Babson Globe Project Elevates Newspapers Worldwide
Babson Institute in Wellesley unveils a 30 foot diameter revolving globe, designed to symbolize and promote newspaper publishers globally. Roger Babson dedicates the globe to the press and calls for broader support from parents churches schools and colleges. The dedication occurred on Memorial Day with remarks from Senator Saltonstall and Speaker Martin and a plan for future student outreach. Nearby notes cover visits to Chicago for the National Live Stock and Meat Board meeting with about 400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
World
Babsons
Babson Institute
Webber College
Utopia College
Free World
America
Great Globe
Wellesley
Globe
United States
Canada
Latin America
Great Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
Free Nations
Chadwick Review
Thomson Review
Lanark
Gazette
Shanner Reporter
the Globe
Roger W. Babson
Edward B. Hinckley
U. S
Saltonstall
Martin
Herbert R. Gleason
Wellesley Board of Selectmen
George A. Horkan
Institute
Roger Babson Webber
Lewis W. Mustard
Savanna Parents Welcome Three Newborns in City Hospital
A son was born Sunday night to Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Smith of Chadwick in Savanna city hospital. The boy weighed seven pounds, 15 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hers ey of Savanna are parents of a son born Sunday night in Savanna city hospital. A daughter was born Sunday night to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Watters of Savanna in Savanna city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Smith
Chadwick
Savanna City Hospital
Charles E. Hersey
Savanna
Cecil Watters
River Day and Dairy Awards Highlight Stockton Event
Savanna hosts a two day program featuring River Day for dairy youths with a Chicago trip for top four in judging. Winners at Stockton Dairy Day will earn a Major League baseball trip, with trophies awarded in Guernsey and Holstein shows from local banks and Kraft Foods. River traffic through Rock Island District shows May 1953 tonnage the highest since canalization, with 742 021 tons moved including coal and petroleum products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Stockton
Chicago
John Upmann
Kraft Foods Co
Northwestern Illinois
Jo Daviess-Carroll Co
Mason Vanderheyden
First National Bank of Stockton
Stockton Co-op. Assoc
Elizabeth State Bank
Prairie Farms Creamery of
Mt. Carroll
Pure Milk Assoc
Blackhawk Production Credit Assoc
New Boston
Canton
Iowa
Minois
Mississippi River
Rock Island Locks
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
River Day Planned for Savanna July Fourth Weekend
Savanna sponsors announce a two day River Day celebration July 4 and 6 featuring Quad City Motor Boat Racing Association speedboat events. July 5 includes five class stock runabouts, flatboat, outboard cruiser, inboard runabout races plus surf board and water ski exhibitions. An exhibition speed run by Alex Eberhart's hydro Dagmar, claimed at 110 mph, and free public boat rides by the Savanna Boat Club 10 am to noon. Races occur on the Mississippi River off Marquette Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Quad City Motor Boat Racing Association
Alex Eberhart
Dagmar
Savanna Boat Club
Mississippi River
Marquette Park
District Legion To Convene At Oregon Sunday
The 18th District American Legion convention of Illinois will meet in Oregon on Sunday June 28 1953 with 46 posts from Jo Daviess Stephenson Carroll Whiteside Lee and Ogle counties. Sessions 9 30 a m and 1 00 p m parade about 3 00 p m drum and bugle corps bands floats and color guards compete for prizes. The 13th District Auxiliary meets same date with similar schedule and headquarters at Oregon grade school. A 40 8 wreck and parade is planned for Saturday evening June 27 DST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Dept
Illinois
Oregon
Legion
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Carroll
Whiteside
Lee
Ogle
Oregon Community High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Oregon Post
Mt Carroll couple wed at St John’s Savanna
Mt. Carroll residents Miss Dolores Han na and Rolland Davis were married at 10 a m on June 18 in the rectory of St John s Catholic church in Savanna. Fr Edward L McDonald officiated a double ring ceremony with Miss Joann Davis as maid of honor and Robert Davis as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Dolores Hanna
Rolland Davis
St. John’s Catholic Church
Savanna
Edward L. McDonald
Joann Davis
Robert Davis
Durwood returns from Iowa after grandmother's death
Mrs Les Durwood came home Saturday night from northern Iowa where she was summoned by the passing of her grandmother. Esther Schmaling works at Lanark Canning Company plant. The Durwoods and others attended a reception for Rev Darrell Draper and wife in Inwood Iowa at Eugene Murray's country home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Durwood
Iowa
Esther Schmaling
Lanark Canning Company
Geneva Ditsworth
John Sour
Freeport
L. G. Lathrop
Geneva Disworth
George Schmaling
Darrell Draper
Inwood
Eugene Murray
Hal Hoy
Clinton
Clem ‘Hoy
Gasoline Prices Rise At Local Stations
This week prices at most area service stations rose a cent per gallon for regular gasoline and about two cents for premium. Fuel oil prices are also expected to increase as crude oil costs climb.
