Six Escape With Minor Injuries In Three Car Route 78 Crash
Three cars collided on Route 78 near Frances Shimer College Mt Carroll at 11 45 p m Sunday. Lester Rummel 25 Scales Mound admitted he dozed at the wheel and caused the wreck. F B Howe 37 Savanna and F J Stiles 33 Savanna sustained minor injuries. Howe’s wife Miss Kupfer of Savanna and Eric Swan of St Paul Minn were treated for bruises and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Arthur Smith
Lester Rummel
Scales Mound
F. B. Howe
Savanna
F. J. Stiles
Howes
Rummel
Smith
Howe
Miss Kupfer
Eric Swan
St. Paul
Minn
Mr. Carroll
Youth exhibitors from Carroll at 1941 Chicago Stock Show
Carroll county youth Mildred and Alan Heisler of Mt. Carroll Robert Guenzler and Bernard Diehl of Lanark plan Hereford and Shorthorn entries at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago November 29 to December 6 The Junior classes expect over 600 head of baby beeves lambs and pigs under 21 years old Also Lois Fred and Joseph Rath of Savanna add Shorthorn calves from a prize winner list Entries close November 1 for most classes with later tallies for Horse Show Grain and Hay Show and carrot contests May draw up to 12 000 entries across 26 breeds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Alan Heisler
Mt. Carroll
Robert Guenzler
Bernard Diehl
Lanark
Carroll County
Chicago
Guenzler
Diehl
Lois
Fred
Joseph Rath
Savanna
B. H. Heide
O. T. Henkle
Canada
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drives in Carroll County
A report by Mrs. G. H. Collingwood shows 102.93 raised with 102.98 total receipts for fighting infantile paralysis in Carroll County. Officers include Vice chair Mrs. Charles Conley and Secretary Mrs. Gee Schmidel, all from Savanna, with local chairs in Chadwick, Thomson, Mt. Carroll, Shannon. A chest clinic is set for Wednesday November 12 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Mt. Carroll courthouse office of county nurse Nell Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
G. H. Collingwood
Savanna
Hell
Charles Conley
Paul Falmer
Gee. Schmidel
Nell Stewart
Mt. Carroll
Court House Briefs from Mt Carroll and Savanna
Judge Leon A. Zick presided in Mt Carroll circuit court on Tuesday. Marriage licenses issued to Donald Kness and Goldin Eggert of Chadwick and Harold Edler and Lory Pabst of Shannon. Courthouse boiler upgrade. a steam pipe leak paused heat. Probate estates include Kelsen Ferguson Lampert Nellis. Local arrests include Arley Elmer on a train car burglary charge and teens Willis and Puffer detained after fleeing a reform school. Real estate transfers list several Savanna and area property deeds and quitclaims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon A. Zick
Oregon
Mt. Carroll
Walter Watson
Donald Frank Kness
Goldin Elinora Eggert
Chadwick
Harold H. Edler
Lory Marie Pabst
Shannon
John Kelsen
Savanna
Constance Kelsen
Clara M. Ferguson
Perley M. Ferguson
Charles I. Lampert
Lanark
Carrie M. Lampert
Cassander W. Nellis
Leon Kimball Nellis
Arley Elmer
Elmer
Co. J. Fisher
James Willis
Donald Puffer
Racine
Wis
Waukesha
Farm Security Office Established in Mt Carroll Area
A permanent Farm Security Administration office serves Carroll and Whiteside counties, located in Mt Carroll basement of the post office. Clifford L. Shaner, rural rehabilitation supervisor, leads the program from Mt Carroll Tuesday daily 9 to 4 and Morrison Whiteside courthouse Wednesdays 9 to 11. Miss Pearl Ward directs home management for Carroll Whiteside De Kalb and Ogle counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Whiteside
Mt. Carroll
Clifford L. Shaner
Bloomington
Final Trail Ride Of Year Attracts Sixty Riders
About 60 riders took part in the Mt. Carroll Horsemen's Association final trail ride of the season in northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa. The 10 mile trip started from the Kipnis sale barn in Mt Carroll, ended with a chicken dinner at Polsgrove community house, and returned by four. Youngsters joined the ride while David Saidel was the youngest rider and James Colehour with Isadore Saidel rebuilt markers after late rains washed them out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carrell Horsemen’s Association
Western Illinois
Eastern Iowa
Mt. Carroll
Ilinois
Polsgrove
David Saidel
James Colehour
Isadore Saidel
Man Confesses to Slaying Fulton FiveYearOld
Leo Jordan, 23, of Fulton, admits killing five year old Warren Paul Snyder after slashing the boy’s throat with a razor. He confessed Tuesday after being arrested Monday night and held without bond following an inquest in Fulton. Authorities fear mob violence as the case heads to the grand jury. The child was found by a Fulton Scout during a search effort. Jordan, recently acquitted of statuary rape, has 15 years of prior confinement in Iowa facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside
Clinton
Iowa
Leo Jordan
Fulton
Warren Paul Snyder
Earl C. Snyder
Jordan
Futon
Snyder
Eugene Snyder
Fay
Morrison
BR. J. Snyder
Poultry Products Show Planned by Carroll County Officials
Carroll county Farm Bureau officials plan a poultry products show on November 14 at Mt. Carroll. If carried out it would be the first of its kind in the state, featuring fancy packs and weights of broilers fryers roasters ducks and turkey grades. It aims to interest both producers and consumers of poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Sectional Ag Show Slated in Milledgeville Saturday
Northwestern Illinois agriculture students will travel to Milledgeville on Saturday November 15 for the sectional grain and poultry show at the high school. $300 in premiums from the state will be awarded for supervised farm practice projects with judging starting at 9 a.m. and results released mid afternoon. Ralph Schelling Milledgeville teacher will oversee the event, the first time in years it has been held there. Mr and Mrs Will Sack of Waterloo Iowa were Sunday overnight visitors to Harve Schreiner’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture
