Millies Win County Track Competition
Mill edgeville high school wins Carroll County Conference track meet on Fulton track with 69.5 points. Mt Carroll runner up four behind. Thomson third. multiple events led by Rowsey and Kearnaghan in sprints hurdles and relays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville High School
Carroll County
Fulton
Millies
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Shannon
Chadwick
Lanark
Milledgeville
Spencer
Anderson
Mt .Carroll
Williams
Bankers Association Farm Conference At Sterling May 27
The Illinois Bankers Association hosts its Farm Credit Farm Management Conference in Sterling on May 27. A panel titled How Would You Handle These Farm loans features C. T. Wilhelms, president of First State Bank of Shannon, and other regional bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Bankers Association
Sterling
C. T. Wilhelms
First State Bank of
Shannon
Carroll County Banker’s Federation
Mt. Car
C. Norian Weigle
Card of Thanks for William Hartmantels
The family expresses sincere thanks to relatives and friends for kindness and sympathy during the bereavement in the loss of their father grandfather and brother William Hartmantels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hartmantels
Wet Cold Weather Delays Planting Corn in Illinois
The first week of May saw minimal corn planting across the corn belt due to wet fields and low temperatures. Rain eased drought concerns but brought cold snaps with new early May records. soil temps averaged 39 to 48 degrees at seed stations, risking slow germination and greater disease exposure, though some Carroll county growers persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Chicago
Weather Bureau
DeKalb
Carroll County
James Isenhart Granted Junior Membership in Berkshire Association
James A. Isenhart of Chadwick FFA is named a junior member of the American Berkshire Association in Springfield Illinois on May 16 1954. He studies vocational agriculture at Chadwick High School and raises a purebred Berkshire litter for his project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Isenhart
American Berkshire Ass
James A. Isenhart
Chadwick Ffa
American Berkshire Association
Springfield
Ill
James
Chadwick High School
Berkshire
Free Chest X Ray Program Planned Across Carroll County June
A free chest x ray program for all adults 17 and over will run June 15 through June 26 in Carroll County. County nurse Harriet Allen announces the effort funded by the Carroll County Tuberculosis association with support from the Carroll County Cancer Society and Home Bureau units. A state health department mobile unit will visit each town to serve residents, with community chairmen named in Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Shannon and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Harriet Allen
Carroll County Tuberculosis Association
Carroll County Cancer Society
Home Bureau
State Health Department
Chadwick
Eugene Miller
Thomson
W. C. Fenley
Lanark
Orville Bowers
Milledgeville
Fred Goble
Shannon
Bert Wirtjes
Carroll
Robert Larson
Savanna
Home Bureau Weekly Meetings May 14 to 21
County home economics groups schedule meetings from Freedom to Lima Larks with major lessons on home advising taxes pastries and egg cookery. Notable activities include recipe exchange canning hints and a book review led by Miss Geraldine Acker with trainings on taxes and pastries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Daehler
Leona Daehler
West End
Legion Hall
Gaar
Lanark
Robert Dale
Hickory Grove
Victor Bucholz
Marie Bashaw
Floyd Frederick
Cherry Grove
Francis Nelson
North Otter Creek
Reynold Bloyer
Willard Rahn
Lima Larks
Harold Gravenstein
Farm Bureau Hall
Home Bureau
Geraldine Acker
Predict Crest Of Flood Today At 18 Feet
Missis sippi river crest expected today at about 18 feet, with lowland areas under water but no major damage anticipated. At Fulton floodwater covers areas along Cattail slough, though embankments must rise further to threaten farms or homes. Mothers day guests included the Stoners, the Reiffs, and the Hans family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Fulton
Milledgeville Woman Heads Carroll County PTA
