Birthday wishes listed for residents in multiple towns
A sequence of birthday mentions dated Friday May 26 through Thursday June 1 lists numerous individuals from Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Savanna Dixon Dixon Springfield and Mt Carroll. The notices cover many names with locations and dates in a community birthday column.
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Margaret Bowers
Thomson
Jewell Hawkins
Milledgeville
Janet Hawkins
L. A. Frank
Chadwick
Bill Zugschwerdt
John Sollenberger
Shirley Mae Beattie
Lanark
David Graham
Marjorie Mae Peterbaugh
Abner Deets
Dixon
Glenn Edward Radatz
Hazel Bittner
Bethel Schreiner
Harold Holmes
Elmer Weber
The Review’s Dedication to Carroll County Citizens
The statement praises average residents for supporting churches and organizations, banks, and local merchants while urging honesty, hard work, and paying debts. It extols citizens as the nation’s backbone and dedicates future issues to continuing these efforts.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Platform from 1939 Review
The Carroll County platform lists a bank at Milledgeville and road extensions from Han sen's Corners on Rt 78 to Chadwick with Rt 40. It calls for electing efficient town village and county officers, reducing expenses, promoting competitive sports, and highlights Carroll County as the Sports men's Paradine.
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Milledgeville
Rt 171
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Taxes Must Be Reciorced
A compact item presents five civic slogans urging prudent fiscal policy, public safety, lawful conduct, constitutional fidelity, and rural prosperity. The notes emphasize responsible taxation, safety, lawful behavior, and support for farmers within community standards.
Marriages, school actions, and town spots in Savanna
Two Savanna marriages took place this weekend in Clinton and St. Johns church with both couples to reside in Savanna. Eighth graders from local schools number 51 for graduation exercises at Lincoln school on Friday. Vacation Bible school starts June 5 led by Dr. T K Griffith with five churches cooperating. Wayne L. Smith re-elected Minnawa club president at a Glengary club picnic. First free movie of summer draws crowd. Local store staff changes noted as Frank Mest leaves for Downers Grove. replacement awaited. A flicker nest near Ostar Bahn residence draws attention. Subscription renewals by Mrs. Margaret Bensinkveld noted. Memorial Day closings and redecorations at the courthouse. new fibre board ceilings in treasurer and sheriff offices. Sheriff Westfall joked about office space during renovations. Steve Switzer shows combines to potential buyers in Burlington. City repainting downtown parking marks. Plum Rover remains a popular fishing spot for local anglers. Seniors look to commencement. flowers plentiful as Memorial Day nears. Decoration Day store closings anticipated. A shower observed. Robert Haley hosts a food sale. some farmers plowing corn. seniors planning final exams.
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Savanna
Wanda G. Kennedy
Andrew M. Greene, Jr
Clinton
Mary B. Goss
Vincent M. Manning
St. John’s Church
Lincoln
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
T. KL. Griffith
Wayne L. Smith
Minnawa Club
Glengary Club
Frank Mest
Miller and Dambman
Downers Grove
Art
George
Flicker
Margaret Bensinkveld
Chadwick
Anex
Westfall
Steve Switzer
Law Brothers
Burlington
Plum Rover
Robert Haley
Sharpe Says Column Returns With Wry Reflections
A long nostalgic note from Sharpe laments a six week absence and promises a future public statement. He recalls past Carroll County newspaper ties and editors, hints at upcoming Chicago trip coverage, and muses on public fairness, personal troubles, and everyday observations.
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Pather
Jolly Old England
Carroll County
Editor at Heaven Gate Tolls Welcome With Hell Taste
An aging editor faces St. Peter at the Pearly gate. The gatekeeper asks what he did to gain admission. The editor replies he served as an editor for many years. Gates open as the immortal guide offers admission and a final joke about hell.
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Man of Fate
St. Peter
Wide Cracks Of Wade Guenther Satire In Sabula Gazette
Editor Wade Guenther riffs on regional life and small town quirks in Sabula Iowa. A wry column mocks Miss Idalia Ives for credulity and vanity while playfully extolling an imagined vast untapped realm beneath a hat.
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Wade Guenther
Sabula
Sabula, Iowa
New Driving Terms Prompt Public Confusion
The National Safety Council introduces new definitions for driving terms amid confusion. For example a pedestrian is misdescribed as a man whose waist tilts toward driving, and a one way street is defined as a road where the motorist is bumped from behind only. The piece mocks driver slang and highlights public misapprehensions about safe driving.
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Natonal Safety Council
Walt Hag
Ates ‘Ing
Displaced depot sparks mock inquiry at station
A passenger from New York questions the railway depot quality, lamenting the loss of the old main station as a ticket agent deflects, noting years ago the depot was better and that local youths merely whistled it away.
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New York
Nudist questions loom in election chatter and jokes
A satirical column blends odd interview with a candidate on nudism and civility, notes urging voters to demand stance on nudism before elections, and jokes about political scrutiny. It includes humor about candidates touring nudist colonies and light quips on open road nature magazine ideas. It closes with a wartime anecdote about two Legionnaires and a dead man joke.
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Saeat
Congress
The
Open Road
Nature In the Law
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