Babson’s postwar plan guides merchants for after the war
Babson Park Massachusetts June 12. He urges businessmen to prepare a postwar action plan as European and Asiatic conflicts expect to prolong until after the 1944 election. He advises surveying profitability, cutting nonessential lines, standardizing costs, and holding back on expansion. He warns profits will hinge on service, fewer lines, and strong cash reserves with cautious hiring and debt avoidance.
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Babson
Babson Park
Mass
NIPE APPOINTED MT CARROLL COUNTY CLERK
William Nipe of Mt Carroll was appointed county clerk to replace the late W R Watson after Carroll county officers met in special session. The vote was unanimous. Nipe has 17 years as deputy clerk under Watson and 6 years under A B Adams. He performed duties during the interim but cannot finalize certain actions until Springfield confirms the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nipe
Mt. Carroll
W. R. Watson
Carroll County
Line
Mr. Watson
Durin
Nipe
A. B. Adams
Iis
Springfield
Illinois
Sturgeon Catch Nets 49 Pounds Near Savanna
Forrest and Charles Conley of Savanna report a 49 pound sturgeon caught in the Mississippi River just south of Savanna. The fish was cut into steaks for sale at the Conley family fish market in Savanna.
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Missippi River
Forrest
Charles Conley
Savanna
Mississippi River
Conleys
WEDDINGS BRING BONDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS STATES
Miss Gladys M Kunz of Clinton Iowa and Pvt Bernard R Crist son of Savanna Illinois married in Baltimore Maryland on June 19 Attendants were the bridegroom s parents The bride a Clinton High School 1940 Mt St Clare College 1943 graduate Pvt Crist a Savanna High School 1937 worker at Savanna ordnance depot now at Aberdeen Proving Ground Md Also wedding of Miss June Larson Ironwood Michigan and Harmon Bro Mt Carroll son of Dr Albin C Bro of Mt Carroll married at University of Chicago chapel One ordained minister groom a Disciples of Christ at Lanark Attendants Miss Betty Larson and Kenneth Bro The couple will reside with the bride s parents The third marriage in Lanark Luther an church July 18 1943 involved Miss Dorothy Smith and Earl Brandenburg The bride wore dusty rose gown The groom employed by Fuhremann Canning at Lanark The couple will live with the bride s parents Delp Payne Miss Mabel Delp Hollywood California daughter of Mrs Mae Delp Savanna wed Cpl James Payne Detroit Michigan in Louisville Kentucky Cpl Payne stationed at an Army camp in Kentucky Other notes mention Mr and Mrs Fred Coden visiting Morrison.
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Gladys M. Kunz
Clinton
Bernard R. Crist
Harry S. Crist
Savanna
Baltimore
D. T. P. Weinbat
Clinton High School
Mt. St. Clare College
Pvt. Crist
Savanna High School
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground
June Larson
Ironwood
Mich
Harmon Bro
Albin C. Bro
Mt. Carroll
Joseph Bond Chapel
University of Chicago
Betty Larson
Kenneth Bro
Disciples of Christ At
Lanark
Divinity School
Dorothy Smith
John Smith
Earl Brandenburg
J. C. Brandenburg
Milledgeville
T. B. Hersch
Glenn Smith
Fuhremann Canning Company
Delp-Payne
Mabel Delp
Hollywood
Calif
Mae Delp
Cpl
James Payne
Detroit
Louisville
Payne
Chicago
Cpl. Payne
Kentucky
Aviation Cadet Donald Ashpole Dies in Arizona Crash
Aviation Cadet Donald J. Ashpole, 21, of Thomson, was killed June 16 when a training plane he piloted crashed about 35 miles from Lake Field, Arizona. Wreckage near Wickenburg was identified, parents notified, body returned to Thomson for funeral with military escort and rites planned Friday afternoon.
