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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
8
Beth Hower leads six school bands to perform at the Chicago Music Festival held at Soldier Field this week. The event gathers youth ensembles from area schools for a day of concert and competition activities.
From left to right top row Maurice Johnson Gilbert Silvius Lavonne Duitsmason Bob Daumbman Bernard Diehl Dick Bentley Bob Hower ard Klock Joe Engles second row Dick Bates Bernita Maas Dale Henricks Matthias Huthansas Ed Newcomer David Engelking Delbert Schell Ruth Peters Marilyn Peat Barbara Packard first row Beth Hower Stanley Warfel Bernadine Sweitzer Dorothy Yeager Marjorie Merchant Anna Blackburn Marguerite Garber Wilma Reiff Virginian Wentz Ruth Whitmer Phyllis Peat
Readable roster lists names of students in the Mt Morris School Band. The document shows multiple rows of listed musicians including Frank Aufderbeck Bryant Zimmerman Delbert Schell Junior Reed Wesley Reed Art Jacobs Jim Weldon Pete fin Dick McNett Dick Steffin Don Marsh Don Miller Leo Ridenour Evone Cain Dorothy Silvius Velma Paul Bob Knodle Kump Phyllis Lizer Patsy Hilger Darlene Horst Helen Baker Mary Edson Tena Suter Claremont Michael Tom Ivet.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Pape recount a multi day journey starting along the Columbia River to Hood River and Mt Hood, detailing climbs, orchard scenery, Portland shopping, ship and harbor sights, and a Vancouver flying field. They describe hospitality from Miss DeGraff and others, rail comfort on the return, and arrive home Aug 1 feeling joy and gratitude for the memorable trip.
Kenneth Whitney chronicles a rough season spanning Seattle to Spokane and beyond. The narrative follows train travel via Milwaukee Road through mountains and deserts, noting key stops at Miles City Brown, Jacob Lake, Zion and Bryce Canyon, and the drama of canyon roads, ranger lore, and vivid landscapes.
Farmers are increasingly using credit services from production credit associations. By July 1 this year loans outstanding reached a record 183 million dollars, with 221 thousand farmers financed. Illinois Missouri and Arkansas associations report 22 660 loans totaling 15.9 million on July 31 1938, up from 12.9 million a year earlier. The system has funded itself since inception with no government money, and losses are under half a percent. Mr and Mrs Henry Parsons and Miss Nellie Parsons of Argo-Fa were dinner guests in George Daehler's home.
The Mlingia Farm Sports Festival at Chompalen Urbana runs September 2 with 42 events. Illinois Agricultural Association sponsors and offers bait casting andkeet shooting as open contests for all participants. Entry blanks are available through every Farm Bureau in the state.
Ill Research workers with the Federal Writers Project report that early county commissioners in Middletown now Logan County condoned a tavern owner charging locals 25 cents for meals and allowed a 50 percent markup for meals served to transient guests.
John L. Lewis trained as a miner and lectured to props after hours in Illinois pits, according to Federal Writers' Project interviews. Former workers recall his one man pit committee role in Panama area mines and later leadership of a local miners union. The Interior Department says $245,454 in federal funds plus $200,000 state money are allotted for a University of Illinois natural resources project in Urbana.
Auction listing offers a 1936 C 35 truck a 1933 115 T Chev, 10 20 tractors Farmalls 1932 115 T Chev F 20 116 year old 3 8 ft horse disc two years old. All priced to sell at Morrison Illinois store.
The Milwaukee Road reports reduced operating costs through plant and method improvements while maintaining track and equipment. It highlights faster freight by about 25 percent, improved passenger service, pickup and delivery at all stations, and efforts to aid industry and agriculture across 12 states to build revenues and attract riders.
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