Trading stamps drive supermarket ad trends and real estate power
Babson Park Massachusetts October 11 analysis notes that supermarkets cutting ad spend for stamps. Large chains issue own stamps and centers, raising costs and may shift back to newspaper advertising. Growth driven by parking, carts, and auto access. discounters and discount houses expanding near stores. Cycle theory suggests stocks of chains will rise as general-store model returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
S&h
Hartman hosts dinner guests with area families
Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartman Sr. included Walter Hartman Jr. and family of Rockford, Donald Keim of Mt. Carroll, Myron Friedrich and Larry, plus Elmer Hans and family of Thomson and Lilian Stoner of Sterling. Saturday evening the Reiffs hosted a supper honoring Mrs. Hans and Terry Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hartman
Walter Hartman, Jr
Rockford
Donald Keim
Mt. Carroll
Myron Friedrich
Larry
Elmer Hans
Thomson
Lillian Stoner
Sterling
Alvin Reiff
Hans
Terry
Funeral Held For Mrs Vera M Martindale 77
Vera Mae Martindale 77 longtime Thomson resident died Saturday at Evenside Nursing Home Morrison Illinois where she had lived since June 5 Funeral services were Tuesday at Fay Funeral Home Fulton with Rev Rodney Warstler officiating Burial in Lower York Cemetery Thom son She was born July 5 1885 in Wacker a daughter of Edward and Clara Stevens Laurence married Ervin G Martindale April 13 1906 They lived in Thomson where he ran a lumber business She was a member of Oval Neighbors of America and Thomson Methodist Church Survived by one daughter Maxine Ap pel and nieces and nephews Preceded by parents husband and two brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Mae Martindale
Thomson
Evenside
Morrison
Ill
Fay
Fulton
Rodney Warstler
Fair Haven E. U. B
Lower York
Wilbert Huizenga
Vernon Adolph
Richard Adolph
Leland Forth
Clarence Imel
Willard Huizenga
Vera Mae Laurence
Wacker
Edward
Clara Stevens Laurence
Ervin G. Martindale
Clinton
Oval Neighbors of America
Thomson Methodist Church
Martindale
Clarence
Maxine) Appel
Chadwick
Cleveland Ee Savanna
Cleveland Holy
Savanna
Faral
Law Funeral
H. David Conway
Savanna Township
Mr. Holy
Gus
Caroline Holy
Lena Johns Seivert
Rock Island
Marie Castons
Milwaukee, Wis
Robert Seivert
Mt. Carroll
William Seivert
the Dalles, Ore
William
Lewis
Earl
Anna C. Compton
Anna Catherine Compton
Polo
Savanna City Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s
Anna Deering
Frank and
Catherine Geary Deering
Allen Compton
Sylvester Friedenbach
Alice Knauber
Mundelein
Max
U. S. Army
Coen S. C
Chadwick Soldier Completes MP Training at Fort Gordon
Army Pvt. William R. Yingling son of Mr and Mrs George R Yingling Route 2 Chadwick Ill completed eight weeks of military police training at The Provost Marshal Generals School Fort Gordon Ga Sept 21 He entered the Army last May and completed basic training at Fort Knox Ky The 23 year old graduate of Chadwick High School 1957 attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb
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AHTNC
Army
William R. Yingling
George R. Yingling
Route 2
Chadwick
Ill
Provost Marshal General’s School
Fort Gordon
Fort Knox
Chadwick High School
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Debra Voeckel's 7th Birthday Party
Mrs. Richard Voeckel hosted a Saturday afternoon birthday party at her home for her daughter Debra Voeckel turning seven. Guests Mary Jo Frey Lenora Queckboerner Janice Rippy Debra Weber Cathy Bush Sara Daehler LeAnn Handel attended and presented gifts while Barbara Voeckel decorated the cake with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Voeckel
Debra
Mary Jo Frey
Lenora Queckboerner
Janice Rippy
Debra Weber
Cathy Bush
Sara Daehler
LeAnn Handel
Barbara
Court appoints attorney for Wesley Ingersoll in Carroll co case
Wesley Ingersoll of Savanna appeared in Carroll county circuit court seeking court appointed counsel. Indicted on attempted murder charges, he had earlier said he would obtain his own lawyer but could not. Melvin Finer of Mt Carroll was appointed as counsel and the case set for Oct 26. Ingersoll remains jailed unable to post bond. Also before Judge Bracken, Bernard Kerkove of Savanna was indicted on burglary and theft charges. his case was continued to Oct 26.
