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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
1
Gloucester Mass July 27 The author argues youth behavior stems from heredity home training religion and food noting food allergies influence mood and conduct. He urges churches and schools to integrate dietary and habit guidance with Bible teaching and to consider soil and environment as factors in health and social outcomes.
Tom Diffenderfer of Lanark led a sale of 20 Hereford steers at Chicago with an average weight around 1275 pounds. They sold at 17.90 per cwt plus subsidy, near the day’s top price, totaling about 18.40 per cwt. Also present were Lanark feeders Fred Guenzler and Fred Appel with 24 and 35 head, averaging 1273 and 1282 pounds and selling at 17.75 and 17.50 per cwt respectively.
Lynn Curley, longtime Sandridge melon grower, received a call from a Chicago buyer planning to send samples. Curley had 11 melons in his car Tuesday and hopes to organize a local group to sample the new varieties. Prospects for the local melon crop look good though late with few ripe watermelons before late August or early September.
The Argo news notes threshing to begin Tuesday and lists numerous social visits across Fulton Clinton Lanark and Savanna. It reports church realignment plans moving Argo Fa church to Milledgeville charge and introduces Rev Paul Van Zee as new pastor arriving August 5 with Sunday services and Sunday school.
Social Security payments in Carroll county increased over the past quarter, with 66 residents receiving $972.82 monthly as of June 30 1945. Wunsch of the Rockford Field Office notes many 65 plus workers have not claimed benefits while still employed and urges inquiries at the Rockford office.
Newspapermen are invited to a press and radio conference by War Department representatives and combat veterans in Savanna on August 7. The session runs 10 30 a m to 2 50 p m with a K ration lunch intermission at Smith Cafe in the Radke Hotel building.
Local fire departments in Carroll Whiteside Lee and Ogle counties will attend a regional fire school in Sterling from September 4 to 7. Sessions run in the afternoon with optional evening classes and requested evolutions. Instructors Brooks and Remick will be in charge as part of statewide efforts after the 1945 fire college and University of Illinois cancellation.
Thomson briefs Henry Young Sr. Sir Henry Young Jr. and Mrs Myrtle Bull were Monday afternoon and supper guests of Mr and Mrs Venus Jensen and daughter of Toronto la. Leroy Goblin returned home Sunday after working for the Milwaukee railroad in Albany. Mr and Mrs C G Bloyer and daughter Judy of Freeport spent a few days last week in the home of Harvey Marshall.
The piece notes farmers urged to boost effort in World War II, reporting 1942 Iowa crop yields of 29.5 million tons of hay grain and forage, with eight main crops totaling 20.6 million tons, all well above 1941. It links War Bonds funding to protecting these crops for servicemen.
Dorothy Lorraine Hepfer of Lanark and Robert Allen McIntyre of Savanna won University of Illinois scholarships announced by L. E. Bruch. Hepfer earned the general scholarship for top grades in county exams, while McIntyre received the agricultural scholarship.
Miss Maxine R Bertholf daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Bertholf Savanna and Alfred Q Goetz son of Alfred Goetz Bellevue Ia and Mrs Sherman Barth Savanna were married at 10 am Monday July 39 in Mt Carroll The single ing service was read Attendants were Miss Mildred Bertholf and Ray Haig both of Savanna Mrs Goetz a Savanna township High School 1942 graduate works at Savanna ordnance depot Mr Goetz discharged May 27 after over five years in the army three years overseas now employed at the ordnance depot They will reside at Blackhawk village after a brief wedding trip.
In hot weather Riverview near Thomson on the Mississippi attracts cabin renters and cottage owners. Emma Holland farms 15 acres, leases shoreline, and rents cabins to 35 to 40 patrons with electricity. residents come from many towns including Mt Carroll and Davenport. Web Ross operates Webs Camp north of Riverview offering swimming boating and fishing.
Mr and Mrs Ray Klien plan a Friday departure for Downers Grove after a 10 day stay at the R I Houghton home and a transfer for Mr Klien to Aurora Illinois with Armorn Co. Mrs Paul Creiger and daughter Nancy of New Brunswick NJ visited cousin Wm Adams and recall Charles Alden as former local school principal.
In Carroll County circuit court Judge Leon A. Zick granted Marie Haas Bowman a divorce from Clyde A. Bowman and allowed her to resume her maiden name. Barbara Seibel of Savanna was granted a divorce from Kenneth Seibel Sr. and custody of a four year old, with $17.50 weekly support. A marriage license was issued to Alfred Quentin Goetz and Maxine Bertholf, both of Savanna. James Riteveur of Clinton was fined for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and placed on six months probation after a transfer from circuit court. Ritenour, tied to a July Mt. Carroll accident, faced a grand jury transfer and traffic charges.
