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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
1
The column questions postponed registration for sugar ration books and ponders how rationing will be implemented. It notes tire rationing, price ceilings on pork and used tires, a 40 mph speed limit proposal, and discusses tractor and farming needs amid shortages. The piece also endorses Franklin J Stransky for the Illinois Supreme Court seat in the sixth district.
Sugar rationing registration in Carroll county will be directed by Lawrence E. Brudi with the county rationing board. All elementary teachers and volunteers will serve as registrars to card every man woman and child. Legion Auxiliary workers sort and package 75 300 pieces of registration material for distribution. Registration may take four days and dates remain unknown. recent notice suggested it might occur soon but may be delayed. Mr and Mrs John Doty and others were dinner guests of Roy Queckboerner.
Earl L. Wilson, 61, retired railroad switchman, was found dead in a gas filled Savanna apartment. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. He sat beside the stove with gas jets open. his family reported long absence and the body showed several hours after death. He left three daughters, a son, two grandchildren, and two brothers. Funeral services were held in Galena.
Tenants of the Craig Manor government housing project at Hanover will elect officers next Sunday after a meeting last Sunday. Two slates of officers were named by a committee, and tenants will ballot on these to form a tenant organization to plan improvements in the housing unit.
Moline High defeated Rock Island 41 to 28 to win the sectional and reach the state finals in Champaign. They beat Lanark 46 to 35 and Sterling Township 38 to 24 to advance and will face Freeport in the seventh game of the state tournament with a schedule listing Urbana Paris Streator Normal Wood River etc.
Charles F. Moon of Milledgeville was elected president of the Carroll county Sportsmen's club at a Mt. Carroll meeting. Fred Goble of Milledgeville was chosen secretary treasurer succeeding Edwin Flickinger. The group discussed a Lanark fish fry and plans for pheasant brood pens, with doubt over relocating the Savanna ordnance depot setup this year.
Announcement of the marriage three weeks ago of Pfe. Stanton Kensinger of Mt. Carroll to Miss Winnifred Kreitzer of Els worth. Kensinger is believed stationed with the U S army. The bride, Elsworth High School and Frances Shimer College graduate, is returning home. Kensinger was an early inductee under the selective service act. Lanark area reports also recall the marriage of Miss Gladys Monn to Bruce Butler at Webster Grove Missouri on March 8 with Rev. Ervine Inglis officiating. The couple left for a wedding trip in Missouri and Illinois.
Carroll County is named a health defense zone among 19 Illinois counties designated last week by Dr. R. R. Cross state health director. The health department in these zones is empowered to establish full-time local health departments and extend health services to municipalities on request.
The Rock Creek Grange met at the Co C Hall with strong attendance and visitors from other granges. Lucile Rahn spoke on agriculture's role in wartime, urging morale, fitness, and sacrifice for the American way of life, followed by films from Decatur. Also urged labor sharing, family duties on farms, and energy efficient farming to aid war needs and even scrap drives to build battleships.
Mrs Frank Foltz of Mt Carroll received a welcome birthday cablegram Sunday from her son Everard in the U S navy. It was his first message since Feb 10 noting he was safe and well from a Pacific station.
New members of the Carrell County Farm Bureau will be entertained at a Monday evening banquet at 7 30 in the Farm Bureau hall Mt Carrell.
Republicans of the sixth judicial district will nominate a candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court at Oregon on April 9 when delegates from 12 counties meet at 1 30 p m. Four candidates seek the seat now held by Justice Elwyn R Shaw Freeport elected 1955. Leading contenders include Franklin J Stransky Savanna William J Fulton Sycamore Frank K E Maynard Rockford and David Joslyn Woodstock. Carroll county pledges its entire delegation to Stransky.
Kenneth Pat Wilkerson 34, former Carroll postmaster, was sentenced by Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward to one year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to fictitious payroll entries. He obtained under $100 and made restitution, refusing probation to avoid harming morale at area post offices. Wilkerson cried as he left the Freeport courtroom. he is married with two sons and had a previously solid reputation.
Mrs Mollie Diehl 62 of Milledgeville died in Dixon hospital Monday at noon. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p m at South Elkhorn church with Rev George Meyer officiating. Burial in South Elkhorn cemetery. Born July 1879 in Elkhorn Grove township daughter of George and Barbara Rog er McElhaney. Survived by son Bryant and sister Mrs Harry Peugh of Sterling. Member of Methodist church.
