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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
3
Several readers share updates on subscriptions and address changes, including Blanche Beck seeking Thomson paper delivery for Labor Day and Charlotte Rice asking for a change to Winner South Dakota with a payment. A personal note from Nettie E Phillips recounts church prayers, health improvements, hospital stays, and a friend’s death.
Ida May Stumphy, by DeLene Stumphy and G. T. Stumphy her next friends, files a district court claim for 10000 against William Boyce. She alleges injuries from a Nov 23 1940 auto collision on Seventh Ave South between Sixth and Seventh streets, with some injuries permanent and negligence charged.
Janet and Joan Graves, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graves of 400 South Fourteenth Street Clinton Iowa, are known as Clinton's identical twins. Although born May 39 1939 with weights 4 pounds n1) ounces and 4 pounds 14 ounces they now weigh within one pound of each other 32 and 339 pounds and share the same number of teeth. Their grandparents Mr. and Mrs Bill Graves formerly lived on a farm north of Thomson and are well known locally.
Rube Bastian longtime Fulton printer and master craftsman is ill at his home with diabetes and possible amputation. The Fulton Journal notes his absence from the shop as details remain uncertain. Dee Gleason and his mother Luella Gleason host Mr. Gleason on a 15 day navy furlough visiting from Washington, D. C.
Thomson residents share weekend and weekday visits with relatives and friends. Coast Guard member William French, stationed near San Francisco, spent Friday with Mrs. Orrie Rutherford and Mrs. Edward French. Hattie Brown visits Mt Carroll with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Holy. Guests at the William Griswold home include Everett Eslinger, Harold Witt, and Charles Witt. Darlene Ashby visited Beverly Marshall. Forrest Eslinger of Lanark and Andrew Prins visited Mercy hospital. Wm Hawk of Argo spent Wednesday afternoon with a relative.
Monday afternoon visitors Bowen Reed Mrs Earl Bartlett of Picture Okla and Mrs Harry Spearman of Chadwick joined Thomson Biefs callers at the Chas Sack home. A bridge luncheon and shower honored two brides at Mrs Vern Landing’s Rio Illinois home last Friday. George Collinson and son Leroy stayed with J W Gilpin in Woodstock Illinois. Reva Collinson visited Wheaton Illinois. They viewed the district six neatest farms and the electrified farm of A Peets at Greenwood and the Reserved Grand Champion Belgian stallion at the Wisconsin state fair owned by Sun Valley Farms at Huntley Illinois.
Thursday visitors at Carl Peterson home included Hal Ashby and Alvera Haas. Sunday guests at Guy Peterbaugh’s from Polo were Clarence Buskirk and son and Emma Buskirk of Lanark. Harmon visitors included Emmett Giblin George Long and John Miller. Ely Cochran Eugene Murray attended the State Fair in Milwaukee. Herbert Blodgett to move to York Community High School area from Lee Center Friday, residing in the former W A Adams house vacated by Vernon Corbin.
Thomson residents return home after visits to the State Fair in Milwaukee Wisconsin Dells the Twin Cities Hospital buildings in Rochester and Niagara Caves in Harmony Minn Vernon Corbin finishes a summer course at Macomb College and plans to move to Fulton with Mrs Corbin to occupy the Griswold property. Mrs Frank Kirk and daughters Joan and Carol of Mt Pleasant town stay with the William Haas family. Mr and Mrs C Erickston of Baltimore MD visit the Kus tuses for the weekend.
Arthur Balk of Fulton spends a few days in Ren Dykstra's home. Mrs. Pete Balk returns to Fulton after weeks with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Kenyon leave for Webster City after summer with Mrs. Jenkins. Miss Emma Kling visits relatives in Mt. Carroll this week.
Sunday visitors Paul A. Pratt of Wisconsin Rap ids and his sister Rebecca Pratt a Gillispie Illinois teacher visited the Pratt farm and the home of Edson Holland. They have made several improvements on the farm in the past two years.
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