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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
2
The item lists a historical village newspaper with title variations and staff credits. It notes publisher H. G. Stagg business manager Kenneth Whitney reporter and weekly Thursday issues from Thomson Illinois priced at $1.50 per year.
The column lists residents with birthdays from August 20 to August 26 across towns including Lanark Chadwick Thomson Milledgeville Savanna Polo Savanna Mt Carroll and Battle Creek. Names span Mrs and Mr entries such as Mrs Claude Mechling Evelyn Pieson J A Royer Joyce Rahn Ned Spencer Lyle Queckboerner Margaret Alexander James Keckler Mary Sheridan and many others.
Sunday picnics and weekend visits mark a busy social scene. Names include Chadwick Neus William Meyer Alice Adolph Spurgeon Harter Jr Arlen Hartman Maude Alexander Mery Spencer George Peterson Tampico Ralph Anderson Helen Winter Rock Island Oscar Brown Opheim Ernie Roderick Frank Cheeseman Paul Morhardt Savanna Donald Smith Levina Dillman Chicago Arletta Hartman.
The 14th Annual Chicago Music Festival at Soldiers Field on Saturday night Aug 20 will honor the armed forces with military music and a large parade. Royal Canadian Air Force units led by Air Marshal Bill Bishop join U S Marines WACs in friendly drill contests and a festival featuring Verdi Aida scenes, a vintage auto pageant, and a huge chorus under Henry Weber. Proceeds benefit army and navy relief.
Miss Arletta Hartman enjoys a two weeks vacation from Farmer's State Bank duties at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reiff. Mt. Carroll visitors Howard Rummel and Jake Elery called on Mr. and Mrs. Bert Schreiner. Ann Dial's eighteenth birthday celebrated at Chas. Dial Jr. home with Lois Queckboerner as a guest.
A bill signed by Gov. Dwight H. Green lets school boards partner with the U S Department of Agriculture to sponsor lunch programs with about 3 5 million in federal aid and state reimbursement for extra lunch costs. The Illinois State Historical Library gains 2000 Civil War volumes donated by Alfred W Stern of Chicago, with autumn shelving planned in Springfield. Governor Green signs a retirement system for state employees to start January 1 1944, naming Herman A Behrens as unpaid chairman of the trustees and opening eligibility to all state workers along with pensions and sickness benefits.
Mr and Mrs Melville McKean and daughter Margaret were callers Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Elmer Zugechwerdt. Mrs George Taft and children Mrs Maynard Peterson and Jo an Peterson of Tampico were guests Tuesday in the Harry Peterson home. Miss Maxine Livengood of Rock Falls is visiting this week with Jeannette Queckboerner.
Fathers aged 18 to 37 with children born before 1948 may be drafted only to fill a focal board’s quota and with several deferral conditions. Rationing allows up to 50 quarts of home canned foods per family per year with stamp requirements for gifts beyond that. WPB notes record peanut fat collections and rising war costs. 1944 budget deficits projected. Civilians gain access to more woolens and ample butter. legal aid expands for military personnel. honorable discharge buttons become available. Signal Corps seeks private equipment. truckers must document shipments under OPA rules.
Millville residents Mr and Mrs Russell Deets hosted Sunday evening guests. Donald Walker of Park Ridge attended a social at the J G Asay home. Roy Stairs and family from Willedgeville visited the Baker home Friday. Fred Barnhart and Harold Sucher shared Sunday dinner at Rock Falls. Mrs J M Johnson and daughter from Cordova stayed with the George East family. Marshall Farthing and family spent Sunday with the Arnold Farthing household.
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