Organize Salvage Program in Carroll County
A county salvage program to collect scrap iron and other waste materials for the war production effort was outlined in Carroll County. Ralph Fahrney of Milledgeville was named county chairman with a local committee listing Moon, Schleming, Stickell, Tompkins, Hoffman, and others. The plan aims to mobilize homes, farms, and stores to supply scrap through fair dealer pricing and authorized collectors, with six outlined functions and a priority list including scrap metal, waste paper, old rubber, and old rags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Defense Council
Ralph Fahrney
Milledgeville
Charles Moon
George Schleming
Chadwick
J. Y. Stickell
Thomson
Floyd Tompkins
Mr. Carroll
John Hoffman
Shannon
Oscar Brinkmier
Lanark
John Shaner
Savanna
Fahrney
Colector
Civilian Defense Council
Salvage For
Certificates to Purchase Tires Issued by County Board
The county tire rationing board released a weekly list of recipients. Obsolete tires and tubes were given to John B. Becker Mr. Carroll Paul B Farley Chadwick Morris McIntire Lanark. Implement tires and tubes went to John C. Jones Mt Carroll. Truck tires and tubes were issued to Irving Merkel Lanark Raymond Kraus George Baumgart Earl Wanna Milledgeville Law's Turkey Farm and Austin G Elliott Mt Carroll. Passenger car tires and tubes went to Albert J King. No certificates for retreading and recapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Tire Rationing Board
John B. Becker
Mr. Carroll
Paul B. Farley
Chadwick
Morris McIntire
Lanark
John C. Jones
Mt. Carroll
Irving Merkel
Raymond Kraus
George Baumgart
Earl W. Hanna
Milledgeville
Law
Turkey Farm
Austin G. Elliott
Albert J. King
Carroll County Tax Notices Sent To 10,845 Taxpayers
Carroll county taxpayers received 10,845 tax notices mailed Saturday from County Collector Lula M. Ross. Personal property tax and the first real estate installment are due by June 1 to avoid a one percent penalty. no second installment penalty unless unpaid after September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Lula M. Ross
CCC Enrollment Opens March 10 to 20
Nellie Goethe CCC selecting agent for Carroll Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties says March enrollment runs from the 10th to the 20th. Carroll county applications are being received at the commodity depot 120 W. Market Street Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Nellie Goethe
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson Counties
Carroll County
W. Market Street
Mt. Carroll
Precinct Committeeman Races Fill Carroll County Ballots
Twenty three Republicans filed petitions for precinct committeemen as Carroll County adds five Savanna precincts. Twenty committeemen will be elected per party. Democratic slate lists A E Sheridan and C G Hanna for York and Wysox respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Savanna Township
Washington
Glen Gillogly
Arthur D. Haag
Woodland
Freedom
Weddings in Mt Carroll Announce Several Marriages
Frances Jeanette Slick and Arthur L Williamson marry at Mt Carroll First Baptist parsonage with Rev R H Leitner officiating. Attendants are John Becken Keller and Alice Carboy. The couple plans to reside with Williamson's father after a wedding trip east. Also engagement announced for Betty Jane Parker and Donald A Miller with spring wedding planned. Additional notes list the marriages of Mildred Dickman and Carroll Kehoe, Lorraine Bilhorn and Roderick McClung, Doris Elizabeth Luton and Robert S Moore, Marian Elizabeth McNett and William Gray with ceremonies in Savanna and Mt Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Jeanette Slick
Arthur L. Williamson
Mt. Carroll
First Baptist Church of
R. H. Leitner
John Beckenkeller
Alice Carboy
Mr. Carroll
Harry Slick
Ay Williamson
John Parker
Savvanna
Betty Jane
Donald A. Miller
Miss Parker
Savanna
Savanna High School
Mr. Miller
Mt Carroll
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Mildred Dickman
Otto Dickman
Carroll Kehoe
James Kehoe
Savanna Methodist Church
A. E. Blomberg
Wilma LaShalle
Raymond Dean
Kehoe
Ordnance Depot
Bilhorn McClung
Lorraine I. Bilhorn
Anna Bilhorn
Roderick M. McClung
Virginia Oswald
Frederick Hoff
McClung
Spokane
Wash
John L. Brearton
A. W. McClung
Winslow
Ariz
Winslow High School
Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Calif
Iowa State College
Ames
Ordnance
Luton-Moore
Doris Eliabeth Luton
Bess Luton
Hamilton
Robert S. Moore
John A. Moore
Chestnut Park
U.S. Army
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Paine Field
Everett
Tom Fritz
Mt. Morris High School
Kable News Co
Gray
Mt. Carroll High School
Ward Fritz
County Sports Club Plans Election Tonight
