Newsy Notes from Y C High School Activities
Tuesday films featured Italy and its Ancient Cities and Apes and Monkeys with a variety of monkey species listed. Senior class reviewed Herff Jones invitations and dealing cards. English and History lessons covered Reconstruction and Victorian age. Public speaking and six weeks tests loom. Band practiced ahead of March contest at Morrison. Ag classes plan beef cattle sale March 11. Home economics projects included a Washington tea and a senior dinner centerpiece. Reporter notes by multiple students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Herf- Jones Co
Francis Robinson
Kathryn Wiebeng
Janet K
Doris Boylan
Morrison
Illinois
Laura Hoy
Iris Martindale
Home EC News
George Washington
Janet Kenyon
Donna Fenley
Arla Brown
LaVeda Durward
Janet Carpenter
Georgia Hogg
Mary Wagner
Frances Potter
Corbin
Sunday dinner guests fill McGinty home in Clinton
Thomson briefed the community on Sunday dinner guests at the Charles McGinty home. Attendees included Mrs Alice Fitch, Mrs Merle Cahill, and Joan Cahill of Clinton, plus Mrs Burton Carter of Aberdeen South Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. McGinty
McGinty
Alice Fitch
Merle Cahill
Joan
Clinton
Burton Carter
Aberdeen
S. Oak
Willis Stage
Merle Stage
Savanna
Raymond Knutsen
Bernard Schroeder
Red Oak
Chas
Hogg
Ray S Spangler Dies at Clinton Hospital at 46
Funeral services held at Albany Methodist church for Ray S Spangler of Thomson aged 46. He died Sunday night at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton after an extended illness with pneumonia. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery Albany. Born July 13 1893 in Garden Plain township Whiteside county Illinois, he married Ethel Ferguson in 1916. He and his wife farmed in Ustick township and later lived east of Thomson. Survived by widow six children parents one brother and several sisters. He served nine years as trustee of Spring Valley Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Spangler
Thomson
Methodist
Albany
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mr. Spangler
Garden Plain Township
Whiteside County
Ill
Ethel Ferguson
D. H. Ross
Ustick Township
Howard
Harold
Leland
Harlan
Verna Mae
Carole
Paul H. Spangler
C. R. Donnelly
Eagle Rock
Calif
J. A. Kofahl
Alfred Hussman
W. H. Rogers
Davenport
F. L. Moran
Chicago
Spring Valley, Ill
Presbyterian Church
Valentine Party at Murray Home Hosts Chat A While Club
Mrs Eugene Murray and co hosts entertained Chat A While club members and their husbands at a Valentine party Thursday evening at the Murray home. The entertainment featured 500 with Mr and Mrs Ford Grimm winning high. Dainty refreshments followed. The club presented Mr and Mrs Ivan Carroll with a gift for their eighth wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Hobart Holland
Theodore Storm
Murray Home
Ford Grimm
Emil Bradlow
Ivan Carroll
Knox Freshman Initiated Into Phi Mu Sorority
Elynor Stagg, a Knox College freshman, has been initiated into the Sigma chapter of Phi Mu national sorority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elynor Stagg
Knox College
Sigma
Phi Mu
Grandchildren visit and Friday callers at local home
Isabelle and JoAnn Prins spent Monday night and Tuesday with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Hawk Sr. Mr and Mrs Ben Stage and Mrs Ida Weber were Wednesday afternoon visitors in the home of Mrs Flossie Gaar. Mr and Mrs Wm Hawk Sr and Lois Davis were Friday evening callers of Lester Clam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle
JoAnn Prins
Wm. Hawk
Ben Stage
Ida Weber
Flossie Gaar
Lois Davis
Lester Clam
AG Class to Meet Monday
The Farmers' Evening School met Monday evening February 19 and discussed manure and manuring problems. It notes manure in the U S is worth about 2.34 per ton for its three key elements and emphasizes proper storage in a concrete pit with a roof. It calls for a panel on War and the Farmer at Mt Carroll Community House Friday night and announces the next Evening School meeting for Monday February 26 inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mt. Carroll
York Township
