Language and history mix in letters on letters and war
A long, rambling piece blends reflections on the alphabet, language quirks, German ancestry, and U.S. history with jokes and vignettes. It threads through Ed Larson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Kaiser concerns, then shifts to club expansion and humorous dinner-table exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Joe) Larson
Thomson
Ed Larson
Pierceton
Ind
Golding Farm
Kirkland
Eure
Tois
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy” Roosevelt
Teddy
Kaiser
Bill
Germany
Birthdays listed for Carroll County residents
The Carroll County birthday list spans April 2 to April, highlighting dozens of residents by town. Names appear for Chadwick, Lanark, Milledgeville, Savanna, Thomson, Morrison, Mt. Carroll, Woodstock, and other locales, with multiple entries per day. A light cartoon joke about Cecil's family tree follows, then stock-market chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Chadwick
Evelyn Marie Lego
Clyde Oncken
Milledgeville
James Francis Weidman
Carroll
Jack Welch
Lanark
Beatrice Marie Grimes
Francis Engles
Frank Klenz
Ida Merchant
Savanna
W. H. Hoofstitler
Sterling
George Gilpin
Woodstock
Robert Millhouse
R. A. Dickinson
Guy Mackey
Orion Alexander
Esther Good
Martin Wilson
Myrta Groharing
Thomson
W. A. Adams
A. S. Kreider
James Green
Allen Shoup
Ivan Miller
Kay Flickinger
Anna E. Plock
E. F. Hower
Betty Ware
Lawrence Almquist
Billy King
Fay Groharing
U. S. Army
Newt Ritenour
Wacker
Ray Westfall
Dubuque
Clarence Frank
Mt. Carroll
Patricia Healey
William Wagner, Jr
Paul Isenhart
Wilma Schneider
Andrew Miller
Paul Sheridan
Rockford
Wayne Hawkins
Vivian Bogott
Blanche Mortenson
Earl Adolph
Willard S. Roberts
Albert Perry
R. L. Patch
Rockton
Harvey
Fossett
William Hans
Helen Hans
Harold Stores
Everett Yates
Harry Lowman
Eileen Quest
LeRoy Warehime
Lena Mae Shibley
Library trustees seek April 6 election support
Candidates Mrs Charles Switzer and Mrs Nino Kenyon announce their bids for library trustee positions in the April 6 election asking for voter support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Switzer
Nino Kenyon
Candidacy notices for York township highway commissioner race
Two candidate notices announce runs for York township highway commissioner. Buzz Bennett asks voter support for the April 6 election, while John B. Ashpole touts his past record and urges support at the same township vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Wayland
Buzz) Bennett
Pol
Adv
John B. Ashpole
J. J. Sheridan
War Roll Honors Local Servicemen From York Township
A local wartime honor roll lists numerous York Township residents serving in the U S armed forces. The compiled roster includes Corporals Donald Ashpole Henry Ashpole and Harold Ashpole among Navy and Army personnel, with ranks from Private to Lieutenant and services in Army Navy Air Corps Coast Guard and WAAC. The list blends many names and units indicating broad community participation in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
York Township
Donald Ashpole
U. 8
Army Air Corps
Henry L. Ashpole
Army
Harold Ashpole
Dwight Atherton
U. S. Navy
Glen Bonjour
U. S. Army
Glenn H. Barr
Donald Bennett
Navy
Joe Bennett
Edward Babczak
Dwight Brown
Jarrell Brown
U.S. Army
Charles Bull
Donald Bull
Bob Bogd
Coast Guard
Earl Beck
John Dimmick
U Army
Robert Demaree
Harvey Falls
Everald G. Foltz
Norman French, Jr
D. M. Gleason
Fay Groharing
Dorothy Gaar
WAAC
Delbert Gaar
UU. S. Army
Garland Harris
U. 8. Army
Epa Hook
Raymond Hook
Virtus Johnson
Eugene Johnson
Joe J. Jurgens
Albert Kraft
Harold Kenyon
Pfe
Howard Kness
U. S
Kyle McGinnis
Roland Mitchell
F.C
U. S. Army Air Corps
Richard S. McWorthy
Harry Orrt
George Russell Penman
Harold Porter
U. 8S
Elmer Pease
Elwin Rice
Archard Robinson
U. &. Airy Corps
Hebert Lentschler
U. &. Army
Lice
U. 5S. Army
James Wiebenga
U. S. Air Corps
Mrs John Marth Marks Celebrates 83rd Birthday
Mrs John Marth Marks, age 83, observed her birthday Sunday at the Witchhart home in East Savanna. Born in Chambersburg, Pa, she moved to Illinois with her parents at age two and has been active in the Methodist church for over 50 years. A card shower from the Women’s Society of Christian Service and gifts from friends honored the occasion. ten relatives and friends attended a 1 p.m. dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marth
Fred Withbart
East Savanna
Chambersburg
Illinois
Marth
Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Witchhart
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Village Echo
Thomason Broadax
Thomason Review
Doe Saunders
Thomson, Ilinois
Sharpe
Hohenzollern
America
George
Abel
Mable
Hubby
Papa
Mab
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Blue
Mabel
Betty
Mr. Smith
Carroll County
Cecil
Moggs
W. L. Derrer
Lawrence A. Smith
National Bank Bldg
Savanna, Illinois
Mt. Carroll Black
Insurance Service
Rush Carroll
Thomson Guy Mackey
Lloyd Peters
Roy Queckboerner
D. F. Fogel
Ralph Fahrney
Mr. Carroll
H. W. Hopkins
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Paul Gaar
U.S. Air Corps
Virgil Hartman
Arnold Hartman
UU. 8. Army
Henry Hartman, Jr
U. 8S. Army
Raymon W. Hartman
Willis R. Holmquest
Bob Hebeler
Robert Hicks
Elmer Hans
Alfred M. Olson
Tracy Bldg
Morrison, Ill
Les Lathrop
Thomson and Chadwick Review
Clipper
5Th Ave
Clinton
Lewis Motor Company
Thomson, Ill
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Butcher
Nancy
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Savanna, Ill
Greison
Main St
Telephone Black 415
Johnson
Artcraft
Thomson 184
Thomson, Illinois
George Ketchum
Prop
Brocks
Margaret Heusinkveid
AETNA
Hartford
Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Companies
Standard Accident Ins. Co
Cunningham
Phillips “66
3Rd ST
Iowa
Foster Black
Agee
Black
Abbott
Walnut, Il
Urbana
Illinois Crop Improvement Assn
James M. Weaver
Oakford
Ill
Black & Abbott
Walnut
Fred Wolf
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