Town Notes and Tales From Davenport to Savanna
Local column recaps townspeople news with colorful vignettes. Jay Cook of Davenport visits Thomson, past Sandridge school ties revealed, and housing needs for John Seger and wife noted. Casual sketches feature cows, stables, a new town hall painting, and neighbors socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seger
Savanna
Ashby
Frances Shimer
Wn. Baker
New Town Hall
Bess French
Maxine Appel
Emil Oliver Hemmer
Potter Bros
York Town Special Election Notice in Carroll County
Town Clerk Clarence Bolhous calls a special election for York on August 17, 1948 at York Town Hall. Voters decide whether road and bridge tax rate rises from 0.165 to 0.22 percent on the town’s taxable property. Polls open 6 AM to 5 PM.
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York
Carroll
Ilinois
Illinois
A. D
Department OF Revenue
Clarence Bolhous
Miinois
Thomson Briefs James Blackett at Coleta home
James Blackett spends the week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rummel in Coleta. Mrs. Guy Brown and her daughter Miss Harriett Brown visited Thursday with Mrs. Ray Rupple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blackett
Gerald Rummel
Coleta
Guy Brown
Harriett
Ray Rupple
Kness Clan Holds Sunday Reunion at Old Mill Park
Annual Kness reunion held Sunday at Old Mill park Savan na with 38 attendees. Eldest Frank Kness Chadwick youngest Peddy Lee Imel son of Howard Imel was Mr Carroll. Guests included Gilbert Nelson Chicago Ronald Ritenour Milledgeville Vernon Adolph Herbert Haas. Edd Kness Chadwick reelected president Monroe Fossett Milledgeville reelected secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kness
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Frank Kness
Chadwick
Peddy Lee Imel
Howard Imel
Carroll
A. P. Glaw
Margaret
Chicago
Gilbert Nelson
Ronald Ritenour
Milledgeville
Vernon Adolph
Herbert Haas
Edd Kness
Monroe Fossett
Mr. Carroll
Earl Werner
Cedar Rapids
Will Real
Leona
Fayette Fossett
Lanny
Evin Rock
Sterling
Karen
Howard Kness
Milledgeville 4-H Achievement Day Showcases Sewing and Cooking
Milledgeville high school gym hosted 4-H sewing and foods clubs achievement day on Tuesday Aug 3. The program featured pledges, demonstrations on clover leaf rolls scarf uses flower arrangements and style show, plus songs and leader gifts. Attendees included mothers Home Bureau and friends. thanks were given to leaders Lois Livengood Ruth Kreider Helen Peters and Bernetta Goldthorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville Co-operative Workers
Co-operative Millies
Milledgeville High School
Foods Club
Bloomington
Marilyn Kimmel
Jo Ann Prins
Marjorie Albers
de Camptown
Kankakee
Marlene Peters
Mothers
Home Bureau
Lois Livengood
Ruth Kreider
Helen Peters
Bernetta Goldthorpe
Local families share visits and birthday celebrations
Thomson Briets and Burdick families visit in Rockford and at Mervin Marshal home. Dinner hosts mark birthdays for Mrs Kahler John Hoy and Ardith Yates with Morrison Fulton and Lanark guests. Several relatives spend Sundays with kin in Morrison Fulton Fen ton Savanna and Dells Wisconsin near Chicago, then start a West tour through Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Traum
Lanark
Edward J. Frencon
Seaman Sweet
Norma
Mendota
Clarence Young
Eddie
Jensen
Leonard Feldt
Raymond Tegeler
Fenton
L. A. Wilson
Allene
Janice
Hobart Holland
Robert Lewis
Sherrie
Dells
Wisconsin
John Carroll
Eldon Hickey
Lambert
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Roland
Bill Starck
Chicago
Guy Brown
Yellowstone National Park
West
James Haley
Mary Moore
Ralph Domdey
Morrison
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Kate Gleason
A note of gratitude from Mrs. Kate Gleason thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards and flowers received during illness and expresses appreciation for the kindness shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Gleason
Teacher in Savanna Seeks Home in Thomson
John A. Seger principal of Thomson grade school and Mrs. Seger a Savanna teacher have not yet found housing in Thomson as they relocate their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Seger
Thomson
Seger
Savanna
Sunday church notices from Argo Thomson and Hickory Grove
Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:30 for Argo, Thomson, and Hickory Grove churches. Rev William Richards of Bryanston preaches at 11, Aug 22 picnic planned in Thomson. Church school 9:30, Aug 28 service. The program includes Ebed mel ech bilingual meaning and a sermon on confessing, plus more Glee Club recordings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo
Thomson
William Richards
Bryanston
Hickory Grove
Thomson Methodist
Thomas S. Cleworth
Servant of God
Vacation plans and community notices from August
Sunday mass noted as 7 50. Families George Macie and Lloyd Fagen plan a ten day Colorado and Kansas trip visiting relatives in Denver and Salina. Mrs Earl Rupple to teach at Fair Haven Center. Numerous out of town attendees at Otto Lewis funeral from Illinois and Iowa. Mattie subscribes Thomson Review for Vernon in Japan. Local visits include Grim, Groharing, Allen, Johnson, Reddick and others. Yavonne North returns from Wisconsin vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mac‘ie
Lloyd Fagen
Colorado
Kansas
Denver
Mattie
Earl Maiden
Salina
Kans
Mr. Fagan
Earl Rupple
Fair Haven Center
Thomson Briefs
Otto Lewis
Norman Lewis
River Forest
Ill
Frank Reynolds
Courtland
Til
Ervine Lewis
Ned
Lewellyn Lewis
Walnut
William Hoofstitler
Sterling
Hale Peiper
Clinton
George Mattie
Thomson Review
Vernon
Walter Reddick
BE. J. French
Sharon Kay
al Luedeke
Vernon Luedeke
Bobby
Freeport
Hobart Holland
Donald Alexander
Wyanet
Claude Grim
Yavonne North
Wisconsin
Bell Reunion Held Sunday at Clinton
The fourteenth Bell reunion took place Sunday in Eagle Point Park Clinton Iowa with 5 percent attendance. Officers elected for the coming year include President Ernest Bell Vice President Ed Bell and Secretary Treasurer Johnnie Backer. Nine births were reported and no deaths or marriages occurred last year. Attendees came from Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Sabula Clinton Morrison Lanark Savanna Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Ernest Bell
Ed Bell
Johnnie Backer
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Ss. D. Bartnes
John Ebensberger
Melessa
David Traum
Clarence Fritts
Arlo Ebensberger
Harold Traum
Darvin Bell
Ovin Neare
Leroy Kuel
Paul Torney
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Sabula
Morrison, Lanark
Thomson
Clinton Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Vern Martindale visited Clinton visitors over the weekend joining Mrs Belle Shaw and Mrs Alta Martindale Mic. Nearby families including Mr and Mrs Watne Ashby and Mr Clarence Apple of Verran shared time with relatives. Mrs Lyle Greeley of Hanover and ATG Martins of Clinton also spent several days with local acquaintances this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Martindale
Clinton
Belle Shaw
Alta Martindale
Tin
Senny Myre
Sieh Duehay
Watne Ashby
Clarence Apple
Verran
St Tse Arte Nes
Lyle Greeley
Hanover
de Wayne
Vera Martindale
FFA and 4 H Club Plan Exhibits for Vocational Fair
Yoomson Future Farmers and Hoomember will meet Monday August 9 in the high school at 7:50 p.m. Plans to exhibit projects at the Vocational Fair and 4-H Roundup will be discussed. The Vocational Fair will be held at Preepere Ra oe gy. the Roundup at Savanna on August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoomson Future Farmers and Hoomember
Preepere Ra Oe
Savanna
Holmquest-Giebler wedding at Norfolk Naval Air Station
Mr and Mrs Anton Holmquest announce the marriage of their daughter Fern M Holmquest to Clifford L Giebler Jr Lt JG in the Naval Air Station Chapel at Norfolk Virginia on the third of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Holmquest
Fern M. Holmquest
Clifford L. Giebler, Jr
Naval Air Station Chapel
Norfolk, Va
Local visitors and guests travel notes across Iowa and nearby states
Lois Voss visits Fulton while Janie Miller stays with Gerald Brown. Albert Hook family from Streator visit Epa Hook in Savannah. Earl Rupple and niece Leona Curley return from a Black Hills trip via Yankton Kimball Rapids City with stops at Coolidge Lodge Custer Mt Rushmore. Lake Okoboji trip includes Matilda Harney Nettie Stamm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Lois Voss
Fulton
Ben Dykstra
