Carroll County News Teems With Local Happenings and Plans
Farmers push fieldwork amid wet ground and near impassable roads as Mill edgeville funeral is postponed to Monday. Mt Carroll store adds space while locals discuss ducks hunting, timber work, concert plans, and a hoped for outdoor film show. Village trustees race widens with new petitions and local chatter about crops, crimes, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Colehuur Bros
Mt. Carroll
Tony Miles
Thorson
Mareveen
Thomson
Jake Stickel
Wilbur
Tax figures and community notes from York township
York township voters face a 1938 tax levy rise to 37 797 95 from 30 204 49 as road gravel bonds and building costs drive higher bills. The piece details township and county tax changes for 1937 to 1938, school district increases, livestock value shifts, delinquent taxes, and a local library and social event report with community improvements and a school room update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Congress
Roosevelt
York
Thomson
York Community
Township
Argo- Fu
War Department
Milwaukee
Webster Lumber Co
C H S News Looks Back at Spring Examinations
Examinations end with honors listed for Alfred Geiger Clara Pelle Miner Mary Miner Joseph Gener Maxine Aitken Viola liner Harriet Aitken Lucille Geiger Alyce Debeith among eighth and seventh graders. *Includes Lost items rewards and a lively note on school events Visiting Day and Photostring photos.*
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruht
Junior Aitken
Pupia
Rall
Alfred Geiger
Clara Pelle Miner
Mary Miner
Joseph Gener
Maxine Aitken
Violaliner
Hauriet Aitken
Lucille Geiger
Alyce Debe Fiith
Sis
Libbie H. Rupple
Cachet
Carroll County Platform Highlights 1939 Review
The Carroll County platform lists five aims including establishing a Milledgeville bank and extending Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40. It calls for efficient town village and county officers and reducing expenses, promoting community competitive sports, and portraying Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen’s Paradise
Birthday notices list names by date and town
A fragmented listing of people with birthdays and hometowns clustered by date. Names appear with towns such as Fulton Lanark Thomson Chadwick Milledgeville Coleta Morrison Savanna and DeKalb plus dates March 15 17 19 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Jane Veeckel
Chadwick
Virjean Begeman
Milledgeville
Lee Plock
Lanark
J. L. Hoak
Eber Shepherd
Mt. Carroll
Virginia Kramer
Thomson
Alvin Bielema
Grand Rapids
Mich
Marian Deets
Roslin Artman
R. A. Dickenson
Harold Winker
Louis Thompson
Clinnton
Clarence Bolhous
Cecil King
Delia Melendy
Mayme Muimmert
Paul Wilt
Detroit
Chas. Moon
Robert Paul
Lyle Straub
Paul Mackey
Henry Eugene Voeckel
Billie Flickinger
Jack Chambers
Lois Hawking
Frank Sardam
Fulton
Robert Atherton
Austin Lartz
Florence Frank
Carroll
Pat Cate
Jimmie Green
Peter Sikkema
Ivan McGinnis
Esther Schmaling
Argo
Arliss Anderson
Helen Zissler
Sid Libberton
Mr. Carroll
Chas
Largon
Ruth Barauski
DeKalb
Henry Keil
Eugene Meliinay
Jemina Weigle
Shirley Jane Blackburn
Savanna
Allen Stkkema
John Simpson
Richard Schreiner
Marian Hanna
Irene Teets
Don Geary
Dallas Baylor
Willard Ballard
Morrison
Marilyn Carpenter
Evelyn Ashpole
Joe Deets
Coleta
D. R. Weed
Richard Weed
Mary Jo Mohrman
Dewayne Adam Kahler
Robert Guy Morden
Betty Buntley
Milledgevile
Donald Potter
Thomason
Everett Eslinger
Arlene Smith
Don Brand
Downers Grove
Phyllis Elaine Schneider
Chad
Robert Carbaugh
Argo-FA News Briefs From Morrison Area
Argo residents report Mrs. Raymond Carroll visiting Morrison with daughter Mrs. Vernon Dearing and family. A Joe Larson car collided near Vinegar Hill. no injuries though both vehicles were damaged. Frank Manning Collie dog died, praised as beautiful and intelligent. Wayland Bennett sprained ankle, on crutches briefly. Miss Thelma Schick, Argo teacher, among those stuck in mud Tuesday morning. Cecil King lost a recently purchased horse. Railroad crew departed after weeks here. A short train and men moved to Fox Lake. Creek barricade at 171 and 78 shows unique design drawing notice from State Engineers. Hoch Dale of Millview starts a produce station at his mill site on 78 with Leslie Durward assisting. Warmer spell thaws roads, making travel hazardous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Carroll
Morrison
Vernon Dearinger
Joe Larson
Iglinton
Vinegar Hill
Frank Manning Collie
Thig
Wayland
Buzz) Bennett
Thelma Schick
Argo
Cecil King
Fox Lake
Hoch Dale
Millview
Leslie Durward
Mirror meaning puzzles junior learns clean face
Reflection teacher prompts students about seeing cleanliness. Junior answers by pointing to the towel as the item used to check if the face is clean. The brief exchange uses a playful misunderstanding to highlight practical thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
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Johnny Brown
Websters
Nevada
George Kramer
Val Boerner
L. E. Bruch
Dixon
Neal Stanley Doden
Chester Alexander
Ruby Allison
Penrose
E. J. Meyer
Tt. C
Dial
Will Fink
Roy Queckhoerner
Sharpe
Mary
Vila
Fee Vy
Sheed
Chen
Floyd Johe
Daris
Earl
C.H.S
Dee van Ol
Dusty Axhoo
Tang
Orm Hele
Lana Sitar
Hlinais
Ricultural
Bircha Library
Marta S7
Wheeler
Review
Dac Saunders
SIKTY
the Village Echo
Thomson, Broadax
Thomson, Review
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Ilinois
Office of Publication
Iinois
Happy
W. L. Derrer
G. H. Thompson
Oxygen
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Gullinois Utilities
Groharing
Mgr
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Galena Street
Jersey
Guernsey
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Frits
Owen Miles, Clark
Lewis Motorco
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Emery Wales
Lanark, T
National Assection
Thomson Rendering Works
Ill
Pape Funeral Home
Town
Ilinois
Pershing Blvd
Clinton, IA
Beck and Wall
Northwestern
Illinois
Hunt
Fytton
Lincely Way
Cash
Caziali Diaby
Mt. Correil
Fulton Paint & Paper
A. Faber
Assntmeri
Linchlinway
Fyitos
Ott
M. C
M. C. Crouse
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