Self Reliance an Idea in Babson's Weekly Report
Babson Park Florida March 14 relief worldwide remains essential with UNRRA funds totaling 72 percent of aid. The piece urges continued support, warns of competing interests, and proposes raising funds via higher luxury taxes to avoid US overextension while nations strive for self sufficiency amidst hunger worldwide.
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Babson Park
Fla
UNRRA
U. S
Truman
Austria
Greece
Hungary
Poland
Italy
China
State Department
France
England
Canada
United States
Britain
Europe
Germany
India
MacArthur
Washington
Japan
Hoover
Riley
Savanna Veteran Harold Steen Named Carroll County Service Officer
Harold Steen of Savanna has been appointed Illinois Service Officer for Carroll County by Homer G. Bradney administrator of the Illinois Veterans Commission. Steen, a World War II veteran and vice commander of the local American Legion post, succeeds Lafe Sanders. The position supports veterans with benefits from state and federal programs through 140 county offices statewide. The commission office is at 101% West Market St Mt Carroll. Also attending a state convention are Mr and Mrs E H Gholson of Savanna at the Illinois Chiropractic Research Bureau meeting in Bloomington March 21 22 and 23.
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Harold Steen
Savanna
Illinois
Carroll County
Homer G. Bradney
Illinois Veterans Commission
Steen
Lafe Sanders
American Legion
Carroll County Service
The
Commission
Market St
Mt. Carroll
E. H. Gholson
Ilinois Chiropractic Research Bureau
Rogers Hotel
Bloomington
Owght H. Green
Service Recognition Board
Veterans
Downstate
Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Chicago
Cook County
Veterans’ Commission
Veterans ’Organizations
State Highway Police
Ilinois Veterans’ Commission
Illinois Veterans’ Commission Service
Veterans’ Organizations
Illinois veterans bonus applications go statewide
Governor Green announced a statewide distribution of about 1.5 million Illinois veterans bonus applications starting March 17. Downstate counties use Illinois Veterans' Commission offices, while Chicago and Cook County rely on Veterans' Commission offices and major veterans groups.
Sword Of Bunker Hill Initiation In Freeport
About 50 Master Masons from northern Illinois are expected to be initiated into the Sword of Bunker Hill at Paul Revere Lodge No 6 in Freeport. Commander in Chief Marvin Fairchild of Freeport will preside and Illinois officers will conduct the initiation. A dinner at 6:30 p m signals the evening start.
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Sword of Bunker
Death of Howard Petty in Mt Carroll area
Howard Petty 72 died at 4 30 p m Saturday March 15 at his Mt Carroll area home after two months of illness He was a Mt Carroll native longtime farmer and former Mt Carroll high school board president Survived by widow Elsie Devine three daughters Mrs Thomas O Neal Mrs Albert Garland Mrs Lawrence Adolph a son Howard Petty Jr and brother Harry Petty Funeral held at 2 p m Tuesday at Frank funeral chapel with Rev Frank Countryman officiating burial in Oak Hill cemetery
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Howard Petty
Mt. Carroll
Frank
Mr. Petty
John
Margaret Petty
Board of Education
Mt. Carroll High School
Elsie Devine
Thomas O'Neal
Albert Garland
Mr. Carroll
Lawrence Adolph
Chadwick
Howard Petty, Jr
Urbana
Harry Petty
California
Petty
Frank Countryman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Milledgeville Woman Dorothy Shirk Dies at 48
Doroty Shirk aged 48 of Milledgeville died March 12 at Sterling public hospital after morning admission. Funeral held in Milledgeville Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Van Zen officiating. burial in Lanark cemetery. Survivors include her parents John and Carrie Shirk and two brothers Cecil and Loran.
