Unemployment Puzzle in Booming Economy
Babson Park Massachusetts observes unemployment at seven percent while employment hits new highs. He argues high jobless rates stem from population growth, taxes, imports, automation, and wage pressures, urging secret ballot strikes and anti-monopoly actions. He calls for reduced work weeks and college enrollment to ease strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Japan
Italy
Germany
Russia
Congress
U. S. Department of Justice
High school football scores from October 6 and 7
On October 6 Lanark St. Marys 25 Savanna 18 Riverdale 40 Amboy 6 DeWitt 25 Fulton 7 Newman 26 Morrison 7. October 7 Milledgeville 12 Mr Carter 0. Social notes mention Mr Myron Lamm of Sterling visiting Mr and Mrs Lloyd Henderson and Mr W J Schreiner hosting Mrs Morton igley for weekend dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eune
Lanark
St. Mary’s
Savanna
Riverdale
Amboy
DeWitt
Fulton
Newman
Morrison
Mr. Carrol
Milledgeville
Drowns While Fishing Near Dells Of Wisconsin
Kenneth Whitmer of Lanark drowned Saturday around 11 a m in the Wisconsin River near the Dells while trying to recover his drifting boat. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Frank Funeral Home in Lanark with burial in Lanark cemetery. He was born July 3 1917, married Margaret Bissikumer in 1940, and worked for Northwestern Steel and Wire in Sterling. Survivors include his widow three children and four brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Kenneth Whitmer
Isconsin
Dells
Wisconsin
Frank
William G. Johnson
Methodist Church
Whitmer
Wisconsin River
Sheriff's Office
Juneau County
Mr. Whitmer
Manston
Ralph
Lillian Frederick Whitmer
Margaret Bissikumer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company
Sterling
Carol Hughes
Barbara
Edward
Ray
Houston
Texas
Walter
Kansas City
Ronald
Rockford
Wayne
Mendota
Ruth Russell
Lee
Doris) Davies
Kenneth
Iola) Rife
Elgin
Louis
Thelma) Boelkes
Loves Park
Homecoming Week Planned for Shimer College Alumni
Shimer College in Mt. Carroll Illinois invites alumni back for a two day Homecoming starting Friday October 13 events include class visit at 11 am a special class on the new academic program dorm open house at 1 30 pm a colloquium on interpretations of music at 3 30 pm a reception for Carroll County alumni a 7 pm alumni banquet and an 9 pm all student band dance with a night club theme open to the public admission 1 50 per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Shimer College
Sue Coll
Robert Blackburn
Sawyer
Carroll County
Milledgeville youth pledged to Alpha Tau Alpha at ISNU
Marshall Dennis son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Dennis of Mil ledgeville is among pledges to Alpha Tau Alpha the national honorary agriculture fraternity at Illinois State Normal University Normal Students in agriculture education may be named pledges in their freshman year and become eligible for active membership in their sophomore year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Dennis
Calvin Dennis
Milledgeville
Alpha Tau Alpha
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Local social rounds appear in Chadwick area
CHADWICK NEWS reports weekend hospitality with the Brooks and Cowin family hosts in Moline. Cattle Con attendees include Wilmer Smith and William Williams visiting Waterloo. Frohling families share meals in Eric and Vervaecke homes. Adolph and Queckboerner families visit Donald Queckboerner. Hartman of Lanark visits Knoess in Chadwick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Brooks
Moline
Luther Cowin
Wilmer Smith
Robert Williams
Waterloo
Tebe Frohling
Roland Frohling
Eric
Donald Vervaecke
Richard Adolph
Donald Queckboerner
Charles W. Hartman
Lanark
George Knoess
J. J. Grove Herd Tops DHIA Unit 1 for September
Judson J. Grove's herd of registered and grade Holsteins led September production in Unit 1 according to Carroll County DHIA tester Libberton. High herds include Grove 22 R and GH and 1108 pounds milk with 39.5 pounds fat. five top cows list Grove and Stransdale entries with totals like 1740-84 and 2070-81 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson J. Grove
Ule
Carroll County
Dhia
Wor
Cording
Libberton
Cram & Smith
Grove
Stransdale
Keim
Beef Cattle Sale At Belmont Wisconsin October 13
