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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
8
A sequence of visits and social gatherings appears as Thomson residents and guests from Morrison Clinton Savanna and Freeport spent weekends and Sundays with families in Fulton Low Moor Chestnut Park and nearby areas. Multiple listings name Mrs Halland Mrs Hol land Mrs Greeley Mr Gelwicks and others visiting relatives.
Three months of school have passed and the Thomson community again honors its roll. Members include Floyd, Stiles, Curtis Lord, Aaron Johnson, Ruth Beasley, Vada Mae Collinson, Viola Wif, and George Gilpin. An anticipated fund will buy library books, a volleyball, and athletic supplies for Warfield.
Mrs Pred dehn Moxy and Mr De, along with Ted and iMes, stayed at the Doden wed home before returning to Detroit. The group, including Rev. i wed and pri son Friends, brought baskets and gifts for the Clinton pastor and owner in the stem. Nev, Stowe attended with other members, sharing items to eat and close.
State Auditor reports authorizing a dividend totaling $50 630.61 from the Milledgeville bank liquidation. This is the third dividend since closure, with payments about December 1 and $42 836.82 already paid on bills. Funds are from ordinary liquidation, with Willony L. O Connell as receiver.
Spring Valley resident Ralph Bielema will move to Strassbore North Dakota to serve at the Holland Reformed Church. He leaves Tex day morning for that place with best wishes from friends in his new field of labor.
Robert B. Hershe of the Chicago Jcare Institute is commissioned to assemble a 5 million dollar art collection for the Texas Centennial Exposition opening in June. Plans include loans from J. P. Morgan, Mellon and other major collections, with works also from the Cocoran and Metropolitan. The Hall of Fine Arts will house the display, funded by Dallas bond issues, with Paul Cret as designer and Daniel Rich assisting.
A fragmented classified note hints at whimsical dialogue about nerves, electricity, and footwear. The odd exchange mentions a sole and dry eel while musing on criminal minds being liberal minded. The piece reads like a quirky ad snippet or humor column fragment from a bygone paper.
A government suit seeks to obtain land needed for a lock and dam project. The action targets ownership disputes and the completion of a river improvement. Funds allocated for construction and related works are noted, with emphasis on public benefit and federal authority.
Millie Luella Smith Allen of Clinton died at Lamb Hospital in Clinton after a long illness. Funeral services were held in Clinton with burial at York Cemetery in Argo. She was born February 27 1890 in Fair Haven town the daughter of Mary Smith later married to Louis John Allen in 1911. The family lived in Milledgeville Morrison Round Grove and Fulton before moving to Clinton. She is survived by three children Louis Harold Walter Miles and Dorothea May and by her mother and step father Mrs and Mr Orville Williams and several brothers and sisters. Mr Allen died April 2 1924.
A notice urges residents to recall that the fire hose and chemical tank are kept in nearby quarters during winter months. Marshal Will Sterhis notes gear is moved to cooler storage to reduce heat risk, and residents should be ready for possible nighttime alarms and siren tests.
A local Red Cross drive raised 4624 with names and places scattered in a fragmented report. The text mentions individuals and detentions in Holland and other scattered references.
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