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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
3
A local note warns watchful care for children and self as polio symptoms vary and can precede paralysis. It lists sore throat, fever, nausea, abdominal pain, tremor, neck stiffness, and appetite loss, stressing that symptoms may appear in any order or not at all.
Thomson briefed Mt Carroll guests Mr and Mrs Robert Gelwicks and Miss Margaret Nordhoff weekends with Harold Shelly in Charlotte Indirectly many households are noted. Funeral in Morrison drew Henry Maring and son James from Canajoharie New York. Others visited relatives in Bryant Iowa and Detroit. Les Lathrop left to see his Pennsylvania aged mother.
In a candlelight ceremony on August 1 at the First Methodist church Oak Park Helen Marshall of Chicago daughter of N R Kenyon of Argo married Arnold Schiefer son of Mrs Mary Schiefer of Chicago The Rev Howard Clinebell officiated A dinner followed at Gabriel Inn Out of town guests included Clyde Groharing and his wife from Morrison The couple reside at 716 N Humphrey Ave Oak Park IL
The Review invites all Thomson area families to have their babies photographed free of charge by Waltz Studios of Des Moines on Monday August 12 at the Youth Center. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. No subscription or purchase required. Parents may buy photos if desired. all children must be accompanied by a parent.
Sunday guests and weekend visitors connect communities across Hanover Warren Lanark Fulton Moline Rockford Chadwick Sterling Boise Clinton and Chicago. Notable names include the Greeleys Kerkstras Kaufmans Hook family Foltz Connell and Badtke with travel plans to Great Falls Yale Eugene Corvallis and Boise.
Ben Dimmick stationed at Great Lakes spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Delbert Dimmick announcing the soldier’s homecoming from military duty.
Mrs Minnie Carter Lamb of Shannon Polled Hereford fancier travels with her niece Miss Doris Reach from Albany to Des Moines Iowa to oversee business at the American Polled Hereford office. Mrs Helen Bittner and Chicago friend visited Mrs Lamb in Shannon over the weekend. Mrs Bittner manages the hat department in a Wilke department store. Mrs Hazel Heinze visited with sister Mrs Gus Roggendorf. Misses Evelyn Ashpole and Ruth Strubb stayed with Miss Fern Rawins overnight Sunday and Monday.
Catholic services take place in Fulton at 7:30 and 9:30 daylight saving time. Church school at 10 and worship at 11. Rev. Cleworth is pastor and William Snyder of Fulton will perform special organ numbers Sunday.
Thomson Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 40 and service at 10 30 led by Pastor Rev George. All are welcome to attend.
Community notice lists morning Sunday School at ten oclock and an evening church service at seven oclock. The schedule promotes regular worship and attendance for parishioners and visitors.
Sunday activities at Argo Methodist Church include a 10 a.m. Sunday school and a 7:30 p.m. church service.
The church announces no preaching services in August due to the pastor's vacation. Sunday school remains at 9:30 a m each Sunday. The Golden Rule class meets next Wednesday for a church picnic. families bring their own table service and drinks. The weekly Sunday school social is postponed indefinitely.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Rawlins and Mrs Hattie Rawlins spent Tuesday evening with the latter s son and family Mr and Mrs Kyle Rawlins. Mr and Mrs Charles Sack spent today in Clinton. Mr and Mrs Delbert Dimmick Ben and Carroll and Nellie were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Nellie Schade and Glendora.
Scouts from Freeport depart Monday for a ten day canoe trip in Boulder Junction Wisconsin. The party includes Bob Heusinkveld Ken Goblin and John Elliott with eight other scouts from Region Scout Base 7 and is led by Mr Bailey of Freeport. The three boys were initiated into the Order of the Arrow at Apple River Canyon on Sunday.
Shutters, Thomson catcher, hit a deep center field homer in the third as Thomson topped Royal Blue 8 to 4. Brach earned the win with six hits allowed and eight strikeouts. Moose Lodge defeated Thomson 10 to 6 in a league game at Old Mill Park with Brach taking the loss.
