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Thomson Review

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Thomson, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1942

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District Par Association Meets Today

Twenty seventh annual meeting of the federation of local bar associations of the Sixth Supreme Judicial district is being held today at Dixon in the circuit court room. David R. Joslyn of Woodstock, president, is in charge with officers Charles H. Green, John R. Snively, and John L. Brearton. Wives and daughters meet at Loveland Community house in Dixon. After the business session, a trip to White Pines state park with luncheon at Grand Detour and a 3 p.m. visit to the Crawford Antique Shop near Dixon. Courts adjourn for today.

Federation of Local Bar Associations Sixth Supreme Judicial District Dixon Circuit Court Room David R. Joslyn Woodstock Charles H. Green Freeport John R. Snively Rockford John L. Brearton Savanna Loveland White Pines State Park Grand Detour Crawford

Fire Warden School Set for Nov 12 in Mt Carroll

Rural fire wardens recently appointed in Carroll county will attend a training school at the Mt Carroll courthouse on Thursday November 12. The session runs from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m and more than 100 wardens from all county schools are expected to participate, led by Theodore Cole hour.

Carroll County Court House Mt. Carroll Theodore Colehour

Canning Sugar Applications Extended to Oct 31

Applications for canning sugar may be filed with the county rationing board through Saturday October 31. Applicants who did not use their designated canning period must notify the board within thirty days after expiration, and unused certificates must be returned for cancellation within the same period.

Grange Session Held at Black Oak Grange Hall

The Black Oak Grange met Thursday evening at the Grange hall with songs Brighten the Corner and God Bless America readings by Mrs. Fred Olson Mrs. Arnold Farthing and Mrs. Jack Halfman of Thomson recitation by Henrietta Gordon and an upcoming meeting to elect officers on November 5 at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Deets.

Black Oak Grange Grange Hall Fred Olson Arnold Farthing Jack Halfman Thomson Henrietta Gordon America Charles Deets

No Huskinge Contest Cancelled In Carroll County

Farm Bureau officials announce no corn husking contest will be held in Carroll County this fall due to shortages in farm labor machinery and tires. State and national contests were cancelled earlier.

Carroll County Farm Bureau

Births and community notes from Argo Friends area

Announcements include the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Merrill formerly Nora Mae Green who lived here before moving to Wheaton. Various local visits, farm work, enlistments, and a post nuptial shower for Mrs. Alta Porter Stiles are noted along with a Clinton Mercy Hospital birth and other reentries from Dixon, Galesburg, and Coffeyville. A local defense plant worker from Hastings returns on leave.

Leslie Merrill Merrill Nora Mae Green Wheaton, Til Oliver Judson Chas. Welch Mt. Carroll J. Libberton Kneal Hook John Kreuder Florida Robert Kreuder Camp Wisconsin Clarence Kreuder Hattie Kneale Bert Nelson Coleta Paul Carpenter Chicago Ned Turner Conrad Heinze Ned Sack Ed Sack Dixon U.S. Navy Dixon High School Alta Porter Stiles Porter John Johnson Dan Emyre Mercy Hospital Clinton Dorothy Holm Max Smith Galesburg Robert Hicks Coffeyville Kans George Hicks Ben Moore Eva Foltz Inansas City Hans Hansen Hastings Neb

Local Social Notes from Savannah and Vicinity

Thomson Briefs Mr. and Mrs Kyle Rawlins Fern visited the Charles Gilbert home north of Savannah on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Martin Bielema and family from Danvers Ill were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence Bolhous on Saturday. Mrs Wm Griswold and Mrs Harold Witt visited Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Nancy Slager who is not well at her Coleta home.

Thomson Kyle Rawlins Fern Charles Gilbert Savanna Martin Bielema Danvers Ill Clarence Bolhous Wm. Griswold Harold Witt Nancy Slager Coleta

Court House News: Recent Issuances and Legal Proceedings

Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk include Leon Gothard and Henrietta Giedd of Shannon Edward T. Remkus of Proving Grounds and Edith Bradman of East St. Louis Henry B. Jones and Doris T. Cottingham of Detroit Mich Will of Samuel M Herrington Milledgeville admitted to probate, widow Anna L Herrington executrix Rodney Reuland released from county jail on vagary charge Rosland arrested by Savanna police Roy Atherton released from county jail vagrancy Many applications for absentee ballots for the Nov 3 general election may be filed this month last day in person Oct 31 by mail Oct 29.

