Eight Unexpected Market Events Since 1860
Babson discusses eight historic shocks to U S markets from Lincoln to World War II and warns readers to diversify. He lists events such as Civil War disruptions, railroad boom and bust, Bryan's gold dispute, the Maine sinking, court blocks on railroad mergers, 1929 crash, and WWII, then posits future risks and emphasizes diversification.
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Babson Park
Miss
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
William J. Bryan
America
Bryan
Maine
Havanna Harbor
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Supreme Court
Home Economics Unit Meetings Schedule Updated
Home Economics Extension Unit meetings are listed for May 17 and May 18 with host locations in Lanark and Savan na. North Otter Creek Livewires meet at 1 30 p m with roll call on Garden Tip and a surprise discussion topic. Chadwick Lamplighters postpone May 10 meeting to May 17. Lima Larks meet May 18 with Party Favors topic and host Mrs Edward Sturtz. Mr and Mrs Paul Friederick hosted guests for Mrs Clarence Doty’s birthday at their Wacker road home in Savan na.
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Home Economics Extension
North Otter Creek
Lanark
O. W. Michael
Home Bureau
Paul Friederick
Wacker Road
Savanna
Clarence Doty
Northern Fastball League Opens Season May 29
The Northern Fastball League will begin play May 29 with a doubleheader at the Savanna diamond. Parkers face Savanna Jaycees at 6 30 p.m. and Rock Falls meets Savanna Sixpackers at 8 p.m. Other opening games are Thomson Melon Tossers vs Mt Carroll Mobil and Hanover Red Devils vs Mt Carroll Hawks.
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Savanna Diamond
Parkers
Palisades
Savanna Jaycees
Rock Falls
Savanna Sixpackers
Thomson Melon Tossers
Mt. Carroll Mobil
Thomson
Hanover
Red Devils
Mt. Carroll
Hawks
Hanover Red Devils
Savanna Joyces
Mt. Carroll Hawks
Savanna
Mobile
Sixpackers
Melon Tossers
Jaycees
Mobil
Melon
Death notices from Carroll County and Savanna area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Henry Backenkeller 75 of Mt. Carroll and Joseph Henry Stolder 73 of Savanna mark May deaths. Also listed are Mrs Edward Vogt 64 of Savanna Fredrick Lansford 83 of Savanna Charles Vance Dame Lanark infant Brian Keith Brinkmeier Shannon and related survivors with burial details and service times.
Shannon Victor Ia Conference Track Meet Results
Shannon's high school track squad rolled up 86 1 2 points to win the Carroll Conference meet on Forreston field. Mt. Carroll took second with 72, Milledgeville third with 36, Lanark fourth with 21 1 2, Chadwick fifth with 5. Thomson entrants scored none. In fresh-soph, Milledgeville led with 59 1 2, Lanark 57, Shannon 29 1 2, Thom son 28, Mt. Carroll 17 1 2, Chadwick 16.
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Shannons High
Carroll
Forreston
Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
Lanark
Chadwick
Thomson
Shannon
Giedd S
Alber M
Wagner
Glafka
Whitney C
McDearmon
Kurth
Kneiss
Schrader
Stoner S
Kearnaghan
Shields
Lamoreux
Vun
Gaar
Emmett
Schoonhoven
Williams
Guenzler L
Wagner S
Russell
Picklums Return to River View For Summer
Jr. and Mrs. Henry Picklum, after a Tampa winter and Davenport home return, relocate to River View to spend the summer months.
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Henry Picklum
Tampa
Florida
Davenport
Riverview
Take Over Payments on Slant Needle Console Sewing Machine
Eight easy payments of 7.10 dollars cover the Singer Slant Needle Console with eight cams for buttonholes and fancy work. Credit offered by Mer U G S Finance, Box 343, Davenport Iowa. tf.