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Dorothy Shirk
Milledgeville
Sterling Public Hospital
Milledgeville Methodist Church
Paul van Zen
Lanark Cemetery
William Maxfield
Old Rugged Cross
Elizabeth Overholser
Walter Schryver
A. H. Wagner
G. A. Boyd
L. H. Wetzell
G. H. Wolber
A. H. Wager
E. S. Wagner
L. H. Wetzel
J. H. Kimmel
W. A. Litwiller
Shirk
John
Carrie Shirk
Cecil
Minneapolis
Jessie Chaffee 77 Elkhorn Grove resident dies at Sterling Rest Home
Mss Jessie Chaffee, longtime Elkhorn Grove township resident, died at 4 a m Friday at Sterling Rest home where she had lived since December. Funeral services were held Sunday at Shirk funeral chapel Milledgeville with Rev Fred Meyer of the Brick church officiating and burial in Union Cemetery. Born August 24 1869 at Hitt she helped in the local post office when it opened in 1890. She is survived by two nieces and two nephews. her parents a brother and three sisters preceded her in death.
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Jessie Chaffee
Elkhorn Grove Township
Sterling Rest Home
Shirk Funeral
Milledgeville
Fred Meyer
Brich Church
Union Cemetery
Miss Chaffee
William W
Lucinda Chaffee
Hitt
Charles Barnhart
Thomas Bordanos
Deroit
Mich
Harry Buffington
Polo
Morton Buffington
Forreston
Chadwick 4-H Boys Adopt 1947 Work Program
Chadwick 4-H club members adopt their 1947 work plan at a March 18 meeting in the high school. John Janssen reported as program chairman. Sixteen members answered roll with project facts. Talks covered cattle disease, beef calves, swine projects, 4-H requirements and emblem. A film, volleyball and refreshments followed. Next meeting set for April 16.
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Chadwick
John Janssen
Earl Stewart
Jack Janssen
Ned Hartman
Donald Gordon
Carol Schreiner
Local Visitors and Hospital Discharge Report
Chadwick Nee visited the Frank Kness home with Mrs. Wesley Kness of Thomson. Arthur Lott Jr. was discharged last Thursday from Hines hospital. Mrs. Donald Brand and her son from Downers Grove visited Ed Mest’s home from Wednesday to Sunday, with Mr. Brand arriving Friday evening and returning Sunday.
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Wesley Kness
Thomson
Frank Kness
Arthur Lott Jr
Hines Hospital
Donald Brand
Downers Grove
Ed Mest
Brand
Gateway Classic Track Meet Set for May 2 at Clinton Tow a
The Gateway Classic Track and Field meet will be held in Clinton Iowa on May 2 1947. Invitations have been sent to 25 schools in Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin. The event features Class A and B divisions with regular events plus relays medals for winners and two donated trophies.
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Clinton
Towa
Iliois
Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce of
ROS
Clinton Herald
Neet
Davenport
Dubuque
Loras
Edar Rapids
McKinley
Davenport St. Ambrose
Freeport
Ill
Anamosa
DeWitt
Clinton Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Om Town
Chadwick
Fulton
Morrison
Mt. Carroll
Orion
Savanna
Sterling
Community
Stockon
Ilnois
Ilona
St. Ambrose
Maquo- Seta
Marion
Wilson
Colfax
Ilinois
Geneseo
Stering
Tampico
Stockton
Galva
Sycamore
Ere
Oron
Aurora
West High
la Salle Peru
Mary Smith 66 Dies in Mt Carroll Funeral Set
Mrs. Mary Smith died at 7 a m Sunday at her Mt Carroll home. Funeral services were held at 3 30 p m Tuesday at Frank funeral home with Rev James A Foard and Rev Frank Countryman officiating. Burial followed in Oak Hill cemetery. She was born December 16 1880 in Galena and lived much of her life in Mt Carroll. Survived by two sons Claude Glen Ellyn and Sackett Mt Carroll, three grandsons and a sister Maude Pickhardt of Chicago. Preceded in death by husband John P Smith.
