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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1945
Page
3
Mor rison and nearby towns witness a string of Sunday dinners and midweek visits as families and friends from Fulton Chadwick Savanna Lanark and Mt Carroll gather at homes of Kness Hook Williams Vos Smith and others. Jubilant reunions mark birthdays and family occasions with relatives from Moline Milwaukee Freeport East Clinton and Thomson in attendance.
Thomson notes include Mr. and Mrs. Merle Atherton hosting and visits by multiple families at Goose Lake. Chicago visitors join Mrs. Dora Doty and Mrs. Mary Jane McGinty as well as relatives from Cor dova and East Moline.
The Busy Bees Home Economics club elected officers for 1945 46: Lila Curley president Betty Lou Wilt vice president Wilma Sikkema secretary and Beverly Walbert treasurer. They launch a Courtesy Week with Friday assembly duties and install officers April 30 followed by a social.
Lt Hubert A Cate of the Army Air Forces and Miss Carmen Elgin of Tulsa wed in Oklahoma City at 4 30 PM. The couple left by plane for Kansas City after the ceremony. Attending were the groom's mother Mrs Gladys Cate and bride’s aunt Mrs E O Hemmer. Cate has flown missions in the India China theater and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross with an oak leaf cluster. Elgin is known to Thomson residents. Details will appear in a later Review.
A farewell party for Paul Strukhoff was held last Friday at Evelyn Ashpole’s home as he prepares to enter the navy. Attendees included Betty Wilt Wilma Bielema Beverly Walbert Rosalie Hand Lila Curley Fern Rawlins Ruth Strubb Evelyn Ashpole Tom Root Bud Wilt Dean Robinson Sam Mattie Bing Mat tie LeRoy Prins Don Ashby and the honoree. Refreshments were served and a gift given. A welcome home party is hoped for later.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met in the church basement on April 19 with Miss Mary Cone as hostess. Fifteen members attended along with visitor Mrs. Timmons who later joined. Grace Strauch played piano and devotionals were led by Mrs. Tibbits. A plan for war relief clothing was discussed and a talk on profitable leisure given. Lunch followed, and the next meeting set for May 2 at Mrs. Maude Wagner's home.
The Consolidated school will present an original Western Musical at the high school gym Friday night April 27 at 8 00 o clock. Fifty three children from all grades will participate and there will be a variety of musical numbers to please all tastes. The teachers and pupils of the grade school extend a hearty invitation to parents and friends to attend.
Baptist church held 9:30 service and 10:30 Sunday school with the ladies aid meeting all day led by Mrs. Roy Heitman. York Community worship at 9:45 with Rev. Roy Berg. school at 10:45. Guest speaker Rev. Siemsen from Freeport district to speak at 9:45 next Sunday. attendance urged. TNT society met with Mrs. Grace Shelly. Ideal Church services at 7:30 with Christian Endeavor at 7. special numbers by local choirs and musicians.
The 4th Quarterly Conference met at the Methodist church on Wednesday April 18 with Rev. Swaney district superintendent presiding. Rev. Doverspike and ten members attended and committees will be announced next week. Numerous local visits occurred including Legel Brightman Yates Coden Hockman Young and Bull families as well as military service news noting Everett Yates departing for the navy.
Mr and Mrs Henry Hartman receive the Purple Heart for son Pfe Virgil Hartman wounded March 5 and in a hospital in England. Their other son Pf Henry Jr with the 9th Army and 252 FA reports east of the Rhine near Berlin.
Lt Herbert L Rawlins USNR Thomson native informs the Review in a letter dated April 17 about his new post at Waldron Field Tex. He assumes command of all gunnery training on the field and in squadrons and is responsible for all ordnance equipment. Previously he served as gunnery officer of Squadron 16A and range officer of the main station high speed range. He also spent about eight months with the navy cadet training program in gunnery.
Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilt and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. James Morgan in Chadwick. Mrs. Myrta Groharing and daughter Bessie of Chadwick visited from Saturday to Tuesday with Mrs. Virgil Wilt and family.
Mrs. Charles Maeckel in her fifties died Wednesday morning at her Rockford home. Sister-in-law to Lavie Logan and Arthur Seiple of Savanna, she was formerly Vada Bennett of Mt. Carroll. Survived by a widower, brother William Bennett of Thomson, and sister Carrie Wacker of Mt. Carroll. parents and a brother preceded her in death. Funeral at Frank chapel, Mt. Carroll. William Bennett to attend from here.
Mrs. John Halfman spent the weekend in Savanna with her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Carr. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jansma and family of Morrison were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dykstra. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Milnes of Morrison were Sunday dinner guests at the Ivan Carroll home.
Thomson high school alumni begin organizing for their annual banquet on May 18 at the Methodist church basement with dancing in the high school gym. An eight o’clock committee meeting at the high school outlines chairs for reception, nominating, invitations, dinner, decorating, program, and dance alongside officers appointed to fill a vacancy.
Cpl. Dorothy Gaar of the WAC daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Gaar and Cpl. Verril Miller of New Mexico were married at 5 pm Tuesday April 24 in New York City. Attendants included a soldier and his wife and Mrs Carol Quick. The couple will honeymoon in New York then return to their posts. Both previously stationed at Bradley Field Conn and will reside in Windsorlock Conn.
Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson were Sunday guests of Mrs Reka Hass at Clinton. Mrs Helen Jones of East Moline visited her daughter Mrs Merle Atherton and Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger and Jaclyn Ann of Lanark. Mr and Mrs Justice Prins and Jo Ann, Mrs Katharine Hawk of Mt Carroll and Marie and Robbie Stickell of Craig Manor Hanover were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Beuford Stade of Stockton.
Lt Arlyne Adams of Great Lakes Ill visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Bill Adams from last Wednesday until Friday. Mrs Jessie Green left Tuesday for Moline for an indefinite stay with her niece Mrs Frank Johnson. Cecil George and daughter Barbara of Morrison joined Mr and Mrs Anna George for Sunday dinner in Chadwick. Mrs Wilbur Hall and Mrs Geist of Chadwick visited in Thomson last Tuesday. Mrs Carol Simpson of Clinton spent the weekend with her grandmother Mrs Anna Jenkins. Mr and Mrs Ralph Olds of Clinton spent Sunday there and were supper guests of Mrs Helen Wentling. Mr and Mrs Edward Martin of Chicago visited from Saturday to Monday at the John Noordhoff home. Mr and Mrs Cecil King and June of Clinton visited one evening at the James Haley home. Mrs Blanche Beck of Chicago spent the weekend at the Fred Coden and Frank Anderson homes.
With the sick Miss Edna Brown, Mary Wallace absent from SOD this week, Janice Smith has the mumps, Mrs Ray Johnson and Mrs Otto Switzer also affected. The week shows multiple mumps cases among local residents and staff.
In behalf of the board members and teachers of the Consolidated District the group thanks Harry Gaar for meritorious and faithful service as a board member for 32 years.
The Carroll county selective service board reports eight men inducted into military service. Army draftees include Herbert A. Krahn Savannah Robert V. Miller Lanark Neal M. Gochenour Savanna Lloyd W. Johnson Thomson Everett C. Mathias Lanark John H. Stein Savanna Herschel W. Hopkins Mt. Carroll.
Mrs. Nelle Houghton hosted the 500 Club last Thursday afternoon with Cora Kaufman winning first, Hortense Nipe second, Evelyn Welch third, and Amy Lewis low. The T N T Club met with 22 members and two guests, Grace Shelly and Mabel Jensen, reading Rockefeller Jr. and the Lord's Prayer, singing America, performing a duet, and sharing poems before a lunch.
Mrs. Mary Frazier of Long Beach California former Savanna resident wed Arthur Pape of Thomson in a 5 30 p m April 19 ceremony at Long Beach First Methodist Church pastor Dr. George W McDonald presiding Attendants were Mr and Mrs E J Adams A wedding dinner followed at the Brittany Kitchen in Long Beach They plan to reside in Thomson after the ceremony
Funeral services for George Daehler, who died suddenly Wednesday, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the Lutheran church at Chadwick. Burial will follow in Chadwick with Chadwick Masonic lodge in charge of the graveside rites.
Mr and Mrs Fred Kemmer of Galesburg spent the weekend with their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kemmer. Ben Stage celebrated his birthday last Sunday at a dinner at the Stage home with guests including Mr and Mrs Robert Stage and Mr and Mrs Charlie Stage and families. Mrs Carrie Atherton of Ideal visited Mrs Hattie Rawlins for the weekend and Mrs Hattie Wilt joined for Sunday dinner. Johnny Brown called on acquaintances in Thomson Monday evening. Joyce of Savanna was Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Hogg.
Mrs. Mabel Grace Boylan 50 died Wednesday morning at her sister Mrs. Oscar Kraft's home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral at Thomson Methodist Church Friday April 27 at 2 30 PM with burial in Lower York Cemetery. She leaves a husband a son William and five daughters plus five sisters and a brother.
John F. Fredericks 65 of Chicago died Sunday in Chicago. Survived by widow Anna and niece Norma Heyen. Services Thursday at Our Lady Help of Christians. burial in Lower York Cemetery in Thomson. Accompanied by Chicago undertaker John D. Regan and others. widow unable to attend the committal service at the cemetery.
Miss Norma Ketelsen a 17 year old from Clinton sustained a neck cut when the car she rode in collided with another driven by Tom Hand Jr at Seventh Ave North and Third Street about 12 15 am Sunday in Clinton James Burlingame Jr 17 operated the other car and Hand forfeited a 5 cash bond in Clinton municipal court Monday for failing to stop at an arterial sign
Mr and Mrs Norman Stickell travel from Craig Manor Hanover to Green Castle Pennsylvania where Mr Stickell is summoned by the critical illness of his father Howard Stickell Sr Family members remain with grandparents Mrs and Mr Justice Prins Mt Carroll Lt and Mrs Verdayne John of Fort Benning visited N D French parents this week Gerald Ammon and son of Newton visited Albert Prins Bruce Groharing and family Adeline Groharing and Marvin Brookstra visited Wallace Dresbach Lanark Sunday rest of relatives gathered for the occasion
Newly elected Thomson village officials were sworn in Tuesday evening. Myron Tibbits was sworn in as village president and appointed Nellie Dimmick as treasurer and Delbert Dimmick as marshal for the coming year. The appointments were approved unanimously. Tibbits announced standing committees for Finance Streets and buildings Sidewalks Waterworks and fire Purchasing Ordinance and Liquor control with named members.
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