Christmas dinner guests share Thomson Galva Morrison
Christmas Day and Monday gatherings bring multiple Atherton, Smith, Hug gins, Sheridan and related families together in Thomson Morrison and Galva. Notable attendees include Dolly Atherton Franklins and the Feddersen clan with SIBA president William Feddersen at national meetings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Atherton
Dolly Atherton
Merle Atherton Jr
Dwight Atherton
Robert Atherton
Morrison
Delbert Curley
Galva
Lloyd Smith
John C. Atherton
Robert Huggins
Thomson
Francis Sheridan
Cordova
Dora Wiebenga
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
James Wiebenga
Savanna
Calvin Eslinger
Robert Smit
Marion Wheeler
Harold Schroth
P. K. McGinnis
Arnold Bauer
William Hamm
Fred Diettrich
Donna Feddersen
Harold Feddersen
William Feddersen
SIBA
Illinois Association of Classroom Teachers
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Ernest Rathje
Otto Switzer
Donald Sippel
Myles Haas
Clarence Schafer
Prophetstown
Paul V. Wilt
G. A. Smith
Gertrude Kustes
Paul K. Wilt
Chloe Wilt
Denver
Colorado
Glen Wilt
Detroit
Michigan
Christmas visitors share festive Midwest gatherings
A long list of households welcomed relatives and friends over Christmas weekend. Families from Forest Park Bensonville Pomona and Urbana gathered at homes in Fulton Savanna Morrison Chadwick and Clinton. Diverse guests included college students and local residents enjoying meals and intact holiday hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Elliott
John Elliott
Forest Park
Donald Erickson
Bensonville
Clara Erickson
Pomona
California
Terry Elliott
MacMurray College
Bloomington
Leonard Feldt
Doris
Betty
Jennie Geerts
Fulton
Larry Sullivan
William Adams
Clinton
Larry Geerts
Robert Carroll
Larry
LeRoy Foltz
Chadwick
John Carroll
Eldon Hickey
G. R. Williamson
Savanna
Delbert Dimmick
John Dimmick
Urbana
Arthur Moeginger
Carroll Dimmick
Ben Dimmick
Glendora Schade
George Eissens
Ray
Charles J. Eissens
Evelyn Robinson
Lawrence Meyer
Elizabeth
Meyers
Ben Stage
Neal Doden
Villa Park
George Coden
Herman DeVries of Argo Fay Passes Away
Herman DeVries 71 a longtime Argo Fay resident died Saturday in Savanna City Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Frank Funeral Home Mt. Carroll officiated by Rev. Lowell Allen. Burial Lower York Cemetery Thomson. Born March 25 1889 in the Netherlands. Survived by wife and daughter Mrs. John Nordhoff Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman DeVries
Argo Fa
Savanna City Hospital
Frank
Mt. Carroll
Lowell Allen
Thomson Methodist Church
Lower York Cemetery
Thomson
Mr. DeVries
Netherlands
Chester
Josephine Denhef DeVries
John Nordhoff
Christmas Gatherings Report From Local Homes
Numerous families share meals and gifts across Morrison Mt. Carroll Dixon Champaign and surrounding areas as Christmas events unfold. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bealer Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Beswick Mr. and Mrs. Don Kness Mrs. Eva Elder and others with extended visits and dinners noted. Charles Gordon enters Madison hospital for major surgery scheduled later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gordon
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Wis
Curtis Naniga
Wayne Bealer
Fenton
LaVerne Edwards
Lanark
Russell Hoover
Sterling
Lowell Mertz
Leland Forth
Clarence Beswick
Morrison
Don Kness
Howard Mackey
Mt. Carroll
Eva Elder
Ft. Scott
Kans
Walter Elder
B. A. Strauch
Champaign
F. W. Hughes
Don Kurley
Dixon
Lawrence Post
Lyle Bickert
San Francisco
Calif
Wagner-Balk
Eugene Weber
Oscar Brown, Jr
Carroll
Wm. Hans
Ward Weber
Car! Olson
Augusta Sturmer
Peoria
Lena Sturmer
Paul Mackey
Lee Waters
Local Socials Record Holiday Visits and Weddings
The page lists numerous Christmas and holiday visits across towns including Rockford Clinton Savanna Freeport Lyndon Morrison Thomson Burlington Bettendorf Chadwick and Saint Paul. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ernest Rathje Mrs Ethel Potter Mr and Mrs Theron Wagner Beverly Devers and many extended family members with hospital and school connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Rathje
Gene Smiley
Rockford
Dean Rathje
Savanna
Elva Connor
Clinton
Alfred Rathje
Sabala
Ethel Potter
Theron Wagner
Freeport
Marion Wheeler
Beverly Devers
Garden Plain School
Lyndon
Illinois
Fred Lofgren
Prophetstown
Donald Sippel
Donald Bull
Mastic Beach
N. Y
Thomson
Henry Young
Mercy Hospital
Terry Eberle
David Young
Beth Hoak
Lanark
Dale Durfey
Joe Spencer
Robert State
Rock Island
Kenneth Kemmer
Morrison
Ben Stage
Kemmers
Charles McGinty
Carroll McGinty
Carl Sundby
Bakkelum
Richard McGinty
Vernon McGinty
Louisville
Kentucky
Fred Redding
St. Paul, Minn
Claude Grim
Everett Eslinger
Carolyn
Harold Witt
Wayne
Jennie Griswold
Stanley Laasch
Burlington
Iowa
Leslie Grim
Lola Rice
Julie
Hazel Witt
William Geerts
Wesley Dykstra
Child
Fulton Radiator Shop Ad Promotes Auto Services
Fulton radiator shop offers radiator cleaning and repairing front end alignment and wheel balancing. Sebert Dykstra, proprietor, phone 6112 Fulton Illinois. Date 12-15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Sebert Dykstra
Prop
Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson News
Eals Short
Lashelle’s
Thomson, Illinois
Orthmann
Libbys
Clover Farm
Jonathan Apples
Jerry's Tavern
Thomson, Ill
Turkey
Charles J. Bissens
Myrtle Young
Betty Feldt
Robert Glewicks
Elizabeth Carroll
Terry
Dwayne Kruse
Leo Gelwicks
Anna Carroll
Nellie Schade
Ruby Durward
Merle Durward
Irwin Larson
Vernon Alexander
Lyle Foltz
Mr. Carroll
Clifford Durward
Paul Strukhoff
Robert
Eddie Johnson
Paul Smith
Nancy Frederick
Don Nicolaysen
Gerald Smith
Kristy
Charles Green
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Bob
John
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Jay M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
Dial
Til
Argo Fay
Chadwick News
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson State Bank
Federal Reserve System
Ren
Charles Hogg
Georgia Price
Patty
Bettendorf
Ned Spencer
Charles Sucher
Delbert
Considine’s Insurance Agency
Fultos
Robert Potter
Margaret S. Heusinkveld Insurance
Geta Muntz TV
Melton Electric
BACON
Dubuque
Folger’s Coffee
Florida
Bud’s Iga
Fulton, Illinois
Chadwick Review — Thomson Review
Lanark Gazette
Shannon
Reporter
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