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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
3
Skies clear as temperatures dip below freezing mark in the community on Thursday morning. A warm week gave way to rain and fog, with heavy rains and bogged roads last weekend. Arthur Church postponed a farm sale to January 5 due to road conditions. Flu cases rise, with some physicians fearing a severe winter on par with the 1918 epidemic.
Argo F prepares a new burgalow on his lot the Gler Triplot. John Schreiner of Garden City S D visits with his sister Mrs Adamy Kress and plans weeks in Chadwick and Milledgeville. Joe Larson shows a new Chevrolet and visits family. Willard Welch and children return from Sharon. Joe Larson ill with flu. Kermit Lasch returns from Wisconsin Xmas trip. car accident near Marengo injures him and kills two others. damage unpaid. Ed Haggerman of Chicago buys Golding farm. tenant to farm. Verne Kaufman ships steers to Chicago. Floyd and Howard Kness and Nick Sasta visit. Adam Linn Johnson buys Shelly milk route. Teeman Green to tenant farm March 1. Doctor Mershon called for Amelia Smith. Vern Kauffman ships cattle to Chicago. Mrs Cora Kauffman hosts 00 club. Dan Nipe thanks friends for recent help.
Mrs Emma Steele visited over the holiday with relatives. Miss Mildred Lobmeier spends the holiday with her cousin Dorothy Belim Clinton. Mr and Mrs Robert Herrity of Canton were guests of Mr and Mrs L B Sears. Mee Pad Dageert and Mr Carrell Eited visited at the home of Mr Id Lewis and daughter Dar id. Mrs Wike among the participants in the week’s social activity.
Miss Rhuez Bruen and Miss Betty Lewis visited Tuesday night and Wednesday. M Boch of the Review office West Saturday may stay for two weeks at Excelsior Springs. Mr John Schreiner of Clarke SD visited last weekend with his visitors Mrs Adam Kness of Argo and Frank Imel at Ideal. Frances Ysabetle and Andrew Prins, and Norman Stickel were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs L J Thompson in Clinton. Later that evening all listed Ten’s peasutet display of Christmas decor stem.
Vital statistics records of York for 1936 show 19 deaths and 10 births in York Township with 11 male and 8 female deaths. Eleven deaths filed by physicians, two inquests by coroner, one stillbirth. 22 burial permits issued. six buried at Upper York Argo-Fa and 12 at Lower York. Nearby visits include Beth and Gilbert Wallace from Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klein of Springfield, and Harry Houghton from Spokane.
Wray L Gleason of the CCC camp at Charleston Illinois files for divorce from Louella M Gleason of Thomson on cruelty and inhumane treatment. Case set for the third Monday in January with Mrs Gleason absent from trial. Gilbert Robertson to move to Arthur Pape farm and Ray Rupple, now on the Pape farm, to relocate with the Louis Stark family. Prentice Kenyon and wife, guests at H Jenkins home, spent early week in Chicago.
About 50 members from six Carroll County posts attended the Carroll County Legion Council meeting Tuesday in Chadwick high school gym. County Commander Ray Westfall presided. Ralph Eaton spoke on fighting communism and other isms. Oscar Berga outlined the national defense program and presented citations to Chadwick and Mt. Carroll posts. Berga and Westfall urged recruitment, and Savanna invited the next meeting to January’s fourth Monday. A traffic safety film and a lunch followed.
Sunday school at 9 am and Catholic services at 8:30 am on New Year’s Day with regular 8:40 am mass. The ladies aid meeting with Mrs Harold Tobey is postponed to Tuesday Jan 5 for officer elections and strong attendance is urged.
Sunday activities include 10 4 Sunday school 7 30 pm preaching with Rev T Stuart Clewarth in charge. ARGOFA METHODIST holds 9 30 am worship and 10 15 am Sunday school A ladies meeting at the church yesterday included a potluck lunch next Wednesday to follow with regular work duties.
Sunday school 11 a m Morning worship 2 30 p m Epworth League 7 30 p m Sunday evening service special music by Woman's chorus Christmas Day dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Otto Switzer with relatives and guests from Mt Carroll Fuller Chicago Savanna Oberlin and Mt Carroll including Brenneman Schick Switzer Williams Johnson and others
Epworth League On Timers class held a church party after a Wednesday meeting with 14 in attendance. Officers elected: Geneva Kness president, Vada Rice vice president, Lois Grohating secretary, Lois Middleton treasurer. Social committee: Elinor Stagg chairwoman, Dorothy Lewis, Paul Groharing. Games included Peter Coddle and two progressive games with prizes won by Arlene Sl ores, Reva Gollinson, Sidney Srenneman, Geneva Kness, and Mary Wagner. Refreshments of fruit salad cookies and candy served.
Mr Wm Bertholf and Bert Bertholf spent Christmas in Savanna. Mr and Mrs Herbert Ahnquist of Savanna visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Gilpin. Bob Cate traveled to Yates City to stay with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Claude Millard. Mrs Georges A Collinson of Savanna returned home after two weeks in Pizenfield helping care for her mother. Mrs Ethel Gro and guests over the weekend in the home of Mrs Delian Melendy and sister Mrs Vivian Barnes included Zack Barnes of Pittsburg Kansas visiting from Thursday to Sunday, with Mr and Mrs W B Barnes and Mr and Mrs Barthes and Edfill of Chicago arriving Saturday.
