Miatke and Wallace Herd Tops DHIA Unit at Babson Park
Miatke and Wallace herd of 21 grade Holsteins led Carroll No. 2 county DHIA in February with 994 pounds milk and 38 pounds butterfat. Five highest producers include Wolstenholm, Cram & Smith, Hollowell & Deets, Porter & Son, and Montague & Sons, with details on cow yields and fat content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miatke & Wallace
Holstens
Carroll
Association
Montague & Sons
Howowell & Deets
Tbs
Cram & Smith
Edward Otten
Eckert & van Buskirk
Carroll No
Leslie Durward
John Derrer & Sons
Derrer and Sons
Judson J
Holstein Production Records Highlight Illinois Tests
Brattleboro Vermont reports a registered Holstein owned by John R. Derrer and Son achieving 17 333 pounds milk and 567 pounds butterfat in 365 days with 22 quarts daily. Tests supervised by University of Illinois and Holstein Friesian Association. Other F. J. Stransky stock in Savanna posted 20 quarts daily 314 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Mabel Colantha
John R. Derrer & Son
Mt. Carroll
U. S
University of Illinois
Beulah
Births Reported at Savanna City Hospital
February 25 and 26 births listed include Sherie Sue to Maurice and Mrs. Clifton Craig Manor Hanover. a son to Lloyd and Mrs. Brown Teeds Grace. a daughter to Rafael Carrillo and Mrs. Ortis Chestnut Park. a daughter to Melvin and Mrs. Van Zuiden Fulton. a daughter to Hubert and Mrs. Robinson Savanna. twin daughters to Frederick and Mrs. Hottenstein Savanna. a son to Keith Sutter and Mrs. Sutter Hanover. a son to Ralph Eadie and Mrs. Eadie Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna City Hospital
Sherie Sue
Maurice Clifton
Craig Manor
Hanover
Lloyd F. Brown
Teeds Grace
Rafael Ortis Carrillo
Chestnut Park
Melvin van Zuiden
Fulton
Hubert Robinson
Savanna
Frederick Hottenstein, Jr
Keith Suttter
Ralph Eadie
Miss Viola Paschal Weds Bill Nelson In Lanark Church
Miss Viola Mae Paschal daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Paschal Savanna and Bill Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Howard Nelson Lanark were married at the candlelit altar of the First Brethren Church Lanark on March 1 at 2 00 p m The Rev H F Berkshire officiated A reception followed at the groom’s home Guests included Janet Storm Savanna Harry Hartley Hopkinsville Kentucky and other local figures The couple will farm for Dean Meador after a brief wedding trip both noting Savanna and Lanark schooling and Nelson’s 1953 Lanark Community Unit High School graduation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Viola Mae Paschal, Daugher
Clarence Paschal
Savanna
Bill Nelson
Howard Nelson
First Brethren Church of
Janet Storm
Harry Hartley
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
H. F. Berkshire
Wesley Mill
Donald Rahn
Melvin Folk
Orville Bowers
Robert Schoen
Nelson
Savanna Public
Girl Scout Week Celebrated March 7 13
Girl Scout Week spans March 7 to 13 with theme Know your Neighbors Know Your Nation. Jane Addams Council marks 1954s 42nd anniversary as two million members observe nationwide festivities and begin Cookie Sale through March 20 to fund the new Jane Addams Campsite near Hanover serving 23 towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Addams
Girl Scouts of
United States of America
Jane Addams Council of Girl Scouts
Hanover
Lowell Teeter
S. Clay
Mt. Carroll
Robberies Reported At Two Savanna Businesses
Police said break-ins occurred after midnight Saturday. At Clifton ice cream parlor $25 in cash vanished from arcade cash boxes. At Conley junk business, a Hamilton watch worth $100 800 razor blades and two chambray work shirts were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Business
Savanna
Clifton
North Main
Conley
Jefferson Street
James Conley
Hamilton
Deaths in Savanna and Derrida claim local residents
Carroll DEATHS Savanna J W Rath 7 native of Washington township died in Savanna city hospital He was born Sept 16 1875 and lived on the same farm never married Surviving five sisters and one brother. Savanna MRS Robert C Blair 55 lifelong Savanna resident died at Savanna city hospital Funeral rites held at St John s Catholic church burial in St John s cemetery Mabel Catherine O Heron wife of Robert C Blair born Nov 18 1898 in Savanna married Aug 14 1916 Surviving husband one son three grandchildren a sister and two brothers Her parents two brothers a sister and a daughter preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
