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Thomson Review

Location

Thomson, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1962

Page

3

Babson Weekly Report on Railroads and Local Chambers

Babson discusses how railroads form business corporations to use right of way and land, urging Chambers of Commerce to scrutinize railroad properties, idle tracks, and potential outside ventures. Examples include Bangor & Aroostook and Kansas City Southern, with plans for financing, land leasing, and automation partnerships in New England.

Babson Babson Park Mass Bangor & Aroostook Kansas City Southern Boston & Albany Wellesley Interstate Commerce Commission New England Bangor Maine Chamber of Commerce Bangor & Aroostook Corporation

Youth Given Penal Farm Term in Polo Beating Case

Gerald Eugene Eastabrook, 20, Milledgeville, was sentenced in Ogle County to three months at Vandalia penal farm for aggravated battery and reckless conduct tied to a Polo beating March 24. Several accomplices received probation after Lester Mathews, 19, Polo, said he was forced into a car and beaten, suffering a concussion, broken nose, and seven broken teeth.

Gerald Eugene Eastabrook Milledgeville Ogle Vandalia Eastabrook Lester Mathews Polo

Dauphin trial moved to Jo Daviess County courthouse

The trial of Mr and Mrs Neal V Dauphin former Savanna residents on conspiracy and forgery charges opened in Jo Daviess County at Galena after a venue change from Carroll County. Judge Marvin F Burt presides. earlier juror panels in Carroll County failed to seat a jury.

Neal V. Dauphin Savanna Area Jo Daviess County Galena Marvin F. Burt Freeport Carroll County Burt

Winners in Carroll County 4-H Public Speaking and Demonstrations

Carroll County 4-H held a Friday evening contest at Farm Bureau Hall Mt. Carroll with judge Mrs Dorothea Rahn Lanark. Demonstrations winners include Mess mer Siedenburg first place and others earning blue or red ribbons. Public speaking winners Jerry Siedenberg and Beverly Forth earn state fair trips.

Carroll County Farm Bureau Hall Mt. Carroll Dorothea Rahn Lanark Norma Messmer Joyce Siedenburg Jerry Siedenburg Steve Airhart Carol DeNeve Ken Kaul Greg Stengel Joe Kurt Tom Weber Gary Derrer Ron Morgan Charles Dauphin David Ketelson U. S Jerry Siedenberg Beverly Forth Fair Haven Donna Williams Delight Siedenberg Beverly

Day Camp for Girl Scouts Opens June 25 at Mt Carroll

The 1962 Day Camp of the Waukarusa Neighborhood or the Jane Addams Council of Girl Scouts will run June 25 through 29 at Point Rock Park in Mt Carroll. Sessions run 1 to 7 PM daily. registration costs 2.25 for Girl Scouts and Brownies, 2.50 for guests. Open to girls ages 7 to 12. fees cover food craft and insurance. Activities include outdoor skills first aid knots songs games and crafts with adult supervision and a nurse on duty. Contact Mrs. Robert Falls Box 46 RFD Thomson Ill to sign up promptly.

Waukarusa Jane Addams Council of Girl Scouts Point Rock Park Mt. Carroll Robert Falls Box 46 RFD Thomson Ill

Local visitors stop by Morrison households Sunday

Phadgick News notes Sunday afternoon calls by Mr and Mrs Arthur Kromrey and Nancy of Morrison at the Roy Schreiner home. Other visitors include Mrs Frank Hawkins Mrs Kathryn Rahn Mrs Emma Miller Mrs Harve Schreiner Mrs Ed Mest and Mrs Ed Schreiner at Ella Brand’s Riverview home.

Arthur Kromrey Nancy of Morrison Roy Schreiner Frank Hawkins Kathryn Rahn Emma Miller Harve Schreiner Ed Mest Ed Schreiner Ella Brand Riverview

Red Cross Drive Falls Short of County Goal in 1962

Report from Mrs. Howards Gor man of Savanna Red Cross Office shows Carroll County has received 4638.12 toward a 6405.00 goal. Complete returns pending from Savanna. county各 towns list receipts ranging Thomson 258.36 Chadwick 527.15 Milledgeville 571.40 Lanark 1205.25 Shannon 331.41 Mt. Carroll 950.37 Savanna 794.18 incomplete.

Red Cross Carroll County Howardg Gorman Savanna Thomson Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Shannon Mt. Carroll

Driver license of Paul W Graebling suspended by secretary of state

Secretary Charles F Carpentier announces the suspension by the Drivers License Division of the license of Paul W Graebling Milledgeville after three violations.

