Taxpayers' Association Reorganizes in Carroll County
Officers and directors were elected Friday night at the courthouse in Mt. Carroll. John K. Morris of Rock Island township leads the slate as president with W. S. Todd Milledgeville as first vice president and Paul Palmer Savanna as second vice president. A fourteen township board of directors was chosen and membership cards were distributed to promote a broad campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Taxpayers’ Association
Mt. Carroll
John K. Morr
Rock Island Township
W. 8. Todd
Milledgeville
John K. Morris
W. S. Todd
Paul Palmer
Savanna
Lowell Teeter
Mr. Carroll
Charles Harris
Chadwick
Washington Township
Arthur Haas
Woodland
Woodrow Curboy
Freedom
Kirby Thomas
Cherry Grove
Roy D. Bray
Salem
Dwight Spearman
Ben Williamson
H. P. Greison
York
N. D
D. Herbert Eichelberger
Taxpayers’ Federation of
Ilinois
Eichelberger
Taxpayers
Shirk
W. §. Todd
Todd
Women’s Clubs Plan Season Across Illinois District
The 13th district of the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs met in Stockton to outline fall and winter projects aligned with the national nine teen defense program. Co chairmen were F M Keck and B M Frary with plans for citizenship, Americanization, housing, nutrition, and stamps and bonds, plus upcoming institutes and conventions in LaSalle Leaf River Freeport Rock Falls Chicago and Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Stockton
D. C. Thompson
Compton
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
U. S
F. M. Keck
Freeport
B. M. Frary
Prophetstown
Special National Defense Committee
Charles Bauer
Lanark
Congregational Church
LaSalle
Leaf River
Rock Falls
Chicago
Midwest National Forum
Hotel Sherman
General Federation
Fort Worth
Tex
Elver Graham Dies in Fleming at 58
Elver Graham 58 native of Mt. Carroll died Thursday afternoon Sept 18 in Fleming Colorado where he had lived 27 years. Roy and Ward Fritz of Mt Carroll brothers in law attended the Fleming funeral. He is survived by his widow Dessie Fritz a daughter Mrs. C A Warren of Fleming and a brother Marion of Sterling Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elver Graham
Mt. Carroll
Fleming
Colo
Roy
Ward Fritz
Mr. Graham
Black Oak
Chadwick
Dessie Fritz
C. A. Warren
Court House Briefs From Lanark to Savanna and Carroll County
Paul Donovan 32 of Lanark bound over to grand jury on charge of taking an auto from Edward Wold of Lanark. held on $1,000 bond after arrest in Forreston. Edward Gordon of Sterling placed on one year probation for DWI from Savanna accident injuring Zelphia McCoy. Amended complaint filed in Savanna nickelodeon fee suit dropping charges about mayor and council elections. Real estate transfers listed for Savanna Lanark Milledgeville and Thomson including warranty and quitclaim deeds for multiple parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Donovan
Lanark
Mr. Carroll
Donovan
Edward Wolford
Forreston
Edward Gordon
Sterling
C. M. Grove
Carroll County
Gordon
Savanna
Zelphia McCoy
Moline
Atty
Lawrence A. Smith
Melvin Stadel
Stadel
Smith
Rhene B. Law
Law
Annie M. Greison
Oscar Wallace
Shirley Diehl
Frank L. Gigons
Maude F. Schell
Ray
Freas
Meyer's Ltd
Milledgeville
Savanna S. B
L. A
Mads W. Hansen
Della F. McGannon
Harold Brown
Cherry Grove
Otto C. Woerter
Ree
Clifford J. Benson
Elva J. Hadley
Willis
N. D. French
Thomson
Judgment for $90 Against Farmer Brandenburg
A judgment in favor of the Columbia Hog and Cattle Powder Co. of Kansas City for $90 was returned against John Brandenburg who lives east of Chadwick in Chadwick justice court. Brandenburg must also pay court costs after a jury trial conducted before Justice George Coden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Hog and Cattle Powder Co
Kansas City
John Brandenburg
Chadwick
Brandenburg
Justice of the Peace
George Coden
John Sollenberges
Ralph Ferris
Paul Clevidence
Riley Temple
Carl Zugschwerdt
Herbert Stein
Robert F. Wernle
John O. Kerch
Perry
Mt. Carroll
New Chapel at Savanna Ordnance Depot Dedicated
Dedication services for a new chapel at the Savanna Ordnance Depot were held Sunday afternoon with several Savanna pastors taking part. Capt. Robert L. Logan spoke as principal speaker. The 350 seat frame chapel cost $27,000, built by Hagstrom Construction, designed for Protestant Catholic or Jewish services, with an electric organ and blower heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Savanna
