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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1953
Page
1
Gloucester Mass narrator argues municipal parking drives commerce and industrial siting. Cites A P Ltd example paying 50 000 for a farm now adjacent to highways and rail. urges readers to buy adjoining lots and vacant land near through roads. cites QuincyMass meters boosting business and value.
A livestock tour and outlook meeting will be held Friday September 18 starting at 8 am. It begins at Leroy Foltz place south of Chadwick High School with seven farm stops and a noon lunch at Alvin Schneider place northeast of Chadwick. Afternoon speaker is Larry Simers from the College of Agriculture. commission men will attend. A weight guessing contest offers prizes amid talks on drought effects and beef slaughter impacts on next year’s cattle prices. Sponsored by Carroll County Farm Bureau and Carroll County Livestock Feeders Association.
Carroll County saw no highway deaths over the holiday, with only two minor accidents recorded. A semi loaded with candy left Route 64 near Mt. Carroll causing pole damage but no injuries, and a pickup crash on Route 78 near Derver Hill involved two vehicles with no injuries.
Edward F. Abney aged 81 died at 6 a m in Savanna city hospital where he had been a patient since August 20 Funeral rites will be held at 4 p m Thursday Law funeral home with burial in Savanna cemetery He was born September 22 1871 in Virginia Illinois and lived in Savanna with a son Wayne Also surviving are another son a daughter two stepsons four brothers three sisters 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Ronald Templeton, 25, of Clinton Ila, was fined 100 dollars and costs in a hearing before Justice Earl Engelkink Sr on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was arrested at 6 am Saturday by city police.
About 100 farmers from Carroll Jo Daviess Stephenson Whiteside Ogle and Lee counties plan a district session in Morrison Friday September 11 at 10 a.m. in the Whiteside county Farm Bureau offices to discuss farm problems and help form Farm Bureau policies. Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Leland Forth celebrated Mrs Forths birthday with Mr and Mrs Sidney Forth and Mr and Mrs Donald Forth and their sons providing ice cream and cake.
Chadwick residents welcomed guests from Chicago and nearby towns over the weekend. Mr and Mrs A P Glaw and Gilbert Nelson visited Mr and Mrs Frank Kness, with Chicago guests also staying for trips and meals. Sunday evenings featured Mr and Mrs Charles Krueger of Chicago joining Mt Morris visitors at home.
At the September meeting the Carroll county board adopted a resolution declaring State Highway 64 hazardous between Savanna and Lanark due to deterioration and nonmodern construction. It cites sharp turns steep grades and narrow pavement as accident causes and directs copies to Gov. Stratton and the state highway division. The board also updated election officials and juror panels and vacated a street alley near Mt. Carroll.
E J Sauber, director of the Chicago Internal Revenue district, warns taxpayers to file estimated income tax declarations and make payments by midnight Sept 15 to avoid penalties for late or underpaid taxes.
The September session of the Fair Haven Aid Society met at Mrs. Joe Olson’s with 14 members present. Mrs. John Coden led the program including hymns scripture prayers poems and articles. Mrs. Freece Senneff gave a travel talk on Canada before refreshments.
Mrs J G Finkbeiner wife of former Hope church pastor is at Naperville Nursing Home on Washington St recovering from a months old fall that broke a bone. Chadwick friends may send cheer. Mr and Mrs George Kaul and relatives visited, with dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Clayton Kaul and others in the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Frommell.
Twenty six Carroll county 4 H boys and girls will show calves at the 19th annual Quad County 4 H show at Rural Youth Stadium Clinton Ia on Friday and Saturday Sept 11 12 Carroll 4 H members earning blue ribbons and high placings earned the right to exhibit entries from seven county towns will show purebred animals Allan Haag Leo Haag John Morris Chadwick Mt Carroll showing fat stock will include John Morris Allan Haag Leo Haag Lyle Weber Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Mount Carroll Sheldon Livenwood Russell Zier Otto Wagenknecht Betty Buffington Thomson and other local youths
Chadwick firemen responded to a Wednesday night blaze at the Donald Mackey farm near Orrin Pauley two miles northwest. The sheet metal shed was controlled with loss of a wagon of baled hay and a feed bank. Pauley had painful burns and his son suffered a burn while moving the wagon from the shed.
Weddings reported from Savanna and nearby towns include Savanna High School student Marian Brown marrying Donald DeWall of Baileyville in an EUB church ceremony with a small reception for 32. Lois Robertson and Bill Crist wed in Hanover and will reside in Savanna after a brief honeymoon. Also, several couples from Savanna and area towns announced marriage plans and post ceremony travels as families hosted receptions and awaited newlyweds’ futures.
