Babson Sees Heavy Family Spending After War
Babson Park Mass May 5 There are more than 35 000 000 families in the United States Statisticians believe that about 65 percent will be heavy spenders as soon as the German phase of the War is over Families have funds to finance purchases Cars Household appliances Home furnishings Building and farm improvements will drive a large postwar market Over 10 000 000 urban and rural families will invest about 8 000 000 000 in home upgrades and repairs with financing playing a key role
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Pabson
Babson Park
Mass
United States
Owever
Carroll High Wins Carroll Conference Track Meet
Mt. Carroll high school won the Carroll Conference track and field meet at Chadwick after rain interruption. Lanark placed second, Shannon third, Chadwick fourth, Milledgeville fifth. York Community did not compete. event results list multiple individual and relay winners with times and distances.
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Mt. Carroll High School
Carroll
Chadwick
Lanark High
Shannon
Milledgeville
York Community High
Thomson
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Diehl
Beyers
Decker
Paul
Fischer
Weber
Keim
Phillips
Emmett
Moothart
Baughman
Miles
James
Finkle
Carpenter
Henze
Sharman
Ivey
Reiff
Strauch
Stevens
Remmers
Cassens
Kessler
Miller
Milroy
Fink
Smith
Timmer
Gifford
Emmert
Urge Fuel Oil Consumers To Fill Tank
The article explains the push to move oil from industry storage to consumer tanks to free space for military use. OPA will mail renewal applications to consumers in late May and early June, require prompt return, issue 1944-45 ration books, and enable coupon use from July 1. Consumers should fill tanks fully to prevent next winter shortages and aid dealer logistics.
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OPA
New Members Appointed To Ration Boards In Quad Cities
Nine new members were appointed to War Price and Rationing Boards in the Quad-Cities District during April while eleven resigned. Appointees and posts include Fred B. Noble grocery Mt Carroll Mildred Jaynes director equipment Mt Carroll Edythe Weaver housewife Morrison Henry Wiersema farmer Morri. Friday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Myron Friederichs included Mr and Mrs Walter Hartman and son Mr and Mrs Alfred Becker and family and Miss Marilyn Getz Mt Carroll and Miss Phyllis Friederich Rembrandt Ia.
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Quad-Cities
Sam Ruben
Robert M. Harper
Fred B. Noble
Mt. Carroll
Mildred Jaynes
Edythe Weaver
Morrison
Henry Wiersema
Myron Friederichs
Walter Hartman
Alfred Becker
Marilyn Getz
Phyllis Friederich
Rembrandt
Carroll DE ATHS County Obituary Highlights Mt Carroll Deaths
Carroll DE ATHS County reports the death of Milton H. Kuhleman 48 a Carroll County contractor at his Mt Carroll home after a seven month illness Funeral rites set for 2 50 p m at Lanark Church of the Brethren with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Mt Carroll He was born June 11 1805 Pearl City son of Aurus and Eby Kuhleman married June 4 1919 to Mary Derr Surviving include his widow a son Pvt Milton Kuhleman Jr stationed at Fort Belvoir Va a brother Lyman of Warren and a sister Mrs Paul Woessner of Shannon In Savanna Mrs Albert Harpling 55 dies after long illness Born Mabel Smith December 26 1888 Nebraska She married Albert Harpling who died a decade ago Lived in Chicago about 30 years came to Savanna two months ago Surviving sisters Mrs Williams and Mrs George Clay of Savanna and brothers George San Diego Calif Bert Kansas City Kan Frank LaCrosse Wis Ralph Pipestone Minn
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Milton H. Kuhleman
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Mary Derr
Pvt
Milton Kuhleman, Jr
Fort Belvoir
Lyman
Warren
Paul Woessner
Shannon
Albert Harpling
George Williams
Savanna
Mabel Smith
Nebraska
Chicago
Williams
George Clay
George
San Diego, Calif
Bert
Kansas City, Kan
Frank
LaCrosse, Wis
Ralph
Pipestone
Minn
William S. Hummel 65 Dies in Savanna Home
William S. Hummel, 65, was found dead in bed at his Savanna home Wednesday morning May 3 by his wife. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Friday at Fuller Funeral Home Savanna with Rev. Arthur Monkman officiating and burial in Savanna Cemetery. Born January 24, 1881 in Fairfield Wisconsin he married Emma Patt May 4 1902 in Orangeville. He worked for the Milwaukee railroad and later as a carpenter. Surviving are his widow two daughters Mrs Franklin Weisner of Savanna and Mrs Paul Turner of Elgin and two sons Leroy Davenport and Orville Savanna.
