Ideal club plans annual picnic and fair at Ideal
Three by committee members Adam Heinze Fred Smith and Vernon Rawlins oversee plans for the Ideal Farmer's Club picnic to be held Tuesday August 18 at Ideal. The Fresno California Club Show tied to the event will feature melon displays and a community workday with cleaning crews and street grading proposed for Thornon options to welcome visitors. Melon growers report slower sales due to cool weather but anticipate a bumper weekend with favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal
Adam Heinze
Fred Smith
Vernon Rawlins
Review Office
Idea
Farmer's Club
Attendance Drives Church Ser vices This Sunday
The Bible school attendance dropped to 55 due to visiting fever. The minister urged steadfast worship, announced topics on August 19 from Hebrews 12 13, and that Junior E meeting resumes August 30 with evening services performing well. Ladies meeting occurred in the annex on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Weskem
Methodist Church Sets Sunday Services And Potluck
Church services are planned for 9 30 and 10 30 Sunday. The ladies will host a potluck dinner at noon next Wednesday August 19 at the church. A committee on arrangements includes Mrs Blanche Beck Mr Belle Carpenter Mrs Dalia Molendy and Mrs Helen Senneft. The Rainbow class will be entertained Saturday by their teacher Mrs Balk at her home from 2 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Beck
Belle Carpenter
Dalia Molendy
Helen Senneft
Ure. Balk
Sunday School and Church Services Announced
The schedule lists a Sunday school at 11:00 and an 4:00 pm service led by Rev G C Brenneman. The ladies aid hold an all day meeting in the church basement with dinner for men. A Sunday school social at Wilk Hall drew 58 attendees with a luncheon including sandwiches, pickles, raspberry punch, fruit salad and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Brenneman
Ladies’ Aid
Wilk Hall
Ideal Farmer's club picnic program announced for Aug 18
The Ideal Farmers' club will hold its annual picnic and boys' call show on Tuesday August 18 at Hartman's grove near route 78. The day includes races, a horseshoe pitching contest, a noon dinner, calf shows, program by local talent, and an evening ball game between east and west sides. A large crowd is expected with liberal invitations extended to friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Faremers’ Club
Hartman's Grove
Ideal Church
Mear
Gotad
Robbie Lasher
Vern Oakley Mwale
Sylvia Griswold
Louise Ives
Rev
Hridge
Chadwick
Bobbie Lasher
West Side
Gerald Brown
Donald Wilt
Ernest Smith
E. Tousley
L. Tousley
Robert Lewis
Paul Smith
Price
C. Tousley
Rentchter
Hugh Senneff
Louise St. Oren
Robert Morris
Lanark
Ik Music
Rentehler
Ice Cream Social at Ideal on Friday Night
An ice cream social is planned at the Ideal church Friday evening with music and speeches. The invitation asks Lake ae ofes residents to attend and enjoy social time. Mr and Mrs Hawk hosted visitors Monday in Fulton with friends and neighbors. Miss Frances Prins visits Clinton this week to stay with her aunt Mrs Louis Thompson.
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IDEAL
Idea Church
Lake Ae Ofes
Wm. Hawk
Frances Prins
Clinton
Louis Thompson
Winfield A. Cone
David Winfield
Carol
Spearman
Texas
Mary Cone
Thomson
Shooze
White City
Kans
Winfield
Cone
W. D. M. Cone
Miss Cone
Neher
Illinois
Oklahon
Wilford Cone
Thorson
Wilford
Edger
Sadie May
Louise
Guymen
Obie
West
Illinoia
Local Meeting Notices and Tiny Town Sports News
The 0. E. and will meet tonight while Royal Neighbors plan Tuesday sessions with committee chair Bella Morgan and members in charge. Local visitors and postal workers over medical exams are noted. Band concerts draw residents to Fulton Chadwick and Thomason events. a junior baseball squad thrives. First National Bank at Polo closed due to public confidence loss with deposits at 422000. Ed Mest installed lightning rods on the Dan Connell farm. Thomson hosts a young junior Legion baseball team under 18, praised by Del Feezer. Mr and Mrs LeMaster visit St Paul relatives with ties to Aleta St. Ores.
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del Feezer
Mt. Carrall
Fire damages barbershop and nearby buildings
Monday night a fire near Fulton threatened George Balk’s barber shop on Twelfth Avenue. Sheds behind Lemeks building burned and damaged Safone te bias sealers store. The worst damage hit Balk’s barber shop and the Radio Shop rear. Balk lacked insurance on equipment and planned to rebuild with warned coverage for future.
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George Balk
Fulton
Lemeks
Twelfth Avenue
Steck
Silagis
Balk
Peter Bush
Track Growers Tour Promoted by Ames Melon Association
State wide notice invites York Melos growers to attend an August 16 tour near Ames. The program includes Melon Field Tour starting 9:00 a.m. at Conesville Laboratory, visits to George Brown Farm and several experimental plots, with Canteloupe trials, fertilizer studies, and new crops to Muscatine. Organizers Duke V Layton and Ray Corwin urge helpers to bring autos for transport.
