Win honors at Clinton beef show
Carroll county 4-H representatives earned many honors at the Quad County 4-H baby beef show in Clinton. Grand champion was a 970 pound Angus owned by John Mommesen Jr of Miles Iowa. reserve champion a blue roan Shorthorn owned by Leo Duer Jr of Charlotte Iowa. Separate champions included Joyce Asay’s top Hereford and Bern ie Hook’s 910 pound steer in light Shorthorn class. Auction prices topped at Forrest Fry’s 1 060 pound Hereford at 25 1/2 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Quad County
Clinton
John Mommesen, Jr
Miles
Leo Duer, Jr
Charlotte
Bernie Hook
Thomson
Joyce Asay
Evelyn Asay
Claves
Joe Rath
Arnold Fuck
Julius Dauphin
Loren Martz
Angus
Ronald Rahn
Charles Burkholder
Glenn Diehl
John Diehl
Hereford
Richard Zuck
Arlene Dauphin
Alan Heisler
Rosemary Heisler
Forrest Fry
Fay East
Melvin Katzenberger
Harlan Merkel
Pillsbury Feed Mills
Toyce Asay
Clinton National Bank
Arnold Zuck
Federated Women Club District Board Meets at Sterling
The Thirteenth district Federated Women’s Clubs gather in Sterling at the YWCA rooms with district president Mrs D C Thompson presiding. Morning sessions handle board members only, 9:30 start, 10:00 business hour, afternoon features a public program on wartime clubservice with USO speaker and round table led by Mrs J Kenneth Rice. Music interlude by Mrs William Norton and Ruth Caughey. District officers are listed and delegates from Carroll Jo Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson Whiteside counties attend along with 57 clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Women’s Clubs
Sterling Woman’s Club
Thirteenth District
War Service
USO Service Center
Rockford
J. Kenneth Rice
William Norton
Sterling Woman's Club
Ruth Caughey
Morrison
D.C. Thompson
Compton
Adam Kraut
Galena
Social visits and family gatherings across Chadwick
Mrs John Schmitz of Sioux Falls visits Chadwick week with the Hoffmans and Tripp family. The Scherhods host the Earnest anniversary. various friends from Dixon Lanark Fulton Argo and Savanna attend dinners and birthday celebrations. Emma Curley returns from Dixon while Rose Moyer visits Anna George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schmitz
Sioux Falls
M. D
Hubert Hoffman
Charles Tripp
Roland Schroth
Thomson
Paul Swanson
Joyce
Savanna
Jerry Sikkema
Russell
Carl Maring
Henry Parsons
Nellie Parsons
Argo Fa
Carl Daehler
Charles Spealman
Robert Spealman
D. H. Curley
Edgar Sack
Dixon
Sack
George Bast
Reelect Triple-A Leaders At Carroll County Convention
Carroll county Triple-A committee members were re elected for another year at Mt. Carroll after Friday's community elections. Officers include Herman Daehler as chairman Edward L Dauphin vice chairman and Henry P Rahn first alternate and Freeman H Law second alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Herman Daehler
Edward L. Dauphin
Eugene Murray
Henry P. Rahn
Freeman H. Law
Fair Haven
G. J. Mackey
Joseph P. Weber
Fred H. Olson
Arnold Traum
York
Thomas H. Kustes
Harvey Marshall
Harry W. Gaar
Wesley W. Sack
Salem
Earl D. Keim
Roy S. Nycum
Merlyn D. Schreiner
James Morgan
Earl C. Burkholder
Rock Creek-Lima
Edward W. Rahn
Harry E. Adams
Edward L. Simon
Lanark boy wins blue ribbon at Chicago Junior Market Hog Show
Five Carroll county youths joined 115 exhibitors and 514 hogs at the Chicago Junior Market Hog Show and Sale held Sept 17 at the Chicago Stock Yards. Lloyd Heer en of Lanark led a class of 29 light weight Chester White pens, winning blue ribbon and third in individual barrow class, with his 650 pound pen selling for 130 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago
Lloyd Heeren
Lanark
Chester White
Paul Deets
Milledgeville
Donald Hanabarger
Harold Kelly
Thorton Zier
Shannon
Heeren
Armour and Company
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Illinois 4-H
Richard Johnson
Whiteside County
Chicago Traders Live Stock Exchange
Chicago Service Men’s Center
Iowa
Indiana
Lanark man sells 29 head prime steers at Chicago market
Fred Werner of Lanark sells 29 head consignment of prime steers at the Chicago Stock Yards. The cattle averaged 1100 pounds and brought $5.25 per cwt, enabling straight sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Werner
Lanark
Chicago
Weddings Bring Many Couples Together in Savanna Area
Multiple ceremonies mark weddings in Savanna and nearby communities. Betty Rasmussen and Herbert Gifford wed at a mission chapel near San Luis Obispo. Valera Sartwell and Richard Carroll marry in Kahoka. Alice Carroll and Woodrow Curboy unite in Mt. Carroll. Mona Slate and Guy Shillito wed in Savanna with notice of other local unions. Lenore Koselka and Stephen Ketchmark marry at St. John’s in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Mary Elizabeth
Betty) Rasmussen
Savanna
Herbert R. Gifford
Camp
San Luis Obispo
Calif
United States
L. C. Noury