Robert L. Logan
Sixth Corps
Chicago
Hagstrom Construction Company
Sheriff Attends FBI Conference in Rockford
Sheriff Ray Westfall joined regional law enforcement officials at an FBI conference in Rockford on Tuesday. The talks covered internal security, espionage and sabotage as part of Director J. Edgar Hoover's nationwide mobilization for national defense. A. H. Johnson oversaw the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Westfall
FBI
Rockford
J. Edgar Hoover
Northern Judicial District
Illinois
A. H. Johnson
Chicago
Erdmi er Again to Head AAA in Carrell County
J. W. Erdmi er of Shannon was reelected chairman of the Carrell County agricultural conservation committee at a delegate convention. Herman Dachler of Chadwick was chosen vice chairman with Ed L. Dauphin of Savannah as third member. Additional alternates and community committeemen for 1942 were named across multiple townships to administer the farm program and coordinate the food for freedom effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Erdmier
Shannon
Carrell
Irma R. Hartman
Erdmier
Hartman
Department of Agriculture
Department
AAA
Agriculture Defense Boards
County Officials Attend Northern Illinois Meeting in St Charles
Charles Kingery, chairman of the Carroll county board of supervisors, and Walter Watson, county clerk, attended a meeting of county officials from northern Illinois at St. Charles last Wednesday. The session discussed installing permanent registration equipment required by a new state law and noted the need for significant additional equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kingery
Carroll County
Walter Watson
Northern
Illinois
St. Charles
Local Weddings Tie Families Across Dubuque and Savanna
Miss Bernadetta Waddick and Charles Vaccaro wed in Dubuque at St Raphael's Cathedral with sisters and a brother as attendants. After Oct 1 they plan to settle in Davenport. Vaccaro works at International Harvester in Rock Island. Thelma Wurster and Jacob Glen Getz wed Aug 4 near Savanna Champaign service read by Lutheran pastor. Engagement announced for Gladys Schaal to Pvt Merlin A. Sager of Savanna with fall wedding planned in Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadetta Waddick
James Waddick
Dubuque
Charles M. Vaccaro
Louis Vaccaro
Savanna
St Raphael's Cathedral
Gene Horch
Cedar Rapids
Bart Wiedner
Clarence Zahina
Jake Vaccaro
Thelma Wurster
Jacob Glen Getz
Champaign
Charles Wurster
Zion
Jacob G. Getz
Mr. Getz
Charles J. Schaal
Mt. Carroll
Gladys
Merlin A. Sager
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Ralph Sager
Schoal
Soil District Election Set for October 11
Carroll County voters in the newly formed Soil Conservation District will choose five directors from eleven nominees on October 11. Nominees include C. V. Butterbaurd Lanark R. C. Carson Savanna Earl Keim Edwin Keim Charles Kessler Clarence Van Buskirk Wallace Williams Mt Carroll Lester Kruse Lanark Henry Miller Julius tath Edward Simon Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Soil Conservation District
C. V. Butterbaurd
Lanark
R. C. Carson
Savanna
Earl Keim
Edwin Keim
Charles Kessler
Clarence van Buskirk
Wallace Williams
Mt. Carroll
Lester Kruse
Henry Miller
Julius Tath
Edward Simon
Mrs Paul Beck Honored At Bride's Shower In Savanna
Mrs Paul Beck of Savanna formerly Jeanne Helm was guest of honor at a post nuptial miscellaneous shower Thursday evening hosted by Mrs H F Zugschwerdt. Friends and relatives including Mesdames C M Kingery R C Dial C R Way Oscar Daehler Besse Humbert Annette Clement F W Zugschwerdt Arthur Miller S J Smith George Daehler Herbert Spealman Louis Zugschwerdt Riley Temple D H Spealman Albert Hartman Elizabeth Senneff W J Quest Don Harris D H Rahn W H Smith Arthur Frommelt W J Schreiner Hilda Helm K C Whitney and Miss Alice Swartz attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Beck
Savanna
Jeanne Helm
H. FE. Zugschwerdt
Louis Zugschwerdt
Riley Temple
D. H. Spealman
Albert Hartman
Elizabeth Senneff
W. J. Quest
Don Harris
D. H. Rahn
W. H. Smith
Arthur Frommelt
W. J. Schreiner
Hilda Helm
K. C. Whitney
Alice Swartz
Aged Home to Move to Chadwick with New Opening
