Opening Day Fishing Draws Mix of Locals and Visitors
At Cheetum's pond east of town opening day drew Gus Roggendorf Myron Tibbits Bob Lewis Virgil Wilt Bud Wilt Rusty Kenyon and others guiding foreigners through fishing basics. The area hosts dense trout and easy limits while locals observe boats cars and a lively parade of town life including a charity dinner and upcoming Junior class show Here Comes Charlie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Luis Vives
Gus Roggendorf
Myron Tibbits
Bob Lewis
Virgil
Bud Wilt
Rusty Kenyon
Cheetum’s
Cheetem
Mary Louise Busz Becomes Bride of Maurice A Bolhous
Fulton Illinois wedding reports Mary Louise Busz marrying Maurice A Bolhous in a double ring ceremony at the bride's home. The couple, in matching neutral gabardine suits, exchanged vows before close family. They honeymoon in Miami Beach and will reside in Fulton after return. Maurice is son of Garrett Bolhous, with brother Clarence Bolhous of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Ill
Mary Louise Busz
Maurice A. Bolhous
William Busz
H. J. Rendall, Morrison, II
Gloria Wiersema
Warren Wiersema
Miami Beach
Fla
Maurce
Garrett Bolhous
Thomson
Clarence Bolhous
Women’s clubs hold spring conference in Milledgeville
The annual spring conference of Women’s clubs met at the Brethren church in Milledgeville beginning at 9 30 a m. Opening programs featured Mrs Vernon Todd Rev Mr White Mrs Ralph Spanogle Milledgeville president and Mrs C Sumner Carrow Savannah county president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brethren Church
Milledgeville
Vernon Todd
Milledgevile
Mr. White
Ralph Spanogle
C. Sumner Carrow
Savanna
Ray Hinebaugh
Carroll
Ray Polhill
David Crouse
Mi'ledgeville High School
Bryson Chastain
Dixon
Brendon Kneale
Frances Shimer College
Thank you for flowers cards gifts and visits
Alice Groharing thanks friends for flowers cards gifts and visits during illness in a brief personal note dated 4 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Groharing
Card of Thanks from Mrs. John Ashpole
Mrs. John Ashpole expresses gratitude to friends for cards letters and flowers during hospitalization and after returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ashpole
Bereavement Note for Arthur Robison Family
The Robison family thanks friends relatives and neighbors for kindness after the death of husband and father Arthur Robison. They also thank the pastor pallbearers and donors of cars and all who assisted. Edith Robison Donald Robison and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Robison
Edith Robison
Donald Robison
Duck hunt tale and missing Hebeler kin teased in column
A fragment notes an English water spaniel import and Linda's duck hunting with Butch, who gets angry at misses. It also mentions five Hebeler boys with the fifth still unfound and teases a forthcoming column about Neena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Linda
Butch
Mr. Reader
Neena
Will Appea
Illinois dairy extension names February 1948 butterfat winners
C. S. Rhode and J. G. Cash announce state winners in February 1948 butterfat production. Leslie Durward of Thomson Carroll county produced 47.8 pounds for the month and farms near Argo-Fa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Rhode
J. G. Cash
University of Illinois
Leslie Durward
Thomson
Carroll County
Mr. Durward
Argo-Fa
Church Services Invite People to Easter Message
Thomas S Cleworth pastor leads Sunday worship on April 11 with church school at 10 a m and communion elements. The new Ezekiel based lesson titled The God of the Communion, His Presence in Nature will guide the service at 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Cleworth
Church School
Ezekiel
James W. Gillespie
Herbert St. Ores
Gillespie
Ivan Carroll
Dorothy Carroll
Sunday School and Worship at Thomson and Argo Churches
Thomson and Argo churches announce worship services for Sunday. Catholic Thomson holds Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11 with a sermon on living our religion. Argo offers 7:30 pm devotional service with full color pictures and a theme honoring the beauty of the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Argo
Mary Cone
Mary Brewster Hollister
China
Mission Board
Shall We Remodel The High School The Vote
Opinion piece arguing for a $40 000 bond issue to renovate York Community High School over ten years. Proposes library and laboratory upgrades, class rooms instead of a single assembly space, new lockers and gym enhancements, kitchen for large events, and a community center role to attract students and keep Thomson connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleges
Universitis
York Community High School
Board of Education
Downstair
Theorth
Thomson
York Community high to stage Here Comes Charlie play
