German Valley Bulletin from German Valley, Illinois (2024)

April 30, 1948

Publication:

German Valley Bulletini

Location:

German Valley, Illinois

Issue Date:

Friday, April 30, 1948

Page:

5

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GERMAN VALLEY BULLETIN' GERMAN VALLEY ILLINOIS ANNUAL STATEMENT STATE ILLINOIS 88 Stephenson County OICE VILLAGE TREASURER The following is a statement by Annie Taft Treasurer of the Vil lage of Orangeville in the County and State aforesaid of the amount of Public unds received and disbursed by her during the iscal year ending on the 20th day of April 1948 showing the amount of Public unds on hand at the Commencement of said iscal year the amount of Pub lic funds received and from what sources received the amount of Pub lic funds expended and for what pur poses expended during said fiscal year ending as aforesaid The said Annie Taft being duly sworn doth depose and say that the following statement by her subscrib ed is a correct statement of the amount of Public funds on hand at the commencement of the fiscal year above stated the amount of Public funds received and the sources from which received and the amount ex pended and purposes for which ex pended as set forth in said statement ANNIE TAT Village Treasurer Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of April A 1948 CHAS CONER Notary Public UNDS RECEIVED AND ROM WHAT SOURCES RECEIVED 1947 1948 Amount of Public unds on hand 'at the conunence ment of the iscal year com mencing the 16 th day of April 1947 $221289 Received from Corporation tax 423459 Liquor Licenses 100000 Water Rents 211852 Use of Sewer sticks 550 Water Connections to City' watermains 53500 Economy Ins Co for broken light globe 850 County Highway cost main tenance High Orange 2nd St 4 32751 Ill Municipal League Tax Coll 3901 ines 3500 Other Money Received 38230 Total Money received frotm all sources $1089882 UNDS EXPENDED AND OR WHAT PURPOSES EXPENDED 1947 2 5 Salaries of Village Board $25000 Salary of Village Treas urer 2500 Pajd 3 election judges 750 Paid 3 election clerks 750 Lewis Cantriil 12 months salary other items 109353 I NU Co light power service 65295 Arthur Bertalot labor 21913 Wagner Hardware Mdse and labor 18311 Reeser Ins Bond 2000 Associated Publishers Printing etc 2570 State Bank of reeport Bond and Int 106000 Neptune Meter Co Meters Repairs 10000 Badger (Meter Co Meter 1591 Clow Sons Pipe Valves ittings 54390 Don Morse parts and re pairs on siren 4734 Waited Pinnow crushed rock gravel hauling) 14875 Mid State Corp recharg era 979 A Phillips Workmen Comp Ins 9150 Perfection Blanlf Co Legal Blanks 100 Ray Askey Crushing Cement 1500 Chas Confer Law book Stationery in cidentals 3776 Crescent Electric Co Mdse 1850 Ill Municipal League Membership Service 1407 Buckeye Township Blad ing Snow 2400 Robert Schmelzle Legal Service 2000 Neiman Sidewalk Grade 5700 Stoltz iremens Supper 2600 A Darley Co Police Badge 220 reeport Machine Co Thawing Pipe 1500 Collector of Internal Rev Men Women APPLY OR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT AT i 1 BURGESS BATTERY CO AUCTION SALE URNITURE Not being able to rent another home we are moving into house trailer and forced to sell all of the following at our residence locat ed one block east of Shell oil stationHwy 2 in Byron III and one block south on SATURDAY MAY 8 rf AT 1:30 4 2 piece blue wool frieze parlor suite upholstered rocker near ly new oil burner overstuffed platform rocker spinet desk and chair Truetone radio table model Kroehler bedroom suite twin beds box springs innerspring mattress dresser with large plate glass mirror and chest of drawers This suite is new 9x12 wool rug and pad poster bedroom suite dresser single bed and vanity' congoleum rug 6x9 congoleum rug nine piece walnut din ing room set kitchen cabinet kitchen chairs Deluxe Pyrofax stove 6 ft refrigerator lamps tables mirrors and pictures 93 piece set of dishes day bed with mattress kitchen utensils jars and dishes ladders tool chest some tools extension plank papering tools Just a lot of articles not here list ed All of the above merchandise is new or just as good as new and in very clean condition TERMS CASH No property to be removed until settled for sale day EpWARD GOUKER Owner JOHN MAAS Auctioneer i fade Am