Sterling residents share weekend meals with guests
Chadwick Neus Mre and Margaret Boyer of Sterling hosted a Sunday supper for Mr and Mrs Ray Netthart. Weekend guests at Mr and Mrs Preston Kauffman’s home included Elmer Cook Centerville Indiana and Rev and Mrs Frank Cook and family Carrollton. Elmer Weber and family, Mrs Albert Adolph and Ralph visited in Chicago at Walter Getz’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Boyer
Sterling
Ray Netthart
Preston Kauffman
Elmer Cook
Centerville
Frank Cook
Carrolton
Elmer Weber
Albert Adolph
Ralph
Chicago
A. Walter Getz
Rosenberg Family Saga From Chadwick Farms to Wartime Duty
Ben Rosenberg grew up on a Chambersburg area farm and moved west to Carroll county. He served as a cook boss overseas in World War I and returned to marry, farming near Chadwick with his wife and son Vernon. Their son Orval enlisted in the navy June 1938, trained at Great Lakes, joined the Arizona battalion, and died after Pearl Harbor news stunned the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Rosenberg
Chambersburg
Elbow Room
Carroll County
Chadwick
Fair Haven
Rosenberg
Vernon
Orval
Navy
Great Lakes
United States Fleet
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Rosenbergs fight on amid loss and wartime toil
The Rosenbergs, grieving but resolved, endure with their family in farm family life and patriotic duty. Vernon, fourteen, helps on the field while Ben improves soil and plans limeing this fall. Mrs. Rosenberg runs a 400 Leghorn flock and leads local Legion activity as they support victory through modernization and crop programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Rosenbergs
Ben
Rosenberg
Grandmother in lace cap drives hogs to market in Chicago
Mrs Rose Eastabrooks of Milledgeville, grandmother and truck operator, volunteers to drive a monster truck to Union Stock Yards in Chicago. She and her husband run a four truck fleet and have increased hog shipments by 25 percent this September, despite weather and social expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Eastabrooks
Milledgeville
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Uncle Sam
Women Truckers Help War Effort Highlighted in Lanark
Mrs Eastabrooks, reared on a farm, drives long hours transporting sweet corn from fields to a Lanark canning factory to aid wartime food production. Her husband praises her as one of the best truck drivers, reflecting broader female contributions as America mobilizes for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Lanark
America
Eastabrooks
Chadwick News Brand House Sold To Mrs Davis
Dr A A Grand has sold his residence to Mrs Wellman Davis of Freeport and plans a sale of surplus goods next week. The Brands will reside at a Riverview cottage for a time. Mrs Davis plans to return to Chadwick after selling her Freeport home. Sunday guests included Mrs Elizabeth Parsons of Argo Fa with Mr and Mrs Wm Fink. Other visitors were Mr and Mrs Charles Deets in Savanna John Harfman home. Mr and Mrs Harold Stoner visited Wm Stapleton home Saturday. Joyce Wiersema joined Mr and Mrs Henry Wiersema for dinner with Ernest Tousley in Thomson. Warner Hartman and daughter of Lanark were dinner guests of Fred Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Grand
Wellman Davis
Freeport
Elizabeth Parsons
Argo- Fa
Wm. Fink
Charles Deets
John Harfman
Savanna
Harold Stoner
Wm. Stapleton
Henry Wiersema
Joyce
Ernest Tousley
Thomson
Warner Hartman
Lanark
Fred Hartman
Local Guests Visit Homes in Morrison Milledgeville and DeKalb
Mrs Ivan Carroll and her son visited the Andrew Witt home in Morrison on Monday. Miss Margaret Alexander and Miss Lois Reed of DeKalb stayed with the Orion Alexander over the weekend. Mrs Donald Anderson and daughter dined with the Bernie Hawkins household in Milledgeville Sunday. Mr and Mrs Virgil Tomman and son with Mrs Maude Alexander were Sunday supper guests at Orion Alexander home. Evening callers included Mr and Mrs Vernon Adolph and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Carroll
Andrew Witt
Morrison
Margaret Alexander
Lois Reed
DeKalb
Orion Alexander
Donald Anderson
Bernie Hawkins
Milledgeville
Virgil Tomman
Maude Alexander
Vernon Adolph
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FBI
Columbias
Mat. Sun
Jane Wyman
Ellen Drew
Kay Kyser
Our Gang
Virginia Bruce
Dick Foran
Butch
MT. Carroll
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
New York
Famenburg
Paisie Oe
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Gillespie
WEB
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy Dante the Magician
Glenn Miller
George Montgomery
Ann Rutherford
Cesar Romero
Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Savannaland
Orpheum
MGM
Ruth Hussey
John Carroll ‘Pierre of the
Plains
Marsha, Hunt
Dick Carlson
Triple A News
L. B. Hussey, M.D
Greison Bldg
Main St
Telephone Black 415
Les Lathrop
Chadwick News
Brand House
EADS
Morrison, Ill
Stransdale
Swett’s Cafe
John E. Housenga
John Deere
Fulton
Ill
G. H. Thompson Fulton
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
J&p
Clinton, IA
Alaskan
van Allen
Clinton
Greison
W. A. Stuedemann
Main Ave
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