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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
4
Hattie May Browning aged 77 died January 18 in Milledgeville and is interred at Springdam cemetery in Peoria. Orpha May Dean aged 34 died January 29 in Milledgeville and is interred at Bethel cemetery in Milledgeville.
Funeral services were held Friday for Thomas Bashaw 90 at his Preston Prairie home near Mt Carroll. He died at 4 p m Tuesday Feb 8. Services by Rev G T Nesmith at the home and Mt Carroll M E church. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving daughter Mrs Myrtle Colehour who lived with him.
Mrs Peter Blom aged 54 died at 5 p m Wednesday February 9 at her Mt Carroll home after a stroke. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Christian funeral home in Mt Carroll with Rev J H Fetterolf officiating. Survived by husband four daughters Mrs Lee Ludwick Muskege Wis Mrs Raymond Weeks Rockford Mrs Besse Bahrke Mt Carroll Mrs Edward Haag Sterling one son Charles Sterling two sisters Mrs Roy Buxton Mt Carroll Mrs Oscar Christiansen Savanna and brother Charles Flink Savanna.
Miss Mabel Taylor died at 3 a m Monday at her Mt Carroll home. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the residence with Rev J H Fetterolf officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery. Born August 19 1895 in Mt Carroll she was daughter of E L and the late E L Taylor. Surviving are two brothers Robert of Chicago and Joseph of Savanna.
A total of 426 applications for soil conservation benefit payments were signed by Carroll county farmers and transmitted to the Champaign office for payment. Elver Eisseller reports 373 single and 48 multiple applications, with checks expected in a few days. About 40 applications remain unsent due to operator delays.
Mary Jean Miles and Ellen Francke of Mt Carroll are named on the Shimer College honor roll for the first semester as released by Frances Shimer Junior College officials.
Alvin Reiff enjoyed a birthday surprise last Wednesday evening when friends and relatives gathered at his home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Avey, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Summers of Mt. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Strite, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reynolds of Polo, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Reiff of Milledgeville, and Mr. and Mrs. Harveylock of Chadwick.
In 1937 the Illinois Commerce Commission ordered rate reductions that saved utility customers a total of 2,260,804 dollars. Electric, gas and water services were included in the revisions.
Arrangements are complete for a joint Americanism program by Van Bibber American Legion post Savanna and the auxiliary. The event will be Monday evening Feb 21 at 7 30 in the new Legion headquarters Savanna with Rev. T Stuart Cleworth to speak on Washington and the Constitution. The high school oration winner, sponsored by the Legion, will deliver the oration as a feature.
Maquoketa defeats Savanna 21 to 11 on Friday night at Maquoketa to claim the Ilowa cage league title. Maquoketa led 6-2 after one, 11-6 at halftime, and 14-7 after three quarters as Savanna relied on long shots. Rosenberg led Maquoketa with three baskets and a free throw. Watson led Savanna with two baskets and one. Savanna won the preliminary 19 to 17.
Polo rallied in the third quarter to beat Milledgeville 26 to 18 on Saturday. Polo trailed 14 to 10 at the half, then outscored the visitors 10 to 3 in the third while Milledgeville managed only a single free throw. Polo sank 12 free throws to Milledgeville's four.
Bertha Hartman of Mt. Carroll and Floyd Coffman of Mt. Morris were married at 12 30 p m on Wednesday February 9 in the Evangelical Lutheran church parsonage Clinton Iowa. Rev J S Leamer officiated with Mr and Mrs Alvin Reiff of Thomson as attendants. The bride wore navy satin and black accessories. The groom is son of Mrs Effie Coffman of Mt Morris. They plan a Florida wedding trip and will reside in Mt Morris after returning.
The Illinois Division of Seed Investigation mails an educational poster to elevators and Farm Bureaus detailing seed labeling requirements and listing nuisance weeds. The poster compares lab analysis of bargain seed at 5.90 per bushel to quality seed at 8.40, urging use of purity and germination tests offered free under the Minors seed Law.
Fifty years ago on February 22, 1888, George W. Dyson and Mary Elizabeth Grim wed in Lanark in a ceremony attended by 100 guests. The couple later ran farms and businesses, raised four children, and plan a celebratory family dinner with relatives on February 22, 1938.
A London Church Times poem urged drivers to safeguard others and use cars for good while avoiding speed for vanity. The piece frames prayerful caution for road safety and benevolence toward fellow travelers, ending with an abrupt, unrelated note about suit attire and a comic image of a store bought suit.
H A Hoff of Milledgeville has announced acceptance of the Mt Morris high school principalship for the coming year. Hoff, this year vice president of the Northwestern Illinois Education Association and former president of the tri county Masters club, plans to continue improving schools en route to a broader role in education.
Two rural schools in Carroll county Plum Grove District 69 and Bristol District 79 received state recognition certificates announced by County Supt. Lawrence Bruch. Plum Grove teacher Anna Heinze Bristol teacher Gladys Cooper. Plum Grove directors Geo H Collinson William Heinze Sr Roy Haring Bristol directors John C Balk John Hallman Roy Heitman. Each school enrolls 11 pupils. Certificates will be presented to directors at the county meeting of school board members on Friday Feb 18 at Mt Carroll.
Mrs. H. A. Losey aged 61, a former Savanna resident who died in Rockford Saturday morning, funeral services were held Monday at St. Mary’s church in Oregon with burial in the local Catholic cemetery. She left Savanna in 1932 after her husband’s death and is survived by a daughter Mrs. Fay D. Jones of Bakersville California and a son Hadley Losey of Ottawa Alabama, plus four sisters and two brothers.
A reflective line contrasts how some people sweeten a night with casual company while others treat time as a resource to invest, weighing personal priorities and social dynamics.
Prominent county Democratic leaders say they will field a full slate of county office candidates at the primary. They have not released the list of names yet.
Miss Mary Forrest of Chicago and Thomas Robbe of Savanna were married at 10 a.m. Sunday in the Lutheran parsonage in Mt. Carroll. The single ring ceremony was read by Rev. J. H. Fetteroll. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rush of Mt. Carroll and Paul Weiler of Savanna. A wedding dinner followed at the Rush home. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Forrest of Chicago. The groom is the son of Mrs. H. O. Robbe of Savanna and is employed at the Savanna Ordnance Depot. they will reside in Savanna.
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