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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
5
Jie Melon Bay committee plans Melon Day with a free eating jamboree at Thomson. Melons cost about $300 total, with a price per hundred pounds higher than last year due to late crops. Growers deliver on Wednesday and two guards will supervise the grounds to prevent misuse of the melon stand.
Thomson area residents share weekend visits and gatherings. Miss Besse Groharing spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Walta Bower Beanery Brown. Mrs Mae Densmore of LaGrange visited her sister Mrs K B Carpenter and joined a Sunday motor trip to Monmouth with Claude Crouse family.
Thomson brief notes a Sunday afternoon visit with Mr and Mrs Ben Manning and Mrs John Grandy of Savanna joining Mr and Mrs Madge Bower and family. Mr and Mrs Rush Carroll were weekend visitors with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Robert Gelwicks, and Mr Reagan of Savanna. Mrs Reagan was briefly ill with summer flu but returned home Thursday evening.
Public invited to the Jim Poole Banquet to be held at the Wilt Hotel Thomson on Meion Day at 6 PM. An onions were mad Satur day opening of Mt Carroll with Jom Veale and Thestatk. The event, a community dinner, will feature fried chicken supper for 50 cents a plate. Reservations encouraged with County Agent Roeske, Mr Canall Chulwidth Review, and Wilt Hotel staff. Others attending include Mr Ferdinand Duchler of Boone and Albert Duchler of Malrade Springs, with local hosts coordinating introductions and a Welcome address at 1 PM.
Argo residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and attending school at Davenport Clinton and Steechton. Notable events include Allen How er sustaining a severe skull fracture, and Sheriff Shepherd pursuing Howwerd and John Harding after a liquor incident resulting in a chase across town ending with the pair trapped in a cornfield.
Homer Swatver of Freedom towned up ware awarded the trophy as heavyweight wrestling champion of the 33rd Division of the National Guard encampment at Camp Grant. Switzer, a senior at the University of Alabama, is a member of the 60th Cavalry Headquarters Troop from Urban. The trophy, presented by Gov Horner, is a black and gold bathrobe bearing the words 33rd Division Heavyweight Champion 1935.
Thursday and Sunday visits described at the home of Vaughn Gaar and wife Mrs Vernon Scudder of Dion with the Scudder parents Mr and Mrs Charles Grahating. Virginia and Norman French returned home after days in Mt Carroll at Nathaniel Miles home. George Balk and son Harlan of Fulton called on Mashin Dykstra, Mashin is sister to Balk’s wife. Mr and Mrs Jack Halfman and Family and Mrs Charles Deets were Sunday visitors, Mrs Deets greeting her mother Mrs Frances Halfman Monday afternoon.
Savanna organizations sponsor a community picnic at Old Mall Park on Sunday September 8. A pot luck dinner at 1230 PM, short program, and activities for all ages are planned. Families bring meat, a dish to pass, bread and butter. lemonade and coffee provided. Coordinating ladies from Woman's Relief Corps, Spanish-American War Veterans Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary lead the plans.
Gene and Stacey Potter along with Frank Warfield took stock to Chicago Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Albert Prins and family spent Friday with farmer's brother John Prins and family at Lyndon.
A historical note reports that Thom son’s free melon stand will open at eleven oclock and run until two, with more than $200 worth of melons promised. Sheriff Shepherd managed a disturbance when a drunken man struck him, and the crowd will be served at a larger stand than last year.
Melon Day will feature two and three lane traffic at the gate with increased parking and staffing. Charles Groharing oversees grounds policing and traffic plans aim to move cars quickly, reducing gate delays as evening crowds arrive.
August 27 to 30 marks Warren Fair with events on Wednesday August 28 a 4-H Club Roundup at Cook's field south of Lanark. Thursday August 29 Melon Day at Thomson. Labor Day to Sept 2 and Homecoming at Shannon and Albany. Sept 3 to 6 Whiteside County Fair Morrison. September 12 Sauer Kraut Day Forreston.
Mr and Mrs Harold Shelly of Han over spent Saturday with her parents Mr and Mrs John Nordhoff. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Leonard Porter included Mrs Fred J Gostick of Dewitt Ia. Lews, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Voss of East Clinton, visited last week with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Albert Prins. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sullivan were in Des Moines Friday and attended State fair Community Day in Milledgeville.
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