County Red Cross Drive Totals 1953 Reach $8089.01
Final report from Carroll County Red Cross fund drive chair Joseph J. Schnitzen shows a county total of 8 089.01. Branch totals are Lanark 1444.50 Shannon 2.25 Thomson 471.60 Milledgeville 802.65 Chadwick 717.53 Mt. Carroll 1389.14 Savanna 2401.34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Carroll County
Joseph J. Schnitzen
Lanark
Shannon
Thomson
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Fund Drive
Mildred Jaynes
Representative Stransky Opposes 18-Year Voting Change
In Savanna Rep. Franklin A. Stransky opposed the proposal to lower the voting age to 18. The House defeated the amendment 82 to 32, lacking the two thirds needed to advance to the Senate. Stransky linked the measure to a liquor age bill approved earlier, and noted the Senate has pigeonholed the 18-year voting plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin A. Stransky
Savanna
House
Springfield
Senate
Rep. Stransky
Senate Executive Committee
Obituary roundup from Milledgeville to Mt. Carroll
Death notices from June detail Raymond Ferry of Lena Milledgeville in Woodin funeral home services burial Lena cemetery. Other obituaries include Frank Vetricek Sr. 68 Savanna died in Savanna city hospital burial in local cemetery and John Gondek 34 Savanna died Rochester Minnesota with services in Savanna. Sophia Higginson 94 Savanna longtime resident funeral at St Peter Lutheran church. George Bickelhaupt 82 Mt Carroll died at home with funeral at Frank funeral home Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Raymond Ferry
Freeport
Woodin
Lena
Raymond
Nelson
Marjorie Schultz Ferry
Kay
Leonard
Clarence Schultz
Charles Ferry
St. Thomas
Frank G. Vetricek
Sophia Higginson
Savanna
Raymond Hoffman
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Roland C. Hillemann
Savanna Cemetery
Herman and
Sophia Dascher
Galena
George Bickelhaupt
Mt. Carroll
George W. Bickelhaupt
Frank
O. L. Barker
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Bickelhaupt
Carroll
Jacob and
Ellen Boyles Bickelhaupt
Maggie Messinger
Jess
Oil Town USA premieres in Freeport with Billy Graham film
Billy Graham Evangelistic Films premieres Oil Town U. S. A. in Freeport Illinois on Monday June 29 at Consistory Auditorium. Two showings 7 and 9 p m DST with no admission charge. The 90 minute color film follows a Houston oil millionaire's religious awakening amid Texas City disaster footage and features Colleen Townsend Evans Paul Power Robert Clarke and others. Local arrangements are by Greater Freeport Evangelistic Crusade Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Texas
Graham Orgranization
Graham
Houston
Rice Stadium
Texas City
Dick Ross
Billy Graham
Colleen Townsend Evans
Paul Power
Robert Clarke
Georgia Lee
Ralph Hoopes
Freeport Harp Star Merrilyn Hale Honored at Teacher Tea
Freeport harpist Merrilyn Hale, noted for work in film and TV, was honored at a tea hosted by her teacher Mrs. John DeLong. Guests included students from Freeport and nearby towns, with Hale and her mother Mrs. Max Hecht as guests of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Merrilyn Hale
John DeLong
Reynolds St
Miss Hale
Max Hecht
Hecht
Warren
Dixon
Forreston
Merrlyn
Dinah Shore
Liberace
Tony Martin
Nat (King) Cole
Peggy Lee
Europe
Lena Horne
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Laine
Gordon MacRae
Yma Sumac
Moore family farewell picnic honored in Sterling
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Adolph and relatives joined a large gathering at a farewell picnic in Lawrence Park Sterling to honor the George T. Moore family who are moving to Arizona. Mrs J H Baker and daughter Sharon of Galesburg and Mrs Vernon Adolph visited Sterling. The Rath family reunion is planned for Sunday June 28 at Old Mill Park Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Adolph
Lawrence Park
Sterling
George T. Moore
Arizona
J. H. Baker
Sharon
Galesburg
New Methodist Superintendent For District
The Rev. Hughes Bentley Morris, pastor of Rochelle’s Methodist church for seven years, is named superintendent of the Rockford district in the Rock River conference. Bishop Brashares announced the appointment at the conference in Sterling and Morris will assume duties after sessions end. Morris, 42, is one of the church’s youngest appointees and will oversee more than 90 churches in northern Illinois from the Mississippi to Joliet. He succeeds Dr. Milton D. Baly, whose six-year term is the maximum under church law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes Bentley Morris
