Grade News Notes New Pupils and Eye Tests
First and second grades report a new pupil Gyla Bally from Missouri and new readers Day by Day. Several stories read in Child Library Readers. In third and fourth grades Carl and LeRoy Baity join. six weeks tests and eye exams underway. Eighth graders mostly well. several seventh graders sent notices to see a doctor. Tests continue through tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democracy
Gyla Bally
Missouri
Dream Fairies
Bob Atherton
Merle
Moline
Arkansas
Carl
LeRoy Baity
Fay Ashby
Russell Sikkema
R. S
G. G
R. B
Spoonbill Catfish Caught on Mississippi River Near Thom son
Joe Bennett spotted a large fish in shallow water on Pool 13 and waded in to grab it. He brought ashore a spoonbilled catfish weighing over eight pounds, a rare old time sight on the Mississippi in recent decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Thomson
Joe Bennett
Joe
Thomson Briefs Of Local Social Visits At Weekend Gatherings
Thomson notes list social visits: Mr. and Mrs Otto Switzer attend a Kent school festival with teacher Florence Engelking, a Switzer relation. Californians Lynn Carpenter visit Clinton relatives. families in Morrison, Rock Island, Freeport, Mt Carroll, Ames Iowa. multiple stays, dinners, and weekend trips. Switzers and Demarees host relatives and travel to Stillman Valley. Mrs Morris Hull's family moves to Ames. Stage guests with Smith and Storm households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Switzer
Kent
Florence Engelking
Switzer
Lynn Carpenter
Vallejo
Calif
K. B. Carpenter
Clinton
Frank Badtke
Dorothy Badtke
Rock Island
Herbert Badtke
Morrison
Iva Orcutt
Byron
Glenn Demaree
Wm. Adams
Donald Bradford
Freeport
Ida Frederick
George Bumann
Ross Boylan
Chicago
J. Y. Stickell
Wm. Richter
Mt. Carroll
St. Francis Hospital
Walter
Charles Switzer
Ames
Des Moines
Leonard Stage
Weston Smith
Theo, Storm
Savanna Health Notes and Local Illnesses
Mrs. Olive Smith fell on Savanna Main Street Thursday and cut her head but is improved at home. Mrs. Paul Lewis’s mother is Mrs. Olive Smith. Mrs. Thomas Cheatum is ill with flu at home. Mrs. Luella Gleason broke her arm last Wednesday and stays with her son Russell in Savanna. David Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jenkins of Aurora, is quarantined with scarlet fever and is the Jenkins grandson. John Gaar is recovering from a knee infection at Jane Lamb hospital. Irve Martindale, bedbound, shows slight improvement. Mrs. Frank Lohmeier of Clinton had an appendectomy at Mercy hospital. Miss Mildred Withhart of Savanna recovers after emergency appendectomy at Savona city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Smith
Savanna Main Street
Savanna
Smith
Paul Lewis
Thomas Cheatum
Luella Gleason
Russell Gleason
David Jenkins
William Jenkins
Aurora
Charles Jenkins
John Gaar
Jane Lamb Hospital
Irve Martindale
Frank Lohmeier
Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Mildred Withhart
Savaona City Hospital
Annual Carroll county Music Festival Apr 17 at Mt Carroll
York Community high school musicians under Miss Ritzenthaler prepare for the sixth annual Carroll county Music Festival to be held in Mt Carroll on Friday April 17. Massed bands directed by Russell Harvey and massed choruses led by Spencer Green will feature hundreds of players and singers in a grand evening concert. Admission is thirty cents for adults and high school students not in the event ten cents for grade schoolers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community High School
Spencer Green
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Local coal dealers urge early coal purchases for winter
Thomson Briers and Mr and Mrs Frank Badtke and Mr and Mrs Richard Badtke were supper guests Sunday evening of Mrs Richard Badtke's brother and family, Mr and Mrs Emil Bier at Hillsdale. Local coal dealers Francke and Switzer and Potter Bros. report a good supply on hand and urge customers to fill coal bins now for next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Badtke
Richard Badtke
Emil Bier
Hillsdale
Francke & Switzer and
Potter Bros
Three Elections On Schedule In Next Week In York
York township residents will vote in three elections next week with two school elections on Saturday and the primary on Tuesday, April 14. Grade school polls open Saturday evening in districts and the high school election runs noon to 7 pm Saturday in the village hall. Candidates include incumbents Harry Gaar and Roy Heitman for grade schools and Joe Larson for a vacancy. Myron Tibbits and Chas Hogg seek the two vacancies on the high school district 201 board. Polls open 6 am Tuesday and close 5 pm. Election board members include Judges J J Sheridan Bayard Cole Leonard Stage and clerks Thomas Kustus Clarence Bolhous Henry Strauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Harry Gaar