Betty Vivian
John Lecairi
W. D. Rasmussen
Savanna High School
Chicago
Gifford
Lola Lindeman
Ralph Gifford
Mt. Carroll
U. S. Army
Air Corps
Alice Randecker
Daniel Randecker
Polsgrove
Slate-Shillito
Mona R. Slate
Coral Gables
Fla
Guy Shillito
First Presbyterian Church
Chester M. Irwin
Francis L. Tavener
Freeport
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Koselka-Ketchmark
Lenore Koselka
Chicago and Corp
Stephen Ketchmark
St. John's Catholic Church
E. A. O’brien
Dorothy Ketehmark
Francis Koselka
Linker cattle bring $16.50 per cwt at Chicago market
Fred Linker of Carroll County sold 20 head of Hereford cattle, averaging 1380 lbs, at $16.10 per cwt. Chicago markets posted record hog averages of $14.85 per cwt, with top bids at $15.10. Cattle also surged on Tuesday with heavy Hereford steers at $16.90 and yearlings at $16.65 per cwt for 1094-lb loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Linker
Carroll County
Chicago
Car Forced Off Road Near Mt Carroll Injures Two
A 19 year old Robert Farrey of Rockford drove off state route 64 three miles east of Mt Carroll after attempting to pass a car driven by 72 year old Wm Liebenstein of Pearl City. Two passengers in the Farrey car suffered minor cuts but none seriously hurt. Sheriff Ray Westfall reported Liebenstein swung out to pass another vehicle as Farrey attempted to overtake, causing Farrey to swerve into the ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Farrey
Rockford
Mt. Carroll
Wm. Liebenstein
Pearl City
Farrey
Ray Westfall
Liebenstein
Landlords to register in Savanna Clinton area next week
Landlords in Carroll County Illinois and Clinton County Indiana must register starting Monday September 24 under the Savanna Clinton Defense Rental Area plan. Community registration centers will operate in Thomson Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Shannon and Mt Carroll with verification of rents and services for the March 1 maximum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Clinton County
John S. Perry
Savanna- Clinton
Thomson
Chadwick
Lanark
Milledgeville
Shannon
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Clinton
Perry
Farmers State Bank
Savanna Rent Control Office
Coast Guard Will Not Halt Mississippi Duck Hunting
Illinois and Iowa duck hunters may continue hunting on the Mississippi this fall with two major limits. No entry near ongoing military activities or war plants and a 300 foot exclusion zone around Lack and Dam 13 and near the Savanna ordnance depot. Boat operators over 16 feet require Coast Guard identification cards, though few hunters use such boats. Mr and Mrs Jens Andresen and family were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson of Thomson on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Iowa
Mississippi River
U. S. Coast Guard
Associated Press
Lack and Dam 13
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Coast Guard
Jens Andresen
Carl Peterson
Thomson
Court House News Briefs From Carroll County Structures and Cases
Marriage licenses issued to Harleth C. Coos and Viola M. Van Brocklin of Shannon. Mo nn BR and others face fines after guilty pleas on state game bias charges before Justice Frank Scarpeppel. Sheriff Westfall handles alerations. Alvin Shain of Freeport surrendered to Monroe officials over bicycle larceny and parole status. Rhene B. Law and Melvin Stader of Savanna face a $7,500 defamation suit by Lawrence A. Smith. Public notices detail ratification board moves, institute schedules, and multiple real estate transfers across Milledgeville, Savanna, Lanark, and Mt. Carroll. Dinner guests listed for local residents. many deeds recorded in surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Harleth C. Coos
Viola M. van Brocklin
Shannon
Guy Shillitte
Savanna
Monn BR
State of Coal Gables, Fle
Alvin Shain
Freeport
Monroe
Wis
Ray RR. Westfall
Lanark
Shain
Westfall
Green County Court
Rhene B. Law
Melvin Stader
Lawrence A.smith
Carroll County
Smith
Officials urged limits on driving as Illinois eyes war-time measures
Gov. Dwight H. Green urged citizens to reduce driving to essential business and follow a 35 mph limit. State police were told to warn violators, while voter registration in Carroll county lagged with about 1,500 signed up on Saturday and total registrations around 6,000. Officials warn at least 4,000 voters remain to be registered before the Oct. 6 deadline for the Nov. 3 election, with ongoing registration at county clerk offices and deputy registrars.S
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Baruch Committee
Illinois
General Assembly
Carroll County
Walter Wattor
Fair Haven Township
County Cleck
Kenneth C. Whitney
York Township
Kate Cole Whitney
State Boosts Age Limit For Game Wardens