John W. Rath
Washington Township
Savanna City Hospital
Trinity Lutheran
Jess Lena Haring
Derinda
Simon Wurster
Stockton
Emma Lister
Clinton
Agnes Reibel
Roy Messmer
Charles
Robert C. Blair
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Mabel Catherine O'Heron
Cornelius and
Mary O’heron
DeWitt, Ia
Robert Jr
Eva Smith
John
Joseph O’heron
Honor Students at Teachers College Dinner
Seventy four top students from forty five northern Illinois communities were honored February 13 at the annual dinner on the Northwestern Illinois State Teachers College campus for scholastic achievement. Included were Marie L. Iben a Chadwick sophomore and Carol L. Barthel a Milledgeville freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Marie L. Iben
Chadwick
Carol L. Barthel
Milledgeville
Clinton, Lanark visitors brighten Hoffman home
Mr and Mrs Rodney Steiner and son Craig of Clinton Iowa, and Mr and Mrs Carl Merkel of Lanark were evening visitors on Sunday in the home of Mrs Mary Hoffman and daughter Olive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Steiner
Craig
Clinton, Ia
Carl Merkel
Lanark
Mary Hoffman
Olive
New Weapon Against Lung Cancer
An important new tool in the fight against lung cancer is now available through the American Cancer Society. Lanark resident Mrs. Orville Bowers announced a seventeen minute color documentary titled The Warning Shadow produced jointly by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. The film stresses early diagnosis through regular chest x rays, especially for men over 45, and claims potential to save about half of men who develop lung cancer. It is offered at no cost to men's clubs, industries and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evarts A. Graham
St. Louis
James Gilmore
Pittsburgh
American Cancer Society
Gilmore
Orvile Bowers
Lanark
Carroll County
American Cancer Sociey
National Cancer Institute
The
Public Health Service
U. S. Department of Health
Safe Driving Club For Farm Youth Starts March First
Illinois farm youths under 22 may join the Safe Driving Club to promote safe driving habits. The program, tentatively called Pledge Your Honor, requires a signed pledge by the teen and a parent, with a similar pledge from the parent. A name contest runs for a month with a $25 savings bond and framed scroll for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank V. Wilcox
County Mutual Casualty Company
Illinois Agriculture Association
IAA
Illinois
United States
Wilcox
Eliwib'e
Safe Driving Club
Illinois Farm
Country Mutual Casualty
Farm Bureau
Country Mutual Casualty Company
Wedding Vows for Ginther Lundgren at First Lutheran
Miss Norma Jean Ginther and Wallace L Lundgren wed at First Lutheran Church with Rev. Edward A Kreppert presiding. Details include bride’s nylon lace gown, attendants, reception, and future farm home near Cauley Minnesota. A second ceremony joined Elizabeth Ann Condon and John B Zubaty in Savanna with Fr. Edward McIsaac officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Norma Jean Ginther
Wallace L. Lundgren
Edward A Kreppert
First Lutheran Church
Henry Ginther
Carroll Lundgren
George Lundgren
Cauley, Minn
Fred Hubbill
Gloria Ginther
Hetta Ginher
Jean Britz
Moline
Duane Lundgren
Cauley Minn
Linda Lindstrom
Lamoine DeSpain
Miss Ginther
Gordon Lundgren
Ted Beecher
Cauley
Mt. Carroll High School
Moline Public Hospital School of
Cauley High School
Camp Rucker
Ala
Arkansas
Savanna
St. John's Catholic Church
Elizabeth Ann Condon
Frank J Condon
Galena
John B. Zubaty
Frank Zubaty
Edward McIsaac
Gerald Krantz
Clinton
Iowa
Joseph Zubaty
Ducks Fueled by Plane Rally Lead to Arrest in Morrison
Ralph Williams of north of Fulton was fined 100 dollars and costs after being arrested Sunday evening on a charge of rallying and driving ducks with a plane. Five conservation officers observed him stirring up ducks near Dam 13 before the flight. Federal officers W C Conover and Morgan Wilson and state officers Hank Hannah Wendell Bergstrom and Mervin Howe witnessed the incident.
