Annual Production Of "Abe Lincoln In Illinois" Arranged
The ninth annual production of Abe Lincoln In Illinois by the Abe Lincoln Players Inc will be at New Salem State Park August 19 20 21 22 and 27 28 29. Cooperating with Illinois State Fair officials during the first weekend the show attracts about 170000 viewers over eight years and is the Broadway play by Robert E Sherwood in three large outdoor stores with 1500 seating. G William Horsley again portrays Abraham Lincoln. admission is 75 cents for adults 25 cents for children plus 25 cent souvenir programs. Mail reservations accepted at Abe Lincoln Players Inc P O Box 1415.
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Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Abe Lincoln Players, Inc
New Salem State Park
Springfield
Lincoln
Robert E. Sherwood
G. William Horsley
Abraham Lincoln
New Salem
P. O
Thomson social notices chart weekend gatherings and travel
Thomson residents gathered for birthdays visits and picnics across Clinton Dixon DeWitt Fulton Morrison and Moline. Families with Grim Witt Prins Houzenga and many others shared meals tours and weekends with relatives, students, and friends including a Missouri university student departing Columbia for fall studies.
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Claude Grim
Leslie Grim
Edwin Buse
David
Ronnie Rutherford
Lester Grim
Hreston
Sheryl Grim
Harold Witt
Wayne
Jennie Griswold
Gilbert Holland
Charles Clausen
Moline
Henry Faber
Louis Houzenga
Ben Bielema
Fulton
Andrew Houzenga
Duane Law
Donna
John Johnson
Ralph Fossler
Dean and Shirley
Durand
Thomas Kustes Jr
O. Hemmer
David Rutherford
Hobart Holland
Edward
Columbia
University of Missouri
Albert Prins
Local families host guests and visit in Savanna and area
Dinner guests included the Crotteau and McGinnis families from CloquetMinn, Detra from Prophetstown, Stumphy Beck Hamm, and others visiting in Savanna Warren Keithsburg and Morrison. Attendees attended picnics nursing home visits and a Scout Camp near Stockton with several travels and birthday celebrations noted.
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Vaughn McGinnis
Lawrence Crotteau
Denver McGinnis
Cloquet
Mina
Carl Detra
Prophetstown
Kyle McGinnis
P. K. McGinnis
Robert Stumphy
Karl Beck
Carl Hamm
Emma Schoss
Louis Setterberg
Princeton
Jim
Jerry Wiebenga
Alfred St. Ores
Warren
Thom
A. M. Peterson
Shelton
Whsc
Ile
Thomson
Russell Sweitzer
Savanna
Minnesota
Robert Plumley
Guy of
Fulton
Willard Nelson
Hillsdale
Ralph Stearns
Ralph Jr
Stockton
Richard Badtke
Russell Albert
Brucellosis Declines in Illinois Swine Herds and Local Notices
Veterinarians report fewer brucellosis reactors in Illinois swine during 1953 under Project 1046 with 34 401 animals blood tested and 5.4 percent reactors. No reactor animals can be sold as breeding stock and may only be slaughtered. Local social notes include visits of Mr and Mrs Rush Carroll and Mr and Mrs John Sloan to Savanna and a Thomson 120 acre farm for sale near the highway with modern home and buildings.
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Small Homes Guide
Arnold Schaffner
Eichholz & Eichholz
Sedalia
C. H. Joy
Small Homes
Washington
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
University of Illinois
Thomson
Robert Miller
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Thomson News
Alberta
Linda
Henry Newendyke
Howard Johnson
Chadwick
Galesburg
Ella Clifford
Jimmy Metzrer
Dixon
Richard Lyons
William Hayton
Clinton, Ta
William Mullen
Dwight Atherton
Arch Atherton
Cecil Mitchell
Edna Brown
R. B. Woods
Carl Korbar
Asker Peterson
Clinton
Daugter
Kenneth von
Marion Wheeler
Lloyd Gilbert
Lyle Walliams
Beth
Billy Witt
Henry Young
Wacker
Hter
Charles Young
Frank Ford
Aurora
Hazel Witt
Esther James
Athelstone
Wis
Ivan McGinnis
Bert Morrison
Massbach
Norman D, French Jr
Manhattan
Kansas
N, D, French
Norman
Kansas State
Teton Mountains
Wyoming
Merle Atherton
Lester Vance
de Witt
Paul Stage
Rockford
Ben Stage
Joe Larson
Ott
Switzer
Merle Prins
Debra
Leonard Feldt
A. E. Mitchell
Morrison
Spokane
Washigton
Robert Sikkema
Chas, Behr
Detleff Behr
Charles McGinty
Kenneth Tichler
Clarence Tichler
Wilbur Houzenga
Dana
John Kramer
Lyle Mitchell
Bruce Groharing
Famiy
Starved Rock
Bertha Mayhall
Hazel Swanson
Hawaii
Gene Mayhall
Yates
Bernard Mayhall
Ottawa
Merle Jr
Harry Ferry
Sidney Hrenneman
Vitors
Ray Brenneman
Justice Prins
Do Am
Norman Stickell
Robert
Rey
F. K. Mertz
Alice Michael All
Streator
Carol Brandt
Lena
Alma
Helen Mertz
Mises Cynthia McNerney
Mary Donovan
Baltimore
Lawr
Nce Hockman
New McGinty Hardware
Ol’ Skelgas
Bina
Potter Bros
Thomson, Illinois
Butler Hulu
Corey
Main St. Savanna
Margaret
Heusinkveld
Bel Air
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Linois
Merle Bicker
Rons
Vera Millerscone
Freeport
Donald White
Davenport
Maude Brown
Hariett
George Soltow
Elizabeth Carroll
David and
Terry
Clover Farm Stores
Sturtevants
Clover Farm
Arly Glendale Peas
Sunkist
Reacon At
Sturtevants Dairy Products
Mrs. Rush Carroll
John Sloan
Leo Hengigen
Lowell
Edison
G. B. Shaw
Jack
James Howell
Jerome i. Jerome
Mary Baker Eddy
Jess Barbara Ann Aude
Louis Weber
Herman Gudema
Shannon
Kesehhi O22
Phone
Thomson, III
Board of Trustees
Carroll
Fire
Police Department
Salopy
Attest
Henry B. Strauch
Joe Shutters
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