Illinois Honors Legion Birthday With Week Proclamation
The American Legion in Illinois marks its 29th anniversary amid a state proclamation by Gov. Dwight H. Green designating March 12 through 17 as American Legion week. Illinois reports 144 highway deaths in January, down from 148 in January 1947, and coal output rose 5.9 percent to 5 217 tons driven by 27 strip and 69 shaft mines. The Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’s Club held its Illinois meeting in Springfield February 22 to 23 with a buffet, discussions, and policy talks. Governor Green named three new members to the Illinois Inter-racial Commission: William F. Clarke, Alan Jenkins, and Samuel H. Nerlove. Arthur B. Wight was named assistant superintendent of the Illinois State Training School for Boys at St. Charles. Diabetes mortality in Illinois remains high, with 1 581 deaths in 1926 and 2 284 in the first ten months of last year, ranking eighth among causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Illinois
Paris
France
Dwight H. Green
Arthur &. Wiieht
Des Plaines
Ilinois
St. Charles
Cassius Poust
Wight
U. S. Veterans Administration Facilties
Chicago
Roland R. Cross
Whooping Cough and Immunization Emphasized in Health Talk
A Health Talk from the Educational Committee of the Illinois Medical Society explains whooping cough is a dangerous contagious disease affecting all ages. It highlights risk, symptoms, potential complications, and the critical role of immunization, with guidance on vaccines and early protection for infants and young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Medical Society
Ilinois Department of Public Health
Local residents share visits and gatherings in Mt Carroll area
Chadwick briefs Mary and Lydia Hartman visit the C F Hartman home. Chester and Drenner spent Sunday in Sterling and Thomson. Meryl Spencer and family from Tampico were weekend guests of Ralph Anderson. Joseph Douglas celebrated his fourth birthday hosted by his mother Mrs Joseph Nye. Various couples hosted or visited friends across Mt Carroll Milledgeville Moline Lanark Winchester Fair Haven and Van Orin with meals and Sunday gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Lydia Hartman
Mt. Carroll
C. F. Hartman
Chester Drenner
Sterling
Thomson
Meryl Spencer
Tampico
Ralph Anderson
Kenneth Nye
Joseph Douglas
Joseph
George Knoess
Hilda
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Albert Bowles, Jr
Bette Lou
Laverne Cooper
Moline
Lloyd Handel
Howard Stover
Norma and
Arman
Milledgeville
Clayton Kaul
Oas Eldon
Kenneth
Bernard Behrens
Malvern
Arthur Behrens
Henry Behrens
Fair Haven
Minnie Bolinger
West Pearl Street
Ed Schroeder
Fort Dodge
Ed Manning
Ben Manning
Lanark
William Lewis
van Orin
Charles
Donald Mackay
Winchester
Ind
Charles Adolpa
Chicago
Herbert Frederick
Harold Schleming
Ernest Kloepping
Weekend Visits Across Iowa and Illinois Communities
Frank Mest and his mother visited in Dubuque with Marvin Mest and family, returning with them alongside Darryl. Fair Haven Home Bureau members attended a Monday program planning school in Mt. Carroll. The Schroeders and Schroeder relatives were guests of Albert Johannsen in Clinton, and the Dials visited Earlville with Edwin Flickinger. Don Kness family joined Ralph Ferris and Alvin Hook households for meals, with John Larson and Ralph Ferris also visiting. Ben Stadel spent Saturday with Gottlieb Stadel in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mest
Edward Mest
Marvin Mest
Dubuque
Darryl
Frank Sturtzman
Fred Olson
Fair Haven
Ed Schroeder
Albert Johannsen
Clinton
Charles Dial, Jr
Earlville
Edwin Flickinger
Don Kness
Ralph Ferris
Alvin Hook
John Larson
Ben Stadel
Freeport
Gottlieb Stadel
Out of the Ruts to a Better Community
A reader urges ditching personal ruts to gain community unity and outward engagement through new interests and recreation. Dr. Cross warns that diabetes links to overeating and inactivity, notes 1946 death stats, and stresses personal responsibility to prevent or manage the condition.
Sunday Socials and Visitors Highlight Local Homes
A parade of guests visits area residents from Dixon Coluta Lanark and Fulton. Mr and Mrs Don Hartman return from St Louis and stay with Emil Hartman. Families Hawkes Nye Provant Shuman and Manning share dinners and birthday greetings in local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Hawkins
Dixon
Arthur Josenhberg
Coluta
Mary Yawking
Bernie Hawkes
Donnabelle
Iola Jean
Frank Hawkins
Don Hartman
St. Louis
Emil Hartman
Bettendorf
Davenport
Robert Fastabrooks
Lois Ann
Milledgeville
Kenneth Nye
Voyle Provant
Carrie Linskill
Lanark
Marvin E. Brookstra
Fulton
Robert Queekboerner
R. H. Heybeck
Elgin
Gue&t
Lawrence Strauch
Vernon Shuman
DeKalb
Charles Shuman
Edward Manning
Aned
Ben Manning
John Mannng
Bernard Manning
Keneth Blakeslee
Social Visits In Area Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Charles Adolph hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Donald Adolph. Vernon Fink Don Queckboerner and others visited various local homes while several families toured the Cateplar tractor plant in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adolph
Donald Adolph
J. Queckboerner
Vernon Fink
Don Queckboerner
Vernon Gordon
Ellwood
Donavan
Arlene Daehler
Peoria
Cateplar Tractor
William Martin
Sterling
Herman Daehler
Lawrence Shuman
Duane
Charles Shuman
Orville Shuman
Elwyn Allison
Coleta
A. J. Miller
Carrie Spinka
Alfred Rosenbaum
Forreston
Chester Alexander
Florence
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State Capitol
Illois
Walter A. Rosenfield
Thomas
Moses
Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’s Club
Springfield
William F. Clarke
DePaul University Law School
Alan Jenkins
Central Congregational Church
Galesburg
Samuel H. Nerlove
Economist
Dairytrate
Ralph Huggins
Rodmore
CollisHoes
A.M. Greison
Savanna, Ill
Glydex
Necro
Paul Juist
Fulton Ill
Middle. States Telephone CO. OF Ill
Savanna
Chadwick Briefs
le Prearker
Cross
Modern Cleaners
3Rd St.eonen
Hlinois
Spencer’s
Argo
Ned Spencer
Argo Fay
Thomson 395
Lena Tripp
John Tripp
William Castle
Robert
Irma Jean
Margaret Schomberger
Eber Shepherd
Eudora
Eurota
William Cardiff
Billy and
Bobby
Galva
Cardiff
F. W. Zugschwerdt
PUERE
Cleveland
OHO
Thompson Products, Inc
Baltimore
Cunaresci
J. M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
J. M. Fay & Son
Fulton, Illinois
Lewis
Motor Company
Jimmy” Jones
HOT Point Rangette
Roper Rangette
Dormeyer
Fulton, NL
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