Routes to Husking Contest Direct Traffic Through Davenport
Traffic plans route drivers via Gains street Lombard and Division to route 74 then to the field. Rock Island Arsenal bridge traffic uses Second street Brady Kimberly road route 6 and 74. Signs will guide motorists and officers will be posted at key intersections to move traffic efficiently.
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Rock Island
Gains Street
Lombard Street
Lombard
Division Street
Rock Island Arsenal Bridge
Second Street
Davenport
Brady Street
Kimberly Road
Iowa Highway Patrol
Scott County Sheriff's Office
Local notes and family announcements in Savanna area
Preston Prairie visitor Fred Berner toured the vicinity. Surveyors work on U S 52 between Savanna and Mt Carroll. Horace Fetteroff and son visited Mrs G F Bickelhaupt. Judith Ann Wweidman turns one at birthday dinner with Mr and Mrs Geo Wweidman. Frank Natt and wife travel to Rochester Minnesota. Clyde Harmon couple welcome daughter J Lor etta Kay. Calvert family from Savanna visits with two sons and a daughter Sunday.
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Jack Oberheim
Stella Hamilton
Mt. Carroll
Maquoketala
Green
Methodist Church
Francis Pauley
Luke Hamilton
Glenn Oberheim
Fred Berner
U. S. 52
Savanna
Horace Fetteroff
Berkley
G. F. Bickelhaupt
Judith Ann
Geo. Wweidman
Frank Natt
Rochester
Minn
Clyde Harmon
J. Loretta Kay
Calvert
Knute Rockne film tribute draws football greats
Mt Carroll patrons see Warner Bros film Knute Rockne All American with Amos Alonzo Stagg Glen Warner How ard Jones and Bill Spaulding appearing as themselves on set. Pat O’Brien stars as Rockne with Gale Page Ronald Reagan Donald Crisp in a dramatized Notre Dame saga praised by veterans of the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Glen “Pop” Warner
Howard Jones
Bill Spaulding
Warner Bros
Knute Rockne
Carroll Theatre
Mt. Carroll
Rockne
Rock
Pat O’brien
Notre Dame
O’brien
Clinton Capitol Theatre
Pat O'Brien
Gale Page
Bonnie
George Gipp
Ronald Reagan
Donald Crisp
Knute
Robert Buckner
Real Estate Transfers in Savanna and Lanark Areas
Real estate transfers include Margaret Boice to Robert Hicks in Savanna Jenk’s Ist add, Warranty deed. Louisa Kampmeier to Emil Walther in Rock Creek sec 4 two 24 range 6 Warranty deed. Phoebe Ann Baroody to Home B and L A quitclaim deed Lots 8 9 Block 23 Savanna. Francis Hustis and wife to Bessie I Hoag quitclaim Lots 3 6 Block 1 Stover’s and Phillips add Lanark.
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Margaret Boice
Robert Hicks
Savanna
Louisa
Kampmeier
Emil Walter
Rock Creek
Phoebe Ann Baroody
Home
Francis C. Hustis
Bessie I. Hoag
Stover
Phillip
Lanark
Hat purchase sparks mistaken identity claim at milliner
Mrs. Penn praised a hat as the sweetest, saying it was a mere song price. Mr. Penn remained silent until the bill arrived, declaring it a case of mistaken identity as the shopper apparently mistook his wife for a famous singer.
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Mrs. Penn
Brudi Heads Carroll TB Association Leaders Named
Lawrence E. Brudi of Mt. Carroll was elected president of the Carroll County tuberculosis association at a Savanna meeting. Other officers include Vada Carroll Thomson first vice president Makenzie Savanna second vice president Mabel C. Greve Savanna secretary W F Hafemann Savanna treasurer Grace Morgan Savanna publicity chairman. Executive committee members are Jessie Fulrath Savanna Augusta Stenquist Lanark Jeanette Nichols Carroll and E O Hemmer Thomson. Testing and x raying of junior and senior high school students in the county began this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence E. Brudi
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County Tuberculosis Association
Savanna
Vada Carroll
Thomson
Harold Makenzie
Mabel C. Greve
W. F. Hafemann
Grace Morgan
Jessie Fulrath
Augusta Stenquist
Lanark
Jeanette Nichols
Mr. Carroll
E. O. Hemmer
Draft Board Opens Office for National Draft Lottery
The draft board completed its work late Sunday night and sent copies to the governor and national headquarters. Registrants await the October 29 lottery in Washington to learn their serial numbers and hearing dates. Questionnaires will be mailed in drawing order and must be returned within five days.
