Vocational Guidance Trip to Sterling for 1938 Conference
Seniors travel to Sterling for the Northern Illinois Conference on March 31 under Bradley Polytechnic Institute Peoria guidance. The program includes sectional sessions, principal and advisor meetings, a Sterling band concert, and a Bradley first and second team basketball game. Dorothy Prins earns typing honor roll, Jean Rawlins earns bookkeeping gold seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Bradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria
Sterling Band
Bradley
Dorothy Prins
Jean Rawlins
Severe storm brings hail and cooling in county area
Heavy showers and a severe electrical storm swept the southeastern county late Tuesday with hail near Argo Fa. Temperatures plunged after the storm then rebounded to below earlier highs. Chadwick and Milledgeville lines suffered lightning damage and Chadwick weathered several showers. Farmers welcomed the rain as soil moisture improved though river waters rose affecting Webster Lumber crews in Thomson. Families from Morrison, Chadwick, Albany and Mt. Carroll visited area residents Sunday.
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Argo Fa
Chadwick
Thomson
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
Webster Lumber Company
High School Boys Start Track Work
Coach Sherman begins a new track program for local high school boys, the first year with a team in some time. The group will train in high jump broad jump pole vaulting discus shot put and running events with Sawdust donated for pits by Webster Lumber.
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Sherman
Thomson
Webster Lumber Company
Patterned Local Family Gathering Hosts Guests at Lanark
A large group of relatives and friends visited the home of Mr and Mrs Leo Blair in Lanark on Sunday. The guests included Mr and Mrs Chester Alexander Florence Vernon Mrs Maud Alexander Mr and Mrs Anthony Cambman Lyle from Fair Haven and others from Ideal Penrose Mill edgeville and Mill edgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Alexander
Florence and Vernon
Maud Alexander
Anthony Cambman and Lyle
Fair Haven
Andrew Miller
Alvin Reiff
Ideal
Elwin Allison
Fern
Virginia May
Penrose
Russell Meyers
John Smith
Almeda
Milledgeville
Leo Blair
Lanark
Birthday dinner honors Daehler kin in Mi dgeville home
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Reitzel hosted a Sunday dinner at their Midgeville home for Carl Daehler and Herman Daehler on their birthday. Attending were Carl and Harold Daehler, Paul Daehler, Henry Parsons and Nellie Parsons, Herman Daehler and family, Will Fink and Harold Fink, Oscar Daehler of Chadwick, Ray Batehler and family of Savanna, and Wesley Sack and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Reitzel
Midgeville
Will Fink
Harold
Oscar Daehler
Chadwick
Ray Batehler
Savanna
Wesley Sack
Growth and Faith in a Sunday Worship Service
In a church listing Methodist minister Harold R. Dude leads the 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. morning worship with an 7:30 p.m. evening service. The article quotes a poem urging spiritual growth and the lifting power of life in God.
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Harold R. Dude
Argo Methodist Preaching and Sunday School Times
The Argo Methodist Church schedules a preaching service at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 15 a m on Sunday.
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Argo
Methodist
Baptist Services and Ladies Aid Meeting Planned
A preaching service at 10 a m titled Thus Saith the Lord and Sunday school at 11 a m are announced with invitation to attend either or both. The ladies aid gathers next Friday all day at Mrs Frank Smiths home.
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Ladies’ Aid
Frank Smith
Church schedule and board meeting from last Sunday
Morning worship was held at 9 a.m. with Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. A church board meeting followed the services last Sunday.
Catholic Lent Services Tonight and Next Sunday
Catholic Lenten services are scheduled for tonight at 7 30 and next Sunday morning at 9 30.
Ideal Sunday at Ideal Church Service Times
Rev Sword, pastor, leads Sunday schedule with Young People meeting led by Vernon Isenhart. Evening service at 7 30 features special numbers by Mrs Corzine, vocal trio, and a male quartet accompanied by Lillian Hartman. Come to Ideal.