Social Visit Highlights Across Multiple Towns
Mr and Mrs Ray Machael of Clinton spent last Thursday with Mr and Mrs Frank Potter. Mr and Mrs Vern Kaufman visited Mrs Emma Lutz in Lanark with Mrs Maurice Strukhoff and son. Paul stayed with her parents in Maquoketa. Mrs Harry Diehl and Mrs John Carpenter with son Bobby called on the Roscoe Almquist at Mt Carroll. Mr and Mrs Dan Sack and children of near Lanark joined Sunday dinner at Mrs St Ores parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Machael
Clinton
Frank Potter
Vern Kaufman
Emma Lutz
Lanark
Maurice Strukhoff
Paul
Chas. Rogers
Maquoketa
Harry Diehl
John Carpenter
Bobby
Roscoe Almquist
Mt. Carroll
Dan Sack
Near Lanark
George St. Ores
Churches Schedule Communion and Union Service
Walter E. Schiel pastors a church with Sunday school at 10 a m and morning service at 11 a m The evening union service is at 7 30 p m at the Methodist church Rev Leitner will deliver the message All members recovering from illness are hoped to return A manual training group meets Saturday at 10 o clock Bring a friend to join in the larger fellowship of believers headed the Way of Jesus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Schiel
Methodist Church
Leitner
Jesus
Argo Church Schedules Morning Worship and Sunday School
Argo Methodist pastor Rev. J. A. Foard leads 9:30 a.m. morning worship and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. The ladies' aid society meets at the church Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo Methodist
J. A. Foard
Ladies’ Aid Society
Fulton Catholic Church Hosts Weekday Masses
Several local residents attended services held during the week at Fulton Catholic Church including the 8:00 a m Sunday morning Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Catholic Church
Methodist Services Set at Local Church
Harold R. Dude leads morning worship at 11 00 a m with Rev Schiel in charge. Sunday school begins at 10 00 a m and evening worship follows at 7 30 p m at the Thomson Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Methodist
Harold R. Dude
The
Methodist Church
Rev. Schiel
Baptist Pastor Leads Union Service at Methodist Church
Rev. R. H. Leitner presides over morning worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30 a m. Union evening service follows at 7 30 p m. Live Wire class met at the Wilt home with about TB present. a program and quiz were held, followed by a light lunch. March Sunday school social committee is Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
R. H. Leitner
Union
Methodist Church
Paul Wilt
Ideal Church Announces Weekly Services
Ideal Sunday schedule lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and evening services at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Sword and Vernon Gordon lead the young people's meeting at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sword
Vernon Gordon
Ideal
Fair Haven Pastoral Schedule At Local Church
Paul Farley will lead prayer at the Charles Sucher home on Thursday February 22 at 7 30 p m. Sunday services occur February 25 with Sunday school at 10 a m and morning service at 10 55 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Farley
Charles Sucher
Former Morrison Teacher Hosts Civic Club Meeting
Veneta George of Morrison, former high school teacher and president of the Morrison Household Science Club, hosted residents at her home. Mrs. E. H. Mellon reviewed Abraham Lincoln In Illinois, while Mrs. M. C. Rogers spoke on the Keystone of Democracy and Lincoln Washington’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veneta George
Morrison
Morrison Household Science Club
E. H. Mellon
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
M. C. Rogers
Lincoln
Washington
Morrison Hospital
John Blodgett
Mellon
Robert Norrish
Louise Wiersema
Thomas Bailey
L. E. Tomlinson
William Alldritt
L. E. Rounds
Ben Anderson
L. V. Bradley
George
Chas Groharing’s Flowering Maple Delights Office
Chas Groharing, local Utilities manager, keeps a flowering maple at the office. The four to five foot plant has bloomed for the last three years with orange cup shaped flowers and multiple shoots. In summer it grows beside the Groharing porch, moves to a large container in fall, and is brought to the office for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Groharing
