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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
1
Babson Park Massachusetts September 3 Investors face hype over stock market opportunities as brokers push rail plastics and electronics while warning that postwar inflation and growth may falter. He urges cautious, fundamentals based investing despite optimism from dealers and advisors.
Fifty-eight rural schools operate in Carroll County with new teachers filling posts after a rule change allowed emergency certificates for 18 or older. The Aug 3 list names teachers by school including Oak Grove Lilly Haring Gillespie Ada C. Ritchie Clifton Ruth Miller Washington Cordelia Becker Oakton June Dixon and others such as Straw Esther Haugh Miller Doris Asay Oakville Jeanette Moore Fairground Vada King Ferrin Dorothy Toepfer Parkhill Laura Daehler Pleasant Hill Maida Spencer Hartman LaVonne Sucher Jefferson Norma Hartman Walker Eugenia Elder South Otter Creek June Martin Wood Irene Peters Stewart Carrie Wales.
Thomson notes Miss Bessie Graharing works at Penneys in Clinton. Mrs. Robert Dicks of Lake Worth Florida and Mrs. Jessie Daily of Peconic spent Saturday with Mrs Stephen Switzer. Victor Brockill from Freeport starts a two week vacation on the 16th to visit his sister Mrs Harold Day of Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hanson and Mary Wagner of Morrison with Mrs. Ore Shearer of Red Bank New Jersey were Saturday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wagner. Lila Michelson, daughter of Louis Michelson, enrolled as a freshman at Northern Illinois Teachers College DeKalb. Andy Hook Fulton and Darlene Ashby are freshmen at Macomb College. she left for school Saturday. Mrs. Hazel Stagg spent the weekend in Chicago.
R G Fuller of Savanna is Carroll county chairman for the National War Fund drive set for Oct 9 to Nov 11. Local chairmen and co chairs for Savanna Thomson Carroll Lanark Chadwick Milledgeville and Shannon were named. Fuller and workers met with the district national war council in Sterling to finalize campaign plans.
Mary Greve 67 of Savanna died at 12 40 a m September following several months illness. She had returned from the city hospital ten days before death. Funeral services were held at Fuller funeral home at 2 pm Sunday with Rev George J Goris officiating and burial in Savanna cemetery. Born December 19 1876 in Chicago she was daughter of Frank Pelican and Mrs Pelican. She was married to Fred Greve of Savanna who died nine years ago. Surviving are two sisters in law five nieces and two nephews.
The county board increased the general fund tax rate by three cents to 18 cents per $100 for 1944 while the highway rate remains five cents. Total general fund levy rose to 45,150 dollars, about nine thousand dollars more than last year. highway levy fell to 12,000 dollars. No tuberculosis fund levy was set, with a balance of 38,450 dollars on hand.
Carroll county supervisors on Tuesday limited liquor licenses to a single Class A permit. Previously two Class A licenses and one Class B license were allowed. No taverns are added or removed since only one license was issued in the past year. A Class A license covers all liquor types. Class B permits beer sales only.
The 1943 44 Illinois Blue Book, official biennial publication, was released for general distribution by Secretary of State Richard Yates Rowe. Edited by the late Edward J. Hughes, the 728 page volume covers government branches with biographies maps directories and a Chicago history section. About 40 000 copies were printed as white space was reduced to save paper.
Carroll County officials report many residents plan to vote in the general election this fall. By Monday afternoon 21 service members had applied for absentee ballots, with more expected daily. The county clerk said the November ticket has been turned over to the printer and ballots should be mailed to applicants within about ten days to ensure delivery before election day.
State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder reports August old age pension payments in Illinois totaling $3,903,419, down by more than $30,000 from July. Carroll County paid 283 recipients $8,275 and Whiteside County 728 recipients $21,564.
Regular and supplemental grand jury panels for the November circuit term were named by the county board. Regular members include Washington John Roth and others across towns such as Woodland Mattie Zillhart Henry Toepfer Freedom Arthur Kniss Cherry Grove George Krell Oscar Kuhlemier Shannon Joe Erdmeier Edna Frey Lima Ethel Carbaugh Rock Creek Louis Miller Robert Lichty Salem Elmer Stoner Edward Richter Mr Carroll Wm. R. Kramer Chas. G. Welch Savanna Wm. Dunn Bertram Fuller York Chas Sack Garrett Bolhous Fair Haven Howard Mackey Chester Alexander Wysox Everet Hardesty Arthur Litwiller Elkhorn Grove Frank Hutchison. Supplemental members include Washington Mary Brigham Woodland Adam Randecker Freedom Joe Stenquist Cherry Grove Martha Byers Shannon Henry Gettemy Lima Donald Schreiner Rock Creek Delmar Lang Harry Engles Salem Vernon Daehley Mt. Carroll Roy Edwards Geo. Neis Savanna H. Scott Cotter Ferguson York Harold Witt Harmon Stake miller Fair Haven Free Rauser Carl Maring Wysox Chas. Livengood Ernest Wagner. Elkhorn Grove Glenn Millhouse.