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Mary Smith
Mt. Carroll
Frank
James A. Foard
Elgin
Frank Countryman
Oak Hil Cemetery
Claude
Glen Ellyn
Sackett
Maude Pickhardt
Chicago
John P. Smith
Death of Andrew J. Kingery longtime Mt Carroll resident
Andrew J. Kingery 81 longtime Mt Carroll resident died Friday March 14 after a heart ailment. He served as mayor and was alderman of his ward. Surviving are his widow five daughters three sons and a brother. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm with Rev W Lyons officiating at Oak Hill cemetery Mt Carroll. Burial followed in Oak Hill. Leo E Robbe mayor and city council pallbearers. Kingery born July 6 1865 at Mt Carroll to David and Elizabeth Engery. He lived much of his life in the community and married Martha Kuhn in 1884. He moved to the city in 1914 and farmed earlier. He was a German prior to mayoral election. He leaves five daughters Mrs George Beck Mrs John Freeman Mrs Albert Derver Mrs Fred Noble Mrs Ada Swalley and three sons J W Kingery Charles E Kingery and Theodore Kingery. A brother M Kingery of Chadwick also survives.
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Andrew J. Kingery
Mr. Carroll
C. M. Kingery
Chadwick
Clinton, Iowa
Frank
Mt. Carroll
Wiliam Lyons
Oak Hill
Leo E. Robbe
Mr. Kingery
Dancer
George Beck
Buffalo
N. Y
John Freeman
Milledgevile
Albert Derver
Lanark
Fred Noble
Ada Swalley
Cedar Rapis
J. W. Kingery
Charles E. Kingery
Pheodore
M. Kingery
Handel Hostess Leads Yeast Breads Lesson at Home Bureau
Fair Haven Home Bureau met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Harlen Handel's home. The major lesson on Yeast Breads was led by the hostess and Mrs. Boyd Handel, with a minor lesson on New Vegetables by Mrs. Frank Stulzman.
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Fair Haven Home Bureau
Harlen Handel
Boyd Handel
Frank Stulzman
Public Aid Advisory Committee Meeting Scheduled
The Carroll County Public Aid Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday March 20 at 7 30 p m at its office in the Theatre Building Mt Carroll The program includes a report by Paul Van Zee Milledgeville on his trip to Springfield.
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Carroll County Public Aid Advisory Commttee
Theatre Bldg
Mt. Carroll
Paul van Zee
Milledgeville
Springfield
Car Overturns Near Chadwick While En Route To Funeral
A car driven by Mr. Hinrichs of Lanark overturned on a blacktop road near the Henry Miller farm east of Chadwick. Mrs. Alfred Hinrichs, a child, and Mrs. Sadie North escaped injury as the vehicle struck a tele phone pole while they were headed to Chadwick for funeral services for Robert Turney.
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Alfred Hinrichs
Sadie North
Lanark
Hinrichs
Henry Miller
Chadwick
Robert Turney
Henry Miller to Receive Skelly Award for Agriculture
Henry Miller of Carroll County Illinois will receive the W G Skelly Award for Superior Achievement in Agriculture at a breakfast Saturday. Miller built soil conservation on his farm through terracing lime use crop rotation and demonstration work with the CCC enabling high yields and sustained production.
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Chicago
Henry Miller
Carol County
Illinois
America
W.G. Skelly
Miller
Henry
Edwin
Woodland
Miller's
Carroll County
The
Lutheran Church
Farm Bureau
Soil Conservation District
U.S
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Company
Lloyd Burling
NBC
Pension and ADC payments show increases in Illinois
State Auditor C. Lueder reports February old age pension payments totaling 4,952,085 and ADC payments of 1,921,654, both higher than January. County figures list Carroll and Whiteside with hundreds benefited and thousands paid, including 280 pensions and 9,508 to Carroll and 757 pensions and 30,331 to Whiteside. dependent children counts show 46 in Carroll.
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C. Lueder
Illinois
Carroll
Whiteside
Crroll
Carroll County Court Sees Indictments and Property Transfers
County records show six grand jury indictments with seven named individuals after a jail inspection found the facility in good condition. In divorce actions Judge George C. Dixon granted Elsie M. Myers a divorce from Alvin B. Myers and Sherman Tipton a divorce from Myrtle Tipton.