Springfield Charles F. Carpentier Paul W. Graebling Milledgeville

Courthouse notices list several marriage licenses issued

The office of County Clerk W. M. Nipe reports one week of licenses to Arthur Dersham and Jane Schoeder. Stephen Nelson and Mary Pilgrim. Earl Meador and Judith Taets. Robert Yeager and Hedwig Eberle. Gerald Casselberry and Charlotte McCabe. Byron Powell and Carol Preston. Robert Greene and Dawn Engelking. Real estate transfers include George Collins to John Mason in Savanna and several deed records in Mt. Carroll Lanark Thomson and Washington areas.

W. M. Nipe Arthur Acees Dersham Fenton Jane Marie Schoeder Milledgeville Stephen Craig Nelson Deerfield Mary Kay Pilgrim Earl Lawrence Meador Lanark Judith Ann Taets Freeport Robert Verlin Yeager Mt. Carroll Hedwig Eberle Elizabeth Gerald Allen Casselberry Charlotte Ann McCabe Savanna Byron Monroe Powell Wheaton Carol Jane Preston Robert Marcus Greene Dawn Rosairne Engelking

Contracts Let For Culverts Gravel in York Township

Culverts contract awarded to Armco Metal for 2735.42 dollars and gravel work awarded to Rein Schultz Dahl for 14515.91 dollars. The road section runs north from Route 171 near the Murray farm along the bluffs west side in York Township.

MFT York Township W. R. Geisz Armco Metal Rein, Schultz & Dahl Murray Farm Thomson Bluffs

Eldon Kaul Joins Dirksen Campaign Staff This Summer

Eldon Kaul son of Mr and Mrs J Clayton Kaul of Chadwick works with U S Senator Everett Dirksen Illinois campaign committee. He oversees fourteen counties in the 12th 15th and 16th districts delivering materials and coordinating advance publicity for visits. A small group of college youths gain exposure to government through this program. Clifford Sichta elected president of Section II of the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers conference.

Eldon Kaul J. Clayton Kaul Chadwick U. S Everett Dirksen Illinois Senator Dirksen la Salle Hotel Chicago Harrold E. Rainville Eldon Dirksen IAVAT Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers University of Illinois Clifford Sichta Lee Whiteside Carroll Counties Lanark Sichta Magnolia

National Foundation Elects Carroll County Officers

Marcella Sack of Mt. Carroll named chairman of the Carroll County Chapter of the National Foundation at the annual Mt. Carroll meet. Harriet Allen of Mt. Carroll elected vice chairman. Officers include Paul Sites secretary, Erma B. Roche treasurer, Cora Dale campaign director, with an executive committee featuring Namon Diehl, R. C. Bush, Milford Baum, Ruth Nehrkorn, and William Hans. A report on the last fund drive was presented.

Marcella Sack Mt. Carroll Carroll County National Foundation Harriet Allen Paul Sites Milledgeville Erma B. Roche Savanna Cora Dale Lanark New March of Dimes Naaman Diehl R. C. Bush Thomson

Shilling Reunion Held at Pines

The 17th Shilling reunion met Sunday at the Pines with 47 attendees. The oldest member was Frank Hutchinson, 84, of Milledgeville. the youngest was James Bradley of Rockford. Officers elected: President Lloyd Shilling, Milledgeville. Vice President Harold Slifer, Polo. Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Robert Shilling, Milledgeville. Historian Mrs. Lloyd Shilling. Members came from Rockford, Freeport, Lanark, Milledgeville, Chadwick. The 1963 reunion will be at the same time and place.

the Pines Frank Hutchinson Milledgeville James Bradley James Metras Rockford Lloyd Shilling Harold Slifer Polo Robert Shilling Freeport Lanark Chadwick

Zuck Children Named Junior Members of Angus Association

Robert L. Zuck 11 and Susan Zuck 13 of Lanark receive junior memberships in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. The designation allows them to register purebred Angus at regular rates and enjoy association privileges until age 21, when they may convert to lifetime memberships. They were among 98 youths nationwide to be awarded junior memberships last month.

Robert L. Zuck Susan Zuck Lanark

Route 88 pavement contract awarded to Freeport Co

The state division of highways awarded a contract for concrete patching 23.4 miles of Illinois Route 88 from Mt. Carroll to Sterling to Freeport Construction Co of Freeport Illinois. The bid totaled 16950 dollars.

