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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
2
The Thomson Review in Thomson Illinois issues weekly on Thursdays. Editor Dayton G. Stagg publishes the paper as a second class mailing with a yearly subscription rate of three dollars.
A long OCR list records names with dates from August spanning multiple individuals and towns including Chadwick Thomson Milledgeville Lanark Polo Beaver Dam Savanna Irving Fairfield and others. The fragment reads like a social or legal notice roster with no clear action outcome.
A reader notices section lists numerous residents and spouses from Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Mt. Carroll Savanna Arlington and nearby towns. The roll includes Robert Schoen Linda Root Leons Miles Pedersen Katherine Metzger Ruth Halfman and others with several married names and addresses.
Byron Hutchins recounts his week as counselor for 16 campers at White Eagle 4-H Camp with 55 Carroll county and Whiteside County youths. He praises camping for teaching cooperation and notes a varied program in nature swimming recreation and handcraft. Frozen rhubarb has become popular at the frozen fruit counter and many farmers grow rhubarb for sauce and pies.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists several personal names and places including Fla Glen Bonjour Savanna Mrs Robert Vogel Oskaloosa fa Arnold Campman Lanark Danny B Kness Thomson.
The article covers fall division of crowns for replanting, harvest posttoppings, and seedstalk removal. It warns grasshopper control timing, recommends Levin or alternatives like malathion dibrom and diazinon, and notes late day spraying to protect bees. It mentions using ammonia to clean sprayers and reports blister beetle presence around potatoes tomatoes and leaves. Alfred Becker cites field cultivator use against quackgrass after persistent soil-bank quack issues.
A farmer reports tilling fields three times with a cultivator this spring before corn planting. He says the quackweed is nearly gone by summer and notes a Pure Milk News editorial claiming a large untapped milk market among Chicago's African American families. The piece mentions over a million Negro residents and a faster growth rate than whites.
A referendum is planned this fall to authorize construction of a new agricultural shop and classroom at Mt. Carroll High School. The Milk Foundation and Public Aid workers assist Negro homemakers with using milk in family meals. date for the vote has not been set.
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