Utilities Company
Chas
Groharing House
Judge Franklin Stransky ships cattle from Lanark farm
Judge Franklin J. Stransky shipped 60 head weighing about 1,397 pounds each at 10.90 dollars per cwt from his Lanark area farm last week. Accompanying the livestock were Stransky and farm manager Adam Heinze to the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin J. Stransky
Lanark
Stransky
Adam Heinze
Rawlins celebrate birthday with Sunday dinner
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rawlins were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rawlins. The occasion honored the birthday of Mrs. Rawlins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Rawlins
Vernon Rawlins
York Sportsmen Club Reorganizes For Coming Year
The York Chapter of the Carroll County Sportsman Club elected officers for the coming year with Ed Drake as president and Lester Grim as secretary treasurer. 75 members last year produced 18.75 in fees, plus small donations. expenses totaled 14.00 leaving a balance of 6.25. 17 mature pheasants and 69 young birds were released in York Township, and 10 young quails added to stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Carroll County Sportsman Club
Ed Drake
T. C. Cheatum
Lester Grim
Leon Brandt
Clinton
York Township
John Reader
Chas
Hogg
Ills and recoveries noted in regional notices
The column lists local residents and relatives as ill or recovering from illnesses such as flu pneumonia and post hospital stays. Names include Maurice Bolhous Mary Tousley Grace Moyer Dora Hansen Andrew Prins Kenneth Shanafelt Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Jule Sagner Paul Lewis Carl Longanecker Clara Pratt and others with various locations Morris Morrison Savanna Argo Rockford Lincoln Nebraska.
Church of God announces services and gatherings
Pastor Lester H. Clum leads Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m with prayer meetings Tuesday at 7 30 p m and Bible study Thursday. All events in front room above the church auditorium. Parents urged to attend with children and set an example. Friendly welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester H. Clum
Mrs McCulloh Returns Home After Visit in Chadwick
Mrs George McCulloh returns to her Argo home following an extended visit with Mrs Anna George in Chadwick. Mr and Mrs Edward French were Friday evening guests at the Merle Atherton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McCulloh
Argo
Anna George
Chadwick
Edward French
Merle Atherton
Sunday guests gather from Erie Fulton and Savanna name
Sunday guests at the Nordhoff home included Herman DeVries from Erie and Onno Blink from Fulton, plus Orlo Smith and family from Mr Carroll and Em ery and Paul Melendy from Savanna. Lester Clum attended a supper at Rev C A Stewart in Clinton last Wednesday then led services at Clinton Church of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nordhoff
Herman DeVries
Erie
Onno Blink
Fulton
Orlo Smith
Mr. Carroll
Emery
Paul Melendy
Savanna
Frank Smith
Lester Clum
C. A. Stewart
Clinton
Clinton Church of God
Clum
Social Round of Visits Across Savanna Lanark and Fulton
Mrs. Martha Lambert of Savanna spent last Friday with Mr and Mrs Ed McGinty. Mr and Mrs Ivan Carroll and son David visited in Rock Island Davenport with his parents. Mrs Laura Rhodes of Belvidere weekend with Clarence Cooper. Mr and Mrs Harry Diehl of Thomson and Mrs Chas Marth of Savanna visited Rock Island Davenport. Anna Dykstra and Leroy Rus of Fulton were Sunday guests of Ben Dykstra. Mr and Mrs John Smit visited Fulton with Joe Pollard’s family. Claude Grim and family visited Lee Dyson in Lanark where George Dyson also stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Lambert
Savanna
Ed McGinty
Ivan Carroll
David
Rush Carroll
Laura Rhodes
Belvidere
Clarence Cooper
Harry Diehl
Thomson
Chas. Marth
Rock Island
Davenport
Anna Dykstra
Leroy Rus
Fulton
Ben Dykstra
John Smit
Joe Pollard
Claude Grim
Lee Dyson
Lanark
George Dyson
Thompson District Tourney Opens With Thurston Win
