William Strauch Re-Elected Assessor in Fair Haven
William G. Strauch won re election as assessor of Fair Haven township with 179 votes to 85 for Andrew J. Miller. Other races included Arthur Smith and Ben Rosenberg as constables, Albert Schreiner trustee of schools, Kenneth Whitney town clerk, and Elmer Fink and George E. Coden as justices of the peace. George C. Dixon led the circuit judge race 212 to 43. A total of 268 voters participated, modest for a township contest with no highway posts on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Strauch
Fair Haven Township
Andrew J. Miller
Strauch
Miller
Arthur Smith
Ben Rosenberg
Smith
Rosenberg
Louis F. Reinhold
LOCAL VISITORS AND FRIENDS VISIT AREA FAMILIES
Mr and Mrs Wesley Kness and family visited at Adam Kness home in Argo Sunday evening. John Smith of Hammond Indiana joined Gus Roggendorf home visitors. Shirley Stage of East Lynn visited Flossie Gaar Tuesday afternoon. Philip Switzer and son of Savanna were guests in Francke Switzer home. Betty Cate visited Wesley Kness last Thursday. C A Bielema and Fulton family visited Ralph Hook in Argo Tuesday. Thief Heitman guests were Augusta Thies Marie of Pepin and Elizabeth Horace Heitman of St Paul. Thies and daughter en route to Wisconsin after winter in Texas. Tena Schipper of Clinton spent weekend with Bernie and wife Dykstra. Sherm Oakley of Ideas visited Claude Grim. Chas Bennett family moved to upstairs in Art Atherton building Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Kness
Adam Kness
Argo
John Smith
Hammond
Indiana
Gus Roggendorf
Shirley Stage
East Lynn
Flossie Gaar
Philip Switzer
Savanna
Francke-Switzer
Betty Cate
C. A. Bielema
Fulton
Ralph Hook
Roy Heitman
Augusta Thies
Marie
Pepin
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Heitman
Horace Heitman
St. Paul
Minnesota
Thies
Texas
Tena Schipper
Clinton
Bernie Dykstra
Sherm Oakley
Claude Grim
Chas. Bennett
Morrison
Art Atherton
Main Street
J. Y. Stickell
Vernon Luedeke
Glenda Kay
Freeport
Wilbur Stickell
Rockford
Ralph Olds
Robert Stumbaugh
Clinton, In
Harriett
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Wesley
Lyndon
Harriett Yates
Harrison Wheeler
Guy
Wayne Ashby
Floyd Hyde
Seaton
Jean
H. L. Rawlins
John Rosenberg
Herman Rosenberg
Daniel Reeverts
Byron
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Macomb
Erve Martindale
Irene Martindale
Arthur Gorzney
Hazel Stober
Dorothy Shoemaker
Mt. Carroll
Lewis Josserand
Moline
Esther Campbell
Monroe
Stephen Switzer
Myron Tibbits
Fred Homeden
Don Carpenter
Jane Mitchell
Walter Appel
Fair Haven
Clarence Appel
George Warfield
Richard Clarkson
George Salyer
Ely Cochran
Cecil George
Katherine Hawk
Louis Thompson
Justice Prins
Alvin Reiff
Harry Fisch
Sunday Visitation Notes From Local Homes
Thomson briefs list numerous Sunday visits and social calls across Morrison Mt Carroll Savanna Clinton Wheaton and nearby with residents including the Stumbaughs Lawlers Stumphy Ashby Rawlins Rosenberg and Gorzney among others. Several households host relatives friends and guests from Freeport Rockford Chicago Morrison Mt Carroll and Gifford reflecting a busy social week.