Carroll High Schools
Northwestern Illinois
Milledgeville
Ralph Schelling
No Auto Deaths in October Across Six Counties
Carroll Lee and Jo Daviess counties report no automobile fatalities for October. Four people died in accidents in Whiteside Ogle and Stephenson counties last month. Toll for the six county district this year reaches 47 deaths with Whiteside 13 Ogle and Stephenson 7 Lee 15 Jo Daviess 3 and Carroll 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Lee
Jo Daviess
Whiteside
Ogle
Stephensons
Stephenson
Tragedy Strikes Fulton as Five Year Old Warren Snyder Is Killed
In Fulton Illinois on November 4 a slaying ended the life of Warren Paul Snyder five year old son of Mr and Mrs Earl C Snyder The boy was widely loved in Fulton and his cheerful smile endeared him to the community details are limited as the investigation begins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton, Ill
Warren Paul Snyder
Earl C. Snyder
Warren
Fulton
Weddings in Iowa and Illinois as couples wed in 1940s ceremonies
Miss Lucille Dole and Walter Diestelmeier wed at St. John's Lena with Rev. Bolton officiating. The bride, daughter of Pearl City residents, trained as a beauty operator in Rockford and Shannon. Other notices include Alice Post and Sgt. Stanley Lewanski's Savanna ordnance depot wedding and several ceremonies in Kahoka, Savanna, Mt. Carroll, and Freeport, detailing spouses, venues, and basic attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Dole
Shannon
Walter Diestelmeier
Lena
St. John’s Lutheran Church
T. 5
Bolton
Nina Barklow
Pearl City
John Mertz, Jr
Chicago
Albert Dole
Rockford Schoo
Susie Diestelmeier
Alice Post
Fulton
Stanley Lewanski
52Nd Ordnance Company
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Kahoka
Anne Post
Fulton High School
Clinton Business College
Sgt. Lewanski
Ordnance Depot
Clikeman
Home Building and Loan Association of
Savanna
Savannon
Schildwahter-Witmer
Thelma Irene Schildwahter
Harry Schildwahter
Lanark
John H. Witmer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
J. W. Bucklin
Kness
Howard Mackey
Holman Takes New Trainer Post in Monroe Wisconsin
Darrell Holman, noted Mt. Carroll harness trainer, accepts head trainer role for Arlie Frost and J. Ray Trusler in Monroe. He will train 12 horses for Frost and Trusler, plus his two year-old pacer, a yearling trotting filly owned by Fred Sundberg, and a pacing mare from Hartbrothers. Holman moved to Monroe Friday to begin duties as the Monroe fair association builds a 20 stall double training barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Holman
Mt. Carroll
Monroe
Wis
Arlie Frost
Wisconsin
J. Ray Trusler
Madison
Frost
Trusler
Holman
Fred Sundberg
Sterling
Hart Brothers
Clinton
Monroe Fair Association
Lanark Cattle Sell For 12.60 Per Cwt At Chicago Yards
Greenawalt Brothers feedlots near Lanark in Carroll county sent 20 prime Hereford yearlings averaging 1016 pounds each. They sold at 12.60 dollars per cwt for eastern shipment, one of the high offers at the Tuesday market at the Chicago Stock Yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Greenawalt Brothers
Lanark
Carroll County
Savanna Laborer Suffocated In Corn Bin Tragedy
John Quinn a 38 year old Savanna worker died Saturday afternoon when he became trapped under 20 000 bushels of shelled corn in a grain storage tank at the Rosenbaum elevator. Crew saw him after the obstruction gave way and he could not be recovered. He left a widow and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
Savanna
Rosenbaum
Quinn
Burlington Railroad
Mississippi
Mount Carroll Edges Warren Eleven in Muddy Gridiron
Mount Carroll high school defeated Warren 18 to 7 in a Grant conference game played amid persistent rain and a muddy Mount Carroll field. Roske scored early on a 1 yard run. Emery added a 15 yard TD and a failed extra point. Warren answered with a 12 yard TD pass and extra point. Emery connected a 10 yard pass to Warfield for another Mount Carroll score. Stockton visits Mt. Carroll next to decide the conference title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll High School
Warren High
Grant
Mount Carroll
Roske
Ken Emery
Warren
Emery
Warfield
Mt. Carroll
Stockton
Optometrists Open Offices at Savanna
Dr W J Kallis and Dr Irvin Kanarek open a new optical office in Savanna in the rear of the former Commercial State bank building at Main and Madison streets. Both are NI College of Optometry graduates from 1932 and have practiced in Chicago and Belvidere. Hours are 8:30 am to 6 pm on Monday Wednesday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
W. J. Kallis
Irvin Kanarek
Belvidere
Commercial State Bank
Main
Madison Streets
Kallis
Kanarek
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago
Demaree Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in Infantry Reserves
Robert Demaree of Thomson has been named a second lieutenant in the infantry reserves. Major Gordon B. Hammond, executive officer of the organized reserves, announces the commission. Lieut Demaree is the son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Demaree of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Demaree
Thomson
Gordon B. Hammond
Organized Reserves
Announces
Demaree
Glenn Demaree
Deaths in Carroll County prompt obituaries and notices
Obituaries from Savanna, Lanark, and Milledgeville detail funeral services and burial plans for Oscar Christensen 65 of Savanna Cora Zuck 67 of Lanark Mary Orth 69 of Lanark and Charles L. Dostal 57 of Savanna. Also notes Spurgeon Thorpe 84 of Milledgeville and John M Colebaugh 81 of Savanna with varied survivors and service details.