On Friday April 9 the junior class at York Community high school presents Here Comes Charlie a three act comedy with special music and two interludes. Larry Elliott played by John Elliott lives with his aunt Mrs Farnham played by Helen Creighton and a plot of guardianship humor unfolds as a mountaineer child enters the story leading to romance and mistaken wedding schemes with Vivian Smythe Kersey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community High School
Charlie
Larry Elliott
John Elliott
Larry
Uncle Aleck
Ken Gabling
Mortimer Smythe-Kersey
Robert Heusinkveld
Mrs. Adams Hosts Birthday Dinner for Husband
Mrs. W A Adams entertained Sunday at dinner in honor of her husband W A Adams. Guests included their daughter Arlyn of Chicago, Mr and Mrs E O Hemmer, and a niece Doris Weitkamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Adams
Arlyn
Chicago
E. O. Hemmer
Doris Weitkamp
Trout Rearing Progress Report Shared With Carroll County Sportsmen
Carroll county area sportsmen heard a Whiteside Sports club update on trout rearing methods at Thomson High School. Clyde Westlake Lyle Everist and Lee Whistler described stocking streams with fingerlings and releasing adult fish, noting rainbow trout vanish after freshets while browns stay local. Carl Wiersema showed film of rearing pools and 18 inch trout catches, and participants discussed Carroll county pool sites. LeRoy Prins returned to Pella after visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs Albert Prins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Thomson
Whiteside County
Whiteside
Thomson High School
Clyde Westlake
Lyle Everist
Lee Whistler
Carl Wiersema
LeRoy Prins
Pella
Mrs
Albert Prins
Paper Drive Aims To Buy Canyon Camp Refrigerator
Scoutmaster H M Elliott asks for paper donations from April 24 to fund a new walk in refrigerator for Canyon Camp. Residents urged to save all usable paper from house cleaning and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon Camp
H. M. Elliott
Change of Partners In Firm At Lanark
The Schreiner and Zuck firm has changed hands and will now operate as Schreiner & Carbaugh. Harlan Carbaugh purchased Floyd Zuck's interest and will run a wheel alignment service from a new building north of Lanark highway. The new facility will showcase Minneapolis Moline farm equipment Frigidaire appliances and other lines with construction starting this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreiner and Zuck
L. C. Schreiner
Floyd Zuck
Schreiner & Carbaugh
Harlan Carbaugh
Lanark
Mr. Zuck
Carbaugh
Lotz P
Minneapolis-Moline Farm
Zueck
York Town approves 1948 49 tax levy and budget
The annual Town Meeting in York Township at Thomson Village Hall approved the budget and appropriation ordinance for 1948 49. The town levy for town officers elections town hall expenses and cemetery maintenance was set with a library tax of 6 mills per dollar. Arthur W. Pape was re elected cemetery trustee for a three year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Thomson
Town Board of Auditors
Arthur W. Pape
Trojans Turn To Track Practice For Upcoming Meets
Coach Munson’s Trojans have shifted to track for three weeks and will contest two dual meets and the conference meet. A large turnout trains daily for events including sprints, distance, jumps, and throws. Two relay squads will be formed from juniors seniors and from freshmen sophomores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson
Trojans
Pickens
Smith
Heusinkveld
Young
Stearns
Hartman
Gablin
Dykstra
Bull
Root
Elliott
Entertain At A Whist Party At Home
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Kustes Jr. hosted a court whist party at their home on Friday evening April 2. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Murray Mr. and Mrs Hobart Holland Mr. and Mrs Robert Carrol Mr. and Mrs Harold Brown Mr. and Mrs Charles Kettler and Miss Esther Schmaling. Hobart Holland was high prize winner and Mrs Harold Brownlow. Refreshments were served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kustes Jr
Eugene Murray
Hobart Holland
Robert Carrol
Harold Brown
Charles Kettler
Esther Schmaling
Harold Brownlow
Spencers Celebrate 19th Wedding Anniversary With Friends
Mr and Mrs Charles Spencer entertained Saturday evening for their 19th anniversary. Dancing and music by Mr Spencer's brothers accompanied refreshments of sandwiches cake and coffee. Guests hailed from Thomson Savanna Rock Falls Sterling and Camanche Ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Charles Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Thomson
Savanna
Rock Falls
Sterling
Camanche
Brooklyn Couple Spends Weekend in Morrison Area
Mr and Mrs Donald Bull and son of Brooklyn New York were Sunday night and Monday guests in the Charles Bissens home near Morrison. Mr and Mrs Leonard Feldt and children were Sunday dinner guests in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Valk at Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bull
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Bissens