Leon Gothard Henrietta Giedd Shannon Edward T. Remkus Proving Grounds Edith Bradman East St. Louis Henry B. Jones Doris T. Cottingham Detroit Mich Samuel M. Herrington Milledgeville Anna L. Herrington Rodney Reuland Rosland Savanna Police Ray Westfall

Property Transfers From Savanna and Lima Areas

A sequence of warranty deeds recorded involving multiple parties in Savanna and Lima. Transfers include Harry E. Cohn to Viola Serrurier of Lot 1 Block 8 Gilbert's Savanna, Thomson State Bank to Guy Brown and wife of Lots 3 and 4 Block 1 Thomson, Anna Madge Gibson to Lydia Vomhoff Layton of Lot 5 Block 3 Morton's Addition Savanna, Lydia Vomhoff Layton and husband to Michael J. Nowak of the same lot, Cleo M. Shoup to Jesus De La Cruz of Lots 1 and 2 H. B. Savanna, and Anna A. Cheeseman to John Hose of Section 9 Township 24 Range 7 Lima.

Harry E. Cohn Viola Serrurier Gilbert’s Savanna Thomson State Bank Guy Brown Thomson Anna Madge Gibson Lydia Vomhoff Layton Morton’s Add Michael J. Nowak Cleo M. Shoup Jesus de la Cruz Anna A. Cheeseman John Hose Lima

Registration Of Fuel Oil Dealers Postponed A Week

The county rationing board postponed fuel oil dealer registration for oil rationing by one week. Dealers will register next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, in the county rationing board office on the courthouse second floor in Mt. Carroll.

County Rationing Board Mt. Carroll

Extra quota of recap s grants to Carroll county rationing board

A supplementary quota of passenger recaps is granted to the Carroll county rationing board from the state reserve to preserve tire car casses and allow all eligible motorists to apply now for recapping permits. No change in eligibility rules.

Carroll County State Reserve Baruch Committee Thearuch

Savanna Native Minnie Lammers Asay Dies in California Home

Ed Asay of Mt. Carroll mourns the death of former Savanna resident Minnie Lammers Asay at her Tulare California home. Born February 15, 1880, she taught in Oak Grove and Union schools, married Ed Asay in 1910, and leaves her husband, daughter Charlotte, two sons Robert and Allen, a Savanna brother Robert E. Lammers and four sisters. Weekend visitors included Glenn Demuaree Ruth and Ruth of Dixon.

Ed Asay Carroll County Tulare Calif Minnie Lammers Savanna Robert Amelia Lammers Savanna High School Oak Grove Union Mt. Carroll Charlotte Allen Robert E. Lammers

Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness

Robert Turney expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for visits fruits and flowers during his recent illness and thanks Ideal Church members for a potted plant and flowers.

Ideal Church Robert Turney

Pay Hike Urged By Northwest Illinois Teachers

About 2000 teachers in Carroll Jo Daviess Stephenson and Winnebago counties adopted resolutions at a Rockford meeting urging a 15 percent salary rise from the January 1 1942 level to retain capable teachers and maintain teaching efficiency. They praised districts that adjusted salaries to the cost of living and urged full wartime support for school programs without sacrificing fundamentals. The group endorsed TEA legislative aims for state funding equity and kindergarten through 12th grade support. Ruth Harris Belvidere was elected TEA district president with James W Welsh Rockford as vice president and other officers named. Delegates to the December state convention include Harold Mackenzie Savanna and L W Bates Lanark. alternates Thelma Schick Thomson and Esther Schmaling Chadwick.

Carroll Jo Daviess Stephenson Winnebago Northwest Mlinois Education Association Rockford Ruth Harris Belvidere James W. Welsh Clyde C. Kaiser Freeport David Schoonmaker L. J. Gnngey Lena Harold Mackenzie F Savanna L. W. Bates Lanlark Carroll County Thelma Schick Thomson Esther Schmaling Chadwick

Draw Petit Jury Panel On Tuesday

A petit jury for the November term of circuit court in Carroll county was drawn Tuesday in the office of Circuit Clerk John R. Gelwicks. The panel includes L. A. Frank Elaine Miller Fair Haven Kyle Rawlins Bert Johnson and Alice Switzer York Mary Taylor Salem Quinter Stitzel Lima Paul Diffenderfer Neva Kimmel Earl Hower and Robert Lichty Rock Creek Markc Mummert Freedom Lamoine Mowery John Schmidenkamp Aaron Hanbecker and Martin Peterson Cherry Grove Espie Colbert Arthur Artman Irvin Hartman and Charles Rodermel of Shannon Walter Woods William Bickelhaupt Charles Pease and John Phillips Mr. Carroll Ruth Kauck Frank Goldquist Virgil Marth Fannie Raymond Howard Grayless Floyd Arno and Arthur Mace Savanna Glenn Gillogly Geo. Hoertz and William Handel Washington Ronald Hoover Woodland.