forced to sei! out my entire dairy herd at the farm located 2 miles south of Seward on blacktop road and one mile west Coun ty line road One mile south of German Valley and five miles east on county line road Seven miles north of Leaf River and two miles east on 1 THURSDAY MAY NJ AT 1:30 15 HEAD DAIRY 15 head of good hifch producing rich milking dairy cattle Registered Guernsey cow five years old open Registered Guernsey cow 6 years old will freshen Sept 11 Two Shorthorn cows first calf due to freshen Sept 17 and 30 Holstein heifer fresh with first calf open Holstein cow second calf due to freshen Sept 28 Guernsey and Jersey first calf heifer due to freshen Oct 16 Guernsey cow first calf due to freshen Sept 10 Guernsey cow first calf open Shorthorn heifer calf 19 months open Two Holstein heifer calves 16 moo old open Reg istered Guernsey calf 13 mos Guernsey bull calf four moo old purebred from high producing cow and purebred sire Universal milker year old pump motor and pipeline for seven cows Hog waterer and hog feeder Kitchen range in very good shape AH of the dairy herd is and Bangs tested in good flesh all straight If you are in the market for good cream and butter cows you will find them here THORPS USUAL EASY Buy what you like give your own note No questions asked CECIL WICKES Owner JOHN MAAS Auctioneer ROY CUKEMAN Clerk enue withholding tax 7560 Byron Transit Co freight 2460 Orangeville armers Co op Coal 6790 Rote Lumber Co lumber and Mdse 1751 Orangeville Service Sta tion gas oil 1414 Moore Mdse 194 Lyle Rinehart Polarine 349 Ill reight 481 Lester Rahorn Draying Sand trip to Rockford 8560 Ill Express 240 Buckeye Ins Co Ins 2720 Earl Schultz labor 1743 Jack Noble labor 600 Schmerse labor 1250 Clark Hoot labor 100 John Dunaway labor 800 Leo Babler labor and jeep use 600 Harley Zimmerman labor 200 Gilbert Abraham mower repair 425 Lyden Lenker labor 100 Total amount expended $511496 RECAPITULATION Total Receipts $1089882 Total Disbursem*nts 511496 Balance on Hand $578386 Audited April 16 1948 and found correct Auditing Committee Roy Hefty Reuber Babler Davis News Items COUSIN DIES Mrs Rosa Hauser of Rock City has received word of the death of the hus band of her cousin Mrs Lilly Schmidt Mr Schmidt August was 82 years old He died April 5 He is survived by his widow and two daughters He and Mrs Schmidt nee Miss Lilly Hagemann were married at Rock Grove eb 19 1891 He was buried at the Prairie Home cemetery Waukesha Wis Mr and Mrs Emerson Hofmeister and daughter Gay were guests Sunday at the Alvin DeGunther home in ulton Those of the Davis Chapter 470 who attended the initiation ceremony at Durand included Mr and Mrs Walter Horstmeier Rock City Mr and Mrs Harvey Rosen gren Mrs Alice Wise Mrs Dollie Breneman Mrs Esther Helmts Mrs Clara Crone Mrs Marion Hunte and 1 I Mrs Helen Swann2 Mr and Mrs Press of Chicago spent last Wednesday evening and Thursday at the Marion Hoover home Robert Ditzler and John Mulhall students at Naperville were week end guests at their respective homes here Mr and Mrs rank Thomas of reeport Mr and Mrs loyd Thomas and daughter of Topeka Kan were guests last Wednesday of Henry Tielkemeier ourteen members of the Davis Re bekah lodge attended the initiation ceremony at reeport Tuesday eve ning Mrs Matilda Keister is visiting her aaugnter Mrs Alfred Stuckey near Monroe Mr and Mrs Royal Eichenberger and daughter Mr and Mrs Alvin Beck and family spent Sunday eve ning in Beloit Mr and Mrs Christopher Oakley of Durand called on Mrs Edna Gund erson Monday Mr and Mrs Philip Schwalb ree port called at the John Schmitt home Sunday evening iMiss Mary Gunderson of Orange ville and Mrs Edna Gunderson were at Brodhead Wis Sunday Mr and Mrs John Nyman MrsGertie Meyers Mrs Anna Whitcomb and Mrs Lena Deininger of Monroe Wis called at the John Hessenthaler Sr home Sunday afternoon Dr and Mrs Harris Beck of Mason City were guests Thursday of Rev and Mrs A Bishop Rev Beck is pastor of the irst Methodist church in Mason City and Mrs Beck Us a cousin of Mrs Bishop Mr and Mrs' rank Smith of RedOak spent Sunday afternoon at the Kurtz home Mrs Widmer is a medical patient at the Deaconess hospital reeport Lewis Haas and Delbert Bunker were guests Monday of Mr brother and father in Shirland Mr and Mrs Robert Patterson were