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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
1
Babson's Weekly Report argues that postwar leisure drives stock picks, citing bowling alleys and installment sellers as prime examples. It cautions veterans to favor service businesses and suggests sports commercialization may grow, forecasting women’s participation and continued leisure-time expansion.
Frances Shimer College at Mt Carroll announces a nationwide public relations drive to fund campus expansion. Immediate needs include a new residence hall for about 100 additional students and a 600 seat chapel auditorium, a Fine Arts building, and a faculty housing unit costing about 454000.
Four registered Holstein-Friesian cows were sold by Unadilla Farm Chadwick NJ to Sam Lerner Oregon WI. Cows named Pietertje Mercedes Inka Della Murphy Pietertje Inka Ormsby Velveeta Taster Miss Mercedes Velveeta Mercedes Princess. A registered Holstein-Friesian bull Velvaeeta Optimus was sold to Gus Krapf Kent. Change of ownership recorded by Holstein-Friesian Association of America Brattleboro VT.
Polo defeated Lanark 32 to 7 in a non conference game. Polo scored twice in the first quarter and once in each of the next three periods, with missed extra points after each touchdown. Lanark's only score came in the second period.
Clayton Kaul and Rey Queckboerner left for Denver to buy feeder cattle for their farms. Kaul shipped 119 head by truck to Chicago yards where the shipment sold at 18 a hundred. Stransky shipped 117 head the same day at the same price.
Marriage licenses issued to Elwyn R. Spengler and June M. Copperwell and to Herman Hess and Mildred Hess. Judge Leon A. Zick granted divorces to Claribel Swift and Charles Swift, Vivian Wade and Robert Wade, and Helen Gerhas and Frederick Gerhts. Savanna residents involved. Extra staff aided by Miss Eudora Shepherd with discharge filings as service members return.
The Illinois Appellate Court reversed Carroll County Circuit Judge Leon Zick and held attorney Lawrence A. Smith may sue to halt unauthorized law practice by a Freeport collection agency Illinois Adjustment Finance Co. The case goes back for injunction relief and amicus briefs were allowed.
Savanna’s USO center will cease operations on November 30 after more than three years of service. No programs will be carried out after November 15. The Savanne club’s operating committee chair received a letter from the regional USO executive in Chicago dated Tuesday morning. The Savanna center, opened in May 1942, has served thousands of servicemen with entertainment and meals.
The Jo Carroll Electric Co operative Inc will hold its sixth annual meeting on Thursday November 15 in Savannah following a regular board meeting. The cooperative serves farm families in Carroll and Jo Daviess counties.
Col. Max A. Brackett, long commandant at the Savanna ordnance depot, returns to civilian life after discharge at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Lieut. Col. A. P. Woodman takes over the depot, Brackett praised for leadership during a tenure marked by Army Navy E awards and other citations.
A meeting of Carroll county AAA committeemen at Farm Bureau Hall Mt. Carroll Illinois Oct 29 1945 outlined the plan of operation for the 1946 Agricultural Conservation Program Howard Abbott of the Illinois State AAA explained features including local funding allocations and farmer council responsibility in planning conservation practices Final approval rests with the county committee The new approach aims to speed up reconversion from wartime farming to lasting conservation efforts
Secretary Anderson announced a 52 million head spring pig goal and an average Chicago support price of 12.00 per hundred pounds for hogs from Oct 1 1946 to Sept 30 1947 with seasonal adjustments and regional differentials. The policy aligns with parity goals and Steagall requirements.
OPA head Chester Bowles announced that shoe rationing ends due to higher production since V J Day. Dealers warn stocks may be insufficient to meet demand, especially for men's civilian footwear as veterans return home.
Cpl. Glenn Eugene Teeter, 20, of Mt. Carroll, is presented the Bronze Star by Col. W. J. Flowers for meritorious service in Germany in December 1944. He volunteered six times to carry ammunition to a besieged unit over the Saar River near Ensdorf and Tisdorf under heavy fire, crossing at night on a plank. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, a Presidential Citation for his unit at the Moselle bridgehead, the Good Conduct ribbon, and the European Theater ribbon with three stars. Teeter served with the 95th Division through England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and is now at Ft. Bragg. He is a Mount Carroll High School graduate, born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Teeter, with a brother in the Navy in Tokyo Bay.