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H. A. Cateim
Jews Melos Growers’ Association
Ames
Fowa
Melos
Conceville
George Brown
Dixie Belle
Muscatine
Roy Jean Plot
George
George Beore
Chas
Fruitland
Ray Corwin
Pride of
4-H Club Meeting And Farm Tour Details
The 4-H Clubs will meet Friday August 14 from 2 to 4 p m at leader Mrs Sthel Lewis home. The Amateur Farmers Club toured farms near Mt Carroll with County Farm Advisor Mr Roske and drivers Don Carpenter Vernon Rawlins Rush Carroll. Participants included Harold Brown Robert Cate Delbert Gaar Donald Dyke Tommy Kustes Robert Carroll Harold Porter Roseel Paul Carpenter Harold Daehler Jimmy Blair and Robert Rawlins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amateur Farmers Club
Farma
Mt. Carroll
Mr. Roske
Don Carpenter
Vernon Rawlins
Rush Carroll
Harold Brown
Robert Cate
Delbert Gaar
Donald Dyke
Tommy Kustes
Robert Carroll
Harold Porter
Roseel
Paul Carpenter
Harold Daehler
Jimmy Blair
Robert Rawlins
Ruth Melendy
Valeris Williams
Dixon
Point Rock Park
Fred Carroll
Smith
Switzer Family Rerunion At Old Mill Park Savanna
The Switzer family held their annual reunion and picnic at Old Mill Park in Savanna with 58 members and guests present. Attendees included Mrs. Joechaal Switser, C. K. Switser, Frank Switzer and family, Louie Schick and daughter Irene, Rev and Mrs G C Brenneman, Otto Switzer and Mrs Switzer, Mrs Belle Switaler and children, Louie Strauch and 20% Calvin, Mrs Mary Gear and Harry Gear, Lawrence Game, Mire Sarah Millard, Key Shremnemasidiney, Bobby, Betty and Pat Cote, Arlene and Leone Ores, and Gene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzer
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Pressant
Joechaal Switser
C. K. Switser
Frank Switzer
Louie Schick
Irene
Rev
G. C. Brenneman
Mra Otto Switzer
Belle Switaler
Fulton
Louie Strauch
Calvin
Mary Gear
Harry Gear
Lawrence Game
Mire
Sarah Millard
Key Shremnemasidiney
Bobby
Betty
Pat Cote
Arlene
Leone & Ores
Gene
Flood Lights Are Jinx To Local Team
The Thomson Junior American Legion team, all under 16, lost 17 to 7 at Moline under regulation play. Bob Lewis pitched well for Thomson, while illness kept H A Cate from managing. Paul Lewis stood in, with Frank Rush and Herbert Blodwett coaching. Several notes mention local social visits as townsfolk travel to Lena and Savanna hospitals for patient care and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Jbova
Bob Lewis
Thomson Boys
Melon Day Plans Move Forward in Thomson Meeting
Melon Day committees met Monday at the Potter Bros. elevator to map a successful event. Bayard R. Lewis was named executive chairman after illness sidelined H. A. Cate, with Rash W. Carroll and four others forming the planning panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Bros
Potter
Thomson
H. A. Cate
B. R. Lewis
Rash W. Carroll
Alfred Smith
Bayard R. Lewis
Otto Switzer
Lynn Curley Rush W. Carroll James J. Sheridan
Association Shipping Records and Local Social Notes
A shipping association list details stock sent to John Clay Commission in Chicago including calves hogs cows and hogs from multiple handlers. Local social notes report Leo Stumphy’s recovery from an automobile accident, Gene Stumphy’s visit home, and several families visiting or returning home in the Mt Carroll Savanna and Galesburg areas.
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Shipping Association
John Clay Commission Firm
Chicago
Jas
Edison Holland
John Balk
Dake Eissene
Fred Barnhart
Harry Gaar
Wm. Hawk
Joe Dykstra
John Nordoff
Tousley and Son
Ernest Tousley
George Dykstra
Francis Hook
Leo Stumphy
Gene Stumphy
Lee Stumphy
Life-Savers Subscribers Renewals List
A compiled note thanks numerous Life-Savers subscribers for renewals including Mrs. Reaves Kyetz of Freeport and Mrs. Caroline Knutsen of Thomson. The list also names Julia Ranslow, Ely Cochran, Dean Boyce, and others across Clinton Iowa to Hollywood California with multiple Thomson addresses.
