Marain Geison and Merlyn Schreiner Wed Saturday Eve
Miss Marian Geison wed Merlyn Schreiner in a home ceremony read by Rev. L M Phillips at the Geison home. Attendants included maid of honor Mildred Geison and guest list from Chadwick Milledgeville Dixon and Chicago. The couple will live with the groom’s parents on a Chadwick area farm after a brief honeymoon.
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Marian Geison
Merlyn Schreiner
Christie Geison
L. M. Phillips
Hope Evangelical Church
Mildred Geison
Schreiner
John Sauer
Chicago
Chadwick
Fred Schreiner
Chadwick High School
AAA
Mt. Carroll
Chadwick High
Wilbur Schreiner
Dixon
James Miller
Lanark
Homer Geison
PTA Votes Money for Uniforms and Pageant Honor
At a recent PTA meeting the group approved a 15 dollar treasury donation to buy gowns for the Girls Glee Club of the local school and set aside 8 dollars from the hot lunch fund to aid in purchasing the gowns. The program featured a pageant The Thriving Oak Tree with several named participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trasury
Girss Glee Club
Guy Mackey
Mary Waters
Phyllip Harris
Eloise Remmers
Bernice Pfnberger
Doris Phillips
Marilyn Olson
Local 500 Party At Morgan Home Delivers Prizes
Mr and Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk Mr and Mrs Mason Spaulding and Mr and Mrs Roy Hinebaugh were entertained Saturday night at a 500 party in the home of Mr and Mrs James Morgan. Prizes for high were awarded to Mrs Hinebaugh and Mason Spaulding and low to Roy Hinebaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence van Buskirk
Mason Spaulding
Roy Hinebaugh
James Morgan
Hinebaugh
Low
Churches E A Weidbush to Lead Sunday Services
Church notices announce Pastor E A Weidbush will preach at 10 a m Sunday Feb 25 with Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship to follow.
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E. A. Weidbush
Stewardship and Learning at L. M. Phillips Church
Pastor L. M. Phillips leads Sunday activities with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school on Stewardship. Evening services include 6:45 p.m. Prayer meeting and Christian Endeavor led by Maude Rahn on Christians Keep on Learning. 7:30 p.m. sermon theme Jesus at the Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Phillips
Christian Endeavor
Maude Rahn
Jesus
the Jordan
Bucklin Pastor Leads Sunday Worship and Meeting
J. W. Bucklin, pastor, conducts morning worship at 10 55 a m. On Sunday February 25 marks the end of the third quarter and the congregational meeting will be held March 3. Everyone please plan to attend this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bucklin
First Lutheran Announces Lent Services and Guest Speaker
The church lists events for Feb 22 23 and 25 including the third Lenten service with Rev. R Shawl of Milledgeville, choir rehearsal, Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., and worship at 10:30 a.m. The sermon ponders self knowledge and eternal questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Boening
R. Shawl
Milledgeville
North Otter Creek Play to Be Given
North Otter Creek school presents No Foolin a three act comedy directed by Miss Maude Rahn tonight and tomorrow February 22 and 23 starting at 7 45 p m An auction sale of pies cakes and candy will be held Thursday evening Ice cream sandwiches will be sold Friday evening doughnuts hot dogs coffee ice cream popcorn balls and candy Donations are appreciated.
Lego couple plan Sunday departure for home
The Review editor receives a card from Mr and Mrs Robert Lego announcing they will leave Long Beach on Sunday February 25 and request this week's issue be sent to their home. They expect to arrive home sometime next week.
