Old Times and Local Happenings Fill County Pages
A colorful roundup previews upcoming 4 H Round-up in Savannah Whiteside County Fair in Morrison and Corn Carnival at Polo while noting community chatter. The Sabula Gazette suspends publication briefly due to staff shortages, praising linotype operator Maurice Strukhoff and others. Additional items mention Navy returnee Paul Strukhoff, local car rides, library new books, a veterinary husband in Morrison, and local sympathy for decoy hunters and Ivan Morse’s departure.
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Main Street
Route 78
Savanna
Whiteside County
Morrison
Polo
Wade Guenther
Sabula Gazette
Allah
Maurice Strukhoff
Jerry Brown
Ken Whitney
Eva Brown
Jerry
Chadwick Review
Brown
Navy
Paul Strukhoff
Great Lakes
Bill Considine
Fulton
10Th Avenue Hill
Phyllis Rick Olson
Jim Bull
Jim
Colorado
New York
Bill
Bob
Bill Malden
Collier
Merle Atherton
Les Lathrop
Boston
George Ketchum
Ivan Morse
Fulton Station
Thomson
Charles Kettler
Abingdon
Ill
Mr. Kettler
Mrs C Simpson Assisting In Rockford Epidemic
Mrs Carol Simpson R N of Clinton and Miss Phyllis Madden R N went to Rockford to report for emergency duty with the polio committee. They join other volunteer nurses paid ten dollars daily plus room board and transportation. More nurses are needed to help check the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Simpson
R. N
Thirtieth Avenue
Clinton
Phyllis Jane Madden
Rockford
Simpson
Charles Jenkins
Helen Wentling
Farewell Party for Lou and Thelma Schick at Griswolds
Baptist Sunday school members held a farewell party Monday evening at the Griswolds home for Louis Schick and Thelma Schick. The program featured songs readings poems and a gift presentation to the honorees attended by 51 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Sunday School
Louis Schick
Thelma Schick
William Griswold
God
Mr. Schick
Rev. Gillespie
America the Beautiful
Phillip Brach
Arla St. Ores
Deacon
Dorothy Carroll
Arlene Eslinger
Switzer
Geraldine Smith
Frances Green
Ellen Hogg
Ozark
Jennie Griswold
Reading
Gilbert Holland
Roy Heitman
Engagement of Miss Dorothie Brown in Salt Lake City
The engagement of Miss Dorothie Brown of Salt Lake City Utah to Sgt Robert Ashpole son of Mr and Mrs John Ashpole is announced. The wedding is planned for a near future.
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Dorothie Brown
Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert Ashpole
John Ashpole
Funeral Services Held Wednesday for Wesley Mumford
Wesley Mumford 64 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Savanna home. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p m Wednesday at Fuller Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Monkman officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery Mt. Carroll. He was born March 16 1881 in Harrisburg Pa and is survived by his widow a son and two daughters three granddaughters and two sisters. He was a painter and decorator and a member of the First Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Mumford
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
Arthur Monkman
First Methodist Church of
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mt. Carroll
Joseph Schmeig
Edwin Mills
John Reagan
Maurice McFadden
Clarence Schmidel
Max Dauphin
Henry
Ida Mosher Mumford
Harrisburg
Nell Miller
Lanark
John Mumford
Camp Robinson
Ark
Lillian Siedenburg
Harold
Doris) Brown
Robert
Marjorie) Brown
Hicksville
Mumford
First Methodist Church
Connie
Janie Brown
Bonnie Fairbrother
John Trude
Clifford Nies
Clyde Lutts
House Warming at Smith Home Brings Chadwick Thomson Guests
Mr and Mrs Paul Smith hosted a Sunday evening house warming at their home with a large group dropping by for a social evening and picnic supper. Guests included families from Chadwick and Thomson such as the Morgans Queekboerners Bennetts Groharing Witt Sack Holland and Kemmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Home
Paul Smith
James Morgan
Bert Queekboerner
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Bruce Groharing
Paul Witt
Dan Sack
Gilbert Holland
Harold Witt
Kenneth Kemmer
Thomson
York Community High School Sets 1945 Staff and Registration
Principal Harold M. Elliott announces the 1945 York Community High School staff and subjects. Registration and class assignments will occur Monday forenoon September 3 1945. Faculty include Lillian Farnsworth social studies senior sponsor Vila Godhenaur home economics biology junior sponsor Mary L Meyers English hand sophomore sponsor Susie Burgstahler commercial studies freshman sponsor E W Farnsworth agriculture and H M Elliott principal and coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Elliott
York Community High School
Lillian Farnsworth
Vila Godhenaur
Mary L. Meyers
Susie Burgstahler
E. W. Farnsworth
H. M. Elliott
Flower Show Winners Of Argo-Fa Club
The Argo-Fa Club flower show held Friday at the Methodist church awarded top honors to Mae Sack for Begonia and Nepthitus, Lou Moyer for African Violet and Ozalea Mums, Ella Lathrop for Calas and Zinnia large, with Blanche Seim and others placing in Gladioli and Marigolds. Judge was Mr. Bather of Clinton, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Economics Club
Lou Moyer
