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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
1
The piece questions blame for a reported torpedo attack on a U S destroyer and notes midwestern public indifference. It contrasts reactions with expectations set by the president and cites constitutional Day, Ford plastic auto bodies, aluminum scrap drives, railway labor tensions, and police recruitment in Illinois.
Sheriff Ray Westfall announces Arthur Smith of Chadwick as a full time deputy sheriff to begin next Monday. Smith will patrol rural night shifts following board authorization at the August meeting to offset costs from new legislation on sheriff fees. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs W H Smith, has served as deputy on special occasions and as Fair Haven township constable for several terms.
With the 1941-42 school year starting, the National Youth Administration enables 18 Carroll County students to work part time after school to stay in high school. NYA administrator Mary Stuart Anderson announced the program aims to help youths aged 16 to 24 remain in education. about 14,000 Illinois students in 590 high schools are expected to benefit this year.
Alvin Prowant of Chadwick Illinois buys Nancy's Crown Prince 301651 a registered Guernsey bull from Charles Sweet of Polo Illinois. The animal is registered with The American Guernsey Cattle Club.
Carroll county residents dominated prize lists at the sixth annual Morrison horse show held at Whiteside county fairgrounds. Herbert Barnhart of Chadwick won $15 in the 3200 pound plus draft class, with Loren Albers of Milledgeville taking $10. Other Carroll winners included C Holt Mt. Carroll in stock horse and hackney classes, S J Campbell Mt. Carroll in several entries, and riders Mary Holt and Charles Wright. Exhibits also featured training demonstrations by Wright and Midnight Storm, plus dairy cattle and grain and vegetables awards for local residents.
Two Carroll county stockmen marketed cattle at the Chicago Stock Yards last week. Harvey Woessner of Shannon shipped 36 Hereford steers averaging 1278 pounds selling at 12.40 per cwt. Dan Dauphin delivered 19 heifers averaging 814 pounds for 12.10 per cwt. Mr and Mrs Charles Shuman and family visited W G Shuman in Sterling on Sunday.
The 13th district Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs will discuss forming an organization of women in every county and town for national defense at its fall board meeting in Stockton on Thursday Sept 18. District presidents local club leaders and district chairmen will attend. A preceding conference for district chairmen and officers is planned Sept 1 at Mrs Melville Hays home in Dixon.
Mrs Alvina Kramer 76 died Sept 3 at the W J Whalen home in Savanna leading to funeral rites in McGregor Iowa. Born Dec 28 1864 in Prairie du Chien Wis she married William F Kramer April 24 1888 later moving to Savanna to live with her daughter and son in law. Surviving include a son four daughters a sister and six grandchildren. Mrs Joseph Pasada 28 died Aug 28 at Cook County Hospital Chicago after major surgery, funeral Aug 30 in Chicago. She was born Nov 4 1902 in New Mexico and came to Savanna 15 years ago. Surviving include husband five daughters one son three brothers one sister and her mother.
Transient Barnard Karpowitz died after a Burlington railroad fall near Argo Fa Mt Carroll township. Coroner ruled accidental crushing injuries. Mt Carroll figures include the death of Leslie Meyers in Mt Carroll and longtime clerk Benjamin Lester Smith. Lanark veteran William Hogan dies after brief illness. Carroll county allocates about 84 dollars monthly for high school students from state funds totaling 558167 for the year.
County treasurer Lula Ross distributed last week a total of 1940 tax funds to township village and school district treasurers. The notice says 92 percent of Carroll county taxes have been collected overall with Lima 98 Shaw 97 Fair Haven 96 and Salem 96 percent. Two townships Savanna and Washington stay below 90 percent.
Donald Hanabarger an 18 year old from Milledgeville won high honors at a Chicago junior fair show held at the International Amphitheatre. He captured first prize with a pen of five barrows weighing 180 to 70 pounds in a field of 71 farm youths and 333 animals from 24 Illinois counties. Mr and Mrs Alvin Reiff and Arletta Hartman were Sunday dinner guests at Roy Reynolds home in Forreston.