Hamilton Family News Dinner Guests in Lanark and Rockford
Mr and Mrs Richard Hamilton and son Neal of Rockford and Mrs Carrie Hartman of Lanark dined with Mr and Mrs Albert Hartman. Neal Hamilton just returned from Korea and has been discharged from the army. He left Tuesday to plan a new home in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens Andresen
Doris
Reka Hass
Clinton
New Zion Lutheran
Richard Hamilton
Neal
Rockford
Carrie Hartman
Lanark
Albert Hartman
Neal Hamilton
Korea
Arizona
Grand Jury Indicts Six as Court Opens at Carroll County
Carroll county grand jury returned true bills on Monday at the March term opening. Five men Charles Roberts Edward Hither Donald LeRoy Hartman Charles Hass and Robert Tomman face forcible rape charges with bonds of 1500 each and arraignment expected this week. Ralph L Johnson of Mt Carroll charged with burglary and larceny, held on 1000 bond after arrest during a store break in Mt Carroll. he reportedly confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Carroll
Carroll County
Charles Roberts
Edward Hither
Donald LeRoy Hartman
Charles Hass
Robert Tomman
Ralph L. Johnson
Mt. Carroll
Johnson
Brown Lynch Scott
Freeport Home Show Promises Galaxy of Entertainment
A Freeport Home Show from March 11 to 14 will feature TV radio and nightclub stars in seven or more stage shows. Highlights include Decca Recording stars the Madcaps Randy Brown and Texas Humoriat with Dol Jones providing background music. More than 100000 in home idea exhibits and prize giveaways including WFRL booth prizes valued over 1000. West and Maza humorists perform March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Madcaps
Decca
Randy Brown
Texas Humoriat
Ben
Frank Krehl
Krehl
Dol Jones
WFRL
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Charles Taylor
West
West & Maza
Marriage Licenses and Divorces Issued in Carroll County
Licenses to wed were issued in February from County Clerk W. M. Nipe to Raymond J. Jarecki and Lupe Mayger, and others including John Zubaty, Elizabeth Condon, William Nelson, Viola Paschal, James Ferris, and Pansy Darden. Eleven licenses were issued in February. Divorces granted include Martin DeSpain from Ivan DeSpain for cruelty, and Harrietta Whistler from Robert Whistler. Multiple property and name changes appear in the court records, with revocation of Pedro Gonzales Torres’s driver license for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Nipe
Raymond Joseph Jarecki
Memphis
Tenn
Lupe Mayger
Savanna
John B. Zubaty
Elizabeth Ann Condon
William Nelson
Lanark
Viola Paschal
James D. Ferris
Pansy Faye Darden
Robert L. Bracken
Carroll County
Martin J. DeSpain
Ivan L. DeSpain
Mt. Carroll
Harrietta B. Whistler
Robert Lee Whistler
Leon Zick
Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpentier
Pedro Gonzales Torres
Blackhawk
Still Searching For Men Believed Drowned In Mississippi
Two Iowa men William Davis aged 36 of Miles and Gerald Cling 24 of Preston are believed drowned after their plywood motorboat went missing while crossing the Mississippi between Savanna and Sabula Sunday. Train crew heard cries for help as they halted at Savanna, prompting a river search that continued through Tuesday with limited boats and colder weather. The boat was found Monday on the Illinois side several miles south of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mississippi River
Savanna
William Davis
Miles
Gerald Cling
Preston
Sabula
Illinois
Sterling Woman Hosts Overnight Guest
Mrs. Jesie Straub of Sterling was an overnight guest Saturday in the home of Mrs. Annie Straub. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Steger of Chicago were Saturday afternoon callers in the home of Mrs. Anna Eisfeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesie Straub
Sterling
Annie Straub
Conrad Steger
Chicago
Anna Eisfeller
Name Solicitors For Red Cross Fund Campaign
A Frank, chairman for Chadwick area of the annual Red Cross fund drive in March, announces rural solicitors as Mr. and Mrs. William Venhuizen, Boyd Handel, Carl Haag, George Knoess, Robert Geison, Mrs. Dwight Spearman, Mrs. Clayton Kaul, Mrs. Walter Geison, Alfred Zemke. Town solicitors include Mesdames Fred Olson, Reynold Lang, Charles Lewis, W. J. Schreiner, Melvin Stengel, John Magill, Walter Kahler, Edward Manning and G. Kness. Report completion urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Frank
