Trucker Dies In Burning Cab After Crash
James S. Giblin 24 of Dixon died after a semi-trailer crash near Amboy causing his truck to burst into flames. Investigators say he dozed at the wheel while the load of steel tore through the cab. Survived by widow Gwendolyn and two children, service held in Dixon with burial at Harmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Giblin
Dixon
Amboy
Giblin
Herman Timmons - Thomson
Stee Carrier Company
Gary
Ind
Lee County
Mihm Funeral
Gwendolyn
Headon
Ampoy
Melvin F. Koppien
Koppien
Sterling
Newman High School
Bruce
Christine
Emmett Giblin
Rock Falls
John
Paul
William
Harmon
Catherine Slater
Rita Sorensen
Fort Worth
Tex
Mary Jean Giblin
Herman Timmons
Thomson
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
License to wed listed by county clerk in Milwau kee area
The office of County Clerk W. M Nipe lists licenses to wed for Thomas J. O'Brien and Anna Vanderblaemen of Milwau kee along with several other couples from Thomson Savanna Mt. Vernon Marion Coleta and Milledgeville. Real estate transfers include A L Boothby to Wayne W Williams and Marguerite Farnham to Emma Mills among others in Savanna and Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M Nipe
Thomas J. O’brien
Anna Vanderblaemen
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles D. Green
Nancy Smith
Thomson
Donald Newinock
Savanna
Lorraine Becker
Mt. Carroll
Gordon E. Rahn
Mt. Vernon
Kathryn L. Hiner
Marion
Robert L. Frankfather
Coleta
Doris I. Mack
Milledgeville
Jenks Ist
William H. Ritenour
Amanda Paschal
Meyers
Abraham L Smith
Harold E. Malley
Eatons
Ernest VanDorn
LeRoy Hanness
West Carroll
Myltis L. Smiley
John B. Trusconi
Ernest Whitney
York
Bessie Holt
William W. Bennett
Thomas Ballas
Norman F. Johnson
East Savanna
Christian Ackerman
William R. Milroy
Local Social Notes From Galesburg And Area
Mrs Bertha Mayhall and O W Gibbs of Galesburg visited weekend with her son in law and daughter Bruce Groharing family. Isaac Decker called on Clarence Innel at Fair Haven Sunday evening. Marilyn Faber has a 1954 Plymouth Belvidere. Mrs Dick Stagg spent Friday in Chicago. William Smutzs of Sesen Ranch Agat Colorado spent two days with cousin Wayne Ashby family. Richard Badtke visited Preston Iowa and dined with Hans Straten and sister Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Mayhall
O. W. Gibbs
Galesburg
Bruce Groharing
Isaac Decker
Clarence Innel
Fair Haven
Marilyn Faber
Dick Stagg
Chicago
William Smutzs
Sesen
Agat
Colorado
License Number Tip Leads To Thief Arrest
A service station attendant in Milledgeville provided a license number that helped arrest Grant L. Stoudt, 41, of Sterling the same day. He admitted burglaries at Litwiller Lumber and Chadwick Supply, with coins, checks, and a screwdriver found in his car matching entry marks. Elevators hit included Chadwick, Milledgeville Farmers Elevator, and Lanark Farmers Elevator. Stoudt was bound over to the grand jury after a Monday hearing. bond set at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Sterling
Carroll County
Grant L. Stoudt
Justice of the Peace
Frank Schroeppel
Mount Carroll
Stoudt
Litwiller Lumber and Grain Company
Chadwick Supply Company
Farmers Elevator
Lanark
Northwestern Steel and Wire Company
Sterino
Local Families Visit In Thomson And Mt Carroll
Mr and Mrs Merlin Kness and family of Thomson were Saturday night guests of Mr and Mrs Vernon Baumgardt and Sunday dinner guests of his parents, Mr and Mrs Ed Kness. Sunday afternoon they visited in the Howard Innel home in Mt Carroll. Mr and Mrs Vernon Baumgardt, Lana and Rickey, were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs George Baumgardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Kness
Thomson
Vernon Baumgardt
Ed Kness
Howard Innel
Mt. Carroll
Lana
Rickey
George Baumgardt
New Officers Of Teachers Group To Be Installed
