Date For Contest is October 26
County corn picking contest to be held by the Wunschwerdt farm on October 26. Local residents invited to enter with prizes for top yields. Event emphasizes community involvement and farming skill in a rural setting.
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1934
Page
1
Carroll county corn picking contest set for Friday at Elmer Zugschwerdt farm
Officials announced the Carroll County corn picking contest will be held Friday on Elmer Zugschwerdt’s farm, 1.5 miles south of Chadwick school, on the gravel road. Hi-Bivd corn near 60 to 70 bushels per acre, ideal stand, with ample spectator room. Entrants may apply to committee members including Guy Mackay Julian Jack Elmer Zueschwerdt Charles Honberger and M P Roske Farm Pi. The winner advances to the state contest later in the month. committee meetings planned next Tuesday to prepare the field. Weather suitable, large crowd expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Elmer Augschweydi
Chadwick
Eravel
Zugechwerdt
Guy Mackay
Julian Jack
Elmer Zueschwerdt
Charles Honberger
M. P. Roske
Farm Pi
Carroll
Zugsachwerdt
Zugschwerdt
Zugschwerdt Farm
Famous Hedgerow Play to Be Given on Friday
Hedgerow players of Rose Valley Pa will stage Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O Neill at Frances Shimer Junior College Mt Carroll Friday Oct 19 evening. The Pulitzer prize winner is described as a rich drama of Robert Mara and dreams beyond the horizon with Disillusions and fate. The production is noted as a rare local opportunity with a socially minded troupe touring between Chicago and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene O'Neill
Frances Shimer Junior College
Mt Carroll
At & O'Clock
Hedgerow
Rose Valley
Mt. Carroll
West
Mt.Carroll
Chicago
Omaha
Robert Mara
Fred Nofer
Mayo
Andrew
Ander
Robert
America
Frances Shimer College
Carroll
Republican Meetings Planned Across County This Fall
County Republican committee members met to map a speaking tour across towns from late October to November. State speakers include Edward Laughlin John Bingham and Leo Allen with appearances in Lanark Mt. Carroll Savanna Milledgeville and more. A county rally in Clinton Searles Rock Island Third Cross Chicago is planned with voters invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Sec
Lallowes
Edward E. Laughe
Wo. Eaton
Edward E. Laughlin
John Bingham
Savanna
Get
Leo Allen
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
Third Cross
Chicago
Lanark
John C. McKnnie
Mt. Carroll
Anneun
Lee Allen
Alten
Bingham
Langilin
Clinton Searles
Hugh Cross
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Mt. Vell
Shantun
Carroll County 4-H Girls Divison Champions Named
At Mt Carroll last week under county director Mrs M P Roske the 4 H girls club work champions were chosen from Mt Carroll Wacker Chadwick Shannon Milledgeville and other clubs. Selection based on completed projects club attitude attendance at meetings community service and project notebooks. Winners include Judith Ritenour Ellen Lundy Evelyn Schreiner Aletha Bremmer Marilyn Freeman with Freeman noted as unopposed in her division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ritenour
Stitch and Ri
Club
Mt. Carroll
Ellen Lundy
Wacker Stitchers
Wacker
Evelyn Schreiner
Lucky Club
Chadwick
Aletha Bremmer
Priseilis Club
Shannon
Red Cross and relief agency to distribute clothing countywide
Carroll County Red Cross and the Carroll County Emergency Relief Commission will cooperate to distribute clothing to the needy. Four sewing centers will open at Savanna Community Church, Mt. Carroll Community Hall, Milledgeville Public Library, and Lanark or Shannon. Mrs Ira Bivans and Mr Anne Maloney lead the effort with materials already received for shirts, prints, toweling, and flannel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Red Cross
Carroll County Emergency Relief Commission
Relief Agency
The
Red Cross
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
Lanark
Shannon
Ira Bivans
Anne Maloney
AAA Plans 500000 Invested In Seed Corn Options
The AAA will spend 500000 to buy options on high quality seed corn to assure next year’s supply. Farmers with corn sealed as security for Community Credit Corporation loans will receive 20 cents per bushel option price. Options can be exercised at any time until May 1, 1935, totaling $1. per acre for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Sral
Community Credit Corporation
Real Estate Transfers listing several property deeds
William A Ethridge transfers section 3 rep 25 range 6 to Ella Wilhelms et al. Augusta Rashaw and husband William Bude and wife convey original town lot 4 block 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam A. Ethridge
Ella Wilhelms
Augusta Rashaw
William Bude
Hundreds Hear Democratic Rally at Orpheum Savanna
Voters crowded the Orpheum Theatre in Savanna to hear Democratic speakers praise federal and state administrations. Michael Igoe and Martin Brennan framed the case, critiqued Republicans, and argued for New Deal reforms including banking safeguards, farm loans, and the corn hog program. Igoe tied unemployment to urgent action and defended constitutional adherence while opposing GOP plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theatre
Savanna
Orpheum
Michael ,Igoe
Martin Brennan
Mt Carroll 1M Tie In Clash With Clinton Tights
Mt Carroll high school football battled Clinton in a tight Friday night game on the lighted gridiron. Guenzler scored from five yards as Mt Carroll led in the third quarter before Clinton rallied with a late pass attack to reach the final 6 to a. Also, four candidates from the 12th District were approved by the Legislative Voters League after reviewing records for potential election. The probate case notes Andreas Walter’s will admitted to probate and Alfred Walter of Shannon named executor with a $10,100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Carroll
