Local Families Share Sunday Visits Across Towns
Mrs Elmer Hook and daughters visited the Van Kampens in Ful-ton. Wilbur Stiles and family dined with Leonard Porters in Clinton. Welchs dined with Bayard Lewis. Sack visited Ben Rosenberg in Chadwick. John Hook joined Freys in Savanna while Kaufmans gathered with Anna Kaufman in Rockford. Williams and Johnsons visited Clayton Bogart in Moline. Verne Kaufman and sons supped with Elmer Lotz in Lanark. Carrolls spent Friday in Morrison with Vernon Dearinger family. Eslinger and Roger ate with Forrest Eslinger in Lanark. Lloyd Smith Geraldine dined with Ernest Farnsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hook
John van Kampen
Fulton
Wilbur Stiles
Karen
Floyd Stiles
Stiles
Leonard Porter
Clinton
Willard Welch
Bayard Lewis
Charles Sack
Ben Rosenberg
Chadwick
John Hook
Sam Frey
Savanna
Verne Kaufman
Earl and
Ste Ray Kaufman
Lou Moyer
Anna Kaufman
Rockford
Alfred Williams
John Johnson
Clayton Bogart
Moline
Betty Bogart
Elmer Lotz
Lanark
Raymond Carroll
Morrison
Vernon Dearinger
Calvin Eslinger
Roger
Forrest Eslinger
Lloyd Smith
Geraldine
Ernest Farnsworth
War Bond Drive Boosted at High School Sale
The war stamp sale at the grade school declined while the high school sale rose. Students sang group songs on Tuesday noon to support the War Bond Drive and several classes prepared assemblies. The Home Economics club held a Hobo day earning enough to send two delegates to summer camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bay
Grade News Recaps School Activities and Mumps Return
First and second graders received new arithmetic books and learned about Holland with wooden shoes sent by Miss Bird sall's brother. Arthur Allison Hazel S. and Dorothy brought flowers as students express relief after a long winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice St. Ores
Holland
Miss Birdsall
Arthur
Allison
Hazel S
Dorothy
Dean
Roberta
Delores
John Grimm
Hazel Schroth
Thomson Briefs and Community Moves This Week
Senior play dates set for Friday April 13. George Perry left for service Monday. Peter Mickelson of Clinton visiting at John Ashpole home. York Community high election Saturday noon to 7 at Village Hall. Arthur Pape left for Long Beach Calif to spend vacation from Ebner Tower. Numerous visits and gatherings listed among local residents and families in Thomson area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Perry
Peter Mickelson
Clinton
John Ashpole
Hattie Brown
Guy Brown
George Kinney
Albany
Dick Stagg
George Lanning
Tom Hand Jr
Iowa City
York Community High
Arthur Pape
Long Beach
Calif
Ebner Tower
Hazel Stagg
Chicago
William Baker
Morrison
Howard Wiebenga
Quiet Village Election Set for Tuesday
The village vote on April 17 will run 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the village hall with W. A. Adams Delbert Dimmick and Albert Hook as judges and Roy Houghton Faun Strubb and Mabel Strukhoff as clerks. No opposing candidates. a tax-rate raise from 6.71 to 7.87 cents per 1 value is proposed for up to five years. Myron Tibbits aims for village president Kate Cole Whitney for village clerk. Henry Strauch Joe Shutters and Gerald Brown run for trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Adams
Delbert Dimmick
Albert Hook
Roy Houghton
Faun Strubb
Mabel Strukhoff
Myron Tibbits
Kate Cole Whitney
Henry Strauch
Joe Shutters
Gerald Brown
Carroll County Group Inducted In Armed Forces
A Carroll County list shows men inducted into military service across branches. Army inductees include George A. Perry Thomson, Paul R Clevidence Chadwick, Francis C Pauley Mt. Carroll. Navy inductee Leo E Bausman Lanark. Marine Corps inductee Raymond L Cooper Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
George A. Perry
Thomson
Paul R .Clevidence
Chadwick
Francis C. Pauley
Mt. Carroll
Navy
Leo E. Bausman
Lanark
Marine Corps
Raymond L. Cooper
Savanna
Erect New Barn on B L Peck Farm
A new barn to replace the barn burned at the B L Peck farm tenanted by John Halfman is under way. George Daehler of Chadwick holds the contract and uses local labor. He also has a contract to build a large barn on the Pratt farm occupied by Edson Holland. Mr and Mrs Norm French and Mrs Bertha Holland stayed with Mrs Edward Smaltz and her son Jay at Fulton on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Peck
John Halfman
George Daehler
Chadwick
Pratt Farm
Edson Holland
Norm French
Bertha Holland
Edward Smaltz