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William S. Hummel
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
Arthur Monkman
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Hummel
Fairfield
Wis
Emma Patt
Orangeville
Milwaukee Railroad
Miss Lee Ella Brown Dies at Lanark May Day Party
Miss Brown 64 died at 2 30 p m Wednesday May 3 during a May party at the Christian Church in Lanark Burial followed at Lanark cemetery Rev E Y Knapp officiated She was born February 21 1880 in Rock Creek township daughter of Orrin and and lived in Lanark area She was a Christian church member and secretary of Leaven Circle Surviving is her brother Harry who lived with her
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Lee Ella Brown
Christian Church
Lanark
Frank Funeral Home
E. Y. Knapp
Miss Brown
Rock Creek Township
Orrin Brown
The
Leaven Circle
Harry
Clinton Paul 52 Brookville switchboard operator dies after heart attack
Clinton Paul a 52 year old Brookville switchboard operator died at his home Friday morning after a heart attack the second he suffered within two weeks He was born near Brookville January 14 1892 and married Lizzie Mellway December 8 1914 He leaves his widow eight sisters and two brothers listed from Polo Lanark Brookville Milledgeville Rushmore and Minn.
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Clinton Paul
Brookville
Mack Taylor
Polo
Etta Roth
Lanark
Harry Cashman
Mattie Smith
Gerald Schellhouse
Milledgeville
Edward Sachen
Rushmore
Minn
Ernest
Henry
Plan Hearing On Deepening River Channel
A public hearing will consider advisability of a 12 foot channel from Cairo Illinois to Minneapolis Minnesota and a three foot deeper alternative. The session at 10:00 a.m. at the U S Court and Custom House reviews impacts on flood control hydro electric power water supply drainage pollution control and wildlife recreation.
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Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
Minneapolis
Minn
U. S. Court and Custom House
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
House of Representatives
Fahremann Canning Company Honored For Food Processing Excellence
Fahremann Canning Company of Lanark, one of three plants run by the family concern, will be honored with the Achievement "A" Award for 194%. The Lanark plant joins Appleton and Berlin operations under Jacob Fuhremann and his descendants. The firm, with multiple farms and a large field crew, expanded facilities in 1934 and 1943, storing 45,000 cases in circus tents and employing workers from Lanark and nearby areas, including Jamaican workers during peak season.
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Fahremann Canning Company
Lanark
Wsconsin
Inte
Jacob Fuhremann
Sona-Inlaw
Fuhremann
Lanark Canning Factory
Savanna
Haldane
Ogle County
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Ogle
John Smith
Claude Cook
Kenneth Smith
Ovle
Myron Krause
James Hoague
Earl Jones
Sterling
Seek Applicants For State Civil Service Positions
The Illinois Civil Service Commission invites applications for competitive exams for almost 20 state jobs. Positions include clerk stenographers and typists, storekeepers, attendants, cottage parents, public health nurses and physicians. Closing date May 26 1944. Exams likely June 3. Apply to Illinois Civil Service Commission 501 Armory Bldg Springfield IL.
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Ilinois Civil Service Commission
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Armory Bldg
Springfield
Shimer May Fete Crowned Queen Of The May
Frances Shimer College hosts May Fete on May 29 at the golf course with Patricia Beechler of Charlotte Michigan crowned Queen of the May. Beverly Quade of Blue Island Illinois is Maid of Honor and a doll themed production features pages, dance numbers, and planned by Marjorie Muffly and Grace Bornhoeft with Anne McKnight returning as past Queen.
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Frances Shimer College Golf Course
Toyland
Shimer
Patricia Beechler
Charlotte, Mich
Beverly Quade
Blue Island
Til
Joann Emmett
Grace Bornhoeft
Janet Shaw
Adele Page
Dorothy Stock
Sibley Miller
Mickey Mousees
Mickey
Pat Eles
Minnie
Doreen Goss
Betty Heiss
Ann Travers
Anne Clarke
Alearla Bescher
Joyce Clark
Janet Schwartz
Marjorie Muffly
Anne McKnight
Anne
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Gasoline Tax Receipts Drop Report Reveals
Carroll county and Savanna recorded a $10 827 decrease in Illinois state gasoline tax allotments in 1943 due to wartime rationing. Total allotments fell from $47 819 in 1942 to $36 492 last year, with county declines and a statewide fall in both allocations and total tax collections.