Wise champion husker sets Illinois record in muddy soil
Floyd Wise of LaSalle county won the Illinois husking contest with a 560 967 bushel mark the best since 1924 despite days of rain and ankle deep mud. Leland Klein Woodford county placed second and Wise also won the national husking title with a net 45 571 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Wise
LaSalle County
Illinois
Wise
Ecus Vaughn
Pratt County
Vaughn
Leland Klein
Woodford County
Irvin Bauman
Klein
Ivy Carlson
Iowa
Donley Martin
Minnesota
Cameron Krauel
Towa
Pl. Name County
Floyd Wise Lasalle
Leland Klein Woodford
Ecus Vaughn Pratt
L. Thompson Shelby Earl Noard Stark
Albert Ehnle
Peoria
Glen Wall Bureau
Endress Mar’Pitt
Wilbur Challand DeKalb
Maynard Bruns Ogle BI Dale Goble Clark
Fred Venhuizen Carroll
E. Vermillion Douglas
Ed Olson Kendall
Seaman White Pratt
George Bower, Stephenson
Three Hospitals In Vicinity On Approved List
Freeport Deaconess 118 beds and St Francis 113 beds, plus Sterling Public Hospital 71 beds, have been added to the American College of Surgeons approved list. Nationwide 2,875 hospitals meet the standards, including modern facilities, trained staff, organized medical staff, adequate records, and ongoing conferences to ensure scientific efficiency and humane care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Sterling
American College of Surgeons
Deaconess
St. Francis
Public Hospital
United States
Canada
College of Surgeons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Stock Show
Court House Briefs
Savanna S. B
L. A
Harry S. Cohn
Pete Dumas
William Ehredt
Octavus Nelson Hutchinson
First National Bank
Rock Creek
Melvin Ditton
Luther Earl Rupple
York
S. B
Elsie Frank
East Savanna
Irvin F. Tyler
William A. Litwiller
Walter
Eastabrooks
Mey
Cora B. Woodside
Conrad H. Roth
Irvin’s
Julia McGrail
Perry Walkey
Margaret E. Noser
Fred Guenzler
Freedom
Farm Security Office
Sectional Ag
Will Sack
Waterloo
Harve Schreiner
Dole-Diestelmeier
Post-Lewanski
Wagner-Brooks
May Wagner
Frank Brooks
Atkinson, NL
C. S. Pollard
Berreman Township
Daviess County
Leslie Frederick
Monroe, Wis
Optometrists
Bob Demaree
Oscar Cristensen
Oscar Christensen
T. Stuart Cleworth
Woodland Cemetery
Peter
Minnie Christensen
Hilma Flink
Christensen
Oscar Zuck
Cora Zuck
Zuck
Cora Searle
Thomas Searle
Albert Zuck
Marion Cree
Cherokee
Albertine Heckman
Etta Monigold
Charles Weed
Anna Sprecher
A. L. Sprecher
Macon
Elizabeth Sprecher
T. B. Hersch
Lanark Cemetery
John M. Colebaugh
Favanna
John Martin Colebaugh
Earl Colebaugh
Fuller Funeral Home
T. S. Cleworth
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Colebaugh
Elkhorn Grove
John
Emily Price Colebaugh
Edith Hurlett
Earl
Ray
Floyd
Spurgeon Thorpe
Charles L. Dostal
Law Funeral Home
A. E. Blomberg
Mr. Dostal
Anthony Dostal
Muscoda
Hazel Blausep
Des Moines
Milwaukee Railroad
Devon Cravatta
Esther Repp
Lou Dostal
Albert
Mary Orth
Max Good
Leo Lotz
Grace Danke
Orth
Cherry Grove Township
Pete Small
Casper Orth
Freedom Township
F. Wise
Husker
LA Salle
Fred Venhuizen
Armiestece
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