Crowded streets celebrate peace as war ends
After the war, Fulton and Clinton residents filled streets with joy while Thomson saw modest activity. VJ services were well attended at the Methodist church. In Chicago the New Year crowd was intense, but distant from the local scenes. News notes include Clarence Bolhous visiting Havana Illinois’s Dickson Mound, Volk’s displaying a 16 pound Great Northern pike, and a duck hunting season hint. The 4 H Round-Up at Old Mill Park is planned for August 24 and Savanna merchants invite farmers to shop. Veterans' train traffic and Camp McCoy discharges are mentioned, along with Minnie Mouse, a baby white rat named pet of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Clinton
Thomson
Loop
Methodist Church
Chicago
Clarence Bolhous
Dickson Mound
Havana
Tll
Clarence
Lena Carpenter
Volk’s
Second Crowing Lake
Park Rapids
Minn
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Pacific
Camp McCoy
Wis
Minnie Mouse
Jerry Shoemaker
Tim Shoemaker
Minnie
Jerry
Local Service Members Report For Leave and Training
News notes on Benjamin P. Dimmick beginning Naval training at Great Lakes and awaiting aptitude tests. Updates on Sgt Eugene Stage, Pvt George Stage, and family visits in Fulton and Sterling. Capt Edward Smaltz at Camp Patrick Henry and furlough plans. Details on Wilfred Hazen, John Backer, Maurice Bolhous See, V C McGinty, George Perry, Harold Brown, and Paul Strukhoff with depots, camps, and travel home for leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpt
Edward Smartz
Camp Patrick Henry
Virginia
Capt. Smaltz
Sth Air Force
France
England
Belgium
Sunday Peace Service for New Minister at Methodist Church
A large crowd attended Sunday evening services at the Methodist church led by Rev. Paul Van Zee. He announced a special Thanksgiving peace service on Sunday August 19 at 7:30 PM with communion and honors for those on the service flag, followed by Sunday School at 10:00 AM each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Paul van Zee
van Zee
Ladies’ Aid
Cora Kaufman
Mary Hook
Eva Foltz
Fern Carpenter
W S C S hostess event and visiting guests noted
The W S C S met Wednesday afternoon with 15 members and two visitors Mrs Wayne Gro haring and Mrs Krier and several children present. Rev Harold Dude and family visited from Harvard Illinois and contributed a prayer and a duet. After the meeting Vera Williams spoke on The Bible as Literature and America was sung. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept 5 with Mrs Chas McGinty. A nurse is urged for immediate hire by Delbert Curley Thomson 511.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Williams
Wayne Groharing
Krier
Carol Williams
Janet
Billy Lewis
Norma Strubb
Jo Ann Wilt
Lena
Harold Dude
Harvard
Ill
Dude
Methodist Church
Missouri
Strauch
Vera Williams
America
Orville Wells Wounded After USS Indianapolis Sinks
Orville Wells of Steubenville Camanche Indiana was wounded in action in the South Pacific on July 19 and is now in a land base hospital in the South Pacific area. He survived the USS Indianapolis sinking by Japanese torpedoes on that date. Wells has served overseas 20 months and fought in five major battles. He formerly lived in Thomson when his father was pastor of the Baptist church there, and attended York Community High School. His brother Paul also served as pastor of the same church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wells
Ste. of
Camanche
South Pacific
Indianapolis
Seaman Wells
Orville
Thomson
Baptist Church
York Community
Paul
Fall Festival At Fulton Set For Sept 14 15
Fulton Illinois schedules its second annual Fall Festival for September 14 and 15. The event runs Friday afternoon through Saturday evening with rides concessions sports events and agricultural and industrial exhibits plus three variety programs. The Fulton Community Association and Fulton Kiwanis Club sponsor the event with T. E. Woods as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Woods
Fulton
Ilinois
Wood
Fulton Community Association
Woods
Fulton Kiwanis Club
Gerald Hill
William Brett
George Voss
D. J. Sikkema
Janvrin Mitchell
Harold Allen
Kirk Snyder
Paul de- Gunther
Vern Evans
Lester Amman
Martin Bielema
Glen Fagan
Sunday church schedule and aid meeting announced
Baptist church lists services at 9 30 and 10 30 with an 8 pm evening service. The ladies aid meets today at Mrs Calvin Eslinger s in Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Ladies’ Aid
Calvin Eslingers
Argo
Church Schedule Notes for Thomson and Catholic Churches
A brief listing shows services: 7 30 M Catholic, 7 30 M Catholic Thomson Methodist, Rev Edgar Dove, Pike at 9 30, church service at 9 30 and church school at 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Methodist
Edgar Dove Pike
York Community Rev Roy Berg to Lead Family Night
The York Community invites friends of the church and church school to a Friday night family event this week. Worship is at 9 45 with church school at 10 45 followed by family night on Friday August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Berg
Letters From Our Readers From Stratford Iowa
A 1945 reader correspondence item from Stratford Iowa includes multiple letters and notes about subscriptions, wartime travel limits, and seasonal fruit hopes. Mrs Glenn Hinds writes from Rahway New Jersey about renewing, while another mentions sending a long subscription payment and plans for travel and a watermelon wish amid gas rationing.