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Carroll County
Wesley Ingersoll
Savanna
Ingersoll
Atty
Melvin Finer
Mt. Carroll
Licenses Issued to Maquoketa Residents and Two Others
County Clerk W. M. yo issues licenses to Charles H. Chase and Alberta Marie Wiese of Maquoketa Iowa and to Arlan Dean Knutson of DeKalb with Joan L. Schmidt of Mt Carroll.
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W. M.yo
Charles H. Chase
Alberta Marie Wiese
Maquoketa
Iowa
Arlan Dean Knutson
DeKalb
Joan L. Schmidt
Mt. Carroll
Vandals Break Windows at Elkhorn Grove Town Hall
Windows in the Elkhorn Grove town hall were broken by vandals on October 1. A complaint was filed with Sheriff Harry Miller’s office and the sheriff’s department is investigating.
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Elkhorn Grove
Harry Miller
Sheriff’s Department
Evans Divorce Granted in Lanark Circuit Court
A divorce decree was granted by Judge Robert Bracken Friday in circuit court, dissolving the marriage of Doris I. Evans and William E. Evans of Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bracken Friday
Doris I. Evans
William E. Evans
Lanark
Deeds Recorded from Sept 27 to Oct 4
Clarence R Colehour and others transfer to C Kenneth Duncan and wife, section 23 two 24 range 4 Mr Carroll. Dayton Gilpin Stagg and wife to Robert L Purlee and wife, lot 7 block 10 O T Thomson. Cora E Hoertz to Harold Hall and wife, lot 10 block 54 O T Savanna. Cora T Dean to Hal S Smith Jr and wife, lots 9 10 block 26 O T Savanna. Bess Wadell Murray and others to Louis K Corey, sections 3 10 two 24 range 3. Fred J Hausman to Clyde Bailey and wife, lot 6 block 1 Hansons 1st York township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Colehour
C. Kenneth Duncan
Mr. Carroll
Dayton Gilpin Stagg
Robert L. Purlee
O. T. Thomson
Cora E. Hoertz
Harold Hall
O. T. Savanna
Cora T. Dean
Hal S. Smith, Jr
O. T
Bess Wadell Murray
Louis K. Corey
Fred J. Hausman
Clyde Bailey
Hanson
York Township
Army Depot Observes National Employ Handicapped Week
Savanna Army Depot marks National Employ Handicapped Week from October 7 to 13, highlighting the potential of workers with disabilities. The depot, active since 1945, notes about one in fifteen employees has a disability and credits proper job placement for maintaining productivity. Federal agencies are praised for hiring handicapped workers, with a Civil Service Commission survey showing a 300 percent rise in placements from 1957 to 1961.
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Savanna Army Depot
United States Civil Service Commission
Illinois State Grange Convention Attended in Rockford
Faust Hotel hosts Illinois State Grange session with delegates from Black Oak Milledgeville Rock Creek Chadwick and Carroll County Pomona. Pleasant Valley wins quarter contest and advances to Fort Wayne for national contest. Deputy Frank Manning earns top deputy honors. Home Economics winner Mrs Gordon crocheted table cloth. Degree work notable with over a hundred candidates. Galesburg 1963 invitation accepted.