The home for the aged run by Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hall will relocate to Chadwick on October 1 and open October 15 to accept residents. It will occupy a nine room modern house owned by Mrs Edna Shilling, two blocks east of Main Street. Mr and Mrs Don Asay and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lake Flickinger at Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo Fa
Wilbur Hall
Chadwick
Edna Shilling
Main Street
Mrs
Don Asay
Lake Flickinger
Lanark
Father and sons saved from blaze at Mt Carroll home
Oliver Davis and his two young sons were rescued from a bedroom after a kitchen fire blocked the only exit. Neighbors alerted firefighters. Davis and the children were carried to safety through a window. The elder boy was treated at a Freeport hospital. Davis suffered head and shoulder burns and smoke inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Davis
Mt. Carroll
Ward Neusehwanger
Donald Dickinson
Guy
Charles Neuschwanger
Darrell Holman
Davis
Freeport Hospital
Minnie Warfield
Savanna Hospital
Carroll County to discuss county school survey panel
School board members from Carroll county will meet tomorrow evening in Mt. Carroll to consider forming a county school survey committee under a new state law. Presiding will be L FE Brudi. Local boards in Whiteside and Winnebago counties already rejected the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Carroll High School
L. FE. Brudi
Whiteside
Winnebago
Three Hurt in Auto Crash Near Savanna Viaduct
Three persons suffered minor injuries Sunday at 5:30 p m when two cars collided at the north approach of the Milwaukee railroad viaduct in Savanna. Mrs Charlotte Osburn her daughter Carol and Mary Aice Wheeler of Thomson received cuts and bruises and were treated at Savanna hospital. All were in a car driven by Harris Osburn. the other car was driven by Arlan Rasmussen of Ashton. Front ends of both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Charlotte Osburn
Carol
Mary Aice Wheeler
Thomson
Savanna Hospital
Harris Osburn
Arlan Rasmussen
Ashton
Milledgeville Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths and Memorials
Funeral services were held for Fanny Cheeseman 68 at South Elkhorn church with burial in South Elkhorn cemetery. Also named were deaths of Savanna engineer Leonard Johnson 71 and Milledgeville figures August Frederick 68 and Mary Bird McKay 56, detailing survivors and service notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Fanny Cheeseman
South Elkhorn Church
W. S. Feldwisch
BE. ¥. Knapp
Lanark
South Elkhorn Cemetery
Carroll 4-H Youths Excel at Clinton Show
Carroll county 4-H youths earned ten blue ribbons eleven red ribbons and eight white ribbons at the Quad County 4-H club baby beer show in Clinton though none captured grand or reserve champion. Richard Zuck Lanark won a Shorthorn calf to reach the grand championship final, after prior titles at Carroll 4-H roundup and Freeport sectional fair. Judges praised the top six beeves as the year's best, led by two Town rivals Glenn Mommsen Miles and Jack Wilkinson DeWitt winning the grand and reserve championships with Angus and Hereford stock respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Quad County
Clinton
Richard Zuck
Lanark
Zuck
Freeport
Carl A. Oldson
Ames
Glenn Mommsen
Miles
Jack Wilkinson
DeWitt
Mommsen
Angus
Wilkinson
Zack
Eight Carroll County youths report for army induction training
Eight Carroll county youths left Mt Carroll by train at 5 15 am Wednesday to report for induction under the selective service act in Chicago. The list includes Russell E Lego Vernon F Stoner Chadwick Donald R Lindsay Alfred Schaal Lanark William T Heffelfinger Milledgeville Joe L Durfey Raymond A Senneff Wayde A Hartman Savanna Robert Rooney transferred to St Paul Homer Byers Shannon enlisted in the air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago
United States Army
Mt. Carroll
Russell E. Lego
Vernon F. Stoner
Chadwick
Donald R. Lindsay
Alfred —. Schaal
Lanark
William T. Heffelfinger
Milledgeville
Joe L. Durfey
Raymond A. Senneff
Wayde A. Hartman
Carroll D. A. R. Chapter Opens Season Monday
Carroll chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened the fall season with a Monday session at the home of Mrs. D. Wolfe in Savanna. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. J. B. Schreiter and Mrs. Wallace Wolfe. Miss Mary Elizabeth Weyer of Frances Shimer College faculty spoke.
