Local residents share visits and guests across towns
Richard Fenley travels to Ames to visit his mother Mrs Albert Larson while Lillian Miller visits Clinton Tennessee with Mrs Iva Orcutt. Numerous guests and movements include Savanna locals, Dixon families, Weatherwax, Sheridan, Hand and Babczak gatherings, and trips to Pr, Lanark, Lena, Stockton, and Los Angeles with travel notes and illness recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fenley
Albert Larson
Ames
Lillian Miller
Clinton, Tn
Iva Orcutt
Lawrence Weatherwax
Richard Lyons
Dixon
George Weatherwax
Norbert
Harriett
J. J. Sheridan
Thomas Hand
Edward Babczak
H. A. Dude
Childre
Henry Strauch
Adin Heinze
Savanna
Lyle Greeley
Pearl Gilson
Gamble Store Dealers Attend February Sales Conference
Gamble Store officials and authorized dealers prepare for five February sales meetings across Minneapolis Chicago Omaha Denver and Billings with leaders Frank Dreblow Lloyd Jensvold Carl Baugust Lyle Johnson Frank Masters M O Weiby C T Gibson B O Nickander and founder P W Skogmo among those pictured Maurice Wiersema of Fulton store plans to attend Chicago session this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble
Gamble Store Managing Partners
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Chicago
Illinois
Omaha
Nebraska
Denver
Colorado
Billings
Montana
Frank Dreblow
Lloyd Jensvold
Carl Baugust
Lyle Johnson
Frank Masters
M. O. Weiby
C. T. Gibson
B. O. Nickander
P. W. Skogmo
Gamble Stores
Maurice Wiersema
Fulton
Political Year Ahead in Illinois and Nation
The 1940 political year looms with primaries in Illinois on April 9 and party contests nationwide. The piece notes costly campaigns, party lineups, and historic echoes of “0” ending elections, referencing Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding and the fate of vice presidents in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Illinois
United States
Wisconsin
Ilinois
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
John Tyler
Chester A. Arthur
Local Family Visits Highlight Chadwick Roundup
A series of Sunday and weekend visits are listed from Chadwick and nearby towns. Names include Doty Queckboerner St. Clair Heinze Handel Pontiak Spearman Rahn Alexander Rick Zugschwerdt Barnhart Farley Shipman Williams Hartman Weidman and Shauzer, with gatherings in Sterling Morrison Lanark Rock Falls Ashton Milledgeville and Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doty
Sterling
Roy Queckboerner
Lois
Arthur St. Clair
Marlene
Charles Queckboerner
Clayton Kaul
Adam Heinze, Jr
Adam Heinze
Bert Nelson
Francis
Morrison
Howard Mackey
Paul Fossett
Bill Miller
C. J. Mackey
Harlan Handel
Ray Moyer
Hope Church
Ralph Ferris
Handel
Allan Pontiak
Ralph Horner
Lanark
Robert Spearman
Earl Weber
O. H. Rahn
Munroe Alexander
Rock Falls
Harry Rick
Bill Zugschwerdt
Rockford
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Charles Barnhart
Milledgeville
Albert Queckboerner
Paul Farley
David
Leonard Lantz
Thelma Shauzer
Local Social Roundup Skims Summers Gatherings
Thompson and others share weekend visits with relatives in Savanna Clinton and nearby towns. Families entertained at homes in Morrison Savanna Fulton and Battle Creek with dinners and Sunday gatherings. Local workers at I C A Morrison share commutes.