Cattle feeders from Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois can bid on 600 700 head at the Southwestern Wisconsin Beef Cattle Sale in Belmont on Friday October 13. Sale starts at 12 30 noon sponsored by Southwestern Beef Sales Co op cattle grouped into lots of 5 to 25 by breed sex weight and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Belmont
Albert Bryant
Benton
Wis
Southwestern Beef Sales Co-Op
Training Program For Volunteers At Dixon State School
A two hour In Service training session on October 17 led by Anna P Johnson Dixon State School psychology supervisor will review understanding and concern the basic human need. The discussion will evaluate and discuss current volunteer work at the school and include Mrs Ralph Glenn of Lanark Church of the Brethren whose group has visited the mending room for about six years. All current volunteers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna P. Johnson
Dixon State School
Ralph Glenn
Lanark
Stay Clear of Mississippi Dams
Three Quad-City area teenagers narrowly escaped drowning when their small boat swamped near Dam No. 14 at Le Claire Iowa. Lockman Roland M Dodds of Princeton Town aided two youths from atop the dam with ring buoys after one swam to safety. Authorities credit life jackets for the rescue and warn boaters to avoid restricted areas 600 feet below dams as undertows pose real danger. The Sunline excursion boat recently built in Dubuque is en route to Fort Lauderdale for leisure use with a 100 passenger capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Dam No. 14
le Claire
Iowa
Roland M. Dodds
Princeton
Lock & Dam No. 14
Rock Island District
Dubuque
Quad-Cities
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Friday Guests of Mr and Mrs Voeckel
Friday afternoon visitors included Mrs Harold Adams and her son Steve of Clinton Iowa Mrs Ives Grossman and daughter of Preston Iowa and Mrs Harriett Rogers of Savanna Iowa, in the Voeckel home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Voeckel
Harold Adams
Steve
Clinton
Iowa
Ives Grossman
Preston, Ia
Harriett Rogers
Savanna
Funeral Services Held For Kirby Thomas Saturday
Kirby Thomas died October 4 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held October 7 at 2:00 p m in Frank Funeral Home Lanark with Rev Edwin Radabaugh officiating. Burial followed in Lanark cemetery. He was born July 25 1870 in Keedysville Maryland, married Delia Thomas in Lanark in 1907, and spent years farming before entering real estate. Survived by wife one brother Lloyd Thomas of Pearl City a grandson Ray Lower and a great grandchild. A daughter preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Kirby Thomas
Frank
Edwin Radabaugh
Cherry Grove
Harold Cassens
William Beattie
Elmer Johnson
Lanark Cemetery
Keedysville
Maryland
Emery
Jennie Fisher Thomas
Delia Thomas
Church of the Brethren
Lloyd Thomas
Pearl City
Ray Lower
Shannon
Margaret) Zier
Cherry Grove Township
David
Mary Boardman Holmes
Frank Zier
Here
Zier
Fred Wilhelms
Johnson Nursing Home
Ernest Frey
Raymond
David Sturtevant
Scharman
Robert Hartman
EUB Church
Charles van Brocklin
Fred Slick
Edgar Schoonhoven
Harry Weigle
Merle Rowland
Donald Bremmer
Kenneth Winters
Edith Weigle
Lou Byers
Gladys Woessner
Carroll County Home Bureau Holds Fifteenth Annual Meeting
Carroll County Home Bureau held its fifteenth annual meeting at the Mt Carroll Church with Mrs. Justin Wagy of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation speaking on Progress through Adult Education. New officers include vice president Mrs. Willard Nycum and secretary Mrs. Kenneth Moll, while long-time offices retained by Mrs. Carl Patterson and others. The event featured music, a luncheon by Methodist W S C S, and recognition for unit attendance with gavel presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Wagy
Illinois Home Bureau Federation
Carroll County Home Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Wagy
Carroll County
Clifford Isenberger
Lanark
Wagg
Carl Patterson
Willard Nycum
Kenneth Moll
George Hammond
Russell Michael
Wayne Haas
Ray Queckboerner
Walter Gieson
Eldred Oetting
Methodist
Carroll Night
Fair Haven
Zella Corbett
Leslie Rogers
Fred Tremper
George Wierema
Lloyd Becker
Phyllis Brantley
Dixon
Install New Pomona Grange Officers Monday Evening
Pomona Grange officers were installed Monday night at the Park House in Stockton Carroll County. William Hans served as master with Frank Manning as overseer and Mrs Helen Bryson as lecturer. Next meeting November 13 in Milledgeville grange hall honors Pomona Grange anniversary with Orval Sell as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Pomona Grange
