Thompson News Sunday Guests and Local Visits
Thomson News reports Sunday guests of the Feldts and friends from Morrison Fulton and Sterling. Open House honors Mr and Mrs Fred Stelly of Hanover on their 50th anniversary. Additional visits include families from Sterling Hanover Morrison Rock Falls and Clinton with Burpee Co employment noted for Emil Brach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Feldt
Harold Bush
Allen Dale
Morrison
Clyde Geerts
Danny
Fulton
Harry Gaar
Fred Stelly
Hanover
Robert Rice
Sterling
Claude Grim
Harold Calvert
Roy Heitman
Dick Valk
Kathleen
Wilfred Hazen
Norma Jean
Rock Falls
Driving Yourself To Death Slow Down Across The Highway
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company urges careful driving in a safety message about highway fatalities. Excessive speed caused about 30 of last year’s highway deaths while warnings about trick driving and obeying traffic signs emphasize sensible speeds and safety for all motorists.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Local Residents Attend Visits and School Sale Notice
Mrs Lucy Craft of Galesburg visited friends this week. families of Irion Frazier and Stagg hosted guests near Morrison Clinton Indiana visitors at Omar Ketchum home. Parkhill school house on one acre will be sold February 13 at 1 30 p m. University of Illinois students Jean Elliott Mary House and John Elliott guests this week. Funeral of Mrs Frank Kosher attended in Mt Carroll. Arch Atherton and family hosted by Merle Atherton. E A Garcia and wife move to Thomson apartment above Review office. John Murray spending vacation with Eugene Murray's family. Nellie Schade celebrates seventh birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Craft
Galesburg
Hazel Stagg
Everett Irion
Mervin Marshall
Morrison
Donald Frazier
Clinton
Omar Ketchum
John Murray
University of Illinois
Eugene Murray
Nellie Schade
Community Guests Share Sunday and Weekday Visits Across Towns
Thomson Briefs report a series of social visits and dinners across Morrison Prophets town Chadwick Lyndon Fulton Clinton Lanark and Savanna. Families including Dimmicks Schades Hoffmans Wr Wil Wilt Labrs Blair Henricksen Carroll Creighton Badtke Manning and Miller are noted hosting or visiting relatives and friends through a succession of meals and calls.
Meek Addresses Carroll County Woman's Club in Milledgeville
Illinois Senatorial candidate Joe Meek spoke at a noon luncheon of the Carroll County Woman's Republican club in Milledgeville. He outlined his reasons for running and goals while 60 members and guests heard programs by Milledgeville high school trio and quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Adolph
Milledgeville
Stanley Ottens
Chadwick
Margaret Isgrig
Mary Jane Spaulding
Judy Goldthorpe
Jane Goldthorpe
Nancy Bardell
Norma Stover
Joan Kreider
Marvin Burt
Freeport
Franklin Stransky
Savanna
Judge Kinney
Carroll
Harry Lowman
Lanark
Ray Polhill
Women of the Methodist Church
Local Chadwick couple enjoys two week Florida tour
Mr. and Mrs. William Janssen, Mrs. Flossie Adolph and daughter Lois spent two weeks touring Florida. They visited Silver Springs in a glass bottom boat, Rainbow Falls, Palmetto, Sarasota, Ringling Bros. winter quarters, Manitee County fair, Cypress Gardens, Lookout Mountain, Rock City and Palm Harbor. Janssen fished a 24 1/2 inch red grouper at sea. They found ideal weather and met relatives and friends along the way.
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William Janssen
Flossie Adolph
Lois
Silver Springs
Fla
Rainbow Falls
Palmetto
Janssen
Wm. Heide
Coleta
Florida
Sarasota
Alvin Reiff
Tilda Zugschwerdt
Adolph
Don Deter
Ringling Bros
Mr. Reiff
Manitee
Mr. Janssen
Widow Of Former Fair Haven Pastor Dies In Auto Crash
Laura Della Fehr 73 widow of Rev. Edgar C. Fehr died when her car collided with others west of Rockford Sunday. Five others injured. Funeral Thursday 1 30 p m at Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Freeport, Rev W E Groe officiating, burial in Dakota cemetery. Surviving foster children. Born in Dakota township Stephenson County.
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Fair Haven
Laura Della Fehr
Rockford
Fehr
Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church
Freeport
W. E. Groe
Dakota Cemetery
Dakota Township
Stephenson County
Edgar C. Fehr
Local Social Notes From Thomson Area Visitors and Moves
Numerous entries record visits and hospitality in Thomson and nearby towns. Families such as Brenneman Brenneman and Ketchum host and travel between Port Byron Savanna Lanark Mt. Carroll Dixon Fulton and other locales. An A A U W meeting at Frances Shimer College is noted along with a new Thomson Review subscriber and a move back to a former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Brenneman
Port Byron
Ray Brenneman
Raymond Foley
Savanna
Omar Ketchum
Gus Roggendorf
Dorothy
Wm. Bimm
Elmer Swanson
Paul Swanson
Vicki
Melody
Robert Miller
Janie
Fred Miller
Lanark
Eugene Murray
A.A.U.W
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carrol
Roy C. Paul
Brownstown
Indiana
Thomson Review
Herbert Rawins
Joliet
Paul Lewis
Charles Rogers
Ed Sack
Dixon
Isaac Decker
Floyd Imes
Clarence Imes
Fair Haven
Evelyn Temple
Fulton
Floyd Imel
Carroll County
Armed Forces
William Mullen
Mervin Marshall
Morrizon
Weekend Visits Highlight Clinton Iowa Social Ties
Misses Jo Ann Prins and Jean Irion of Clinton Iowa spent the weekend in the Justice Prins home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Hawk and Mrs. Leo Zemke of Mt Carroll spent Saturday afternoon in Clinton Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Eslinger of Lanark visited Justice Prins family Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Ashby and daughter Caroline visit Wayne and Mrs Ashby. Charlotte Cate stayed with grandparents near Morrison while her parents took Charlene to a Chicago eye clinic.
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Jo Ann Prins
Jean Irion
Clinton
Iowa
Justice Prins
Wm. Hawk
Leo Zemke
Mt. Carroll
Forrest Eslinger
Lanark
Charlotte Cate
Mervin Marshall
Morrison
Merle Cate
Charlene
Chicago
Social Calls Around Albany Clinton Family Visits
Mr. and Mrs. George Sullivan of Albany visited Friday with Lawrence Sullivan and Lowell Ness families. Monday evening guests at James Hook included Mr. and Mrs. Carroll. Clinton residents Erich Marske and Mrs. Reka Hass visited Fred Hook’s family Sunday. Norman Stickell Marie and Robert Irion Jo Ann Prins of Clinton spent Monday with Justice Prins. Irion of Clinton spent Sunday with Phyllis Schreiner and Elaine Miller in Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sullivan
Albany
Lawrence Sullivan
Lowell Ness
Carroll
James Hook
Erich Marske
Reka Hass
Clinton
Fred Hook
Norman Stickell
Marie
Robert Jean Irion
Jo Ann Prins
Iowa
Justice Prins
Jean Irion
Phyllis Schreiner
Elaine Miller
Lanark
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Richard Badtke
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Frank Manning
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Marilyn
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Robert Bittner
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Rock City
Palm Harbor
Herbert Blacketts
Charles Shultz
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Agrico Fest
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