Streamlined culverts and safer roads proposed
The state highway department plans to remove concrete culvert abutments from highways and replace them with streamlined structures with shoulder-aligned elevations. Wooden posts with reflector buttons will warn drivers, reducing collisions. The column also notes changes may come to state basketball tournament formats and reflects on wartime reporting and scented newspaper speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Ernst Lieberman
Auto overturn at Lanark injures local official
J. W. Erdmeier of Shannon who chairs Carroll county agricultural conservation committee suffered a minor shoulder injury when his car skidded and turned on its side near Lanark. Sanay Moyer and Homer Geison of Chadwick, who rode with him, were unhurt. A free Christian Science lecture will be held at Community Church in Savanna on Friday April 5 at 8 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Erdmeier
Shannon
Carroll County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Lanark
Sanay Moyer
Homer Geison
Chadwick
Free Christian Science
Community Church
Savanna
Carroll County to Host 26 Census Enumerators
Twenty six enumerators will be assigned to Carroll county for the population census starting Tuesday April 2 from district census headquarters in Freeport. The 26 are among 233 named for the 15th district covering Carroll Whiteside Jo Daviess Stephenson Lee and Ogle counties. A training school is held at the Sterling Coliseum with sessions beginning 9 am Wednesday. Enumerators will be paid by names listed and farms schedules completed, likely earning four to five dollars per day. Carroll will have the fewest workers among district counties. Stephenson leads with 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Freeport
15Th
Carroll, Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Stephenson, Lee
Ogle
Sterling
Ihem
Stephenson
Whiteside
Lee
Jo Davies
Republicans To Meet In Mount Carroll Friday
Carroll county Republican central committee members will meet Friday evening March 2 in the courthouse at Mt. Carroll. Also invited are Young Republicans and county office candidates. Coffee and doughnuts will be served after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Republican Central Committee
Mt. Carroll
Harry Lowman
Lanark
Republican Women’s Organization
NYA Aids Carroll County Youths in 1939 Work Program
About 16 Carroll County youths earned wages totaling 2 862 72 in 1939 under the National Youth Administration. Illinois NYA reports show statewide efforts with thousands of youth employed on road and building projects, clerical work, crafts, and library services, totaling 2 551 311 92 in NYA expenditures for last year and 7 814 346 56 over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Uncle Sam
NYA
Mary Stuart Anderson
Ilinois
National Youth Administration
Illinois
Miss Anderson
Mrs A Stefani Hurt In Auto Crash Near DeKalb
Mrs Adolph Stefani wife of a Savanna teacher suffered leg injuries in a Thursday night collision near DeKalb. The Stefani car was sideswiped by Joseph Kieley of Rockford who fled with two companions uninjured. Kieley and two others were not hurt while William Long of Rockford sustained a scalp wound. Both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Stefani
DeKalb
Joseph Kieley
Rockford
Stefani
William Long
Kieley
Deaths of Mt Carroll businessman George Ivey
George W. Ivey 81 veteran Mt Carroll businessman died last Thursday at his home after long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at his residence with Rev. J H Fetterell officiating and Oak Hill cemetery burial. Born July 4 1858 in Galena, he started in the monument business there in 1875 and moved to Mt Carroll 25 years later forming Ivey and Sons. He lived eight months in the Klondike during the 1898 gold rush. Surviving are six sons John W George R Weslie Vincent Harry and Preston all of Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Ivey
Mt. Carroll
Ivey
J. H. Fetterell
Oak Hill Cemetery
George Ivey
Galena
Wearn Ivey
Mary Jane Tressider
Monument
Obituaries for Mt Carroll and Savanna figures