Park House
Stockton
Paul Sites
Milledgeville
Sites
Connie Libberton
Lillian Stoner
Frank Manning
Russell Nye
William Hans
Helen Bryson
Robert Embry
Paul Voeckel
Ralph Roberts
Leland McePhillips
Cora Dale
Leo Poffenberger
Lawrence Haught
Ceres
Pete Libberton
Pomona
Leland McPhillips
Flora
Francis Provant
Lawrence Halfman
Wm. Hans
James Keeney
State Grange
Orval Sell
Oregon
Geage
Charles Gordon
Jack Halfman
Harold Crouse
Medal of Honor Winners Eligible For Pension Boost
The Illinois Veterans' Commission announces a new act increasing MOH pension from 10 to 100 dollars monthly at age 50. The honorable discharge requirement is eliminated. Veterans in Carroll County should contact the commission at The Court House Mt Carroll Illinois. service officer available Tuesdays 9 am to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of the United States
Ralph B. Johnson
Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Carroll County
Court House
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Discussion On Youth Slated At Chadwick
An important meeting on youth issues will be held at 8 p m Monday Oct 23 in First Lutheran church Chadwick. Miss Norma Hiett Springfield secretary of the Illinois Commission on Youth will speak and a local panel from sponsoring groups will discuss Carrying out the Recommendations of the 1960 White House Conference on Youth for Carroll County. Everyone is urged to attend this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Advisory Committee
Carrollware Council
P. T. Aj's
Mental Health Society
First Lutheran Church
Chadwick
Norma Hiett
Springfield
Illinois Commission On Youth
White House
Carroll County
Rites Sunday in Savanna for Harold D. Bender
Harold D. Bender 61 of 837 Chicago Ave Savanna died Friday Oct 6 in Iowa City Veterans Hospital after seven weeks as a patient. Funeral was 2:30 pm Sunday in Hunter Fuller Memorial chapel with Rev Lee Clendenning officiating. Burial in Savanna Township cemetery. Born Feb 11 1900 in Lanark he married Lettie Van Buer July 14 1920 in Mount Carroll. He was an iron worker on the Milwaukee Road before illness. Surviving are his widow two daughters two sisters one brother and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Harold D. Bender
Chicago Ave
Iowa City Veterans’ Hospital
Hunter-Fuller Memorial Chapel
Lee Clendenning
Community Church
Savanna Township
Mr. Bender
Lanark
John and
Mary Roberts Bender
Army of Occuation
Lettie van Buer
Mount Carroll
Milwaukee Road
Happy Hoofs 4-H Club Plans Reorganization Meeting
The Happy Hoofs 4-H Pony Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Agr Room of Milledgeville Schools for a full reorganization. New officers will be elected and plans for the new 4 H year made. Members must be 10 to 21 by July 1 1962. Pony projects and ponies are available at 4 H member prices. The club lists activities including pony shows field trips demonstrations and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Hoofs
Milledgeville
Fernwood Farms
Barrington
Illinois
Ramble Ridge
Davenport
Iowa
Terry-Jean
Palatine
L. B. Anderson
Fernwood Pony Farm
Ill
4-H
Kathy Litwiller
Weekend social notices from multiple Illinois towns
Weekend visitors and Sunday guests gathered in several homes across Downers Grove Como Joplin Mt Carroll Lanark and Lanark area. Names include Terry Brand Bonnie Osberg Mr and Mrs George Adolph Mrs Mabel Meyers Marilyn Geisz Stan ley Larem the Beatties and Don Eisseller honoring Mrs Gerald Beattie birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Brand
Downers Grove
Bonnie Osberg
Maywood
Frank Mest
George Adolph
Como
Mabel Meyers
Joplin
Morton Higley
Alvin Larem
Marilyn Geisz
Mt. Carroll
Stanley Larem
Gerald Beattie
Lanark
Don Eisseller
Maude Beattie
Rainfall Records in Illinois Highlight September Extremes
Illinois city rainfall records show wide variation in September with both record highs and lows. Eureka posted over 17 inches while West Frankfort saw under 0.2 inch, with Chicago totaling 14.17 inches, Elgin over 15 inches, and Peoria above 13 inches marking a statewide pattern of extreme variability alongside generally above normal three-month rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
William C. Ackerman
Illinois State Water Survey