Mt. Carroll Sterling Freeport Construction Co Freeport Ill State Division of Highways

Chadwinald News Scholar Awarded at Iowa State

Mervyn H. Daehler, a science student at Iowa State University Ames, earns an alumni merit scholarship among 40 upperclassmen. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Daehler of Chadwick.

Mervyn H. Daehler Iowa State University Ames Ia Vernon Daehler Chadwick

Leaves on Tour of Civil War Battlefields

Irene F. Kness of Chadwick is among 27 Civil War history students departing Springfield on June 14 for a tour of major battlefields. The trip visits Louisville Chicago Gettysburg Washington Nashville Shiloh Vicksburg New Orleans Atlanta Charleston and ends with Macomb after passing through Washington D C. The program targets teachers and awards graduate credit.

Irene F. Kness Chadwick Springfield Lincoln Illinois Paducah Nashville Chattanooga Shiloh Vicksburg New Orleans Atlanta Charleston Gettysburg Washington D. C Chicago Macomb

Road repairs in progress on Routes 78 88 and 64 and nearby roads

State and county crews patch broken concrete along Route 78 south of Mount Carroll and Route 88 toward Chadwick with one way flow and brief halts. Spot work also on Route 64 east of Mount Carroll and a gravel to locktop project east from Thomson Argo. Shoulder and bank mowing accompanies repairs.

Mt Carroll Argo Far Road Mt. Carroll Tuesda Chadwick Ideal Corner Sterling

Contour planting boosts corn acreage in Carroll County

Carroll County farmers report over 3100 acres of contour planted corn this year, with assistance from Soil Conservation Service technicians. Nearly 500 new contour strip cropped acres plus wheel track planting on contour are now used. Two gully control structures have been built. Ten new district cooperators were welcomed, including Donald Shellhouse and O H Shafer.

Carroll County Lysle R. Foltz Carroll County Soil Conservation District U. S. Soil Conservation Service Julius Johnson Will Fisher Foltz Donald Shellhouse O. H. Shafer Earl Shafer O.H. Shafer T. Bookman Lima Township Hall Sippy Wysox Robert and Dick Swenson Denver Traum, Jr Woodland Township

Attends Summer School in Boulder Colorado

Mrs. Eugene Miller and Mrs. John Straub with Marjorie Straub visited Boulder for a weekend stay hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Buchanan at Indian Hill. Marjorie will attend six weeks of summer school at the University of Colorado. Other friends and relatives hosted dinners and gatherings in the area.

Eugene Miller John Straub Marjorie Straub Boulder Colo James Buchanan Indian Hill Miller Straub Marjorie University of Colorado

Engelking Golden Wedding Open House at Woodland Church

Mr and Mrs Fred Engelking celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house on Sunday June 24 from 2 to 5 pm at Woodland A B Church Mount Carroll hosted by their children Melvin Rewalt Florence Galesburg and Harold Engelking Grinnell. The couple wed in 1912 at the Mount Carroll parsonage.

Fred Engelking Mount Carroll Woodland A. B. Church Melvin Rewalt Florence Galesburg Harold Engelking Grin

Mrs. C F Isenberger Attends Citizenship Conference

Mrs C F Isenberger spent several days last week in Urbana as a county delegate at a Citizenship Conference held by Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation at the University of Illinois. The Conference began on Wednesday and continued through Friday.

C. F.isenberger Urbana Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation University of Illinois

Mount Carroll women attend White Eagle Camp pre-camp meeting

Earl Gilliland assistant youth adviser and Nancy Scot with Dorothy Footitt and Leta Moore attended a preservice at White Eagle Camp near Adeline. Moore will serve as one of the camp assistants this summer.

Earl Gilliland Nancy Scot Dorothy Footitt Homemakers Extension Association Loleta Moore Mount Carroll White Eagle Camp Adeline Miss Moore

Social Visit Report from T. B. Sanatorium

Mr and Mrs Lloyd Handel Mrs Ned Spencer and Mrs Iva Spencer visited Ned Spencer Sunday afternoon in the T B Sanatorium in Rock Island.