Mt Carroll resident Hugh G. Stuart 77 died March 21 in Savanna hospital after years of ill health. He was born November 28 1862 in Tresend and lived in Mt Carroll since age six, a retired farmer, survived by two sisters. Funeral in Mt Carroll with Rev. F R Sword officiating, burial in Oak Hill. Also listed is the death of 12 year old Raymond Adams Miller of Savanna born March 2 1928 in Derrida township Daviess County son of Libbie Miller, burial at Mosquito Hill church cemetery. survived by mother twin Roy and grandmother Dora Haring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Hugh G. Stuart
Savanna City Hospital
Stuart
Tresend
Hugh
Rosina Stuart
Henry Seidenburg
William Somervil
F. R. Sword of
Savanna
Paymond Adams Miller
Libbie Miller
Ray Buckwalter
Mosquito Hill
Derrida Township
Daviess County
John E.miller
Roy
Dora Haring
1940 Duck Stamp Design Announced
The 1940 duck stamp design by Francis L. Jaques is unveiled and will be sold at all post offices July 1. The seventh in the series shows black ducks over a marsh with wild rice. One dollar each, with sales supporting waterfowl refuges and stamp administration. last year over 1,000,000 stamps were sold, including more than 20,000 to philatelists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Jaques
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Bureau of Biological Survey
Biological Survey
Carroll County Teachers Institute Set at Mt Carroll High
One day program announced by the institute committee with Irving F. Pearson C Stadtman and E Baker as instructors. Schedule includes sessions on teaching as a profession curriculum pupil guidance and music demonstrations with school choirs and bands. A meeting for county school boards is set for Friday evening at 7 45 with directors teachers invited.
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Carroll County
Teachers’ Institute
Mt. Carroll High School
Irving F. Pearson
Illinois Education Association
C. Stadtman
E. Baker
Mr. Carroll
Stadtman
Baker
Institute
A. W. Cravens
Shannon
Maude Rahn
Chadwick
Hazel Stober
Harriet Wheeler
Thomson
Lawrence E. Brudi
Mt. Carroll
Brudi
Burch
Carroll County Teachers’ Institute
Northern Illinois conference for high school seniors set
Sterling Illinois hosts the third annual Northern Illinois Conference for High School Seniors on April 11. Bradley Polytechnic Institute and area boards sponsor the event with speakers Dr B G Williamson and Dr Frederick R Hamilton. Delegates attend sectional meetings, a luncheon, and a Bradley program in the gym. Depositors receive 5 percent payment totaling 2250.14 on waived deposits at Exchange State Bank Lanark as moratorium opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Northern Illinois
Sterling
Bradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria
Board of Education
Township High School of
Rosseoe Eades
Township
Sterling Coliseum
Sterling High School
David Stryker
B. G. Williamson
University of Minnesota
Williamson
Frederick R. Hamilton
Bradley College
Sterling High
Evelyn Strassburg
Swen Wallin
Ruth Keckler
Dorothy Neland
Edward J. Barrett
Exchange State Bank
Lanark
Carroll
Bradley Tech
Clean-up Week Planned in Savanna City
Savanna schedules clean-up paint-up week from April 22 to May 1 as part of a national effort to improve property appearance. The 1939 efforts and fire prevention week earned the Savanna fire department second place along with Freeport and Joliet. Committees to be formed at the April 15 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Savanna Fire Department
Freeport
Joliet
Carroll County News: Cattle Prices Strong and Local Incidents
Weathering last week in Chicago market cattle brought solid prices in Carroll county. An auto crash near DeKalb injures the wife of a Savanna teacher while Mt. Carroll and rural schools begin immunization programs. Womart’s clubs of Carroll county held a scramble dinner in Milledgeville with leaders named and plans for a Lanark county meeting on April 16. Committees were formed for nominating credentials resolutions program and a county yearbook. NYA aid aided sixteen Carroll youths in 1939. Tax bills collected well in first week. Assessors plan to set value scales for personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womart's
Carroll County
Burger Runnels
Ralph Eaton
Lanark
Roy Heimbaugh
B. C. Cross
W. H. Bahwell
Charles Hower
Charles Demmon
R. F
Everbaugh
Oscar Rahn
Lening
Kenneth Whitney
Charles Bowers
D. Ty. Hoy
E. Y. Knapp
Dallas Wendle
C. N. Hutchinson
K. Smith
Carroll County Sets Personal Property Valuations for 1940
