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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
4
Thomson News Burnelle Doden of Morrison visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Doden. Mr and Mrs George Miner and family of Hanover are Sunday guests in the home of Mrs Iva Oreutt.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Sullivan spend a week in St Paul Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Tom Hand vacationed at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Holm and daughter from Argo attend family reunion near Clinton. Labor Day guests include Anna Nlomedew and Fred Homedew of Mt Carroll. The Stages host and visit various relatives across Wacker Savanna Rochelle Rockford Argo and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Harry Turner and daughter of Clinton spent last Thursday in the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Witt. Miss Prudence Groharing visited friends at Freeport while Miss Arlene Smith stayed with her aunt Mrs Sadie K Dunshee at Mt Carroll. Mr and Mrs Clare Prins and family visited Mr and Mrs Peter Dyke in Morrison. Mr and Mrs Allen Witmer were Monday dinner guests in the Jack son Davis home at Savanna. Miss Charlotte Rice, summering at Joliet, returns to teaching at Winner South Dakota and asks the Review be sent there.
Chadwick residents hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Eric Jenssen of Morrison and Mrs. Henrietta Sikkema of Thomson for Sunday dinner. Afternoon callers included Mr. and Mrs. Fiebel Jenssen of Lanark. Visitors from Clinton and Erie were noted, with several local family visits and trips to the State Fair at Springfield.
The Imel clan held their sixth annual reunion Sunday at Old Mill park in Savanna Ohio. O H Imel of Chadwick was reelected head, George Imel of Sterling was named vice president, and Xanthus A Imel of Glidden was secretary. Reports showed one marriage four births and two deaths in the year. Next year’s gathering set for the last Sunday in August at Old Mill park with many Imels attending from Chadwick Hastings Glidden Westside Freeport Milledgeville Morrison and Sterling plus guests Charles Straub Dorothy Glaw Shirley Johnson George Hansske and others.
Miss Amelia Lewis of Mt Carroll was chosen president of the Lewis family reunion at Point Rock park Mt Carroll. Other officers named include vice president William Sack of Waterloo Iowa and secretary Charles Lewis Chadwick. The group plans a 1940s reunion at the same park on the fourth Sunday in August.
Local families report visits from Sunday to Tuesday with relatives and friends across Illinois. Gatherings include Hartleb Larson hospitality in Palatine, Spellman Lanark, Turner Tur ney at the County Farm, Whitney Springfield State Fair trips, and multiple calls at homes in Tampico Maquoketa Franklin Grove Evanston Morrison and Hillsdale with kin and guests. Birthdays noted for two men and a sequence of short reunions mark the week.
Sunday afternoon and evening visitors gathered at multiple homes including Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nelson with Elsie Brink Audrey Wells and Maurice Pegeler plus Carroll Meyer. Lyle Weber celebrated his second birthday with dinner hosted by Elmer and wife. Various reunions visits and local events followed across Savanna Milledgeville and nearby towns including a horse show in Dix and a reunion at Old Mill Park Savanna.
The Illinois State Department of Conservation released the 1940 rules for migratory birds. Season dates run Oct 16 to Dec 14 for ducks geese brant coots snipe and rails with specific limits and protections. doves have Sept 1 to Sept 30, daily 12 possession 12 and royalty hours from sunrise to sunset. Federal duck stamp required for ages 16 plus. certain methods and limits strictly prohibited.
Mr and Mrs Frank Healey of Coleta and Florence Ferris visited and Florence went home with them for a week. Harold Sucher and Deloree of Sterling joined Mr and Mrs Fred Barnhart for supper. Herbert Drain and family greeted callers. Adolph Coden and Margrete joined dinner at George Schmidt’s in Mt Carroll. Marshall Farthing and family attended the Southern Illinois picnic in Sterling. Mason Spaulding and son dined at Stobert Eastabrooks in Milledgeville. Donald Asay and family visited Vernon Bushaw in La Vanna. Hanaford Bushman Gordon Bushman and Walter Oltman hosted callers in Prophetstown. A birthday dinner for Rudolph Holm was held in Argona with many relatives. Bertha Mest spent Mon and Tue with E R Mest.
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