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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
2
An ongoing Roll of Honor lists men and women from York Township serving in the U S armed forces. The Review invites corrections additions and notices of advancement in rank to update the record. The current list is provided in the notice.
Long list of individuals from U S Army Navy Marine Corps Air Force Coast Guard and WAVES with ranks from private to captain and roles in Seabees aviation and communications. Names include Henry L Ashpole Harold Ashpole Robert Kreuder Gordon Siperly Walter Weatherwax and Edna Walters among others.
The December 12 Church of Christ, Scientist lesson centered on God as preserver. The Golden Text from 1 Thessalonians 3 affirms faith and protection from evil, with John 4:16 noting God is love. The Science and Health passage emphasizes God and man as indestructible in Divine Principle and eternal harmony.
Chadwick Commercial Club began the erection of an honor roll panel to display 89 local men and women serving in the armed forces. A nine by twelve foot white wood panel stands north of the fire station driveway, with names painted in black on narrow strips and soon affixed. S. S. Harter handles the stencil work.
A group from Chadwick gathered to surprise Mrs. Lavern Straub of Lanark for her birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Bert Straub Charles Straub Mr and Mrs Clifford Straub Mr and Mrs Claude Mechling and son Esper Johnson and Gene. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served. Christmas dinner guests of Mr and Mrs William Eggert include Roy Potter and family from Moline Harold Mackey and family Jane Miller and Donald Kness and son Herbert Stein and family.
Several families from Moline Lanark Freeport Milledgeville and Sterling plan or spent Christmas and Sunday visits. Highlights include Mr and Mrs David Senneff with their baby in Moline, Mr and Mrs Robert Isenberger and sons with Mr and Mrs Robert Livengood in Lanark, and multiple social calls among local residents including George Sack seriously ill in the Determan home.
A humorous remark jokes about a clerk agreeing with a customer and prefers practical needs over ceremonial flattery. The quip compares making a suit of clothes from milk to being measured for a pound of butter.
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