Roy Heitman
Joe Larson
Myron Tibbits
Chas Hogg
Board of Education of
J. J. Sheridan
Bayard Cole
Leonard Stage
Thomas Kustus
Clarence Bolhous
Henry Strauch
Francke Switzer offer coal. secure next winter’s supply
Francke and Switzer announce several carloads of coal in transit and urge customers to arrange next winter's supply now. News items sought. Mrs. Paul Lewis visits Natchez Colonial homes with the Natchez Garden Club. Jacqueline McGinty to Rockford after staying with grandparents. Local dinner guests include families from Chicago Morrison Fulton Maquoketa Clinton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francke & Switzer
Paul Lewis
Natchez, Miss
Natchez
Charles MacGinty
Garrett Bolhous
Henry Rozeboom
Chicago
John Bolhois
Morrison
Petey Sikkema
Maurice Bolhous
Fulton
Clarence Bolhous
Marilyn
Hattie Rawlins
Vernon Rawlins
M. J. Strukhoff
Paul
C. R. Rogers
Maquoketa
Frank Anderson
Frank Clark
Clinton
Birth Announced for Williams Family in Savanna
Mr and Mrs Wayne Williams of Savanna announce the birth of a baby girl on April 8 in the local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Williams
Savanna
Nason Named Purchase Officer for Sangamon Ordnance Plant
Wayne Nason of Springfield Illinois has been appointed purchase officer and examiner for the Sangamon ordnance plant project near Springfield. He previously worked as a home building engineer with a Davenport firm for five years. Mrs. Nason and family have returned to Springfield after visiting relatives. Nason is the son of Mrs. Mattie Nason of Clinton and nephew of Ely Cochran of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wayne Nason
Springfield
Clinton, Ir
United States Engineers
Sangamon
Nason
Davenport
Martha Smith
Tenth Ave
South
Clinton Herald
Mattie Nason
Camanche Ave
Clinton
Ely Cochran
Thomson
Churches and church notices recap in Argo Fair Haven area
Church announcements describe morning worship and Sunday school schedules across Argo and Fair Haven. New members joined, with several by letter or baptism. Events include a Sunday school social, ladies aid gatherings, and E L C E and C E services led by local pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Leitner
David Switzer
Bruce Groharing
Beverly
Bill Marshall
Jeanne Hogg
Sunday Visit and Dinner Gatherings Around Clinton Area
Sunday gatherings included Mr and Mrs Paul Smith dining with Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and later supper with Louis Schick and daughters Thelma and Irene. Clinton visitors included Mr and Mrs Charles Beck and daughter with his brother in law Mr and Mrs Martin Zimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
Frank Smith
Louis Schick
Thelma
Irene
Charles Beck
Martin Zimmer
Clinton
Hattie Rawlins
Kyle Rawlins
Richard Williams
Joe Kaufman
Harriet
Harold
George Kaufman
Lawrence Beck
Charles Atkins
Savanna
Gilbert Robertson
Lyle Williams
Carol
Nelda Williams
Weston Smith
Wacker
Thomson
Lawrence Welk
Ralph Olds
Charles Jenkins
Albert Machael
Frank Potter
Carrie Gallagher
Dorothy
Fulton
Roy Houghton
Senior class play draws large crowd at Pine Lake
Large attendance fills the auditorium for the senior play Dont Be Bashful. Judy Nancy Ken and the cast receive praise for fine acting amid jokes about Larry eating candy with a fly killer and Nancy hiring a bogus boyfriend to tease Ken Hunt. Visitors from Fulton Morrison and California, music by the sextet and girls chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy
Nancy
Ken
Pine Lake
Sam
Walter
Larry
Ken Hunt
Sam Hunt
Fulton, Morrison
California
Brave Sextet
Navy sailor Bud Bennett to visit family before Norfolk transfer
Donald Bennett, long serving in the U S Navy, arrives Sunday to spend several days with his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Bennett before moving to Norfolk Va where he has been transferred. He has been stationed on the USS Northampton for over four years and will be away about 26 days for the trip from the west coast. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs W A Marshall and others from Rock Falls Sterling Clinton and Rockford. Kay Dodge of Clinton is repairing his recently purchased farm now belonging to the Arnold Alm family. Ernest Smith buys a registered Guernsey bull from John Reusch of Derinda Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bennett
