Savanna Youths Attend Colleges Across the Nation
About 43 former Savanna students are enrolled this year at colleges coast to coast. Many attend the University of Illinois with 11 entrants, Frances Shimer with five, and Iowa State College with five. Other schools host one or two Savanna alumni, including West Point and several Wisconsin and Illinois institutions. Names list scattered across campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna High School
University of Illinois
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Iowa State College
Ames
Savanna
Death notices from Mt Carroll area court house news
Obituaries for Mrs. James Williamson of Woodland, Nelson Ridgeway of Milledgeville, John W. Peters of Lanark, and Christ Hartman of Shannon list survivors, service details, and burial plans. Williamson's license filing preceded services at Zion cemetery, Ridgeway served in Spanish American War, Peters longtime Lanark dealer, Hartman died of a heart attack with services planned in Shannon and Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williamson
Coun
Woodland Town
Paul M. Law
Dorisship
Mt. Carroll
Fun- Hawbecker
Lanark
James A. Foard
Zion Cemetery
Adolph Derrer
David McCall
Mt. Carrell
Ralph
Oscar
Soljine
Earl
Eva Speer
Massbach
Nelson Ridgeway
Milledgeville
DM Milledgeville
Shirk Chapel
Raj ‘Shaw
Mr. Ridgeway
Lee County
Perry
52Nd Iowesinfantry
Grace i Fulon
Cedar Rapids
Christ Hartman
Shannon
Carroll County
Hartman
Evangelical Church
S G. Eberly
Brethren Cemetery
Mr. Hartman
Shannon Township
John
Elizabeth Hartman
Emma Woessner
Frank
Waterloo
Raymond
Bridgeport
Conn
Louis
Laurens
William
August
Fred
All
Lizzie Woessner
Sterling
Court sentences man for chicken theft and lists transfers
Clarence Scott, 30, pleaded guilty in county court to stealing chickens from Vernon Weidman farm near Mt. Carroll and was sentenced to 90 days at Vandalia state farm, transported by Sheriff James Merchant. Merchant also pleaded guilty to driving without a state license, fined $5 plus costs and ordered to buy plates. Judge Harry E. Wheat presided in a routine circuit court session. Real estate transfers in Mt. Carroll area listed among numerous parcels: Albers to Olmstead, Cochran to French, Becker to Becker, Freeman, DeGraff to Willis, Willis to Brice, Fritz to Merboth, Hines to Coleman, Good to Sons, Cook to National Bank of Sterling, Mace to Sack, Freas to Thiel, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Scott
Vernon Weidman
Mt. Carroll
Vandalia State Farm
Vandalia
James Merchant
Merchant
Chas. H. Albers
Roberta Olmstead
R. & His
Mr. Carroll
Thomas Ely Cochran
Norman D. French
Thomson
Max Becker
Frank Becker
H. Albers
Rec
Sears A.freeman
Freedom
Anna J. DeGraff
Rex Willis
Lanark
H. Brice
Puterbaugh
Roy Fritz
Chas
Merboth
Ita
Ray Hines
Della Coleman
Meyer's
Ist
Milledgeville
Fred L Good
Florence D. Sons
Morris M. Cook
National Bank of Sterling
Rock Creek
Cora B. Mace
Fred L. Sack
Washington
Hannah M. Freas
Walter Thiel
Meyer
Elmer Smith
Melvin Finler
Melvin Finer
Orville Smith
Same
County Legion Head Names Chairmen In Carroll County
Eber D. Shepherd, commander of Carroll county American Legion, appoints council committee chairmen including Ralph Eaton as judge advocate Harold Evans as membership L A Frank as Americanism Vincent Sullivan as service officer and others across Savanna Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Laviana Thomson Thomson Mt Carroll and Shannon Also includes remarks on aphorisms and translations lingering from the source text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eber D. Shepherd
Carroll County
Glenn Ward Dresback
Lanark
Dr. B. Runnels
Milledgeville
Sons For the Legion
Claude Wilcox
Mt. ‘Carroll
Earl Baum
Shannon
Ray R. Westfall
Mt. Carroll
Ray Hartman
Carroll
Walter Hafeman
Savanna
Paul Lewis
Thomson
Big Buddy
Luther Leavens
Joe Loeser
Local social notes mix visits and church events
Mrs. Clarence Neis of Peoria and Mrs. Will Holy visited Savanna and Mt. Morris acquaintances. The Methodist church held Rally Day with Sunday school, picnic, and services led by Rev. Foard, drawing attendees from nearby towns. Various visits, homecomings, and club meetings are recorded along with a light classroom joke at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Neis
Peoria
George Neis
Will Holy
Kay Stiles
Savanna
Lloyd Neis
Mt. Morris
Methodist Church
Foard
Mt. Carroll
Salvanna
Green Island
Brethren Aid
W. Smith
Dorothy Gaar
Guy Turney
May Delp
John Tenley
Olive Roberts
Clinton
Harry James