Two Frances Shimer College students will take leading roles at the Midwest International Relations club conference March 27 and 28 at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie Indiana. Laura Molina of Mexico City will present Changes in Latin America and Mexican Attitude Toward Hemispheric Solidarity. Jeannette Hostetter will speak on What the Peace Should Mean for Youth. Sue Miles of this city and Jane Horne of Madison Wisconsin will also attend with Prof C A Millspaugh.
Yenias Espinoza and Justo Nirsello, both of Savanna, jailed 60 days and fined 1 each after pleading guilty to larceny of coal. Ebeo Kent of Hanover also pleaded guilty to larceny of money, fined 1 and four months in jail. Indicted March 2 by grand jury, all appeared before Judge George C. Dixon.其他 items include a dismissed case for Alfred Damman and a marriage license for Willard G. Bunday and Bernading R. Randall. Sheriff attended FBI school. Savings from Commercial State Bank of Savanna assets sold for 501, book value over 40,000. Various land deeds and transfers listed for Mt. Carroll, Savanna, Milledgeville, York, and other areas.
Vital statistics show 23 births in February with nine girls and 14 boys, plus one March birth. Eight deaths were recorded in the period, with two occurring in early March, including residents of Savanna, Hanover, Maquoketa, and other towns.
Local women plan attendance at the 15th district federation convention in Rock Falls on Thursday April 16 Registration begins at 9 am Program highlights include talks by Mrs Brinkman state defense chairman Mrs R S Johnson state conservation chairman and Mrs Ruth Merrick of Dixon on Peace After the War Art exhibits organized by district art chairman Mrs D A Stenmark of Polo Noon lunch by Christian and Lutheran churches and a 6 o clock banquet at the Methodist church Followed by the junior night program.
No injuries were reported after a collision Monday morning at the junction of routes 64 and 78 in Mt Carroll. Howard Imel of Mt Carroll drove a westbound truck that was hit by a car driven by Mrs F P Crawford of St Charles as she turned from the south onto Route 64. The wreck occurred about 11 30 a m.
The Farm Security Administration closed its second county loan this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shafer received the loan to purchase a 104 acre farm in Lima township about half a mile south of Brookville from Miss Ida Paul of Polo. The Shafters have moved to their new property.
Leonard Koser of Savanna suffered a broken leg when his car rolled over several times Sunday night near the Frank Warfield home on route 171 south of Argona. He was taken to Savanna hospital as Deputy Sheriff Carlos Johnson investigated the crash. the vehicle sustained heavy damage.
Unofficial Carroll county list shows 22 registrants assigned Order Nos 1 to 22 from the first 150 serials drawn in the national draft lottery. The top number 441 belongs to Frederick R. Calvert of Mt. Carroll. other entries include Carroll A Tripp Milledgeville and Robert P Newland Savannah among 20 additional names and serials from Mt. Carroll Savanna Milledgeville and Thomson.
Carroll county will host the fourth annual school music festival on Friday April 17 in the Mt. Carroll high school auditorium. George Costley Shannon high school music instructor and general chairman notes guest conductors Russell Harvey De La Salle high school Chicago will direct the massed bands and Spencer Green Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington will direct the massed choruses. Both conductors previously led the festival two years ago.
Frances Shimer college in Mt. Carroll will stage its annual Easter pageant Sunday night March 22 at 7 30 in the college gym. The combined glee club chapel singers and dramatic department will present the Easter story with scripts by Madame Gilderoy Scott and Miss Faye Kingsbury who also direct. Soloists include Miss Ann McKnight and Misses Ruth Bennett Colleen Hawk Jacquline Gay. The glee club of about 75 will provide chorus and most action will be pantomime with tableaus. The pageant is scheduled early as students leave for spring holidays March 27.
The county tire rationing board issued certificates for tires and tubes to residents and firms. Obsolete tires and tubes were allotted to Harold E. Douglas of Savanna, two tires and two tubes. Implement tubes went to William Frederick Meyer of Chadwick, one tube. Track tires and tubes were issued to multiple individuals including Charles Engels of Lanark (two tires, one tube) and Fred Nesemeier of Shannon (two tires, two tubes) among others. Firms such as Canning Co. of Lanark received four tires and four tubes.
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