Melon Day Sports Offerings Promised at Whitside Field
Melon Day features a heavy sport card with horse racing and baseball events. Walter Switzer leads cash prize races while contests for men women and children kick off at 10 30 am under Ruby Stores supervision. An Albany vs Thomson softball game at 10 30 am leads to a winner facing Daggett team, then Carroll County champions meet at 11 20 am. At 3 pm a Carroll County Farm Bureau game versus Lyndon awaits, promising a hard fought afternoon of sports.
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Ruby
Albany
Thomson
Daggetts
Carroll County
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Lyndon
Whiteside County
B B. Loews
Vernon Weber home illness aid noted in Wacker
Moss Beulah Gaar assists with work in the Vernon Weber home in Wacker as Mrs Weber is ill. Mr and Mrs John Ashpole and termly guests Sunday of their daughter Mrs Ralph Christiansen and family at Low Moor Iowa. Mrs John Nordhoff and daughter Margaret visited with their daughter and sister Mrs Harold Shelly at Hanover last week. Mrs Reeves Kratz and her daughter of Freeport plan to visit Thursday night and stay through the week with her mother Mrs Frank Rush. Cilvin Eslinger returned home Friday after a week in Morrison with grandparents Mr and Mrs John Anderson and uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Roy Marhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Beulah Gaar
Vernon Weber
Wacker
Weber
John Ashpole
Termly
Ralph Christiansen
Low Moor
Iowa
John Nordhoff
Margaret
Harold Shelly
Hanover
Reeves Kratz
Freeport
Frank Rush
Cilvin Eslinger
Morrison
John Anderson
Roy Marhall
Daughte
Donna
George Balk
Harlan
Fulton
H Jenkins Wal
Harold Summons
Peoria
Elhs i Cross
Quincy
Mir
Bill Jenkins
Nelson
Ralph Ds
Clinton
Prentice Kenyon
Wes‘eely
Ruode Island
Ins
Mig Ben Stige
Fred Miller
Westey Sack
Ida Wehex
Wes
Concessions And Midway Ready For Big Melon Day
The fairgrounds prepare for a large crowd with more stands and a larger soft drink stand run by Garrett Bathous amid added midways and shifts. Irve Martindale oversees preparations as ground layout continues and vendors pay fees in advance. Separate report notes a separate highway accident near Stains involving Potter and a truck with Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Bathous
Laroe Soft
Medway
Irve Martindale
Worth
Melon Day Guests and Local Family Gatherings Reported
Mrs Charles Hoge hosts Melon Day guests including Miss Lloy Orr of Chiesso and Sylvia Lewis. Several Princeton, Freeport, Fulton, Clinton, and Quincy families join dinners with Tobey and Jenkins households. Sept 4 is opening day for Molone and events around the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoge
James J Sheridan To Open Melon Day Afternoon Program
James J Sheridan known as Speaker Of The Day will open the Melon Day afternoon program at one o'clock with an Address of Welcome. The event features The Three Little Maids and Rube Tronson and his Toays Cowboys performing for about an hour on the entertainment platform. Sheridan will also act as Toastmaster at the Tim Poole Banquet at the Wit Hotel Thomson with public invitation.
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James J. Sheridan
Janes J Shendan
York
Bk Open
Rube Tronson
Atendom
Sheridan
Tim Poole
Wit
Thomson
Poole
Homsom Illinois Picnic Honors Local Residents
Chestnut Park hosted a Sunday picnic drawing local residents and guests. A list of honorees included Mrs Sten Fhoap and other community members. Visitors from Clinton and Chicago attended, including Habriett Cole and Mrs Dela Melendy.
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Old Mall
Sten
Shomson Hiterls
Selous
Ster
Swanads Wannie Uelland
Mies Habriett Cole
Clinton
Mrs Dela Melendy
New Melon Day Night Show At Melon Park In Thorn ton
Melon Day expands with a new night show at Melon Park headlined by Beth Hower s Lanark band and a talk by Jim Poole followed by WLS radio act the Texas Cowboys and Three Little Maids. A grand fireworks finale lights the southeast crowd area then dancing to Luth Gei s orchestra continues in Thomson until dawn. Local guests Miss Arlyne Adams and Miss Louise Lewis visit as Melon Day festivities draw families from area towns.
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Melon Park
Beth Hower
Lanark
Miss Hower
Thornton
Jim Poole
WLS Platertainment
Rube Tronson
Texas Cowboys
Three Little Maids
Prand
Activites
Thomson
Luth Geisinger
Hi Orchestra
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MILON
Thomson Briefs
Pomter Beer
Clinton, Iowa
Damages
Chicago
Cheage
Weidman
Charles Adams
Pavarind
Potter's
Adams
Sasanny
Ray Earling
Danetter Erma
Rudy Tobey
Clyde Tobey
Princeton
Harold Tobey
Floyd Tower Home
Thomson Bricfs
Clyne Suvth
Stockton
Ferest
Ed McGmiy
Giohaemy
Floyd Tovey
Trevita
Chatom
Donald South
Ttant South
Hs Beit’. Riehter
Cary Toll
Mielon
Florence Smith
Wilma Null
Pred Smith
Joe
Francke
Switver
Margaret Brooks
Prins
Chambersburg
Atherh
Earl Voss
East Clinton
Clint Pratt
Paul
Mt Carrell
Anne Sheridan
Carpenter
Wis Edward Smedeng
San Rafael
Statne
Gilbert Holland
Lena Carpenter
Army
Navy
George
Ores
Will St Ores
Elendale
Herbert
Toe
Resces
Crambersburg
Davenport
Carl Stores
Melon Day
Kramer
Camanche Avenue
Acetelyne
Janning
Gemanche Avenue
Homsom, Illinois
Calle Ta
Jerry Allen
Belost
Mr Allen
Mis F.Q Andelin
Paul SP Attace
Rick
Fas
Yao
Urs
Bon
Mia
Mis Llred Ne Vi
Mis Leangu Porter
Mis John Johnson
Amboe
Springfield
Betty
Norma Jean
Tibbetts
Katherine Elepoaner
Torey
Napoleon
Reece
Arlyne Adams
Paw Paw
Louise Lewis
Atri W A Adams
Phu AS
Atic SS
Stickell’s Cafe
Freeport Baking Co
Freeport, Illinois
Jake Kerkstra
Fulton, Ili
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