Happy Birthday list spans May dates across multiple towns
A long birthday notice lists numerous individuals from Milledgeville Chadwick Thomson and surrounding areas with dates May 16 to May 22. Names include Bernard Hartman and Chad wick twins Bernice Hartman Chad Glen Daggett Mt Carroll and many others with residences in Milledgeville Lanark Chadwick Thomson Savanna Galesburg Sterling Rockford Freeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Hartman
Chadwick
Bernice Hartman
Glen Daggett
Mt. Carroll
Paul Lewis
Thomson
William Boylan
Porterville
Calif
Lorraine Young
Gene Spaulding
Dessa Hanna
Milledgeville
W. A. Nesemeier
Margaret Bogott
George Kauffman
Kenneth Kemmer
Galesburg
Harry Schreiner
Sterling
Wm. Traum
Rockford
Mary Taylor
R. E. Meyer
Eileen Wenger
William Maxfield
Milledgevillle
J. J. Schmidt
Bob Miles
Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
C. A. Spanogle
George Doden
Fred Appel
Leroy Hart
Joanna Poffenberger
Carroll
D. E. Hollinshead
Fulton
Russell Mellhattan
Lanark
Arla Brown
Edna Ferris
Frank Williams
Esther Isenhart
Harlan Johannsen
Fulton Catherine Dyson
Arthur Thompson
Savanna
Theodore Storm
Wacker
Mae Balk
Betty Schneider
Mr. Carroll
Walter S. Gipe
Wesley Sack
Robert Merchant
Lillian Moore
Savanna merchants plan Fourth of July celebration bid
Local Savanna merchants push Fourth of July plans as spring trade flourishes and nearby towns join in. Visitors greet Smiley Burnette and family at a T N T dinner at the Christian church once led by his father. Frank J. Stransky opens a Freeport law office after purchasing the Heard practice. Reports note swans on Ely Cochran’s main street project and new state highway workers Hobart Holland and John Carroll. Alfred St Ores says painting and paper hanging demand remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Thomson
Smiley” Burnette
Christian Church
Frank J. Stransky
Freeport
Heard
Carroll County
Chadwick
Ely Cochran
Hobart Holland
John Carroll
Roy Atherton
Alfred St. Ores
Post Office Warns All Chain Letters Illegal
The Pasral Bulletin warns that endless chain letters and cards such as Hankie Club Apron Club Flower Club Towel Club Hobby Club are illegal to mail. Postmasters note sending such matter violates postal fraud and lottery laws and may lead to fraud orders barring mail delivery to involved individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastal Bulletin
Post Office Department
W. E. Kelly
CCC Enrollees Not Required to Return Home for Draft Classification
CCC enrollees registered under the 1940 Selective Service Act may skip returning home for classification, physicals, and induction. Transfers of registrations to nearby Local Selective Service Boards are allowed. Enrollments occur late May through early July. interested youths should contact the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission in Freeport for CCC employment and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Arthur C. Zimmerman
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Selective Service Board
Zimmerman
Ilinois Emergency Relief Commission
State Building
Freeport
Illinois
Milledgeville Notables Named in Registry
Bobby Maberry Gerald Strauch Erma Dambman Jack Martin and David Bushman are listed with residence ties to Milledgeville and Chadwick in the community registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Maberry
Milledgeville
Gerald Strauch
Erma Dambman
Chadwick
Jack Martin
David Bushman
Local visits and gatherings noted in Davenport and area
Preston Prairie Mrs Oscar Smith and Irene visit relatives in Davenport and Massbach. Constance Wood of Sterling visited Tuesday with Erma Fulrath. Arthur Kandlehner of Freedom was a business visitor here recently. Garth Keller and Howard Petty Jr of Champaign came to spend the weekend with relatives. Mrs Bert Merchant spent Mother's day in the Ward Weidman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Smith
Irene
Davenport
Massbach
Constance Wood
Sterling
Erma Fulrath
Arthur Kandlehner
Freedom
Garth Keller
Howard Petty, Jr
Champaign
Bert Merchant
Ward Weidman
Guernsey Bull Platenco Marvel 269120 Sold to Stagg
The American Guernsey Cattle Club reports the sale of a registered Guernsey bull named Platenco Marvel 269120 from William C. Altz to Lena M. Stagg of Thomson Illinois. The sale is noted as completed by the club in Petersborough New Hampshire.
Cattle Sale Reported for Ernest Smith Womanville?
The American Guernsey Cattle Club reports the sale of a registered cow, Gipsy Lad of Woodbine 296972, from Woodbine Illinois to Ernest Smith of Thomson Illinois, with Peterborough New Hampshire noted in the chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine
Ill
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N.H
Guernsey
William C. Altz
Ernest Smith
Thomson, Il
Gipsy Lad
Notice of Claim Day in estate of Herman A Francke Deceased
Claim day set for June 2 1941 in the estate of Herman A Francke Deceased in Carroll County Illinois. Creditors may file claims by that date without summons. Laura M Francke is executor and Chas E Stuart is attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A
Francke
Herman A, Francke
Carroll County
Illinois
Laura M. Francke
Chas. E. Stuart
Memory Lane Circus Tale From Ground Level
A narrator recalls a rural memory of ground cherries, a Saturday circus under a bridge, and a rough performance by Tom the cat and a Courl dog. The tale includes family discipline, a pink doll dress mishap, and a lively, comic backstage clash ending with the cat prevailing.
Circus Ends When Doll Clothes Sell The Show
Narrator recalls an eastbound rush and a failing circus finale. The crowd cheered as the show closed and the sister’s doll clothes were left in pieces while the narrator frets over gate receipts and a small misstep overheard by Courl. The space is up and mother’s anger looms, promising to tell more another time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Coull
York
James Haley
Tommy
Courl
Mother
Jerry-driver’s mishap ends in a house collision joke
A driver crashed into a house and, lacking words, asked the resident for directions. The woman coolly pointed him to Wig an saying to go straight past the sideboard then left past the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigan
Marth Bros Open Basement Store in Savannah
Marth Bros. Variety Store in Savannah opens a new Basement Store accessed by a wide central stairway. The 30 by 50 foot area is well lit and stocked with dolls toys curtains dishes chinaware glassware earthenware utensils and more. The shop aims to stay well stocked and expand merchandise to make visits complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marth Bros. Variety Store
Savanna
Marth Bros
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the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Diane Saundera
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous
Kenneth Whitney
Happy
Holman
Junior Holman
Irvin Leitz
Sheldon Frank
Lyle Bickert
Cora Kimmel
Orval Rahn
Loren Alber
Edwin Livengood
Kenneth Burkholder
Hans P
Greison
Savanna Cleaners & Dyers
Harry Bradford Street Forum
Preston Prairie
STAGG
Smith
Legals
W. L. Derrer
MT. CarroLl Black
Sharpe
Marth Bros. Open Basement
A. M. Potts
J. H. Potts & Son
Jewelers
Optometrists
Main Ave
Clinton
Pershing Blvd
Ferguson
LETCH
Safety Service
Clinton, Ia
Mt. Carroll, St
Kipnis Sale Pavilion
Galena St
MT. Carroll Sales CO
Roy Fritz
O. P. Miles
H. Kipnis
D. Kipnis
Purina
M. C. Crouse
W.F. Black
Walnut, Ill
Foster Black
Pfister
Fred Wolf
Madden Crouse
Wysox
Elkhorn Grove
W.f.black Farms
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