Sign-Up Drive Seeks 1942 AAA Compliance and Food Production
Farmers in Carroll County are urged to sign a 1942 AAA farm plan from October 15 to December 1. The voluntary pledges aim to boost dairy poultry and hog output while ensuring soil conservation. A kickoff meeting on October 13 included local officials and farm program representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
J. R. Erdmier
Carroll County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Erdmier
Mt. Carroll
H. G. Abbott
M. P. Roske
J. W. Erdmier
Henry Rahn
Herman Daehler
Ernest Rose
Soil Conservation Service
Robert Rimington
Farm Security Division
Aspinwall
Stephenson County
County Supervisors Weigh Space Needs and Annex Addition
Carroll county supervisors met to discuss need for more space for permanent registration records in county buildings. A proposed east-end annex addition was favored to serve the county clerk and circuit clerk, with action deferred to the buildings committee. Other items included janitor raise, paid vacation bill, road funds, and bridge aid with a new committee to consult the highway commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Supervisors
Buildings Committee
S. C. Campbell
Claude Wilcox
Washington Township
Charles Kingely
John Warner
Cram
Henry Raish
Social Guests and Visits List in Local Homes
Thomson the Sunday guests in the Claude Grim home were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Demaree and family. Mrs. Frank Warfield and Mrs. Joe Warfield of Chadwick visited Joe Warfield, a Freeport hospital surgical patient. Others visited relatives and stayed with families across Morrison Battle Creek Savanna Macomb Iowa City and Amana Colony with numerous family hosts and weekend trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Brown
Rio
Elynor Stagg
Macomb
F. L. Stagg
Bessie Groharing
Glen Groharing
Morrison
John Carpenter
Mike Tucker
Clinton
Cecil Frosch
Brett
Savanna
Milton Hartman
Ideal
Bayard Lewis
Bob
Paul Wilt
Wm. Beswick
N. D. French
Dayton
Edward Smaltz
Paul Melendy
Court House Briefs: Zick presides in Mt Carroll session
Judge Leon A. Zick presided at a circuit court session yesterday in Mt Carroll and is set to return today. Herring will hear tax objections filed by the Burlington and Milwaukee railroad in county court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon A. Zick
Circuit Court
Mt. Carroll
Herring
Burlington and Milwaukee Railroad
Medin and Hollister Separeted by County Clerk License Suit
County Clerk Walter Watson sues to issue a marriage license to Russell Louis Medin of Whittenova IA and Emma Hollister of Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Russell Louis Medin
Whittenove
Emma Hollister
Savanna
Thom son man charged with drunken driving. companion fined in public highway case
Arrests occurred Sunday night in Thom son as Eugene Weddington, 19, faced a grand jury after a judge named Frank Schroep pel. Unable to post 750 dollars bond, Weddington stays in the county jail. Wilbur Lehne, 25, also arrested, was fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication on a public highway and is jailed awaiting resolution. The report lists real estate deeds and transfers in nearby townships following the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Eugene Weddington
Frank Schroeppel
Carroll
Weddington
Wilbur Lehne
Lehne
Speakers for Farm Institute Announced in Savanna
Savanna hosts the Carroll County Farm Institute on October 24 and 25 at Lincoln School gym. Men and women meet in separate divisions with talks by University of Illinois experts Dr. Nolan and F. C. Baur and Mrs. George Meyer and Miss Ada Willerton. Mrs Meyers to judge exhibits. officers named for both divisions. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Institute For
Carroll County
Lincoln School
Nolan
F. C. Baur
University of
Ada Willerton
Danvers
Meyers
Clarence Doty
Allen Airhart
Glen Law
Joseph Chafer
Bernita Bonjour to Wed Warren Green in Early November
Mrs. Paul Bonjour announces the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Bernita to Warren Green, son of Mrs. Herman Timmons of Fulton. The wedding is planned for early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bonjour
Bernita
Warren Green
Herman Timmons
Fulton
Community Notes of Weekend Visits and Guests
