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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1962
Page
3
Babson argues that well targeted advertising funds are a smart risk, supporting production and employment. He cites rising ad spending, local media value, and the role of newspapers in sustaining wages, living standards, and mass production while urging ongoing support for ad campaigns.
Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark seeks prosecutions for 10 Stephenson county supervisors who served as election judges on November 6, indicating similar potential charges for Carroll and other counties. The practice has occurred for decades, with Stephenson county grand jury recently declining to indict.
Dr and Mrs Wm Wayne and their sons of Waupun Wisconsin will be Thanksgiving guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Don Harris. Mr and Mrs Fred Jecklin and sons will be guests for Thanksgiving dinner in the home of Mr and Mrs Jacob Jecklin in Polo.
Ned Spencer thanks everyone for cards letters fruit flowers and visits during his stay at Rock Island Sanit orium and for kindness shown to his family He gives special appreciation to Pastor Richard Horst for many visits and prayers.
The Carroll County Tuberculosis Association launches its yearly drive by mailing Christmas Seal letters to 3500 county homes. Funds support school tuberculin testing chest x rays mobile unit visits medical research and health education.
Large crowds attend Friday and Saturday performances of Arsenic and Old Lace by Chadwick high junior class. Audience praised the amateur cast and credited director Frank McCann, technical advisor Ronald Sampson, and set advisor Charles Dyson for polished work and a sturdy stage set.
The Women's Board of Freeport Memorial Hospital invites expectant parents to a party on November 28, 1962 at 2 PM in the dining room. A film, nursery tour, and light refreshments are offered. Invites extend to expectant fathers for an evening coffee at 7:30 PM the same day.
Chadwick News lists several households hosting relatives for Thanksgiving. DeWayne Vos and family will dine with Carl and wife in Morrison. E M Ritenour will visit Oswald Spillane in North Pekin for a week. Laurel Roth and family of Freeport join Elver Eisfeller and Richard and Anne Eisfeller from Mt Carroll at John Eisfeller’s home. Morton Higley dined Saturday with Ernest Gilman in Rock Falls.
Carroll county circuit court found Ingersoll legally insane after testimony from a state psychiatrist and officials. He was ordered committed to the state hospital at Chester and would be moved there Wednesday. Since adjudged insane, he cannot be prosecuted for earlier indicted attempted murder charges. He was brought from Whiteside county jail in Morrison to Mt Carroll for the hearing. heating issues at the Whiteside jail prompted transfer. Three divorce decrees were granted in Carroll County by Judge Robert Bracken: Mildred E. Gerdes vs Robert E. Gerdes Milledgeville. Jean Fossett vs Clayton Fossett Milledgeville. Ruth L. Miller vs Wayne E. Miller Milledgeville.
The office of County Clerk W. M. Nipe dur issues licenses to four couples over the past week. Winners include Victor G. Gonzales and Gloria Sanchez Valladares of Savanna Wayne Henry Doty and Rev. Jean Miller of Savanna James Winslow Hufman of Morrison and Michelle Marie Reinders of Lanark David G. Sanders of Savanna Army Depot and Gwendolyn M. Luckritz of Clinton Iowa Deeds recorded from November through November 15: Ehns to Ehns for lots in Meyers addition Milledgeville Runyan to Engaldo for lot in H&B Savanna Heffelfinger to Brightman for lot in O T Chadwick.
The Carroll County Council of the American Legion will meet in the Thomson Legion hall on Monday, Nov. 26 at 8 p m. Clyde Baylor, Illinois Veterans Commission representative for the area, will be the guest speaker. All Legionnaires and veterans are welcome to attend.
Carroll Livestock Market patrons will hold their annual meeting November 28, 1962 at 8 PM in the Farm Bureau hall to elect four men to the board for the coming year A staff member from the Illinois Livestock Association will address the group.
Families gather for holiday meals across Hooppole Morrison Prophetstown and Rockford with relatives from Ke wanee Buda Polo Prophets town Mt. Carroll Clinton Ia Melrose Park Amboy Dixon and Reynolds visiting at Legion hall Ray Hall homes and the homes of the Queckboerners Lenharts and Unzickers.
A 17 year old boy Harm on Yenney Jr of Savanna township was killed Sunday when his shotgun discharged as he set it down while crossing to a field to hunt. He was taken to Savanna City Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The coroner ruled brain injury from the accidental blast as cause of death. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Law funeral home in Savanna with burial in Center Hill cemetery. Survivors include his parents two sisters and grandmother.
The Mt Carroll branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its regular meeting Monday November 26 at 8 00 p m in the Milledgeville Methodist Church. Mrs Haswell Wright Aurora state president will speak on The Role of the Educated Woman Today. Sterling Rock Falls and Freeport branches invited. Executive board meets at 6 00 p m at Mrs Polhills home.
Frank Calder of Wheeling visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Imel. Daniel Nelson traveled to Macon Mississippi to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helm and family stayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wunsch in Saunemin. Guests accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman in Milledgeville. Mr. and Mrs. Don Quedboerner and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil George in Morrison. Adelene Van Orman of Mt. Carroll and David Mackay of Harvard will be Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ackay.
Readable notes describe a series of Carroll County Homemakers Extension unit meetings this week. The Salem unit led by Mrs Win Ni in Mt Carroll at 1 30 PM will feature Mrs Max Fulton and Mrs Edwin Keim discussing holiday decorations. The Cherry Grove Atoms unit will hold an all day potluck at Mrs Raymond Bass's Shannon home with Christmas crafts lessons and secret sisters revealed.
