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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1967
Page
5
The sap rises with thawing nights signaling maple syrup season in Wisconsin. Boiling sap yields 30 to 40 gallons of sap per gallon of syrup, changing flavor and color from clear sap to syrup. Nitrogen fertilizers dissolve and move in soil water while phosphate and potash stay near where placed. Insecticides attach to soil particles and persist varying by type.
The note discusses seed viability for several crops noting 3 to 5 year viability if dry and cool and exceptions for parsley, parsnips, onions, and peppers. It also mentions Ramrod as a weed control for corn and sweet corn and lists targeted weeds. Pigeons are observed around farm silos and barns and at times perch in town.
A new antifertility compound mixed with corn fed to urban pigeons halted offspring production though eggs hatched. Precautions for human, livestock, and pet exposure are being considered before broader use. A NASCO catalog lists soil thermometers at $1.50 each and the office keeps these catalogs on hand. Ships in harbor are for defense, not for dwelling on safety.
Karen Messmer Vicki Oetting Betty Hopkins Joy Siedenburg Karen Geisz Mrs Wilbur Rea der Jack Ottosen Mrs Palmer Dauphin Leroy Getz Mrs El dred Oetting and Mrs Terry Hans appear in a dispersed civic contact roster. The fragment suggests a neighborhood or organizational scrapbook style roll of residents.
Mount Carroll Charles F Freeman 77 formerly of the area died Saturday at Colonial Acres nursing home Sterling. Funeral Tuesday at Frank funeral home with Rev. Wallace B Johnson officiating. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. He married Olive Schrein and survived by a wife a daughter three sons six grandchildren and a sister. Wayne Glockhoff 42 died Saturday at Savanna City Hospital. Funeral Monday at Law Jones funeral home Savanna with Rev. Robert Stevenson officiating. He married Norma Gillogly and was manager of Lazy River Marina a WWII veteran with survivors including his wife mother and a brother.
Carroll County 4-H Federation Council held a successful record training school on May 3 with 156 members from across the county attending to learn changes and requirements of the 4-H grading system. Sessions included beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes led by older 4-H members and adult instructors. Instructors named include Larry Friedrich Leah Lyons Judy Daw Kevan Reader Lawrence Bruckner Joyce Getz James Broderick Joan Getz Jan McKean Jean Getz Patti Smith Alan Flack Nancy Wagenknecht Janice Forth Phyllis Peugh.
1957 Buick Special in good condition offered at a bargain price for immediate sale. Contact Fred Ter Hark, Shannon, by calling 864 2406. Article dated May 18.
George Blackburn, 74, longtime Milledgeville resident, died May 4 from an apparent heart attack at Percy Scriner farm. Funeral held 2 p.m. Saturday at Woodin funeral home with Rev. Paul Milbrandt presiding. Burial at Oak Knoll Memorial Park. Blackburn, born July 6, 1892 in Chicago, worked for Kraft Foods before retiring and attended Milledgeville Methodist Church. He is survived by his sons Wendell of Rock Falls and George of Chicago, and his former wife Elizabeth Schaefer of Joliet. An inquiry was conducted by coroner Dr. L. B. Hussey.
A reader writes about 18 years of association with Carroll County law enforcement. The letter praises the Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol and Radio Patrol and questions years of inequitable departmental operation under Sheriff Harry Miller and predecessor Howard Gorman.
U S MAID has modernized the department to serve the Counter TM geners, while Carroll County’s facilities lag. Volunteer patrols fund an emergency vehicle with equipment and drivers to meet floods and tornadoes, urging readers to contribute. All gifts qualify as a federal income tax deduction. Signed R L Neuschwanger, President Carroll County Sheriffs Mounted Patrol.
Hazel Poffenberger born September 16 1889 to George and Effie Blessing Poffenberger Mount Carroll married Rodney Hayden May 13 1921 at Princeton. Survived by husband two sons Rodney Jr Brookfield Wis and Kenneth Zink Mount Carroll two daughters Mrs George Stricker Mount Carroll and Mrs C C Shupback Gary Ind nine grandchildren several great grandchildren two sisters Mrs A R Mills Savanna and Earl Welch Davenport Iowa.
The Rock Creek Grange invites members to a social gathering on Monday May 15 at 8 30 p m in the Grange Hall. The entertainment committee includes Percy Schreiner Earl Carbaugh Linnie Bornemeijer Naaman Diehl Randall Traum and Ralph Robert.
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