offers 1438 dollars in premiums for penmanship scrap books and posters. Students from all grades may enter with specific paper and display requirements, and prizes range from six dollars to twenty dollars for posters and similar sums for penmanship and scrap book entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Wayne Hawkins
Control Weeds on Soil Bank Fields in Illinois
Carroll county ASC office warns conservation reserve contractors must control noxious weeds to protect cover and nearby crops. Failure to comply could forfeit this year's total CRP payment. Mowing or chemicals usually suffice, but some species need multiple applications and timing is critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Erdmier
ASC
Carroll County
Ilinois
Fortieth Schreiner reunion held at Old Mill Park
The 40th Schreiner family reunion gathered 60 members Sunday at Old Mill Park Savanna despite rain. Officers proposed include President Donald Schreiner Milledgeville and Treasurer Dorothy Schreiner Smith Chadwick with a slate by Henry Livengood. Next reunion set for the second Sunday in June 1961 at the same park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreiner
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Robert Geison
Chadwick
Gertrude Haugh
Lanark
Frank Kness
Alice Frey
Polo
Harve Schreiner
C. F. Schreiner
Henry Livengood
Donald Schreiner
Milledgeville
Eva Schreiner Coden
Carolyn Schreiner Muench
Dorothy Schreiner Smith
Rockford
Port Byron
Macomb
Over 900 Scouts Registered for Canyon Camp Jubilee
U S Grant Council, Boy Scouts of America reports more than 900 scouts signed up for Canyon Camp near Stockton with eight camping periods. Senior Patrol Leader training to be offered, three training weeks, and six Savanna scouts attending junior leader training at Philmont. Jubilee events July 23 24 include a pageant marking 50 years of Scouting and a 50th anniversary badge for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Canyon Camp
Stockton
Savanna
Philmont
N. M
Real estate transfers listed in Savanna and Mt Carroll areas
Courthouse News summarizes a sequence of property transfers including Arlo D Paxton and wife to Edward Havorka, Leonard Brandenburg to Clara Brandenburg and others, Beulah Aitenhouse to Glenn Kruse, Norman French to Clem Hoy, Raymond Zier to Allen Zier, Joseph Kobbe to Arthur Cash, Helena McCue to Lula Anderson, Marie Walker to Harold Walker, and Glen Guenzler to Harry Adams, all with stated lots and block references across Savanna, French’s, Stowells, O. T. Lanark, and Mt Carroll locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlo D. Paxton
Edward W. Havorka
Woodland
Leonard J. Brandenburg
Clara N. Brandenburg
Rock Creek
Norman D. French
Clem Hoy
French
Thomson
Raymond G. Zier
Allen R. Zier
O. T. Lanark
Joseph H. Kobbe
Arthur J. Cash
L H. Bowens
Savanna
Helena McCue
Lula Anderson
Skarens
Marie P. Walker
Harold A. Walker
Farrs Ist
Glen W. Guenzler
Harry W. Adams
Stowells
Mt. Carroll
Seven Licenses To Wed Granted In County Clerk Office
The county clerk records show seven marriage licenses issued last week. Couples include Norman Blair of Lanark with Wava Jean Fager of Forreston and John Farruggio of Chicago with Carmela Lema of Savanna. Additional pairs are Dale E. Klein and Sharon K. Coverhill of Savanna. Robert W. Hodges and Judith Anne Nebel of Vinton Iowa. Charles R. Schroeder and Di anna Heitmann of Savanna. Terrance Langhorst of Reddick with Karen Christensen of Mt. Carroll. and Austin E. Miller of Hanover with Linda K. Biederman of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Nipe
Norman Blair
Lanark
Wava Jean Fager
Forreston
John Farruggio
Chicago
Carmela Lema
Savanna
Dale E. Klein
Sharon K. Coverhill
Robert W. Hodges
Judith Anne Nebel
Vinton
Charles R. Schroeder
Dianna Heitmann
Detroit Woman Is Fined For Assault On Train
Gladys Johnson Washington 39 of Detroit was fined 500 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in Carroll County Court. She was jailed until the fine is paid after a Saturday morning arrest in the Burlington station at Savanna for stabbing fellow passenger Dimas Pastor of Chicago on Train 47. Pastor suffered a non serious arm wound and was treated and released from Savanna City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Johnson Washington
Detroit
Mich
Carroll County
L. Melvin Gundry
Burlington
Savanna
Dimas Pastor
Chicago
Pastor
Savanna City Hospital
