Navy Recruiting Cruiser to Visit Savanna on July 4
The Navy's mobile Recruiting Cruise will anchor in Savanna on July 4 under Lt. Com Warren Hatch. The visit aims to boost enlistments in Navy, WAVES, SPARS, and Seabees. Open to the public for questions and applications. Seabee enlistments restricted in certain areas. Patriotic women aged 20 to 36 with at least two years of high school may enlist. Uniforms worth 200 dollars provided. pay up to 126 dollars monthly plus allowances. Seabees seek skilled construction personnel up to age 50 and volunteers aged 18 to 38 may enlist with rapid advancement. A. D. Cashman of Mansfield, Ohio, visited Mrs. Alta Shaner last week.
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Hatch
U. S. Navy
Chicago
Savanna
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SPARS
Seabees
Ilinois
Court House News Marriage Licenses Issued in Local Countys
Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk include Milton A Richards of Dubuque Ill and Wilma B Christensen of La Vanna George Baylor and Marie Ter both of Milledgeville Calvin C Stambaugh of Thomas ville Ga and Minnie Tomaskovic of Savanna Paul Randecker and Alice M Beck both of Massbach Arthur L Smith of Chadwick and Edna Kuhse of Mt Carroll Judge George C Dixon presided at Mt Carroll session Judge Leon A Zick will open the June term next Monday and juries to report details assessors finished real estate work and turn books over to Frank L Ross various deed transfers and quitclaim filings noted from local townships and towns Milledgeville Savanna Mt Carroll and Thomas areas listed with multiple property transfers and owners named in the records
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Milton A. Richards
Dubuque, Ill
Wilma B. Christensen
la Vanna
George Baylor
Marie Ter
Milledgeville
Calvin C. Stambaugh
Thomasville
Minnie Tomaskovic
Savanna
Paul Randecker
Alice M. Beck
Massbach
Arthur L. Smith
Chadwick
Edna Kuhse
Mt. Carrol
George C Dixon
Dixon
Circuit Court
Mt. Carroll
Leon A. Zick
Oregon
Brand
Cherry Grove
Lima
Wysox
Frank L. Ross
Ross
Honor Roll of York Township Armed Forces Members
Preston Prairie’s Our Boys column lists York township service members with ranks and branches including U. S. Army, Navy, Air Corps, and Marine forces. The annotated roster records dozens of individuals such as Donald Ashpole Corporal U. S. Army Air Corps and Harold Ashpole Sergeant U. S. Navy, among others, inviting corrections and updates for advancements in rank.
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United States
York Township
Donald Ashpole
U. 8
Army Air Corps
Henry L. Ashpole
Army
Harold Ashpole
Ashpole
Robert
U. S. Army
Dwight Atherton
U. S. Navy
Donald Bull
Eugene Bull
US. Navy
Bob Bogd
Coast Guard
Beck, Earl
H. A. Cate
Air Force Reserves
Cate
Millard
Kenneth Cooper
Gerald Diephuis
John Dimmick
Robert Demaree
S. Army
Harvey Falls
Everald G. Foltz
Navy
Norman French, Jr
Dd, M. Gleason
Pfe
Harold Kauffman
U. S. Marines
John Kreuders
Robert Kreuder
Kness, Earl
Guy K. Libberton
Glen Leavens
Robert Lewis
Kyle McGinnis
Roland Mitchell
U. S. Army Air Corps
Richard S. McWorthy
Olsen
Marion R
Harry Orrt
George Russell Penman
Harold Porter
Elmer Pease
Elwin Rice
Richard Robinson
Robert Rentschler
Roland Rice
U.S. Army
John Rice
Harry E. Root
U. S. Rott
Joe Root
Herbert L. Rawlins
USNR
Rawlins
Paul Rice
Stickell
Wilbur
Gilpin Stagg
U. S. Naval Reserve
Harry Stoner
U. S. Naval Reserves
Earl Shelly
Shelly
Lyle
Leslie St. Ores
Vernon Schreiner
Philip Switzer
Wagner
Walter White
U.S
James Wiebenga
U. S. Air Corps
Henry Young, Jr
Fuel oil rationing plans announced for 1943 44 season
Carroll county households will receive simplified forms to apply for 1949 44 fuel oil rations. Most private dwellings will file by mail and new coupons aim to be issued by July 1. Automatic increases apply to small homes and large homes may gain more if last year’s ration was limited by square footage.
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Carroll County
OPA
Only Two Take Tests For U of Ill Scholarships
Eileene Daehler of Chadwick and Harold C. Barthel of Milledgeville were the only Carroll county high school graduates to take exams for University of Illinois scholarships this year. Both took general scholarship exams and are expected to receive scholarships. a second general scholarship and two county scholarships were available. Agriculture and home economics scholarships were offered but unclaimed as no examinees appeared.
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U. of
Ration News Outlines Coupons and Price Changes
Ration details set coupons for sugar coffee red stamps and blue stamps with expiry dates through June July August and October. OPA lowers meat prices starting June 21 and imposes new tire inspection rules. A TT gasoline coupon replaces T on July 1 with inspections deadlines for B and A book holders. Renewal applications for fuel oil are mailed.
