Memoir of Mt Carroll and Spring Valley teams
A nostalgic reminiscence covers Mt Carroll baseball legends Rogers Hazelet and Charley Curley, recounting a heated game against Stockton's C. C. Camp with ump Bon jour and a dramatic pitch near the knee. It shifts to Governor Dwight H. Green urging Illinois citizens to register by Oct 6 under a new permanent system to ensure voting in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Rogers
Jessie
Hazelet
Charley Curley
C. C
Stockton
Bonjour
Pauley
Bill Moore
Stephen A. Foster
Arkie
Stephen Foster
Swanee River
Swanee
Mississippi
Archie
Pauley Bonjour
Fred Sipe
Mr. Carroll
Spring Valley Aces
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
United States
Congress
University Ofllinois
Green
Illinois
Carroll County BIRTHDAYS List by Date
Readable birth day listings for Carroll County residents dated Sept 18 to Sept 24. Names include Leslie Audt Argo Fa Mrs Cecil Frosch Savanna and many others across Chadwick Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Davenport Savanna and nearby towns. The notice catalogs a week of birthdays grouped by day with numerous individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Audt
Argo Fa
Cecil Frosch
Savanna
Christy Geison
Chadwick
Chas
D. Plock
Allan L. Palmer
Lanark
Darlene Shoemaker
Thomson
Lois Martindale
Davenport
Marion Derrer
Wilmer LaShelle
Maud Hawkins
Milledgeville
Bernice Cambman
Jerry Wiebenga
Violet Mae Buckholz
Ardean Ebert
Ben Wagner
Ed McGinty
Bob
Joe Allison
Russell Klitz
Ardis Wenzel
Bessie Schreiner
Dorothy Ann Burns
Donald Keckler
Jean Elizabeth Perry
Will Adams
Byron
D. M. Gleason
U. S. Navy
Howard Potter
Jeanne Swett
Delmar Heimbaugh
Dixon
Ned
Leon Larber
Wasp Leroy Warehime
Dorothy Weed
Rockford
Dewey Dykstra Fulton
Myrtle Bull
Arlene Daehler
U. S. Army
Marvin Hartman
Mr. Carroll
Marcella Hanna
Harold Wolfley
Lavonne Gaul
Merlin Larber
Amelia Buhrow
That old gang of mine and the call to arms
The message lists members of a wartime group planning to join the army. Names appear across the Chadwick group and nearby towns, noting shifts to military service. It expresses pathos as the familiar group faces thinning, with references to Rusty Bob Tuffy and others awaiting mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Doc
Rusty
Bob
Tuffy
John
Herby
Woody
Emyre Boys
Bill
Oklahoma
Eddie
Peepers
Ralph
Ray
Chuck
Fred
Drainage District Benefits Due in Carroll County Illinois
Public notice warns landowners in the Savanna and York Drainage District that the annual benefits for 1942 are due by March 10, 1943. Failure to pay may lead to sale of parcels to recover the amount and costs. Dated September 3 1942. Roy I Houghton treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna and
York
Carroll
Illinois
Thomson
Roy I. Houghton
County of
R. I. Houghton
Teacher and Willie Explain Salt In Simple Verse
A teacher asks Willie what salt is and he answers plainly that salt makes potatoes taste bad when there is none, using a child like misdirection to define the mineral through food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spring Valley Boys
The
Thomson Review
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Joe Saunders
Kenneth Whitney
Porter
Thomason
Thomson, Ilinois
Carroll County
Goodenough’s
Morrison
Goodenough
Johnson
Artcraft
Morrison, Ill
W. L. Derrer
Lawrence A. Smith
National Bank Bldg
Savanna, Illinois
G. J. Mueller
Ve. So
Ishell Optical Co
Clinton
Cae
A. M. Potts
Otis& Son
Main Ave
Clinton, la
Young Men’s
Frank Bradulski
Ave
MT. Carroll Black
Sharpe
Northwestern
Legals
Lewis Motor Company
May Alden’s Cafe
St.—Clinton
S& M
Independent
Chicago
Kelly-Nash Machine
C. Wayland Brooks
Kleen
Oceaneat
Renee Brenda
Hershey
China & Glass
Saio
Arth Bros
Fay Hawkins
Purina
Park
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