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Illinois State Grange
Faust Hotel
Rockford
Frank Manning
Black Oak
Paul Sites
Milledgeville
Robert Dale
Rock Creek
William Hans
Chadwick
Carroll County
Pomona Grange
Pleasant Valley Grange
Fort Wayne
Pleasant Valley
Pomona
Charles Gordon
Rock Creek Grange
Russell Nye
Dale
Lanark
Helen Bryson
Winnebago
E. Rock Creek Durer
Peter Libberton
James Keeney
Galesburg
Houzenga Sentenced To Year At Vandalia Penal Farm
Harold Houzenga was sentenced to serve a year at Vandalia state penal farm Monday in a hearing before County Judge Edward Turnbaugh. He had been brought here from Idaho on charges of worthless checks with similar charges pending in Whiteside county and in Iowa. Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Daniel Nelson and family, Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson and family, Claudine Welch, Mr and Mrs Franklin Smith and family, all of Hobart Ind and Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Houzenga
Vandalia
Edward Turnbaugh
Houzenga
Idaho
Whiteside County
Iowa
Franklin Smith
Hobart
Ind
Walter Nelson
Claudine Welch
Mt. Carroll
Daniel Nelson
Farmers Need Higher Returns to Fix Economy
Carroll County NFO members argue for better farm prices and profits to boost overall economy and employment. They cite specific consumer prices and claim a larger share goes to processors, urging policies to raise farmer income and reduce surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industry
Committee For Economic Development
NFC
Carroll County Nfo
Fair Haven Ladies Aid Society Meeting Summary
The Fair Haven Ladies Aid Society met at the home of Mrs. Albert Adolph with Mrs. Clarence Imel presiding. Activities included hymns, minutes and treasurer reports, roll call, readings, prayers, and a feature article Modern Tithing. Nominations for next month’s officers were led by Mrs. Morning, Engelkens, and Coden.
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Fair Haven Ladies Aid Society
Albert Adolph
Clarence Imel
Carl Mornig
Ray Engelkens
John Coden
Vernon Adolph
Hong Kong
Russel Spaulding
Louise Isenhart
Vernon Adolph, Sr
McKinley Pickens
Russell Spaulding
Carl Maring
Joe Olson
John Doden
Adolph
Family social round at the Pines and Belvidere visit
Mr and Mrs W J Quest met Shabona residents Mr and Mrs Clare O Kane and others at the Pines on Saturday then toured Dixon for the afternoon. Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Sheldon Frank and Lisa Mrs Charles Aude and daughters and Mr and Mrs Robert Helm and family at Roy Colbert home in Belvidere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Quest
the Pines
Clare O’kane
Shabona
Charles Hey
Fanny O'Kane Ware
Dixon
Olive O’kane
Shabbona
Sheldon Frank
Lisa
Charles Aude
Robert Helm
Roy Colbert
Belviere
Farmhand Dies Sunday Night By Own Hand
George Stricker a 52 year old farmhand was found dead in a machine shed on the La Moine Mowery farm near Lanark. A coroner’s inquest ruled his death a suicide from gunshot wounds to the head and other wounds. The body was found Monday morning after neighbors noted cows unmilked and bloodstains led to the shed. The 20 gauge shotgun was wedged by a tractor front wheel. Stricker who lived at the farm with the Mowerys had been employed there for years. Survivors include a brother Clarence and two sisters Mrs Caroline Haring and Mrs Elsie Walthers. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery following funeral services in Mt. Carroll.