Caleas
Ella Lathrop
Begonia
Mae Sack
Philadendron
Ozalea Mums
Nepthitus
Gladioli
Blanche Seim
Vada Carroll
Lulu Melendy
Cora Kaufman
Mary Hook
Louella Heitman
Zinnia
Aliie Carpenter
Nasturtium
Mary van Buer
Edna Carroll
Mae
Bather
Clinton
Iowa
Church Services and Cradle Roll Highlights
The schedule lists church services at 9 30 and 8 00 with Sunday school at 10 30 led by Pastor Rev Gillespie and Rev Edgar Doverspike, inviting all. The Cradle Roll includes Precious Jewels sung by the Sunday school and a duet by Geraldine Smith and Phillip Brach. names Bruce Donald Grohar ing Wayne Arthur Witt Carol Lou Green Irene Kay Gillespie appear on the roll. Catholic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Gillespie
Louis Schick
Geraldine Smith
Phillip Brach
Bruce Donald Groharing
Wayne Arthur Witt
Carol Lou Green
Irene Kay Gillespie
York Community Mass and Worship Hour Details
Worship hour at 9 45 a m and church school at 10 45 a m announced for York community. TNT met with Mrs Orella Bennett this week and church school teachers held a regular session with W A Adams. Plans discussed for the annual rally day and home coming on Sunday September 23 with details to follow.
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TNT
Orella Bennett
W. A. Adams
Keesler Air Force trainee completes aircraft mechanics course
S Sgt Robert B Lewis son of Mr and Mrs B R Lewis Thomson NL and husband of Mrs Grace E Lewis Thomson DL graduated this week from the RAF Training Command basic airplane and engine mechanics course at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi The 76 day program covered aircraft maintenance airplane electrical systems structure fuel and oil systems propellers instruments hydraulic systems engine operations and basic plane inspection preparing him for further ground crew training
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Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Robert B. Lewis
B. R. Lewis
Thomson, NL
Grace E. Lewis
Thomson
RAF Training Command
Sailor Lawrence Rice On 24 Day Home Leave
Lawrence Rice on 24 day leave visits his mother Mrs. Helen Rice. He served in Okinawa Iwo Jima Leyte and Luzon earning eight battle stars and four campaign ribbons aboard the aircraft carrier U S S Sargent Bay. He and his wife plan a September visit. Dee M Gleason notes he has served 18 years in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Rice
Helen Rice
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Leyte
Luzon
U. S. S. Sargent Bay
Dee M. Gleason
Dee
Navy
Norman French Ships Home After Japan Surrender
T-5 Norman French phoned from New York Port of Embarkation on August 21 to say his ship had just arrived in the States and he would reach home on a furlough. The ship, two days from Marseille, was redirected to Hampton Roads after Japan’s surrender at 1 a.m. He serves as a radio operator with a Mechanized Cavalry Unit that saw action in France and Germany since January 1945 and earned the Good Conduct ribbon and three battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman French
New York
States
Marseille
France
Pacific Theatre of Operations
Japan
Hampton Roads
Norman
Germany
St. Nazaire
Rhineland
Alice Wilkinson Weds Donald Welch in Morris
Miss Alice Wilkinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Wilkinson of Miles Iowa married Donald Welch of Morris Tennessee. The groom works at Northwestern Foundry in Morris and they will reside at 1232 Grant Street. The bride, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Shirley Stage, lived in Thomson with her parents for years.
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Alice Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
Miles
Donald Welch
Morris
Northwestern Foundry
Grant Street
Shirley Stage
Thomson
Fulton Man Promoted to Captain in Mindanao Campaign
Robert J. Rentschler of Fulton rises from First Lieutenant to Captain with the 34th Infantry on Mindanao Philippines. He leads planning and operations for the first battalion and serves as tactical advisor, earning praise for guiding a risky movement that allowed a successful assault on Japanese fortifications.
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24Th Infantry (Victory
Mindanao
Robert J. Rentschler
Fulton
34Th Infantry
Philippine Island
Eugene Bull On Tokyo Raid And War Messages
Seaman Eugene EF Bull aboard the aircraft carrier Independence participates in the Tokyo strike as part of 100 miles off the Japanese mainland. The Independence, torpedoed at Tarawa in 1943, led planes to bomb 80 airfields around Tokyo as over 1 000 carrier planes joined the assault. Bull earned the Purple Heart for burns from the 1943 torpedoing and is son of Mrs. Myrtle Bull of Thomson. Other Navy and Army personnel mentioned include Pvt Wayne Drake in New York, S/Sgt Paul Melendy in Wiesbaden, Germany, S/Sgt Vernon McGinty commissioned as 2nd lieutenant, and George Bush of Chicago discharged as petty officer. Additional notes mention Sir George Hook’s 30 day leave in New York, Paul Blair’s induction, Ste Franklin Fehler returning to Portland, Sie Pat Cate at Navy Pier, T-5 Norman French awaiting home leave, Paul Strukhoff leaving for Great Lakes, and Lyle Mitchell visiting family after Merchant Marine service.