Son Jay
Fulton
First Meet of Nursing Class Held at York Community Church
The Red Cross nursing class met in the York Community church annex on Tuesday afternoon. Classes will be held twice weekly, Tuesday and Friday, for three weeks. Instructors are Mrs. Robert Allen and Mr. Carroll. Local leaders include Mrs. Hazel Morse home nursing chair, Mrs. Mildred Brach supplies chair with co-chair Mrs. Bertha Grimm. Enrollees include Edith Gaar and Ellen Hogg from Thomson and Janet Morgan, Mildred Hook, Alice Gaar, Ruby Green, Evelyn Welch, Cora Kaufman from Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
York Community Church
Robert Allen
R. N
Carroll
Hazel Morse
Mildred Brach
Bertha Grimm
Thomson
Edith Gaar
Ellen Hogg
Baptist Aid Adds Ten Dollars to War Fund Total
The Baptist ladies aid contributes 10 dollars to the War Fund, raising the overall total to 1251.22 dollars as reported by the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Aid
Red Cross Red Cross
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Mor rison House Auction Sealed For $7180
The sale of Mrs. G. H. Luxton from East Lincolnway Morrison was knocked down Saturday afternoon to Neva Baker for 7180 dollars. Baker bought the property as an investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Luxton
East Lincolnway
Morrison
Neva Baker
Miss Baker
Whiteside County
Church Services and Happenings in Local Faith Groups
The notice lists church services including 9:30 and 10:30 morning times and a 9:45 worship hour led by Rev. Roy Berg. It notes Sunday school at 10:45, a mass at 8:00, and Thomson Methodist service at 6:30 with 10:30 church school. It mentions Ladies' Aid meeting with Mrs Elva Switzer and a Baptist social on April 18 hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles Hogg with assistant hostesses Mr and Mrs Ernest Farnsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Rendall
Ladies’ Aid
Elva Switzer
Baptist Sunday School
Charles Hogg
Ernest Farnsworth
York
Roy Berg
Thomson Methodist
Mrs Eldon Hickey Leaves for Bozeman Trip
Mrs. Eldon Hickey and son Alan with her mother Mrs. John Carroll travel to Bozeman Minnesota to join her husband working there. Mrs. Carroll plans to return within a week. Local families hosted dinners and visits include the Dykstras Tobeys Hein and Witt households. York Township School Trustees met with treasurer Miss Mary Cone and included N. D. French Otto Switzer and Raymond Carroll. Sgt. Leonard Gifford and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lohmeier visited the Johnson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Hickey
Alan
John Carroll
Bozemont
Minn
Carroll
Roy Dykstra
Morrison
Ben Dykstra
Clyde Tobey
DeWitt
Werner Hein
Clinton
Ray Erling
Everett Eslinger
Harold Witt
William Griswold
Ab Hook
Isaac Decker
York Township
Mary Cone
N. D. French
Otto Switzer
Raymond Carroll
Leonard Gifford
Henry Lohmeier
Bert Johnson
Service members news from Chestnut Park and surrounding areas
A compilation of World War II notes mentions Sgt. Burdette L. Miller writing to foster parents about ammunition found in a box shipped from Savanna depot and now in Germany. Other items report William D. Marshall beginning Kings Point training and Marion Olsen’s promotion to Staff Sergeant with combat badges earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Dyson
Chestnut Park
Burdette L. Miller
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Sgt. Miller
Chestnut Park School
Germany
Bargain Bride
A brief theater notice announces a production titled Bargain Bride produced by special arrangement with the Drama Guild of Boston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drama Guild of Boston
Mass
Gift Exchange Highlight of Woman's Club April Meeting
Miss Gladys Cooper hosted the Thomson Woman's club garden meeting on Wednesday. A gift exchange of bulbs seeds and plants was featured along with readings and a grade school musical program. Plans for district convention attendance and various charity drives were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club Meet
Gladys Cooper
Thomson Woman's Club
Lyle Greeley
God
Kenneth Kemmer
Bargain Bride hits the high school stage Friday night
The senior class presents the three act comedy Bargain Bride on Friday April 13 1945 at 8 00 PM in the high school gym An admission is charged The plot follows Dexter Dorner and Jimmy Smith college students both seeking wives with mistaken identities and a series of comic mixups ending in marriages and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Dorner
