Carroll County Chatter on Rural Life and Events
The column lists a string of local residents and dates from March 2 to March 21 across Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Thomson Thom son Shannon Shannon Rochelle Rochelle North Pekin Mount Carroll and Mont Carrol. It includes notices of people visiting programs and community updates and references to a Farm extension page with farming tips and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Koertner
Lanark
Charles Burkholder
Cecil Green
Mt. Carroll
Cid Libberton
Arliss Andresen
Chicago
Charles Larson
Chadwick
Ruth Baranski
DeKalb
Millard Cate
Thomson
Ivan McGinnis
Hanover
Esther Schmaling
Florence Frank
Charles H. Aude
Kathleen Litwiller
Milledgeville
Jimmy Dornbush
Michael Senneff
Harold Manning
Austin Lartz
Patrick Spillane
North Pekin
John Simpson
Allen Sikkema
Fulton
Richard Schreiner
Nald Geary
Dallas
Herman E. Aude, Jr
Ellis Applegate
K. W. Senneff
John Haugh
Franklin Smith
Robert Gray
Geneva
Dorvan Rolston
Clinton
Everett Eslinger
Clin
Robert Carbaugh
Lan
D. M. Gleason
Washington
Marcia Lynn Halfman
Joe Remarey
Mr. Carroll
Glen Unger, Jr
Polo
Calvin Eslinger
Randall Downs
James Blair
Lyndon
E. J. Meyer
Floyd Hartman
4-H Club Quiz Questions from Carroll Co Column
A quiz by Earl D. Gilliland lists ten 4-H questions with multiple choice answers on membership growth leaders clubs and projects. It asks about total members since 1914 and the most popular agricultural projects among youth in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl D. Gilliland Carroll Co
University of Illinois
4-H
U. S
Finland
Turkey
Libya
Ryuku
Camping Growth Driven by Nature Contact and 4-H Expansion
The text notes rising camping interest as people seek closer contact with nature. Sears reports air mattresses as top sellers, signaling broader outdoor activity growth. The White Eagle 4-H Camp in Illinois expands its nature focused program to serve more 4-H members and utilize rugged camp settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Illinois
The Barn and Hay Mow Hold Court Over Rainy Day Fun
A farm raised child loves the barn as a refuge and favorite rainy day playground. The hay mow is highlighted as the best spot for playful moments when weather turns foul.
Land Prices Rise in Northwestern Illinois Farms
A study by Carroll County Farm Adviser Byron Hutchins notes farmland values up 68 percent since 1950 while net farm income stayed nearly constant. Factors include neighbor bidding, nonfarm buyers, and inflation fears, with interest on mortgages at 5–6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Hutchins
Carroll County
University of Illinois
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Robert Geison
Joe Engles
Raymond Coble
Gilbert Holland
Michael Adolph
Sally Bushman
Deloris Wilt
Donald Adams
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Cynthia Ann Young
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Justin Merchant
Herman Daehler
Neal Doden
Villa Park
Elwyn Allison
Sterling
Mabel Alexander
Chad
Electrical Union
New York
Freeport
Cora Fink
Verna E. Heisler
Shannon
Martin Peterson
C. R. McCue
Savanna
Fred Goble
Brice Cook
Beverly Weber
Donald Knauer
Elizabeth
Winston Mattes
Lena
Raymond Adolph
Albert Brown
Robert Davis
Rolin Artman
Marian Deets
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Keith Kniss
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Mutual OF
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Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association
Omohe
Nebraska
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Soil Bank
Rock Creek Grange
Jack Busch
Pol. Adv
Harry H
Garden Plain Mutual Fire
Lee W. Rogers
E. Lincoln
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Dan
Weidman
Mr. Rogers
Poland
China
Donald W. Lang
Beloit, Wis
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Highway 30
Red Cedar
Highway 20
West Edge of
Savanna Savings Building
Main Street
Howard B
Republican
Railroad and Trucking Co
Furn
Decker’s Auction House
Don Ebersole
East Third Street
Rock Falls, III
Melvin Haak
Blacktop
Ford
Kansas Wheat Fields
Savanna Livestock Sales
Max Garman
John Breuning
Teeter & Son, Auctioners
O. P. Miles