Carroll County John R. Gelwicks L. A. Frank Elaine Miller Fair Haven Kyle Rawlins Bert Johnson Alice Switzer York Mary Taylor Salem Quinter Stitzel Lima Paul Diffenderfer Neva Kimmel Earl Hower Robert Lichty Rock Creek Markc Mummert Freedom Lamoine Mowery John Sc

Brothers Join Navy In Rockford Signing

Two Mt. Carroll youths, brothers Eugene Franklin De Spain and Lyle Arnold De Spain, signed up at Rockford last week to serve in the U S Navy.

Mt. Carroll Rockford U. S. Navy Eugene Franklin de Spain Lyle Arnold

Three Air Wardens Appointed In Carroll County

Capt. William Waugh, head of Illinois defense civil protection, announces appointment of air wardens and observers in three Carroll county townships. York township chief air warden I. D. Morse of Thomson. Savanna township observer Forrest Conley. Woodland township observer Ronald Hoover.

Carroll County Chicago William Waugh Civil Protection Division Illinois State Council of Defense York Township I. D. Morse Thomson Forrest Conley Ronald Hoover Savanna Woodland

New Auctioneer Albert Bowles Sets Up in Chadwick Area

Auctioneer Albert Bowles of Chadwick announced his arrival as the community prepares for the farm sale season. Bowles brings over thirty years in farm and livestock sales, having worked in Rock Island Henry and Whiteside counties before relocating near Hillsdale. He resides with his son’s family on a northern Chadwick farm. In other notes, Mr and Mrs Roy Heitman and Mrs Elizabeth Heitman visited Hanover on Sunday to see C W Chapman, the uncle of Mrs Heitman, who is ill at home.

Albert Bowles Chadwick Bowles Hillsdale Rock Island Henry Whiteside Roy Heitman Elizabeth Heitman Hanover C. W. Chapman Heitman

WEDDINGS IN SAVANNA AND LAFAYETTE CEREMONIES

Announcement of a marriage on Oct in Savanna Miss Barbara Louise Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs George Allen to Aviation Cadet Dee R Walshire son of Edward Walshire of Mechanicsville Ia. Ceremony at St Johns cathedral Lafayette La Rev J B Gremillion officiating The bride a Savanna High School and Chicago beauty school graduate The Walshes reside in Greenville Miss where Cadet Walshire is in basic training. Also noted are two other Savanna weddings held Oct 10 with Pvt Edward Remkus and Pvt Robert Butler stationed at Savanna ordnance depot and planning to reside in Savanna. both couples wed in J P W G Kent's Savanna home.

Barbara Louise Allen George Allen Savanna Dee R. Walshire Edward Walshire Mechanicsville St. John’s Cathedral Lafayette J. B. Gremillion Savanna High School Chicago Walgrave Greenville Miss Warshire U. S. Army Air Corps Edith E. Brodman William Brodman East St. Louis Edward T. Remkus Steve Remkus W. G. Kent Frances D. Patch Frederick Patch Cleveland, O Robert FE. Butler James P. Butler Cleveland Butler Savanna Ordnance Depot

New Members Appointed to Carroll County Ration Board

Eight men approved by state headquarters for appointment to the Carroll county war price and rationing board have accepted. Appointees include B R Levis R Houghton Thomson Kenneth C Whitney Chadwick J F Lower Lanark R W Durstine Milledgeville B L Peek Tom Watson Mr Carroll Joseph Schmeig Savannah Mr Beck Mr Lower and Mr Schmeig named to serve on the fuel oil panel. Additional members expected for other panels within days.

Carroll County Schmeig

Carroll County Federated Clubwomen Hold Fall Conference

Local Women's Club members attend the Carroll county Federated clubs fall conference in Savanna with talks by Mrs Preston Wettow of Chicago and district officials. County president Mrs Eugene Murray presided. sessions opened with registration, pledge, and welcome remarks. Luncheon and afternoon program featured organ selections, choir performances, and reports by credentials and resolutions committees.