Thomson high school won its first district tournament game in Shannon defeating Hanover 38 to 29. The locale led 7 7 in the first quarter and 20 to 7 at halftime with Bull scoring 11 and Hook 12. Lyndon beat Elizabeth 31 to 26 and Chadwick beat Forrest 56 to 21 as Thurs games schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson High School
Shannon
Hanover
Bull
Lyndon
Chadwick
Elizabeth
Forrest
Thomson
Rawlins
Ashby
Graharing
St. Ores
Cate
Chapman
Bainbridge
Campbell
McCormick
Hunt
Ballein
Graham
Eadie
Chadwick Forreston
Local clubs hold meetings and prize results
The 500 Club meets at Mrs. Cora Stickel’s home while the Chat-A-While Club plans a Friday gathering at Mrs. Margaret Murray’s. Baptist Ladies Aid meets at Mrs. Arthur Pape’s. Argo 500 Club reports last week’s prize winners and sets next meeting with Mrs. Millie Holm. The T. N. T. club resumes with the Weeley Sack home hosting Feb 28 election of officers. Royal Neighbor lodge records officer changes after a Tuesday meeting with a light lunch. Methodist Ladies Aid convenes February 28 at Mrs. Jane Smith’s. Lincoln and Washington program details given plus roll call and Old Black Joe sing. A luncheon is planned by Mrs. Salome McGinty, Mrs. Vera Williams, and Mrs. Cora Stickell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Stickel
Margaret Murray
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Arthur Pape
M. E. Aid
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Jane Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Hattie Greeley
George Washington
Joe
Salome McGinty
Vera Williams
Cora Stickell
Boys Injured in Clarence Iowa Car Crash
A group of youths led by Joe Lahey and including Johnnie Brown Ric hard Pollard and Gilpin Stagg veered off near Clarence Iowa on Monday while en route to Iowa City for a game. Their Dodge four door sedan skidded on ice, overturned down a ditch but all escaped serious injury with bumps and bruises. Mr and Mrs John Noble Carroll visited Will Slayman that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lahey
Johnnie Brown
Richard Pollard
Fulton
Gilpin Stagg
Thomson
Iowa City
Iowa University
Indiana
Clarence
Tim Lahey
Births in Bristol and Clinton Area
Mr and Mrs Seaman Swet welcomed an 8 pound girl born Monday Feb 19. Elmer Mosher Morrison and Blanche Groharing welcomed a nine pound son born Wednesday. Ernest Smith and Jane Lamb hospital Clinton welcomed Larry Barton born Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Elmer Mosher Morrison
Mosher
Blanche Groharing
Thomson
Ernest Smith
Jane Lamb
Clinton, In
Larry Barton
Thomson Woman's Club Plans Meeting on March 6
The Thomson Woman's club met with about 15 members at Mrs. Leota Holland's home. An educational program included anecdotes on Washington and Lincoln and talks on U S Mail Service, International Relations, and Civil Service by Miss Mary Sheridan Mrs Cora Stickell and Mrs Grace Strauch The club will meet again March 6 at Mrs Tone Smith's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Leota Holland
Washington
Lincoln
U. S. Mail Service
Mary Sheridan
Cora Stickell
Grace Strauch
Tone Smith
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Newsy
Thomson Briefs
Ray S. Spangler
Clinton Hospital
Fair Haven
York Sportsmen Club
Lauren A. Smith
North Third Street
Harry Morgan
Fulton, Ill
Clinton Herald
Robert Miller
Bill Marshall
Maurice Bolhous
Mary Tousley
Grace Moyer
Dora Hansen
Harlan Spangler
Charles Hartman, Sr
Andrew Prins
Carl Daehler
Kenneth Shanafelt
Walter Shanafelt
Near Morrison
Ray Spangler
Norman Stickell
Mercy Hospital
Jens Anderson
Arthur Robison
Jule Sagner
Savanna Hospital
Paul Lewis
Carl Longanecker
Morrisson
Rockford
Clara Pratt
Neb
Church of God
WED
Virginia French
Norman French
Cornell College
French
Cornell
Chas. Wilt
Stacey Potter
Clarence Homedew
Wilt
Argo 500
Hortense Nipe
Mayme Mummert
Nelle Houghton
Millie Holm
T. N. T. Club
Weeley Sack
Sack
Louis Shelly
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Jon Orcutt
Maude Wagner
Mary Cone
Wagner
Iowa
John Noble Carroll
Bristol
P. A
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Gambles Motor O
Gamble
Ton, Ill
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