Mrs Wayne Hawkins of Milledgeville was elected president of the Carroll County Council of Parent-Teacher associations at the spring meeting in Savannah. Mrs Stanley Welch of Lanark was named vice president and Mrs Wallace Williams of Mt Carroll became secretary treasurer. Thirty seven PTA representatives attended the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hawkins
Milledgeville
Carroll County Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Savanna
Stanley Welch
Lanark
Wallace Williams
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County
Two Chadwick Men Begin Fort Bliss Antiaircraft训练
Pvt. John L. Queckboerner and Pvt. Richard A. Janssen, Chadwick, Texas, started eight weeks of basic training at the Antiaircraft Artillery replacement training center in Fort Bliss, Texas. After completion they may be assigned for further antiaircraft training or transferred to another army school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bliss
Texas
John L. Queckboerner
and Chadwick
Richard A. Janssen
Wm. Janssen
Chadwick
Trial date set for Donald Harvey gambling case near Savanna
A special petit jury panel has been summoned for the Donald Harvey gambling device case. The panel includes Mildred Simon, Chester Edwards, Arnold Wilkins, Grace TerHark, Vera Hoy, and others from Washington, Woodland, Freedom, Rock Creek, Salem, Savanna, Fair Haven, Wysox, and nearby townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Harvey
Indian Head
Savanna
Mildred Simon
Washington Township
Chester Edwards
Woodland
Arnold Wilkins
Freedom
Grace TerHark
Vera Hoy
Shannon
Denver Attig
Lima
Rex Willis
Russell Zier
Orpha Lawhorn
Naaman Diehl
Vernard Diehl
Roy Plock
Ruth Lower
Rock Creek
Ann Ditsworth
Orval Rahn
Marion Barnhart
Salem
Eleanor D. Eisseller
Noel P. Erdmier
Mr. Carroll
Ella M. Hopkins
Albert F. Dunn
Mildred L. Fellows
Harold Mitchell
Alma H. Colgar
Henrietta Hansen
Emma R. Collins
Lyman Kelly
Floyd E. Ehredt
Harold Daehler
John Faber York
Deaths in Savanna Area Marked by Heart Attack and Stroke
Carroll County obituary notices record Charles A. Beck 82 of East Savanna dying of a heart attack May 6. Funeral at Hunter's Fuller Memorial with Rev. W. Chester Jostrom officiating. Survived by three daughters, four grandchildren, and a sister. Also Hannah C. Ring 71 of Savanna died in Thom son nursing home after a paralytic stroke. services were in Savanna with burial there. Henry Ehredt 80 of Chestnut Park died at Savanna City Hospital. services at Law Funeral Home with burial in Savanna cemetery. Survived by a daughter, two grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and two sisters.
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Savanna
Charles August Beck
East Savanna
Hunter’s Fuller Memorial
W. Chester Jostrom
Albrecht Cemetery
Massbach
Fred
Margaret Bock
Jn Dergiess County
Hanover
Thomson
Hannah C. Ring
Maple Lawn
Savanna Funeral
A. Stanley Beck
Savanna Cemetery
Jo Daviess County
Herman
Mary Frey
George Ring
Samuel Frey
Frank Fox
Bradley, Mich
A. A. Sisler
Eugene, Ore
Mary Cooley
Lanark
Lloyd
William Lartz
August McGinnis
Henry Ehredt
Chestnut Park
Savanna City Hospital
Law Funeral Home
A Stanley Beck
Martin
Elizabeth Ehredt
Ella Lyons
Earl LaDuke
Anna Bauer
California
Lily Curley
Milwaukee
Wis
Tels
Brown Swiss Canton Show Set For June 7
The annual Brown Swiss Canton show will be held Monday June 7 at the Freeport fair grounds. Robert Sibley and canton directors announced final plans after a meeting in Freeport with Perry Keltner. The one day event features 4 H and FFA judging contests with prizes and ribbons, junior contests led by Robert Habben, with Frank Ochsner Ray Folgate Carl Keltner and Roy Gleasman among organizers. A pot luck lunch will be served and entries for registered cattle go to Leo Johnson. Central Standard Time will govern the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Robert Sibley
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sibley
Canton
Perry Keltner
Seven County Organization
Freeport Fair Grounds
FFA
Robert Habben
Sterling
Frank Ochsner
Dakota
Ray Folgate
Orangeville
Grounds
Carl Keltner
Pearl City
Roy Gleasman
Rockford
Glen Wachter
Jo Daviess County
Olivia Roos
Ogle
Lee
Elmer H. Habben
Whiteside County
LaVern Kinberg
Winnebago County
Leo Johnson
Rt. 4
Ill
Marriage Licenses Issued in Savanna and Mt. Carroll