Janie Miller
Gerald Brown
Albert Hook
Marian
Carolyn
Betty Bergstead
Streator, Jr
Epa Hook
Savanna
Earl Rupple
Leona Curley
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lake Okobojila
Yankton and
Kimball
S. Dak
Rapids City
Coolidge Lodge
Custer
Mt. Rushmore
Iowa
Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboji
Matilda Harney
Nettie Stamm
McConnell
Dan Sack
Fame
Harry Watt
Beloit
Wis
Foster Lance
Los Angeles
Calif
Herbert St. Ores
Ethel Potter
Edaltz
Milwaukee
Ernt and
Ernst
Mae Rii
SBP
Correction in Otto Lewis obituary over missing brother
An obituary for the late Otto Lewis was corrected to include his deceased brother Ivan Lewis after an oversight by the writer. The correction notes apologies to the family for the omission and acknowledges the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Lewis
Ivan Lewis
Cole Whitney
Palisades State Park Footage Shown For Newsreel
Pictures of Mississippi Palisades state park were recorded for a 30 minute motion picture in a statewide reel. Jack Lieb of Kling Studio Inc Chicago shot views of the river trails and bluff Saturday and Sunday. Estimated park attendance reached seven thousand on Sunday with over four thousand at Old Mill park and weekend picnics and reunions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Jack H. Licb
Kling Studio Inc
Chicago
Lieb
Paul Dury
Hlinoi
State Park
Paul Bury
Paul Jonjour
Old Mill Park
American Legion
Savanna-Bellevue
Social Calendar and Family Visits Across Town
A flurry of visits and gatherings across Savanna and nearby towns includes Mrs. Paul Willians of Chicago visiting her mother and relatives, many Sunday callers at the Doden home, and multiple trips to Mercy hospital in Clinton. Weekend visitors hail from Morrison, Fulton, Moline, Detroit, and Illinois towns, with picnics at the Carrolls and travels to Lake of the Woods and Apple River Canyon camp. The note records engagements from birthday celebrations to a broken leg incident and a teaching appointment for Sandbipe school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Willians
Chicago
Savanna
J. R. Valvert
S$. Eo Fox
Merle Doden
Morrison
Howard Laurence
Moline
John Hoy
Fulton
Fred Doden
Clarence Appel
George Stumphy
Guy Stumphy
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Ivan Carroll
Carroll
Walter Milnes
Andrew Witt
Francis Sheridan
Lake of the Woods
Kenora
Canada
Join Simpson
Frank Jelein
Detroit
Mich
Saskatchewan
Murray
John Elliott
Kenneth Goblin
Order of the Arrow
Apple River Canyon
Russell Burch
Hillboro
Wis
Elaie North
Ronnie
North
Roy Fleming
Melvin
Bert Tuintook
White Pines State Park
Jthich
Beaslaye
Wilfred Hazen
Stock Falls
Louis Kness
Gal Turney
Blaine Turney
George St
Herbert St. Ores
Foster Lance and Wugente
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Munson
Robert Edgar
Rock I
Local clubs hold meetings and socials in Savanna area
The Chat-a-While Club met at Mrs. Leonard Stage's home with 11 members and five children present. Upcoming events include an Aug 20 meeting hosted by Mrs. Ivan Carroll and a Sunday picnic Aug 7 at the Holland residence lawn. Baptist groups and WSC S outings noted plus a long social roundup of regional visitors and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Stage
Ivan Carroll
Hobart Holland
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Vada Carroll
Birth announced for Savanna baby born July 31
Mr and Mrs Merle Kohn announce the birth of a son at Savanna City Hospital on Saturday July 31. The infant weighs six pounds nine ounces. Mrs Kohn is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hanum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Kohn
Savanna City Hospital
Kohn
William Hanum
Lambert Family Holds 28th Reunion at Old Mill Park
The Lambert family gathered at Old Mill Park in Savanna for the 28th annual reunion and picnic dinner. More than 50 attended with members from Freeport LaGrange Mt. Carroll Savanna and Thomson. Officers re elected were Mrs. Lawrence Getz president Mrs. Paul Metz secretary and Preston Downing treasurer all of Mt. Carroll. The 1949 event will be held the first Sunday in August in Old Mill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Freeport
LaGrange
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Lawrence Getz