Thomson briefed Sunday dinner guests in the Charles Groharing home including Norma Robison and Glenn Groharing. Families and friends from Mt. Carroll Morrison Fulton Ideal Freeport Woodstock Ustick Lanark Santa Barbara are listed among Sunday gatherings and visits across several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Freeport
Bruce Groharing
Lucille Dresbach
Lloyd Smith
Woodland Church
Willis Stage
Nettie Baker
Stella Griswold
Wm. Griswold
Ben Dykstra
John Klimstra
Ustick
Art Atherton
Seaman Swett
Otto Switzer
Lanark
Henry Engelking
Sansum
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jo-Carroll Co Op Receives 110000 Grant for Expansion
The Jo-Carroll Electric Co-operative gains a 110000 allotment to extend 125 miles of rural lines in Carroll and Jo Daviess counties. The project will serve about 200 more farms and lift total REA investment to 459000 for 425 miles of lines and a portable power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Jo-Carroll Electric Co-operative
Everett Read
Co-Op
Read
Co-Operative
REA
Genoa
Wis
Wisconsin
Elizabeth
Soil District Directors Named in Carroll County
C V Butterbaugh R C Carson Charles Kessler Henry Miller and Wallace Williams were elected directors of the Carroll County soil conservation district Saturday at the Farm Bureau office in Mt. Carroll. The district includes parts of Salem Mt. Carroll Freedom Woodland and Washington townships and will hold an organization meeting soon after its creation last summer following landowner approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil District
C. V. Butterbaugh
R. C. Carson
Charles Kessler
Henry Miller
Wallace Williams
Carroll County Soil Conservation District
Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Salem
Freedom
Woodland
Washington Townships
Sunday visitors and local notables in area homes
Sunday guests at the Charles Sack home included Phineas Bashaw and Vernon Bashaw of Lanark and Charles Behr family of Moline. Michael Wiseman of Kansas City and his wife stay with Orella Bennett while Wiseman installs a new telephone switchboard. Mrs. Kenneth McCall of Savanna substitutes at Cestinut Park school during Herbert Rawlins absence. Duane Smith visits Mt. Carroll with Irve Neuschwander family. Tuesday supper guests were Myron Tibbits and Lyle Williams. Leonard Stage and Merle Stage with Glen Goble visited Woodstock Illinois this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Sack Home
Phineas Bashaw
Vernon
Lanark
Chas, Behr
Moline
Michael Wiseman
Kansas City
Orella Bennett
Wiseman
Kenneth McCall
Savanna
Herbert Rawlins
Cestinut Park
Duane Smith
Donald Smith
Irve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Lyle Williams
Myron Tibbits
Leonard Stage
Merle Stage
Glen Goble
Woodstock
Duck season opens today with a bang
State conservation officials predicted the migratory waterfowl season would be highly successful after heavy rains created good feeding grounds. Hunters took to the fields before dawn as a shotgun barrage opened the 60 day season, running from sunrise to 4 p.m. daily with a daily bag limit of 10 and possession limit of 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Louis Frey Dies in Maryland Auto Crash
Louis Frey 61 formerly of Mt. Carroll died Saturday night in an automobile accident in Maryland. Survived by widow in Mt. Carroll, six daughters including Mrs. Orville Rogers and Evalyn Frey, four sons Alvie Oscar Robert and James in the Navy, two brothers Benjamin and Charles, and a sister Lizzie Longaneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Frey
Mt. Carroll
Maryland
Orville Rogers
Helen
Dora
Thelma Frey
Thomas Ryan
Chicago
Evalyn Frey
Rock Island
Alvie
Oscar
Robert
James
U.S. Navy
Benjamin
Charles
Iowa
Lizzie Longaneckver
Eighteen Enroll in Mt Carroll Red Cross First Aid Class
Eighteen men are enrolled in a Red Cross first aid class meeting Mondays in Mt. Carroll for ten weeks. The course ends with an examination. Enrollees include Arthur Smith Chadwick Harry Hartman John Frank Ronald Smith Carlos Robbe Fletcher Dube Paul Smith Charles Holman Kenneth Buck Ray Westfall Carlos Johnston Al Schoening Lawrence Shiley Floyd Tompkins Vaughn Hungerford Herbert Christian Ernest Rose James McCray all residents of Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mt. Carroll
Arthur Smith of
Chadwick
Harry Hartman
John Frank
Ronald Smith
Carlos Robbe
Fletcher Dube
Paul Smith
Charles Holman
