09 Oct 1941
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
1
Four Chicago men named Everly Dixon Thomas E Conran Birt Hisks and Edmond Crockett were fined five dollars and costs each for trespassing while hunting squirrels on the N C French farm east of Thomson. Deputy Sheriff Carlos Johnston arrested them after a report of trespassers on Rush Carroll’s bluff timberland.
In Carroll County the Finifrock herd of seven Holsteins led the September DHIA with 39.4 pounds butterfat and 1,111 pounds milk. Carroll and French (24 Holsteins) placed second at 38.9 fat and 938 milk. Nordhoff and Peck (24 Holsteins) were third with 80.5 fat and 751 milk. John K. Morris (20 Guernseys) fourth with 26.8 fat and 523 milk. J. P. Stroup (25 Guernseys) fifth with 26.4 fat and 473 milk.
Hampton Institute's famed negro quartet, nationally known, will give a concert at Metcalf hall Frances Shimer college Mt Carroll on Friday evening October 19 at 8 o'clock. Admission charged. They will sing religious and secular numbers and are renowned interpreters of negro spirituals.
Carroll County had no automobile fatalities in September according to traffic records. The six northern counties combined saw eight deaths, with Whiteside at three, Lee at two, and Jo Daviess and Ogle at one each. Stephenson also reported none in this district. For the first nine months the toll: Carroll 2, Jo Daviess 3, Ogle 6, Stephenson 6, Whiteside 11, Lee 15.
Plans are complete for the first Sunday school convention of the Reformed and Christian Reformed churches of northwestern Illinois to be held Tuesday October 14 in Fulton. The all day event will include talks music a group dinner and a public evening gathering with Prof. Schultze president of Calvin College as speaker. Delegates from Morrison Fulton German Valley Forreston Baileyville Oregon Kings Pekin Peoria Fairview Raritan Newton Utick tidott and Sterling are expected.
Mr and Mrs Leo Ryan and daughters of Welton Iowa Mrs Katherine Hand of Clinton Frank Baker of Savanna and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Weatherwax were dinner guests at the Thomas Hand home on Sunday.
County Clerk Walter Watson issued marriage licenses to Marvin E. Brookstra of Freeport and Prudence Groharing of Thomson and to William S. Rogers and Minnie Reeg of Savanna. County Supt. Lawrence Fe Bruci attended a Rockford meeting of northern Illinois county school superintendents to discuss various phases of the school laws.
Horace A. Fetteroll and wife transfer lot 10 block 4 Mr Carroll to Luck Johnston. Albert R. Wingerd and wife convey sec 5 two twenty four range 6 Rock Creek to William H Puterbaugh. Harry M Rowland et al to Chester R Gillogly et al convey lots 1 and 2 block 16 Lanark. Laura Rhodes to Frank Hernandez warranty deed sec 10 two 24 range 3 Savanna. Alfred L Boothby and wife to Meredith H Davis Tr quit claim pt lot 2 block 28 Savanna and deed pt lot 5 block 28 Savanna. Irene E Fulrath to State of Illinois D of D lot 14 block 18 Savanna. Hazel K Bike and husband to Anna L Weber warranty deed lots 20-24 block 3 Chadwick. Catherine E Bennett to Waldo FE Thomas quit claim deed sec 24 township 25 range 3 York. Louis G Strauch Adm to Waldo E Thomas Adm deed sec 24 township 23 range 3 York. Charles A Spanogle and wife to Paul M Bracken and wife warranty deed lots 3 and 4 block 3 Meyer's adm Milledgeville.
Farmers complain of excessive soil moisture despite a weather forecaster's poor early week forecast. September rainfall reached 8.63 inches per Mt. Carroll observer James Mc Cray as heavy rain hit Saturday afternoon and evening. The forecast promised more rain Sunday but the day stayed clear, then Monday began dry only to turn to a drizzle before ten AM.
Carroll County will keep its 1942 corn allotment at 51 489 acres as in 1941 per J W Erdmeier chair of the county Agri cultural Conservation association. Normal yields rise to 50 8 bushels per acre from 48 2. parity payments depend on a yet undetermined rate times the 10-year average yield and allotted acres. Farmers must devote 20 percent of cropland to soil conserving crops to meet the 1942 program.
Almost 400 girls from 23 schools across Carroll to Winnebago counties attended Sterling Township High School for the third annual district home economics club rally. Marian Schueler led student activities as district president. Grace Keeney was elected the new district president.
The Farmers' State Bank of Chadwick, the Thomson State Bank, and other Carroll county banks will be open for business on Columbus Day Monday Oct. 13. After discussions, officials decided not to close, confirming they would operate as usual that day.
Miss Ruby Elizabeth Knapp aged 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Knapp of Savanna has completed training at the United Air Lines school in Chicago and now serves the eastern division on the coast to coast route She is five feet four inches tall weighs 108 pounds and enjoys reading dancing and sports Her duties include caring for children serving meals aloft and answering questions to enhance passenger comfort and enjoyment.
