Thomson Christmas Preparations Brighten Village Life
Village plans to decorate streets with lights and a Christmas tree as residents anticipate Santa. Fire Chief Wilt offers to check or verve fire extinguishers at Village Hall with a $1 delivery fee. new firefighting mask extends time in smoke. Duck hunters report good luck in bad weather. Clarence Bolhous shows 1954 license plates. Community Chest idea proposed. Legion meeting discusses dues and donations. Firemen promote January 8 fundraiser game with cake walk. Bus driver Groharing busy delivering kids during a sale. Thomson School district may add an annex as Argo and Sandridge join Thomson. Snowstorm hits, heavy and wet. roads congested. Chicago visitor William Wagner stays with relatives.
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Santa Claus
Thomson
Everett Wilt
Thomson Firemen
Thomson Fire Department
Bruce Groharing
Bruce
Pete Balk
Argo
Sandridge
Addie Groharing
Florida
Carroll-Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Meeker’s Hill
Virgil Wilt
Bruno Gaskamp
Haskell
Texas
Dick Stagg
Enrollment and Merger Impacts on Thomson Grade School
A Thomson Grade School public meeting on December 2 discussed enrollment projections under present boundaries and a proposed Argo Fay Thomson merger. Attendance from all township elementary districts heard superintendent Seger estimate 160 current students rising to about 210 post merger, with class sizes from 12 to 26 in Thomson alone and 15 to 40 with joined districts.
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Thomson
Harold Brown
Board of Education
Seger
Brown
Thomson School
Argo Fay
Sandridge
Thomson Board of Education
Sera Lib.e church services and Catholic mass notices
A church notice lists regular Sunday activities. Sera Lib.e church holds morning and evening services with pastors Rev J W Gillespie and Rev William Kendall. Catholic services occur at Fulton at 8 and 10 am and St John’s in Saven at 6 8 and 10 am.
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J. W. Gillespie
William Kendal
Catholic Serviers
Fulton
Serviee
St. John's Church
Saven
York Community Rev Mak Witmer Pastor
Sunday School at 9 20. church services at 20 50. Choir practice Saturday evening at 7 15.
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Mak Witmer
Christmas programs and services listed for churches
Methodist William E. Leckrone presides at Hickory Grove with morning worship at 9 50 a m and a sermon Victims or Victors. Church school at 10 30 a m. Thomson church school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with Christmas program. Argo Fay holds evening worship at 7 30 p m. Christmas prayer poem by Lon Woodrum urges keeping Christmas in heart beyond pageantry.
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Wiliam E. Leckrone
Hickory Grove
Thomson
Argo Fay
Christian Youth Organization Plans Holiday Party
The Christian Youth Organization of York Community Church met on Sunday evening December 6 called to order by president Carol Mills. A Christmas party was planned for December 13 with a grab bag gift exchange and an offering at each meeting instead of dues. Adjournment followed with games and refreshments by Roberta Williams and Joyce Sack.
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Christian Youth Organization
York Community Church
Svyday
Carol Milles
Roberta Williams
Joyce Sack
John Fedderson
Steps of Faith and Christmas Plans at Baptist Church
The Baptist Church outlines a morning worship with minister James W. Gillerpe and study hour led by Paul K. Wilt. Christmas events include a Golden Rule class meeting December 16 and a church Christmas dinner December 18. A Christmas program is set for December 23 at 7:30 p.m. The piece also features W. L. Bacher’s eightfold Sunday school teacher’s resolve and a Roosevelt quote on faith and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillerpe
Paul K. Wilt
W. L. Bacher
Williamsport
Bacher
Christ
Theodore Roosevelt
Surprise birthday party honors Mrs Badtke at home
Relatives gathered Monday evening at the Richard Badtke home in Morrison to celebrate Mrs. Badtke's birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pannier, Mrs. Olga Andersen, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Badtke, Mrs. Frank Badtke, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wiebenga with two sons from Fulton. Merle Bicker and two sons visited Mr. and Mrs. Curtis St. Ores, and Clarence Cooper of Savanna visited John and Mrs. Cooper on Sunday.
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Richard Badtke
Curtis St. Ores
Clarence Cooper
Savanna
John Cooper
Community Chest Proposed In York Township
Salvation Army workers and York township officers met to discuss forming a Community Chest in Thomson to streamline door to door canvassing for Red Cross Salvation Army Cancer Boy and Girl Scouts. They seek comments and volunteers to serve as drive chairman and urge unified annual contributions.
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Salvation Army
York Township
Robert Miller
Red Cross
Cancer
Boy and Girl Scouts
Thomson
Both & G
WSCS Meeting at Thomson Methodist Church
The WSCS met at Thomson Methodist Church with nine ladies and four children. Devotions cited Revelations chapter 22 and the Christian Advocate lesson. a Peek home donation was planned. vanilla bottles were offered for sale. the next gathering on December 16 will host Mrs. Paul Heusinkveld with a kitchen goods drive instead of a gift exchange.