Local wedding notices list Beth Hawk and Robert Heath wed in Fort Wayne with attendants Helen Parker and Nelson Jacobs. Ruth Brooks and Pvt. Kenneth Rex Martin married in Columbia South Carolina. Rosemary Wright wed Pfc. Charles Moulton at Savanna Ordnance Depot. Ruth Johnson married W Dale Schneider in Freeport. Gladys Marie Martin and Cpl. Albert G. Smith tied the knot in Greenville Mississippi.
County Clerk W M Nipe issued licenses to Charles Moulton of Claremont New Hampshire and Rosemary Wright Prov ing Grounds Hr John H Bower and Etta E Horner Lanark. Judge Leon A Zeck granted four divorces in Savanna and Milledgeville cases for desertion and cruelty with Sept 25 court session planned.
Plans are nearly complete for Clinton's Tenth Annual Quad County 4 H Baby Beef show to be held in the Coliseum next Friday and Saturday. More than 100 calves from Clinton and Jackson counties Iowa and Carroll Whiteside counties Illinois are expected. Over 8600 in cash prizes will be awarded to 4 H members with a grand champion prize from Phillip W Pillsbury head of Pillsbury Feed Mills Inc and a Clinton Herald silver cup. The Chamber of Commerce will give ribbon reserves to grand and reserve champions. Cash prizes of 5 6 or 7 will be paid to calves in each class plus four record book prizes from Continental Grain 8 6 4 2. Stock must be groomed by 2 p m Friday. Banquet for exhibitors at Lafayette hotel Friday 7 p m. Judging starts Friday 2 p m with prizes awarded at 11. An auction of baby beeves will follow Saturday afternoon near the Coliseum.
Three Republican hopefuls Richard J. Lyons Arnold Benson and Conrad Becker will tour Mt Carroll on Tuesday evening Sept 26. Local GOP leaders received the information and expect their arrival at the courthouse between 8 and 830 pm.
Mrs Bruce Groharing spent Monday with Mrs Harold Witt and others. Tuesday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Amos Burkholde and Harold Stralow of Coleta. Sunday guests were Mrs Forrest Conley and Mrs La Vere Kness of Savanna visiting Mr and Mrs Wes Kness.
Ralph H. Elsenrath, 38, of Fort Madison, Iowa, bound over to the Carroll county grand jury on a kidnapping charge and jailed. Bond set at 4000 dollars by Justice of the Peace W. G. Kent. He and his two daughters Mary Carolyn 12 and Kay 6 were involved, allegedly abducted from Velma Elsenrath at the Civilian depot after visiting the mother following a divorce granting custody.
The Office of Price Administration announced blue ration token discontinuation on October 1 as processed food values move to ten point multiples. Chester Bowles said 10 point stamps will require no point change. From September 17 to October 1 retailers will not give blue tokens as change and shoppers may spend tokens only in tens.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Donald Smith and Mrs Orlo Smith of Mt Carroyl. Mr and Mrs Claude Grim visited the Willis Stage home. Richard Badtke hosted Henry Lange Sr Henry Lange Jr and Geraldine with Louis Schnoor Forrest Gilbert Marvin Badtke and Richard of Onawa as guests.
The Fulton Kiwanis festival committee completed the premium list and schedules for a Saturday festival with an afternoon parade Band Concert and a 6 p.m. ball game Fulton Merchants vs Spring Valley Aces. Programs broadcast by Station KROS will include a Man on the Street segment. Premium classes cover farm and garden displays grains weed collection baked goods preserved fruits vegetables pickles pies cakes bread quilts fancy work hobbies and exhibits with cash prizes from 25c to 2 dollars.
Henry Warfield James Haley and Mary Moore were Sunday dime guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Vainey. Lyle Williams sends a view to Lynn Morgan whose dress is in care of the postmaster. Mineapolis Miss Dorothe Lewis spent weekend in Chicago and Battle Creek Michigan. The Blaine Smith family of five Carroll were Sunday evening visitors of Mr and Mrs Frank Smitu y Jr Ida Floyd Albert Botby Stumphy of Clinton visited Saturday night with their grandfather Mrs Ella Stumphy.
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