State department of conservation will accept applications from men up to fifty years old for game warden positions as a wartime measure. The current average age of 125 inspectors and investigators is 87 years, with many regular field posts filled and younger staff already enlisting or drafted for military duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Conservation
Department
Mrs Cambman and relatives visit Lanark area Sunday
Mrs Frank Cambman and son Ern ie Walter Anderson of Lanark Mire Alvin Bartholomew of Sterling and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Newman of Freeport were guests Sunday afternoon of Mr and Mrs Donald Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cambman
Ernie Walter Anderson
Lanark, Mire
Alvin Bartholomew
Sterling
Kenneth Newman
Freeport
Donald Anderson
Rural Fire Wardens to Be Trained
Rural fire wardens in Severy township across 10 Illinois counties will receive training in fire prevention and fighting as part of a county school program organized by Anton Tomasek. The program involves state emergency fire personnel from the fire marshal’s office, conservation department, and forestry division to protect farm buildings and crops during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severy Township
I Iinois
Anton J. Tomasek
Ilinois
State Council of Defense
State Fire Marshal’s Office
State Conservation Department
State Division of Forestry
Tomasek
Everard Foltz Sends Cable Announcing He Is Safe
After fifteen anxious days, Mt. Carroll parents Mr and Mrs Frank Foltz receive a cable from Radioman Everard Foltz stating he is in good health and high spirits. Navy reports earlier linked to the loss of U S S Blue left many relatives worried, but later word of few casualties reassured them until the hopeful message arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everard Foltz
Frank Foltz
Mt. Carroll
Everald
Navy
Everard
Induction Call Issued for 23 County Men
Carroll county selective service board announced a September 29 induction for 23 registered men. Vernon Ackerman list notes four men have moved from the county and provides current addresses for those still listed, including Carl J. Peterson and Max M. Chaffee among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carroll County Selective Service Board
Vernon Ackerman
Carl J. Peterson Clinton
Max M. Chaffee
Milledgeville
David F. Engelking
Lyness CC
Morse
Glenn Bonjour
Gen Potter
Joseph S. Hernandez
Russell B. Green
John Franklin McCarty
Ava, Mo
Jake James Vaccaro
Savanna
Carroll County Deaths Report In Savanna and Milledgeville
Obituaries note the death of Savanna barber Edson Pratt known as Ed and long-time LaCrosse resident who died after illness. Also reported is the death of Clemens Langehaug former Milledgeville school superintendent, with survivors and funeral in Leroy Minnesota. Howard Libberton of Lanark found dead at home after declining health, funeral in Lanark with burial in Lanark cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Paul Edson Pratt
LaCrosse
Wis
Mr. Pratt
Clemens Langehaug
Milledgeville
Ramsey
Langehaug
V. A. Morrow
Leroy
Minn
Morrow
R. B. Polhill
G. C. Poppenhouse
Carol
Joann
Brice
Martin Langehaug
Howard Libberton
Lanark
John Atherton
Atherton
Libberton
Frank Funeral
I. D. Leatherman
Lanark Cemetery
James
Lucy Ann Libberton
Rock Creek Township
Edith Grove
Egan
Savanna Tops Stockton 20 to 0 in Grid Opener
Grid season opened with Savanna defeating Stockton 20 to 0 while Mt. Carroll lost 383 to 0 at Polo. Mr and Mrs Charles Deets and their family visited the William Hawk home in Mt Carroll on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Mt. Carroll High
Stockton High
Mt. Carroll
Polo
Charles Deets
William Hawk
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Chadwick News
Rasmussen-Gifford
Sartwell Carroll
Valera N. Sartwell
Leon Sartwell
Chestnut Park
Richard W. Carroll
Savanne
Paul Carroll
Ottawa
J. Monroe
Methodist
Kahoka
Jacob Paris
Oscar Annison
Randecker
Curboy
Court House News
Modie Anderson
Obie Davenport
Neous
Frank Scarpeppel
Carroll
Conneervation Department
Kenneth Flickinger
Lawrence E. Bruch
Brady
Robert Maynard Reiff
Verna Marie Heide
Coleta
Carroll County War Price and Rationing Board
Ration Board
Public Welfare Department
Marchesi
Besse V. Bowers
Emma Wingerd
Cherry Grove
Bettina G. Smith
Geo. A. Schleming
Hawk's
George C. Robinaon
Lillian Smith
Meyer's Srn
Ralph M. Eaton
Herschel W. Hopkin
A. Litwiller
Ben Shultz
Neikirk’s
Daniel Airhart
Oviutt E. Hergert
Ernest Musser
Jacob Burkholder
Elkhorn Grove
Alice Larkins Day
Alma Dollinger
Elk
John Burns
John Barrett
Louis McGrath
Robert G. Fuller
Russell C. Bird E
Spencer Henderson
Henry Johnson
R. E. Williams
Proving Park Villa
Glen
Luella Mowry
Orville L. Rogers
Eva Perthis
William C. Wagner
Mathilda Wurster
Rujdolph Wurster
Washington
Marie M. Knauer
Rudolph Wurster
Ivan Carroll
Walter Milnes
Walter, Jr
Andrew Witt
Beulah Naftzger
Erie
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