Thomson Briefs Chronicle Local Social Visits
Local families and relatives from Mt Carroll to Morrison and Chadwick share Sunday dinners, visits, and trips. Ford Grimm and Willis Pauley host. others include the Griswolds, Witts, Athertons, Schippers, Carrolls, Holm, Peters, Nordhoff, Prins, Dyke, Sack, Hines, and Holland families with travels to Chicago, River Forest, Florida, Chandler and Argo. Tena Schipper visits Morrison. Bertha and Rebecca Holland plan weeks in Chandler Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Dykstra
Tena Schipper
Morrison
Andrew Schipper
George Schipper
Albany
John Carroll
Chicago
N. B. Lewis
River Forest
Lewis
Florida
Ida Weber
William Heinze
Savanna
Cornelius Nordhoff
Lloyd Rogers
Lanark
Albert Prins
Peter Dyke
Chas. Sack
Argo
Victor Hines
Carroll
Merry Circle Club
Chadwick
Clarence van Buskirk
Carl Johannsen
Leta Potter
Earl Wilson
Robert Herrity
Clinton
Iowa
Leroy Foltz
Clyde Foltz
Bertha Holland
Rebecca Holland
Chandler, Ariz
Walter Holland
Jack French
Merle Atherton
Winter in Florida Keeps William Bush in Sunshine
William Bush, printer from the Review, enjoys a Florida winter staying in Tampa. He notes 18 above cold, ice on the courthouse fountain, frost killed plants, and a cool but sunny day at the fair with fine poultry, plants, and fruits. He visits St. Petersburg and Clearwater, meets Earl McEntyre, and plans trips to the coast while reporting band parades and Florida sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bush
The
Review
South
Tampa
Florida
Clarence
Nor
Rouge
Court House
Altha
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Earl McEntyre
Ruth French Visits Davenport AIC Student Weekend
Ruth French, a student at the American Institute of Commerce in Davenport Iowa, spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs N D French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth French
American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Mrs
N. D. French
Church events and Lent observance noted in Mt Carroll area
Rev Schiel leads Baptist service while Rev Harold R Dude coordinates Lent observances. The Mid-year Young People's Institute for the western Rockford District convenes next Saturday and Sunday at Mt Carroll Methodist. Thomson youths expect to attend. Leonard Stage donates a piano lamp to the church. Lent is described as a 40 day fast from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Illinois
Ohio
Thomson
Ing
Baptist
Schiel
Jesus
Harold R. Dude
Mrs Blanche Beck Visits Savanna And Friends
Mrs Blanche Beck visits a few days at the home of Mr and Mrs Kyle Melendy in Savanna. Mr and Mrs Robert Herrity and family of Clinton Ia spent Saturday night and Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Claude Grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Greeley
Hal Ashby
Wacker
Lois Davis
Michael Williams
Chas. Switzer
Howard Tobey
DeWitt
Ray Erling
Joe Turney
Ideal
Will Slayman
Norman Stickell
Elmer Davis
Savanna
David Raymond
R. I. Houghton
B. R. Lewis
Kirk Snyder
Fulton
Blanche Beck
Kyle Melendy
Robert Herrity
Clinton
Claude Grim
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Texas
Bob White
Lee
Sunkist
Eatwell
Pillsbury’s
Walt Disney
LUX Soap Waldorf R. B. Tissue
Reg. Roll
Reg
Thomson Locals
Jerry Wiebenga
Wallace Williams
Mt. Carroll
Willis St. Ores
George St
Henry Young
Albert Kohl
Glenn Kohl
Lena
Viola Cosgrove
Stockton
Claire Tobey
Princeton
George St. Ores
Dan Sack
Leo Wilt
Carol Ann
Los Angeles
Calif
Chas. Wilt
Annawan
Modern Pioneers
PEW Vindustr
Chadwick Briefs
Thomson Briefs
Ralph Olds
Helen Wentling
Charles Jenkins
Melvin Johnson
Fred Schwartz
Lyndon
Scott Roberts
Bayard Lewis
Robert
John Wilhelm
J. Kenneth Thompson
Battle Creek
Mich
Harvey Marshall
Chas
Rock Ivland
Kenneth Kemmer
Galesburg
Ben Stege
Wesley Sack
Hazel
Fred Miller
Harry Diehl
Charles Marth
Pete Hansen
Joe Bennett
John Carpenter
Tommy Hansen
Maynard Leighty
Francis Gilson
Lester Clum
Wm. Hawk
Lyle Williams
Carol
Weston Smith
Justice Prins
Marie
William Champion
Owanka
S. D
James Champion
James, Jr
Keystone
Glenn Demaree
Martha Champion
Byron
Mt. Rushmore
J. Y. Stickell
Hobart Holland
Harry Wilkinson
Philo Handel
Shirley Stage
Billie Stage
East Lynn
Vernon Rawlins
H. L. Rawlins
Dewey van Zuiden
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Savanna, Ill
Greison Bldg
Main St
Tel
Black
Ford Grimm
Willis Pauley
Will Griswold
Harold Witt
Seaman Swett
Valentine
Hansen’s Cafe
Phillips
Will Rentschler
Aaron Learner
M. D
11Th Ave
Fulton, Ill
Thomson _ office
Northwestern
Groharing
Mer
Carl
Alsike
Timothy
Sweet Clover Grundy County
Idaho
Francke & Switzer
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