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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
3
Babson urges preservation of rugged individualism to counter social group pressure and promote democracy. He contrasts the Little Red School House with modern con formist schooling, praising traditional schooling, independent daily work, gardening, and self reliance as character builders.
Brattleboro Vermont based herd owned by Lewis H. Cram and W L Smith Chadwick receives new production figures from The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. The herd posts a 14 342 pounds milk and 526 pounds butterfat average across 42 completed records in the latest testing year.
Donna Jean Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Orville Williams Milledgeville wed Eric Peter Eisenbise son of Mr and Mrs Harold Eisenbise Lanark in a double ring ceremony at a Lanark home. Rev Merle Hawbecker officiated. Karen Hinrichs Rock Falls was maid of honor Howard Neff Shannon was best man. The bride wore a white wool jersey dress with a box pleated skirt and embroidery at waist. her attendant wore a blue lace sheath. The newlyweds plan to reside at 310 West Pearl Lanark after a brief honeymoon in Wisconsin.
The Carroll County NFC urges farmers to assert pricing power amid rising farm debt and falling incomes. It notes crop profits surge in general, but farm income drops from 12.3 to 11.6 billion dollars in 1964 and calls for farmers to set production prices. The next Carroll County NFC meeting is May 6 at 8 p.m. at the Community House in Mt. Carroll.
Green Hills Council of Girl Scouts held its annual meeting in Stockton last Thursday evening with Mrs. Donal Reed of Sterling presiding. Reed was re-elected president as directors were chosen and neighborhood chairmen and a nominating committee were appointed for the new term.
Carroll county residents purchased bonds totaling 120010 in series E and H savings bonds in March. F. E. Weidmann of Mount Carroll Illinois, general county chairman of the savings bonds committee, reported the figures.
Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association units plan a Creative Living lesson this week with three meetings. Each unit will elect a chairman and treasurer for a two year term starting September 1, 1964.
Fines of 10 dollars and costs were collected for speeding from Richard Giddings of Rockford Donald Rawson Milledgeville Laurence Arno Savanna Victor Dauphin Savanna Virgil Adrian Savanna Dolores Huetter Clinton Ia Melvin Miley Savanna Phillip Althof Stockton James Bissens Thomson. Higher speeding penalties were paid by John Wood Miles Ia 30 dollars and James Engel Elmhurst 14 dollars. Other violations include Richard Hurst Clinton Ia 10 dollars faulty muffler Theodore Dawson S A D 10 disobeying stop sign William Davis Durango Ia 10 no valid registration Gary Grandall Savanna 25 failure to have car under control Louis Dant Fulton 200 reckless driving Gene Mechling Buda 10 no valid reg plates Roger Baker Sabula Ia 10 improper U turn. Additional fines paid in the circuit clerk office Virgil Adrian Savanna 10 fishing without license Tom Magee possession of alcoholic liquor with seal broken in motor vehicle 50 Larry Williams Savanna 50 transporting liquor with seal broken in auto John Kocibal Chicago 20 drinking on streets of Savanna.
Probate records show Ray Keeney Estate and Joy R Cooley Estate entered for probate. Court filings indicate designation of executors and pending asset inventory.
Alvin Sandiland pleaded guilty before Judge Edward J Turnbaugh to having alcoholic liquor with seal broken in an auto. A $40 fine and costs were imposed but he was ordered to serve 10 days in county jail for nonpayment. Robert W Offenheiser faced the same charge and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. his case was postponed to May 15.
Rahn Lanark has been named public administrator for Carroll county and has filed bond and oath and qualified for the post. She succeeds Harry S. Lowman of Lanark who had held the post for several years.
A county clerk issues a marriage license to James J. Heimbaugh and Shar lene A. Zenk both residents of Savanna.
Norval Aulman and Ed Miles of Galena will explain Northwestern Illinois tourism promotion plans under the Illinois Promotion Act. The meeting is at Farm Bureau Hall Mt. Carroll on Friday May 8 at 8 00 p m sponsored by the Resource Development Board recreation committee. Station operators motel hotel restaurant and amusements urged to attend. civic and social leaders invited.
In Brattleboro Vermont Cram Farm Aristocrat Ginger 5003768 a three year old Registered Holstein cow owned by Lewis H Cram and W L Smith Chadwick produced 14330 lbs of milk and 589 lbs of butterfat in 305 days, marking a notable area record.
Sharon Livengood and Richard W. Martin united in a spring wedding at First Brethren Church Milledgeville on April 25. The ceremony featured a double ring vow, green carnation decor, and jade accents with a large white rose bridal bouquet and family attendants.
