Social visits and family gatherings in Thomson area
Thomson area residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend and into Monday. Numerous dinners and suppers featured guests from LaCrosse Wisconsin Miles Iowa Savanna Fulton Morrison Carbon Cliff Cordova Elgin and Moline with celebrations noted including the 39th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marshall.
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Mary Binner
Wabasha
Minn
Mary Cooley
Ed Andring
LaCrosse
Wis
Miss Cooley
Miles
Iowa
Fay Ashby
Ardella Houzenga
Wayne Ashby
Donald Ashby
Florence Raith
Savanna
John C. Atherton
Francis Sheridan
Cordova
Vernon Mattie
Albert Lynch
John Stawicki
Moline
Marvin Laird
Carbon Cliff
Hal Hoy
Marvin Stiles
Stiles
E R
Gene Diephuis
Mark
Fulton
Emma_ Haas
Herbert St. Ores, Sr
Elgin
Inlaw
Herbert St. Ores Jr
Jerry Brinkman
Danny
Melvin Traum
Lanark
Seaman
Calvin Eslinger
Ned Spencer
Tom McKee
Paul Smith
Glen Wooster
Delbert Nelson
Morrison
Glen Kreuder
Bert Meinema
James Dykema
Frank Plumley
Robert Plumley
Harvey Marshall
David
Roy Heitman
Marshall
Birthday party for Miss Iri Miller surprised at Miller home
Mrs Merle Bielema and Mrs Richard Miller co hosted a surprise birthday party for Miss Iri Miller last Saturday in the Miller home. Guests included Mrs Carroll Landheer Miss Elizabeth Wagner Mrs Eugene Halfman Mrs Fred Miller Mrs Loyal Brunner and the hostesses. Games followed by cake jello and coffee were served.
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Merle Bielema
Richard Miller
Miller
Iri Miller
Tn Ris
Carroll Landheer
Lanark
Elizabeth Wagner
Freeport
Euene Halfman
Fred Miller
Rs. Loyal Brunner
Armed Forces Addresses of Men from Thomson Area
A compiled list shows Thomson area men serving in the Armed Forces with units and locations including P. F. C. James E. Baker U S M C at the Coral Sea CVA 43 and Sgt. David L. Bealer at Travis AFB California. Other entries include L Cpl Ambrose L. Daniels at Quantico Virginia and Pfc Charles R. Dyson at Fort Bliss Texas. The section notes community updates, visits, and a death of Savanna resident Savanna Gilbert Fosdick, father of Thomson's Robert Fosdick, with funeral details.
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Thomson Area
Armed Forces
Robert Fosdick
Savanna
Sam
Gilbert Fosdick
Thomson
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Fosdick
Elsie
William
Robert
Elva Overbee
Charles
Lewis
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Savanna Township
Hunter Jones Memorial Home
Youth Bound to Carroll Grand Jury for Murder Attempt
David Herring was bound over to the Carroll grand jury after being charged with attempting to murder Verda Weierman of rural Lanark. Bond was set at 5000 and he remains in the county jail. His father John Herring also lies in jail after a drunken driving charge and has a pending sentence at Vandalia.
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Thomson Review
Thomson
Illinois
Carroll Grand Jury
David Herring
Verda Weierman
Lanark
Justice of the Peace
Charles Young
Young Herring
John Herring
Local families share meals and visits across towns
Mt. Carroll and nearby communities recall a week of social visits as residents hosted supper and Sunday dinners for relatives and friends. Guests traveled from Sterling Clinton Lanark Morrison and Chadwick to join celebrations and attend a funeral in Savanna for Donald Doc McGinnis.
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Les Stultz
Mt. Carroll
Glen Kreuder
Robert Plumley
Donald Sinnel
Carl Petersen
Anna Lee
Clinton
Ra Rupple
Clifford Curley
Hanover
Lynn Babcock
Sterling
Earl Rupple
Otto Switzer
Wallace Dresbach
Lanark
Dresbach
James Morrison
Arizona
Fred Nipe
Argo
Loras
Dubuque
Jon
State College of Iowa
P. K. McGinnis
McGinnis
Donald
Doc” McGinnis
Savanna
John Ashpole
Jens Andresen
Chadwick
Mrs Vernon Mattie Learns of Husband Transfer in Viet Nam
Mrs Vernon Mattie has received word that her husband CWO Vernon Mattie, stationed with the U S Army in Viet Nam, has been transferred from the 96th Helicopter Company to the 45th Transportation Battalion as a liaison officer. He is stationed in Saigon, the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Mattie
CWO
U. S. Army
Viet Nam
96Th Helicopter Co
45Th Transportation Battalion
Leison
Saigon
Cattle Arrivals at Union Stock Yards Chicago Area
Cattle received from Carroll County include LeRoy Vietmeyer Lanark Hereford steers 1350 lbs at $24.50 and Wayne Wagenknecht Milledgeville Whiteface heifers 1070 lbs at $24.00. Chadwick Angus steers 1270 lbs at $26.00.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Carroll County
LeRoy Vietmeyer
Lanark
Wayne & Wagenknecht
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Why I Am Glad I Am An American
John Kustes, Grade 7, 1st Honorable Mention, reflects on national pride and freedoms in the United States. He praises the country's size, diversity, landscapes, cities, and democracy. He credits forefathers for rights to worship, speech, and work choice, expressing gratitude for American ideals.
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America
Great Plains
Pacific
Fifty States of America
United States of America
John Kustes
Why I'm Glad I'm an American
An eighth grade essay extols American freedoms under the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. It cites speech, religion, press, jury trials, and petition rights as core liberties, notes envy from satellite states, honors forefathers, and urges readers to defend freedom at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Paul Revere
Dr. Warren
Alexander Hamilton
America
Jon Cate
Letter from Kentucky Senator on Redistricting and Alumni News
A Kentucky state senator writes to Gilpin Stagg in Thomson Illinois about paying for another year of the Review and notes the 29 years of correspondence. He mentions Governor Combs calling a special session to redraw districts, discusses urban rural population shifts, and Louisville representation needs. He also references a Thomson Alumni Banquet marking 30 years since the class of 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilpin Stagg
Thomson
Illinois
Gilp
Combs
Louisville
Thom
Weekend visits across Illinois families noted
Mr and Mrs Karl Sundby and family of Rockford visited with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles McGinty. Mrs Bruce Groharing Jean and Leland visited from Saturday to Monday in Galesburg with Mrs Groharing's mother Mrs Bertha Mayhall and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Jack Ferris of Savanna and Mr and Mrs John C Atherton spent last weekend with Mr and Mrs Morelli at Metamora Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Sundby
Rockford
Charles McGinty
Bruce Groharing
Jean
Leland
Galesburg
Groharing
Bertha Mayhall
Jack Ferris
Savanna
John C. Atherton
Morelli
Metamora
Illinois
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Karen
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Garden Plain
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Whiteside County Teacher's Institute
Erie, Ill
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Mertz House
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Derry
Rock River Association Meeting of Baptist Churches
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