Carroll County seeks a $642 000 local quota under the Victory Loan drive running through December 8. County chairman J E Erdmier announces community targets for Chadwick Thomson Lanark Milledgeville Mt Carroll Shannon Savanna and Savanna totals include bonds individuals and corporate figures. Wardens fined Frank Ferris and Will Munson for out of season trapping near Thomson.
First Lieut John A Schaal son of Mr and Mrs Schaal of Savanna weds Miss Reba Fae Barber daughter of Mr and Mrs Delbert Barber in First Baptist church Shreveport at 6 p m Oct 21 Rev Pittgreen presiding Attendants were Irma Schaal and Delbert Barber Bride a Shreveport High School graduate stenographer in AAA office Schaal a Lanark High School graduate served 31 months in the army eight months overseas as B 26 bombardier navigator discharged Oct 18 in Santa Ana Calif They plan to move to the bridegroom’s Riverview farm near Savanna around March 1 Also note Sept 9 marriage of Cpl Robert Grove son of County Judge O M Grove to Joyce Tyler of Willisea Iowa Ceremony in Petersburg Va Grove served in Europe and was a POW in Germany awaiting honorable discharge.
Miss Helen Spahr of Aurora and Boyd Lederman of Savanna married October 22 in Judge Crocker’s chambers at the Capitol in Denver Colorado. Attendants included Miss Eloise Ryan of Denver and Irvin Gerlich of Galena. The couple, Mt. Carroll High School graduates, will reside in Savanna.
Mrs Emma Lahre 76 died at her Savanna home after 11 months illness. Funeral at Law Funeral Home Savanna Sunday at 12 30 p m officiated by Rev Arthur Monkman burial in Savanna cemetery. Born February 27 1869 Pearl City she moved to Savanna in 1905. Survived by son Charles two sisters Mrs Charles Byers Freeport and Mrs Russell Stoner Shannon and half brother Oscar Rand Philadelphia.
Mrs Catherine Hissong 95 died at 4 a m October 24 at her Mt Carroll home. Funeral services were held Friday at Christian Funeral Home Mt Carroll with Rev William Kendall officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Born Catherine Shrone May 14 1850 in Freeport Pennsylvania she moved near Mt Carroll as a youth. Her first husband Anthony Hanna died 55 years ago and her second husband David Hissong died 23 years ago. Surviving are a daughter Mrs John Morgan of Mt Carroll two sisters Mrs Daniel Boomershine Udall Kansas and Mrs Margaret Hamlin Wichita Kansas a brother James Shrope Winfield Kansas three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Carroll County Farm Bureau reports 85 new members in a two week campaign, reaching 1201 total toward the 1945 goal of 1200. Township totals include Mt. Carroll 17 and several others. Washington township gained none.
Equipment for a new soil testing laboratory in Carroll County will be installed soon in the Farm Bureau building Mt. Carroll. The room behind Gamble store will house more than 300 dollars worth of testing gear under Farm Adviser M P Roske. Samples should be collected before ground freezes this fall and Roske will provide instructions and recommendations to balance soil fertility.
The Moose lodge of Savanna presented a portable iron lung to the city on Wednesday evening. Savannah Lions Club members attended as guests, with Charles Freeman of Springfield, state representative for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, delivering the speech.
Newly discharged servicemen continue filing at the Circuit Clerk Chester Cramer’s office with at least 30 discharges recorded from October 22 to 29. The list includes names such as Donald Eggert Chadwick Max Troxell James McCombie Vernon Daley Duane Stevens Paul Emmett Wilmer Strautz Lyle Law Wilmer Brock and others from Savanna Mt. Carroll Milledgeville Lanark and Chadwick.
Mt Carroll defeated Mt Morris 20 to 0 Friday night in a Rock River conference football game at Mt Morris. Kon Reap scored the opening touchdown and Al Sisler added the extra point, with Reap and Sisler adding another 7 points in the third period. Decker added a fourth quarter TD but failed the extra point.
A Tuesday night fire completely destroyed a small one story cottage in Elm wood Park Savanna owned by Mr and Mrs Harold Ritenour. A pet dog perished in the blaze. The owners were away and origin of the fire was not determined. A railroad worker passing by discovered the blaze.
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