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Washington
County Deaths Salute Local Figures in Savanna Shannon and Mt Carroll
A series of obituaries notes William “Rusty” Taylor 69 who died at the Cain tavern Savanna meals. George Cole Shannon 75 who suffered a heart attack after visiting a son. John Fiedler 51 steel worker died at Savanna Ordnance depot. Edward Fisk 75 Mt Carroll tailor found dead in a local washroom. Burial plans and brief family details accompany each notice.
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Savanna
Cain Tavern
William “Rusty” Taylor
Fuller Funeral Home
T. Stuart Cleworth
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Taylor
Robert
Catherine Lowe Taylor
Milwaukee Railroad
Elnora Miller
Maquoketa
George Cole Shannon
George Cole
Shannon
Royal Cole
Mr. Cole
Stephenson County
Sarah Mets
Floyd
Freeport
Royal
Fiedler
Jeffersonville
Rising City
Neb
Ferdinand Fiedler
Edward Fisk
Mt. Carroll
Fisk
Bellefontaine, O
Clubwomen Hear Speakers at Illinois Federation Meeting
About 175 women attended a Freeport event with speakers on welfare, international relations, press and publicity, history, and motion pictures. Dr. David L. McNary opened with invocation as luncheon followed and solos by Mrs. Edward Kaney plus organ numbers accompanied by Miss Velma Wachlin.
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C. J. Albrecht
Homewood
Indian Welfare
Alton G. Hall
Springfield
Alfred L. Jacobs
Oak Park
Francis J. Waindle
Oak Pik
George A. Harriman
Chicago
Burt E.tuck
Wade W. Reece
Fred Bauchhenss
W. Selby Finn
Grant Houston
Joliet
F. Percy Boynton
Illinois Federation
Fred Rr. Lufkin
Elgin
General Federation Women's Press
David L. McNary
First Presbyterian Church
America
Roy A. Sanders
Freeport Woman's Club
Freeport Catholic Woman's League
Edward Kaney
Velma Wachlin
Freeport
L. L. Winn
Rock Falls
Ants and Picnic Timing Question Prompt Twitter Debate
A playful exchange on McTweet questions whether ants are the most industrious creatures. The reply notes ants attend every picnic, implying human schedules may rival insect work habits.
Possible transfer of Mississippi Pool lands to Fish and Wildlife Service
Reported discussions suggest land in Mississippi Pool Area No. 15 may be placed under the Fish and Wildlife Service. A letter from Ray C. Steele notes no current plans to control pools between Alton and Rock Island, Illinois, with authority unclear and possible state or federal wildlife control in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Pool Area No. 15
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Thomas Hand
State Conservation Department
Ray C. Steele
Henry JL. Kellogg
Ilinois Planning
Mississippi River
Alton
Til
Rock Island
Illinois
Congress
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chippewa River
Wabash
Fish and Wilda
Iffe
Noted Refuge Manager Praises Wildlife Resources
A rustic tale unfolds with Ray C. Steele, Refuge Manager, signing off on wildlife resources. In a crowd a man boasts of a new machine and explains a grindstone via a pedal fulcrum lever, while a joke about a boy earning independence mirrors the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildlife Resources
Ray C. Steele
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Hamilton-Oberheim
Preston Prairie
New Carroll
Waynne Morris
FBI
Bob Burns
Tom Brown
Freddie Barthelmew
SUN
All America
Donald Duck
Booll Daske
Savanna’s Web Theatre
Maureen O'Hara
Lucille Ball
Ralph Bellamy
Dorothy Lamour
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Singapore
James Cagney
Evelyn Daw
Cagney
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Paul Whiteman
Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Weston Bldg
Clinton, Iowa
L. E. Brudi
T. B. Association
Draft Board
Capitol
William Taylor
John R. Gelwicks
Carroll County
Spencer
Chadwick
Wildlife Service
Mr. Kellogg
Pop
Republican Party Circle
Democratic Party Circle
Office of State’s Attorney
Lawrence A. Smith
E.S
Illinois Utilities
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