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Donald Ashpole
Arizona
Donald J. Ashpole
Thomson
Lake Field
Ariz
Ashpole
John B. Ashpole
Lut» Field
Wickenburg
Cadet Ashpole
Thomsen
Carroll County Deaths Lew H Feezer 84
Lew H. Feezer, 84, died at 4 a.m. Monday in Savanna city hospital after a two week stay. He resided in Savanna for about 15 years and is survived by daughter Mrs. Gladys Nightingale of Savanna, grandson Aviation Cadet John Nightingale of Monroe Louisiana, and sister Mrs. H. C. Buffington of Morrison Iowa. Funeral services were held in Savanna with Rev. H Foster Whitney presiding and burial in Oak Hill cemetery Mt. Carroll. He was born November 13, 1858 in Mt. Carroll and earlier worked in a Mt. Carroll newspaper office and operated a hotel there. He married Mary Smith of Mt. Carroll in 1891. she died in 1898. He later moved to Savanna in 1919 and worked at the ordnance depot. He was a brother of the late Cal M. Feezer, former editor of the Mt. Carroll Mirror-Democrat.
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Lew H. Feezer
Savanna
Savanna City Hospital
Law Funeral Home
Rev. H. Foster Whitney
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mt. Carroll
Emmanuel
Maria Feezer
Mary Smith
Feezer
Ordnance Depot
Gladys Nightingale
John Nightingale
Monroe
H. C. Buffington
Morrison
Cal M. Feezer
County Board of Supervisors
R. M. Eaton
Fred Leigh
0. P. Milea
B. L. Peck
BR. Keavler
Kenneth Tenley
R. H. Leitner
Edith Smith
Frank
Caroline Watson
Illinois State County Clerks’ Association
Watson
Cyrus Lodge
A. F
A. M
Sequoia Club
W.W. R. Watson
Board of Supervisors
Milledgeville Death Notices Mrs James Olsen 66
Mrs James Olsen 66 of Elkhorn Grove township near Milledgeville died Thursday night after years of illness worsened by paralytic stroke. Funeral at South Elk horn church Sunday afternoon with Rev Fred Meyer officiating. burial in church cemetery. Born Carolyn Christine Jensen November 3 1876 in Denmark she came to the United States at 21 settling near Oglesby Illinois. Surviving husband two daughters Mrs Bert Lester of Milledgeville and Helen Olsen of Chicago two sons Lt Floyd Olsen recently returned from Canada and Andrew Olsen of Clinton Illinois.
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Milledgeville
James Olsen
Elkhorn Grove Township
South Elkhorn
Fred Meyer
Death of Mrs. Wilhelmina Haas Randecker at Mosquito Hill
Mrs. Wilhelmina Haas Randecker, 69, died at 10 a m Friday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, John Rath, six miles north of Savanna. She had been ill two years and bedfast five weeks. Funeral services were held Monday at the Bath home and at 1:30 pm at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church in Massbach, with burial there. She was born April 27, 1874 in Derrida township, Daviess county, and married John Randecker Sept 10, 1891. Surviving are her son John W. Randecker, eight daughters, two sisters, two brothers, and numerous relatives.
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Savanna
Wilhelmina Haas Randecker
John Rath
Mosquito Hill
Bath
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Massbach
William Meinen
Bert Eden
Roy Eden
Stockton
Preston Ivey
Mt. Carroll
William Ehredt
Joe Haring
Millie Fleming
Chicago
Albert Haas
Frank Haas
Rock Falls
Army worms infest many corn fields in county
Farm Adviser M. P. Roske reports serious army worm infestations across nearly all townships, with affected farms in Chadwick Freeman Law Lanark and Savanna areas. Bait with bran Paris green oil is recommended, as worms hatch from timothy plowed under to attack young corn and a parasite fly is also reducing numbers in Whiteside County.
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M. P. Roske
Mr. Roske
Chester Alexander
Richard Larsson
Jens Andresen
Winfred Queckboerner
Chadwicks
Freeman Law
Ted Miller
Lanark
Lawrence Boothby
Savanna
Roske
Paris
Whiteside County
Carroll county Board of Tax Review Sets 1943 Schedule
The Carroll county board of tax review met in Mt. Carroll and named Charles Gordon as secretary and Marion Hartman as clerk. Charles E. Kingery serves as ex officio chairman with I.8 Williams of Savanna the other member. The board begins work Tuesday July 6 with weekly meetings Mondays thereafter from 9 30 a m to 2 50 p m for 1943 tax assessment complaints. Complaints filed after July 26 will not be considered.