Mrs. Vada Sullivan has returned to Chicago after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kness. Mr. and Mrs. James Hook hosted Sunday guests in Fulton, with other stops including the Kemmer and Ferguson families in the area. Forest Gilvert and Ruth Ann of Port Byron joined dinner with the Badtke family.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Alice Maring of Morrison were held Saturday afternoon at the Reynolds chapel and the Ebenezer Reformed church in Morrison. Interment was in Grove Hill cemetery. She was 85 and survived by four sons and three daughters.
Adult circulation totals include fiction 111 classed books 26 magazines 32 and new subscriber registrations. Juvenile section reports fiction 64 classed books 9 magazines 18. New titles listed include Shuin The Sermon on the Mount Allan Boysi Grey Shadow on the Trail Longstreet The Sisters Liked Them Handsome Sogart Queen City Murder Case and more including The Psychopathic Dog The Beacon Making the Movies and Art in the New Land.
Beverly Kraft visiting from Chicago met her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Kraft and left for Washington to seek work. Various locals hosted and visited including the Hook family, Essie Hunter and George Morissen, Roger Marshall, Mervin Marshall, Bertha Metzger, Elmer Nelson and family, Robert and Fred Miller, and others at Palisades Park and surrounding farm towns. Nearby residents enjoyed picnics, dinners, and Sunday visits with Justice Prins family, Hawk families, and Clinton residents Marie and Bobbie as well as Norman Stickel.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Estella Griswold on Monday at Savanna City Hospital. It mentions tributes and local ties, with no further life details provided in the readable text.
The Altar and Rosary society gathered Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. John Halfman. Players competed in Hearts with high prize to Mrs. Josephine Sheridan and low to Miss Mary Sheridan. Nine guests shared sandwiches apple pie and coffee. Chat a While club to meet August 29 with Mrs. Herbert St Ores.
The Royal Neighbors plan a meeting on August 20 with Mrs. Virgil Wilt. The W S C S met August 14 at Mrs. Donald Smith’s home with 19 members and two visitors Rev George and wife. A talk on fundraising campaigns followed devotionals. Next meeting is August 21 in the church basement. Argo Home Economics hosts a flower show Friday August 16 in the Methodist annex with program items and hostesses listed. attendees invited to bring flowers and plants.
Ab Prins placed 12 heifers averaging 954 pounds on the Chicago market this week at 21.00 per hundred. He also sold three club calves, two at 24 and one at 23 dollars per hundred.
Mr and Mrs Howard Wiebenga and sons Danny and Jerry were Sunday dinner guests of Brors daughter Mrs William Baker. Jerry Watt and family visited Dan Sack and family in Beloit. The Waltz Studios will photograph children at the Youth Center Monday August 12. William Griswold and wife returned from New York after the death of his mother Estella Griswold.
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Second Lieutenant Rolland Lee Mitchell who was killed in action over Sardinia in the Mediterranean August 25 1944. He was a B 26 Marauder pilot with the 1st Tactical Air Force in the Med. Surrounded by friends we are lonely.
Mrs Estella E Griswold 82 of Thomson died in Savanna City hospital August Std Burial in Lower York cemetery Funeral services were held at York Baptist church with Rev Lyons Mt Carroll officiating Survivors include son William two sisters two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Immediate family expresses thanks for support
Organization of local Carroll County Home Bureau units began with a meeting at Mrs. Henry Millers Woodland township. Additional sessions are scheduled through August 29 across Elkhorn Grove Rock Creek Lima Shannon Cherry Grove York Freedom Wysox Washington Salem Fair Haven Savanna and other locations with Dorothy Footitt and an executive board member attending each event.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Watt and Mr and Mrs Dan Sack attended the funeral of Mrs Emma Curley, grandmother to both Watt and Sack, held in Chadwick on Sunday. The article notes family visits and upcoming moves including Dan Sack and children moving to Craig Manor near Hanover next week.
The sick Mrs. George Ketchum shows marked improvement after weeks of illness. John Hook of Argo recovers from a truck fall injury. Alvin Hook, formerly of Argo, is a polio patient in a Freeport hospital.
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