Sales Tax Collections Rise in March Across County
State Department of Revenue reports March retail tax receipts show increases from February. Carroll county totals rise by about $1 000 with Chadwick 400.92 Lanark 893.22 Milledgeville 753.64 Mt Carroll 1 372.61 Savanna 2 842.10 Shannon 404.42 Thomson 259.98. Mr and Mrs Wallace Williams of Mt Carroll were Sunday evening visitors at Kenneth Whitney’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Revenue
Carroll County
Chadwick
Lanark
Milledgeville
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Shannon
Thomson
Mrs. Wallace Williams
Kenneth Whitney
Mrs. Ethel Fritz Dies After Lingering Illness
Mt Carroll obituary for 73 year old Mrs. Ethel V. Fritz who died at her Mt Carroll home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Frank Funeral Home with Rev. Todd officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She was born in Mt Carroll March 27 1887 and married Ward Fritz Feb 29 1912. Surviving are a daughter Ruby Stiles two sons Tom and Ronald eight grandchildren and sister Mrs Laura Gray of Freeport. Her husband preceded her in death in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Ethel V. Fritz
Frank Funeral Home
Rev. Todd
Oak Hill Cemetery
William
Martha Corbett Williamson
Ward Fritz
Fritz
Methodist Church
Harold
Ruby) Stiles
Tom
Ronald
Laura Gray
Freeport
Ralph Carley of Morrison Dies Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for 62 year old Ralph Carley of Morrison were held Sunday at a Morrison funeral home with Rev. David Fouts officiating. Burial followed in Lanark cemetery. Carley, an auto mechanic for over 30 years, died June 9 at a daughter’s home in River Grove. He was a World War I veteran and past commander of American Legion Post 328. Surviving: widow Grace Gouker Carley, two daughters Shirley Horkar and Beverly Akker, three grandchildren, two sisters, a brother, and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Carley
Morrison
David Fouts
Morrison Methodist Church
Lanark Cemetery
Carley
Harry Horkar
River Grove
Carroll
Frederick
Isabelle Isenhart Carley
Grace Gouker
Lanark
Methodist Church
American Legion
Shirley Horkar
Louis
Beverly) Akker
Chadwick
Ava Ray
Mt. Carroll
Jessie Stoner
Harry
Tels
Savanna Man Ernest W. Van Dorn Dies at 75
Ernest W. Van Dorn of Savanna died Monday apparently of a heart attack while driving on Chicago avenue. His wife assisted, bringing the car to a curb. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Law Funeral Home with Rev. T. S. Cleworth officiating and burial in Savanna township cemetery. He was born July 19, 1884, son of Simon Peter and Laura Mace Van Dorn, married Lulu Dyer on December 25, 1905, and is survived by his widow and a sister, Mrs. John A. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ernest Walter van Dorn
Chicago Avenue
Law Funeral Home
T. S. Cleworth
Milledgeville
Savanna Township
Mr. van Dorn
Simon Peter
Laura Mace van Dorn
Lulu Dyer
4-H Flower Arrangement School Draws County 4-H Girls
Forty nine Carroll county 4-H girls attended a flower arrangement demonstration by Harold Cook and toured Cook's Floral in Dixon. The session covered wire holders, form, and timing for best results, with tips on bud picking after 4 pm, foliage reduction, and stem treatment for longer lasting arrangements. Local participants listed include Lanark, Otter Creek, North Otter Creek, and Rockettes members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Cook
Dixon
Harold Cook
Lanark
Robert McKean
Otter Creek
Eldred Oetting
Vicki
Lima Larks
Clarence Irion
Mary
Francis Prowant
James Keeney
Fred Miller
North Otter Creek
Peter Libberton
4-H
The
Rockettes 4-H
Connie Libberton
Connie Prowant
Sherrel Keaton
Kimberlee Schoonhoven
County Home Economics Extension Council names six for 1960 61
Six Carroll County homemakers received two year appointments to the County Home Economics Extension Council. Members include Lyle Livengood Milledgeville and L. Sik kem a Thomson with other appointees from Mt Carroll Lanark and Savanna. Officers elected at the June 10 meeting are Livengood president Moll vice president and Melvin Schmitt secretary. An orientation for council chairmen and advisers is set for June 22 and 23 at the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Home Economics Extension Council
Lyle Livengood
Milledgeville
Arnold Sikkema
Thomson
Theodore Storm
Gustav Schmidt
