Thomson locals recall neighbors and visitors round Mt Carroll
A busy social page lists visits and gatherings across Thomson Mt Carroll Lanark Argo Savanna Morrison and Clinton. Names include Mabel Poffenberger Frances, Max Carbaugh, Glenn Demaree, Erve Martindale, John Schade, James Crowe, Phineas Bashaw, L. B. Sears, and many families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Poffenberger
Frances
Mt. Carroll
Max Carbaugh
Lanark
J. Y. Stickell
Glenn Demaree
Erve Martindale
John Schade
Des Moines
James Crowe
Lucas
Dave Geerts
Paul
Pauline
Fulton
Albert Prins
Martin Kradle
Chadwick
L. B. Sears
Sunday Visits and Family Gatherings Across Clinton Area
Numerous guests and extended family visits fill a Sunday in Clinton area towns. Thompson and Jensen households hosted relatives from Chadwick Arc Coleta and Longview, while others hosted from Morrison Millerledgeville Lanark and Rock Falls. Several trips and hospital notes punctuate social rounds.
Social visitation notes from Savanna Clinton area families
Numerous Sunday visits and dinners feature residents and relatives from Clinton Savanna Mt. Carroll Sterling Fulton and Rock Island. Attendees include the Hartman Geisinger Sherman Switzer Murray C Carroll Hofer Hartman and Petersen families among others with trips to California Cedar Springs Mich and Davenport referenced.
Illness and Treatments Reported for Local Residents
Among the sick, David Young, son of Henry Young, is ill with measles. Sepha Gaar was homebound with a left foot infection. Mrs. Paul Lewis and Mrs. James Green of Argo are ill and in hospital care. Herman Francke is improving after treatment at Jane Lamb hospital. Ed Turney shows improvement after typhoid fever. Ida Knapp improves while at Mercy hospital Clinton. Harold Imel, at Jane Lamb hospital after farm accident, is gaining and may return home soon. Mrs. George Schmaling returns home from St Francis hospital Freeport. Barbara Hawk, daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Hawk Jr, underwent mastoid operation at Mercy hospital Clinton and is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
Marilyn
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Rush Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville
Cecil Imel
Harold Imel
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Jennie Cooper
Clarence Cooper
Reeves Kratz
Freeport
Frank Rush
Ted Potter
Lanark
Otto Switzer
Engelking
Switzer
Justice Prins
Norman Butler
Mercy Hospital
Ida Knapp
H. A. Tobey
LeClaire
M. L. Tobey
Lloyd Tousley
Kenneth Shanafelt
Lyle Shanafelt
Davenport
Lyle
Frank Warfield
Chicago
Alden McIntyre
Carl Daehler
Louis Daehlee
Fay Reitzel
Mary E. Geison
Lavina
Dixon
Albert Schreiner
Walter
Clarence Geison
Robert Turney
Henry Cobb
Morrison
Vea Guy Turney
Dora Lee
Carol
Wacker
Harlan Handel
Beverly
Turney
Sherm Oakley
Helen
Lyle Ashby
Claude Grim
Grim
Glen Bower
Argo
Henry Hartman
W. E. Saulkner
Geo. Baumgard
Hartman
Nicholas Traum
Chadwick
Fred Bierman
Lyndon
C. W. Hogg
James — Broderick
Ed Saley
Floyd Hartman
Lloyd Smith
Emil Brach
Claude Rice
Rock Falls
Lee Howard
Unionville
R. I. Houghton
Wayne Brown
Mexico
Will Bonjour
Stockton
John Cooper
Hans Knutsen
Charlotte
Raymond Knutsen
John Nordoff
Arthur Pape
Willis Pape
Ideal
Roger Marshall
Harvey Marshall
Fred Miller
Leonard Stage
Ivan Carroll
Clara Geist
Lyle Williams
Henry Sauer
Art Thompson
Donald Bradford
Ida Frederick
Luther Geisinger
David
Henry Young
Sepha Gaar
Barbara Hawk
Will Hawk, Jr
Rockford Hospital To Hold 7th Annual Clinic Day
St. Anthony Hospital at Rockford Illinois will hold its Seventh Annual Clinic Day on May 4 beginning at 8 30 in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Rockford
Ill
Local Notes From Freeport Area Observed
Mrs James Green received a blood transfusion Monday at the hospital with her sons supplying the blood She remains in critical condition and has undergone surgery Mrs George Schmaling recently had a minor operation and is due home from Freeport hospital Harold Kenyon seeks treatment for an eye injury A later infection impaired an organ Mrs Ida McCullough returns to her summer home from Morrison Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hall Mrs Watson and Mrs Geisinger move into the Messinger home Mrs Hall tends the two elderly women The Harold Warfield tavern changes ownership and will have new management beginning May Harry Cone moves to the Smythe Ostr path school in Chicago to study chiropractic training The Cone family will reside here for a period Nina Kenyon buys a new Plymouth car Mr and Mrs Will Holm and daughter Dorothy visit Teeds Grove Iowa to see Mrs Holm’s brother Peter Peterson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Groharing
Wallace Dresbach
Mr. Carroll
John Carpenter
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Henry von Huizen
Donna Jean
Clinton
Henry Hartman
Wesley Sack
Henry Lohmeier
Dale Maynew
Mayden
Claude Grim
Ralph Olds
Frank Plumley
Fulton
C. H. Jenkins
Wayne Ashby
Mr. Olds
Hattie Greeley
Cornelius Nordoff
Dave Sturtevant
Stockton
Mesdames Delia Melendy
Vivan Barnes
Althea Nimerick
John Meades
Maude Nason
Franklin Pape
Leay
California
Wm. Petersen
Cordova
Petersen
Wm. Hofer
Hulda Nelson
Mr. Ray
Davenport
Wm. Alberry
Harry Hofer
Rock Island
Castella Petersen
J. W. Baker
East Moline
Alberry
Charles Spencer
Roland Schroth
Church Spencer
Proving Grounds
Stella Goble
Frank Holman Sr
J. W. Shay
Chicago
Cedar Springs
Mich
Shay
C. W. Sherman
F. C. Sherman
Quincy
Walter Switzer
Monroe Center
Mt. Carroll
Harold B. Hartman
Harry Y. Allen
Fred Hartman
Charles W. Hartman
Harry W. Allen
Sterling
James Green
Wilbur Hall
Watson
Nina Kenyon
Will Holm
Dorothy
Teeds Grove
Dawn's Golden Fingers Across Eastern Sky
An artist painting in a country lane tries to share nature’s beauty with a farmer. The man replies he has not seen such dawn imagery lately, citing that he has been on the water wagon.
