Shimer Theatre to Open Season with George and Margaret
Frances Shimer Theatre Workshop announces George and Margaret as the opening comedy on July 5 directed by Lawrence Carra. The six week Summer Workshop runs June 24 with drama art and writing students, five plays staged each Friday night beginning July 6. Subscriptions offer season access at a lower price than five admissions.
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George and
Margaret
Gerald Savory
Frances Shimer Theatre Workshop
Lawrence Carra
Frances Shimer
Frances Shimer Theatre
New York
London
New York Sun
New York Journal and American
Grand Jury Indicts Savanna Men for Assault and Battery
The June grand jury returned four indictments on Wednesday, with three suppressed due to defendants not in custody. Herbert Sigalus and James McCue, both of Savanna, are charged with assault and battery for allegedly beating Robert Sack at Mississippi Palisades State Park on the night of April 6. The petit jury will report when called.
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Herbert Sigalus
James McCue
Savanna
Sigalus
McCue
Robert Sack
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Petit Jury
Grant Divorce Granted in Carroll County Circuit Court
Pearl Lundy was granted a divorce from Clifford Lundy on cruelty grounds in Carroll County Circuit Court with Judge Harry Wheat presiding. The decree followed a charge of cruelty as the reason, and Mrs Jones was quoted saying she cannot talk much these days.
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Pearl Lundy
Clifford Lundy
Carroll County
Harry Wheat
Weddings Stamper Sprecher Frank Tie The Knot In Chicago
Miss Betty Sprecher of Mount Carroll and William H. Frank of Mount Carroll wed in a Sunday ceremony in Chicago. They plan a post wedding trip to Ironwood Michigan then reside in Rockford where Frank works with family in a service station.
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Sprecher-Frank
Betty Sprecher
William H. Frank
Mount Carroll
Chicago
Ironwood
Mich
Rockford
Frank
Sprecher
Elizabeth Sprecher
Mt. Carroll
Mount Carroll High School
Frances Shimer College
Ogle County
William Frank
Findley College
Findley
Ohio
Vonda Heide
C. J. Heide
Coleta
Wayne Shank
Joseph Shank
Main Street
United Brethren Church
D. D. Mumaw
Elery Shank
Caroll County Court Briefs Outline Lawsuit Claim
A damage suit in Carroll county circuit court by Ralph Lehner of Mt. Carroll against Ernest Miller alleges a June 19 1938 automobile accident left Lehner unconscious after being thrown from a truck and incurred 250 for care of injuries and lost time from work. The report also lists numerous warranty and quitclaim deeds involving properties in Mt. Carroll Savanna Lanark and surrounding areas.
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Carroll County
Ralph Lehner
Mt. Carroll
Ernest Miller
Near Mt. Carroll
Lehner
Miller
Floral Contest Participants List and Locations
A continued listing of contestants for the Floral Contest with names and precise rural routes and distances from nearby towns. Entries include Carroll Lanark Mt. Carroll Milledgeville Chadwick and Savanna among others, noting routes 52 64 88 171 and state aid roads.
May births and deaths in Carroll County revealed
May records from the county clerk show 21 births and 16 deaths in Carroll County. The births include 11 boys and 10 girls across Savanna Lanark Hanover and surrounding townships. Deaths range from ages 18 to 92 with interments in local cemeteries.
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Katie Daehler
Charles Queckboerner
Chadwick
Martha E. Teeter
Glenn C. Teeter
Mr. Carroll
Dora E. Shibley
Carl H. Volz
Fair Haven
Burtis J. Clikeman
Dorothy L. Hood
Savanna
Jennie Clark
Wayne Groharing
York
Coleman Miles
Mary Rhodes Jeanmariet
William A. Tyler
Gilbert
Barbara Law
Fred Schneck
Quinter M. Bere
Forrest Thompson
Lanark
Ruth N. Moon
J. Henry Osborn
Shannon
Belle Hammond
Howard M. Fish
Range
Washington
Milton J. Wied
Anna Goldquist
Oakvale
Cora E. Hepfer
Anna J. de Graff
Cary’s
Home
Frank C. Endorf, Jr
Carroll County
Judith Ann
Wm. H. Wand
Elizabeth
Charles Diffenderfer
Mary Elizabeth
Marion Ewart
Carroll
Ellen Ruth
Robert A. Hansen
Joan Ruth
James N. Peterson
Kaye Margaret
Warner
Phillips
Helen Ann
David W. Kilpatrick
Hanover
Ruby Ann
Rowland W. Glenn
Lima Township
Beverly Kay
Raymond G. Reitz
Alice
Felipe Ruiz
Raymond Lee
Eugene Davis
Thomson
Howard L. Derrer
Cherry Grove
Harold Clyde
Robert H. Potter
Allan Lewis
Lewis F. Hartman
Freeport
James Allen
Arnold C. Katzenberger
la Moille Edward
Leo &. Poffenberger
William Paul
William Cc. Bertsch
Allen Harvey
Harvey Shafer
Kenneth Leslie
Leslie H. Guenzler
Richard Carlton
Vernon B. Ackerman
Harve LaVerne
Irvin Lister
Death Notices for Herbert Miller and Amanda Frederick
Funeral services were held for Herbert Miller 9 of Savanna son of Fred and Mrs Miller at Law funeral home with burial in Savanna cemetery. He was born June 18 1930 and died after a four year illness. Surviving are parents three sisters four brothers and grandmothers. Amanda Frederick 70 died at her Mt Carroll home after a long illness. She leaves three daughters and numerous relatives.
