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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
5
War driven labor scarcity in Rock Island County prompts calls for community planning. Farmers should organize to plant and harvest crops collectively and use fair priced custom work to mobilize machinery and labor, aiming to sustain wartime food production and support a growing home army.
The First Lutheran church choir performed a vesper service Sunday afternoon in Clinton Iowa with Rev O H Boening Carl Zugschwerdt Arthur Miller Rose Naseff Maida Spencer Alice Queckboerner William Zugschwerdt Reynold Lang The service aired on radio station KROS Clinton. Arletta Hartman Named Bank Bookkeeper At Farmers State Bank Chadwick She starts March 2 succeeding Frank Mested resigning for Savanna depot Her mother is Mrs Alvin Reiff Ideal A Chadwick Community graduate worked at Carroll Service Lanark before this posting.
Announcement reports the marriage of Alfred Miller and Miss Alice Larson, now residing in Huntsville Alabama with Miller employed there. It notes a Woman's Club meeting set for Thursday February 1 at 3 p m in the high school gym featuring a patriotic program with pictures music and Illinois history presented by Mrs Wm Linker and others.
Harold Fink, who left Monday for Fort Sheridan to re enter army service, was surprised Friday evening at his home by Masonic lodge members. He received a gift as part of the honoring event with attendees including Arthur Miller and several local residents. Guests also attended a dinner in Clinton honoring relatives connected to Mrs Olson and Mrs Matzen.
In Dixon, Mrs. Alice Beede hosted a Friday luncheon at 1 PM as a farewell for Mrs. Robert Lego who is moving to Lanark. Attending from here were Mrs. Charles Way, Mrs. W. J. Schreiner, and Mrs. Ford Spaulding. Dixon guests included Mrs. Raymond Messner and Mrs. Otto Strock.
Milledgeville outpaced Chadwick 44 to 31 as the Wysox visitors pulled away after a tight start. Chadwick’s inexperience and poor shooting, with Frommelt Mackey and Weber among top scorers, doomed the varsity effort while Chadwick reserves won 23 to 16.
Hope Missionary Society members met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Roy Hinebaughs home. Mrs Wm Taylor led the program and Mrs Elmer Weber gave the lesson. A birthday luncheon was held Monday at Mrs Charles Ways home in honor of Mrs William Quests birthday.
A family dinner Sunday celebrated Mr. Miller's birthday at the C. C. Miller residence. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leo Miller and family of Dixon and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller with H. E. Zugschwerdt. Additional guests were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoffman of Clinton, Iowa, visiting the Holm home.
Chadwick and Morrison area residents are listed as celebrating a first wedding anniversary and hosting a jam dinner in Morrison. Numerous local families including Daeler, Daehile, Spencer, Anson, Adelpt, Hartman, Fin Harold, Decker, Shuman, Rhode, Schreiner, Stover, Kness, Beckmire, Tripp, and Kness are noted as guests or hosts at various gatherings through the weekend and Sunday.
Sunday and Monday gatherings featured Mr and Mrs Derk Nelcom and others visiting the Tomer Geison home in Nayevrt. Harold Prowant and a Rock Falla party spent Friday at the Atyi Jrowael home. Frank Prowant and Lee Fuqua of Dixon joined local families for meals and evenings, with several couples hosting and visiting in Lanark and nearby areas.
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