Jimmy Smith
Wendy Hill
Cissie Trent
Trent
Dex
Miss Thompkins
James Smith
Jimmy
Oma
Dinner guests and callers in Savanna area
Mrs Darlene Kindell of Savanna Miss Elynor Stagg and Mr and Mrs Harold Atherton were dinner guests Sunday with Joe Shutters. Mr and Mrs Paul Witt and daughter were Monday evening callers of Mr and Mrs Harold Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Marshall
Rock Falls
Harvey Marshall
Mervin Marshall
Justice Prins
Katherine Hawk
Martha Butler
Freida
Katherine
Fulton
Everett Eslinger
Morrison
Harold Witt
Francis Hoff
Mary Ann
Garden Plain
Darlene Kindell
Savanna
Elynor Stagg
Harold Atherton
Joe Shutters
Paul Witt
Ensign Robert H. Law Dies in Florida Plane Crash
Ensign Robert H. Law 21 of Savannah died after being lost 14 hours on an operational flight in Florida. The Savannah native pilot of a naval fighter was found in ruins of his plane. He was born May 1923 in Savannah and educated at Belvidere High School. He enlisted in 1948 and married Mary Sue McConnell three weeks prior. Survived by widow, parents, two brothers, and a Naval Academy midshipman brother. His mother was Louise Rhodes and his father co-owned Law Drug Store in Savanna. Additional note lists Sgt. John Allison Jr. missing in action over Nagoya Japan since March 29, connected as a cousin of Mrs. Stephen Switzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Law
Savanna
Florida
Ives Law
Belvidere
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Mary Sue McConnell
Calendonia
Green Cove Spring
Fla
Richard Law
Washington, D. C
Jason Law
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Henry C. Rhodes
Louise Rhodes
John Allison
War Department
Sgt
John Allison, Jr
Nagoya
Japan
Alison
Thomson
Stephen Switzer
Jurgenses Welcome Son Born in Savanna Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harry Jurgens of Thomson greet a son born at 3 55 a m last Thursday April 5 in Savanna city hospital weighing eight pounds thirteen and one fourth ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Jurgens
Thomson
Savanna City Hospital
McGinty Hardware Reopens Under New Management
More than 250 people visited the grand opening Saturday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Harvey Marshall won the door prize for the ladies. Dick McGinty departs April 16 for army duty in Chicago while father Charles McGinty runs the store and Mrs. Dick McGinty plans to assist from Rockford when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGinty Hardware
Harvey Marshall
Dick McGinty
Chicago
Charles McGinty
Rockford
Club and lodge meeting notices from Argo area
The W S C S meets April 19 with Miss Mary Cone. Royal Neighbors gather April 17 with Mrs John Hook at Argo. 500 Club last met with Mrs Amy Lewis. winners are Nelle Houghton Ruth Stearns Cora Kaufman Hortense Nipe. Argo Home Economics Club meets April 20 in church annex with program including song devotional talk and closing song Home Sweet Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.s
500 Club
Amy Lewis
Nelle Houghton
Ruth Stearns
Cora Kaufman
Hortense Nipe
Shannon Reporter Joins Review Newspapers Group
Starting with the April 12 issue a fourth weekly paper the Shannon Reporter joins Review Publications Thomson and is printed in the Review shop. The Carroll county weekly bought from A J Grier will gain more Carroll county news while retaining Grier as Shannon correspondent. The Reporter expands from five to seven columns and adds local items. Review Publications now runs Chadwick Thomson Shannon and Albany weeklies with Albany in White side county. Readers should submit copy early to keep the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Ilinois
Review Publications
Thomson
Review
Reporter
Carroll County
A. J. Grier
H. G. Stagg
Chadwick Review
Thomson Review
Shannon Reporter
Whiteside County
Albany Review
Sale at Maude McGinty home draws large crowd
The late Maude McGinty sale on Saturday afternoon was successful with all items sold at good prices. Staff Sergeant Donald W Bradford of the marines has arrived in the States after 18 months in the South Pacific. He and his San Diego wife are visiting relatives in Freeport and will travel to Thomson to see aunts Mrs. Jessie Green and Mrs. Luther Geisinger. Donald has a 30 day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude McGinty