Wind Damages Several Farms In Severe Monday Night Storm
A Monday night storm caused extensive damage at multiple farms. Eugene Murray’s property saw a hay rack off, barn windows broken, a windmill toppled, and a 40 year old building blown from its foundation. Will Reader’s turkey shelter lost its tin top while the brooder house shifted. several turkeys were killed or injured. Ray Rupple’s corn lay flattened along the railroad, and melons suffered at least a 50 percent crop loss as vines tore loose from the fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Will Reader’s
Ray Rupple
Ray
St Ores Clan Reunion Held At Old Mill Park
The annual St. Ores reunion was held at Old Mill park Savanna on Aug 12 with 47 attendees. Members including Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bennett and Carl St. Ores shared letters from China and Edna Lorcher Millie Alleman. officers were elected to lead the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ores Clan
St. Ores
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Earl Bennett
Fulton, Ill
Rynatt
Grace Teeter
Keith Rynatt
Mary Allbrecht
LeClaire
Carl St. Ores
Davenport
Willis St. Ores
James McCue
Savanna, Lr
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Floyd Hyde
Seaton
Victor Roggendorf
Clinton
Henry St. Ores
Dan Sack
George St. Ores
Harold St. Ores
al St. Ores
Herbert St. Ores
Newman Giles
Edna Lorcher
Millie Alleman
Will St. Ores
Local Men Aided In Preparations For Atomic Bombs
Richard Williams recalls he Clyde Groharing and Willis Greeley helped build a secret atomic bomb complex in Oak Ridge Tennessee for months. The men worked on a planned city of homes stores and structures with no one knowing the project’s purpose. Hickey also aided in another plant in Washington but workers were unaware of the function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Williams
Clyde
Glenn Gro‘haring
Willis Greeley
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Smoky Mountains
Eldon Hickey
Thomson
Washington
Community Church Plans V J Day Service
The Community church will hold a V J day service Sunday morning. Rev Berg will relate experiences from overseas. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Church
Berg
Red Cross Election Meeting Planned at High School
The Red Cross will hold a meeting Friday August 17 at 8 oclock in the high school. Election of officers will be held and a large turnout is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Thomson Briefs Miss Donna Holding Resigns at Savanna Depot
Miss Donna Holding will resign from her position at the Savanna ordnance depot this Saturday and spend three weeks with her parents, Mr and Mrs Paul Holding, in Green Bay Wisconsin before starting college this fall. Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs John Carroll included Mr and Mrs C V Carlson and three daughters and Mr Mervyn Kelley of Canton Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Holding
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Paul Holding
Green Bay
Wis
John Carroll
C. V. Carlson
Mervyn Kelley
Camanche, In
Elmer Engelking
Savanna
Appointed to Commission Names from Local Area
Speaker Hugh Green of the Illinois House of Representatives today named members to 20 commissions authorized at the last session. From this area were George S. Bydin of Prophetstown for small business and Franklin A. Stransky of Savanna for mortgage laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Green
Ilinois
House of Representatives
George S. Bydin
Prophetstown
Franklin A. Stransky
Savanna
Surplus Navy Airplane Tires Offered Nationwide
The Office of Surplus Property plans to sell new airplane tires and tubes nationwide for ground use to tire dealers wholesalers and manufacturers. Declared surplus by the Navy they will be sold in August with bidding by August 20. Contact regional surplus offices for details and a price list to be issued under regulatory guidance. Miss Lyla Mickelson hired as teacher at North Clyde school serving eight pupils north and west of Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Surplus Property
Department of Commerce
Navy
Division Four
Lyla Mickelson
North Clyde
Morrison
Family Visits Highlight Weekend in Morrison and Savanna