Phillips Letter Continues On Personal Reflections
The excerpt shows Nettie E. Phillips writing about political questions on independence and future rights for nations, pondering release and outcomes. She mentions visitors Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Weber coming Wednesday, hosting duties, a two week old cold, church programs, and ill singers, closing with Peace Yours as ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie E. Phillips
Calendar of Oil Valley school events and closings
Calendar items list events from May 6 through May 28 including operetta, senior trips, declamatory contest, eighth grade picnic, baccalaureate, junior senior trip to Brookfield Zoo, grade school exhibit and commencements. An annual closing day picnic is announced for April 30 1938. Financial notes state foreign nations plan expenditures totaling 25 000 000 for the 1939 New York World's Fair with 6 440 000 spent so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Zoo
Oil Valley School
WLS Barn Dance Stars Coming to Rock Island
Arrangements set for Rock Island two benefit performances by WLS Saturday Night Barn Dance stars led by Lulu Belle at the Rock Island Armory. Shows Sunday May 8 feature Skyland Scotty Pat Buttram and more with police department sponsorship and 40 cent tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLS
Chicago
Rock Island
New
Rock Island Armory
Lulu Belle
Skyland Scotty
Pat Buttram
Charming de. Zhurik Sisters
Arkansas Woodchopper
Jolly Joe Kelley
Hoosier Hot Shots
Miss Pauline
Tri-Cities
Banks Offer World Fair Savings Plan for 1939 Trip
Savings clubs across the United States invite patrons to join the New York World's Fair plan, likened to Christmas clubs, to ensure funds for a trip to New York in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Great Towers for Early Arc Lamps
After 1882 Decatur Illinois adopted electric street lighting with eight 125 foot steel towers. Five carbonate lamps atop each tower lit main streets for a decade, later complemented by many ground lights. Towers remained until 1910 when their removal ended youth climbs and hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Decatur
Federal Project
Changeable Edelweiss Loss of Woolly Cover in Low Altitudes
The edelweiss a plant native to the Alps loses its white woolly covering when grown at lower elevations and becomes an inconspicuous green plant, according to the report on alpine flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Wanted Family Washings SatisFaction Guaranteed
Mrs Edgar Turney of Thomson Illinois advertises laundry service with guaranteed satisfaction. The notice seeks customers for home style washing and ironing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Turney
Thomson, Ill
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Thomson Locals
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Vivian
Phineas Bashaw
Allen Witmer
Hanover
Elmer Davis
Lois
Orlo Smith
Carroll
Paul Melendy
Cedar Rapids
Paul Smith
N. D. French
Hazel Smith
Hobart Holland
Edward
Bertha Holland
William Laycock
Vivian Sack
Clarence van Buskirk
Galena
18Th District of Woman's Clubs
Donald Smith
Duane
Erve Neuschwanger
Dan Sack
Joyce
Nancy Slager
Everett Eslinger
Harold Witt
Wesley Kness
Adam Kness
Markie Beck
Earl
Lester Stolder
Billy Green
Fred Doden
Alvie Segal
Venetta Hicks
Wm. Hoofstitler
Mr. Johnson
Thomson
Adam Heinze
Carl Petersen
John Klimstra
Ben Dykstra
Paul Wilt
Harriett Smith
Don Hall
Ruth Lawrence
Lenard Pickett
Keithsburg
Bruce S. Tate
Mr. Tate
Indiana Indestructible Paint Co
Raymond L. Porter
Oak Park
Emma Eslinger
Mary Prins
Clara Sisler
Hilda Diverbliss
Mary Tousley
Clarence Tousley
Walter Shanafelt
Ernest Tousley
Elsie
Lloyd
Cecil
Jake Prins
Thomson Briefs
Hans Jensen
Joe Warfield
Near Arc
Bert Nelson
Coleta
Jensen
Viola Olson
Longview
Wash
Harry Rowley
Miss Olson
Paul Lewis
Rochester, Minn
Herman Francke
Ed Turney
George Schmaling
St. Francis Hospital
Phillips
Iowa City
DR. Gatsos
Thomson, II
Ilinois
Middle West
Kansas State College
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Scotty and the ‘Gang
Association
Minnesota
Paul Manship
St. Paul
James Earle Fraser
George Washington
Winona
Minn
Fraser
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Genevieve Chipman
Main St
Savanna, Ill
Edelweiss
Raymond T. Boysen
M. D
McCullagh Bros
EIRST
Lewis Motor Co
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