U. S. Navy
Mee Wmn. Bennett
Norfolk
Northampton
Harvey Marshall
W. A. Marshall
Mir. Matsy Wilhite
Rock Falls
Gree Lane
Sterling
Roger Marshall
Clinton
M. G. Marshall
Rockford
Kay Dodge
Arnold Alm
Dr. Durkee
Ernest Smith
John Reusch
Derinda Center
Vote York Tax Levy Tuesday At Annual Town Meeting Here
At the annual town meeting in the village hall residents voted a poor relief levy of five cents per dollar, a 50 percent cut from last year, and town purposes levy near $2900. Officials listed expenses for clerks, assessors, highway, cemetery maintenance, legal service, and contingencies, with few voters attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Board of Auditors
Arthur Pape
Thistle
Mrs K Smit Funeral Held on Saturday
Mrs Kneal Smit 59 of Ustick township died Wednesday April 1 at Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton after six weeks illness. Funeral services were at 1 p m in her Ustick home with Elder Ed Huizenga and at 2 p m in First Reformed Fulton with Dr W H Vandermeer. Burial in Fulton cemetery. Survivors include husband K Smit children John Clara Elmer Corneil Agnes Alice one grandchild sisters Ed Newendyke Newton Klaus Klimstra Fulton brother John Van Zuiden Fulton half brother Louis Pyse Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneal Smit
Ustick Township
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Ustick
Ed Huizenga
First Reformed Church
Fulton
W. H. Vandermeer
E. van Englehoven
Second Reformed Church
Agnes van Zuiden
Fred
Alice Buikema van Zuiden
East Clinton
Garden Plain
K. Smit
Morrison
First Reformed Church of
Houghton
John
Clara
Elmer
Corneil
Agnes
Alice
Ed Newendyke
Newton
Klaus Klimstra
John van Zuiden
Louis Pyse
Sunday Dinner Guests Include Sack Family and Relatives
Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Dan Sack included his parents Mr and Mrs Ed Sack and Ned of Dixon, grandmother M ima Curley of Chadwick and Geo Hicks of Thomson. Additional visits featured Mrs Leonard Porter and daughter Alta, Davenport, and Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson with the Fred Jurgenson home in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sack
Ed Sack
Ned
Dixon
Mimma Curley
Chadwick
Geo, Hicks
Thomson
Leonard Porter
Alta
Porter
Hassen Miller
Davenport
Carl Peterson
Fred Jurgenson
Clinton
Ed French
Jimmy
Walter Reddick
Donald Rogers
Tullahoma
Tenn
Cornelius Nordhoff
Thomas Cheatum
Orrie Rutherford
Betty Swett
Charles Holbrook
Lanark
Carl Daehler
Henry Parsons
Gathered Friends and Family Share Weekend Meals and Visits
Sunday and Monday gatherings centered on Mrs. Helen Wentling with guests including Ernest Tousley and family, C E Tousley and kin, Doris Welker of Dixon, Walter Shanafelt of Morrison, Lyle Shana felt of Clinton, and Harriett Olds of Clinton who later stayed with her grandmother. Multiple calendars show visits by Switzer, Francke, and various Clinton Savanna Morrison and Fulton residents, with Wheaton College student Harriett Olds attending Wheaton IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Tousley
C. E. Tousley
Doris Welker
Dixon
Walter Shanafelt
Morrison
Lyle Shanafelt
Clinton
Lloyd
Cecil
Elsie Tousley
Ralph Olds
Harriett
Helen Wentling
Wentling
Wayne Ashby
Horace Fetterolf
George Stober
Carroll
Emma Steele
Burton Simpson
John Falesnik
Savanna
Hayes Frazier
John Klett
Dubuque
George Ketchum
Ella Stump
Wayne Conrady
Eli Fouquer
Wilbur Conrady
J. F. Brands
Fulton
John de Veres
Ed Turney
Blaine Turney
Clinton, Ia
Harlan Handel and
Glen Turney
Chadwick
Dorothy Turney
Fred Turney
Fail to Decide on Date for Alumni Meet
Adult department reports circulation figures for fiction classed books and magazines while juvenile department records include new receipts for five titles Bambi and Sue Barton novels among others. Grace V. Strauch is librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambi
Salter
Kipling
Sue Barton
Boylston
Grace V. Strauch
Community Club and Lodge Activities Row
A dense notice detailing multiple local clubs. The Woman's Club plans a Thursday meeting with current events and a Washington travel talk by Mrs. Switzer, plus a musical reading by Jacqueline McGinty and an officer election. Argo 500 and Thomson 500 clubs meet with prizes announced. Eastern Star, Argo Home Economics and Woman's Christian Service groups schedule talks, devotionals, and refreshment duties with hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Thelma Schick