Carroll County Sportsmen's club will hold its annual meeting and officer election at eight in the supervis ors' room of the courthouse. Members from Chadwick Thom son Shannon Milledgeville Lan ark Argona Savanna and Mt. Carroll are expected. Topics include pheasant and fish propagation programs for the county next year and 1941 records show 1025 pheasants and 165385 fish released through cooperative efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Sportsmen’s Club
Chadwick
Thomson
Shannon
Milledgeville
Lanark
Argona
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Maurice Schaut
County Board to hire a county nurse in Carroll
The Carroll county board of supervisors on Tuesday authorized the superintendent of schools committee to set up a county nurse service after reporting in favor of its establishment. The committee will work with the county superintendent of schools to arrange a qualified nurse, noting that army and navy needs may delay finding a suitable candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Board of Supervisors
Superintendent of Schools
County Superintendent of Schools
Army
Navy
Workman Dies Blasting Stumps at Savanna Ordnance
Wilton Bartell a 59 year old Galena resident was killed instantly when a stump fragment struck him during blasting on a road project at the Savanna Ordnance depot in Carroll County. Bartell ordered his crew to withdraw but was not far enough away. Coroner J B Schreiter ruled death a fractured skull from blasting. Survived by a son three daughters and a brother Guy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Bartell
Galena
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Army
Bartell
Ordnance Dept
Noone
Carroll County
J. B. Schreiter
Ordnance Depot
Hazel Green
Wis
Guy
Savanna Falls to Moline in Sectional Basketball
Savanna Township high school girls or boys basketball team lost to Rock Island, 38 to 31, in the opening round of the sectional cage meet at Moline, ending their bid for the regional title. Separately, James Merchant, 33, denied probation after pleading guilty to statutory rape. judge Leon A. Zuck, Mt Carroll circuit court, sentenced him to two years in state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Township High School
Rock Island High
Moline
James Merchant
Mr. Carroll
Leon A. Zuck
Mt. Carroll
Merchant
Inmates at Carroll County Farm Hold at Twenty Two
The Carroll County Farm reports as of March 1 1942 twenty two inmates with a yearly average near that figure. Per capita weekly cost of care is 5.82 with farm supplied foods included. Livestock, crops and storage details show substantial on site self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Kyle J. Turney
Board of Supervisors
Turney
the Houme
Court annex addition contract awarded at 14987
The public buildings committee reported one bid for a Mt Carroll courthouse annex. Cheeseman Construction of Freeport bid 14987 and won the contract amid material and labor shortages. Supervisors supported letting the contract to expand county records space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Public Buildings Committee
County Board
Cheeseman Construction Company
Freeport
Cheeseman Company
Chadwick
Buildings Committee
Newlyweds Surprised by Frugal Friday Shower
Mr and Mrs Paul Gaar were surprised at their Chadwick area home Friday evening when a group of friends gathered to present a shower of canned foods. The gift was given by Lanark residents Mr and Mrs Robert Carbaugh plus Harlan Handel Harold Stoner Lloyd Handel Boyd Handel Virgil Tomman William Provant Arletta Hartman Beth Kahler and Paul Turney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gaar
Chadwick
Robert Carbaugh
Lanark
Harlan Handel
Harold Stoner
Lloyd Handel
Boyd Handel
Virgil Tomman
William Provant
Arletta Hartman
Beth Kahler
Paul _ Turney
Carroll County Deaths Highlight Regional Obituaries
A string of obituaries from Carroll County notes deaths including John Albright 74 of Shannon at St. Francia Hospital Freeport and Mary Koeller 68 near Lanark. Also listed are Clyde Wingerd 52 Lanark Henry Brown 47 Savanna Ada Petrie 78 Mt Carroll and Ada Petrie’s funeral in Mt Carroll. Cemeteries include Brethren Shannon Eben Ezer Lanark Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albright
Shannon
St. Francia Hospital
Freeport
Albright
Evangelical Church
S. G. Eberly
Polo
Paul Church
Ogle County
Henry
Louise Albright
Cora Shirk
Frank Harmon
Lanark
Carl
Christina Schoen
Russell
Terre Haute
Ind
Collinsville
Paul
Eliabeth Harmon
Harrisburg
Dorothy Harmon
Louise Grove
Mary Koeller
George Katzenberger
Eben Ezer Church
Loran
Max Schroeder
Mary Schwarze
Fred Schwarze
August Koeller
Koeller