CLIN
Legislative Voters League Ton Lights
Walker
S. Mt. Carroll
Clinton
Mt. Carrall Boys
Guenzler
Mt. Carroll Boys
Imnet Savanna
Savanne
Andreas Walter
Alfred Walter
Shannon
State Assembly
Legislative Voters League
Assembly
sBulletin
Stransdale Dairy Herds Lead Whiteside-Carroll in Sept Reports
The Whiteside Carroll Dairy Herd Improvement Association ranking shows Stransdale Farm No 1 leading with 41 Holsteins producing 884 pounds of milk and 32.6 pounds of butterfat for September. Reynolds of Prophetstown moved to second with 19 Guernseys at 637 pounds milk and 31.5 fat, while Frank H. Reitzel of Sterling placed third with Jerseys averaging 618 pounds milk and 31.1 fat. Fifth went to Stransdale Farm No 2 of Savanna with 17 Holsteins at 804 pounds and 27.2 fat. The annual meeting occurred Monday in Morrison with dairy extension head J G Cash delivering remarks amid state conference prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stransdale Farm No
Whiteside-Carroll Dairy Herd Improvement Association
C. C. Reynolds and Son
Prophietstown
Afr
Reynolds
Frank H. Reitzel
Sterling
Chas
PB. Reed
Mr. Reed
Stransdale Farm No. 2
Savanna
Stransdale
Biglounty Group
Farm Bureau
Morriison
J. G. Cash
University of Hineis
Champions in 4 H girls cieb work for Carroll county j
News this week reports 4 H girls teams from Carroll county and Savanna in a Friday night clash under arena lights at Savanna. AAA plans large seed corn purchases to ensure sufficient seed for 1935 meetings. Also noted are a long-unrecorded 85 year old deed filed by Attorney JL OL Kereh in Mt Carroll and a county death count in September surpassing births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Savanna High
Lash
Sawanee
JL OL Kereh
Chadwick
Mt Carroll
Passes Away Democratic Candidate After Car Crash in Freeport
Democratic congressional hopeful dies at Freeport hospital from injuries after a Friday afternoon collision between his car and a vehicle driven by a Freeport teacher. The crash occurred early Tuesday morning as the candidate was en route home, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Freeport
Iran
Deed from 1849 surfaced in court by Kerch Friday
Attorney J C Kerch filed a long hidden 1849 deed at ME Carroll court to clarify five acres in Elkhorn Grove. The document, once owned by James Shugars estate, was inked by Abijah Payster and Polly Payster and witnessed by John Smyth and Justice Joseph Steffen. It shows an era seal replaced by a hand drawn emblem and was recorded October 12 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ME. Carroll
J. C. Kerch
Chadwick
James Shugars
Kerch
Elkhorn Grove
Shugars
Harry Shugars
Rockford
Abijah Payster
Polly
John Smyth
Joseph Steffen
Steffen
David Bushman
Boerner
Kereh
Vernon Kuhlmeier Wrecks Car Near Chadwick
Vernon Kuhlmeier received minor cuts and bruises when the Studebaker coupe he was driving hit a culvert near Mission Ridge School on Route 40 seven o'clock Monday evening. The rear wheel struck an abutment, causing loss of control, but he kept the car upright. the front end was undamaged and the vehicle was towed to Ethridge Parts Co. Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Kuhlmeier
Studebaker
Mission Ridge
Route 40
Kuhlmeier
Ethridge Parts Co
Re-registration drive tallies in Wysox Elkhorn Grove Oct 20
William D. Scott of the National Re-employment Service will visit Milledgeville to aid re registration for the unemployed in Wysox and Elkhorn Grove Townships. He aims to compile a new list and may visit other towns. The event occurs Saturday in the afternoon at Mrs Hannah Straka’s home. A separate note recalls a local food incident at a barbeque event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Scott
Savanna
Carroll County
National
Hannah
Straka
Milledgeville
NRS
Wisox
Elkhorn Grove Township
Scott
Milledgeville Route 40 paving nearing completion
With cooperative weather the Milledgeville route 40 gap paving nears completion. The subway is finished, grading done, and cement in place for traffic by November first. Harden Construction Co. led the project funded by Motor Fuel Tax. The new highway will bypass downtown Milledgeville. Carroll county corn hog signers have received 185720 in first payments, with more due this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Springfield
Burlington
Milledgeville Stret
Colliflower
Harden Construction Co
State Highway Department
Aghool
Deaths Lead Births in Carroll County September
County records show sixteen deaths and fifteen births in September in Carroll County. George Peters of Mt Carroll was the oldest to die at age four. Shirley Mae Rahn and Robert Allen Saurjerby were youngest born in September. Sixteen deaths and fifteen births were reported, with several births recorded in Savanna, Chadwick, Woodlawn, Wysox, Shannon, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bounty Clerk
Itetala
George Peters
MT. Carroll
Grim Reaper
Carroll County
Walter Watcom
Lanark
Robert Allen Saur Jerby
Mt Carroll
Shirley Mae Rahn
Orval Rahn
Chadwick
Patrick McCue
Savanna
Owen S. Moore
Marion Morris Coon
C. M. Coon
Shannon
Lee Franklin Albrecht
Melvin Albrecht
Edward Cat] Voeckel
Adam Yourke
Fair Haven
Kes Exalt
Carroll
Sylvia Rests Harper
Harold H. Harper
Lemmy Koner
Leroy A. Roser
Arla Laren St. Ores
Herbert St Ores
Thomson
Sharon Beverly Byles
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