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Carroll County
4-H Club Roundup and Farm Wareau Picnic at Savanna
The annual Carrell county 4-H club roundup and Farm Wareau picnic will be held Friday, August 27, at Old Mill park and in Weidman’s field east of Savanna. Sponsored by the Savanna chamber of commerce, the program includes an entertainment lineup, a premium list, a notable speaker, and four WE members displaying projects. Girls to present a revue in the afternoon with a band concert and additional numbers promised.
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Carrell County
Old Mill Park
Weidman
Savanna
Savanna Chamber of Commerce
Girle
War Meat Committee Organized in Carroll County
Carroll county new war meat committee met in Mt. Carroll with Eric Tillman to outline duties. Charles Harris heads the panel with Loyal Law as vice chairman and Lawrence E. Bruch as secretary. The group will issue slaughtering permits, review existing ones, set quotas, and curb illegal slaughterers to ensure sanitary methods and fair wartime meat distribution.
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Tillman
Savanna Gets Branch Ration Board Office
A branch office of the Carroll county war price and rationing board will open in Savanna in the comptroller's office. Applications for ration forms and program information will be available, but no ration books. The office operates 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays and 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Miss Josephine Esposito will oversee.
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Carroll County War Price and Rationing Board
Savanna
Comptroller’s Office
Josephine Esposito
Local Visitors and Farm Repairs Share Volume of News
Preston Prairie notes Mr. Bissikumer of Arnolds Grove visited recently. H. B. Petty of Urbana visited relatives here Saturday. Carpenters repair the barn at the Frederick Getz farm. Mrs. H. F. Sanger and Marie, Will and Mary Goehring came from Clinton Iowa Saturday. Georgie St. Ores cut his hand badly on a nail and remains under physician care.
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Mr. Bissikumer
Arnolds Grove
H. B. Petty
Urbana
Frederick, Getz
H. F. Sanger
Marie
Will
Mary Goehring
Clinton
Georgie St. Ores
Farm Machinery Permits Issued By Local Board
The county farm machinery rationing committee issued permits for new equipment during June 14 19. Names include milk cans for Charles Zuck L W Karr Irvin Ferry milking machines for Albert E Bowles cream separators for Samuel Haas and Son Mrs Fred C Volkers Earl Musser tractor drawn cultivators for Paul O Becker William R Adams a tractor for Paul O Becker a combine for Joseph P Weber mand pump Harold Tommans hayleaders Ray Dodge Ray Rupple Charles Stakemiller tractor drawn cornplanter Ray Dodge side delivery rakes Ray Dodge Harold Witt Clarence Doty Lex roughage mil Harold Witt plus social note of Willis Stage home guests.
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County Farm Machinery
Charles Zuck
L. W. Karr
Irvin Ferry
Albert E. Bowles
Samuel Haas and Son
Fred C. Volkers
Earl Musser
Paul O. Becker
William R. Adams
Joseph P. Weber
Harold Tommans
Ray Dodge
Ray Rupple
Charles Stakemiller
Harold Witt
Clarence Doty
County Clerk W R Watson Dies Friday Morning In His Home
Carroll county court records note the death of County Clerk W R Watson on Friday morning at his home. The June term of circuit court opened with indictments against Fred Bys how of Savanna for taking indecent liberties with a child dated May 28 and August Henry Busing of Savanna for an infamous crime against nature dated February 17. Both defendants remain jailed on bonds of 3500 and 5500 respectively. Also listed: marriage licenses issued for Earl G Brandenburg and Dorothy L Smith, and Glen Pauley with Ruth Kingery, Lawrence and Robert Rice released from jail after arrest for shooting two dogs at Thomson. Petit jurors advised not to report until summoned. Court will reconvene June 30 with several cases scheduled for July trials and appeals.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Japan
Carroll County Grand Jury
Leo A. Zick
Oregon
Fred Byshow
Savanna
Grabow
August Henry Busing
Earl G. Brandenburg
Lanark
Dorothy L Smith
Mt Carroll
Freeport
Glen Pauley
Ruth Kingery
Mt. Carroll
Lawrence
Robert Rice
Thomson
Petit Jurova
Property deeds record across several towns in Savanna area
A stream of warranty and quitclaim deeds transfers property among multiple parties including Maude C. Fryer to Paul Turner. Seiadora Stone et al to Robert L. Shilling. Leslie H. Gridley to Steve Bellish. Bert S. Plattenberger to Frank B. Plattenberger. Home B. & L. A. to Paul K. Miles and John Benjamin Nutt. Cora E. Hepfer to Fred Rahn. Wayne F. Browning to Ralph Whitmer. Prudential Insurance Co. to Fred M. Miller. N. W. Mut, Life Ins. Co. to Madden C. Crouse. Cora M. Albright et al to George L. Truckenmiller, covering lots and sections in Wyson Seiadora Elkhorn Grove Oakvale Lanark Cary Shannon and adjacent tracts.