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George Stricker
la Moine
Howard Gorman
Stricker
Gorman
Mowery Farm
Mowery
Minneapolis
Woodland Township
John and
Paulina Morhardt Stricker
Clarence
Freeport
Caroline Haring
Elizabeth
Elsie Walthers
Shannon
Frank
Cyrus Pollard
Oak Hill Cemetery
County Board Approves Tax Levy For Year
Carroll county supervisors on Tuesday approved an appropriation of 420000 and adopted a tax levy of 221500 for the coming fiscal year. Details show funds including county general, aneraat, T B Sanitarium, bridge construction joint with ee, and federal aid matching fund. The report notes 3 admissions and 3 dismissals at Rockford sanitarium and 1 admitted to Rock Island. 60 x rays taken, 6 chest clinics, 12 x-rays and exams, with expenditures of 13988.44 and a remaining balance of 88457.15. A wage scale remains the same as last year. A road segment joins the federal aid system and another is vacated or added to streamline routing. University of Illinois Mr. Allen spoke on county zoning.
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Carroll County Supervisors
County General Fund
County Aneraat
T. B. Sanitarium Fund
Tuberculosis Sanitarium Board
Rockford
Rock Island
Milledgeville
Coleta Road
Ogle County
Allen
University of Illinois
Re elect All Officers For County Fair
Carroll County Fair Association re elected all officers for another year at the annual meeting held last week at the Milledgeville fire station. Officers named are President Thomas S Cleworth Milledgeville Vice President William C Linker Chadwick Secretary Earl Woodin Milledgeville Treasurer Vincent Busser Milledgeville. By law changes were approved and committees for the 1963 fair will be named in coming months. Premium lists for next year are due to the secretary by December.
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Carroll County Fair Association
Milledgeville
Thomas S. Cleworth
William C. Linker
Chadwick
Earl Woodin
Vincent Busser
Decem Ae
Duties of Our County Officers lesson at Carroll County homemakers
Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association members study duties of county officers this month. Oct 15 York Progressives Unit meets 7 30 p m with Mrs Curtis St Ores of Thomson. lesson by Mrs Arnold Sikkema. roll call plant exchange. Oct 16 Hickory Grove meets with Mrs Wm Lundy of Savannah. lesson by Mrs Ted Storm. short topic by Mrs Leslie Eaton. roll call Name of someone serving in county office. Oct 17 North Otter Creek Livewires meet 1 30 p m. lesson leader Mrs Jack Ottosen. special book review by Mrs Clyde Broadwater. roll call A favorite book I have read.
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Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association
York Progressives
Curtis St. Ores
Thomson
Arnold Sikkema
Hickory Grove Homemakers
Wm. Lundy
Savanna
Ted Storm
Mt. Carroll
Leslie Eaton
Roll Call
North Otter Creek
Backfire Touches Off Blaze in Auto
Firemen were summoned at 9:30 a m Wednesday to Mrs Barbara Geist home after a car owned by her sister Mrs Ella Carlson backfired and ignited gasoline at the car carburetor. The owner doused the flames with a coat and had it out before the fire truck arrived with no damage reported. She was driving the auto minutes later. It was the fire department’s first call since Easter Sunday.
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Chadwick
Barbara Geist
Ella Carlson
Don Queckboerner
Milledgeville Olustee events: shower and Cub Scout plans
A post nuptial shower honored Mrs. Ronald Green of Morrison, former Irma Fulkerson, at the Donald Bogett home. Cub Scouts planned a hayride for Oct 18 at the D. M. Tarvin residence with a meeting at the school at 7 p.m. PTA membership calls were scheduled, and WSCS circles Martha and Ruth held meetings at church and home respectively.
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Ronald Green
Morrison
Irma Fulkerson
Donald Bogett
Dixie Zemke
Jewell White
Cu Scout Committee
D. M
PTA
Marvin Cheeseman
Steve Prelesnik
Arthur Oncken
Leo Coble
Martha and
Ruth
Methodist
WSCS
Martha
Ruth Circle
D. W. Rawson
John Dykhuizen
Weekend Social Guests Span Mileages and Birthdays
Mr and Mrs Robert Coleman and Paul Burns of Milledgeville plus Mrs Gladys Colliflower of Rockford were Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs E Ritenour. Spent socially and refreshments served. Mrs Allen Smith and Eric visited Floyd Bales in Galena for a weekend. Allen joined for Eric’s 4th birthday dinner Sunday then returned home. Mrs Irene Kness stayed weekends with son in Franklin Grove.