Kenneth Buck
Ray Westfall
Carlos Johnston
al Schoening
Lawrence Shiley
Floyd Tompkins
Vaughn Hungerford
Herbert Christian
Ernest Rose
James McCray
Death of Frank Alexander in Julesburg Noted
Rush Carroll reports the death of Frank Alexander of Julesburg Colorado on October 10 from a heart attack. Alexander is remembered as a brother of Mrs. Ethan Carroll and a former resident of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Carroll
Frank Alexander
Julesburg
Colo
Alexander
Ethan Carroll
Local Family Moves and Weekend Visits
Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Geerts and children of Lynden, as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Groharing moved next door in a bungalow exchange with Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Morse. Ida Weber returned home after visiting Yates City. Blanche Seim of Cornell college spent the weekend at home. Thelma Schick and Louis Schick together with Miss Irene Schick visited Chicago and the Contagious Hospital where Irene is awaiting release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Teachers Institute In Session At Mt Carroll High
Carroll county pupils enjoy a two day vacation as teachers attend the fall institute at Mt Carroll high school. speakers include Judge J M Braude and Prof W R McConnell with sessions in the morning and afternoon. Northwestern Illinois Education Association events plus talks by Franklin B Snyder and Drew Pearson planned for Rockford Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll High School
Northwestern Illinois Education Association
Rockford
J. M. Braude
Chicago Boys’ Court
W. R McConnell
Miami University
Braude
Northwestern University
Drew Pearson
Washington
Snyder
Pearson
Ten New State Police Officers Assigned to District Name 10
Ten new state highway police officers reported for duty in this district Monday morning, joining headquarters at Sterling. They completed a course at the Springfield state police school last week and report to stations under district head Edward Mahan. New officers include Raymond Cramer Sterling, George Kinser Prophetstown, John Woods Tampico, Myron Millett Sycamore, George Ives Jr. Franklin Grove, Homer Snyder Byron, Philip Schermerhorn Lena, John Lazzaro Rockford, Hugo Leaf Rockford, and Ralph Walquist Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Nine O’colok
Springfield
Sergi
Edward Mahan
Raymond 8. Cramer
George E. Kiner
Prophetstown
John H. Woods
Tampico
Myron M. Millett
Sycamore
George S. Ives, Jr
Franklin Grove
Homer L. Snyder
Byron
Philip Schermerhorn
Lena
John J. Lazzaro
Hugo Leaf
Ralph W. Walquist
Rockford
Federal Court at Freeport to Open Monday
Oct 20 marks the opening of the October term in Freeport with Judge Charles E. Woodward presiding. A grand jury reports at 10 AM and a petit jury will be scheduled for trials. criminal cases include United States vs Joseph E Foltz who pleaded guilty to extortion and larceny of government property. Civil dockets on Tuesday involve condemned land in Carroll Whiteside Daviess and Winnebago counties. A lengthy petit jury session is anticipated. Locals Mr and Mrs Fred Miller and sons visited Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Charles E. Woodward
Chicago
United States
Joseph E. Foltz
Foltz
Carroll
Whiteside
Daviess
Winnebago
Deaths in Carroll County Mount Carroll area two men dies
Funeral services for Harley Welch 61 will be at 2 p m today at his Mt Carroll home. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Welch born May 10 1880 Argo Fa survived by widow three sons Stanley Lowell Claude two daughters Janice preceded in death. Adam Fulrath 62 Mt Carroll died 6 30 p m Tuesday at Savanna hospital. Surviving five sisters and two brothers. Burial details not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Harley Welch
James A. Foard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Welch
Argo Fa
Elisha
Jane Welch
Stanley
Lowell
Lanark
Claude
Alvin Zillhart
Donald Toepfer
George Welch
Davenport
Janice
Adam Fulrath
Savanna Hospital
William Christian
Orval Smith
Grace Benson
Glenn Johnson
Elizabeth Weidman
Savanna
Jacob
Chicago
Clarence
Clinton
Pastors Retain Assignments at Rock River Conference