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WSCS
Thomson Methodist Church
John Ashpole
Henry Strauch
Jake Engelkens
Ben Wagner
Christian Advocate
Polo
Leckrone
Paul Heusinkveld
Birthday supper guests honor Mrs. Badtke at home
A sequence of neighborhood visits notes guests and callers across Clinton Clintonia Port Byron Chadwick and Lanark including Otto Lawrenz Russell Albert Harold Sorensen Curtis St Ores Maude Brown Edith Robison Roy Heftman Mervin Marshall Ira Higgins and others. Robert Atherton promoted in the Air Force at Elgin AFB in Florida with furlough anticipated mid month. Weekend and Sunday visits include family, sibling, and hospital connections in Galesburg and Rock Island.
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Richard Badtke
Edith Robison
Mt. Carroll
Roy Heftman
Lloyd Smith
Frar ® Smith
Mervin Marshall
Morrison
Merle Cate
G. A. Smith
Chicago
Ira Higgins
Gertrude Kustes
Paul V. Wilt
Eugene Murray
Edna Way
Chadwick
Kenneth Kemmer
Fred Kemmer
Wm. Horaney
Judy
Galesburg
M. J. Strukhoff
Carl Rogers
Frank
Robert Rogers
Dubuque
Charles Rogers
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Ben Stage
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Gilpin Stagg
David
Paul Munson
Lanark
Marie Daeumer
Savanna
Bruce Groharing
Thomson PTA Plans Bake Sale and February Play
The Thomson P T A met December 3 at the grade school with Mrs. Victor Fenley presiding. They announced a bake sale and white elephant sale for Saturday January 9 and formed a four member play committee for a February performance directed by Ernest Hixson. Other notes included health committee appointments, thanks to Mrs. Owen Moore of Carroll County P T A, and a request for volunteers to lead Girl Scouts.
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Thomson P. T. A
Victor Fenley
Harold Fedderson
Thomson
Kenneth Kemmer
Bruce Groharing
John Seger
Ernest Hixson
Ferris
Fenley
Robert Carroll
William Eg*er
Suggestions To Speed Xmas Mail Service
The local postmaster urges patrons to stamp rural letters, wrap parcels securely with name and address inside, and mail early to avoid delays. Tie multiple pieces for same town, insure valuable parcels, register high value letters, and use air mail or special delivery.
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Mai
Air Mail
A U W W Meeting and Honors Day Convocation At Mt Carroll
Mrs Edith Robbins and Mrs Burne Murray attended a meeting of the A A U W at Sawyers House on Shimer College campus Mt Carroll and the Honors Day convocation at Metcalf Hall the same evening. Several local residents hosted visiting relatives and friends during the weekend and Sunday activities across the area including Chadwick Stratford Clinton Garden Plain De Kalb and Sterling with multiple house guests and dinners.
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Edith Robbins
Harry Gaar
Alfred Kettler
Fulton
Ray Dykstra
Robert Rice
Sterling
Claude Grim
Milledgeville Tops Thomson In Tight 60-58 Showdown
Milledgeville defeated Thomson 60 to 58 in a close Milledgeville Tuesday night game. Thomson led 12-10 after one and 26-17 at halftime, but Milledgeville surged back in the second half. Bielema scored 33 for Thomson on 12 field goals and nine free throws while Milledgeville’s Sto ver totaled 18. In Frosh Soph action Milledgeville won 61-50 in overtime after a 47-47 tie.
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Milledgeville
Thomson
Bielema
Trojan
Milledgevi
Hollinshead
Bkrearton
Frosch
Stover
Village To Get Christmas Lights
Village board met in regular session on December 7 in Village Hall. After approving monthly bills and minutes, bids for a new village pump were opened. a contract for drilling the new well will be awarded at a later special meeting. The board authorized four strings of lights and cables for main street decoration to remain village property for year to year use and planned a Christmas tree near the telephone building. The meeting adjourned.
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Joe Shutters
Vilage
Legion Auxiliary to Meet and Collect Gifts for Illinois Soldiers
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting next Thursday evening December 17 in the Legion hall. Members should bring wrapped gifts for the girls at the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors cottage in Normal, with contents visible from outside. Refreshment committee named and junior members invited.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Illinois Soldiers and Seilors Cottage
Wayne Ashby
Ella Tousley
Lyle Greeley
Wive Dies In Auto Truck Crash In Illinois
Mrs. Ralph Huggins and her step-daughter Mrs. Harry Hansen Jr. were killed when their car collided head on with a semi-trailer truck loaded with 30 000 pounds of butter near Silvis Illinois. Ralph Huggins remained in critical condition at Moline Public Hospital. Earl Elliott of Council Bluffs Iowa drove the truck and was unharmed. Mrs. Hansen's father died of a heart attack so shortly before the crash.
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Ralph Huggins
Lanark
Harry Hensen Jr
Erie
Illinois 2
Silvis
Huggins
Moline Public Hospital
Hansen
Albany
Thomson
Edith Spangler
Delbert Curley
Hoapital
Former Neighbors Honor Mervin Marshall Friday
Former neighbors surprised Mr and Mrs Mervin Marshall at their Morrison farm on Friday evening. Attendees included Ben Stage Jess Grim Lawrence Halfman Harvey Marshall David Wm Marshall Carl Petersen Asa Kurth and Kenneth Kemmer families. Pitch provided entertainment. a group gift and late evening lunch followed.