Morrison
Leonard Feldt
Frank Valk
Fulton
Local hospital notes indicate several Clinton patients
Mrs. Donald Robison of Mt Carroll underwent major surgery at Jane Lamb hospital in Clinton Iowa. Wm Griswold, a surgical patient at Jane Lamb hospital, Clinton, was dismissed Saturday. Mrs Bruce Groharing has returned home from Jane Lamb hospital Clinton after an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Robison
Mt Carroll
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Wm. Griswold
Bruce Groharing
Burlington seeks permission to drop seven passenger trains
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad petitions the Illinois Commerce Commission to discontinue temporarily Nos. 51 and 62 between East St. Louis and Savanna and to abandon permanently the service. It cites losses over 120000 a year on Nos. 51 52 lines and over 125000 a year on Nos. 1 52 lines while noting trains Nos. 47 and 48 will continue. Information on hearings available from ICC secretary or C W Krohl Burlington assistant solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington and
Burlington
Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
The
Commerce Commission
C. W. Krohl
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Birth Announcement for Hook Jr. in San Francisco
Mr and Mrs Albert Hook Jr of San Francisco California announce the birth of a son. The event adds a new family member reported by the local paper for community records and social news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hook Jr
San Francisco, Calif
Vote Saturday on Tax Increase for York Community High
Residents of York Community High School District 201 vote Saturday April 10 on raising the educational tax levy from 0.50 to 0.75 percent. The special election runs noon to 7 p.m. at Thomson Village Hall, concurrent with the regular school board election. Rising operating costs prompted the request, a move common in nearby districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community High School
Board of Education
Thomson
Local Social Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Town
Sunday afternoon callers included Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stage at the Henry Lohmeier home and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright of Clinton. Weekend guests were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Cate with Mervin Marshall, and Sunday dinner at the Al bert Prins home hosted by multiple couples from Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stage
Henry Lohmeier
Joe Wright
Clinton
Merle Cate
Mervin Marshall
Albert Prins
Dave Geerts
Gerald Ammon
Paul Geerts
Albany
Peter Dyke
Donald Dyke
Morrison
Clara Switzer
Ray Brenneman
Guy Brown
Harriett and
Gordon
Gerald Brown
Sunday Socials Bend Around Morrison Area
Mrs Pearl Gilson and Deanna visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Carl Robinson. In the afternoon they joined the Robinsons and Dean at Blackhawk Village. Sunday dinner guests at Henry Young Sr home included the Bissens Bull and Feldt families from Morrison Brooklyn N Y and Elmer Goodenough a Morrison hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Gilson
Deanna
Clinton
Carl Robinson
Gilson
Dean Robinson
Russell Lego
Blackhawk Village
Henry Young Sr
Charles Bissens
Morrison
Donald Bull
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eugene Bull
Leonard Feldt
Elmer Goodenough
Morrison Hospital
John Halfman, Jr
Lowe Hall
Mt Carroll
Willis Greeley
Maria
Wayne Ashby
Clarence Bolhous
Maurice Bolhous
Fulton
Guy Brown
Harriet
Ray Rupple
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Adams
Adeline Graharing
George McGinnis
Clarence Appel
Judy
Shirley Gordon
Dorothy
Yvonne North
Hazel Schroth
Nancy Wilt
Ernest Tousley
Norm French
Ruth Smaltz
Eugene Flack
Savanna High School
Jack Marcum
Mullen
Diana Dieh
Carolyn Marshall
Oscar Kraft
Earl
Don Kaufman
Chadwick Recreation
Don
Champaign
Legion Auxiliary
Starr’s
William Reader
Wilbur Reader
Mrs. Reader
Snooks
Penny
Gladys Holman Thompson
Gladys
York
Methodist
Toby
Johnny
John Mee Jane
Arla St. Ore
Molly
Ruth Bielema
Dave
Jonnie Starr Mortimer
Gordon Brow
Betty Lou
Mary Hou Zen
Leroy Zen
Harvey
Esther Bielema
Mr. Phelps
Ray Holloway
Geraldine Fair
Arla
Sandridge
Noah Sweitzer
Curtis St. Ores
Andridge
F. Holman
Holman
Paul McGinnis
Melvin Ham
Hans BusBauer
Detroit
Mich
Dan
D. Lyon
Wesley Sack
Ed Andring
Bayard Lewis
Ralph Stearns
Roy Houghton
Harry Diehl
Baptist Church
Argo Fa
Harry Gaar
Christ Arose
Amy Lewis
Ruby Schmal
Marjorie Peters
Janet Morgan
Lou Moyer
Kathryn Cooper
Mary Green
Mary Hook
Saved By Grace
Edith Gaar
John Hook
Vern Kaufman
Clarence Cooper
Edna Carroll
Ruby Schmaling
Cora Kaufman
Ruby Green
Mary Wall
Tillie Harney
Roseal
Charles McGinty
Harney
Baptist Ladies Aid
Ladies of the Baptist Act
Robert Carroll
Bazaar Committee
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