Thomson locals hosts host of visitors this week
Sunday and Saturday gatherings brought numerous guests from Fair Haven Lyndon Mt Carroll Sterling Dubuque Clinton Savanna and nearby areas to homes of Thomson residents. Notable visits included the Kness family and many others sharing meals and conversations across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Kness
Herman Sennett
Fair Haven
William Geerts
Lyndon
Mary Kness
Mt. Carroll
Lewis Combs
Delores Ann
Sterling
Lloyd Smith
John Ashpole
Ralph Christiansen
Low Moor
Harold Sorensen
Dubuque
Ottawa
Harry Wilkinson
Alice Handel
Robert Groharing
Gerald Brookstra
Elgin
M. E. Brookstra
Freeport
Prudence Groharing
Pearl City
Bruce Groharing
High School News Note Leads Into Year End Plans
Students recap exams, band concerts and upcoming events at Caledonia High School. Seniors study World War themes, share photo reactions, and discuss class trips, finals, and commencement as teachers note report cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annawan
Thomson
Spring Fever at the Playhouse Promises Laughter
Grade News continues as Howard faces a dark turn until Aunt Maude and allies plot to sway Prof Bean. Anne seeks help from Vic and Vivian to stage a death bed scene for her father. The comedy, staged Friday evening with Row, Peterson and Company, promises a feverish, snowballing hilarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Groharing
Howard
Maude
Lou Herron
Arlie Holman
Prof
Bean
Anne
Vic
Vivian
Virginia Schroth
Mr. Purcell
Row, Peterson and Company
Ar Jine St. Ores
Joe Isenhart
Pristol School News Hints at Rainy Week Activities
Pristol School notes a rainy period delaying outdoor play and prompting in class activities. Seventh grade finishes English course with finals. Miss Withhart plans a party for birthdays including Beverly Marshal and Geneva Ime. Students scrub floors, plant flowers, rehearse for an operetta, and prepare props and costumes while reporting a lively attendance and honor roll list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ashby Jr
Corbin
Edna C
J. D
P. C
D. K
Arlene Smith
John Halfman
Mr. Coen
Bob Rawlings
Argo
Savanna
Jud
Bill
Doodler
Gus
Janet Kenyon
Pete Cate
Charles H
Laura Hoy
Miss Withhart
Mary Ellen Halfman
Geneva
J. H
T. P
M. W
Beverly Marshal
Welcome Inn Cafe Letter Praises Visit to Florida
A diner letter from Sadie Mason at Welcome Inn Cafe in Manchester Tennessee dated April 14, 1940 thanks the paper for its Florida trip write up and notes the cafe has expanded with more room and modern equipment since. The diners request a copy of the write up and express appreciation for future meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Inn Cafe
Manchester
Tenn
Stagg
Florida
Local families host relatives and friends over Sunday
Thomson briefs Mrs Francis Gilson and Deanna, Richard Robinson of near Chadwick visit W C Robinson. Merle Atherton and sons visit Arch Atherton family. Anna Dykstra of Fulton visits Ben and Anna Dykstra. Wilt and Clint Wilt visit Ray Brenneman at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton and stay with Turney family. Witt family visits Lueders in De Witt Ta. Van Buskirk family of Coleta dines with Ritenour family at Wacker. Schade home hosts Lutz and Mary Cone from Fulton. Glen Sears moves his trailer to Carl Johannsen farm and rents land from Earl Gleason for summer farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Switzer
Western State Teacher's College
Macomb
Francke-Switzer
Blaine Turney
Clinton
Ed Turney
Harlan Handel
Chadwick
Glenn Byers
Waeker
Lloyd Meyers
Dixon
Harold Troxell
Mt. Carroll
Ivan Carroll
Robert Carroll
Sherm Oakley
Ideal
Claude Grim
Robert Herrity
Donald Smith
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Freeport
Bernie Dykstra and
Harry Schipper
Garden Plain
Dorothy Lewis
Cecil Frosch
Frosch
Amy Lewis
Lena Strubb
Elynor Stagg
Fred Miller
Claude Millard
Yates City
Cornelius Nordhoff
Lloyd Rogers
Lanark
Maurice van Buer
Argo
John Smit
Raymond Knutsen
Near Savanna
Willis Stage
Russell Lego
W. C. Robinson
Marie
Frances
Francis Gilson
Deanna
Mae House