County assessors met with the county treasurer and a state tax official at Mt. Carroll to agree on valuations for the annual personal property assessments set to begin April 1. Basic values cover cattle horses sheep swine household goods grains and machinery with real estate work limited this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
State Tax Commission
Board of Review
Oil Company
Savanna Seniors Initiated Into Honor Society
A Savanna High School ceremony initiated 11 students into the Savanna chapter of the National Honor Society. Seven seniors and four juniors were part of the class, including Mildred Verne, William Sikkema, Robert Myers, John Nightingale, Bernard Sellers, Norma Norwood, Virginia Airhart, Susan Greison, Molly Lantau, Anita Stevens, and James Hansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Chapter
National Honor Society
Savanna High School
Mildred Verne
William Sikkema
Robert Myers
John Nightingale
Bernard Sellers
Norma Norwood
Virginia Airhart
Susan Greison
Molly Lantau
Anita Stevens
James Hansen
District P T A Meeting Held in Savanna
District 27 P T A meeting in Savanna at Chestnut Park school planned the annual summer round-up. District president Ivan Kuntzelman of Galena and state chairman Mrs. Graf led the session with a question box and attendance from local officers and organizations. The round-up surveys children slated to start school in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chestnut Park
Savanna
Ivan Kuntzelman
Galena
Graf
Mackey Initiated into Gathea at Wesleyan
Beth Mackey daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Mackey Chadwick was initiated into Gathea new freshman women s honor society at Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington The election to Gathea is by the senior women s honorary Egas Mackey is valedictorian and senior class president at Chadwick High School last spring She attends Wesleyan as a member of Black Bookman Masquers YWCA and Home Economics Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Mackey
Guy Mackey
Chadwick
Gathea
Ilinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Egas
Miss Mackey
Chadwick High School
Wesleyan
Black
Immunization Program Underway in Mt Carroll Area
Diphtheria and smallpox immunizations started Monday for Mt Carroll public schools and nearby rural schools. Six physicians handle duties with morning slots from 9 to 12 across the teams including Dr. Cole Hour, Dr. Isenhart, Dr. Mershon, Dr. Garland, Dr. Rice, and Dr. Petty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Sage
Henderson
Polsgrove
Spring Grove
Renner
Strawberry
Woodland
Fairview
Arnold
Slick
Arnold’s Grove
Maple Grove
Oakville
Daggetts
Center Hill
Pleasant Hill
Locust Grove
Preston Prairie
Fairground
Ferrin
Oil Valley
Hickory Grove
Argo-Fa
Ideal
Vinegar Hill
Tax collections start strong in county drive
Collections of 193 taxes reached 44370 by noon Saturday per County Treasurer Lula M. Ross. Most receipts came in during the March 18 25 week after bills mailed March 16. Daily totals rose and fell from 6800 to 12000 then 11000 before dipping to 5800 and 2700. Total year bill stands at 87210642. due June 1 with 1 percent monthly penalty for late payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula M. Ross
Lanark Man Leads Steers Sold In Chicago Market
Riley Lotzbaugh of Lanark with two loads of steers averaging 1308 pounds sold at 10.25 in Chicago last Thursday. Accompanied by Tom Diffenderfer, Walter Anderson marketed mediumweight steers at 9.50, Leo Lotz topped with 22 head of 1147-pound steers at 11.15, John Knauer sent a mixed carload, and Harold Schneider earned 19.60 for 24 head of 1467-pound steers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Lotzbaugh
Lanark
Chicago
Tom Diffenderfer
Walter Anderson
Leo Lotz
John Knauer
Harold Schneider
Study Locker Plant Setup In Mount Carroll
A Mt Carroll committee reports favorable progress on the potential cold storage locker plant. A decision on whether to erect the facility is hoped for soon.
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Mount Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Real Spring Weather Fails To Arrive Here
Weather observers promised spring but remained wrong as Tuesday and Wednesday brought snow sleet and rain. Drivers faced slick roads and ice on windshields while temperatures edged up and clouds lingered with a gloomy outlook for today.
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