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Young People
Sword
Vernon Isenhart
Young Peoples
Corzine
Stakemiller
Isenhart
Reiff
Harold Stoner
Lillian Hartman
Come To Ideal
Local visits and family trips reported in Lee Center area
Locals Mr and Mrs Herbert Blodgett and children of Lee Center visited Sunday with Mrs Blodgett’s parents Mr and Mrs T H Kustes. Mrs E J Hege of Galesburg visited with her mother Mrs Cora Griswold who is ill. Mr Hege is hospitalized in Galesburg with ulcers of the stomach. Mr and Mrs Henry Strauch traveled to River Forest to visit his brother Clifton Bennett and wife, planning to return Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
Clifton Bennett
Big Livestock Banquet Set at Lanark Monday Night
County livestock men plan a large feeder banquet for March 31 at the Lanark Masonic temple. President John L Morris leads the Livestock Marketing Association with Prof. E T Robbins of the University of Illinois as main speaker and Walter C Howe of Chicago Livestock Market sharing market insights. Breeders should secure tickets from the marketing director. only 245 seats available. Mrs Charles Groharing visited Morrison family members Wednesday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Marketing Association
John L. Morris
Masonic Temple
Lanark
E T. Robbins
University of Illinois
Walter C. Howe
Chicago Livestock Market
Charles Groharing
Clyde
Elmer Mosher
Morrison
Mother Of Hans Jensen Dies Sunday
Mrs. Martin Jensen dies after two weeks illness in Clinton home. Funeral at St Johannes Danish Lutheran Church with Rev. A C Kildegaarde. burial in Springdale Cemetery. Survives include sons Andrew, Hans, Adolph, Marius, and B E Locke. sister and two brothers also survive. From Clinton, Illinois.
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Hans Jensen
Frank Warfield
Jensen
Martin Jensen
Clinton
St. Johannes Danish Lutheran Church
A. C. Kildegaarde
Springdale Cemetery
Sillerup
Germany
Miss Anna Hook Weds Kenneth Ditsworth at Fulton Parish
Miss Anna Hook of Argo Fa wed Kenneth Ditsworth of Mt. Carroll in a quiet 10 am ceremony Saturday at Trinity Reformed Church parsonage Fulton. Rev H Mollema officiated. couple unaccompanied. Ditsworth a Mt. Carroll High School graduate class of 1990 now employed by Lewis Hartman. They plan to live in Mt. Carroll.
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Anna Hook
Argo
Kenneth Ditsworth
Mt. Carroll
Trinity Reformed Church
Fulton
H. Mollema
Ditsworth
Ralph Hook
Argo Fa
Anna Ditsworth
Mt. Carroll High School
Lewis Hartman
Chicago
River flood stage halts timber clearing near Dam No. 13
The Mississippi rise disrupts Webster Lumber Company operations above Dam No. 13, delaying crews near Thompson. At Clinton the river stood 7.6 feet, with forecasts of higher levels risking stop of clearing work once flood stage of 8.3 feet is reached.
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Mississippi River
Webster Lumber Company
Pool
Dam No. 13
Thomson
Clinton
Webster
Thomson Checkers Top Savanna in City Hall Match
Local checkers players from Thomson defeated Savanna in the second series of games at City Hall Savanna. The Melon Center players posted 59 49 and 9 ties while Savanna finished 52 58 and 9 ties, reflecting results of two teams.
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Savanna City Hall
Checker
Thomson
Savanna
Savanna Checker
Melon Center
W. Thomson
J. St. Ores
C. Wilt
J. Wilt
D. St. Ores
W. S. Stickell
A. C. Bower
Curley Savanna
E. Schmuch
B. Sartwell
A. Sartwell
W. Schlott
E. Hersey
O. Elliott
Ills and Ailments Across Communities
Mrs. Cora Griswold is ill with heart trouble. Mrs. Joe Scutters confined by illness. Ed Turney remains ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. H L Rawlins ill last week. Mrs. Chas Densmore of Mt Carroll visiting, Harlan Balk ill with measles at grandparents’ home. John Hook ill after heart attacks, improved. Robert Turney of Chadwick had major operation at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton. Mrs. Fred Nipe fell and broke an ankle, treated at Jane Lamb hospital and to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Rawlins
Chas. Densmore
Mt. Carroll
Harlan
Geo. Balk
Frank Rush
John Hook
Robert Turney
Chadwick
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Fred Nipe
Argo
Lou Moyer
Freeport
Ralph Hook
Bronkema
Muscatine
Epa Hook
Fulton
Ralph
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Morrison Residents
Mrs. Everett Eslinger and Mrs. Katherine Slager of Morrison observe birthdays with a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Will Griswold. Attendees include Eslinger and Slager families, Edna Slager, Harold Witt, Nettie Baker, and others from Clinton and Morrison at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Eslinger
Katherine Slager
Morrison
Will Griswold
Eslinger
Clinton
Fred Hook
Hook
Andrew Hook
Leona Nelson
Glen Groharing
Charles Groharing
Beth Houghton
Chicago
Roy Houghton
John Lee
Cora Griswold
13th District Bankers Meet in Mt Carroll Discusss State Wide Banking Change
The Mt Carroll gathering drew over fifty bank officials from nearly all banks in the 14th district to plan a campaign for a constitutional amendment ending double liability for state bank stockholders. Judge Floyd E. Thompson urged voters to consider the measure at the November election. The plan includes a nonprofit, bipartisan committee to educate the public, with active outreach after the April primary. In Mt Carroll the meeting followed a noon luncheon at the Hotel Glenview. Leo Halfman of Savanna may lose sight in his left eye after an accident at the Harry Gaar farm. he underwent 17 stitches and was hospitalized in Clinton.