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Singer
U. G. S. Finance
Davenport
Iowa
Shiley to Head Carroll County Mental Health Society
E Darwin Shiley of Lanark was elected president at the Carroll County Mental Health Society annual meeting at Savanna High School. Edward J. Turnbaugh and the Rev Karl Baldner were named first and second vice presidents. The group planned a countywide fund drive with Rev Raymond Aspinall as drive chairman to support emergency examinations, research, and other society needs. A concert by the Patients' Band of the East Moline state hospital highlighted the program.
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E. Darwin Shiley
Lanark
Carroll County Mental Health Society
Savanna High School
Ruth Putnam
Mt. Carroll
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Savanna
Carroll County
Karl Baldner
Milledgeville
Robert Keohane
Raymond Aspinall
East Moline State Hospital
Tax distribution planned for Carroll county taxes
Carroll county tax funds worth 400000 are to be distributed to taxing units later this week. County Treasurer Lula M. Ross said only less than 20 percent of the 1960 tax bill has been collected, with some townships as low as 13 percent and one at 19.5 percent. many districts face near empty funds.
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Carroll County
Lula M. Ross
Funeral Rites Tuesday for Rev. H. Foster Whitney
Savanna church rector Rev. H Foster Whitney longtime civic leader dies at 63 funeral held 11 30 a m Tuesday at St Paul s Episcopal church officiated by Bishop Charles Street burial in Savanna Township cemetery Whitney born March 17 1896 in Green Bay Wis married Alice Thomson in Chicago 1921 she died 1959 He led Civil Defense Red Cross Lions Club and many civic posts WWI veteran no immediate survivors
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Savanna
H. Foster Whitney
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Charles Street
Chicago
Savanna Township
Green Bay
Wis
Henry E
Marian Roberts Whitney
Alice T. Thomson
Whitney
Seabury Western Seminary
Evanston
Carroll County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Savanna Lions Club
Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association
Carroll County Welfare Services Committee
Savanna Library Board
Savanna Post
American Legion
Gholsons Visit Savanna amid Hospital Stay
Dr. and Mrs. Horace Gholson of Princeton spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Gholson in Savanna. Diane and Kenny Bauer of Wacker stay several days at the P. K. McGinnis residence while their mother is in Savanna hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Gholson
Princeton
E. H. Gholson
Savanna
Diane
Kenny Bauer
Wacker
P. K
Feed Grain Program under way in Carroll County
The 1961 Feed Grain Program is now active in Carroll County with 22 percent of farms participating and 8704 corn acres diverted. Eligible producers must divert at least 20 percent of their 1959 60 corn base to soil conserving use and receive payments plus price supports for corn, grain sorghum, and other small grains. County office details and hours are listed at 310 North Main Street Mt Carroll. A recount petition for Lanark mayoral race was filed by Harlan Carbaugh alleging errors in all three wards. Peat won April 18 with 307 votes to Carbaugh 806 and Glen Blair Sr. 188.
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Carroll County
J. W. Erdmier
ABC
Eremier
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
North Main Street
Mt. Carroll
Illinois
George Peat
City of
Lanark
Carroll County Circuit Court
Harlan Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Peat
Glen Blair Sr
Shimer College to Stage Lady's Not For Burning May 12-13
Shimer College Mt. Carroll Illinois will present Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not For Burning as Green Curtain's spring production. Performances are May 12 and 13 at 8 15 p m in the college gymnasium with about sixty Steak n Show Society members dining together in the Dining Hall before the Saturday show. Cast includes Bernard Kneale Mrs Nancy Martin of Mt Carroll and area students Richard Kane and Larry Mason of Rockford Illinois.
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Christopher Fry
Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Andrew H. Bro
Bernard Kneale
Nancy Martin
Richard Kane
Larry Mason
Rockford, Il
Local families host Sunday dinners and visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Detra and family of Prophetstown were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGinnis and family. Other Sunday callers were Mrs. Jerry McGinnis and Mrs. Jerry Holcomb and daughter of Savannah and Mr. and Mrs. Pat McGinnis of Elizabeth. Dr. E. H. Golson of Savanna returned home Saturday after a week in Chicago for an Advance Course in Chiropractic at the LaSalle Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown and family were Sunday dinner guests of his mother and sister, Mrs. Maude Brown and Harriet.