Carroll county committee men were notified they must attend a district meeting in Rockford on Friday to discuss the 1942 committeemen elections. The article notes possible changes in methods of selection. September 22 is set for township elections and the county committee election follows the next day.
Judge Leon Zick presided in Mt. Carroll circuit court. Marriage licenses issued to Elden Graham Florance Manning Savanna and Allan Yeager Sepha Mielke Savanna. Carl McDermott 30 pleaded guilty to failing to pay lodging. sentence suspended and custody sent to Dubuque for desertion charge. County supervisors met, tax levies for 1941 approved, jurors appointed, and real estate transfers recorded for Chadwick Lanark Savanna and Shannon.
Western Carroll county endured a fierce wind and rain storm last Thursday afternoon. Trees and limbs were ripped from trunks and several buildings were damaged. Electric service failed when a transmission line was hit by a fallen tree, with outages lasting about an hour.
Painting crews from the state division of highways repainted black center stripes and added broad orange no passing stripes on center medians. The orange marks prohibit passing where hills curves or hazards make it unsafe. Work started east of the county, with Route 80 near Thomson on Monday and not yet on Routes 78 south of Mt Carroll or 88 through Chadwick and Milledgeville as of Tuesday.
Ronald Reagan and his wife Jane Wyman plan a Dixon homecoming trip from Hollywood for Louella Parsons event on Monday September 15. Reagan, a Dixon native who starred in local football and saved many swimmers as a lifeguard, will visit Morrison relatives during the trip and Dixon plans a large celebration.
Mrs Henry Maring of Canajoharie New York was a Friday overnight and Saturday guest of Mr and Mrs Carl Maring.
Gilpin Stagg, a linotype operator at the Review since high school, left Monday to join the Naval Reserve in Rock Island. He will be stationed at Great Lakes, north of Chicago, for some time.
A collision on the Schreiner corner six miles north of Milledgeville injured three people including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Plock and their daughter and Mrs. Archie Bonnell. Both cars, traveling about 40 mph, were damaged but not overturned. They were treated locally and later returned home.
Mr and Mrs Francis Nelson of Morrison spent Saturday with his parents Mr and Mrs Bert Nelson in a family gathering.
Hagstrom Construction of St. Paul Minnesota submitted the lowest bid among four for a barricade at a TNT box opening building at Savanna Ordnance Depot. The bid totals 35 382 with the highest at 7 100. Work should take fifteen days after a notice to proceed from the quartermaster general in Washington.
Carroll County Farm Bureau outlines a busy slate with a corn husking contest discussion a forestry project review by State Forester Davis a district planning school a girls 4-H club finish and demonstrations on hybrid seed corn tests. Four-H calf exhibitors from the Quad County event in Clinton are noted for Sept 19 and 20.
A Monday night hailstorm and heavy rain struck cornfields near Mt. Carroll causing extensive damage. While Chadwick saw no hail, the damage increased northward toward Dwight Spearman’s home and across fields from there to Mt. Carroll. Leaves were shredded and husks torn from ears in many areas.
Funeral services conducted at the Heinze home Chadwick with Rev O H Boening presiding and Masonic rites at the Chadwick cemetery for Adam Heinze Sr 68 of Chadwick who died Friday night in Sterling Public Hospital after heart problems He served 12 years as Fair Haven township supervisor and was a highway commissioner He was born in Germany January 3 1873 and lived in Chadwick area 58 years Surviving are his wife three daughters Edna Clara Seidenberg Pearl Gern three sons Edward Earl Adam Jr and a national guard sergeant in maneuvers in Louisiana and Arkansas seven grandchildren and a brother William Heinze
At Conference Charles Harris with the Rev L M Phillips attended a meeting of the Illinois Conference Committee Evangelical Centennial Advance in Naperville where Harris acted as delegate from Chadwick Hope Evangelical church. Bishop G E Epp presided.
At Chadwick's crossing around 6 35 a m an eastbound passenger train collided with a milk truck carrying Henry Baumgard and Juanita Pfundstein of Milledgeville. Both occupants escaped injury as they leaped free moments before impact. the truck was owned by Clyde Leitz and used for cheese factory milk collection.
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