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Eugene EF. Bull
USNR
Roosevelt St
Clinton
Independence
Tokyo
Tarrawa
Seaman Bull
Myrtle Bull
Thomson
Committees Named for Thomson Woman's Club Year
The Thomson Woman's club schedules its first meeting for Wednesday September 12 and reveals officers Ellen Hogg as president and Margaret Heusinkveld as vice president. A long list of department chairmen follows including Marie Kemmer American Citizenship and Margaret Cochran American Home.
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Thomson Woman's Club
Ellen Hogg
Margaret Heusinkveld
Marian Wheeler
Gladys Cate
Dorothy Carroll
Marie Kemmer
Russell Green Opens New Phillips 66 Station
Russell Green will open his new Phillips 66 station this Saturday, taking over from William Rentschler of Fulton. He brings experience from Tri Cities machine shops and recent mechanical work done at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Green
Phillips 66
William Rentschler
Fulton
Russell
Tri-Cities
Thomson Briefs Mrs Norman Stickell and Family Visit
Thomson reports Mrs Norman Stickell and children Marie and Bobby of Craig Manor Hanover visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Justice Prins Mt Carroll for a week. Sunday guests at the James Haley home included Bill Marx Norene Freida Johnson Roland Justice Prins Jo Ann Katherine Hawk Pfe and Reverdy Lord plus Mr and Mrs Curtis Lord and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Stickell
Marie
Bobby
Craig Manor
Hanover
Justice Prins
Mt. Carroll
James Haley
Bill Marx
Norene
Freida Johnson
Roland
Jo Ann
Katherine Hawk
Pfe
Eugene Lord
Curtis Lord
Reverdy Lord
Purify Water Supply Believed Safe for Use Without Boiling
Pvt. George Stage, recently returned from overseas duty, was guest of honor at the Stage clan’s first annual reunion Sunday at Waterworks Park in Morrison. About forty people attended including Clarence Stage and family of Fulton Kenneth Cook and Harry Wilkinson and family of Miles In Mr and Mrs Shirley Stage and family and others.
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George Stage
Sterling
Stage
Waterworks Park
Morrison
Clarence Stage
Fulton
Kenneth Cook
Harry Wilkinson
Miles, In
Shirley Stage
Hayes Frazier
Ray Johnson
James Johnson
Argo Farmers Enjoy Annual Supper Friday
The Nipe-Sehmaling-Sack threshing ring held its annual supper Friday evening attended by numerous members and families including Clarence Kreuder Vera Willard Tichler George Sehmaling Clyde Carpenter Fred Nipe D. Nipe Chas Sack Ralph Holesinger James Green Van Buer Fred Peters Wilbur family Bert Johnson Bernie Boelkins Don Carpenter and guests Chas Behr Elizabeth Disworth Doris Distworth Laura Daehler and Ralph Hook from Mt Carroll Chadwick Clinton Mt. Carroll.
4-H Club Members Prepare for County Round-Up
4-H club members and leader Mrs Robert Miller met at the high school to prep for the County 4-H Round-up set for Friday at Old Mill Park Savanna. Scores in the Thom son 500 club were tallied with Mrs Cora Kauffman first Mrs Hortense Nipe second Mrs Amy Lewis third and Mrs Lavella Diehl last. Royal Neighbor lodge members met with Mrs Iva Cr cutt Tuesday and will meet again Sept 8 with Mrs Ben Wagner. Chat-a-While club host Mrs Marian Smith spent the afternoon organizing an organ for the Junior Red Cross.
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Robert Miller
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Thomson 500
Clara Andring
Cora Kauffman
Hortense Nipe
Amy Lewis
Lavella Diehl
Low
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Iva Crcutt
Ben Wagner
Marian Smith
Red Cross
County 4 H Round Up At Old Mill Park Savanna
Local 4 H youngsters exhibit summer's work at Old Mill park in Savanna for the County Round Up. Exhibits include Fay Ashby Guernsey calf Frank Flynn Shorthorn and Hereford steer Gene Halfman Holstein calf and more. Sewing by 4 H girls led by Mrs. Robert Miller judged in morning with style show in afternoon.