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Maude C. Fryer
Paul Turner
Wyson
Seiadora Stone Et al
Robert L. Shilling
Elkhorn Grove
Leslie H. Gridley
Steve Bellish
Gilbert
Savanna
Bert S. Plattenberger
Frank B. Plattenberger
Cora E. Hepfer
Fred Rahn
Cary
Lanark
Wayne F. Browning
Ralph Whitmer
Prudential Insurance Co
Fred M. Miller
Lima
Madden C. Crouse
Cora M. Albright
George L. Truckenmiller
Shannon
Lloyd Douglas Named Head of Frederick Clan
Floyd A. Douglas of Savanna was elected to head the Frederick clan at its annual reunion in Old Mill park Savanna. He succeeds George W. Williams. Other officers named were Vice president Lawrence Frederick of Lanark and secretary treasurer Edna Swingley of Mt. Carroll. Over 50 members from Thomson Savanna Lanark Mt. Carroll Chicago Sterling and Cordova attended a noon picnic with songs prayer Bible readings minutes and officer elections. The group plans to hold the 1944 reunion at the same site.
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Floyd A. Douglas
Savanna
Frederick
Old Mill Park
George W. Williams
Lawrence Frederick
Lanark
I Edna Swingley
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Chicago
Sterling
Cordova
Frank family and associates attend Chicago Furniture Mart show
L. A. Frank of Chadwick John Frank of Mt. Carroll Will Frank of Lanark J H Shirk of Milledgeville and Mr Scarman of Shannon traveled to Chicago Monday for the Furniture Mart showing. Mr and Mrs Harold Ditt visited DeWitt Sunday at George Leuders home.
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L. A. Frank
Chadwick
John Frank
Mt. Carroll
Will Frank
Lanark
J. H. Shirk
Milledgeville
Mr. Scarman
Shannon
Chicago
Furniture Mart
Harold Ditt
DeWitt
George Leuder
Walter B R Watson longtime Carroll County Clerk dies
Walter BR Watson 68 Carroll County clerk since 1926 died at 3 50 morning June 18 at his home Mt Carroll after months of heart trouble. Funeral Sunday at Frank funeral home Mt Carroll with Rev Sutner. burial Oak Hill. Surviving wife two sons sister and two brothers. Board of supervisors paid tribute, calling him a faithful public servant and authority on county records.
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Walter BR. Wilson
Carroll County
WM. Carroll
Frank
Mt. Carroll
KR. H. Sutner
Oak Hill
Federal Duck Stamps On Sale July First
The 1943 44 migratory waterfowl stamp goes on sale July 1 at all first and second class post offices. Stamps cost $1 each and proceeds support waterfowl refuges and migratory bird conservation activities as stated by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes.
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Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Othey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson's Weekly Report
Kunz
Crist
Larson Bro
Smith-Brandenburg
Fred Coden
Mrs. James Olsen
Wilhelmina Randecker
Board of Review
Preston Prairie
Ted Storm
Bud
Mrs. Leonard
Willis Stage
W.R. Watson
Court House News
Ervin Elliott
Acme Feeds, Inc
Lew
Winess Adj. Finance Co
Carlton Phillips
State of Illinois
Melvin Finer
Leo E. Robbe
Wilbur CC. Bloyer
Frank A. Fleege
City of Lanark
John Lathers
Harold Ritenour
Elverta Riteno
John Suck
Hartford
Haven
H. B. Rohn
Loyd Douglas
Frederick Clan
Furniture
Carroll
Walter R. Watson
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