Carroll County’s Jubilant Local News Roundup
Mt Carroll hosts a busy news cycle with real estate assessments and a 51st anniversary for the Carroll County Mutual Fire Insurance, plus band plans and anniversary services at four White Side churches. Rain cooled 98 degree heat, and the CCC camp robbery shines new light on a past mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asj Cal Peeter
Carroll County
Heber Hostetter
Art Fetterolf
Mt. Carroll
Hanna Cafe
CCC
LaMasters
Mt. Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Carroll County Mutual
Felix Miller
York
Whiteside County
Erie Methodist
Newton Methodist
Albany Methodist
Albany Presbyterian
A Farm Notebook Voice Reflects on Horses and Rural Life
A rambling reminiscence notes York township property gains, shifting taxes, and rail and utility line changes. It recalls declines in horse numbers from 589 to 527 between 1938 and 1939, truck counts, cattle gains, tractor markets, and a long anecdotal tale of a Rockford Packing salesman, a damaged horse named Bird, and farmyard misadventures, all set in a rural Carroll County backdrop with dated vignettes and personal reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Google Cyad
York
Carroll County
Rockford
Fauher
Maud
la Man
Joe Lewis
Father
Rockford Packing Company
Slick
County Backbone: Honest Citizens Back Editorial Dedication
The Review proclaims the county's residents as normal, average citizens who support churches, banks, and local commerce. It urges everyday honesty, hard work, and law abidance as the nation’s backbone, dedicating future issues to these shared values.
Carroll County Platform and County Sports Vision 1939 Review
The 1939 Carroll County platform calls for a bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers to cut expenses and promote community competitive sports, presenting Carroll County as sportsmen’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen’s Paradise
Birthday notices for Milledgeville Chadwick and surrounding towns
A long list of birthday acknowledgments runs through June 23 to June 29 across Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Lanark Fulton Thomson Chadwick Morrison Morrison and nearby places. Names include Mrs Paul Melendy Harriet Wheeler Elizabeth Harmon Lyle Nicholas June Pilgrim Vernon Sikkema Nellie Downing Harvey Kahler St Clair Lindsay Bashaw Yates Carrow Deets Doden Creighton Groharing Lamoreau Queckboerner and others with dates June 23 24 25 27 29 referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Melendy
Savanna
Harriet Wheeler
Iowa City
Elizabeth Harmon
Milledgeville
Lyle Nicholas
June Pilgrim
Vernon Sikkema
Fulton
Harvey Downing
Carroll
Ethel Goldmacher
Chadwick
Sarah Geary
M. R. Bertheiser
Frederick Hammer
Herbert Rawlins, Jr
Macomb
Frank Kahler
Morrison
Richard St. Clair
Laverne Lindsay
Lanark
Vernon Bashaw
Reuben Tommans
Roy Klitz
Hugh Senneff
George Balk
Donna Yates
Local Social Registers Scan Prompted by Thompson Residents
Mrs Will Griswold of Thomson Harriet Brown of Thomson Lucille Warfield of Clinton Tennessee Epa H Hook of Fulton Mrs Gertrude Beckwith of Sun Pedro California listed in a brief community social register item featuring residents and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Griswold
Thomson
Harriet Brown
Lucille Warfield
Clinton
Epa H. Hook
Fulton
Gertrude Beckwith
Sun Pedre
Calif
In The Good Old Summer Time Safety Tips
This excerpt offers practical summer guidance on sun exposure, diet, and hygiene. It emphasizes gradual tanning to avoid sunburn, a diet rich in vegetables, milk, fruit, and whole grains, and staying hydrated while avoiding peak heat hours. It closes with light humor about a hat fashion anecdote and a playful quip about signaling during a crash.
Notice of Assessments and Board Complaint Deadline
Carroll County Supervisors publish assessment notices for Mt Carroll property residents. Complaints may be filed by Tuesday June 26 and on Mondays during June, with a final hearing on Tuesday July 3 at 10 a.m. No complaints filed for 1939 will be considered. R. C. Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Farm Bureau
Strubb
Cubs
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Waterworks Park
Morrison
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Thomson
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
Nha
R. C. Carson
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Handel
Mt. Carroll Fair Grounds
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Elaine Zugschwerdt
Mery Spencer
Lock and Dam No. 13
Marshal Wm
Boyd Kreamer
Shanahan
Fred Good
Robert Poffenberger
A and P
Sharpe
Warrior
Brown
Chad‘wick
Review
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Foster L
Stagg
Sylvalena Bothous
Kenneth Whitney
Office of Publication
Thomson, Ilinois
Happy
Frank Anderson
Edwin Geldmacher
Chicago
Nelson Kirkey
Lucille Wagner
Roy Buntley
Fred Volkers
M. W. Pittman
Christopherson
Millegeville
R. F. Puterbaugh
Farcour
Charles R. Engles
Lasark
England
Lawrence A. Smith
National Bank
Savanna, Iil
W. L. Derrer
Stakemiller’s
Standard Oil
MT. Carroll Rendering Co
Mt. Carroll, Il
Paul Heusinkveld Thomson
Ill
Farm & Home Wiring
Will
Sinclair
Lewis Wor
Sinclair Gas & Oil
John D. Turnbaugh
Danny B. K
Calena Street
MT. Carrol
Dakota
Montana
Guernsey
Mount Lk
Roy Fritz
Matic Owen Mil
Parker Estates
J. J Ludens
Illinois
Fred Fiet
Garden Plain Corner
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4Th P. M
Illnois
AU Lind
Schoole
Ward & Ward, Attorneys
Lawrence
Sterling
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