Lloyd Handel Ned Spencer Iva Spencer T. B .Sanitorium Rock Island

Indictment of Two Boys Over Youth Camp Escape

Carroll county grand jury indicted Raymond Decker 15 Ottawa for trespass on a water craft and Gary Neuschwanger 18 Mt Carroll for trespass with a motor vehicle after they escaped the Illinois Youth Commission Camp north of Savanna. Decker allegedly took a 21 foot cabin cruiser down the Mississippi to Hampton and was captured. Neuschwanger hid near Savanna then took an auto and was apprehended within a day. Bond set at 3000 with both jailed.

Carroll County Illinois Youth Commission Savanna Raymond Decker Ottawa Gary Neuschwanger Mt. Carroll Decker Owen Curboy Mt Carroll Mississippi River Hampton Rock Island Neuschwanger Eee Donald Householder Robert L. Bracken

Tax Distribution Of $991,700 Made Here This Week

Second distribution this year of tax monies collected in Car roll pre Aur made this week by Lula M. Ross county collector. Total distributed to taxing units of the county is $991. Mrs. Ross said that as of the first of the week 68 percent of the county's tax charge has been collected. Leading townships in percentage of taxes paid are Cherry Grove 72 percent Lima 71 Wy sox 70. Other township percentages include Shannon 69 Fair Haven 69 Elkhorn Grove 68 Woodland 68 Salem 67 Mt. Carroll 67 York 65 Rock Creek 65 Freedom 64 Washington 62 Savannah 54. As always the greater portion of tax funds went to school districts with unit districts $279,100 elementary districts $221,200 and high school districts $184,500. Distribution to other taxing units includes County fund $39,500 county highway fund $21,800 federal aid matching fund $14,800 tuberculosis sanitarum fund $5,100 township funds $72,900 township road and bridge funds $350,000 city road and bridge funds $8,600 libraries $4,650 parks $3,900 city and village funds $71,000 fire protection districts $22,550 Shannon cemetery maintenance $1,100. Much of the tax paid by railroads in the county has not been distributed due to protests against the valuation and disputes over levy items in local units.

Carroll Lula M. Ross Salem Mt. Carroll York Rock Creek Freedom Washington Savanna Shannon

Young Republicans to Form in Carroll County

A special meeting to form a Carroll County Young Republicans organization is set for Friday evening June 22 at 8 PM in the Mt. Carroll courthouse. Stu Smith of Savanna leads the push with Lloyd Herberner of Canton among attendees and Lloyd Herberner noted as guest.

Young Republicans Carroll County Court House Mt. Carroll Stu Smith Savanna Specters Lloyd Herberner Canton Illinois Young Publicans Smith Republican Central Communestels

4-H Club Week At Illinois University In Urbana

About twelve hundred 4 H members and leaders attend 4 H Club Week at the University of Illinois in Urbana June 20 21 and 22. Sessions cover career choice personality development and citizenship. Carroll County girls Kay Provant Lanark and Gretchen Carbaugh Mount Carroll selected for Illinois State 4 H Chorus.

University of Illinois Urbana Carroll County Illinois Kay Provant Lanark Gretchen Carbaugh Mount Carroll Cheryll Rahn Rita Mosher Judy Mertz Cheryl Ferris Beverly Forth Chadwick Janet Barnes Joyce Pannhuk Shannon Harlan Hoff Thomson Lois Dauphin Norma Messmer Charles Getz Savanna LeRoy Getz Arnold Getz Max Carbaugh LeRoy

Deaths in Carroll County Prompt Notices

Carroll County obituaries report Donald L. Trude of Savanna dying suddenly at 47 while fishing with his wife. Funeral services were held in Savanna with burial there. survivors include wife, son in Alaska, daughter at home, siblings, and a host of relatives. Also listed are Herman W. Holland of Savanna who died at 83 and Elizabeth Neis Holland. Kenneth E. W. Beaston of Savanna who died at 41 with services in Savanna and burial in Oak Knoll Memorial Park. survivors include siblings and parents.

Donald L. Trude Savanna Donald Lero Trude Law Funeral Home Savanna Township Bellevue John C. Trude Muriel Fehler Mt. Carroll Fort Richardson Alaska Karen Charles Aberdeen Wash Dorothy Moser Merle Kuhse Huntsville Ala Virginia Horton Clinton Harold Whitmer Gladys Green Harmon Yenney Herman W. Holland Savanna City Hospital Savanna Funeral Lee Clendenning Savanna Township Cemetery Elizabeth Neis Alisa Germany Henry Neis Herman Holland Dubuque Louis Chicago Kenneth E. W. Beaston Illinois Hunter- Fuller Memorial Chapel Oak Knoll Memorial Park Sterling Elma Iowa William and Blanche Meador Beaston William Hyke Waverly Ada Frye Waterloo Victor Buchholz Donald Fisher Chadwick John Lawson Polo Carol Law_rence Harold

Birthday Guests Fill Rock Falls Home With Visits

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Brauer and family from Waukegan stayed overnight Friday and Saturday with her father O H Rahn. A Sunday picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Moothart in Rock Falls honored recent birthdays with Harold and Irvin Schleuning and others in attendance.