Carroll County Federated Women’s Clubs Savanna Preston L. Wettow Chicago 8. D. Rowland Park Ridge School For Girls 13Th District Carroll County Charles Bowers Lanark Charles McGinty Thomson W. L. Puterbaugh Milledgeville Eugene Murray Irwin Savanna Presbyterian Church W. G. Kent Chadwick Women’s Club Chorus

Two Receive Commissions In Navy And Army

S. J. Campbell of Mt. Carroll has accepted a U S navy commission and will report in Washington D C. Victor M. Tracey of Mt. Carroll, longtime personnel manager at Savanna ordnance depot, has received a first lieutenant commission in the army and will serve as a personnel officer at the depot.

S. J. Campbell Mt. Carroll U.S. Navy Washington, D. C Victor M. Tracey Savanna Ordnance Depot Army Ordnance Depot

Selectees Train at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Thousands of new inductees join the Ordnance Department at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland for four weeks of basic drill followed by technical ordnance training. Local men from Savanna Port Byron Moline East Moline Coal Valley Rock Island Atkinson and others begin in training companies and are assigned to sections matching their aptitude.

United States Ordnance Department Aberdeen Proving Ground Ordnance Military Training Division Aberdeen Wayne L. Gillespie Masabach Lewis R. Goler Lee E. Zink Mt. Carroll Kenneth Cooper Thomson Lyle C. Straub Chadwick Arno R. Bernard Franklin W. Thompson Ray B. Crain George W. Dean Albert Ic. Handel Cyril L. Halfman Savanna Luther H. Penreall Port Byron Raymond L. Wood Eric Arden J. de Rey Atkinson Roy J. Miller Reynolds Guy L. Johnson Coal Valley George R. Hudson Paul A. Danker Harold 8. Standridge Rock Island Harold A. VandeWater East Moline Richard L. Frysinger Charles A. Hanna Marcel H. Vroman George R. Witt Howard W. Walsh Jack G. Bassett Thomas L. Glendenning Swain A. Frederiksen Moline

Ration Board Issues Week Certificates For Tires Bicycles

County ration board lists certificates issued October 9 to 15 for track tires and tubes to McCarthy Improvement Co Savanna Orval Shuman Chadwick Rose E Eastebrooks Milledgeville Agnes Myers Mt Carroll J A Shaner Lanark Savanna Construction Co Savanna D J Cravatta Savanna Trent list includes truck retreads passenger tubes and obsolete tires with names and towns across multiple firms and individuals including Albert W Cameron Milledgeville Riley W Douglas Savanna and Adam Voeckel Chadwick Bicycle certificates to A Chandler Reeves Mt Carroll.

County McCarthy Improvement Co Savanna Orval C. Shuman Chadwick Rose E. Eastebrooks Milledgeville Agnes Myers Mt. Carroll J. A. Shaner Lanark Savanna Construction Co D. J. Cravatta Lewis Hamilton Albert W. Camberon Ed. Carbaugh Shannon Paul EF. Miller Rev. E. O'Brien Harlan Diehl E Franks Walter R. Jacobs Adam Voeckel Riley William Douglas Albert W. Cameron Lloyd C. Pilgrim Don Asay Riley W. Douglas Leo A. Gray Paul E. Miller

Save Tin Cans Campaign Urges Citizens to Store Food Cans

State headquarters orders immediate citizen action to save all food tin cans for war use. Large cities push can collections, small towns may delay six months. Families urged to cut ends, wash, remove labels, crush cans flat for storage to aid the war effort. Government seeks every ounce of tin and steel, no can to dumps from this week.

Miss Kraft Receives Cap After Probation at Augustana

Miss Beverly Kraft completes probation at Augustana Hospital Chicago and receives her cap and cape marking formal completion of training.

Beverly Kraft Augustana Hospital Chicago

Carroll County Deaths and Obituary Notes

Adams Rath of Washington township dies at 74 at his Savanna area farm. Funeral at St Mathews Lutheran Mosquito Hill with Rev Gerhard Fischer. buried in church cemetery. He was born April 28 1869. never married. survived by four brothers and three sisters. Nora Turnbaugh, 68, native of Fair Haven, dies in Dixon hospital. Funeral in Mt. Carroll with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. She taught Chicago schools for 30 years. survived by three sisters and three brothers.

Savanna Adam Rath Washington Township St. Mathew's Lutheran Church Mosquito Hill Gerhard P. Fischer Adam C Katherine Rath Mixe Nora Turnbaugh Fair Haven Township Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital Dixon Frank Mt. Carroll James A. Fourd Oak Hill Cemetery Mice Turnbaugh Fair Haven Joseph Turnbaugh Chicago Charles Stuart Katherine Nelson Ellis Brooks Pierson, Ja John and Joseph Lloyd Franklin Grove

ASK FARMERS TO BOOST HOG PRODUCTION IN 1943

Secretary Claude Wickard urged farmers to raise hog farrowings by 10 percent and to market hogs 10 pounds heavier than 1942. County AAA chairs praised the plan as setting a national record, with 105 million pigs raised this year and 14.4 billion pounds of dressed pork expected in 1943. In areas with ample feed, hog production could rise as much as 40 percent.

