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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
8
Classifieds run in four weekly Carroll county papers THE THOMSON REVIEW THE CHADWICK REVIEW THE LANARK GAZETTE and THE SHANNON REPORTER. Rates are 4c per word with a minimum charge of 56c per ad.
A minister advertised Salvation Is Free and told parishioners the collection plate would pass as usual. He explained that salvation is free like water from a spring, but delivery costs apply when it is piped to homes, comparing it to freight charges.
A Milledgeville community page notes J F Plumer and Sons hosted a pre Christmas dinner at Forest Inn Morrison with numerous couples and families named. separate items include Mrs Franklin Smith hosting a Christmas birthday for her daughter Cheryl with gifts and refreshments and a Masonic smoker with Sterling guests and a long guest list for Christmas and New Year dinners. The December Cub Pack 255 Christmas party at the gym drew 92 attendees with fundraising ideas and a Pennies from Heaven tree to aid Milroy Nursing Home. Cub leaders received gifts of appreciation for their year of service.
Milledgeville Unit School held close parties on December 23 with each class hosting room celebrations planned by PTA home room mothers. Seventh grade placed a Christmas tree in the main hall and a gift exchange occurred across classes with refreshments. High school joined in a combined party led by Student Council, featuring a gift exchange presided by Sana Claus, plus dancing and games. The junior and senior classes hosted a Christmas dance that night with The Five Keys providing music and committees coordinating advertising, refreshments, and decorations. In other items, Howard H. Butts of Belleville was fined $100 plus costs for passing a bad check at Mt Carroll, after which he was arrested in Belleville. Chadwick News
The Milledgeville Community Unit District 312 music department offered a Tuesday evening program of Christmas music at 8 p m. The fourth grade tonette band Cadet band and high school band performed instrumental numbers while vocal selections came from the boys and girls high school chorus the girls trio and the boys and girls quartets The final items concluded the program.
Nature lovers build winter feeding stations to attract birds even in milder states. Feeders bring a steady flow of feathered visitors, but allowing cats to roam can deter birds and undermine the feeding effort.
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