Newly elected officers of the Carroll County Teachers association will be installed tomorrow during the Carroll County teachers institute at Mrs Carroll High School. Officers named at last week’s quarterly meeting include President Fred M Hubbell Carroll. Vice President J Wiegand Carroll. Secretary Catherine Morissey Savanna. Treasurer William Kuntzelman Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Teachers Association
Tomorow
Carro County Teachers’ Institute
M Carroll
Thoson High School
County Association
Fred M. Hubbell
Carroll
J Wiegand
Catherine Morissey
Savana
William Kuntzelman
Savanna
Cattle Feeder's Day Planned at Urbana October 23
The 25th Annual Cattle Feeder's Day will be held at the University of Illinois on Friday October 23 beginning at 10 a m A L Darlow dean of Oklahoma A M College will be the featured speaker and discuss Can We Stay in the Cattle Business in the Corn Belt Reports on cattle feeding experiments and ration improvements will be presented by college staff A L Neumann becomes head of the beef cattle division succeeding Roscoe Snapp who died this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Byron Hutchins
A. L. Darlow
College of Agriculture of Oklahoma A. & M. College
Corn Belt
A. L. Neumann
The
College of Agriculture
Roscoe Snapp
Weekend at Handel cottage hosted by local families
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Queckboern er and friends traveled to Riverview Friday morning and spent the weekend at the Handel cottage. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Remmers and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olson on Friday, with additions of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Queckboerner and others on Sunday. Sunday dinner featured Wilbur Schreiner and family from Dix on, Howard Stover and family from Milledgeville, Merlyn Schreiner and family, and Mrs. Cora Geison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Queckboerner
Ed_ Schreiner
J. Y Stickell
Riverview
Handel Cottage
Ernest Remmers
Fred Olson
Fred Queckboerner
Harry Carbaugh
Remmers
Fred Schreiner
Wilbur Schreiner
Dixon
Howard Stover
Milledgeville
Merlyn Schreiner
Cora Geison
Suspension of Sterling District State Police Head For Insubordination
Springfield officials suspend State Police Lt. Delmar Templeton, commander of the Sterling sub-station, for allowing six patrolmen to wear uniforms to the funeral of former officer James S. Giblin. Director Joseph Bibb cited a long standing ban on uniforms at funerals and said Templeton defied direct orders from Capt. Henry Engstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Templeton
Sterling
Springfield
Templeton
James S. Giblin
Amboy
Joseph Bibb
Bibb
Henry Engstrom
Rock Island
Births Reported From Savanna City Hospital
A son born to Rev and Mrs. C. V. Binkley of Mt. Carret Sunday at Savanna city hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stretton of north of Savanna have a son born Saturday at Savanna city hospital. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. James Ballas of Savanna Saturday at Mercy hospital Clin ton Ta. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Clark near Lanark at Savanna city hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Volcke of Blackhawk have a daughter born Saturday at Savanna city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Binkley
Mt. Carret
Savanna City Hospital
Robert Stretton
North of
Savanna
James Ballas
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Luther Clark
Near Lanark
Albert Volcke
Blackhawk
Sunday Visit Guests From Several Nearby Towns
Walter Anderson of Aurora and several others visited the Spillane home in Craig Manor. Eberly of Polo joined the Kochs in Madison for a weekend visit and returned home with them. A note mentions Rev H F Whitney and Mrs Bess Humbert staying with Mrs W H Taylor, and Lena Lee with others honoring Joanna Hughes on her birthday with a Galena trip and Colonial Inn dinner, returning via Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Anderson
