Local social notes from Thomson News items
Miss Edna Curley spent Sunday in the Tom Sheridan home in Rockford. Mrs Ethel Lewis attended the bake sale and supper at the Methodist church in Savanna Thursday evening. Mrs Hazel Stage and her son Dick were dinner guests Sunday with Mr and Mrs Maurice Strukhoff.
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Thomson News
Edna Curley
Tom Sheridan
Rockford
Ethel Lewis
Savanna
Hazel Stage
Son Dick
Maurice Strukhoff
Sergeant York at Rialto Theatre Clinton Ia
Gary Cooper stars as Alvin York in the film showing at Rialto Theatre from Friday December 6 to Thursday December 11. The advertised plot follows York’s struggle on a Tennessee farm, his conflict with religion, romance with Gracie Williams, and a storm accident that spurs his conversion.
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Sergeant York
Ralto Theatre
Gary Cooper
Alvin York
Joan Leslie
Gracie Williams
Walter Sirennan
Three Forks of the ‘Wolf
Tennessee
Conscientious Objector Returns War Hero to Tennessee
Alvin York, drafted but opposed to killing, read a history book from Mayor Buxton and went home on furlough. He later volunteered for combat, fought in the Argonne, single handedly captured 132 German soldiers, received top military honors and a grand homecoming in New York, then returned to Tennessee.
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Buxton
Alvin
Seaman Swett Home Hosts Last Sunday Guests
Thomson briefs Mildred Withhart and Mary Hardy of Savanna were Sunday afternoon guests in the Seaman Swett home. Merle Stage and wife of Woodstock visited the George Collinson home Saturday and Sunday.
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Mildred Withhart
Mary Hardy
Savanna
Seaman Swett
Mrs. Merle Stage
Woodstock
George Collinson
Oldest Bible Hunt Highlighted in Thomson Service
Universal Bible Sunday observed at the Methodist church with Rev. Ploch urging congregants to bring their oldest Bible. He'll preach on The Light Shines Through the Darkness, as suggested by the American Bible Society. Albany high school glee club provides special music at 7 50.
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Methodist Church
Ploch
American Bible Society
Albany High School
Glee Club
Weekend visitors host at Dixon and Loechel home
Chadwick notes Mr and Mrs Robert Lego were weekend guests in the Mesen er home at Dixon. Mr and Mrs Robert Carbaugh and sons were Sunday supper guests in the Edward Loechel residence.
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Robert Lego
R .C. Mesener
Dixon
Robert Carbaugh Land Sons
Edward Loechel
Colored Man From SOD Hit Clinton Auto
A car with Illinois plates struck a parked auto on North Second Street in Clinton. The vehicle was later traced to Wm. Hi. Martin of the Savanna ordnance depot and Headquarters detachment. Martin agreed to settle damages with the Clinton owner.
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Illinois
North Second Street
Clinton
Wm. Hi. Martin
U. T
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Martin
Local Notes From Preston Prairie Area
Jake Heimbaugh shredded corn on Thursday. Fay Christian visited on Tuesday. David Goldy of Stephenson county toured the Paul Metz farm. Heimbaugh built a new corn crib at the Roscoe Cummings farm. Mr. and Mrs. George Ritter visited friends Sunday. Mrs. Hammond and daughter Harriet spent Sunday at the Glenn Bickelhaupt home.
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Jake Heimbaugh
Fay Christian
David Goldy
Stephenson County
Wie
Paul Metz
Roscoe Cummings
George Ritter
Friends
Hammond
Harriett
Glenn Bickelhaupt
New York Youth Loses Three Million in Rapid Collapse
A New York youth squandered three million dollars in under three seconds. The heiress replied firmly. in a kitchen scene a servant asked for more dishes and was rebuffed as Mary replied no.
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New York
Five Miles by Road to Town in a Humorous Local Exchange
A traveler asks the distance to the next town and a local replies that it is about five miles as the crow flies. The joke reframes the distance for a crow that must walk and carry an empty gas can, implying a longer, comic journey.
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G E Thrift
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