James Schipper
Fulton
Bernie Dykstra
Will Hawk, Jr
Frank Potter
Ralph Machael
Jake DeVries
Morrison
Ray Machael
Irene
Richard Robinson
Near
Merle Atherton
Arch Atherton
Anna Dykstra
Ben Dykstra
Paul Wilt
Clint Wilt
Ray Brenneman
Jane Lamb Hospital
Charles Turney
Leela
Harold Witt
George Lueders
de Witt
George van Buskirk
Coleta
Newt Ritenour
Wacker
John Schade
John Lutz
Mary Cone
Glen Sears
Carl Johannsen
Earl Gleason
From the Moor to the Moon in School Notes
In a classroom buffer of poems and reports students discuss the old man from the moor and a moon reference. Barbara Frazier and Ben Dimmick present hobbies, officers lead a Health and Happy Hobby club meeting. Students study China, Confucius, the Great Wall, and spring art posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Frazier
Health and Happy Hobby Club
Ben Dimmick
China
Great Wall
Confucius
Sunday Visitors And Obituary Notice From local community
Elwin Rice of Tampico and Louis Sheller of Prophetstown visited Elwin’s mother Mrs Helen Rice. Numerous local families hosted Sunday visitors from Moline East Moline Hampton Great Falls Montana Savanna and more. Matilda Harney reported the death of Isaac B Cross of Orangeville with funeral services held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwin Rice
Tampico
Louis Sheller
Prophetstown
Helen Rice
Clarence Rice
Earl Richards
Moline
James Phillips
East Moline
James Finley
Betty
Hampton
Isadore Geise
Great Fails
Montana
Will Geiger
Hanover
BE. W. Francke
Savanna
Emma Steele
Francke-Switzer
Flyner Stagg
F. L. Stage
Knox College
Galesburg
Harry Wilkinson
Shirley Stage
East Lynn
A. C. Senneff
Freeport
Chas. Wilt
Myron Tibbits
Fred
Mt. Carroll
Hayes Frazier
Doris Boylan
George Ketchum
Louis Kness
Wilt Strubb
Erve Martindale
Matilda Harney
Isaac B. Cross
Orangeville
Emma Boylan
M. J. Foley
Preston
Charlotte
Roy Bennett
John Cripe
Kathryn
Fulton
J. Y. Stickell
William Poffenberger
Clinton
Chas. Jenkins
Clarence Schwan
Morrison
Lew Lewis
Erve Lewis
Walnut
Vernon Dearinger
Allen Millard
Yates City
Fred Miller
Dorothy Naftzger
Robert Enright
Erie
Lawrence Sullivan
John Cooper
Gladys
Ben Jokers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hershey
Apediuca Plas
Benare’ Juice
Jack Armstrong
Wellworth
Reg
Crescent’s
North Dakota
Ohio
Thomson Locals
A. M. Johnson
Virginia
Wesley Sack
Elmer Smit
Ustick
Andrew Hook
Theodore Storm
Stage
Leonard Stage
Lyle Williams
Carol
Newsy
Mr. Putman
Tom
Janet C
Tom H
Cordova
Harold Schiel
Kathleen Isenhart
la Vona Potter
Walter Schiel
Wayne Ashby
Lester Grim
Kathryn Wiebenga
Bob Rawlins
Don Kauffman
Frances Robinson
Edna Curley
Betty Swett
Bertie Stainbrook
Janet Carpenter
Jack Demaree
la Veda Durward
Robert Smith
Ray Kaufman
Norman French
York
Donald Ashpole
Alice Bower
Sidney Brenneman
John Dimmick
Eloise Dykstra
Raymond Hook
Donald Kaufman
Beverly Kraft
Holland Mitchell
Frances Potter
Robert Rawlins
Leslie St. Ores
Bertie Jean Stainbrook
Mary Wagner
Pristol School News
Ana
Jeanne Swett
Mildred Withhart
Mary Lou Cate
Beverly Legel
George St. Ores
Luella Hartman
Russell Sikkema
Merle Prins
Beatrice Schiel
Barbara Hawk
Harvey Housenga
Richard Herrick
Gayle Grimm
Jo Ann Wilt
Lola Dykstra
Darrell Gaar
Fay Ashby
Marilyn Carpenter
Kenneth Gablin
Mary Herrick
John Stearns
St. Ores
Ronald Bull
Darline Cr
Mer J. Prins
Lola Jykstra
Eben Herrick
Helen Creighton
Junior
Darline Creighton
Robert Frazier
Hobart Gaar
Rosalie Hand
Jill
Pearl Prins
Eleanor Wiebenga
Tie Hansen
Arthur Pape
Mali
Éa Harney
Tie
Erve
Martindale
Doris
Ind
Savanna. Com
H. B. Lynn
Byron
Glenn Demaree
Vernon Luedeke
Herbert St. Ores
Dan — Sack
Fred Turney
J. Y
Thomson Briefs
Sadie Mason
Laura King
H.L. Bowman Cattle Company
Maquoketa
Colorado
Guernsey
Poland
Hana H. L. Bowman
Mgr
Hute
Herard
Seeberger
Illinois
Burton Simpson
Gail Turney
Paul Graham Phillips
Thomson Will Rentschler
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Savanna, Ill
Greison Bldg
Main St
Tel
Black
Wits
Thomson _ office
Airlinois Utilities
Chas
Chas, Groharing, Mgr
New Hudson
Francke & Switzer
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