Kenneth Flickinger of Lanark has been appointed an investigator for the state department of conservation. His territory will be Carroll County.
George Bittner of Hanover visits Rohsolt S Oak with his mother Mrs. Cora Bittner and sister Mrs. Herbert Shelley and brother William Cummings. He reports crops look as good as at home and pheasants are plentiful.
Mr and Mrs George Balk of Fulton purchased four lots along the east end of 10th Avenue and plan to build a Cape Cod Colonial style home with a large living room bedroom bath sun porch and kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms on the second floor a basement garage was noted Earl Root formerly drafted from Whiteside county has enlisted in the air corps at Camp Grant and expects transfer he visited his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Root on Saturday
Carroll county soil conservation district will hold an election Saturday in the Farm Bureau office at Mt. Carroll to select five directors. The polls will open at 12:50 p m and close at 5 p m. Eligible to vote are all persons firms or corporations holding title to lands within the boundaries of the district.
Old age assistance payments in Carroll county for September totaled $10,321 with 446 recipients on the roll, announced by Arthur C. Lueder state auditor of public accounts.
J W Erdmier announces county targets under the Food for Freedom program. A committee including A J Surratt Martin Sorkin and E M Hughes established goals to increase milk eggs hogs sheep cattle calves rye soybeans and barley while maintaining hay and corn and reducing wheat oats. AAA canvass starts mid October to secure pledges in line with the 1942 farm program signup.
Three Chicago schoolboys aged 15 and one 4 are held for investigation after attempting to steal a car at Mt. Carroll. Deputy Carlos Johnston seized two hunting knives and a .22 revolver from the youths who claimed they had run away from Chicago and hitchhiked to the area. They named Eddie Goldfisher, Edmund Knipp, and Raymond Stahnke as their home, all residents of Chicago.
Savanna high school scored a late touchdown to beat Lyons Ir 7 to 0 in an Illowa conference game. It marked Savanna’s third straight win as Mt Carroll prepares to visit for a non conference contest this Friday.
The Carroll County 80-Year Club lists new members from Chadwick and Milledgeville with birthday milestones and brief biographical notes. Entries include Mrs. Alice Bailey born 1869 in Morrison and living Chadwick since 1877, Mrs. Lucinda Sucher born 1859, and Daniel Curley born 1858 among others.
A Rock Island pastor driving Monday lost control on a slick highway north of town. His light coupe spun into a ditch after he swerved to avoid Clifton Spencer's truck. Passersby freed the bumper, a tow pulled the car back onto the road, and the driver was unharmed. Julius Bickert, truck driver, said he checked for approaching cars before turning.
Herbert Rawlins of Chestnut Park School has a two week leave of absence and left Thursday for Yale Oregon to hunt with Lowe Hadley.
Petit jury members include Leslie Guenzler George Shaffer Adaline Groharing and Otto Switzer from Lanark and Thom son. grand jurors include Mary D Halderman Anna Towert Carroll Catherine Cole Esther Engles from Lanark P A Knox Milledgeville How ee Law and Nellie Phillips Savannah.
The Carroll County teachers institute in Mt. Carroll on Thursday Oct 16 will feature W R McConnell of Miami University Oxford Ohio and Judge J M Braude of the Chicago boys court. L E Bruci county superintendent announced. Sessions run 9 am to 4 pm in Mt Carroll High School gym with McConnell speaking on World Peace and the Map of Europe and The Corn Belt and its Significance in Our Political and Economic Life. Braude will address I Like Bad Boys in the morning and Youth in a Changing World in the afternoon.
Arrangements are complete for the poster contest at the Car roll County Farmers Institute to be held in the Lincoln school gym Savanna on Oct 24 and 25. Posters must be 14 by 22 inches and ready 10 days before the event.
Preston Kreider and Rex Munz of Milledgeville were unharmed Sunday morning when their car lost control south of town on route 88. Kreider, driving, pulled Munz away as the vehicle veered into a guard rail. The left door was crushed, the seat bent, and a running board brace embedded five inches in a guard rail post. Passersby stopped to help.
Elmer Fink of Chadwick led the Monday sale at the Chicago Stock Yards with 66 hogs selling for 11.45 per cwt. They weighed about 283 pounds each. Henry Young and Mrs. Myrtle Bull were Sunday guests of her father H. S. Moore at Clinton for a family dinner honoring Miss Elanor Crummitt of Brunswick Maryland.
Funeral services for John A. Eby 80 of Shannon were held midweek from the home with Rev Paul A Church officiating. Burial was at Bethel Cemetery. Born Nov 4 1860 at Davis he married Marie Louise Kloepping Jan 13 1890s. He lived in Shannon 47 years and ran a dray 45 years. Surviving are son Harvey R. Eby and sister Mrs Sarah Ellen Stewart both of Shannon.
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