Birthday cake marks Ruth Ann Greeley first year
Families from Han over Port Byron and Algona gather for visits. Ruth Ann Gilbert observes her first birthday with a two tier cake trimmed in red and white with pink rosebuds as relatives drop by on Sunday February 6, 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Greeley
Hanover
Wayne Ashby
Hattie Greeley
Richard Badtke
Forrest Gilbert
Ruth Ann
Port Byron
Padtke
Joe Blair
James Blair
Anark
Helen Holmberg
East Moline
Ray Brennenan
Ivan Carroll
Rush Carroll
Algona
Dean Boyce
Marilyn
Clinton
Lona
Boyce
Ely Cockran
Twentieth Third Psalm Revisited And Lunchbox Provisions
A humorous poem aside with a spoof Psalm about car troubles and a radiator, followed by practical kitchen tips on cheese storage in vinegar cloth and lunchbox ideas including celery cheese spread sticks and candy or gum as surprises.
Thomson Social News Highlights Across Towns
Thompson residents visit relatives in Chadwick Fulton and Mt. Carroll with extended family gatherings in Clinton Savanna Marengo and Maquoketa. Sewing services announced and a dressmaker opens in the Main Street area.
Local notes and updates from Clinton area residents
A long list of visits, travel plans and health notes from Clinton area families includes Mrs. John Wilhelm visiting in Bat tle Creek, enlistees from Morrison heading to Chicago, Florida vacationers returning, and health updates on N. & Pape, Abe Miler family, and Mrs. Kathryn Hawk. The piece also discusses aging and geriatrics, noting public health efforts to support the elderly and the shift from retirement to continued activity and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek
Mich
B. R. Lewis
William Wagner
George Hook
Chicago
Merchant Marines
Tommy Root
N. &. Pape
Morrison
Ben Wagner
Anna Jenkins
W. L. Jenkins
Huntley
Ill
Ralph Olds
Clinton
Justice Prins
Lila Curley
Macomb
Lynn Curley
Raymond Knutsen
Mr. Carroll
John Atherton
Lanark
Lloyd Tousley
Lavelle Hartman
Clarence Johnson
Florida
Ray Holloway
Minneapolis
Minn
Abe Miler
Famiy
Albert Zirkelbach
Savanna
Kathryn Hawk
Louis Thompson
Continental
United States
Record of Life and Choice From Bible Texts
The excerpt cites first John 5 life in the Son and Deuteronomy urging choose life that you and your seed may live. It frames eternal life as a gift from God and links obedience and love of God to lasting life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Heaven and Earth
Local families share Sunday and weekend visits across Iowa towns
Sunday and weekend guests gathered in multiple households across Loss Nation Maquoketa Baldwins and Mount Carroll. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Carl Petersen Mr and Mrs Adam Heinze Mrs Bess Humbert Mrs Lucinda Gipe Miss Charlotte Schreiner Mr and Mrs Fred Doden Merle Doden Everette Yates Blaine Yates Donna and Ardith Yates George Ketchum Frank Ketchum Harold Starr Kenneth Kemmer Stevie Kemmer Walter Falls Cornel Noordhoff Corneil Noordhoff and other relatives and friends. The social visits centered on dinners and birthday celebrations for Stevie Kemmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hook
Dick Andersen
Carl Petersen
Wm. Geisz
Dixon
Geisz
Adam Heinze
Bess Humbert
Lucinda Gipe
Charlotte Schreiner
Chadwick
Chas Sack
Fred Doden
Merle Doden
Famly
Morrison
Everette Yates
Rock Falls
Ferrill Siewert
Crown Point
Ind
Blaine Yates
Wacker
Donna
Ardith
Fulton
George Ketchum
N. J. Fields
Lost Nation
Local Social Roundup in Taremtum and Nearby Towns
Mrs. John Wright of Taremtum Pa visited Mrs. E F Ellis revealing Wright’s stay with her mother Mrs Clarence Kent in Savanna Kent recently released from Clinton Ia hospital after a major operation. Families visiting include the Ashpoles Krafts Smiths and Millers with clinic visit noted for Mrs Abe Miller in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wright
Taremtum
E. F. Ellis
Donald Smith
Dwayne
Paul Wilt
Abe Miller
Dubuque
Vern Kauffman
Emma Lotz
Mrs
Elmer Lotz
Lanark
Thompson News Social Roundup Guests and Visits
Thompson area families shared weekend visits and hospitality. Rock Island guests Mr and Mrs Robert Stage with Dick and Beverly stayed with Mrs Stage’s parents Mr and Mrs Ely Cochran. Other gatherings included Dimmicks in Macomb and multiple local trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stage
Beverly
Rock Island
Fred Hook
Carl Petersen
Dick Andersen
Chadwick
Wilbur Reader
Earl Berk
Chicago
Carload of Virginia coal on track now
Two purebred Toulouse hens and a geese pair sold by Joe Shutters of Thomson Hardware at 161. Carload of Virginia coal on track now reported by McGinty’s Hardware, Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulouse
Joe Shutters
Thomson
Virginia
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Idreft
Oxydol
Boraxo
Puro
California
Campbell’s Soups
Mt Inc
Thomson Briers
Thomson Briefs
Hobart Holland
J. Y. Stickell
Andrew Hook
Frank Smith
Erve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Leta Potter
Russell Drain
Aurora
Leo West
Potter
Chas. Behr
Detlef Behr
Clinton, Ia
Chas
Sack
Chas. Hogg
Wm. Price, Jr
Wm. Price Sr
Elsie Sine
Alice
Chester Libberton
J. M. Liberton
Harold Libberton
Marengo
Guy Turney
Harry Gaar
Leworth
Iowa
John Smolek
Savanna Thomson
Franklin Richmond
Richmond
Main Street
Volk's
Mrs. Richmond
Charles Coyne
Noah Sweitzer
Denver
McGinniss
Cloquet
Minnesota
Paul
Vaughn McGinniss
Maurice Strukhoff
Edwin Sweitzer
Maurice
Anita
Russell Sweitzer
Noah Sweite
Chasers
Maquoketa
Raymond Flat
State Department of Health
Enatics
D Sease
Indien
South Carolina
Christian Science Churches
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mark Baker Eddy
Clover Farm
van Camp Pork & Beans
Campbell’s
Mr. Farmer
Francis Smith
Donnie
Orlo Smith
Oscar Kraft
Albert Kraft
Carroll
YCHS
Mon
Shannon
Waterers
Virginia Coal
Thomson News
Andrew Schipper
Albany
Albany, Il
Margaret S. Heusinkveld Insurance
Jean & Garland Harris
Merle Atherton
Feed & Trucking
Mobilgas—Mobiloil
Potter Bros
Argo F
Thomson Review
Royal Blue Store
G. A. Smith
Carl’s Tavern
Green's Service Station
G. H. Roggendorf
Lewis Motor CO
Volk’s Cafe
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