Methodist Church of
Rochelle
Rockford
Rock River
The
Methodist Church
Milton D. Baly
Charles Wesley Brashares
Sterling
Barshares
Chicago
LaFontaine
Ind
Otho B. Morris
Morris
Oklahoma City
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
Highland Park High School
Dallas
Tex
Southern Methodist University
Oklahoma City University
Ruth Clark
Steward
Hughes, Jr
Garrett Biblical Institute
Mokena
Ill
Janet Gill
Elizabeth
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Annother
Fred
Bayly
Roadblocks Near Rock Island Lead to 113 Arrests
Roadblocks at East Moline Rock Island Milan last Friday and Saturday yielded 113 arrests for license plate and license violations. Investigators under Acting Chief Investigator C. E. Nelson sent violators to East Moline Rock Island and Milan courts, with $1500 in fines and costs plus license applications required for guilty parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Rock Island
Moline
Milan
Charles F. Carpentier
East Moline
Clyde Fuller
Walter McBride
Ralph O. Stone
Assign Call Letters For Rockford TV
Greater Rockford Television Inc holds a Channel 1 permit and the FCC grants WREX-TV as call letters. The site moves west of Rockford to support a taller tower and wider signal reach. The firm will use new TV equipment and announce a start date when the air launch is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Greater Rockford Television, Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Wrex-Tv
Chadwick Attorney Chosen To Head County Legion Council
Chadwick attorney Chadwick James M Thorp was elected commander of the Carroll County Council of the American Legion at the June meeting in Chadwick. He succeeds Jesse Plumer of Milledgeville. Other officers include Red vice commander Jack Hoak, Junior vice commander Marriott of Savanna, finance officer Albert Wagner, sergeant at arms Riley Temple, chaplain L A Frank, and service officer J W Sullivan. Installation set for July 27 at the Legion hall in Thomson. Leroy Swanson of Prophetstown attended as a district commander candidate. Thorp also seeks district junior vice commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
James M. Thorp
Carroll County Council of the
American Legion
Legion Hall
Atty. Thorp
Jesse Plumer
Milledgeville
Red
Jack Hoak
Ert
L. A. Frank
J. W. Sullivan
Savanna
Thomson
Leroy Swanson
Prophetstown
Oregon
Thorp
Eugene Block
Pearl City
38th Senneff Reunion Held At Sterling
Chadwick attendees joined the 38th annual Senneff family reunion at Lawrence Park Sterling on Sunday June 21 with 60 members present. Mrs Ella Senneff Sterling was the oldest attendee and Mrs Elizabeth Shafer Penny Farms Fla traveled the farthest. Officers elected for next year include President George Senneff Moline and secretary treasurer Mrs Irvin Senneff Argona. The 1954 reunion will be at the same site on the third Sunday in June. Attending from Chadwick were Mr and Mrs W J Quest and family Mrs Elizabeth Senneff and K W Senneff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Senneff
Lawrence Park
Sterling
Ella Senneff
Elizabeth Shafer
Penny Farms
Fla
George Senneff
Moline
Irvin Senneff
Argona
W. J. Quest
Elizabeth Senneff
K. W. Senneff
Local man bound over on liquor bottle charge after Mt Carroll crash
Jack Douglas 23 of Savanna was bound over to the November grand jury after a hearing before Justice Frank Schropel on a charge of possessing a liquor bottle with the seal broken. Bond set at 500, not posted at noon. Douglas was arrested after a Route 78 crash near Mt Carroll. Leland McGowan, who rode with him, was released with no charges. Betty L. Ready was granted a divorce from Milton G. Ready on cruelty grounds in Carroll County. Marriage licenses issued to LawMock and to James Robinson and June Allen. Real estate transfers listed for several Savanna properties including Frey Sack and Bush Sullivan deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Douglas
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Justice of the Peace
Frank Schropel
Douglas
Harry Miller
Route 78
Leland McGowan
25th Cheeseman Reunion Held In Sterling Park