A. E. Sheridan said no final decision yet on holding the Birthday Ball in Thomson for January 30, anniversary of President Roosevelt's birth. A decision will come soon and be announced. proceeds will again fund infantile paralysis research. Savanna is the only Careol county town yet to announce a ball this year.
Mrs Robert Holland hosted a post nuptial shower for Mrs Joy Shutters nee Ita Melagin with a social evening and refreshments. Several guests attended including Misses Bernice Cochran Prudence Gruharing Lucille Stickell Ruth Switzer Mel Shutters and the hostess.
H L Rawlins Jr Principal of Chestnut Park Savanna attended the Illinois Education Association annual session in Springfield along with a Northwestern division delegate from the State Teachers association. Mr and Mrs Pete Dyke and son Donald Morrison visited Albert Prins family. Florence Smith Clinton student nurse at Janet Lamb hospital was guest at a supper and attended her uncle George Smith's funeral at Argo.
George L Smith aged 60 died at his Argo Fu home December 23 1936 and funeral services were held at Argo M E church on Saturday with Rev R Leitner officiating. Burial followed in Argo cemetery. He was survived by his mother Mrs Amelia Smith sister Mrs Anna Carroll brothers Wilbur Hall and Fred Smith and several nieces and nephews.
Obituary notes Hiram C George aged 67 dies after a year long illness at Chadwick with family surviving including his wife a daughter Olive Quekboerner and son Cecil George He also mentions marriage of Claude Sailhammer to Moss Rolva Olson on Aug 14 at First Baptist church with Rev W G Aitken and Moody Bible Institute student status. Additional obituary details for Miran C George 57 and family history.
Funeral services for Dick DeWeerdt 56 of Fulton were held Wednesday afternoon in the home and the Second Reformed church in Fulton. Burial was in the Fulton cemetery. DeWeerdt a truck driver and salesman for Sinclair Oil died Sunday morning at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton after a December 2 admission and a December 9 operation. Born December 28 1881 in the Netherlands he came to the United States with his parents as a child and grew up in East Clinton. He married Katie Hine December 1 1903, who survives with a son Fred a daughter Mrs Henrys Tiesman a granddaughter and three brothers all of Fulton. He farmed in Garden Plain before moving to Fulton twelve years ago to enter the oil business.
Thomson Briefe Mrs G M Harvey of New Sharon io visited this week with her husband in the N RB Kenyon home at Argo. Mrs Grace Mover and daughter Lew hosted the 500 club on Saturday in Argo. Several families including Rushs Hill and Ashbys visited Annie Sheridan and Russell Gleason’s Savanna home for Christmas.
The Thomson five hundred club, which was to meet today with M. Madge. Bower, has been postponed until next week Thursday. Mrs. Harvey Marshall and children visited from Friday until Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Ida Weber. Mr. Marshall spent Sunday here and they returned home with him.
Mr and Mrs William Hawk Sr spent Christmas as Fulton visitors. Mr and Mrs Cornelius Nordhoif visited Lanark relatives. Mrs Grace Moyer and daughter Lou headed to Fulton to join the Moser home after a weekend in Mendax. Mr Rudolph Holms and daughters Evelyn and Lavonne joined daughter Fred Peters family for a Sunday visit. Everald Foltz, hospital bound at Great Lakes, received Christmas with Frank Foltz and Harold. Card of thanks from family for support and kindness during bereavement and to those who sang The Children Grand Children families.
The famed Thomson ball club era was recalled Tuesday night at Ben's Cafe when players and friends shared oyster stew. Honoree Pitcher Harry Houghton, who left Thomson 26 years ago for Spokane, was among those present along with Arthur Pape Al Stores Burton Hollinshead Bayard Cole and others.
Lynn Morgan leaves the butcher trade to manage Dorothy's Tavern and spearhead a grand opening on Saturday night. He invites friends to drop by for a kickoff, promising his guests will be treated well and the bar will open with a lively start.
Miss Athione Gaar will return to ad teaching at Caledonia next Sunday, resuming duties after a hiatus. The school confirms her appointment and notes the start of classes will proceed as scheduled.
Reports show several residents ill with flu and other ailments. Mrs Pete Sithema improved slightly while Mr Joh Carpenter suffers finger infection. Laura Geisinger and Ed Grobaring with flu. Rit ter of Savanna nursing Grobaring. Ida Fredericks confined to hospital with relatives. Mrs Fred Dedew slowly improving from severe cold. Local families host New Year guests and many attend Hiram George funeral. Scarlet fever cases rise for Evelyn and Dereihy Bielema. Otter Creek school closed under quarantine.
Friday holiday reduces post office hours to 8 30 to 10 am with no rural delivery. Patrons may call at the office for milk during the period. Lenn Carpenter and Howard Sharp, guests of Mr and Mrs K B Carpenter, to return to Baltimore Md tomorrow.
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