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Carl Detra
Prophetstown
Paul McGinnis
Jerry McGinnis
Jerry Holcomb
Savanna
Pat McGinnis
Elizabeth
E. H. Golson
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Gordon Brown
Maude Brown
Harriet
Shannon Lanark win first round in district tourney
Shannon high topped Chadwick 9 to 6 and Lanark defeated Thomson 18 to 6 in opening games of the high school district baseball tournament at Lanark. Shannon’s six run rally in the second broke a 1 1 deficit to lead 7 1. Thomson led 6 2 after three but Lanark exploded for eight in the fourth then added three and six to seal the win.
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Shannon
Lanark
Shannon High
Chadwick
Thomson
Eagles
Pomona Grange Meeting Highlights and Upcoming Events
Carroll County Pomona Grange met in Rock Creek Grange hall with Master William Hans presiding. Reports covered Home Economics sewing contest May 19, Go to Church events May 21 and June 4, style shows June 7, and a Northern Illinois Grange picnic July 25. A memorial service, youth program, skits, and a soil stewardship talk were featured along with multiple host grange reports and community visits.
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William Hans
Chadwick
Carroll County
Pomona Grange
Rock Creek
Paul Sites
Dorothy Footitt
Pete Libberton
Clinton
Frank Manning
The
Grange
Mesdames
Alvin Reiff
Francis Provant
Tom McPhillips
Leroy Stoner
Roger Baylor
Leroy
Sea of Life
Connie Libberton
Charles Burkholder
Paul Voeckel
Gladys Kenney
Russell Nye
Oscar Shilling
Charles Gordon
Bear seeks probation in worthless check case
Leonard Bear, formerly of Freeport, appears in Carroll county court on a charge of issuing a worthless check. Judge Edward J. Turnbaugh grants probation if Bear pays $215 restitution to Allen Palmer of Savanna within 90 days and covers court costs. Sheriff Harry Miller had pursued Bear for nearly two years and coordinated with Stephenson county authorities to arrest him when located in Freeport.
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Carroll County
Leonard Bear
Freeport
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Bear
Allen Palmer
Savanna
Harry Miller
Stephenson County
Licensed to Wed in Lanark Savanna and Cedar Rapids couples
Four marriage licenses were issued in the past week by County Clerk W. M. Nipe. Perry K. Baxter and Luella M. Brown of Lanark. Adam A. Robbins and Elsie M. Burmester of Savanna. Don Butler and Janet Marie Wede of Cedar Rapids Iowa. Ray E. Shafer and Martha Dyson of Savanna.
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W. M. Nipe
Perry K. Baxter
Luella M. Brown
Lanark
Adam A. Robbins
Elsie M. Burmester
Savanna
Don Butler
Janet Marie Wede
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ray E. Shafer
Martha Dyson
Two Savanna Men Fined For Disorderly Conduct
Two Savanna men were arrested Sunday in Thomson by village marshal Jake Baker and jailed to await a hearing. William Ferguson and Earl Buttermore appeared before Justice George E. Coden and each fined twenty dollars plus costs. They remained jailed Tuesday afternoon unable to pay. Allen Olson, employed on a farm near Davis, was to appear Wednesday in Carroll county court on a non support charge, after arrest Monday night on a complaint by Oval Ritter of Lanark.
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Thomson
Jake Baker
Carroll County
Justice of the Peace
George E. Coden
William Ferguson
Earl Buttermore
Allen Olson
Davis
Oval Ritter
Lanark
Real estate transfers in Mt Carroll and surrounding areas
A list of real estate transfers showing numerous transactions. D C Lionel Presley to William B Petty and wife. Frances J Hemmer to Town of York. Glenn W Guenzler to Ervie L Guenzler. Harold L Lease to Dorothy J Bruch. Reginald Church et al to Bertha B Church. Bertha B Church to Frank Newman and wife. Verel E Rogers to Jesse J Parsley. Catherine Francis Delpetal to Leonard J Stage. Ronald Fritz to Wilbur Zillhart. Hazel M Hoak to Jack R Hoak. Kingsley Yeager to Herman T Bimm. Harvey Lee Frederick to Sherman L Frederick et al. Details include parcel descriptions in Mt Carroll Savanna Brentwood Lanark and Rock Creek areas.