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Armtrong
State Police
Robert Rawlins
Norbert W
Dorothy Lewis
Lena Strubb
Thomson
Champaign
Johnson City
von Steuben
Paris
Braidwood
Carbondale
Dundee
Harrisburg
Galesburg
University
Memorial Stadium
Armory
University Library
Natural History
Chicago
Leo Halfman
Savanna
Harry Gaar
Here
Mr. Gaar
Halfman
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
14Th Congressional District
Mt. Carroll
Don Harris
Farmers State Bank of
Chadwick
N. I. French
Thomson State Bank
Glenview
Floyd E. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
Thompson
Judge Thompson
Local clubs meet at homes and report prizes
The TNT club gathered with 18 members as a quilt and comforter were worked on. Memorial services were held for Mrs. Maude Sears. Hostesses served lunch. The Thomson 500 and Argo 500 clubs met with prizes awarded, and church aid plans a soup dinner next Wednesday. Visits included Miss Ida Knapp's sister Mrs. Sadie Dunshee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TNT Club
N. D. French
Maude Sears
Glenn Demaree
C. W. Sherman
Orella Bennett
French
Argo
Argo 500
Mayme Mummert
Fred Nipe
Verne Kaufman
Dorothy Holm
Carl Johannsen
Rudolph Holm
Ladies’ Aid of
The
Methodist Church
Pete Dyke
Morrison
Ralph Hook
Sadie K. Dunshee
Mt. Carroll
Ida Knapp
Frank Smith
Will Lartz Dies Tuesday in Missouri
William Lartz longtime Argo-area resident died at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in a Savannah Missouri sanitarium after a stroke. Survived by wife Bertha Frey Lartz and 6 children, 16 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, 2 sisters, 2 brothers. Services and burial reportedly planned for Savanna.
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Will Lartz
Missouri
William Lartz
Argo
Savannah
Lartz
Mr. Lartz
Germany
Henry Lartz
Bertha Frey
Herman Frey
Mount Carroll
Roberta Lewis to Wed John Wilhelm in Battle Creek
Mr and Mrs B R Lewis announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Roberta Lewis of Battle Creek Michigan to John Wilhelm of Battle Creek. The wedding is planned for April 2 in Battle Creek. Roberta, a Battle Creek graduate who studied in Minneapolis and Macomb, works at Weston Biscuit Co.
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Roberta Lewis
Battle Creek
B. R. Lewis
Roberta
Mich
John Wilhelm
Miss Lewis
Business College
Minneapolis
Minn
Macomb
Weston Biscuit Co
Chicago
Wilhelm
The
A. K. Zinn Co
York township gravel contract awarded to Carlton
A gravel contract for about 28.75 miles of York township roads was let to Harry R. Carlton of Sterling for 27 148.80 dollars after seven bids. Section A lies west of Route 171 and Section B east of Route 17. Carlton must start by June 15 and supply and place crushed gravel per specifications.
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York Township
Harry R. Carlton
Sterling
County Superintendent of Highways
Mt. Carroll
Carlton
Township Commissioner of Highways
E. F. Gallagher
Oregon
Wis
A. W. Gallagher and Son
Madison
Rein and Dahl
Stoughton
A. A. Kraige
Clinton
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Clarence Schawn
C. H. Jenkins
Schawn
Foy
Jimmie Green
Bill Geerts
Albany
Mary Kness
Wesley Kness
Blair
Reitzel
Earth
Sky
Ralph S. Cushman
York
Louis Huizenga
Nick Korce
Louis Smith
Kenosha
Wm. Ceccone J
Andrew Huizenga
John Huizenga
Ben Bielema
Henry Faber
Felix Miller
Fred Richter
Inlaw
Fred Miller
Miss A. Hook
Carroll Man
G. C. Bloyer
Teasdale
Harvey Marshall
Marshall
L. EF. Sheller
Clifford Curley
Bertha
Carl Paynter
Hanover
Earl Rupple
R. D. Bennett
Coleman Kelly
Justice Bennett
Savanna Men
Joe Scutters
Ed Turney
Clubs
Lodges
Thomson 500 Club
Ernest
William Frank
Wayne Wilcke
Jack Halfman
L L. Johnson
Stockton
Roy Heitman
John Calvert
Garrett Sterenberg
Bertha Holland
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