Mr and Mrs Frank Kahler and family along with Mr and Mrs Merle Doden and Burnell of Morrison spent Sunday with Fred Doden and family. Burnell Doden visits maternal grandparents in Savanna this week. Mrs John Reader of Rock Island spent the weekend with her husband’s parents Will and Mrs Reader. Pvt Dale Cohenour and wife with children Jean and Dale Jr of Sterling were Sunday dinner guests of Gus Roggendorf and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kahler
Merle Doden
Burnell
Morrison
Fred Doden
Burnell Doden
Clarence Doty
Savanna
John Reader
Rock Island
Will Reader
Dale Cohenour
Jean and
Dale, Jr
Sterling
Gus Roggendorf
Illnesses Link Spider Bite To Blood Infection
Dick Volk is bitten by a spider on the arm and now has a blood infection. William Strubb remains ill at home. Sgt. Joe Root is hospitalized at Schick with a boil on his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Volk
William Strubb
Sgt
Joe Root
Schick Hospital
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel
Bessie Graharing consulted her doctor in Lena last Sunday. Edna Brown, Mary Sheridan and Mary Wagner joined Bessie for a picnic dinner. E. E. Tolbert and wife of Galesburg stayed with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Farnsworth, arriving Saturday afternoon and leaving Wednesday morning. The Review received a letter from Bert Hadley of California describing warm seasides on Sundays. Mrs. Blain Leavens and Pamela of Oak Park visit Morrison relatives Clyde and Bessie Groharing. Dorothy Roggendorf, A and P clerk in Savannah, takes a week off to visit her parents Gus and Mrs. Roggendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Isenberger
Mt. Carroll
Geo. Schmaling
Chas, Truman
Mr. Carroll
C. A. Keil
Lincoln
Neb
George Schmaling
Roy Aviatt
Alice Handel
Earl Green
Bernard Conrad
Hiram Green
Sandra Morgan
Lee Morgan
Fulton
Lou Moyer
Lizzie Overholser
Milledgeville
Carol Weirsema
Thomson
Elmer Hook
Emma Lotz
Albert Champion
Lanark
Vern Kauffman
Harvey Seim
Blanche
Clyde Saffer
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Katherine Kness
Howard Kness
Geraldine Zimmer
Emerson Sweezy
Blaine Leavens
Pamela
Oak Park
Nino Kenyon
Laura Tipton
Nine Kenyon
Leavens
Bessie Graharing
Lena
Edna Brown
Mary Sheridan
Mary Wagner
Bessie
E. E. Tolbert
Galesburg
E. W. Farnsworth
Tolbert
Charles Beck Tells of Railroad Duties in Occupied Germany
Two birthdays were celebrated at a Sunday picnic at Web's Camp honoring Ruth Strubb and Thomas Root. Activities included swimming, a potato salad lunch, deviled eggs, birthday cake, and games at the Harold Atherton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beck
Occupied
Germany
Web
Ruth Strubb
Thomas Root
Harold Atherton
Evelyn Ashpole
Lila Curley
Rosalie Hand
Carolyn Marshall
Norma Strubb
Bud Wilt
Dean Robinson
Robert Ashpole
Chat-a-While picnic and lodge events announced
The Chat-a-While club plans its annual picnic at Old Mill park in Savanna on Friday August 17 with members and families invited. Titady Mrs Orella Bennett hosts the T N T group at her home on Wednesday August 22 with roll call answer My favorite dessert. Royal Neighbors lodge meets Tuesday August 21 with Mrs Iva Oreutt as host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Orella Bennett
Anna Holland
Audrey Sweitzer
Emma Kling
Royal Neighbors
Iva Oreutt
Bernard J Snyder Buried In Marine Cemetery Okinawa
Dr and Mrs Byron J Snyder learn their son Bernard Jay Snyder is buried in the First Marine Division cemetery on Okinawa after being killed in action June 19. He died instantly from a wound to the heart while aiding a hill assault with the rifle platoon. his brother Pfe Snyder served nearby with a US Army Medical Detachment and later visited the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron J. Snyder
Bernard Jay
Marine Division
Okinawa
Bernard
Saipan
Snyder
Marianas
Aid
Second Marine Division
Pfe. Williams
Servin
U. S. Army
Picnic honors 42nd anniversary at Palisade Park
A picnic at Palisade's Park in Savanna celebrated the 12nd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinty. Guests included Mrs. Richard McGinty and daughter Babette, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Atkins and son Gary, Miss Jacqueline McGinty of Rockford, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stage. The couple received many anniversary cards and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisade’s Park