Licenses to wed issued in the past week include Jason L. Truninger and Tersina Gregory both of Savanna Larry E. Decker of Mt Carroll and Mary Ruth Franey Huebn er of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason L. Truninger
Teresina Gregory
Savanna
Larry E. Decker
Mt. Carroll
Mary Ruth Franey Huebner
Freeport Man Charles Livingston Guilty Of Speeding
Charles Livingston of Freeport was arrested at Lanark on speeding charges and found guilty Monday in Mt. Carroll before Justice Loren Cates. He paid a $5 fine plus costs at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Livingston
Freeport
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Justice of the Peace
Loren Cates
Returned to Ohio man held on non support charges
Eugene A. Elgin, held by Carrol authorities at Toledo on request of Toledo police, was returned Tuesday to Toledo. He faced charges of non support of minor children. Real estate transfers list multiple property deeds among residents of Milledgeville Rock Creek and Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Eugene A. Elgin
Carroll
Toledo
Elgin
Pomona Grange Meets Monday At Chadwick
Pomona Grange in Chadwick held a Monday meeting at the American Legion hall with the Three Graces program led by Mesdames Keeney Lang Sites. Performances included mothers tributes, solos, a vocal trio, and the Lord Delivered Daniel with memorial services and a candle ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Carroll County
Pomona Grange
American Legion Hall
Graces
James Keeney
Delmar Lang
Paul Sites
Helen Bryson
Henry Newendyke
Elizabeth Martin
Mrs. Bryson
Lorelei Blumer
Judy Lewis
Robert Genualdi
the Lord
Daniel
Sylvia
Sharon Stein
Sandra Spearman
Ronald Daehler
Marjorie Walker
Bert Sites
Russell Nye
John Halfman Sr
Lawrence Halfman
Lex Milroy
William Hane
Lang
Jesus Whipers Peace
William Hans
Neva Hans
Cora Dale
Paul Voeckel
Charles Gordon
Ceres
Gladys Keeney
Flora
Betty Sites
God
Harold Stoner
Milledgeville Grangte Hall
William Haas
New
Rock Creek
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Northern Illinois Grange
Oregon
Rock Creek Grange
Wayland Bennett
Surprise 25th Anniversary for Mr and Mrs William Hawk
A surprise 25th anniversary party honored Mr and Mrs William Hawk at Mt Carroll Community House with about 100 guests. Attendees included Mrs Hawk's sister from Clinton Iowa and relatives from Savanna Polo Stockton and Blooming Prairie Minnesota. The couple married May 1929 and farm in Carroll County with two daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Manning
Mt. Carroll
Wm. Hawk
Hawk
Charles Deets
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Orpha Buckwalter
Savanna
Carlsbad Caverns
Pike's Peak
Yellowstone Park
Louis Thompson
Clinton
Irma Rhines
Jo Ann Prins
Marie Stickel
Polo
Shannon
Lanark
Stockton
Chadwick
Barrington
Thomson
Mary Halfman
William Hawk
St. John’s Catholic Church
Carroll County
Leo
Cecilia) Zemke
Barbara
William Jr
New Mississippi Bridge At Clinton Ta Cost $4 500 000
Bids opened for a new Mississippi River bridge from Illinois to Clinton Iowa. Low steel superstructure bid by Clinton Bridge Works at 2 684 848 dollars with other bids for earthwork 97 616.10 dollars and substructure 1 222 204 dollars. Completion expected in about two years if started this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Illinois
Clinton
Fulton With &Th Avenue
Clinton Bridge
John P. Abramson Co
Des Moines
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Central Engineering Co
Ringland Johnson
Aldridge Electric
Lake Forest
Open House Sunday Marks Armed Forces Day at Savanna Depot
Open House Sunday at Savanna Ordnance Depot marks the annual Armed Forces Day observance with tours starting 8:00 a.m. CST and public gates opening at 7:00 a.m. Visitors may picnic, view demonstrations, and enjoy bands from Stambaugh Mich York Community Thomson Savanna Hanover. Col. L A. Burbank invites all to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Armed Forces
U. S
Col
L A. Burbank
Mississippi River
Sabula
Stambaugh
Mich
Towship High School
York Community High School
Thomson
Savanna Township
Hanover High School
Clare N. Housel
Galena
Hanover
York Community High
Charles Ferris
Savanna High
W. R. Fuller
Harold Hokenson
Carroll County Red Cross Board Meeting Highlights Fund Drive Success