United States Senator Paul H. Douglas will visit Savanna and Mt. Carroll during a two and a half month Illinois tour. He lands in Savanna at 3 00 p m to meet voters at the Savanna Cafe then delivers a 3 30 p m report from his station wagon on Main Street. An outdoor meeting at Mt Carroll Court House Square follows at 8 p m.
Carroll County 41 dairy judging team members earned an A rating enabling return to Urbana for State dairy judging and a chance to enter the International Show in Chicago. High scorers are Calvin Bat her Milledgeville Stanley Larem Chadwick and Wayne Wirtjes Shannon. Poultry team got B and livestock team C under Malcolm Alexander. Zucks Buy Purebred Aberdeen-Angus Bull Morris Zuck and Sons of Chadwick purchased a pure breed Aberdeen-Angus bull from the Walser Brothers in Beloit Wisconsin.
Home Economics Extension units list meetings from Sept 11 to Sept 18 with locations and times, noting major lessons and local leaders. The piece mentions changes to November crafts lessons, upcoming October demonstrations, and an annual meeting for all members. It also includes a brief social note about Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Morning visiting Mt. Carroll.
A Carroll County DHIA report highlights Sibley and Newton herds leading in milk and fat. Robert Sibley’s 29 Brown Swiss from Chadwick averaged 1023 lbs milk and 41.8 lbs fat in August to top Unit No. 1 West. Newton and Plumer’s 22 Holsteins, also Chadwick, averaged 1048 lbs milk and 87.0 lbs fat to top Unit No. 2.
J. W. Erdmier of Shannon has been appointed office manager of the Carroll County PMA office effective September 1. The county committee will retain policy control while the office manager handles policy execution and daily operations. Erdmier has worked in farm programs since 1934 and serves as Carroll County PMA chairman for 17 years. Ed L. Dauphin of Savanna becomes County Committee chairman, with derman Daehler of Chadwick as vice chairman and Clinton R. Plock of near Lanark as regular member.
The Fair Haven unit met last Wednesday at Mrs. Charles Linker residence with 13 members and one guest. Officers elected include Mrs. Harveylock as vice chairman and Mrs. Robert Geison as 4-H chairman for two years. October meeting set at Mrs. Harveylock home. Demonstrations covered cookie press use and veggie cookery. Guests and visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Warner of Chicago and Mrs. Jessie Warner, Robert Warner and Marge Hausenveldt of Prophetstown.
Lanark death of Mrs Mary Matthew Green aged 74 after long service in church life. Funeral at Lanark Christian church with Rev Gregory Ventura officiating and burial at Lower York cemetery east of Thomson. Survivors include husband Hiram Green and eight children.
Notices show multiple marriage licenses issued by County Clerk W. M. Nipe including Kenneth Armstrong and Janice Klein, George Carrell and Gladys Getty, and others. Real estate transfers include Jennie Herbig to Clarence Paschal. Lucille Merboth to Raymond Morgan and to Sidney Spahr. Nellie Schade to Carroll Dimmick. Bertha Holland to Charles Ross. and several transfers in Mt. Carroll, Lanark, Freedom, and Savanna.
The report shows Rock Island District navigation with 783,082 tons of commercial cargo in August 1953, the highest month since Canalization of the Upper Mississippi, compared to 664,? tons in August 1952. Previous monthly peak was July 1953 at 779,733 tons. Downstream and upstream tonnages for the week include 138,548 total with 14,200 tons coal 82,400 petroleum products and 6,623 miscellaneous aboard 16 tows. river levels continued to recede across the system.
Grange plans Booster Night in Chadwick on September 17 with Leslie Carlson of Belvidere on the State Grange executive committee as guest. Resolutions prepared for the Illinois State Grange meeting in East St. Louis October 5–8.
Prophetstown boosters announce a dedication celebration Friday Sept 18 for the New Prophetstown State Park Indian Village. Gov. Stratton will dedicate at 2 pm with all day events including boat races at 10 am and a fireworks display along Rock River at 7 30 pm.
A Sunday family picnic at the Lloyd Alexander residence in Rockford drew many relatives. Attendees included Clarence and Maude Hartman, Guy and Marilyn Asay, Harold Traum and family, Virgil Tommon and son Richard, Orion and Vernon Alexander, Russell Queckboerner and Neal and Leonard, Ernest Brown and sons, Mabel Alexander and Tommy Diehl, Lee Hartman Sr with Ned, Lee Hartman Jr with daughters, Roy Zody and Fred Eckhardt households at Lake McCullom Lake in McHenry, plus Allen Shoup and daughter Linda Jeanne of Lanark.
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