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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
4
Thomson and Clinton residents gathered for the Bell reunion at Eagle Point Park in Clinton with about 40 attendees. Several local families hosted and joined relatives from Morrison, Savanna, Des Moines, Monmouth, and Dixon for dinners, visits, and weekend gatherings.
A long list of visits and social calls fills a Savanna and Morrison area weekend. Mr and Mrs George Lanning host in Savanna for Master Sgt Donald Ferguson on furlough. Guests include Phillips Witt Smith and Harold Witt family. Others travel to Polo for a Pines picnic. Several families host relatives in Milledgeville Lanark Low Moor Davenport Chadwick Morrison and Clinton areas.
Court House News lists marriage licenses issued by County Clerk W. M. Nipe to numerous pairs including Martin Blazeck and Norma Drone, Hugh Sullivan and Patricial Pelikan, James Smith and Violet Edinger, John Toepfer and Dorothy Swingley, Olaf Sharstad and Minnie Patterson, Earl Haring and Gladys Miller, with others from Chicago and Savanna. Real estate transfers show several warranty deeds involving Richard H. Smith, Har ry B. Grissinger, Oyster, Alban, Clikeman, Galloway, Hartman, Jargens, Melendy, Elliott, Saidel, Runyan, McGinnis, Wolf, Scheidler, and others across Savanna, Cherry Grove, Mr. Carroll, Lanark, and York.
Mr and Mrs Norman Stickell with daughter Marie of Craig Manor Hanover spend the week with Mrs Stickell's parents Mr and Mrs Justice Prins of East Savanna. Sunday visitors in Albert Prins home include Mr and Mrs Charles Geerts Fulton Mr and Mrs William Hawk and family and Mrs Kathryn Hawk Mt Carroll. Emmerson Sweezy and baby daughter visit from Connecticut to see relatives in Clinton and Mrs Sweezy's parents Mr and Mrs Adam Kness Argo. Harvey Marshall family dine with G C Bloyer Freeport. Ed Dusing and daughter Wilma of Polo visit aunt Mrs Rebecca Holland in Emil Brach home. Otto Lohmeier Detroit Mich and Bert Johnson Argo are Sunday evening callers of Carl Petersen.
Fulton residents are noted moving homes and hosting guests. Mrs R L Porter shifts from Mr and Mrs Llewyn Fay to Mrs G H Thompson. Mrs H J Heusinkveld, visiting Morrison relatives, stays with her daughter Mrs Harold Sikkema. Mr Harlan Johannsen and Miss Helen Lyons hosted Ed Johannsen and Pvt Gerald Johannsen on leave. Bernard J Snyder spent last week with friends in Beloit Wisconsin.
Chadwick news lists Sunday entertainments at Rev Eberlys Polo with Chadwick families. Visitors Patsy and Larry Williams from Freeport stayed with Mrs Hsertman. Mrs Higbee returns from New York after a month with the Kingerys. Regina Beckmire to visit Wisconsin Dells with Mec Clyman. Kathryn Musselman to An derson Indiana to see Rev Addison Musselman. Charles Daggett and daughter Lilian dined with S J Smith. Meinsma family hosted by Abel Bielema in Sterling. Meinsma kin visited Morrison with Peter Dykhuis and Mrs Sealkein of Chicago. Effie Voeckel visited Bur Stiles family. Will Wagner family and Louis Miller from Mt Carroll visited L F Rauser household.
Ration rules broadened to aid hospital patients and incubator equipment. Air wardens may keep BY mileage books. fuel oil now available for poultry and livestock gear. Coal output trails 1942. 91,644 US casualties to July 3. Rural traffic down. winter cover crop seeds released for 1942 crop stabilization. Bandage cloth supplies assured. pro-rated farm shipments allowed. Poultry price controls updated. floor coverings boosted by WPB. A lighthearted joke ends the digest.
A long list of Sunday visits and stays across Coleta Chadwick Maquoketa Maquoketa Ia Milledgeville Prophetstown Mt. Carroll Morrison Lanark Lena Dixon Albany Cherry Grove Rock Falls and other spots highlights social ties. Guests include the Baileys the Demeiers the Bakers the Howles the Zugschwerdts the Deets the Williams and many more in community gatherings.
Friday and weekend visits fill the social calendar as Ed Kampmeier, Shannon couples, Morrison and Sterling residents, and many others share meals and house calls. Guests include the Jansens, Kaufmans, Kness, Fru it, Miller, Mohrman, Byers, Morden, Horton, and more. A closing adage notes leaders arise from quick thinkers who act.
Chadwick brief notes Dale Eubanks stationed at Camp Grant and Miss Lavonne Meyers of Lanark visiting the Eubanks home. Numerous relatives and friends gathered Sunday at various homes, sharing meals and birthday wishes for Fred Apple, with trips and visits spanning Fulton Rock Falls Milledgeville Clinton Mt. Carroll and local families across the area.
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