The 25th annual Cheeseman reunion was held Sunday at Sinnissippi Park Sterling with 38 present. Mrs Ella Dodson of Polo was the oldest member. Attendees came from Valparaiso Ind DeKalb Lanark Polo Sterling Mt Morris Morrison Milledgeville and Chadwick. The 1954 reunion will be held the same time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheeseman
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling
Ella Dodson
Polo
Valparaiso
Ind
DeKalb
Lanark
Mt. Morris
Morrison
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Family party honors A J Miller on Father’s Day
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reiff and Mrs. Mabel Alexander with Le Roy Stoner surprised A J Miller on Father’s Day. Refreshments of ice cream cake trays and strawberries were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Reiff
Mabel Alexander
Leroy Stoner
A. J. Miller
Carroll Native Found Dead At Lena Farm Barn
Otto Carson 54 a Carroll county native was found dead in a barn on his Lena area farm about 7 50 p m June 18 by his wife who had just returned from work at the Lena hospital A coroner s jury ruled death by self inflicted hanging Carson born May 31 1899 in Zion community north of Savanna was married to Priscilla Schafer of Savanna 22 years ago He leaves a wife a daughter Joyce at home a son Lloyd in the navy four brothers and three sisters with burial at Zion cemetery northeast of Savanna
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Marshall Otto Carson
Carroll County
Zion Cemetery
Savanna
Zion
Samuel
Margaret Bradford Carson
Priscilla Schafer
Joyce
Lloyd
U. S. Navy
Robert
Glen Carson
Vern
Mt. Carroll
Carlos
Freeport
Roy Speer
William Heid
Elizabeth
Claude Orr
Fire School Sunday Planned by Blackhawk Fire Fighters
The Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association covering Ogle, Lee, Whiteside and Carroll counties plans a Fire School and Field Day on Sunday June 28 1953 at Morrison Fair Grounds Illinois. Attendees and families will see firefighting demonstrations and exhibits of new equipment. A banquet at 6:30 p.m. will feature Emmett T Cox senior officer of the Western Actuarial Bureau Chicago as principal speaker. The program runs from 10 a.m. through the day and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association
Ogle, Lee
Whiteside
Carroll
Morrison Fair Grounds
Morrison
Illinois
Emmett T. Cox
Western Actuarial Bureau of Chicago
Grange Plans Go To Church Sunday June 28
Black Oak Grange held a 22 member meeting with safety program and poems. Announcement urged officers to submit numbers for the next July 2 session. Grange to observe Go to Church Sunday June 28 at the First Lutheran church with several members hosting refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Grange
Grange Hall
Harold Stoner
Charles Burkholder
John Halfman
Lowell Hall
William Hans
Grange
First Lutheran
Wm. Hans
Jack Halfman
Weekend Guests Visit Hawkins and Friends
Mr and Mrs Leo Zemke and daughter Kathleen of Mt Carrol were weekend guests in the William Hawk home. Zemke and daughter and Barbara, Bill and Mickey Hawk visited Harold Ludvigson of Clinton la. Mrs Melvin Schroeder and family of Elizabeth were Saturday evening guests of the Hawk and Wires families along with Mrs Lawrence Zink and family of Rock Falls for Sunday supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Zemke
Kathleen
Mt. Carroll
William Hawk
Zemke
Barbara
Bill
Mickey Hawk
Harold Ludvigson
Clinton
Melvin Schroeder
Elizabeth
Frank Wires
Savanna
Lawrence Zink
Rock Falls
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Babson
River News
District Legion
Hanna-Davis
Argo News
Harold Bast
George Bast
Geotelorge Bast
Red Cross Drive
Frank George Vetricek
Mr. Vetricek
Czechoslovakia
Julia Pressora
Burlington Railroad
Joseph
California
Steve Belak
Robert Wilson
Percy Stitch
Mildred
John Gondek
Rochester
Minn
Carmeletta Lucille Vomhoff
Charles
Amy Gump Vombhoff
John Gonek
USA
Chadwick News
Old Mill Park
New Methodist
County Legion Council
Mercury
Betty L. Ready
Milton G. Ready
Blackhawk
W. M. Nipe
Monroe Lester Law
Ruth Ann Mock
James E. Robinson
June Allen
John H. Meiners
Ashton
Delores J. Wilhelms
Sheldon L. Helle
Alvie B. Frey
Helles
Russell A. Sack
Same
R. C. Bush
James F. Sullivan
Ralph S. Hanson
Albert C. Ehringer
H. H. Dunn
Alexanders Lumber Co
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