Local notes on pets events and winter news
The column lists items from our files including a Lewis Motor Co carload of Whippets, a well attended New Year skating party, and a new Boston terrier from Sheffield. It notes the second annual President’s Ball on January 30, measles in the kindergarten, family moves, a bicycle mishap on ice, stock trips to Chicago, a Florida lemon on display, a January hog butchering, and local social visits and farm work amid a mild January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Motor Company
Frank Lewis
Sheffield
Ill
Thomson
Donald Todd
Andy Sheridan
Diehl
Savanna
Illinois
Sheridan
Dickie Stagg
Gene Potter
Ernest Smith
Chicago
Don Bertholf
Earl Holman
Earl
Con
Robert Groharing
Thomson State Bank
Ro ckford trio visit spawns job search in Sterling
Lois Queckboerner of Rockford visited relatives and traveled to Sterling on Monday to seek employment. Mr and Mrs Roy Queckboerner joined Clay ton Kaul and others for a Sunday gathering as Louis Salzman and Jimmy spent the weekend in Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick News
Lois Queckboerner
Rockford
Roy Queckboerner
Clayton Kaul
Lois
Sterling
Louis Salzman
Jimmy
Dixon
Honor Roll of York Township Armed Forces Members
A notice titled an honor roll lists men and women from York township serving in the U S armed forces. The Review requests corrections additions and notices of rank advancement as the list expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
York Township
Wartime roll call list of U S service members and ranks
A lengthy roster enumerates dozens of individuals with corresponding branches and ranks including U S Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard. Names such as Ashpole Barr Bull Cate Demaree Diephuis Dimmick Drake Eslinger Foltz Gaar Hartman Hook Johnson Jurgens Kaufman Kreuder Kreuder Kness Libberton and many others appear with ranks from private seaman to chief petty officer and officers. The list functions as a memorial roster noting service status across multiple services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Artyne
Ensign
Andring
Seabees
Ashby
Wayne
Pic
U. S. Army
Henry L. Ashpole
U.S. Army
Harold Ashpole
Ashpole
Robert
Atherton
Dwight
M. M
Navy
Glenn H. Barr
U. S. Navy
Barr
Charles
Army
Bennett
Donald
U. S
Joe
Edward Babczak
Beck
Badtke
Marvin
Camp Hood
Texas
Brown
Burrell
Harold
Brown Richard
Chas. H. Bull
Eugene Bull
U S. Navy
Bull
Bob Bogd
Coast Guard
Earl
Cate
Hubert A
Army Air Force
Pete
M. W
G. M
Cooper
Kenneth
Ruth
Daniels
Paul
U. S. Marines
Robert Demaree
Gerald Diephuis
Dimmick
John
T-5
Disworth
Drake
Eslinger
Calvin
Harvey Falls
Everald G. Foltz
French
Norman, Jr
Faulkner
D. M. Gleason
Fay Groharing
Groharing
Fred
Dorothy Gaar
WAAC
Delbert Gaar
Gaar
U. S. Army Air Corps
Gordon
Ray
Green
Edward
Navy Air Corps
Hartman
Virgil Hartman
Arnold Hartman
Henry Hartman, Jr
Raymon W. Hartman
Harman
Louvell
Norman
Willard
Hook
Raymond
Pfe
Albert
Bernie
George Hook
U.S. Navy
S. Marg
Eddie
Johnson
Eugene
Virtus
Tech
Joe J. Jurgens
U. S. Army Orporauf
Basarold
Mar
Kaufman
Alf Donald
Army Air Corps
Ale Ray
U. 8S
Morgan
Kenyon
Kraft
John Kreuders
Robert Kreuder
Kness
Kness, LaVere
Guy K. Libberton
War era roll call and diner humor end note
A long list of military personnel from U S Army Navy Marine Corps and reserve units is followed by a humorous lunchtime anecdote about a man who orders a heavy meal and coffee then reveals a dislike for something but a love of sodium bicarbonate. A pun about an owl concludes the item.