Ackermann
Eureka
West Frankfort
Chicago
Elgin
Peoria
Frankfort-Mc- Leansboro-Carmi
Southern
Courthouse News Divorces and Fines In Carroll County
In Carroll county circuit court on Friday Frances LaShelle Savanna from Gerald LaShelle and Donald Moore Milledgeville from Doris Moore were granted divorces. Glen Blackman was fined 50 dollars plus costs after being found guilty of operating as an itinerant merchant without a license amid reports of diseased pigs sold by truckers. Algy Olson had his 250 dollar fine and three month jail term reduced to 50 dollars and costs, with release ordered for October 9. he pleaded guilty to a similar charge. The judge noted licensing is rare in this state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Frances LaShelle
Savanna
Gerald LaShelle
Donald Moore
Milledgeville
Doris Moore
Glen Blackman
Blackman
Algy Olson
Olson
Marriage Licenses Issued in Carroll County
Floyd R. Elliott and Virginia J. Koehner of Savanna receive a marriage license along with John H. Brashear and Sheryl Lea Ballard of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Floyd R. Elliott
Virginia J. Koehner
Savanna
John H. Brashear
Sheryl Lea Ballard
Beulah Miller Fined and License Revoked in Carroll Court
In Carroll county court Monday Beulah Miller of Thomson was fined 100 dollars plus costs and her driving license revoked after a guilty verdict for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Robert Noble of Savanna pleaded not guilty on the same charge and a related one driving after license revocation. case continued to Oct 16. Roger Pritchard and Wayne Wurster of Savanna pleaded not guilty to larceny of hubcaps. case continued to Oct 16. Kenneth Booth of Savanna on probation was taken into custody for evading arrest. hearing also continued to Oct 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Beulah Miller
Thomson
Robert Noble
Savanna
Roger Pritchard
Wayne Wurster
Kenneth Booth
Savanna Police
Vandalia sentence for Lanark man in delinquency case
Keith Brinkmeier of Lanark was sentenced in county court to one year at the state penal farm in Vandalia after pleading guilty on October 2 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Brinkmeier
Lanark
Friday
Vandalia
Real Estate Transfers From Local Deeds Ledger
William Johns and wife transfer to Lee Fry and wife a dwelling on Lot 4 Block 2 Cary’s 1st Lanark. Edward C DeSplinter and wife transfer to Alphonse Rogers and wife a parcel described as section 4 tract 25 range 6 Cherry Grove. Charles F Holman and wife transfer to Paul C Ostrum and wife a dwelling on Lot 3 3 block 7 R and H road Mt Car Hilda D Orth to Shirley A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johns
Lee Fry
Cary
Lanark
Edward C. DeSplinter
Alphonse Rogers
Cherry Grove
Charles F. Holman
Paul C. Ostrum
R & H Rd
Mt. Carroll
Hilda D. Orth
Shirley A
Home Economics Extension unit meetings outline lessons
Home Economics Extension unit meetings this week feature the major lesson Mending by Machine with local leaders presenting both the main topic and short topics. October 16 York Progressives. October 17 Hickory Grove Homemakers. October 18 North Otter Creek Live Wires. October 19 Lima Larks with speakers detailing electronics safety baking roasting turkey glazes and quick meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Arnold Sikkema
Thomson
Harold Fedderson
Merle Bielema
Vada Carroll
Hickory Grove
Robert Traum
Mt. Carroll
Victor Buchholz
Victor Buchholz Will Give the Lesson. Mrs. Traum
North Otter Creek
Lester Larber
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Babson’s Weekly Report
Ismu
Chadwick News
J. J. Grove
Mississippi
Illinois Farm Supply Company
William Cole
E. V. Stevenson
Chet Berg
C. H. Becker
Carroll Service Company
Leslie Shephard
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Milledgeville, Ill
Shimer
F. J. Mullin
Shephard
Midland College
Freemont
Neb
University of Nebraska
Pennsylvania State College
State College
South Sioux City
Shepard
Bennett Hall
Robert Spencer
Jerry Spencer
Lena
Amity Lutheran Church
Michael
Gene
Corrine) Stamm
Harold
Carmen) Kauffman
Clayton
Edna) Bowman
Eva Cass
Viroqua
Encampment
Wyo
Courthouse News
Grant
OMV
Home Bureau Notes
L. L. Potts
Dallas, Ore
Earl Walker
Folk
O. T. Lanark
James M. Thorp
Annie R. Thorp
Qed
Meyers Ist
Illedgeville
Lucinda Pease
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