The 102nd annual Rock River conference announced no changes in local pastorates. Revs Ploch Feldwisch Doyle Swaney and others received new posts within Joliet Dixon and Rockford districts, with Swaney named superintendent of the Rockford district. The 1942 session set for First Church Evanston with a June meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock River
Methodist Church
Clarence Ploch
Thomson
Albany
W. S. Feldwisch
Milledgeville
Thomas L. Doyle
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
B. G. Swaney
DeKalb
Rockford
R. L. Semans
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Joliet-Dixon
Horace Greeley Smith
A. T. Stephenson
Superannuates’ Relief Association
Chicago
Fred D. Stone
Methodist Publishing House
Irving Park
Paul Sanders
D. D. Vaughn
Boston University
Boston
Ir G. Whitchurch
H. F. Ball
W. C. Barclay
Joint
Committee On Religious Education
New York City
Ralph B. Diffendorfer
Division of Foreign Missions
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Walter C. League
Goodwill Industries
R. W. Miller
Conference Board of Education
Aubrey S. Moore
Chicago Home Mission and Church Extension Society
Savanna Minted 30 Point Victory Over Mount Carroll
Savanna high school football drubbed Mt Carroll 30 to 0 with a 75 yard dash by Johnson and two scores by Johnson in the opening and final quarters. Miles added a third period TD and Warfield yielded a safety for Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll
Savanna High School
Mt. Carroll High
Johnson
Savanna Star
Miles
Warfield
Mt. Carroll
Nine Carroll county youths ordered to report for induction
Nine Carroll County men have been ordered to report in Chicago on October 20 for Army induction. The county quota was 14, but only nine were available. several were 1-A but deferred for medical or essential-work reasons at Savannah Ordnance Depot and farm duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago
William E. Zugschwerdt
Vernon F. Stoner
Chadwick
Elwood C. Diehl
Arman E. Bushman
Milledgeville
Raymond W. Hartman
Thomson
Arden O. Peterson
Mt. Carroll
Paul J. Promenschenkel
LaVerne G. Thulion
Charles L. Jones
Savanna
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Mississippi River traffic hits new high
Heavy shipments of coal and petroleum push upper Mississippi traffic to a record March through September total of 1,973,378 tons, up from 1,510,776 tons year earlier. Coal and petroleum products lead monthly and nine month totals, with continued high movement downstream and year end expectations near 2.5 million tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Rock Island District Army Engineer’s Office
Clinton W. Ball
Rock Island
Inland Waterways Corp
Bettendorf
Two Savanna Men Transferred to Parachute Battalion
Pvt. Charles Doran and Pvt. Robert Dixon, both of Savanna, moved from Co. C 80th Infantry at Camp Roberts California to the parachute battalion at Fort Benning Georgia after passing physical tests. Two other Savanna youths, Pvt. Clarence Arno and Pvt. Orville Bertholf, transferred from Camp Roberts to Fort Lewis Washington and Camp San Luis Obispo California respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doran
Robert Dixon
Savanna
Co. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Court House Briefs
WED
Grover E. Weddington
Charles C. Gaul
J. W. Cary
Wessel W. Temple
Martha J. Byers
Cherry Grove
Geert Hinders
Kenneth Stoner
Shannon
Nellie Rahn
Christ — T. Wilhelms
Christ T. Wilhelms
Earl H. Meier
Orrie Smith
Glen O. Smith
Mr. Carroll
Forrest F. Domdey
Ralph R. Domdey
York
Tri. of Schools
Mary A. Wall
John F. Wall
Paul K. Miles
Harold E. Dausman
Broadmoor
Farm Institute
Thomson Briefs
Jo-Carroll
Teachers’ Institute
Federal Court At
Fred Miller and Sons
Will Zahn
Allan Billman
Harding
Serena
P. L. Huscher
Joliet
Trinity
J. P. Stafford
la Moille
B. R. Weetman
Malta
W. E. Birch
Montgomery
L. D. Boyer
Seneca
United
F. N. Anderson
Cherry Valley
Russell Lowther
Elgin
Zion
R. N. Howard
Esmond
H. G. Dutcher
Fairdale
Hugh White
R. E. Bethards
Hanover
Clare B. Hewitt
Kingstron
Herbert
Roy Hidy
Kirkland
J. Hewitt
Samuel Taylor
Lighthouse
Chana
F. W. Chereve
Marengo
Riley
William E. Lamson
Mount Morris
E. M. Edwards
Newmilford
Davis Junction
William L. Bird
Poplar Grove
Hunter
Newton H. Nesmith
Broadway
W. E. Craig
Russell W. Lambert
Winnebago Street
Arnold Underwood
Rockton
Bryce Nichols
Seales Mound
Council Hill
Leonard J. Ruff
South Elgin
George Field
Stockton
Morseville
Willow
D. J. Schuytemann
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