Bomber Crew Rescued After North Sea Ditching
Lt. Lloyd Eickert of Chadwick Illinois and his B 17 crew faced a North Sea crash after losing engines near the English coast during a Hamburg refinery raid. A British rescue launch guided them to an emergency landing, avoiding a swim in icy water. The crew, part of the 890th Bombardment Group, earned praise for skill in the Regensburg and other operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
English
Lloyd E. Eickert
Chadwick
North Sea
Set. Bickert
Julius Bieckert
Sgt. Bickert
Chadwick High School
890Th Bombardment Group
Third Air Division
Regensburg
Germany
Dixon residents visit Rock Falls and Mayo hospital guest
Sunday afternoon callers included Mrs. Leo Prowant Janice Kay and Shirley Prowant with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Prowant in Rock Falls. Lt Mary K Lewis from Mayo General Hospital Galesburg stayed several days in the area. The Schreiner and Schnitzle families spent the weekend in Bagley Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Leo Prowant
Janice Kay
Dixon
Shirley Prowant
Alvin Prowant
Harold Prowant
Rock Falls
Mary K. Lewis
Mayo General Hospital
Galesburg
Lloyd Schreiner
Christian Schnitzle
Bagley
Wis
Beattie 80th Anniversary Draws Lanark and Freeport Guests
Sunday gatherings honored the 80th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Beattie. Guests from Lanark included Mr and Mrs Will Beattie and family, while Henry Rister received a visit from Wil Rister in Freeport. Others hosted or visited included the Zumdahl and Daehler households, with John Wade visiting Rockford and O W Provant driving Leo Provant and Janice Kay to Dixon after a week with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Neis
Che ‘Er Gallogly
Lanark
Anna Dial
Rockford
Charles Dial
Carl Hartman
Earl Larson
Fay Reitzel
Polo
Harold Daehler
Thomson
Paul Daehler
Carl Daehler
Ben Rosenberg
Philathea
Hope Evangelical Church
Edw. Mest
L. E. Beckmire
Freeport
Beckmire-Humbert
Catherine Roffers
Haysprings
Neb
Harold Holm
Clinton
Oscar Daehler
Harter
Velda Zumdahl
Stephie
George Zumdahl
Shannon
Herman Daehler
William Fink
Fred Daehler
Elmer Fink
Fred Queckboerner
Jesse
John Wade
Will Beattie
D. E. Graham
Mrs. Beattie
Wil Rister
Henry Rister
Rister
O. W. Provant
Leo Provant
Janice Kay
Dixon
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Albert Prins
Lynn Morgan
Lawrence Gaar
Edson Holland
Bill Moore
Haley
Burlington Railroad
Mike Flannery
Thomas
Fulton
T. H. Kustus
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Greison Bldg
Main St
Telephone Black 415
Alfred M. Olson
East Main Street
Morrison, Ill
Margaret
Heusinkveld
G. I
Mai
The
Scovill Schools
Sterling, Ilinois
Sree
Our Boys
Donald Ashpole
Epa
Roll and
Mitchell
Ines
Considine
Fulton’s Meeting Place
Lincoln Way
America
Bok
Lake Wales
Florida
Singing Tower
Europe
Leavens
Glenn
Augustus
Lewis
Lohmeier
Blaine
Kyle McGinnis
Lauren
Richard
McWorthy
McGinty
Vernon
Miller
Burdette
Olson
Marion
Harry Orrt
George Russell Penman
Potter
U. S.S. Army
Elmer Pease
Stacey
Flo Gene
Reader
Wilbur K
Robinson
U. S. Army Air Force
Robert Rentschler
Elwin Rice
Root
Joe Root
Rawlins
Sack
Dan
Schroth
Roland
Pfc
Stickell
Wilbur
Stagg
Gilpin
Shelly
Lyle
Smith
Robert M
Simpson
Burton
Siperly
Walter
U.S. A
Switzer
David
Stephen
Turney
Gail
M 3Ic
Herbert L
USNR
Walters
Edna Waves
Weatherwax
Lawrence
Wagner, William
Walter White
U.s.army
Williams, Alfred
James Wiebenga
U.S. Air Corps
Wilt
Everett
Young
Henry, Jr
Slc
Young, Charles
Ogt
Lloyd Eickert Wankowly
Iosks A
Swill
Cash
Morrison
Eads Rendering Co
Vesta and
Delco Batteries
Firestone
Illinois Gas and Oil
Cecils. Mitchell
Pillsburys
Pillsbury’s
Armour’s Fertilizer
Merle Atherton
Pillsbury
Dedler
Chadwick Briefs
Thomson 184
Thomson, Illinois
FAY
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Clarence Appel
Mgr
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