Local notes and visitors mark Thomson region weekend
Thompson locals host and visit in Morrison Sterling Davenport and Dixon with several families listed as weekend guests. The Carroll County festival in Savanna features student declamations essays and choruses, with Savanna winning the trophy and dozens of participants from Mt Carroll Milledgeville Lanark Chadwick Shannon Savanna and Thomson.
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Carroll County
Savanne High School
Savanne
Police
Selen Swingley
Mt. Carroll
Frank Dorak
Savanna
Donald McNutt
Shannon
Qration
Charles Johnson
Trene Teets
Milledgewile
Paul Saxon
Amanda Wilson
Lynark
Margar
Deets
Milledgeville
Turst
Therem Givler
Grace Hoffman
Mr. Carroll
Dorothy
Geaston
Wartburg College
University of Oho
Tinker's
DeKoven
London
Mit
Helen Swingley
Ropes
Mt Carroll
Irene Toots
Chadwick
Alberta Parkinson
Lanark
Paul Kampmeier
Gerald Frederick
Paul Dixon
Rose Maiden
Cowen
Cherubini
Lucille Porter
Mr. Carrell
Erma Robbe
Savanna—Ther
Sunday School and Mass Services Noted for Next Week
The Catholic parish reports a high mass held this morning and Sunday school scheduled for next Sunday at 10. Special music was provided by Wheel hor. Reguler services are listed for Vom next Sunday.
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Hequient
Methodist Church Plans Timers Clans Weiner Roast
On Timers clans wall host a 6:30 event at the parnt of the tlnffs nest Tuesday. Mrs Mor pen invites attendees to notify. Rev. Tangdoe to administer the Lord's Supper next Sunday at church services. Services 9:30 a.m. preaching, Sunday school 8:30 p.m.
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Morpen
Tangdoe
Local Scenes Include Injured Adults and Child Burns
Locals report Ed McGinty visited La Vanna to see her uncle Will Lambert as Mrs. Mary Waar suffers from an infected finger treated with lancing. Dora Lee Turney, two, burned hands playing near hot ashes. under doctor care.
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Ed McGinty
Lavanna
Will Lambert
Mary Waar
Dora Lee Turney
Daugher
Guy Yurney
Fairhaven Pastor Reappointed at Geneseo Conference
Rev Dorseh was named pastor for Fairhaven and Malvern churches for the coming year at the Geneseo conference. The Dorseh family is welcomed back by residents. Morrison residents Mr and Mrs Cloid Meakins visited Mrs Sucher’s home as Sucher remains ill. Phylis Adolph, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Adolph, underwent appendectomy in Sterling. condition improving.
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Geneseo
Dorseh
Fairhaven
Malvern
Cloid Meakins
Morrison
Meakins
Joe Sucher
Sucher
Runnels
Milledgeville and Savannah Literary Selections Featured
A local page lists works by authors such as Margaret Meats in Milledgeville and Dorothy Crofton in Savannah, including titles The Death Disk and In Memory of George Washington. Other entries reference Berniece Dieh, Wozelle Brandenburg, Gladys Appel Essays I and a collection of pieces from Chadwick, Lenark, and Mt. Carroll with varying topics and names.
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Chadwick
Bernice Farwell
Rhuemoresque
Thomson
Gladys Appel
Milledgeville
Wozelle Brandenburg
Fiddler
Lenark
Berniece Dieh
Savanna
Dorothy Crofton
George Washington
Louis Althoff
Mt. Carroll
Grace
Hoffman
Letter from Old Friends Recounts Farm Life and News
A long letter from Mrs Genlon of Winey Wash writes of family health, spring weather, and orchard blooms. She notes father’s decline, plans for July, local crops, and abundant fruit trees while mentioning neighbors and relatives in Clayton, Winesap, and nearby towns.
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Prnds
Local social news features quilting party and campaign trail notes
Mrs. Fred Wartman hosted a quilting party for friends last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGinty were Sunday guests at the Char Casenbery home in Hickory Grove. Mrs. Hub of Shannon, wife of Alfred Babb, recently named for State Senator, joined campaign travels with her husband. Mrs. Babb fell ill but is now improving.
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Ed Donnelly
Rock Island
Mr. and
Myre
J. Sheridan
Joe Pessman
Will Burkema
Pul On
Fred Wartman
Ed McGinty
Char Casselbenry
Hickory Grove
Hub
Shannon
Alfred Babb
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Williams Beauty Shop Phone
Morrison, Mlinois
Ben Jokers
Sterling
John Cooper
Genevieve Chipman
Nell Burns
Chisago
Athlone Gaar
Elizabeth
Mrs
Lawrence Galir
Hubert Holland
Lecta Stickell
Bloomington
Ralph Irien
Surrey
Will Griswold
Charles
Salton of Savanna
Anne Sheridan
George Creighton
Emil Lebar
Davenport
Aes
Ralph Olds
Clinton
Helen Senneff
Wit Smith
Argo
Mrs. Prentiss Kenyon
G. H. Jenkins
Mino Kamphnis
Clinton Apent
H. L Rawlins
Endre Charles Densmore
Ida Fredericks
Wesley Martindale
Albert
Harviet
Carol
Ralph Gide
Decia Brooks
Harvie
Zugebhwerdt
Dixon
George Balk
Mr. Kimbro
Tuccdls
E. A. Brach
Chicago
Edson Holland
Milnes
Ivan Carroll
Dave Geerte
Gardenplain
Garrett Bolhous
Ia Vonna Potter
George Potter
Fred Coden
Round Grove
Pete Dyke
Albert Prins
Donald
Thonson
Kate Cole
Whitney
Sa.i Vanna
Dhet
Hannibal
Milledge
Kathryn Frankfuther
Wiliam Traum
Shan Ron
Tommy Stearns
Felen Kenyon
Hazel
Prye
U. 5S. Rubber Co
Brockill’s
Stransdale
G. A. Smith’s
Stransdale Farm Products
Savanna, Ill
Merianjro
Fair Haven
Esa Givler
Margaret
Rawdon
Wash
Bayer
Claysens
William
John
Kenneth
Evelyn
Wenatehes
Clayton's
Bruce
Stape
Juailial Marshalls
Anni
Kate Gleason
Phey
Phey; Evel
Marty "Carpenter
Ohn Carrell
Jonni Gaur
Andy Dadaty
Cat
Eheh
Chen
Tess
Kate
Paddy
Singhye
Lake
Chelan
Mrukos
Hoyer
Gorton
Winesan
Pam
Frederics
Stuedemann's
Lyons Station
W. A. & C. Stuedemann
Main Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Holland
Savanna Cleaners & Dyers
Potter Broserve Martindale
Met
Nlinois Oil Company
John Carpenter
Ill
Prompt Tire Service
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Just
Brockill’s Thomson
N. B. Podorney Chiropractor
Freeport
E. W. Newhafen
Old Ave
Iowa
R. G. Fuller
Savanna Tleenois
W.L. Derrer
Mc. Carroll
Ilinois
N. Genevieve Chipman
Deaconess Hospital
Pheme Thomson
Saveesa — Mer and
Chistes A
Hanover le
Fulton
Hanover
Fulton Bridge
State Bank
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