Savanna Hosts Blackhawk Firefighters Meeting
Savanna firemen host the Blackhawk Fire Fighters association gathering with Carroll County and three nearby counties. A 7:30 fish supper precedes a business session, entertainment, and social program led by committee chair John Shaner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Firemen
Blackhawk Fire Fighters Association
Carroll
John Shaner
Isaiah White, Carroll Native, Dies in Houston
Isaiah White 79 a Carroll county native died Saturday in Houston Texas where he had lived for over a year. His body returned to Mt Carroll for funeral services held Wednesday at Frank's funeral home and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. He was born in the Zion community northeast of Savanna and long lived in Savanna. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Roy Adams and grandson Bernard Adams of Houston plus two sisters Mrs Hattie Williamson and Mrs Millie Ross both of Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Leonard Johnson
Milwaukee Railroad
Fuller Funeral Home
H. J. Rendall
Presbyterian
Maple Cemetery
Kirkland
Mr. Johnson
Sven
Katherine Haig Johnson
Byron
Myrtle Burnham
Dorothy Johnson
Set. Sewart Johnson
Tallahassee Air Base
Fla
Charles
Maywood
Gust
Stillman Valley
John Kelsen
Indian Head Tavern
St. John's Catholic Church
G. A. O’brien
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque
Luxembourg
Germany
United States
W. E. Kretz
Saanna
Milledgeville
Frederick
Trinity Lutheral Church
R. C. Shawl
Bethel Cemetery
Merle Miller
Ivory Palaces
Roe Dennis
O. A. Allen
Henry Jones
Seth Hutchinson
George Bardell
Richard Schreiner
Clyde Mullen
Bernard Maberry
Oldenberg
Ben
Mary Frederick
America
Coleta
Trinity Lutheran Church
George McKay
T. S. Cleworth
Savanna Cemetery
Mary Bird
Moravia
James Bird
Robert Johnson
Ruth McKay
Chicago
James
Wallace
Idaho
Isaiah White
Carroll County
Houston
Tex
Mt. Carroll
Frank
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. White
Zion
Roy Adams
Bernard Adams
Hattie Williamson
Millie Ross
Cartroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Taxpayers’ Association
Court House Briefs
Ordnance Depot
Frank Switzer
Stephen Switzer
Fair Haven Township
Joseph P. Weber
Wm. Myers
Guy J. Mackey
York Township
Thomas H. Kustes
Eugene P. Murray
Fred Peters
Joe Larson
Ite Switzer
Rock Creek-Lima
Edward W. Rahn
Wm H. Beattie
Harold H. Manning
Nathaniel Martz
Louis B. Diehl
Salem Earl D. Keim
Roy Nycum
Merlyn Schreiner
John W. Richter
Earl C. Burkholder
Wysox-Elkhorn Grove
Henry P. Rahn
Harold E. McCleary
Dart F. Fogel
Glenn Millhouse
Melville McKean
Cherry Grove-Shannon
Howard G. Woessner
Clinton R. Plock
Kenneth Winters
Charles A. Krugjohann
D. Roy Moll
Freedom Freeman H. Law
Harl Johnston
John Zillhart
Frank Rausch
Phineas D. Bashaw
Mount Carroll
William Lundy
Daniel C. Weidman
Lawrence Boothby
Howard Sack
Savanna-Washington
Wurster-Getz
Bride’s Shower
Home For Aged
Blaze
Mr. Cheeseman
Elkhorn Grove Township
John Pollock
Morton Kroh
Gerald Shellhouse
John Weeheler
Ben Duffey
Mra
A. E. McClain
Jessie Meyers
E. Y. Knapp
Elizabeth Overholser
Old Rugged Cross
Fanny Benedict
Bessie Sehryver
Jessie Quest
Harry W. Cheeseman
Bert Cheeseman
Warren Benedict
Low Moor
Stephen Coleman
Jasper Giddings
Ayr
Neb
Anna Beatty
Sannta Monica
Calif
Cheeseman
South Elkhorn Methodist Church
August Frederick
Lois
Joe
Fred Rath
Earl Delp, Jr
Fred
Lois Rath
Robert Miller
Kenneth Blakeslee
Light Angus
Loren Martz
Don Zier
Heavy Angus Red
White
Donald Rahn
Leland Zier
Charles Guenaler
LeRoy Prins
Arnold Zuck
Wallace Warner
Charles Guenzler
Jacob Geerts
Bernard Diehl
Arnold Reiff
Charles Hartman
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