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Robert Coleman
Paul Burns
Milledgeville
Gladys Colliflower
Rockford
E. Ritenour
Allen Smith
Eric
Floyd Bales
Galena
Allen
Irene Kness
Lyle Delhotal
Franklin Grove
Northwestern Division I E A States Annual Meet Oct 19
The 58th annual Northwestern Division Illinois Education Association meeting will be October 19 at the Coronado Theatre, Rockford, with E K Graham Lanark superintendent as division president. Carroll County delegates and officers from Savanna Lanark Milledgeville Shannon and Chadwick will attend and a morning session features NEA and keynote speakers Sam Lambert and Jeff H Williams.
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Illinois Education Association
Carroll
Daviess
Boone
Stephenson
Winnebago
Coronado Theatre
Rockford
E. K. Graham
Lanark
Carroll County
Clifford Lichta
William Floyd
Marey
Savanna
Nancy Dittmar
Milledgeville
Floyd Daub
Bernard Long
Robert Rohr
American Heritage
Sven Adolphson
Donna Flack
Izetta Robbe
NEA Communications
Esther Schmaling
Thomson
NEA
Lafayette Hotel
Donald T. Olson
First Methodist Church
Freeport
Thomas Grahn
Dorothy Johnson
Sam Lambert
Bluefield
West Virginia
Jeff H. Williams
Chickasha
Okla
Edith Groom
Warren
Donna Morris
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Federated Ghibs Hold Conference Oct 9 in Thomson
The Thomson Womans Club hosted the Carroll County Conference of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs at the Methodist Church. About 36 members and 3 guests attended an all day meeting with opening and closing ceremonies, music, a Greece culture talk by Savanna speaker Mrs Collins Newman, and a luncheon served by the Mary Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Womans Club
Carroll County
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Isadore Saidel
Mt. Carroll
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Savanna
Merle Bielema
Thomson Woman's Club
Saidel
Nicholson
John Sour
Argo
Mary Circle
James Haas
Ravel
Buchtel
Terry Lee Kness
Thomson Club
Collins Newman
Greece
Ben Olson
Carroll
G. A. Smith
Thomson
Homemakers Tour Amana On October Sixteen
Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association plans a bus tour to Amana Iowa on Tuesday October 16 for visits to the Amana Woolen Mills and Amana Refrigerator Plant with lunch at the Ox Yoke Inn. Rogers Dorothy Footitt will attend a Fall Conference for Extension Workers in Champaign October 16 to 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Homemakers Extension Association
Orville Koser
Ramana
Iowa
Amana Woolen Mills
Amana
Ox Yoke Inn
Dorothy Footitt
Carroll County
Champaign
Wing Injury Puts Tiny Hummingbird In the Hospital
The Dimpff family and friends found a hummingbird with a damaged wing near their home. They fed it with a sugar and water mix in a glass test tube and the bird has allowed handling. The wing shows healing but a fall release remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Dimpff
Dimpfl
Dinner guests honored at Milledgeville home
Mr and Mrs Elmer Zugschwerdt were among the guests entertained for dinner Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Will Zugschwerdt in Milledgeville.
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Chadwick News
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Will_ Zugschwerdt
Milledgeville
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Babson
Vera M. Martindale
Mark
Debra Voeckel
Courthouse News
Anton Pollom
George R. Hammerstein
Army Depot Marks National
U.s.mail
Fair Haven
Homemakers Extension News
Northwestern Division
I. E. A. States
Mary Savanna
Mary O'Leary
Avanna City Hospital
Church
Mary Maloney
County Cork
Ireland
Jeremiah
Catherine Sweeney Maloney
Daniel O'Leary
John
Daniel Jr
Chicago
Nellie Welch
Anna Collins
Federated Ghibs
Homemakers
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