Savanna
Charles McGinty
Richard McGinty
Babette
Ralph Atkins
Gary
Jacqueline McGinty
Rockford
Leonard Stage
McGinty’s
Birthday Dinner Honored Wayne Groharing Attends
Wayne Groharing was guest of honor at a birthday dinner hosted by his mother Mrs Eva Atherton last Sunday. Also present were Mrs Groharing and Mrs Robert Holland along with other attendees. Gerald Griswold chief yeoman from Minneapolis spent the weekend with his parents in Savannah. Miss Paula Brock visits Savanna aunt Mrs Gus Roggendorf. Margaret Smith and Donna Holding plan to attend Coe College Cedar Rapids this fall. Jean Hogg will enter the University of Dubuque next term. Lorraine Young and Vivian Wheeler work in Clinton and stay there during the week, returning home on weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Groharing
Eva Atherton
Birth Announcement Charles Herbert Bull Jr in Long Beach Navy hospital
Mrs Myrtle Bull received a call Sunday morning announcing the birth of a son to Charles Bull and his wife. Charles Herbert Bull Jr was born Saturday night August 11 at 10 10 p m in the Naval hospital in Long Beach California. The baby weighs 7 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Bull
Charles Bull
Charles Herbert, Jr
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Little Fellow
Wairkes
War correspondent letter from Germany reports 741st Railway unit life
Charles Beck of Hq. Co., 741st Railway Opn. Bn., writes from the British occupation zone near Hannover. He notes limited activity, rail operations, and daily clerical work, compares Liege and Bremen, mentions King of the 2nd Military Railway Service, and signs off with greetings to Hazel and all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T-4
Charles Beck
Hq. Co
741St Rny
Germany
Charles
Hazel
741St
Hannover
Bremen
Special Prayer and Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church
A prayer and thanksgiving service for peace was held Tuesday evening at 8 o clock in the Methodist church. Rev J W Gillespie of the Baptist church assisted Rev Doverspike. Mrs Dan Sack and Herbert St Ores sang a duet. A fair sized crowd attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
J. W. Gillespie
The
Baptist Church
Doverspike
Dan Sack
Herbert St. Ores
Local Social Notes and Auction Notice
Retired Iowa resident Mrs Richard Fenley visits Cedar Rapids relatives while Clarence Appel travels to Chicago. Clinton guests include Bernard Johnson and V C Fenley family. The Sadie Dunshee farm near Thomson goes to auction Sept 5. Other visits involve Gerald Printy, Ted dy, Pearl Gilson, Deanna, Henry Eubanks kin, and Captain Arnold Hentgen. Lawrence Rice Sle returns from 24 day leave. Savanna family spent last Friday with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Clarence Appel
Chicago
Richard Fenley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
W. C. Fenley
Bernard Johnson
Clinton
V. C. Fenley
Harietta
Sadie Dunshee
Gerald Printy
Teddy
Carl Robinson
Pearle Gilson
Deanna
Henry Eubanks
Milledgeville
Arnold Hentgen
Ed Andring
Lawrence Rice Sle
Helen Rice
Wm. Bimm
Savanna
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Lown
Benjamin P. Dimmick
Benjamin K. Dimmick
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval Service
Shirley Stage
Eugene Stage
Bebra
Pvt
George Stage
Prawnstein
Eugene
George
Shirley
Pfe
Wilfred Hazen
Hines General Hospital
John Backer
Miami
Fla
Donald Stith
Maurice Bolhous See
Sampson
Naay
Pete Sikkema
Henry Rozeboom
Garrett Bolhous
V. C. McGinty
Ft. Benning
J. ¥. Stickell
George Perry
Fort Knox
Harold Brown
San Diego
Richard Robinson
Charleston Air Base
Charleston
8. C
Paul Strukhoff
M. J. Strukhoff
Argo News
W.S.C.S
Delbert Curley
York
Stratford
Yours Truly, Mrs. Glenn Hinds
Rahway
N. J
Wisconsin
Thomson Briefs
W. A. Adams
Adams
William Willis
Velma
Stockton
Lyle Greeley
Elizabeth
Edna Huber
Esther
Des Moines
Fern Warfield
U.S
Willis
William Adams
Iva Orcutt
Ed Keller
Keller
Bernard J. Snyder
Marine Cemetery
2Nd Military Railway Service
King
Sabula
Wade
Liege
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