Eben Ezer Evangelical Church
Walter
August
Linden
Wis
Lawrence
Kent
Fred
Arnold
Savanna
Alvin
Mt. Carroll
Katzenberger
William Heid
John
Conrad
Portage
William
Louisa Hanken
Martha Kortner
Louis Schmertman
Clyde Wingerd
Frank
Church of the Brethren
Merle Hawbecker
Cherry Grove
Mr. Wingerd
A. C. Wingerd
Charles Bowers
Arthur Kniss
Robert Johnston
Henry Brown
Burns Park
J. B. Schreiter
Brown
Belleville
Ada Petrie
Caroline Mark
R. H. Leitner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Carroll DHIA hires first female tester in county
Miss S Janet Standish of Marengo becomes Carroll counties Dairy Herd Improvement Association's first woman tester. She began last week after a shortage of male testers due to the war. Associate Karl E Gardner notes other groups may follow, citing prior World War I practice and a Hancock McDonnell counties hire. Standish previously managed the grade Holstein herd at Elmer B Standish estate in McHenry County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
S. Janet Standish
Marengo
Karl E. Gardner
Miss Standish
Hancock-McDonnell Counties Association
Elmer B Standish
McHenry County
Fatal Accident Lawsuit Seeks Damages in Geneva Case
John Rastabrooks 21 of Milleineville files $10,000 claim in circuit court at Geneva against Paul Voos of Chlengs after a cattle truck collided with a milk trailer unit on July 1 near Aurora. Rastabrooks died. Eastabrooks alleges failure to place proper flares and warnings on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rastabrooks
Milleineville
Fia
Wil Rose
Bastabrooks
Geneva
Ibs
Paul Vos
Chlengs
Ite
Tetley
Ogden Avenue Highway
Aurora
Eastabrooks
Carroll County AAA airs March 17 on WROK with play There Is a Glory
Carroll County Triple A will broadcast at 3 p m Tuesday March 17 on WROK Rockford. The program features a play There Is a Glory with Mrs Lucile Rahn County Farmer Fieldman Lois Carol Zuck and others. Herman Duncler county chairman urges soybeans to boost acreage for the war effort and crop programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Triple A
WROK
Rockford
Mre
Lucile Rahn
Lois Carol Zuck
Frederick Nycum
Henry P. Rahn
Wysox-Elkhorn Grove
Herman Duncler
Far East
America
Ton-litter 4-H projects enroll youths in Illinois
Carroll county 4-H members join thousands statewide in a ton-litter project to boost pork production for 1942 war goals. Participants must farrow between Feb 1 and May 1 and meet ear-marking weighing and reporting deadlines. Two inspections occur at 56 days and 180 days. Local officials oversee judging and awards. Additionally, licenses issued in Savanna and Mt. Carroll, and a Mt. Carroll man jailed on vagrancy charges. Dorothy Rick granted a divorce in Mt. Carroll circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Roske
Dorothy Lucas Rick
Bert Rick
Mt. Carroll
Savanna Wins Regional Championship In Tight 26 25 Victory
Savanna edges Lanark 26 to 25 in the Mt Carroll regional final after leading 14 12 at halftime and fending off a late Lanark rally. Morrison beats Shannon 6 to 3 in the consolation. Savanna advanced through Forreston and Morrison en route to the title game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savana Township High
Edenbs
Nivhs
Rock Island High Wi
Moline
Lanark
Hich
Mt. Carroll
Molite
Savanna
Morrison
Shannon
Forreston
Lonark
Fulton
Forresten
Moarrison
Chadwick
Victory Garden registration under way in Chadwick area
Local Victory Garden committee opens registration for garden plots and land for community use. Blanks available at the bank lobby. chairs include Mrs. Beas Humbert Mrs. O. H. Rahn and Mrs. Albert Hartman. Instructions urge timely planning planting and sharing space with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Beas Humbert
O. H. Rahn
Albert Hartman
Victory Garden Club
Federal jury to report for duty Monday
Petit jurors from this vicinity must report for service in federal court at Freeport at 2 p m Monday March 16. Names include Bonnie Curley Ethel Demaree Thomson Ruth Moon Milledgeville Harry Wildey Mr Carroll Claude M Briggs Max Fulton Savannah Merle Edlund Carl Hammer Morrison Bruce Slaymaker Ful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Bonnie Curley
Ethel Demaree
Thomson
Ruth Moon
Milledgeville
Harry Wildey
Mr. Carroll
Claude M. Briggs
Max Fulton
Savanna
Merle Edlund
Carl Hammer
Morrison
Bruce Slaymaker
Ful
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GOP Ticket
Slick-Williamson
Dickman
County Sports Club
Workman
County Farm
Hire Woman
Carroll Dhia
Walter Watson
Lorraine I. Billhorn
George E. Sucher
Dorothy May van Buskirk
William Shoemaker
Trampion
Trims Lanark
Victory Garden
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