Claude R. Wickard Herman Dachler Carroll County AAA United States Dahler Corn Belt Great Plans

Carroll county scrapper drive yields nearly 500 tons of scrap

Nearly 500 tons of scrap metal were collected in Carroll county last Thursday as part of a countywide drive led by salvage chairman Ralph Fahrney. Totals by town include Chadwick 45, Thomson 28.5, Lanark 140, Milledgeville 70, Mt. Carroll 90, Savannah 80 tons, with countywide cumulative since January 1 at about 1500 tons.

Carroll County Ralph Fahrney Chadwick Thomson Lanark Milledgeville Mt. Carroll Savanna

Three Auto Accidents Sunday Reported by Sheriff

Sheriff Roy Westfall filed reports of three Sunday accidents with two pedestrians sustaining minor injuries. John Garman of Shannon and Frank Fehr of Freeport collided near Lanark when Garman failed to stop at a intersection. Frank Stolz of Davenport and William Edwards Jr of Mt. Carroll collided in Mt. Carroll injuring Mrs Stolz. Glen Poffenberger of Mt. Carroll wrecked on Route 78 near Stockton after dozing off, suffering head injuries.

Roy Westfall John Garman Shannon Frank Fehr Freeport Zier Lanark Garman Fehr Pearl City Frank Stolz Davenport William Edwards, Jr Mt. Carroll Glenview Corner Edwards Market Street Stockton Glen Poffenberger Poffenberger

Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Visits Noted

Mr and Mrs Frank Kness of wick hosted Sunday dinner at Wesley Kness home. Robert Miller will return to Blackburn College duties Friday after a home visit. Sunday guests in the Ben Dykstra home were Mr and Mrs Leroy Rus of Garden Plain and Mr and Mrs Jey Dykstra of Ustick. Mr and Mrs Fred Hook dined with her mother Mrs Reka Hass in Clinton Sunday.

Frank Kness Hadwick Wesley Kness Robert Miller Blackburn College Ben Dykstra Leroy Rus Garden Plain Jey Dykstra Ustick Fred Hook Reka Hass Clinton

Farm Machinery Permits Issued By Local Board

Certificates of purchase issued during the past week to farmers seeking new farm machinery are as follows, according to Herman Dachler, chairman of the farm machinery rationing board. Feed mills: Wm. A. Schmidt & Son, Mt. Carroll, Minert B. Pannhuk, Shannon, Sheridan & Hand, Thomson, John Cunningham, Milledgeville, Vernon Adolph, Chadwick. Combine: Lester Heeren, Lanark. Model B. Tractor: Elmer Palmer & Son, Mt. Carroll. Milking machine: Elmer V. Smith, Mt. Carroll, Corn picker: Donald Anderson, Chadwick, Oscar Brown, Chadwick, Chas. Dauphin, Savanna, Spreaders: J. W. Miller, Savanna, Ward Gillespie, Mt. Carroll, Tandem tractor disc: Wm. H. Battie, Lanark. Corn elevator: Raymond Grove, Lanark.

Herman Dachler Farm Machinery Rationing Board Wm. A. Schmidt & Son Mt. Carroll Minert B. Pannhuk Shannon Sheridan & Hand Thomson John Cunningham Milledgeville Vernon Adolph Chadwick Lester Heeren Lanark Elmer Palmer & Son Elmer V. Smith Donald Anderson

Transportation Board Selected In This County

A five member transportation committee plus alternates was named to aid farm owners in filing for certificates of necessity required to operate trucks after November 15. Meetings are October 22 to 24 with hours and locations at Handel's Hardware Lanark Carroll Service Co Savanna and the courthouse in Mt. Carroll. Farmers must bring their forms. those who have not yet received blanks should report to members. After November 15 no truck may operate without a certificate of necessity. Frank Warfield hauled cattle to Chicago for Jake Byers of Loren Ill.

Herman Daehler Clarence van Buskirk F. T. Colehour Harlen Handel Clarence Doty Otho Greenawalt Joe Pieson Walter Eastabrooks Rush Carroll U. S. D. A. War Board Handel's Hardware Chadwick Carroll Service Company Lanark Courthouse Mt. Carroll Savanna

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