Funeral services for 54 year old Mrs. William Eader of Savanna were held at 2 p m Friday at Law funeral home. Rev William Moore officiated. Dorothy Elizabeth Hoertz born Sept 29 1909 in Savanna to David and Cora Hoertz spent life there. She married William Bader Dec 12 1937. Survived by husband, her mother and sister Mrs Don Yachik of Chicago.
A $77,000 personal injury suit stemming from a December 24, 1962 accident on Route 88 north of Chadwick was filed in Carroll County circuit court against Dwight H. Spearman. Plaintiffs are Eugene Prenete, his wife Beverly, and their daughter Mary of Marquette. The Fredenburgs seek $25,000 for Eugene, $30,000 for Beverly, and $22,000 for Mary. The suit alleges Spearman drove from a driveway onto the highway causing the collision.
Illinois veterans with no percent service connected disability may obtain resident fishing permits for 50 cents under a new law. Applicants must provide affidavits of service connection from the Illinois Veterans' Commission. Richard A. Miller, service officer, is available Tuesdays 9 AM to 4 PM at the Court House in Mt. Carroll for inquiries.
The wedding of Miss Roseanne Martin and her fiancé united family and friends from Rockford Pecatonica Stockton Mount Carroll Chadwick Belvidere Milledgeville Waukesha and Platteville Wisconsin. The bride teaches first grade and will move to Deerfield. The groom works at Far mers Union Co op. They graduate from Pecatonica Milledgeville and Wisconsin State College and Institute of Technology in 1964.
Marilyn Jean Geisz and Dennis Duane Wurster exchanged nuptial vows at St. Peter's Lutheran in Savanna Miss. The ceremony included T H Mahnke officiating, white chrysanthemum decor, and music by Mrs Ben Dauphin and Mrs Allen Beyer. The bride wore silk organza and Chantilly lace, carried gardenias and stephanotis, and was attended by姐妹 and cousins. After a reception, the couple planned an eastern wedding trip and will reside near Elizabeth with Wurster employed by Jo Carroll Electric Co-op and Geisz in Stockton Floral.
George W. Smith, among the area’s oldest residents, quietly observed his 90th birthday on May 6 at his daughter Mrs. Ida Sucher’s home. Born in Franklin County Pennsylvania on May 6, 1874, he moved to Chadwick in 1919 with his wife and four children, farmed there, later farmed near Milledgeville, and eventually retired to town.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Daehler attended the University of Illinois Urbana Honors Day Convocation Friday May 7 Marvin Daehler was among the honored and recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Mrs Walter Nelson guests her mother at the Lutheran Mother Daughter banquet in Lanark Community High School room.
The Carroll County Historical Society elected its officers for the coming year at a Mt. Carroll meeting held in the courthouse. Larry K. Roberts was named president, Fay Christian vice president, Mrs. Edward J. Turnbaugh secretary, and Kenneth C. Whitney treasurer.
Seventy Carroll county high school students with four teachers toured the Carroll County Courthouse on Government Day. County officers briefed them on government functions, with programs on courtroom procedures and traffic safety. Sheriff Howard Gorman opened the session, Edward Turnbaugh swore in student officers, and Gordon Smith discussed judicial reform changes effective January 1.
Miss Esther Carrell, 66, of Savanna, and Carleton Westerlund, 46, of Rockford, were hospitalized after a head on crash Saturday on Highway 64 west of Mt. Carroll. Carrell's condition was listed as serious Monday.
Dr. Ray H. Petty and Frea Leigh, retired Mt. Carroll insurance agent, were awarded Cyrus Lodge 50-year pins in a Friday ceremony with about 100 attendees. Rev. Harold McKelvey of Rockford attended as Grand Chaplain. Petty received his pin from a Hooppole Lodge member and Leigh from Art Huber.
Walter E Holland 17 Thomson shows in St Joseph Missouri as he is granted a junior membership in the American Angus Association. The privilege allows register of purebred Angus at regular rates and association rights until age 21 with conversion to lifetime membership later. He was among 288 youths nationwide to receive junior memberships last month.
Republicans named Noel Erdmi er Mt. Carroll as county central chair. Irving Isgi g Milledgeville was re elected vice chair. Lawrence A. Smith Jr Savanna became secretary and Homer Byers Shannon treasurer. Delegates to the May 23 GOP state convention include Erdmi er Smith Bolhous Byers Frederick Linker plus three attorneys and Mrs Maxine Polhill as chair. Democrats re elected Dr H H Holmes Chadwick as county chair with Ronald Rahn Lanark first vice chair Robert Krejci Savanna second vice chair Lorraine Demeester Savanna secretary and James Tomasek Carroll treasurer. Delegates to the June 2 Democratic state convention are Holmes and Ralph Garner with alternates Rahn and Glenn Guenzler.
James L. Zuck of Lanark earns a junior membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. The 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Zuck is one of 288 new junior members announced by secretary Glen Bratcher.
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