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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1965
Page
6
The 500 Card Club met last Thursday with Bernadette Kus tes in Fulton. Clara Andring won first prize Edna Hagg, second, Verna Johannsen, third, and Mae Kustes, low. The next meeting will be on Thursday Jan. 5 with Edna
The Baptist Church class met in Thomson with 19 attendees for a Christmas program led by Gilbert Holland. Marion Overman gave prayer, Luella Heitman led devotionals, and readings included the 1534 English translation of the Christmas story. A guest speaker described Amish life in Iowa.
Misses Dina and Gayle Durward of Seal Beach California arrived Sunday to spend the holidays with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Durward in Le Fay. Joy Durward, a student at Wisconsin State Teachers College Platteville, is away at the moment. Cynthia Durward, a student nurse at Moline Public Hospital, will return home Friday.
Riverview residents report festive homes along the streets during the holiday season. Mrs Mavin Brecious spent two weeks in Chicago visiting children with Mr and Mrs Al Precious and Mr and Mrs Ed Johnson and families. Bud McWorthy and sons visited Clinton Sunday. McWorthy sister celebrated a birthday. Fred Whitney and Harriett Crisci visited Mrs Bud McWorthy Wednesday afternoon. Carl Stamler and children, from Freeport, spent Sunday at the cottage.
Thomson News notes several Christmas plans with Mrs. Nellie Creighton in Iowa City hosting Mrs. Robert Eninge and others, while Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bennett of Clinton travel to Wayland Bennett’s for Christmas dinner with additional guests mentioned.
Hoffman Building Service in Savanna Illinois lists a contact phone number 273 2032 for estimates on sewer hook ups and related work.
Readers submit holiday greetings visits and calls across Savanna Rock Falls Fulton Milledgeville Eureka and surrounding towns. Families share travel homecomings from Eureka College Rockford College and Iowa City while gatherings honor a birthday and pre Christmas dinners with relatives and neighbors.
The column lists visitors and guests across towns including Clinton Savanna Waterloo Morrison Wrightstown and Coggon. Notable mentions include Dwight Wilken and family planning to settle in Savanna with him departing for the Philippines for a year and local callings from James V Wieba nga and others.
Chadwick news notes Mr. and Mrs. Oval Kaufman of Hanover will spend Christmas with her mother Mrs. W. H. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meier and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Evans in Rockford. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart will visit late Christmas evening at Don Eis seller’s home. Orval Rahn will host family supper Sunday evening with Herbert Law and family Mount Carroll Janssen and family Milledgeville Knuts and family Milledgeville Rahn. An exchange of gifts is planned.
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