Chadwick
Red Cross Fund
William Venhuizen
Boyd Handel
Carl Haag
George Knoess
Robert Geison
Dwight Spearman
Clayton Kaul
Walter Geison
Alfred Zemke
Fred Olson
Reynold Lang
Charles Lewis
W. J
Seek Blood Donors For March 18 Visit Of Bloodmobil
The Bloodmobil unit will be in Lanark on Thursday March 18 according to local Red Cross officials conducting the blood donor program. Local chairman for securing donors are Mrs Harold Stoner and Mrs Wayland Bennett of the Black Oak Grange. Anyone who wishes to give blood may contact one of these ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Red Cross
Harold Stoner
Wayland Bennett
Black Oak Grange
Minor Injuries in Two Accidents Reported
Savanna O ll ie Klanrud a 60 year old Burlington brakeman was struck by a car driven by Fred Oral Brown while crossing Main and Murray streets at 7 30 p m He was taken to Savanna city hospital with head injuries and a broken ankle Brown said he did not see him Howard Killinger 28 of Clinton suffered minor injuries when his 1951 model car hit the Milwaukee viaduct at 1 47 a m Saturday His car skidded on ice and he was treated at Savanna city hospital then discharged Mrs Robert Haag of Sterling and Mrs Anna Eisfeller hosted Saturday afternoon visitors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ollie Klanrud
LaCrosse
Wis
Burlington Railroad
Fred Oral Brown
Main
Murray Streets
Klanrud
Savanna City Hospital
Brown
Main Street
Howard Killinger
Pershing Blvd
Clinton
Milwaukee
County Plants Rabies Control Plan in Carroll County
On February 24 1954 the Carroll County livestock committee met with licensed veterinarians to organize a rabies control program under the new Illinois Rabies Control Statute. All dog owners must inoculate by June 1 1954 and annually thereafter with a $3 fee per dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Board of Supervisors
The
Board of Supervisors
State’s Attorney's Office
Mt. Carroll
H. C. Schultz
Ilinois Department of Agriculture
O. M. Bloyer
Howard Woessner
James Morgan
Rush Carroll
R. D. Johnson
Shannon
R. P. Swingley
R. W. Rawson
Milledgeville
G. C
Home Bureau Notes March 5 to 30 meeting schedule
County home economics sessions list weekly gatherings across Rock Creek Northern Lights Palisades and other communities from March 5 through March 12 with guest days token lessons and special activities. Play Day on March 30 features style show hat parade safety exhibit and anti worry programs plus parenting and grandparent topics per local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek Northern
Palisades
Place
Wm. Groezinger
West End
Clarence Appel
Hobart Smith
C. E. Carter
Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
Mississippi
Telvision
Soldier Returns From Korea With I Corps Service
Cpl Donald L Thulen en route to the United States after serving in Korea with I Corps. The Cannoneer in the 17th Field Artillery Battalion completed thirteen months in Korea. He is son of Mr and Mrs Irwin Thulen of East Moline and entered the Army in July 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Corps
Korea
Donald L. Thulen
Thelma
Lves
Savanna
Ill
U. S
17Th Field Artillery
Thulen
Wonn P. Thulen
Twentieth Ave
East Moline
Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Collier’s
Philip J. Hickey
Tess
Dhia
Cradle News
Marc
Tles
Teachers College
Chadwick News
Ray Polhill
Bowers
Condon
Zubaty
Court News
Florence V. Bailey
Webster J. Bailey
Jenks
Albert Johnson
Herman Gudema
O. T Shannon
Shelly's
Ray M. Truckenmiller
Helders
Shelly’s
Clarence Doty
Owen Klerkner
Ethan A. Blair
Arthur Stoner
Rock Creek
Keith Cunningham
Earl
Burkholder
Walter E. Armstrong
Robert W. Smith
Arthur L. Smith
Lee F. Heffelfinger
William Hussong
Miles H. Miller
York
Solomon Saidel
Marjorie Brophy
Cherry Grove
Irene S. Hall
Robert Haag
W. L. Derrer
L. W. Derrer
R. A. Latham
R. H. Anthony
Home Bureau
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!