Otto Switzer
Washington, D. C
Jacqueline McGinty
Weekend Social Roundup At Carroll Area Homes
Norman French of Davenport studied at the American Institute of Commerce and spent the weekend with his parents. Bruce Burkhart of Sollee III joined the French household as a Sunday guest. Numerous calls and visits occurred across Morrison Freeport Savanna Mt Carroll and Fulton with families including Groharing Dresbach Carroll Holland Stennilsen and Bonjour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman French
American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
N. French
Bruce Burkhart
Sollee Lll
Charles Groharing
Clyde Groharing
Morrison
Fay Groharing
Freeport
Wallace Dresbach
Mary Jean
Lucille
John Carpenter
Janet
Bob
Wayland Bennett
Earl Bennett
Fulton
Lucille Dresbach
Mrs. Wallace Dresbach
Jat
Mt. Carroll
Alumni meeting plans eye May 30 dance program focus
Paul Wilt urges Alumni group members to meet Monday at 8 pm at the high school to decide on a date and format for the annual alumni gathering. An initial meeting lacked turnout so a representative group will decide whether to keep the dance and program while possibly dropping the banquet. Officers this year include Wilt as president and Groharing, Sheridan and St. Ore as vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wilt
Red Cross
Bruce Groharing
Mary Sheridan
Herbert St. Ores
Notable Visitors Report from Local Community
Donald Seiple was here one day recently Frank Rosa was a Tuesday visitor with friends Tom Smith and daughter Hazel were Thursday visitors Bruce Hamilton has a new gar agre Charlie Casselberry of Wacker and Ira Fish of Savanna were April 1 visitors Mr and Mrs A W Pape had supper guests Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Hubert Williams and son Burton of Stockton and Mr and Mrs John Vogel of Morrison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Seiple
Frank Rosa
Tom Smith
Hazel
Bruce Hamilton
Agre
Charlie Casselberry
Wacker
Ira Fish
Savanna
A. W. Pape
Hubert Williams and Son Burton
Stockton
John Vogel
Morrison
Sandridge Minstrel Show Slated for April 16
Students at Sandridge school will stage a minstrel show on Thursday night April 16 at 7 p m The program includes jokes answers and songs with Richard Falls as interlocutor Merle Potter and John Flickinger as endmen Other numbers feature Shirley Valbert Leona Curley Lila Curley Beverly Valbert and a lecture on insects Admission is charged and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
Richard Falls
Merle Potter
John Flickinger
Shirley Valbert
Leona Curley
Lila Curley
Beverly Valbert
Local Families Share Sunday Visits Across Morrison and Savanna
Numerous gatherings highlighted the week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller and families visiting Ida Weber, the Potter and Strubb households hosting kin from Fulton Freeport and Moline, and extended visits among Sack Schipper To bey Kness and other neighbors. Bob Cate prepares to depart Apr 26 for Santa Anna California Air Corps training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Wesley Sack
Ida Weber
Bernie Dykstra
James Schipper
Fulton
Zerita Potter
Freeport
George Potter
Harold Atherton
Suzanne
Moline
William Strubb
E. 0. Hemmer
Gladys Cate
Ray Erling
Clair Tobey
Princeton
Iowa
Henry Rozeboom
Chicago
Rozeboom
Peter Sikkema
Wesley
Forrest Gilson
Port Byron
Nettie Baker
Clinton
Bob Cate
Air Corps
Santa Anna
Calif
George Eissen
Adolf van Oosten
Dixon
Kyle Melendy
Joyce
Savanna
Charles Hogg
Henry Vogel
Morrison
Orrie
Rutherford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson Briefs
Thomson Briers
Wayne Nason
Ordnance Plant
Flnan “Methodist
Chas. McGinty
Emmaus Way
Ploch
Argo
Ladies’ Aid
Geo. Schmaling
Wm. Berge
Paul Farley
Christian Endeavor
Sword
Della Isenhart
C. E
Corzine
Stakemiller
Clarence Appel
Venon
Henry Conrady
John Nordhoff
George Miedema
Bud’ Bennett
Navy
Old Lake
Route 80
Library Report
Girl Scouts
Jackie McGinty
Treasury
Diana Diehl
Eleanor Sterns
Argo 500 Club
Rh. Lewis
Thomson 500 Club
Thomson 500
Ed Andring
Harry Diehl
Carl Johannsen
B. R. Lewis
O. E
Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
Argo Home
Eugene Murray
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Murray
Donald Smith
Mary Cone
Curtis St. Ores
Henry St. Ores
Emma Holland
Robert Carroll
Ivan Carroll
David
Leroy Foltz
Rubert Holland
Harley Stennlsen
Robert Graharing
Paul Bonjour
Harley Chapman
Preston Prairie
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