A crew of about 75 workmen began Monday tearing down the old viaduct that carries Route 80 over the Milwaukee yards at Savanna. Traffic detours east from Chestnut Park to a road joining Route 62 at Excelsior school, with the alternate route in use for months.
Captain Russell Carson son of Mr and Mrs Robert Carson of Mt Carroll has Honorably discharged from the Army Air Corps and returned home last week after service beginning July 17 1940. He served twenty months as a C 27 pilot in the South Pacific and recently taught at Palm Springs California.
The article notes a Tuesday heat spike with a 97 degree afternoon reading and a fair breeze that faded by 6 p m. The evening remained hot above 90 until around nine when a cooling breeze dropped temperatures about 20 degrees in half an hour. Thunderstorms north of the area caused the change. Wednesday remained a scorcher with little relief in sight.
War Ration Book Five will be distributed through public schools in December and the next A gasoline ration book issued. Bowles said Book Five will be smaller than a dollar bill and contain half as many stamps as the last. Distribution will occur at school houses and public buildings from December 3 to December 15. Gasoline books go in on December 22 and Book Five will be used early next year for food and shoe rationing. Louise Wilkens of Fulton is visiting C F Bielema.
Br. L. Peck who has led the Carroll County War Price and Rationing Board for three years and seven months resigns effective August 1. He says he must devote time to his own business. Tom Watson of Mt. Carroll serves as acting temporary chairman until a successor is named.
Funeral services for Lee Fuqua 54 of the Milledgeville area were at 2 p m Thursday in Shirk funeral chapel with Charlee Nettleton officiating. Burial followed in Chadwick cemetery. Fuqua a World War I veteran and former Dixon barber moved to a farm area north of Milledgeville and is survived by his widow Beulah Hoak a brother Earl of Mattoon and a sister Mrs Alec Hunt of Rockford.
Chadwick aided Hazel Green Wisconsin by lending a portable water pump for temporary use after Hazel Green faced days without water. The pumping equipment had sat idle since a village well broke down, with options including Chadwick's spare pump and a new, ready-for-use unit from the village’s planned well project.
Farmers in the Thomson vicinity have nearly completed cutting and shocking oats, with threshing starting Monday morning. The season looks promising with favorable weather for oats and a dense shock pattern visible along the highway, though the winter may limit any inference about corn.
Governor Green signed a new Illinois law tightening financial responsibility for auto owners and drivers. If damages exceed $50, a report must be filed within ten days and proof of ability to pay shown. Violators risk suspension of their driver's license. parked cars and unauthorized use are exempt.
Mrs Gail Turney visited the Edgar Turney home on Sunday. Mr and Mrs L B Mellem of Savannah were guests at Walter Severance's home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Turney and Dale of Fulton were Friday evening visitors at Edgar Turney's home. Mr and Mrs N D French visited Sunday at Mrs Edward Smaltz's Fulton home.
Carroll county township tax assessments show large disparity in farm machinery values from $117 to $603 across townships. The board of tax review is reviewing assessments and mailing notices for changes, with Freedom township highlighted for notable underassessment. Chairman S. C. Crom of Milledgeville promises fair, impartial adjustments following legal procedures.
Lucky the Tallman Holstein topped Carroll county DHIA in July with 111.2 pounds fat and 2418 pounds milk. Howard Derrer's Specky ranked second, Porter and Son Brown Swiss led Brown Swiss cows, and 98 cows produced over 40 pounds fat among 379 tested. Several herds and owners are listed with average fat and milk, plus notes on dry cows, Sudan grass feeding, and sales.
Robert Young and Norman Home dew were chosen from Savanna CAP flight to attend a week of training at Chanute Field Rantoul. The school opens August 26 with regular army cadet training. Joseph Runyan will be advanced to flight officer and Frank Esposito to first sergeant in Sterling. Savanna flight is part of Sterling Squadron 614 CAP.
The Carroll county selective service board announces inductees into the Army and Navy. Army members include Clifford Curboy Massbach Roger Coleman Milledgeville Clifford M Flack Melvin C Stadel Homer F Geison all of Savanna. Navy inductees are Benjamin P Dimmick Thomson and Charles J Clopton Mt Carroll.
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