Illinois Legislative and Budgetary Structures Described
A Q and A explaining the Legislative Reference Bureau and Budgetary Commission in Illinois. Details include composition, functions, and sharing of duties with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and legislative leaders. It covers the Legislative Council, financial responsibility rules, license suspensions, and renewal dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative, Council
Legislative Council
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Budgetary Commission
IERC to certify 5000 for CCC enrollment in July
The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission will certify 5000 youths for Civilian Conservation Corps enrollment in July for the 1940 fiscal year. Eligibility requires ages 17 to 23 and a half, U.S. citizenship, unmarried status, unemployment, good character, and fitness for outdoor work. Applications are accepted in Carroll County at the County Commodity Depot in Javanna on Tuesday afternoons and at 407 State Bank Building in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Civilian Conservation Corps
Illinois
Leo M. Lyons
CCC
IERC
United States
Carroll County
Javanna
Ilinois
Commissions
State Bank
Freeport
Traffic Hazards and Driver Faults Catalog
A reader advisement lists numerous driving errors and unsafe behaviors such as failure to observe signals, improper braking, reckless passing, poor signaling, improper parking, and risky turning. It notes examiner estimates and invites mail-in motoring statistics to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Motor Club
E. South Water St
Chicago
Local residents visit relatives across nearby towns
Chadwick area residents and guests frequently visit families in Thomson Savanna Fulton Sterling Milledgeville and Dixon. The gatherings include Sunday dinners Saturday visits and a week staying with relatives in Mol ine Wacker Davenport and Madison. Shared trips include summer schools and Livengood reunion in Lanark and visits to Macomb and Freeport.
Upright piano stirs farmer to doubt in old village vignette
An old-fashioned farmer resists a new contraption as his daughter explains it is an upright piano. The landlady jokes about a new boarder while the daughter and critic poke light humor at misunderstandings and hidden truths.
Sunday Evening Guests Fill Weeklong Visits Across Area
Local families host and visit numerous relatives and friends Sunday through midweek. Residents from Milledgeville Davenport and Chicago join Humbert Beckmire and nearby households for dinners and long visits, with trips to Davenport and Springfield noted for extended stays.
Births in Dubuque Iowa for June new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Marvin Mest of Dubuque Iowa welcomed a daughter Linda Lou born Thursday June 20 An additional birth report notes Mr and Mrs Harold Rahn welcomed a daughter June Arletta born Saturday night at the home of Mrs Rahn’s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shuman The baby weighed seven pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Mest
Dubuque, Iowa
Linda Lou
Harold Rahn
June Arletta
Local Visits and Family Gatherings Across Illinois and Minnesota
Mrs. Annette Clement visited her sister in Winona Minnesota on Friday. Lyle Carbaugh from Chicago stayed with his parents over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyer were in Davenport Iowa at their son-in-law and daughter Merle Voergler's home. Mrs. Harry H Peterson and families of Dix, Putnam, and Rock Falls guest Illness. Supper guests included Bernadine Hurd of Rock Falls and John Buchannan of Deer Grove. The Heffelfinger family reunion at Sterling planned another gathering next year. Rev. Paul Farley attended the funeral of Rev. G. A. Walter, pastor of the Richland Evangelical church at Tonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. van Buer
E. V. Wood
Moline
Vern Noran and
Paul
Chicago
Ray Spangler
H. L. Rawlins
Thomson
Vernon Rawlins
Tommy Shultz
Freeport
T. F. Shultz
Ivan Carroll
David
Leonard Stage
John Halfman
Charles Deets
Lee Hartman
Savanna
Bobby Holm
Danny Emyre
Wacker
Fred Hartman
Harold B. Hartman
Mt. Carroll
Lyle Dambman
William Heimingdinger
Loran
Margaret Geertz
George van Campe
Fulton
Annette Hinebaugh
Davenport
Robert Browning
Cleo Weber
Steve Stefanich
Sterling
Adolph Doden
Lawrence Doden
Macomb
Margrete Doden
Western State Teachers’ College
Harvey Hartman
Crystal Hartman
Laura Ann Fink
Virginia Seidell
Sandoval
Mary Waring
Roy Hartman
Plainfield
H. P. Hartman
Herbert Spearman
Kenneth Senneff
Martin Sturmer
Morrison
William Eggert
Coleta
Arthur Behrens
Mill
Robert Isenberger
Richard
Robert Livengood
Lanark
Raymond Schreiner
Inlaw
Fred Miller
Willard LaDew of
Dixon
Harry H. Peterson
Ethel
Sarah Provant
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
V. V. Provant
Nevin Moore
Ed Obendorf
Milledgeville
Robert Haag
Charles Studner
Ruth and
Robbie
Pete Kawszynski
Carl Haag
C. W. Hartman
Olive Fickes
James Fickes
Francis Eckel
Harris Cottage
Lake Waubesa
Wis
Ed Kloepping
William Schleming
Kate Wood
Lucille Wood
Highland Park
Humbert-Beckmire
Jesse Schreiner
Robert Geison
Ronald
Harveylock
Claude Grim
Sherm Oakley
Mary Ann Miles
Frank Provant
C. T. Carlsten
Kirk
Denver
Cotorauo
Fred Olson
Robert Carlson
Munroe Alexander
Rock Falls
Harry Rick
Munroe, Jr
H. Braun
G. L. Neve
Springfield
Ohio
Rufus Kahler
William Freiderich
Annette Clement
Winona
Minn
George Higgins
Lyle Carbaugh
Harry Carbaugh
Henry Meyer
Merle Voergler
Charles LaDew
John
Peter Schmitt
Peter Schlosse
Putnam
Bernadine Hurd
John Buchannan
Deer Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peeresees
Trolle
Chadwick News
Napoleon
Moscow
SEARS
Allstate
Allstate Crusaders
Sears Argosy Tires
Royal Fibre
Locust Street
Sterling, Ill
Mason Spaulding
Arthur Rosenberg
Charles
Claude Warfel
Wayne Hawkins
Rosalia Ganz
Olga Ganz
Esther Ibach
Alma
Ida Roherer
Kochrane
Humbert- Beckmire
Floyd Tripp
Albert Michael
Oregon
California
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