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Carroll County
Ccrcuit
George C. Dixon
Elsie M. Myers
Alvin B. Myers
Savanna
Sherman Tipton
Myrtle Tipton
Mt. Carroll
Lloyd Sunbom
Lanark
Carlos Carson
Shannon
Frank Schroeppel
Carroll
Eugene Johnson
Norbert Mangler
Johnson
Mangler
Nine Supervisors Unopposed For Re election In Town Elections
Nine of the seven Carro]] count) supervisors face no opposition as terms expire in spring elections on April 1. The only contest is in Fair Haven where Elmer H Zugschwerdt is opposed by Ernest Remmers. Wysox has Melville McKean as sole candidate after O Crom declines. Other unopposed include Arthur D Haas Washington township G E Redding ton Shannon F E Kinney Mt Carrol George Mest Savanna and R W Carroll York.
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Fair Haven
Elmer H. Zugschwerdt
Ernest Remmers
Wysox
O. Crom
Melville McKean
Arthur D. Haas
Washington Township
G. E. Reddington
Shannon
FE. P. Kinney
Mt. Carroll
George Mest
Savanna
R W. Carroll
York
Adolf Doden
Fulton Loses to Kewanee in Sectional Tilt
Fulton high school's Steamers fell 62 to 44 to Kewanee in sectional play at Moline on Thursday night. Kewanee advanced to beat Rock Island 65 to 47 the next day. The state tournament draws and schedule were announced with pairings for March 20 and March 22 including Flora Collinsville Pekin Marseilles Decatur Dundee and Champaign in early rounds.
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Fulton High School
Kewanee
Moline
Rock Island
Champaign
Former Resident Receives DAR Award in Sterling
Miss Carol Moyer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray T Moyer of Sterling and former Fair Haven resident, is selected for the 1947 D A R award at Sterling township high school. Selection cites leadership service patriotism truthfulness cooperation personality unselfishness honesty punctuality and responsibility by senior girls and faculty. She serves as vice president of the senior class and participates in the annual staff student council Red Cross council and parish club. The Good Citizenship pin and certificate will be presented by the Sterling chapter this spring and she may compete for the state award.
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Carol Moyer
Ray T. Moyer
Sterling
Fair Haven
Sterling Township High School
Miss Moyer
Red Cross Council
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wll
Carroll Boy Guards Okinawa Basketball Championship Team
Pvt. Maynard E. Decker, assigned to the motor transportation section of RYKOM, plays guard for the undefeated Mountain Goat team that won the 316th Bomb Wing playoff to claim the Okinawa title. The squad competes in Manila, seeking the Philadelphia campaign title. Decker, 18, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Decker of Route 1, MeDerroth, LD.
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Maynard E. Decker
Rykom Military
Manila
P. L
Phillycom
Decker
Louis Decker
Route No. 1
Derroth
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J Kingery
ST. Carroll
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George C. Keim
Edwin F. Keim
Salem
Roy H. Fritz
Harold A. Fritz
Freedom
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George H. Keim
Arthur T. Sisler
James Havorka
Alvin Reiff
Ardell O. Kennedy
Harold Greenleaf
Hilda A. Riddle
Willam Albert
Fred C. Rhode
George A. Kehl
Kenneth A. Sisler
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Emmett Add
J. Phillip Sturtz
Earl M. Sturtz
James O. Sarber
LeRoy F. Smith
Lina
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Plumer
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Inga Teeters
Lena Moring
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Cary
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Richard K. Peterson
Robinson
George C. Lamp
Charlen W. Hartman
Earl B. Orcutt
Martin C. Ginier
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Guy F. Mayer
Paul W. Schember
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Helen D. Wilkin
Cherry Grove
Reuben Wilkin
John P. Brennan
Lawrence A. Frederick
John H. Dollinger
Floyd D. Zuck
Delmar L. Fickinger
Lima
Ralph M. Flickinger
Clarence E. Dean
Rock Creek
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Pekin
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