Alan Bowera
Sterling
Chase Linker
Catherine Schwartz
Clinjton
Scott Roberts
Frances Linker
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Myrtle Colehour
Cig
Chas, Linker
George Guinther
Theodore Storm
Lois
Lyle Williams
Thomson
George Neil
Ivan Garrall
Brethren Church
Delinquent Tax List for Carroll County Illinois 1938
Delinquent lands and total assessments in Carroll County Illinois for 1938 are listed with owners as known. Notice calls for judgment and sale of lands and lots at the Carroll County Court on October 7 1939 and October 9 1935 respectively to satisfy taxes interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Car J
Illnois
Carrol
Farm Tour and Royal Ottawa Visit Noted
Report describes a Farm Tour at the University of Illinois and entertainment by Mt. Carroll CCC enrollees. Farm Adviser M P Roske offers lime and phosphate soil tests for participants submitting samples. The incident aligns with the British King and Queen’s Ottawa visit where the Queen asked a decorated ex serviceman why he wore no decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iinois
Mt. Carroll
Ottawa
Unclear OCR fragment from Peoria area social item
Fragmentary text mentions Mr and Mrs, Eagle Point, Peoria events and a garden, with distorted phrases about clothing and ex-soldier. The readable content is too fragmented to identify a clear event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Point
Joe Larsia
Peoria
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University of Minis
Marjorie Wittenberger
Hilmer Christianson
Mauree Clifton
Clarence Plum
Robert Howe
Robert Kehoe
Edmund Dyer
Paul Rath
James Sampson
Edward Hammerstein
Marian Wittenberger
William Given
Norman Given
John , Cooley
Edward Winston
Minard Stevens
Frances Shimer
Ellen Lundy
Gladys Runyan
Cathy Jexine Sampson
Vernetta Homedew
Joan Waring
West Point
Robert Watson
Mary Reinehr
Ilinois State Teachers College
Michael DeFranco
Marie
Mt. St. Clare College
Katherine Henry
Mt. St. Clare Academy
June Haas
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
Edward Haly
Betty Boothby
Vera Jane Studios
Chicago
Paul Harry
Sperry Instrument School
New York City
Jack Grant
Curtis Wright Technical Institute
Glendale
Calif
Betty Rasmussen
Wilford Academy of Beauty Culture
Chics
Pat O'Brien
Ann Sheridan
Indianapolis Speedway
SUN
Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Robert Young
Florence Rice
Majesti i Carroll
Wallace Ford
Patricia Ellis
Wallace, Straw
FBI
Bob Burns
Bing Crosby
Louise Campbell
Linda Ware
Ned Spe
Kid Stara
Court House News
John W. Peters
Freeport
Masonic Temple
Thomas Doyle
Harry E. Wheat
Circuit Court
County Legion Head
Aasoan
Ceylon
Jon
ROYAL
Edith Fellows
The
Little Peppers
Ronald
Hells Kitchen
MON
John Payne
Ron Sheridan
Indianapolis
Anne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Ginger Rogers
David Niven
Abe Disney
Wacker
Tommy
Thia
Lula
Tsi Rt
Law
Ani
M. R. Newell
McGinty
Waide
L. B. Sears
Atherton
Glen Sears
N. D. French
Kate Stumphy
C. W. Hansen
Mabel Allendengen
Wm. Strubb
Andrew Hinds
W. H. Durkee
Xrle
Vaughn McGinnis
Ray Johnson
Claude Wilson
Sears & Barrett
Harold Buckley
Alfred Miller
Clarence Holman Fe
W. Barrett
Alfred Johnson
Jobo Johnson
S. H. Pilton
Heine &Hensal—S
Bender & Hensal
Fred Hensal
Clarence Holman
Cole
Strubb & Lewis
Don R. Hail
Polarence Holman
A. C. Brandt
John W. Platt
Margaret Mannion
Don R. Hall
Frank Eustis
Margaret Maanione
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D. Bennett
Wesley Reynolds
Elmer
Lawrence Est
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Mplate
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Ada Lewis
B. R. Lewis
Ptay
John Platt
Wesley Senneff
Sam
Wee
Mary Frazier
Lot
Don
Henry C. ‘Parner
Satiel Ita
Don Hall
Henry Crosseman
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Geo. A. Schneider
Walter Letters
Hiram Gaukner
Lewis H. Peterson
Lon Schreiner
He&fi
Huguelett Bros
John Lohmeier
Fil
Geo
Duane McCulloh
Julius Dombest
Lamb
Merrill Stainbrook
Lame
Mabel Allen Jensen
J. W. Potter
Tina M. Babcock
Art Atherton—Beg
Same—Beg
Cor
Yon
H. Dyson
Julian Domdey
Fees
Rennie Bros
Smaltz
Thos
Colins
Cheatham
Henry Lueders
Garrett Martin
Garret Martins
Ansen Co
John Kustus
Hannah Kustux
Leva
Hueglett Bros. Ood
Thomson Village
Geinger
State OF Illinois
Mennen
Phillip’s
Bromo Seltzer
Squibb
Menpch
Dr. Caldwell
Wrisley
Johnson Baby
Calex
Williamson
Rexall
Farm Tour
Imal Daf
Potter Bros
Morrison
Rire
Bowest Pricy
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