Government Still Paying Rent For CCC Camp At Erie
The Gazette reports the government continues to pay $590 for land rent and $90 monthly for a caretaker at the Erie CCC camp. Three cabins remain, with decay evident, while earlier plans to tear down the site have not occurred. Locals suspect the land is being kept for a future CCC reactivation or political use after the war, raising public concern.
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Gazette
Erie
the Gazette
Rockford
CCC
Sterling Gazette
Army Emergency Relief Office Opens at Savanna Ordnance Depot
Dependents of soldiers may obtain emergency financial aid from a new Army Emergency Relief Office at Savanna Ordnance Depot Proving Ground. Capt. B G Eubank said cases of real emergency needs will be considered and relief given as cash grants or loans after verification of dependency and soldier details.
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Ordnance Depot
Army Emergency
Savanne
Nance Depot
Proving Ground
B. G. Eubank
Eubank
Army Emergency Relief Office
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Mississippi River Crest Reaches Clinton At 16.1 Feet
The Mississippi River rose to 16.1 feet Sunday with upriver reports indicating the crest reached Clinton. Heavy rains upstream caused a steady rise over several days and much of Riverview Park in Clinton was flooded.
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Mississippi River
Clinton
Riverview Park
Permits Issued for New Farm Equipment Here
County farm machinery rationing committee issued permits June 7 to June 12 for new gear. List includes Milkcans, portable elevator, side delivery rakes, hammer mill, Norse drawn mower, hay loader, corn cultivators, rotary hoe, tandem disc, pump jacks, windmill pumps, and farm pump with named buyers such as Lawrence Stricker, Roy Michael, Kermit Krell, Orion J. Stover, and others.
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County Farm Machinery
Lawrence Stricker
John Zahn
Dean Malone
Dwight Turner
Fred Koeller
Glen Miller
Grover Truckenmiller
Frank Fogel Jr
Albert E. Bowles
Roy Michael
Kermit Krell
Rabn
Amos Burkholder
Orion J. Stov
Kneal Hook
Allen A. Witmer
Herman Henning
M. L. Woessner
Clarence Kosher
Otto Wagenknecht
Davis F. Crouse
Walter FE
Bundy
William Kraemer
Kenneth O. Webster
Donald L. Hall
Fred Hook
WE. Kendall
Vernon McGinty Deferred From Army Service
Vernon McGinty a former Thomson resident now with General Electric in Bridgeport Conn has been deferred from army service for several months at his employer’s request relatives report McGinty son of Mr and Mrs Charles McGinty of Thomson and son in law of Mr and Mrs J Y Stickell of Chadwick was ordered by the local selective service board to report at an induction center recently
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Vernon McGinty
Thomson
General Electric
Bridgeport
Conn
Vernon
Charles McGinty
J. Y. Stickell
Chadwick
Selective Service Board
Masons to Entertain Grand Master Carl Mohr
Dunlop Lodge No 21 A F and A M Morrison hosts Masons from Whiteside Carroll Lee and Rock Island counties to welcome Most Worshipful Grand Master Karl J Mohr of Rockford Illinois Tuesday June 22. A banquet at 7:00 p m at Morrison Municipal Building precedes a program with lodges represented and honors for the district 100 percent response to WEUSTs of the nation.
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Dunlop Lodge
A. F
A. M
Morrison
Karl J. Mohr
Rockford
Morrison Municipal
Whiteside
Carroll, Lee
Rock Island
Mohr
Masonic Fraternity
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Mansfield
Alta Shaner
Mary Lee
Joan Davis
Guy
Carroll Hayward
Oas
Arden Hotter
Catlety
Freddie Martin
Count Bosse Boy McKinney
Loretta Brian Young Aherne
Noel Coward
Rochester
Ethel Waters
Louis Armstrong
Rex Ingram
Julie
WEB
Erroll Flynn Ann Sheridan
Edge
THURS
FBI
SAT
William Boyd
Court House News
W. A. Galbraith
Harry Fisch
Wyson
Katherine Eshelman
Edwin W. Eshelman
Mr. Carroll
Evan Vaughn
Leonard Peter Matz
J.C. Westfall
Eva Vaughn
Laura Turner Haugh
Meyers
Elmer C. Frederick
Norman D French
George E. Campbell
Norman D_ French
Thomson State Bank
Bayard R. Lewis
Robert Machael
Russell W Green
Norman D, French
Wm. H. James
Martha Ruth Wetzell
Leroy Foltz
Preston Prairie
OASIS
Albany
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Nick Calio
Mgr
Dis
Ther
Savanna Cafe
B. K_ Shores
Prop
Ration News
Canned Foods
Blue Stamps
Les Lathrop
Mississippi
Masons
Ero
Pergis
Sho Claude M. Briggs
Savanna, Ill
American Legion Post
Bunting
Fourth Street
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