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Mervin Marshall
Morrison
Ben Stage
Jess Grim
Lawrence Halfman
Harvey Marshall
David
Wm. Marshall
Carl Petersen
Asa Kurth
Kenneth Kemmer
Cousin of Mrs M Marshall Among Crash Victims
Four Princeton men died and one was seriously injured in a car truck collision Sunday night near the Route 23 52 junction in Freedom township LaSalle County. Victims were Robert J Anderson John C Robb Everett Puttcamp and Edward Sabin. Surviving driver James Virgil Kasbeer was hospitalized. The semi trailer truck was driven by John Schumaker of Golden Colorado with relief driver G K Monrie of Denver Colorado. Weather was clear and roads dry. Errett Puttcamp was a cousin of Mrs Mer vin Marshall whose family attended services for him.
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Princeton
Freedom Township
LaSalle County
Robert J. Anderson
John C. Robb
Everett Puttcamp
Edward Sabin
James Virgil
Skip” Kasbeer
Ayburn Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Chicago
John Schumaker
Golden
Colo
G. K. Monrie
Denver
Schumaker
Wayne E. Hess
Errett Puttcamp
Mervin Marshall
Marshal
Harry Elliott
Putteamp
Local Social Notes From Stratford Wisconsin Area
Mr and Mrs Louis Hendricks of Stratford and Mr and Mrs E O Hemmer were Wednesday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Leslie Grima and daughter. Numerous visits and weekend gatherings are listed with families in Fulton Rock Falls Sterling Dixon and Fen ton including Kristie Bealer visiting grandparents while her mother underwent major surgery at Chanute AFB.
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Louis Hendricks
Stratford
Wis
E. O. Hemmer
Leslie Grima
Ralph Irion
Fulton
Jennie Griswold
Kristie Bealer
Ale
David Bealer
Lloyd Smith
Sam Bush
Fenton
Jerry Wiebenga
Wiebenga
Harry and Jessie
Richard Rice
Rock Falls
Claude Rice
Charlotte Rice
Sterling
Harold Sikkema
Paul Heusinkveld
Dan Sack
Ed Sack
Dixon
Bud Hackbarth
Leaf River
Herman Timmons
Indian Couple Wed In Memorial Chapel For Rev. H. F. Gilbert
Reeves Nahwoosky and Clydia Tralinder became the first Indian couple married in The Brown Church Memorial Chapel at Walters Oklahoma, built for Mabel Moon Gilbert. Groom studied at the University of Oklahoma and served in Korea. bride studied at Basone College. The chapel once housed an American Baptist Home Mission Society light fixture from New York. Rev. H. F. Gilbert, missionary for 28 years at Walters, aided the chapel’s construction. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1918 flu epidemic.
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Reeves Nahwoosky
Clydia Tralinder
Brown
Walters
Okla
Mabel Moon Gilbert
University of Oklahoma
Korea
Basone College
New York
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Mission Magazine
Hervey F. Gilbert
Thomson and Fulton
Gilbert
Mary Anne Gerbrick To Wed Pvt. Glenn Kness
Announcement by Mr and Mrs Walter Gerbrick Chadwick announces the engagement of their daughter Mary Anne to Pvt Glenn Kness of Thomson He is stationed in Germany No wedding date set Also notes birthdays for Melvin Traum and Edward J French and a flurry of Sunday visits among Lanark Clinton and Thom son residents
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Walter Gerbrick
Chadwick
Mary Anne
Pvt
Glenn Kness
Thomson
Kness
Germany
Mark
Melvin Traum
Lanark
Traum
Edward J. French
Mr. Traum
Mr. French
Seaman Swett
Edward French
Savanna
Garaand Harris
Bobby
David
Fulton
Norma
Local Health Updates From Clinton and Fulton Areas
The Sick Mrs Wilbur Hall of Chadwick burned her hand on the gas stove recently. Mrs Gerald Olsen returned home Sunday from Mercy hospital Clinton Ia where she had surgery. Mrs Hal Hoy of Fulton underwent surgery last Saturday at Mercy hospital Clinton Ia. Hoy is the former Erma Erling. Myron Tibbits of Keithsburg, formerly of Thomson, remains a patient at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City. Nanette Curley, daughter of Delbert and Mrs Curley, has asthma bronchitis but is improved. Peter Sikkema of Fulton underwent major surgery last Friday at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Ia. Sikkema is brother-in-law of Clarence Bolhuis.
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Wilbur Hall
Chadwick
Gerald Olsen
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Hal Hoy
Fulton
Hoy
Erma Erling
Myron Tibbits
Keithsburg
Thomson
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Nanette Curley
Delbert Curley
Peter Sikkema
Jane Lamb Hospital
Sikkema
Clarence Bolhous
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