Allen Smith Eric Laura Daehler Don Smith Donald Patterson Herbert Patterson Dallas Patterson William Motley Marilyn Patterson Onmouth Karen Kent Kay Patterson Ray Moyer Sterling Oscar Martens Milledgeville Elwood Gipe Carroll Brauer Waukegan O. H. Rahn Gilbert Moothart Rock Falls Harold Schleuning Irvin Schleuning Robert Schleuning Billy Richard Schleuning Tina Unday Paul Farley H. C Farley Cedar Falls Walter Farley Ames Iowa Salvatore Salamone Newton N. J Lois Heidenreich Bayonne N. J Robert L. Heidenreich Ed Stockton Bruce Kirstein Naperville David Farley Bellwood Kenneth Whitney Cynthia Caroline Wallace Williams Mt. Carroll Stephen Switzer Orangeville Switzer Inlaw Stephen A. Switzer Fort Knox Robert Switzer Berkeley Calif University of California

Brown Swiss Canton Show Slated June 29 in Illinois

The Brown Swiss Canton No. 2 Show will be held June 29 at the Carroll County Fair Grounds in Milledgeville. Officers include President Mrs. Russell Kurth Dakota and Vice President Mrs. Lowell Keim Mount Carroll. Breeders are urged to exhibit cattle by 9:30 a.m. An open judging contest for juniors and adults opens, followed by judging by a University of Illinois Dairy Department judge. A "queen for a day" contest seeks a Brown Swiss project girl aged 15 to 21. Contact Mrs. Marian Dakota or Mrs. Keim Mount Carroll. Picnic and educational program encouraged.

Carroll County Fair Grounds Milledgeville Canton Illinois Russell Kurth Dakota Lowell Keim Mount Carroll Raymond Kaiser University of Illinois Dairy Department Canton No. 2 Robert Marian GOP Womans Club Carroll County Republican Women’s Club American Legion Hall Chadwick Shaw of Dixon United Nations Fred Colehour Gordon Smith Owen Miles Robert Hartman

Kraft To Sponsor Junior Dairy Judging At County Fair

Kraft Foods of Milledgeville will sponsor a Junior Dairy Judging Contest at the Carroll County Fair on Friday August 10 at 10 00 am Eligible F F A and 4 H members from Carroll Whiteside Ogle and Lee Counties may participate At registration participants declare if they join 4 H or F F A The top three scoring individuals form a team but total team score is based on those three scores Byron Hutchins and an agricultural teacher committee supervise Awards include fifty dollars to the F F A department and 4 H club Plus pens for top finishers and other high scorers Vocational Agricultural Instructor and Local 4 H Club receive pens as well

Kraft Foods of Milledgeville Carroll Co. Fair Carroll Whiteside Ogle Lee E. A. As Owever Byron Hutchins Carroll County Farm Adviser Vocational Agriculture Dept

Soldiers Injured in Auto Crash Near Savanna

Two soldiers stationed at Savanna Ordnance Depot were seriously injured last Friday when their car went out of control on a curve and veered into a ditch along Route 80 four miles north of Savanna. Sp. 40 John F Cardone 20 of Monterey Park California suffered a broken neck and was taken to Great Lakes Naval Training Center in critical condition. Pvt Michael G Prost 19 of La Crescenta California had a leg fracture and was taken to Savanna City Hospital.

Savanna Ordnance Depot Savanna John Frank Cardone Monterey Park Calif Great Lakes Naval Training Center Michael George Prost la Crescenta Savanna City Hospital

Sterling Driver Unhurt in Route 80 Accident

Mrs Janet Johnson 30 of Sterling escaped injury Friday when a tire blew out and she lost control on Route 80 north of Thomson. The auto hit a telephone pole with damage about 250 dollars. State Trooper Harold Dreier issued a ticket for driving with defective equipment.

Janet Johnson Sterling Thomson Harold Dreier

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