Aurora
Hilda Helm
Lois Adolph
Oswald Spillane
Craig Manor
Minnie Eberly
Polo
Herbert Stein
Sylvia
Sharon
Harvey Koch
Madison, Wis
Eberly
H. F. Whitney
Savanna
Bess Humbert
W. H. Taylor
Lena Lee
Milledgeville
W. C. Linker
May Mackey
Joanna Hughes
Galena
Stockton
Lanark Woman's Club hears Rep Allen on unity and freedom
Lanark November meeting features Congressman Leo E. Allen as guest speaker. He discusses congressional cooperation with President Eisenhower, budget cuts, and the U S stance on Russia, praising McCarthy's investigations and stressing the duty to preserve the American way of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark Woman's Club
David Bowman
Miss Mary
Neidlinger
Gaynor
Carol Lotz
Ruth Merboth
Teddy Merchant
Leo E. Allen
Galena
Congress
Allen
Dwight Eisenhour
McCarthy
Rep Allen
France
East
West Berlin
C. F. Isenberger
Albert Warfel
Roswell Packard
E. F. Lawhorn
Home Economics Extension schedule and local social notes
Extension meetings are listed for Oct 23 28 at Otter Creek Salem Shannon Rural with crafts as the major lesson. Social notes describe weddings at Milledgeville Grange hall with guests from multiple towns and a Mt Carroll Savanna marriage, plus related receptions and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otter Creek
Salem
van Orman
Shannon Rural
Banquet Highlights for 16th District Illinois Rural Letter Carriers
One hundred eleven members attended the 16th District Illinois Rural Letter Carriers annual banquet in Lanark on Oct 17. Merle Yeager received a retirement pin and a silver plate for nearly 37 years of service. The Mt. Carroll Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Mt. Carroll High School on Monday Nov 9 from 11 am to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mt. Carroll
Red Cross
Lanark
Illinois Rural Letter Carriers Association
Lanark High School
Shiloh Woman's Relief Corps No. 227
Maurice Borgman
Fulton
16Th District
Ford Donker
Rock City
Borgman
Merle Yeager
Merle Hanbecker
Cherry Grove Church
E. K. Graham
William Mabee
Rockford
Ruth Merboth
Bergman
Jerome Williamson
Chicago
Carrollettes
Deaths of Harry Hinebaugh and Magdalena Randecker
Harry Hinebaugh 75 native of Carroll county died Sunday at his home near nere. Funeral at Sharman home then Carthage burial with Rev. Wallace Anderson officiating. Survived by wife Martha and three daughters from prior marriage. Magdalena Randecker 63 died Saturday at home north of Mt. Carroll. Services at Trinity Lutheran Derrida with burial in Derrida cemetery. Surviving four brothers and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rahn
Homewood
Grace Herman
Elizabeth
Hazel Hinebaugh
Chicago
Mt. Carroll
Magdalena Randecker
Trinity Lutheran Church
Derrida
Alexander Youck
Derrida Cemetery
John
Christina Randecker
Stockton
Chris
Joseph
Jacob
Pleasant Valley Township
Eva Randecker
Break Into Two In Mt Carroll Business Houses
Mt Carroll City and county authorities investigated break ins at two local businesses, Acker Chevrolet Sales and Coast to Coast store run by William Moore. At Coast to Coast thieves pried in through a rear window, stole a rifle with ammo, an air rifle with ammo, and other items, leaving the basement door open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Acker Chevrolet
William Moore
Local residents share visits and hospital news
Sunday evening guests include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Larson at the Hartman home. Stephen Paul Scnlumpf and wife were released from Katherine Shaw Bethea hospital. Other visitors span Dixon, Blackhawk, Lake Wauconda, Dubuque and Mount Carroll, with multiple families hosting meals and outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Larson
Carl Hartman
Paul Scnlumpf