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Reaves Kyetz
W.harrison St
Freeport
Julia Ranslow
Cedar St
Fairmont Station
Kansas City
Missouri
Ely Cochran
Thomson
Dean Boyce
Tth
Ave
N. Clinton
Iowa
Caroline Knutsen
Prestage
Zion
Delbert Dimmick
Delia Melendy
Thomson Leo Stumphy
N. la Salle St
Chicago
Joe Melendy
Mt Carroll
B. L. Rawlins
Thomson Louis Schick
John Graves
Garrett Bolhous
A. E. Lewis
Annie Sheridan
Thomean
Clare Holman
Thomson Andrew Hook
Ross Gleason
Sarah Groharing
Thomson Garrett Sterenberg
Cherry St. Morrison
Dr. D. Chas. Atherton
Sunset Blvd
Hollywood
Calif
Robert Groharing
Thomsson
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Garner
Robert Tuttle
Osage
Argo Fa
Meson
York
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Kenyon
Fred Kenyon
N. R. Kenyon
Hazel
Helen
Janet
Argo-Fa
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Morrison
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Milwaukee
Almon Lapp
Chas. Nettleton
Nelda
Lloyd Kuntzelman
Billy
Gen. Tuttle
Wm. Lambert
Mert Bertholf
Hasel Wilkerson
Lyle
Mary Bahne
Clarence Homedew
Francke, Handel and Miller
Mary Catherine. Straud
Mary
Ruth Switzer
Mrs. Ransom
Will Griswold House
Irve Martindale
Mr. Ransom
Ayers Tower
Laura Geisinger
Logt Nation
Luther
Savanna Wers Thorn Eallers
R. D. Bennett
Everett Hawkins
Jacob Miller
Jane Lamb Hospital
Glen Poffenberger
Wilbur Stickel
Misa Ivy Brenneman
Belle Switzer
Charles Hogg
Ab Good
Wonewee
Wis
Ar Matke
Baraboo
Hayes Frazier
Good
Matke
Frasier
Mises
Emily Tack
Phillip
Walter Switzer
Paul
Robert Stage
Lewis Summer Resort
Herman Francke
Ben ‘Stage
Charles Stage
Leo Goodman
The
Delva Light Company
Orella Bennett
Mary Margaret Hook
Near
Joseph and
Kathleen Isenhart
Frank Johnson
Misa Olive Mackey
Beloit
John Neary
James Frost
Lovice
Lost Nation
Hilda Pape
Louis Groharing
Prophetstown
A. W. Pape
Charles Switzer
Hanover
Francke
Julius
Ada Lewis
Darien
Royal Neighbors
Bella Morgan
Ida Seim
Iva Orcutt
Ette Hall
Mary Hook
Alberta Wik
Hazel Kenyon
Hallie Groharing
Herbert Rawlins
Herbert, Jr
Lena Carpenter
Fee
Rawlins
Mr .Carroll
Dr. Podorney
F. A. Steele
Herman Senneff
Savanna City Hospital
Mr. Senneff
First National Bank
Polo
Ed Mest
Dan Connell
George Weatherwax
Shy
LeRoy LeMastera
St Paul
St Ores
LeMaster
Aleta St. Ores
Wwa. Ore
Trike Ad C&egrul Bales Barber Shop
Yours Truly, Duke V, Layton
Stutchern
Sthel Lewis
T. N. T. Society
Garrett Holhous
Hiram Greenland
Bolhous
Hosteasee
Mary Slingshey
Ottawa
Ghdys Coapan
Pred Nips
Joe Larson
John Cooper
Lewis’ Summer Resort
Harry Cooper
Houston
Mrs
Albert Cooper
Ed Hinds
Margaret Lewis
Ed Colman
Rockford
Homie Strauch
Clifton Bennett
Ruth Carroll
Lorraine Weatherwax
Harriet Weatherwax
Springfield
Frank Carrol
Omaha, Neb
Rush, Sharp
John Carroll
Carrie Gallagher
Edita Tucker
Roy Houghton
Bert Mitchell
Misa Loreta Lambert
Sabula
Paul Dale
Fort, Wayne, Ind
Sandayeese Des Moines
Cuantion
Moline
William Hoffontler
Terie
Siem Benton
Bresport
Dan Harney
Mrs. Harney
Hertha Holland
Winnie Holland
Joe Wilt
Lena
Mr. Hind
Ida M. Howe
C. M. Beck
Martin Zimmer
Dubuque, Town
Valerié Williams of
Bill Wagner
Savanna Hospital
Dru
McGrath
Chipman
Robert Gibbs
Emer
Wisconsin
Guy Turney
Merle Turney
Southern Mline
Oklahoma
J. J. Sheridan
Edith Hollinshead
St. Lows
St. Luke's School of Training
Falton Journal
Conrad Lille
Conrad
Dubuque
Charles Beck
Burnie Divitblvs
Robert
Richard
Warrenville
Ed Williams
Frank Smith
Jake Gehr
Irve Newschanger
Ida Frederick
Albert Stumphy
Rose Kilday
Clinton Sa
Tim McNamara
Clint Pratt
Ed Pratt
F. M. Sardam
Dee Stumphy
Stanley Fuller
Merle Doden
Herbert St Ores
Willia St. Ores
W. A. Slaymen
Thowson
Edward Kenyon
Galesburg
Mrs. Albert Taylor
Irving Park
Brockill
Wallace Dresbach
Lucilla and
John Carpenter
Lucille
Nina Ottery
Fond du Lac
Mra. Ottery
Mra George
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