guests Sunday at the Sam rutchey home in Beloit Mr and Mrs Lester iene and daughter of Rock Grove were guests Sunday afternoon of friends and rel atives here Mr and Mrs Hans Jansen drove to Chicago last Tuesday and met his father Jacob Jansen who arrived from Hamburg Germany April 17 He will make his home with his son Mr and iMrs Robert Tielkemeier of Benson visited Henry Tielkemeier riday Mr and Mrs Rudolph Klenz and daughter of Pecatonica spent Sunday at the Charles Beck home Mr and Mrs Marsden Miller and family of Sterling Mr and Mrs John Miller of reeport were guests Sun day afternoon of Miss Elizabeth Bok hof Mrs Clyde Rutter spent the past week in Rockford Mr and Mrs Lester Walters and family of Belvidere called on friends here Sunday evening James Cunningham of Rockford called on old friends and neighbors here Tuesday Mrs Myrtle Larson of Pecatonica and Mrs Dollie Breneman will leave riday for Champaign to attend the Day week end Mrs Oscar Meinert spent Monday with her daughter Mrs Dale Bell who was dismissed from St Claire hospital Monroe last Wednesday Mr and Mrs Kenneth Raymer of Rockford Mr and Mrs Earl Laurge ana son 01 reeport Mr ana Mrs in Raymer and daughter Norma Mr and Mrs Richard Spickler and fam ily were dinner guests Sunday at the Dave Nath home Mr and Mrs A Eyestone of reeport were dinner guests last Thursday at the Rev A Bishop home Mr and Mrs Henry Schonhoven of reeport Mr and Mrs Clarence Meinert were guests Sunday of Hen ry Tielkemeier Mr and Mrs Ralph Benning and son Merle and Mrs Esther Helmta were guests Sunday at the Jones home in Armington Mr and Mrs Oscar Meinert at tended a shower at the Viron Keister home in Beloit Sunday honoring the Keisters' son Victor who will be mar ried soon Mrs Ernest errell Jr New Hav en Conn was an overnight guest at the Robert erris home last Wednes day Mrs Orris Best red Heitkam and Mrs George Larson were in Madison Wednesday to visit Mrs cous in Clinch head and single loop bale ties on hand Get yours before supply is exhausted John Hessenthaler Davis adv Mr and Mrs Martin Lapp of Rock ford spent several days recently with Mrs Louisa Everson Weapons to Church In colonial Virginia each man was required to carry a weapon to church for protection against the Indians How To reeze resh Rhubarb One of the first vegetables to come up in the spring is rhubarb And those young tender stalks that are perfect for freezing Miss Grace Armstrong foods specialist Univer sity of Illinois College of Agriculture warns that important to select top quality rhubarb and to prepare it for freezing as soon as picked Wash the rhubarb thoroughly in cold clean water Do not peel for the color andflavor lie very close to the surface and peeling reduces both Cut the rhubarb into about inch pieces The next step is blanching an im portant step to retain the greatest possible amounts of color flavor texture and nutritive value To blanch weigh one pound of rhubarb into a wire basket or sieve Lower the basket into a kettle with 214 quarts of boiling water Cover the kettle and keep the heat turned on while the rhubarb is blanched for 1 minutes Count the time from the moment the rhubarb is put into thevater At end of 114 minutes remove the basket and plunge it into a large con tainer of cold water or quick cool ing best to do this under a run ning cold water faucet When run ning water is not available use ice water or several kettles of cold water After cooling drain the rhubarb thoroughly and pack at once Seal the container and if possible put it into the freezer or locker immed iately If you make the trip to the locker right away the con tainers can be left in the refrigera tor for a short time They must not be left however longer than three or four hours The temperature of the refrigerator should be between and 45 Crossing between intersections kill ed 3200 and injured 51000 pedestrains in this country in 1947 jay walk! In 1947 2050 persons were killed and 7000 injured walking on rural highways In the country walk on the left shoulder of the road and wear white or carry a light at night! 4000 children under 15 years old were killed in automobile accdeiZs in America in 1947 Innocence is fatal if you drive carefully! See Us or Job Printing! 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