Mt. Carroll
Robert Queckboerner
James Keeney
Lanark
L. B. Howard
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Farm Bureau Hall
Kenneth Moll
Shannon
Melvin Schmitt
Darryl Rockafellow
Savanna
Harold Schleming
Chadwick
Earl Stricker
Carroll
Max Hays
C. F. Isenberger
Victor Bucholz
Blaine McGinty
George Morgan
Carl Patterson
Seven From This County Earn U of I Degrees
Seven Carroll county residents are among roughly 2,730 candidates to receive University of Illinois degrees at Urbana Champaign commencement on June 18. Ceremony details include a 9:30 a.m. procession to Memorial Stadium, with ceremonies at 10 a.m. and a possible second session at Huff Gym at 2:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Urbana Champaign
Memorial Stadium
Huff Gym
Carroll County
David E. Murray
Thomson
Julia F. Zenk
William L. Gengenbach
Mt. Carroll
Clarence C. Hovorka
John K. Bouseman
Savanna
Charles B. Dyson
John A. Merboth
Pomona Grange Cooks Cookies For Domiciliary Visit
The Carroll and Jo Daviess counties Pomona Grange met at Rock Creek Grange hall with 46 members. Members heard reports, noted the sewing contest winner, honored deceased members, and collected donations for the National Grange Building Fund. Members to bake two dozen cookies for the Domiciliary in Clinton on June 26 and meet at Dutch Bay Inn, Fulton, at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Pomona Grange
Rock Creek
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Emmett Shoup
Charles Gordon
Old Rugged Cross
Oscar Shilling
Gladys Johnson
August Bornemeier
Robert Weidenhamer
Eugene Lahre
Neva Hans
Kenneth Kremple
Robert Dale
George Sites
National Grange Building Fund
Henry Rahn
Pomona
Clinton
Dutch Bay Inn
Fulton
Francis Provant
Reynold Bloyer
Percy Schreiner
Pleasant Valley Grange Hall
Robert Embry
William Hans
Lela Hess
Robert Reid
Leo Poffenberger
Norman Youngbluth
Howard Nelson
Dick Englehart
4-H Fat Lamb Show Set for June 22 at Old Mill Park
The 4-H Fat Lamb show will be held at Old Mill Park in Savannah on Wednesday morning June 22 starting at 9 00 a m. Classes include single lambs and pens of three and five with Cliff Clevenger of Freeport serving as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Cliff Clevenger
Freeport
State releases $50,000 for lake project near Morrison
Gov. Stratton's office announced a $50,000 release for preliminary lake work north of Morrison. Funds will cover an engineering survey land acquisition and subsurface exploration for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, I
Morrison
Nominees For Community ASC Committees In Carroll County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation community election boards have selected a slate of nominees for all communities in Carroll county. A list of nominees by communities follows with names across Shannon Elkhorn Grove Wyson Fair Haven Lima Rock Creek Mr. Carroll Salem Savanna and Washington Woodland York. Community elections by mail will run June 24 through July 5 to boost farmer voter participation. Committeemen elected will take office August 1 and serve until next year’s elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Community Election Boards
Carroll County
Byron Hutchins
County Election Board
Shannon
Roland Artman
Stanley Bishop
Frank Diehl
Robert Henze
Reynold Horner
James Knauer
Keith Martin
James M. Miller
John Peterson
Earl Woessner
Freedom
John Havorka
John Knauer
Emerson Kosher
Darryl Kruse
Ray Lower
van Merchant
Lowell Neis
Kenneth Sisler
Dennis Tallman
August Wittevrongel
Lima
Rock Creek
Lewis Cram
Nelle Hardacre
Warren Harms
John Haugh
Emerson Iske
Earl Kaufman
Robert McKean
LeRoy Rahn
Rex Rahn
Max Rister
Mr. Carroll
Allen Becker
Lawrence Boothby
Charles Brunner
John Fecke
Lysle Foltz
Paul Getz
Glendon Law
Duane Law
Stanley Ottens
Theodore Storm
Salem
Vern Carson
Vernon Daehler
Earl Delp
E. L. Dollinger
Judson Grove
Fred Jecklin
Frank Klenz
Lyle Law
Arthur Meador
Robert Queckboerner
Savanna
Washington
Geo. B. Dauphin
Paul Dauphin
Clarence Doty
Allen Haas
Ed Handel
Harold Haring
Merle Law
Robert McIntyre
Lawrence Miller
Robert Stretton Jr
Woodland
Robert Carson
Donald Keller
Walter Knapp
Glen G. Miller
Adam Morhardt
Earl Randecker
Theodore Randecker
Loyal Siedenburg
Kenneth Simpson
Lowell Toepfer
York
John Buikema
Eldon Hickey
Edward A. Hook
Harry Jurgens
Glen Kreuder
Curtis Pilgrim
Merle Prins
John Schmitt
Larry Smith
John Wiebenga