Bill Traum to Speak at April P T A Meeting
Election of officers will be the main business of the evening at the April meeting of the P T A on Thursday April 10. The program includes music by the Boys Glee Club a talk Radio Present and Future by Wm Traum of station WROK Rockford and a vocal solo by Mrs Wm Traum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Traum
Boys’ Glee Club
Wm. Traum
WROK
Rockford
Wm, Traum
Merry Circle Club Meeting Is Held Today
Mrs. Dwight Spealman assisted by Mrs. Harry Spealman will entertain the Merry Circle club today. The program includes a song Follow the Gleam devotions by Mrs. Russell Derver roll call a recent improvement in my home minutes and business Park Ridge and Publicity reports chaired by Mrs. Dorothy Rogers instrumental music by Mission Ridge school children under Mrs. Fred Miller a legislative program led by Mrs. Harry Wise attorney Robert Morris of Lanark will speak poem by Mrs. Dorothy Rogers song When You and I Were Young Maggie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Spealman
Harry Spealman
Merry Circle Club
Russell Derver
Park Ridge
Dorothy Rogers
Mission Ridge School
Fred Miller
Harry Wise
Robert Morris
Lanark
Regular meeting of Black Oak Grange reports refreshments
The Black Oak Grange held its regular meeting last Wednesday evening in the school gym. After the business session, Mrs. John Halfman served refreshments and Mrs. Fred Olson was named to head the refreshment committee for the next gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Grange
John Halfman
Fred Olson
Lanark and Surrounding Area Social Notes
Chadwick briefed relatives from Lanark and Durand as guests visited Mrs. Minnie Turnbaugh. Schreiner and Queckboer families logged weekend visits in Sterling Savanna and Dixon areas. Miss Charlotte Schreiner spent the weekend with Sterling and Lanark relatives. Helen Rutherford returned to Chicago after visiting her mother Lizzie Spinka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Ware
Lanark
Harold Turnbaugh
Minnie Turnbaugh
Bert Schreiner
Sterling
Rock Falls
Everett Schreiner
Lawrence Schuman
Harold Rahn
Durand
Alvin Schneider
Phyllis
Wilma
Charles Deuel
Charles Dauphin
Savanna
Walter Queckboerner
Harve Queckboerner
George Dixon of
Dixon
W. H. Smith
Charlotte Schreiner
Lloyd Schreiner
Helen Rutherford
Chicago
Lizzie Spinka
Readers Letter From Baltimore Soldier Requests Mail
A reader from Baltimore writes home from Camp Leonard Wood in Missouri. He completed a two month auto mechanics course but was quarantined extending his stay by three weeks. He reports receiving diplomas and asks that the Thomson Review be sent to the 6th Signal at Rolla Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Review
Camp Leonard E. ‘Wood
Rolla
Missouri
Eighth Grade to Stage Two Comedy Plays Friday Eve
The eighth grade will present two comedy plays at the high school gym Friday evening April 4. The Pampered Darling is a three act comedy and Whos Crazy Now is a two act comedy with a large cast of students and community members in roles ranging from Connie Gibbons to Paul Rogers and Margaret Smith. The program includes musical interludes and a folk dance performed by various grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Gibbons
Jeanne Hogg
Janet Gibbons
Margaret Smith
Mrs. Perkins
Lucille Prins
Victor Gibbons
James Johnson
Dudley Field
Paul Rogers
Jessie Bacon
Pauline Sikkema
Jay Gaylord
June Groharing
Annabelle Green
Lorraine Young
Gibbons
Norman Evans
Leroy Prins
Floyd Davis
Leroy Goblin
Rudolf von Hapesburger
Donald Frazier
Local Residents Gather for Weekend Visits Across Towns
Mrs Rush Carroll returns home after weeks with the Gelwicks in Milledgeville due to illness among their children. Dixon’s Lyons visit George Weatherwax’s home. Kaufman family from Argo at Savanna with the Miller family. Chase Hogg hosts Vogels Vogel and Vogel of Clinton plus Tucker and Melendy Frosch party from Savanna. Eslinger family from Morrison spend weekend with Will Griswold. Groharing family back from Manaatee Florida. Eslinger from Lanark visits Prins near Savanna. Kopenga of Fulton visits Holesinger at Argo. Prins family from near Savanna in Clinton Monday. Winn Ivey of Mt Carroll calls at H L Rawlins Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville
Gelwicks
Richard Lyons
Dixon
George Weatherwax
Vernon Kaufman
Argo
Lawrence Miller
Savanna
Chase Hogg
Henry Vogel
John Vogel
Morrison
Mike Tucker
Clinton, Ia
Paul Melendy
Cecil Frosch
B. R. Lewis
Everett Eslinger
Eslinger
Justice Prins
Near Savanna
Moniday
Clinton, In
Winn Ivey
Mt. Carroll
H. L. Rawlins
Epa Hook of Fulton Dies at 80
Epa Hook, 80, of Fulton died Thursday at 12:45 PM at his Fulton home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 PM at the First Reformed Church with Dr W H Vandermeer officiating. Burial will be in Fulton Cemetery. He was the father of Ralph, John, Andrew, Eva and Kneale Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epa Hook
Fulton
First Reformed Church
W. H. Vandermeer
Mr. Hook
Ralph
John
Andrew
Eva
Kneale Hook
Churches Continue From Page One In Lent Program Plans
The Community Church invites the public to a Good Friday Union Service on April 11 at 7:30 p m. The Methodist and Community Churches of Thom ym will join in presenting The Even Last Words From the Cross with prayer music art meditation and spoken word in a service under an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Stuber
Community Church
Methodist Ad Community Churches
Thomym
Fair Haven Pastor Reads Holy Week Plan
Paul Farley, pastor, announces Lenten service Thursday at 7 30 p m and Easter play practice at 8 30 p m Palm Sunday worship on April 6 includes Sunday school at 10 a m and a morning sermon at 10 56 a m An Easter play titled The Unlighted You s to be shown at 8 p m Easter Sunday in the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Farley
Monday Evening Guests At Diehl Home
Monday evening supper guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Diehl were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Corey of Savanna. Mr. and Mrs. Claire Tobey of Princeton Iowa were Sunday dinner guests. I A Lewis of Redwood, New York visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. K B Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Diehl
Louis Corey
Savanna
Claire Tobey
Princeton
Jay Erling
I. A. Lewis
Rewood
New York
K. B. Carpenter
Social Roundup From Lanark To Savanna Communities
My and Mrs Chas Sack of Argo spent Monday evening with the Clarence Van Buskirk family near Lanark. Mr and Mrs Art Atherton attended the funeral services for sister-in-law Mrs Will Bonjour in Stockton Monday. Sunday callers in the home of Mrs Sarah Groharing included Rev Ploch of Albany and numerous area families from Chadwick Mt Carroll Savanna Clinton Morrison and Savanna with visits continuing in the Will Griswold home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Chas
Sack of
Argo
Clarence van Buskirk
Lanark
Art Atherton
Merle Atherton
Paul Bonjour
Will Bonjour
Stockton
Sarah Groharing
Ploch
Albany
Glyde Collinson
Chadwick
Wallace Dresbach
L. Dresbach
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Chadwick News
William Strauch
Royal Blue Stores
Wellworth Lye
Sunshine Hi-Ho
N. B. C. Holland Rusk
R. B. Corn
Climax
Thomson Locals
Thomson Exchange
Illinois Utilities
Thomson Briefs
Maggie
Grange
Chadwick Briefs
Baltimore, Md
Yours Truly, Harold Ashpole
Charlie Smooth
Alias the Kidder
Harold Wilt
Abigail Sniffen
Old Maid
Jan ,Groharing
Snowdrop Lablanc
Dancing Pick
Expressman
Sebert Dykstra
Officer Muldoon
Billy King
Professor Timothy Twitters
Harold Schroth
Acts
Cornet
Epa
Clarence Bolhous
York
Tion
Sharpe Carroll
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson
County of
Carroll
State of
Illinois
Kate Cole Whitney
Robert Lewis
A. E. Sheridan
Harry W. Diehl
Arthur W. Pape
Herbert L. St.ores
Henry B. Strauch
Hayes Frazier
J. R. Brenneman
Charles H. Jenkins
Victor
Woo
Francke
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