Stephen Paul
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
Dixon
Wayne Martin
Blackhawk
J. D. Martin
J. Y. Stickell
H. Holland
Thomson
Merlin Kness
Alvin Provant
Lloyd Schreiner
Leo Provant
R. C. Jacobson
William Arnold
Lake Wauconda
Don Harris
Carl Kness
Edna Way
Marilyn Menchoff
Maple Terrace
Mt. Carroll
Emmett Zumbah
Angelo
Freepor
Miss Thomas
Dwight Spearman
Hazel Lafferty
Lake Chelan
Wash
Erma Spearman
Eagle Point Park
Dubuque
Edith Hartman
Mount Carroll
Ben Rosenbery
No Change in Drought and Traffic Totals Week Over Week
Drought conditions persisted with very low streamflow and Mississippi River flow at a seasonal low. Traffic through Rock Island locks totaled 138,542 tons with 16 tow boats and 66 barges moving upstream and 8,100 tons of grain and 1,800 tons of other cargo downstream. A county wide rat and mouse killing campaign is planned for Carroll County on Friday November 6 with Warfarin and Red Squill bait available at 50 cents a pound through the Farm Bureau and U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Orders due by October 27. Bait pickup sites listed at Chadwick Milledgeville Shannon Lanark Thomson Savanna Mt Carroll and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Locks
Byron Hutchins
Carroll County
U. S&s. Fish and Wildlife Service
Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Chadwick
Miller’s Feed Mill
Milledgeville
Shannon
W. Byers & Sons Implement Store
Lanark
Carroll Service Co
Thomson
Merle Atherton Trucking
Savanna
Fleege & Sons Feed Mill
Vacation Note and Social Guests Around Morrison
Mrs. Mary Dors enjoys a two week vacation from her home duties at the Way residence with Nora Bushman of Coleta acting in her stead. Sunday gatherings feature the Stifflers of Macomb visiting Mrs. May Mackey, fish fry hosts Danny Etnyre’s guests include Earl Etnyre Clinton Iowa Lyle Ashby and Sherman, Robert Carbaugh Lanark and Arthur Doty Sterling with the Dotys staying for supper. Curtis Naniga and Paul Kier hosts Mor rison for Sunday supper. Mabel Schreiner returns Monday from a Rock Falls weekend visit with Everett Schreiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dors
Charles Way
Nora Bushman
Coleta
Harold Stiffler
Macomb
May Mackey
Danny Etnyre
Earl Etnyre
Clinton
Lyle Ashby
Sherman
Robert Carbaugh
Lanark
Arthur Doty
Sterling
Arthur Lott
Doty's
Curtis Naniga
Paul Kier
Morrison
Mabel Schreiner
Everett Schreiner
Rock Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson
Boston
N. H
William N. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Douglas
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
America
Patent Office
United States
Edison
Whitney
Johnson
Victor Phonograph Company
Victor
Henry Ford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cout News
Sternese
Young G
Thomson News
Chadwick News
Urbana
Sterling District
Cradle News
Lanark Woman’s Club
Siedenburg-Law
Colok
Glen Siedenburg
Cooley Avenue
Florence Arlene
Merle E. Law
Lloyd Law
Oakton Road
A. Stanley Beck
First Methodist Church
J. W. Swenson
Donald Law
Swenson
Law
Wisconsin
Mount Carroll High School
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Savanna High School
Elizabeth Heinze
Jake Getz
Rosa Law
Lloyd Law Sr
Lloyd Law Jr
Donald and
Vernon Law
Monroe Law
Lois Steinmeyer
Darrell Hubbard
Eton
Susan Knuth
Donnie Loos
Ronnie Mack
Gordon Nesemeier
Jimmy Loos
Lyle Deets
Home Bureau
Tess
Bruce Thompson
McAllen
Albert Bowles
Albert Hartman
Hartman
Richard Hamilton
Beloit
Elizabeth Quest
Beloit College
Janice Reap
Carol Mock
Milledgeville Grange Hall
Gene Plautz
Duane Olson
Arnold Chandler
Richard Davis
Dan Nye
A. H. Rosenow
H. C. Voeckel
Frankfother
Spokane
Erie
Pearl City
Peoria
Becker-Nowviock
Donald Nowviock
Edward Kreppert
Myron Friederick
Jeanette Friederich
Larry Friederich
Norman Isenhart
Claude Cook
Carol
Harry Hinebaugh
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