Tels
County Board of Supervisors
J. M. McKean
Russell Rahn
Charles Kessler
William B. Petty
Mt. Carroll
Fair Haven
Chadwick
Cherry Grove
Elkhorn Grove
Wysox
Lanark
Milledgeville
Restitution Ordered For Worthless Checks In County
Two people arrested on charges of writing worthless checks appeared before Justice of the Peace Lee Gifford and were ordered to restitution for the check amounts and to pay court costs Virgil Schave of Savanna was charged $145 for a pony in 1959 and Jeanette Nelson was charged $16 to Colehour Brothers Elevator. In Carroll county circuit court Judge Leon A. Zick granted divorces to Mary Ostrander Savanna from Carl Ostrander and Ethel Keller Lanark from Clarence Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Gifford
Carroll
Virgil Schave
Rt. 2
Savanna
Oscar Brown
Jeanette Nelson
Colehour Brothers Elevator
Tels
Carroll County
Leon A. Zick
Mary I. Ostrander
Carl J. Ostrander
Ethel C. Keller
Lanark
Clarence R. Keller
County Grants Bridge Aid To Two Townships
At the June meeting the county board approved aid for Rock Creek and Wysox townships to build culverts with estimated costs of 5200 and 8500 dollars respectively. A contract for the Milledgeville culvert was awarded to Gould Construction Co for 4569 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Welfare Services Committee
Rock Creek
Wysox Township
County Welfare Services Committee
Hazel G. Stagg
Thomson
Alice E. Finnifrock
Lanark
Arrnold Farthing
Chadwick
Albert Hartman
Mt. Carroll Township
Public Building Committee
Superintendent of Schools
Justices of the Peace
Plan Festival Of Flowers June 21 4-H Exhibition
More than 100 4-H members will display flowers winter arrangements dining table covers framed pictures and 5 year room plans plus babysitting exhibits at the farm bureau hall on June 21. Exhibits run noon to 3 pm with a 1:30 program by Mrs. Joseph Wycoff international chairman of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Farm Bureau Hall
Joseph Wycoff
Illinois Home Bureau Federation
Wycoff
Scotland
Associated Country Women of the World
Carrollettes 4-H
Helen Mackay
Home Bureau
Tels
State public aid costs in April for Carroll county
The April report shows aid recipients and payments across five programs in Carroll county. Aid to dependent children 56 recipients totaling 2034 dollars, blind assistance 2 recipients totaling 163 dollars, disability assistance 11 recipients totaling 803 dollars, general assistance 38 recipients totaling 411.81 dollars, old age assistance 130 recipients totaling 9504 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Fishing and duck reports from Upper Mississippi Refuge area
Crappie fishing remains fair with 5 to 10 keepers in many backwaters while bluegill hours improve near Rock Creek below Camanche and Pinoa Lake north of Sabula. Striped bass and sheephead bite at Spring Lake, with 20 to 30 per outing common. occasional walleye or bass, and improving bullhead fishing north of Fulton and Sabula. Duck nesting is winding down with large broods, blue-winged teal and mallards at Spring Lake, and prairie pothole areas reporting better water supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Rock Creek
Camanche
Pinoak Lake
Sabula
Spring Lake
Fulton
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pleas Creek
North
Beaver Island
Wapsi
Prairie
Dakotas
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson’s Weekly Report
Scout Leaders
Bristol
Schreiner Clan
Canyon
Courthouse News
WED
Terrance Langhorst
Reddick
Karen Christensen
Austin E. Miller
Hanover
Linda K. Biederman
War
Ren
Ethel Fritz
Ernest W. van Dorn
John A. Moore
Flower Arrangement
C. Robert Sibley
Arvilla
Albin Wolf
Prophetstown
Mrs. Lyle Livengood
Home Ec Extension Council
U of I
Tela
Wyson
Roy Beck
Marvin Cheeseman
Geo. Cook
Gail Deets
Franklin Kendall
Edwin Livengood
Darrell Mintke
Leslie Ropp
Rollo Wagnknecht
Donald Woodin
Orion Alexander
Vernon Alexander
Lawrence Doden
Allen Haag
Warner Hartman
Port Hornung
Arnold Traum
Kenneth Tripp
Harold Turnbaugh
Earl Weber
Gravensteins’ Corners
East Dubuque
Forreston Road
Route 64
St. Francis Hospital
Evelyn Dewey
Cheryl
Jannine
Daniel Dewey
Sharon
Eugene von Essen
Dewey
Donald C. Hartman
von Essen
Gravenstein Corners
Grant
Plan Festival of Flowers
ON the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge
Rock Island
Dubuque
Bob Wade
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