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First Methodist
Clinton
Rosemary Funk
Orville Buck
J. B. Ackman
Virginia Airhart
Donald Funk
May Alden
Frank Funk
Mill Hollow
Savanna
Walnut Grove
George Buck
Zion
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Buck
Mrs. Buck
Herbert Miller
Fred Miller
Law Funeral Home
A. E. Blomberg
Savanna Methodist Church
Savanna Cemetery
W. D. Graves
Charles Miller
Amanda Frederick
Mt. Carroll
Howard Devine
Breckenridge
Minn
Bernard Crofton
Milledgeville
John Slick
Report of a wild dog killing stock near Milledgeville
A wild dog or wolf is reported to kill poultry and livestock on farms around Milledgeville, including James Cheeseman’s. raids occur over weeks, with dawn and dusk favored. Farmers fired at the animal but it remains at large, killing calves and poultry for sport rather than food.
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James Cheeseman
Milledgeville
Milledgeville and Thomson 4-H Clubs Named in Enrollment List
A fragment lists members and leaders including Rev. T. S. Cleworth, Paul Doty, Prairie Edge, Mr. Carroll, Lyle Toepfer, W. G. Warnock, Harold Yochem, and R. E. Schelling for Milledgeville and Thomson 4-H clubs, plus John ID and Rosenberg.
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T. S. Cleworth
Paul Doty
Prairie Edge
Mr. Carroll
Lyle Toepfer
W. G. Warnock
Harold Yochem
Milledgeville Club
R. E. Schelling
Thomson Club
John ID
Rosenberg
My Favorite Wife and The House Across the Bay at Clinton Rialto
A vintage cinema note: Irene Dunne and Gary Grant star in My Favorite Wife where a seven year desert island reunion tests marriage at Clinton Rialto. Also featured is The House Across the Bay with George Raft and Joan Bennett, a drama of prison wives and postwar tension, opening Saturday for four days.
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Irene Dunne
Gary Grant
Clinton
Rialto
Walter Wanger
Miss Bennett
George Raft
Steve Larwitt
Raft
Joe Louis
Auturo Godoy
Virginia City Saga in Film Theaters Spotlight West’s Lawless Past
The piece recalls boom towns in the West, focusing on Virginia City’s rapid rise and fall amid crime and wealth. It notes Hollywood’s Virginia City film at the Royal Theatre in Fulton and frames the era as a brutal, lawless frontier with robberies and murders along the Divide between Virginia City and Gold Hill.
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Virginia City
Errol Flynn
Miriam Hopkins
Royal Theatre
Fulton
Didge City
Gold Hill
Jesse James
Many Leave CCC For Other Employment
About 804 young men from Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin left CCC projects in the first quarter of 1940 to take private employment. The report notes a surge of departures across the three states as wartime demand for labor increased.
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CCC
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois CCC seeks Carroll County enrollees in July
The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission announces CCC enrollment for July. Residents of Carroll County may apply at 407 State Bank Building Freeport. Enrollees work conservation projects for six months but can leave to take regular jobs. Many join jobs as truck drivers and mechanics after service. In early year 125 CCC members from the area were employed by farmers, with others in manufacturing construction and retail.
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Leo M. Lyons
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
CCC
Illinois
Carroll County
Commission
State Bank Hrig
Freeport
Mr. Lyons
Harmony Grocer Question Sparks Wedding Dinner Debate
A dialog from Harmony Grocer features G. W. Jones confirming brown rice for a couple's wedding meal. The exchange underscores casual language and cultural flavor in local trade chatter.
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Harmony Grocer
G. W. Jones
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Humphrey Bogart
Frank McHugh
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Quinn
Big Boy
WI Lams
Lahre-Crudens
Ruth Irene Lahre
Joe Edward Brudens
Albert Falls
William Lahre
Crudens
Hunter, S. C
Ordnance Depot
Funk Buck
Parrish-Lockwood
Marjorie Parrish
Thomas Parrish
Hopkinsville
Allen T. Lockwood
Walter Lockwood
Eve
The
Amazing MR. Williams
Joan Blondell Melvin
Rochelle Hudson
Roy Rogers
Flight Angels
Waynne Morris
Ralph Bellamy
Virginia Bruce
Jane Wyman
Warner Bros
Ann Sheridan
Savanna’s Web Theatre
Metro
Johann David Wyss
Freddie Bartholomew Thomas Mitchell
Edna Best
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Henry Fonda
Edward Arnold
Lillian Russell
Rose Marie” Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy
David Franklin Myers
Oak Hill
Emma A. Riggs
Polo Cemetery
William Delear Waldrip
Joseph S. Arnold
Oak Hill Cemetery
Robert White Moore
Virginia Fish
Steven Hayden Waterman
Mt. Carroll Township
New Lisbon
Wis
Frank Zuck
Cora Nonemaker
Burns
Alta Myers
Florence Guenther
Freedom Township
Lucy Luella String
Dorothy Ann Hatfield
Maria Helena Schmidt
William Henry Fehler
Freedom
Charles R. Schreiner
Daggett Cemetery
Salem Township
Capitol Theatre
Nevada
Savanna, Ill
Dailey Circus
Uta Ue Vai
Hotpoint
Illinois Utilities
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