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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
1
Reading through The Spectator, readers see war speculation between Germany and Russia, a Ford union shop agreement, Navy O-9 sub loss notes, rising food prices in London, Illinois women gaining grand juror rights, Illinois marriage law changes, and crops advancing after heavy June rains in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa.
Frank Sturtevant 40, Milwaukee railroad worker and Savanna native, died when acetylene ignited as he cut a water pipe with a welding torch in a Stillman Valley stockyards pit. Coroner's jury ruled accidental explosion. pipes and hose caused gas ignition. He lived at Davis Junction with wife Bonnie Hubble and daughter. survived by parents, seven brothers, six sisters, and widow plus daughter.
Lawrence E. Bruch reports 59 of about 80 rural Carroll County schools have hired teachers for the coming year. Some additional hires exist without filed reports. Rural salaries range from 70 to 120 dollars monthly with most at 80 or 90. Nine to ten month terms rise in number. Listed districts show the engaged teachers and names for each school.
About 450 fourteen day old pheasants arrived Sunday at the Savannah Ordnance depot from Yorkville hatchery. The birds, secured with help from the department of conservation Carroll County Sportsmen's Club and Col L P Crim, will be kept in pens 38 weeks before distribution to local sportsmen chapters for release on Carroll County farms. Sergeant Albert Bingham leads the brooding pens and has the best state record for low fatalities among the young birds.
Questionnaires were mailed to 100 more draft registrants in Carroll County, raising total questionnaires sent to 1768. If mailing continues, the last of the October registrants will receive papers by July 15, with classification of current lists to be completed as new registrants are processed.
Officers of the Carroll county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis were elected last week at a meeting in the Fuller furniture store in Savannah. New officers are Chairman Mrs G H Collingwood, vice chairman Mrs Marion Conley, secretary Mrs Paul Palmer, treasurer Mrs George Schmidel, all Savannah residents. The group aims to direct unify stimulate and further the fight to control the disease.
Arnold J. Raven, resident manager of the National Youth Administration work center camp north of Savannah, attends a national conference in Chicago this week and next. In his absence, W. F. Hafeman, Richard Phalen, and Thomas Wylie oversee operations of the center.
Savanna’s American Legion posts plans a two day Fourth of July celebration with Main Street closure July 4 and 5. A parade concerts booths games rides and a river bank fireworks show are planned with free entertainment both days and prizes for best floats. The tentative program includes boy races contests boat races mammoth parade free acts drum corps music water carnival and a US President excursion.
Three contracts at Savanna ordnance depot received low bids from George May Electrical Co of Rockford Deckert and McDowell of Chicago and B 5 Andrus of St Paul Mn Major D A Branigan announced Tuesday Work on projects starts after official awards by War Department The bids ranged from 17 640 for electrical works to 62 300 for rail tracks and 91 700 for a Colianna Chicago bid for a water system 25 783 by the St Paul firm for a warehouse water system The War Department also approved a 226 582 Hagstrom Construction Co contract for recreation buildings a commissary and a chapel at the depot
Frances Shimer college will reopen Monday July 7 for its summer session with Lawrence Carra directing the UT Austin experimental theatre program. McKee hall redecorating and furnishing is underway. The Summer Workshop will present five plays with workshop members as leading actors including Fresh Fields King Lady Hazel Kurke Imaginary Invalid Streets of New York.
Savanna police arrested seven people over the weekend on charges of reckless driving and disorderly conduct. Allen Marhart of Mt. Carroll and George Hubble of Savanna faced reckless driving charges with $10 fines. C Bengle of Savanna was fined $5 for speeding. James Hernholm Jack Sullivan Wilmer Groezinger and Albert Host, all of Savanna, were fined $5 to $25 for disorderly conduct.
Personal property values show notable increases across twelve reporting townships led by York Fair Haven and Rock Creek with jumps of thousands to tens of thousands. Total property valuations rise though real estate changes are limited. Savanna and Mt Carroll defer their figures.
Savanna marks its annual South Fourth street fair and festival the week of August 18 to 23. Sponsored by the South Fourth street merchants and the Shaw-Leavens post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, the event features shows rides concessions and free acts with music and entertainment daily. Attractions run from Chicago avenue south on Fourth street to Railroad street.
The first Mississippi river excursion of the season leaves Savanna on Saturday July 5 aboard the steamer President. A daylight trip to Clinton and return accompanies a moonlight river voyage in the evening, sponsored by Savanna organizations.
Farmers who planted more soybeans for grain than harvested last year can harvest extra acreage without AAA payment deduction under a new ruling explained by J. W. Erdmier, chairman of Carroll County Agricultural Conservation Committee. The change avoids depleting vegetable oil stocks and supports defense needs.
Judge Franklin J. Stransky entertained newspapermen and local businessmen aboard his Mississippi houseboat in Savanna. A fried chicken dinner followed a two hour river ride with brief talks by F L Stagg and Congressman Leo E Allen. Guests toured Stransdale Farms and met editors from nearby papers as they mingled with community leaders amid remarks on the value of small town journalism.
Two Carroll county teachers are enrolled in summer classes at Illinois State Normal University in Normal Illinois. Miss Kazel V Zugschwerdt of Chadwick and Miss Bernice H Dambman of Milledgeville are among the participants.
Fuhremann Canning of Lanark uses airplanes to dust pea vines to fend off pests after heavy rains halted truck spraying. Planes from Chicago drop 450 pound powder loads per flight, dusting about ten acres per run under suitable wind. Pea canning is in full swing with 20 viners at multiple stations, employing 50 harvest workers and 75 workers plus 40 women in the factory, as new machinery and a brine building are added.
Mr and Mrs Weston Smith of Wacker sustained minor cuts and bruises in a collision at Chestnut Park at 10 30 am on June 19 while driving toward Savanna. Both were treated by a Savanna physician. The dump truck occupants were uninjured.
The community buzzes as Shimer College schedules a July 7 start for the summer session. Frances Shimer College hires new instructors as local education topics unfold across Savanna and Carroll County.
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