Donald W. Bradford
Marines
States
South Pacific
San Diego
Freeport
Thomson
Jessie Green
Luther Geisinger
Donald
Card of Thanks and Memorial Note
I wish to thank those who remembered me with cards and letters during illness. Your thoughtfulness was appreciated. Mrs. Frank Smith. Card of Thanks: I thank friends pallbearers singers accompanist and Royal Neighbors for kindness shown during my wife Effie Gaar’s death. Archie Gaar. Gone but not forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Effie Gaar
Howard Kildow
Archie Gaar
Funeral Rites Held On Wednesday In York Community Church
Ella Orpha McGinnis Stumphy of Thomson died April 9 after weeks of illness. Funeral services were held April 11 at her home and York Community church with Rev. W. H. Hoge officiating. Burial followed in Upper York cemetery. She was born May 7, 1867 near Jordan Ill and married Albert Stumphy in 1901. Surviving children include Leo Chicago Guy Clinton William H Savanna and George A Thomson with many grandchildren great grandchildren and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stumphy
Thomson
Clinton
George A
W. H. Hoge
First Baptist Church of
Otto Switzer
Earl Rupple
Earl Holman
Gus Roggendorf
George Fotter
Melvin Ditton
Paul Wilt
Dan Sack
E. Orach
Upper York
Ella Orpha McGinnis
Enoch
Beulah Buckley McGinnis
Joran
Daviess County
Ill
Albert Stumphy
Leo
Chicago
Guy
William H
Savanna
George
Joseph McGinnis
Dee
East Moline
Guy Stumphy
Guy Jr
Ella
Horskett
Arlene Stumphy
Ida Each
Sabula
Bert Bahr
Lost Nation
S. Sgt
Donald Bradford
Freeport
D. C. McGinnis
Geraldine
Joe McGin
Thanking Neighbors for Help During Illness and Death
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for help during our mother Ella Stumphy's sickness and death. Thanks for donated cars and flowers. Signed by Leo Stumphy, Guy Stumphy, Wm. Stumphy and Son, Geo. Stumphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stumphy
Leo Stumphy
Guy Stumphy
Wm. Stumphy
Geo. Stumphy
Local families visit in Chadwick Morrison Clinton and Great Lakes
Sunday gatherings across Chadwick Morrison and Clinton featured visits to Harold Imel Mrs Maring Ruth Watson family Walter Milnes and Edward French households. Lt Robert Crown Lt Arlyne Adams from Great Lakes joined E C Kemmer and Seaman Swett with Gerald and Norma for meals and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Imel
Isaac Decker
Harold Imel
Chadwick
Jerry Wiebenga
Wm. Bennett
Morrison
Maring
Bennett’s
Ruth Watson
Ivan Carroll
David
Walter Milnes
Robert Crown
Arlyne Adams
Great Lakes
E. C
Illnesses Hit Ford Grimm Family and Nearby Residents
The sick list includes Mrs. Ford Grimm and her daughter Gayle with mumps, Nancy Wilt with mumps, and Larry, the Grim foster son, with whooping cough. Ray Holloway entered Savanna City hospital for an operation, while Carl Melugin remains at the McCleary clinic after traveling to Excelsior Springs, Missouri, two weeks ago and shows some improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Grimm
Gayle
Nancy Wilt
Larry
Claude Grim
Ray Holloway
Savanna City Hospital
Carl Melugin
Excelsior Springs
McCleary Clinic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Argo News
Gene Halfman
Ruth Bielema
Thomson Briefs
William Donald Marshall
Kings Point
United States Merchant Marine Academy
New York
United States Naval Reserve
United States Maritime Service
West Point
Marion Olsen
Patton
Third Army
Camp McCoy
Wis
Sir Ray Kaufman
Philadelphia
Ensign Green
Hiram Green
Harold Schroth
Camp Fannin
Tex
Harold Brown
P. O
Banana River
Paul Strukhoff
Naval Reserve
Leo M. Martindale
Alta Martindale
North Third Street
France
Pfc
Martindale
Burrell Brown
Earl Beck
Philippines
Virtus B. Johnson
Perryville
Poplar Bluff
High School
Minnie Betterson
Hosanna Brigg
Dexter Corner
Florabelle Fisby
Oma Ormsby
Omaha
Tucker Trent
Cissie
Silky Suds, Inc
Leroy Prins
Mary Halfman
Jean Swett
Pauline Sikkema
Rachel Mattie
Jeanne Hogg
June Groharing
Harold Wilt
Lucille Prins
Betty Imel
Texas
West
Gladys Teague
Hogg
Eugene Murray
Club War Service
Murray
Schick Hospital
Alfred Smith
Orel Lewis
Adeline Groharing
Adams
Cate
Maxine Birdsall
Susie Bergstahler
John Cooper
Brookstra
Robert Carroll
Elliot
Gaar
Bruce Groharing
Farnsworth
Roy Heitman
Heusinkveld
Kemmer
The
Robert Law
Argo-Fa
Argo Home Ee Club
Church Annex
Ditsworth
Paul Lewis
Sweet Home
Ruby Green
Evelyn Welch
Kathryn Cooper
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