The Carroll County Red Cross Executive Board met May 10 in Thomson with reps from all branches. Reports on finances disaster preparedness and Armed Services Day planned a First Aid tent. Blood Center notes led to a June 14 Bloodmobile visit in Savanna and a switch to fewer visits in Carroll County later the year. Total Fund Drive receipts surpassed goal at 7304.84 against a 6575 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Red Cross Chapter
Legion Hall
Thomson
H. F. Whitney
Elmer Struckman
Savanna
Mary Vaccaro
Peoria
St. Louis
Defense
Red Cross
Carroll County
Carrol
Milledgeville
Lanark
Shannon
Chadwick
Tcis
Salvation Army Rural Service Dinner Planned in Stockton
Plans for the Rural Service conference dinner to be held at Atwood Hall Stockton on Wednesday May 19 at 6 30 CST are announced by M E Vanderheyden general chairman The event includes Jo Daviess Williamson and Carroll counties Reservations must reach Vanderheyden by Monday Carl Miller a Salvation Army veteran of 20 years will speak He currently directs a rural service program in the tri cities St Charles Geneva and Batavia IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Service
Atwood Hall
Stockton
M. E. Vanderheyden
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Carroll Counties
Carl Miller
Salvation Army
Tri-Cities
St. Charles
Geneva
Batavia
Lll
GOP Delegates Appointed to State Convention at Carroll County
Carroll County Republican Central Committee selected delegates and alternates for the state convention. Delegates include F A Stransky chairman Clarence Bolhous F J Stransky F J Stiles J J Bealer Mrs Ralph Eaton Mrs Eugene Murray Mrs Ray Polhill and Mrs John Franks. Alternates are Mrs Evelyn Senneff Mrs Annette Isenberger Robert Weismiller Mrs Roberta Sword Mrs Poppenhouse Mrs Susan Newbold and Nellie Phillips. Also listed are Sunday social visits at the Queckboerner home in Lanark with the Queckboerner and Hartman families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Republican Central Committee
Springfield
F. A. Stransky
Clarence Bolhous
F. J. Stransky
F. J. Stiles
J. J. Bealer
Ralph Eaton
Eugene Murray
Ray Polhill
John Franks
Evelyn Senneff
Ordnance Corps Marks 142nd Birthday
Chief of Ordnance Major General E L Cummings extends greetings to the Ordnance Corps on its 142nd anniversary dated May 14. He commends members for past achievements and urges continued effort to supply the world’s best ordnance for the world’s finest soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance Corps
E. L. Cummings
USA
Tels
Dam Gates Raised as Mississippi River Rises
River flows increased across the Rock Island District with gates raised at Dubuque Bellevue Fulton Muscatine New Boston Canton and Quincy. More gates at Rock Island and Gulfport expected later this week as commercial traffic slows and locks in the St Paul District partly close. Upstream tonnage reached 17 tons on 60 barges. downstream 2,400 tons of grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Dubuque
Bellevue
Fulton
Muscatine
New Boston
Canton
Quincy
Gulfport
St. Paul District
Rock Island Locks
No. 15
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BSON
Wall Street
New York City
London
Paris
Wall Feet
Mutual Trust
New York Exchange
Russa
Defense Department
Russia
Eisenhower
United States
Korea
Ermosa
Philippines
Australia
Navis
Congress
Indo- China
Rowsey
Gillogly
Kearnaghan
Gerdes
Parks
Engelkens
Halfman
Weber
Doden
Derrickson
Thomaesk
Hanna
R. Smith
Hartman
Bruns
Barthel
Pickens
Schroeder
Schmidecamp
Bielema
Fransen
Prins
Cross
DeSpain
L. Smith
F. Smith
Bronkema
Pottinger
Frederick
Franklin
Belema
Woodin
Heffelfinger
Bankers Association
Town
C. W. Ewing
Don Stoner
Alvin Reiff
Elmer Hans and Sons
Reiff
County
PTA
Ft. Bliss
Petit Jury Panel
Charles A. Beck
Mrs. Hannah Ring
Howe News
Harry H. Fisch
Vincent Busser
Puterbaughs
Vernon H. Weber
Brian R. Parks
J. Melville McKean
John E. Colliflower
Romaine Dietmeyer
Meyers
Joseph B. Foley
Arthur S. Crometal
Harry W. Chesseman
Mrs
Don Harris
Dr. Wm. Wagner
Waupun
Charles Harris
Summit Hospital
Oconomowoc
Mississippi
Dora Daehler
Fay Reitzel
Daehle
Fred _ Daehler
Albert Wasmund
Mary Geison
Dixon
County Red Cross Board
Salvation Army Rural Service
GOP
Jess
Albert Queckboerner
Kandis
Ray Queckboerner
Glen Hartman
Russell Queckboerner
Tess
Merlyn Rotherme
Morris
Vernon Baumgardt
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