Paul Metz
Preston Downing
Old Mil Park
Locals Win Three More During Week
Thomson's diamondball team posted three wins in a week. They defeated Dubuque 4 2 Sunday night after falling behind 2 1, then beat S. O. D. 5 2 on Monday, and downed Milwaukee Road 6 2 on Wednesday. Brac pitched all three games. next they play Stockton Sunday and Mt Carroll tournament Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Bel du Inn
Dubuque
Milwaukee Road
Brac
Stockton
Mt. Carroll
Local Notes From Camanche and Surrounding Areas
Noah Sweitzer reports Robert Williams of Camanche visited his brother Martin Williams on Saturday and others nearby. The Green County fair at Monroe Wisconsin drew Bob Barur and Clara Mae Ham. Melvin Ham survived a crow shooting accident that struck him in the face. Oats and corn crops look strong. yields up to a hundred bushels per acre possible. John Klock and wife of Lanark called on their winter Sunday afternoon. Fred Kaney of Forreston visited on Friday. Lauline McGinnis Joe Roe Melvin Ham and Howard Buckley attended a Sterling ball game Sunday. Clarence Price of East Clinton guest of honor at Raymond Gordon’s on Sunday. Daniel Senneff and wife of near Milledgeville were Sunday visitors in Thomson. Substituting for Mr Sycaroose during his Wisconsin vacation week ends with No 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Plumley
Fulton
Ralph Stearns
Stearn
Willard Nelsont
Cambridge
Earl Holman Jr
Sabula
Pearl Holman
Savanna
Earl Holman
Foster Lance
Los Angeles
Calif
Edna Brown
Ivan Morse
Emma Brown
Galesburg
John Ashpole
Paul Heusinkvela
Bob
David Young
Minnesota
Warren Green
Patty Sue
Blackhawk Village
Herman Timmons
Charles Hogg
Eugene Murray
Home Bureau
Camp Archie Allen
Port Byron
Rock Island
Lee
Whiteside
Henry
Carroll
Chicago
Forrest Eslinger
Justice Pring
Jo Ann
Marie Stickell
Katherine Hawk
Louis Thompson
Harold Ludvigsen
Bonnie
Jimmy
Clinton
Emma Eslinger
Morricon
Jaclyn
Connie
Larry
Lanark
Edwin Sweitzer
Morie
Neta
Chadwick
Noah Switzer
Ale Russell Sweitzer
Sear Lanark
Dixon
Russell Sweitze
Leslie Eaton
James
Jean
John
Krape Park
Freeport
Arnold Barur
Clara Mae Ham
Monroe
Wis
Melvin Ham
John Klock
Mr. Klock
Fred Kaney
Forreston
Laulie& McGinnis
Joe Roe
Howard Buckley
Sterling
Clarence Price
East Clinton
Wilmington
N. C
Raymond Gordon
Daniel Senneff
Milledgeville
Thomson
Sycaroose
Wisconsin
Coleman Sales Manager Adds Night to Local Hardware Event
In Thomson the Coleman sales manager spoke to local dealers in Davenport about top ten speaking rank and plans to showcase the Coleman line at the hardware in the coming weeks. The piece highlights space heaters oil water heaters and Coleman floor furnaces along with Barker soup kitchen and Dutch coffee offerings at Baker shop and a Skelgas powered paint mention. Also noted are farm wagon flare wagon box and electric water heaters priced at 155 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Coleman Dealers of Lines and Laws
Davenport
Coleman
Thomson
Baker Soup
McGinty Hardware
Chas
Albany visit notes from Prins and Sweitzer families
Mr and Mrs Albert Prins visited Friday evening with her parents Mr and Mrs Dave Ge verte at Albany. Mr and Mrs Russell Sweitzer of Lanark and Mr and Mrs Ed win Sweitzer Maurice and Anita of Chadwick visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Noah Sweitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Prins
Dave Geverte
Albany
Russell Sweitzer
Lanark
Edwin Sweitzer
Maurice
Anita
Chadwick
Noah Sweitzer
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Beth
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Bud Bull
Rose Hand
Lou Wilt
Bud
Dee
Allews
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Dorothy
Amy
Bob Heusinkveld
Slim Goblin
Ken
Rock Falls
Geneva Kness
Ernest Whitney
Harrietta Fenley
Teenie
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Bozo
Legals
Kness Clan
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Clinton Wilt
John Klett
Geo. Ketchum
Eleanor Roberts
Scott Roberts
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Weddine
Palisades
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Camanche
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Williams
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