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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
4
A typed list from York Township notes men and women serving in the United States armed forces. The Review invites corrections additions and notices of advancement in rank as the list grows.
A long wartime roster enumerates service members across the U S Navy Army Coast Guard and Marines with ranks from private to ensign. Entries include Ashpole Barr Bull Cate Cooper Daniels Demaree Diephuis Dimmick Ditsworth Drake Falls Foltz Faulkner Flack Groharing Gaar Hebeler Hicks Hook Johnson Kaufman Kreuder Kreuder Rentschler Rice Reader Siperly Switzer Turney etc. The compiled list highlights individuals by name rank and branch reflecting a community tribute to veterans.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Argo area towns. Names include Wall, Wallace, Smith, Williams, Johnson, Green, Kness, Bogart, Warfield, Foltz, Schriner, Welch, Lewis, Frosch, Carpenter, and others. Events feature visits, picnics, farewells, and family meals with mentions of Oak Park Illinois Monroe Michigan and Riverview outing.
We urge homemakers to improvise canning gear when shortages hit. Gladys Kimbrough of Ball Brothers offers practical home-made substitutes such as a lard can water bath canner a No 10 tin funnel a wooden rack coal tongs and more. The article notes increased metal release from the government may ease supply but DIY methods remain feasible.
Mrs. Frank Warfield left Monday to fetch her sister Mrs. Gladys Warfield from Aurora. Visitors included Harry Cone and daughter from Enid Oklahoma and Miss Mary Cone of Thomson at Joe Melendy and Raymond Carroll homes. Dor othy Warfield to join mother in Monroe Michigan. Pfc John Gaar returned to Camp Grant after 30 days with family in Argo and Freeport. The Turneys from Clinton hosted Edgar Turney. Charles Bower and Marie Dostal dined with Helen Gaar in Freeport. John and Donna Gaar returned home. John Faber and son joined Albert Faber for dinner and supper in Fulton.
Girl Scouts plan a Tuesday afternoon meeting with Geraldine Smith. Miss May Turney visits the Blaine Turney home in Clinton. Mrs. Gail Turney reports CM3c will soon land in the States after arthritis trouble. The dialogue features family quirks and a joke about color perception. The passage ends with a classified style line.
A Monday morning sale at Argo lumber yards drew buyers from Mt. Carroll Thomson and nearby areas. The event ended quickly with good participation. Also noted: car repairs at the elevator, rye crop prospects, and a Saturday free movie at Thomson. Pearl Evelyn Rawlins celebrated her 13th birthday at a picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Rawlins. Milk prices at the local condensary rose five cents.
William Wilkins former Garden Plain resident died suddenly Thursday at his Galesburg home after a five week illness. He was born September 10 1885 in Fulton and married Agnes Vos in May 1911. He owned a blacksmith shop and garage in Garden Plain, later moved to Fulton and then Galesburg where he lived nine years. His son Sgt Marvin A Wilkins arrived home from overseas Sunday before his death. He leaves his wife one son two daughters a granddaughter four sisters and other relatives. Funeral services were held in Galesburg Saturday and burial followed there.
The first annual Hawk reunion is set for Sunday July 21 at Eagle Point park in Clinton Iowa. The notice mentions Frank Warfield making two trips to Chicago with stock and reports the river level falling with anglers catching more fish than earlier in the week. Ted Miles of Mt Carroll visited Norman French last week.
The funeral for Irondyke of Albany drew five brothers and multiple relatives. Attending besides siblings were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wierema of Ustick and Mr. and Mrs. John Maring of Fulton, with relatives from Chicago and Muskegon, Michigan.
Jake and Zeke trade rural humor about oversized objects. Jake notes a foot long egg laid by a hen, while Zeke counters with a joke about an egg-beater as a bigger oddity. The exchange captures a playful country conversation.
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