The Illinois Department of Conservation announced that shotgun deer hunting permits will be reissued in Jo Daviess Igle Carroll Pope Union and Jardin Counties. Permits are valid only in the issuing county and will be processed first come first served for hunters who did not receive a Springfield office permit before the season. Issuance runs from November 30 until noon December 3.
A 12 year old Savanna boy Pilly Wesley was hit in the leg by shotgun pellets fired by another hunter during a pheasant and rabbit hunt on a Savanna area farm south of Lanark. He was treated at Savanna City Hospital and reported in good condition. He was with his father Gene Wesley and uncles Nayne Goss and Robert De meester when a rabbit flush prompted one uncle to fire. The boy stepped out of line and was struck between the knee and ankle.
Neighbors and friends of Al bert Bowles gathered at the Bowles farm north of Chadwick to finish his corn harvest after his severe hand injury from a corn picker. Men and equipment kept rolling in early Tuesday morning and a large community dinner was planned at Chadwick’s Legion Hall.
Carroll county sent delegates Reynolds Bleyer Emerson Iske Homer Hammond Lanark Dwight Turner Milledgeville Walter Helle Lavania to the Illinois Agricultural Association annual meeting November 12 to 15 at the Sherman House Chicago. Officers were reelected and resolutions adopted guiding next year. Gov Kerner Louis Howard addressed the group. talent find won by Jim DiCapp Erie.
Four youths from Fulton and Savanna suffered cuts and bruises when the car turning near the Milwaukee railroad crossing on Five Mile Drive east of Savanna left the road and plunged into a ditch. Barbara Sterbenz 16 and Verna Sterbenz 14 sustained facial injuries while James Ratcliff 16 driver and Terry Sanders received minor wounds. They were treated at Savanna City hospital and released. Two other Fulton youths Michael Anderson and Clark Abbott were uninjured. Authorities said the group had attended a basketball game in Savanna and were on a ride. the driver, unfamiliar with the road, mistook the railroad lights for a turn.
Springfield Ill November 14 Miss Maude Myers director of the Illinois Department of Personnel announced a special merit examination series for state employment. Positions include clerk I counseling home teacher I nursing service administrator I police officer I and more with an application deadline of November 28. Additional information is available from the Department of Personnel Room 121 State Capitol.
Mrs Harold Rahn of Stillman Valley joined her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shuman for a Friday dinner. Thanksgiving plans list numerous local families visiting relatives in Riverview Lanark Polo and Thomson.
Mt. Carroll Illinois November 17 Tenor Denis Cowan to be presented by Shimer College in the fourth concert of the current ten concert series on Tuesday November 27 at 7 30 p m in Metcalf auditorium. Dr Cowan faculty member and voice instructor will perform works by Handel Beethoven Verdi Britten and Dowland with Mrs Helen Dixon as pianist.
Carroll county grand jury returns a two count indictment against Elmer Engleking of Savanna for the murder of Mrs Isabelle Swingley and for allegedly aiding her in a suicide pact by shooting. Engleking hospitalized with a head wound since Nov 10 after being found with Swingley’s body in his truck north of Savanna. Jury foreman Dorothy Carroll presided as jail inspection noted the 104 year old facility and past escape attempts.
Mrs. Shirley Bashaw 63 of Savanna died at home after a long illness. Funeral services were in Savanna with burial in Savanna Township Cemetery. Etheal Mandel born in Detroit, survived by husband and two daughters. Shannon-Chrissie Gsell 60 of Shannon died in Whiteside County Nursing Home. funeral in Shannon. John W. Hose 83 of Brookville died in Freeport Memorial Hospital after a long illness. funeral in Lanark. survived by wife and two daughters.
Savanna James Doty McGrath retired Milwaukee railroad engineer died Sunday in Savanna City hospital after months of illness. Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Law Funeral Home with Rev. H David Conway officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery Mt Carroll. He born June 28 1891 Elsie Nebraska married Zella Ackerman June 6 1915. Survived by widow son Wilbur four grandchildren two brothers sister.
Frank Blair, 89, a former resident of this area who died Sunday in a Council Bluffs Iowa hospital, was buried at Oak Hill cemetery after a 1 p.m. service at the Frank funeral home in Mt. Carroll. He was born October 13, 1873 in Stockton, son of James Blair and his wife. He married Anna Kauffman of Stockton who preceded him in death. Surviving are a daughter Florence Salter of Council Bluffs Iowa and two brothers Ralph of Stockton and Leo of Sterling.
The Chicago Motor Club warns drivers carbon monoxide poses a deadly risk in winter. Its effects include nausea drowsiness headache delayed braking and impaired vision. even well adjusted engines can leak fatal gas from faulty exhausts. Follow precautions: avoid closed garages keep a partially open window ventilate engines and check exhaust systems for leaks and blockages.
Mr and Mrs Orval Rahn will entertain at a family dinner on Thursday. Guests include Mr and Mrs Gilbert Moothart Rock Falls Mr and Mrs Herbert Law Thomson Mr and Mrs Marvin Knutts and sons Milledgeville Mr and Mrs John Janssen and family Mr Carroll Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rahn Mr and Mrs Harold Schleuning Mr and Mrs Irvin Schleuning Mr and Mrs Robert Schleuning and son Mr and Mrs Richard Schleuning and Tina.
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