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D. C
Lionel Presley
William B. Petty
Mt. Carroll
Frances J. Hemmer
York
Glenn W. Guenzler
Ervie L. Guenzler
Harold L. Lease
Dorothy J. Bruch
Reginald Church
Bertha B. Church
Brentwood
Savanna
Frank Newman
Verel E. Rogers
Jesse J. Parsley
Rock Creek
Catherine Francis Delpetal
Leonard J. Stage
Jenks
Ronald Fritz
Wilbur Zillhart
Freedom
Hazel M. Hoak
Jack R. Hoak
OT Lanark
Kingsley Yeager
Herman T. Bimm
Smiths
Harvey Lee Frederick
Sherman L. Frederick
Morrison Social Guests From Several Families
Sunday afternoon callers from Morrison included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shipman Mr. and Mrs. Bert Meinema Mrs. Fern Norrish and Mrs. Grace Vander Ploeg. Mrs. Verdayne John and son Teddy of Milwaukee visited with the French family.
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Henry Shipman
Bert Meinema
Fern Norrish
Grace Vander Ploeg
Morrison
James Dykema
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Babson's Weekly Report
Great Britain
France
de Gaulle
Kennedy
Russia
Cuba
New York
San Francisco
Fort Knox
United States
Henry Backenkeller
Clifford Baumann
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Backenkeller
Backenkeller
Joseph H. Stolder
Joseph Henry Stolder
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Stolder
Savanna City Hospital
Delmar
John Stolder
Edna Conley
Lester
Laurence
la Crosse
Celeste
Alice Sigales
Edward Vogt
James K. Macfarlane
Savanna Cemetery
Earl
Lillian Melendy Orr
Rockford
Fred Orr
Order
B. of L. F
E. Auxiliary
Royal Neighbors of America
Presbyterian Church
Vaden F. Lansford
Vaden
Fredrick Lansford
Community General Hospital
Sterling
Savanna Funeral
Oakwood Cemetery
Geneseo
Fayette County
John Lansford
Berniece Smith
Ida Klitz
Brian Keith Brinkmeier
Keith Brinkmeier
Chicago Research Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Frank Funeral Home
Merle Hanbecker
Ruth Diffenderfer
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Robert Prunty
Arthur Brinkmeier
Sha'¢ Non
Shannon Victor Ia
Thomson News
I. R. Senneff
James W. Kraber, Jr
Kimberly
Clement Barto, Jr
Spring Valley
Barto
Senneff
Dorothy Brondyke
Fulton
Johanna Oosteryk
Clarence Bolhous
Ed Kay
Albany
John Ashpole
American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary
LeRoy Eisenpeter
Glenview
Hines VA Hospital
Mabel Grice
Kankakee
Frank C. Bottigliero
David C. Leach
Poppy Commission
Wilmette
Dorothy Hannemann
Melrose Park
Shiley
Head County Mental Health Society
Shimer College Drama Group
Myles Haas
Fred Jecklin
Merle Law
Fred Wolf
S. Clay
Sats
Fia Daley
Norman Yungbluth
Robert Embrey
Howard Nelson
Dick Engelhardt
Pleasant Valley Grange
Park House
Stockton
Apple River Grange
Leo Poffenberger
John Dittmar
Ralph Roberts
Graces
John Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Howard Johnson
Lena
Harry Jurgens
Jan
Paul Johnson
Margaret Johnson
Carroll Landherr
Eugene Halfman
Courthouse News
WED
Verdayne John
Teddy
Milwaukee
N. D. French
Carolyn Whitney
Merle Atherton, Jr
Merle Atherton
Larry
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