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Carroll County
Savanna
Ilinois
Barcus, Kindred & Company
Illinois
State Division of Highways
Marriage Licenses and Local Property Deeds Noted
County Clerk W M Nipe issues a marriage license to Paul H Grissinger and Helen Mae Dunn of Savanna. In Lanark a judge bound over 18 year old Arthur Schmid to the grand jury on larceny charges with $1500 bond. he is jailed for lack of bond. Deeds recorded include Charles P Hower and wife to Robert G Truman et al for land in Rock Creek and Joseph S Coon and wife to Charles Mowery for land in Cherry Creek. John Stein and wife gain lot 4 in Bowen's Add Savanna.
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W. M. Nipe
Paul H. Grissinger
Helen Mae Dunn
Savanna
Arthur Schmid
Lanark
H. O. Bohrer
Charles P. Hower
Robert G. Truman
Rock Creek
Joseph S. Coon
Charles Mowery
Thomas E. Bousman
John Stein
School year shortened as counties plan early closings
Many high schools in Carroll County will end the year earlier than usual though not as short as some prior years. Mt Carroll seniors graduate on May 17, Shannon on May 19, Chadwick on May 25, and Savanna also holds commencement that evening.
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Carroll County
Mt. Carroll High School
Shannon High
Chadwick High
Savanna High
Fifteenth Annual Music Fest Set for August 19 in Chicago
The 15th annual Masie Festival will take place at Soldiers Field on Saturday night August 19 at 7 30 o clock. Phillip Maxwell festival director announces with The Chicago Tribune Charities Inc as sponsor. John Alden Carpenter will be guest of honor and speaker at the luncheon. The event honors service members with the army navy and other branches to participate before an audience of 100000. Henry Weber and Dr Edgar Nelson return as musical director and choral leader respectively with Capt. Howard Stude in charge of instrumental participation. Preliminary festivals are planned in Gary Indiana and Michigan City Indiana and Urbana Illinois ahead of the main event with tickets on sale July 1.
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Chicago
Ilainois
Soldiers’ Field
Phillip Maxwell
Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc
Army
John Alden Carpenter
Terrace
Morrison Hotel
Henry Weber
WGN
Edgar Nelson
Neces
Howard Stude
Edmund J. Tyler
Fred Miller
California
Chicagoland
Gary
A. B. Dixon
Memorial Auditorium
International Friendship Gardens
Michigan City
Ind
Florence Smith
Ilinois
Frank Tatham Johnson
Smith Music Hall
Illinois Union Building
University of Illinois
Urbana
Soule Stadium
East Moline
Illinois
F. E. Bollaert
Rural School Commencement Set for May 29
Graduation exercises for rural school pupils who finished eighth grade will be held Monday evening May 29 in Mt. Carroll high school auditorium. Rev. H J Rendall of Morrison will deliver the speaker’s address.
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Mt. Carroll High School
H. J. Rendall
Morrison
War Food Administration Award ceremony at Lanark plant
Fuhremann Cannery extends over 1000 invitations to workers and the public for a May 15 ceremony at Lanark high school gym. The program includes brief talks by plant officials and government representatives, music by the 40 piece band, and Capt. Beacham of the U S Navy will speak.
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Fuhremann Canning Company
Lanark
War Food Administration
A. H. Fuhremann
Lanark High School
Fuhremann
Merle Hanbecker
M. P. Roske
Carroll County
W. B. Beacham
Office of Quartermaster General
United States Navy
A Award Flag Presentation at Fuhremann Canning Ceremony
Howard S. Fuhremann will accept the A Award flag on behalf of workers and management at Fuhremann Canning. The Color Guard from Charles Y. Crouse Post 357 Amer ican Legion Lanark will raise the flag on a stage standard as part of the ceremony. W A Stolte will present A award pins to worker representatives involved in winning the honor.
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Howard S. Fuhremann
Fuhremann Canning Company
Charles Y. Crouse
American Legion
Lanark
W. A. Stolte
Lanark Cannery Workers Receive War Food Pins
Minors State Supervisor of the War Food Administration announces pins awarded to workers after a ceremony upon presentation of eligibility certificates. Pins may also be secured at the plant upon request. Farmers who grew the food processed in the Lanark cannery are noted to have continued on back page.
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War Food Administration
Lanark Cannary
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Babson’s Weekly Colum
Stephen Switzer
Kenneth Whitney
Frank Switzer
Mr. Carroll
Seaman Switzer
Farragut
Paul Schoenhaar
Carroll High
William Hummel
Oostburg
Sun Prairie Canning Co
Sun Prairie
John F
Jacob L. Fuhremann
Howard of
Myron H. Kraue
Fim
Court House News
Central Illinois
Rural School
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