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Old Mill Park
Savanna
Robert Miller
Thomson Group
Fay Ashby
Frank Flynn
Gene Halfman
Howard Huggins
Warren Imel
Poland
China
Roland McDerman
Fred Miller
John Murray
Leroy Prins
Merle Prins
Russell Sikkema
Library Board Receives Books From Mrs Stirling Collection
Library board met Thursday at the library to acknowledge donations from the late Mrs. Echo Lewis Stirling of Princeton. The minutes note several new books received and to be listed later.
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Library Board
Echo Lewis Stirling
Princeton
Morrison Couple Welcome Son Born Wednesday
Mr and Mrs Merle Doden of Morrison are the parents of a son born Wednesday August 22 at Morrison hospital. The birth adds a new member to the local families and community.
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Merle Doden
Morrison
Morrison Hospital
Village chlorination ends boil water advisory in Thomson
Officials say Thomson’s water supply is now safe after chlorination to destroy bacteria. Earlier a boil water warning was issued due to high bacteria counts in tests. State health officials say the situation does not pose an epidemic. Equipment to inject chlorine was installed Tuesday night and hydrants flushed to circulate treated water. Storage tank cleaning is planned Saturday with no shutoff. A larger chlorine dose was used to purify the system and reduce odor and taste as supplies are pumped directly into mains.
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Thomson
State Department of Health
Gus Roggendorf
Thomson Boys Show Stock at Freeport Sectional Fair
Local vocational agriculture students exhibited cattle at the Freeport Illinois Sectional Fair on August 10 and 11. Guided by agriculture teacher E. W. Farnsworth, Leroy Prins placed in Group B with Hereford Baby beef, Warren Imel earned 1st in Group A for Individual Spotted Poland China Bear and 4th in Group B for Litter Spotted Poland Chinas, and Fred Miller Jr. placed 4th with his Guernsey heifer. Chadwick area exhibitors Vernon Rosenberg won beef breeding cows, Richard Post placed 4th in Hereford baby beef and grouped with Hereford baby beef in Group C, and Vernon Fink earned Group B in Angus baby beef.
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Freeport
Ill
E. W. Farnsworth
Leroy Prins
Warren Imel
Fred Miller, Jr
Chadwick
Vernon Rosenberg
Richard Post
Vernon Fink
Schicks Move To Dakota Ill For New Teaching Career
Louis Schick and his daughter Miss Thelma Schick will relocate from Thomson area to Dakota Ill where Thelma will teach commercial subjects at Dakota High School for the coming year. They have rented their Thomson home and taken an apartment in Dakota. Thelma left for Dakota earlier this week. Louis will miss the melon season he typically sells in Thomson. He was born in Germany and immigrated in 1892, settling near Thomson in 1898. He and Thelma previously farmed north of town and this summer helped in Garden Plain with Mrs. Francis Hoff.
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Louis Schick
Dakota
Ill
Thelma Schick
Schick
Miss Schick
Louis
Germany
United States
Thomson
Garden Plain
Francis Hoff
Memorial Service for Pfeifer Clark in Preston Iowa
Mr and Mrs Russell Sweitzer attended memorial services at the Lutheran church Preston Iowa for Pfeifer Clark son of Alfred Clark and brother of Mrs Sweitzer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sweitzer
The
Lutheran Church
Preston
Pfe
Percy Clark
Afred Clark
Sweitzer
Soldier released after hospitalization at Schick General
Sgt. Joe Root, previously hospitalized at Schick General Hospital, has been released. Elzie North dropped a heavy saw-horse on his foot at a Clinton factory Wednesday afternoon and is confined to his home.
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Joe Root
Schick General Hospital
Elzie North
Clinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. C. Simpson
Griswold
Rev. Monkman
Garfield Watson
Jesus
Miss Mina Haas
Armed Forces
ARGO
Thomson Methodist
Edgar Doverspike
Mass
York Community
Rentschler
Trong
Army
Fort Beaning
84Th Infantry
Zig Zag Pass
Bataan
Philippines
Edward Smaltz
Pvt
George Stare
Europe
Eugene Bull
Chicago Daily Tribune
Wayne Drake
Paul Melendy
16Th Station
Wiesbaden
Vernon
McGinty
Sir George Hook
Mrs
Albert Hook
George Bush
Chicago
John Cooper
U. S. Navy
Paul Blair
Ste Franklin Fehler
Portland
Ore
Sie
Pat Cate
Navy Pier
N. D. French
Lyle Mitchell
Merchant Macine Services
Cecil Mitchell
Wwoman
Margaret Cochran
Gladys Cooper
Salome McGinty
Iane Smith
Margaret Murray
Anna Greeley
Minnie Miller
Prudence Brookstra
Flower
Frances Hemmer
Eleanor Lewis
Florence Halfman
Margaret Elliott
Luella Heitman
Margaret
Thomson Briefs
Royal Neighbors
Schicks Move
Dakota, Ill
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