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The
Review
Robert Lego
Long Beach
Aunt of Mrs Lee Etnyre Passes Away
Last Thursday morning Mrs Lee Etnyre learned her aunt Mrs Katie Wertman had pneumonia and died at her Michigan home. Burial rites were held Saturday at Fran rove, her former home, with Wertman a sister of Mrs Bealman whose own funeral occurred Tuesday. Mrs J D Bray of Clinie and Mr Miller hosted supper guests Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeyre
Katie Wertman
Mich
Franrove
Wertman
Bealman
Ills Headline From Community Health Notes
E J Isenhart is ill in the public hospital. L M Strauch has flu for several days. Harry Spearman suffers inflammatory rheumatism at home north of town. Mrs K C Whitney recovers from flu and missed work at the Review office this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Isenhart
Rs. L. M. Strauch
Harry Spearman
K. C. Whitney
Entertains Phone Girls Thursday Eve
Telephone switchboard operators from Thomson Milledgeville Lanark and Mt Carroll were entertained last Thursday evening in the home of Mrs Vera Tomman by Mrs Tomman her daughter Marjorie and Miss Ruth Stein and Mrs Harry Schreiner operators of the local switchboard. There were 14 guests present. The home was decorated for a valentine party and the three tables at which double trouble was played, were lighted by candles. Prizes were awarded as follows First Miss Margaret Weed second Mrs Marian Coleman low Mrs Sue Menneke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Milledgeville
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Vera Tomman
Tomman
Marjorie
Ruth Stein
Harry Schreiner
Margaret Weed
Marian Coleman
Sue Menneke
Frances St. Ores
Margaret Gaar
Bessie Groharing
Bertha Cronister
Evelyn Uppenberg
Florence Shultz
Lorraine Ewing
Shirley Weed
Mamie Hawkins
Goldie Fletcher
Dorothea Brand
Rahn Family Anniversary Dinner Honor Guests
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Rahn hosted a Sunday family dinner for the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rahn. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rahn, Elmer and Evan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spearman and daughter Lynette Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Rahn, Joyce and Kenneth, and Mrs. Lottie Rahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Rahn
Evan Rahn
Elmer
Evan
Robert Spearman
Lynette Marie
Orval Rahn
Joyce
Kenneth
Lottie Rahn
Elderly Fair Haven Resident Dies After Illness
John Spinka 77 lifelong Fair Haven resident died February 15 at his Chadwick area farm after a week with pneumonia. Funeral held at Frank funeral home Chadwick with Rev L M Phillips. Burial in Chadwick cemetery. Survived by widow Elizabeth Schmaling two sons Forrest and George a daughter Helen Rutherford three grandchildren two brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spinka
Fair Haven
Chadwick
Frank
L. M. “Phillips
Hope Evangelical Church
Oscar Daehler
C. C. Miller
Charles Honberger
Spinka
Forrest
Oregon, Ill
George
Helen Rutherford
Chicago
Alfred Rosenbaum
Forreston
Eileene
Lee Spinka
Fred
Rock Island
Anthony
Lanark
Conrad Sack
Mt. Carroll
Fair Haven taxes drop about $1700 in 1939 bill
Fair Haven township reduced its 1939 tax bill to 39 252 88 from 40 980 10 in 1938. County clerk data show lower town and road and bridge taxes, with several rural school districts also down. A comparison table lists 1939 versus 1938 figures for each taxing body and district. Local residents visited by Lyndon, Lanark, and nearby households were noted in brief social items.
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Fair Haven
Savanna
Chadwick
Corp
Fire destroys farm home near Chadwick
A defective chimney caused a two story six room frame house to burn on the Mary Kradle farm three miles southwest of Chadwick last Wednesday night. Phillip Queckboerner and family slept on the lower floor and woke to smoke. They saved items on the first floor and in the cellar with neighbor help. The upper floor and contents were lost, with partial insurance coverage on the house and furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kradle
Chadwick
Phillip Queckboerner
Oilers Defeat Forreston Five By 43-40
The Oilers defeated Forreston 43 to 40 in a close boys basketball game. The win improved their season standing as points were traded evenly throughout the contest.
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Oilers
Forreston
Sunday Socials Reach Across Towns and Churches
Chadwick residents hosted and neighbors visited Sunday including Mr and Mrs Harry Rick Delbert Broughton and Chester Alexander families. Clergy and families attended gatherings at Rockford Center Hill and Forreston with a new pipe organ dedication and visits from Chicago guests. June Shadewald spent the weekend in Chicago with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rick
Delbert Broughton
Coleta
Chester Alexander
Alvin Reiff
John Kradle
Rockford
Eber Shepherd
Center Hill
John Tripp
O. H. Boening
Chester
Ernest
Lutheran Church
Boening
Walter Getz
Chicago
H. F. Weber
Weber
Albert Adolph
Elmer Weber
Will Meyers
J. W. Bucklin
Bolton
Forreston
June Shadewald
Women Club Meeting in Los Angeles Franklin Club Event
Members of a men's club gathered Thursday in Los Angeles to hear the A Foster memorial program with songs and readings. The next “reciprocity meeting” is scheduled for Wednesday February 28 at the school gym with guests from Lanark Milledgeville and Merry Circle. The March 12 federated clubs jubilee will feature guest speakers and a tea hosted by Bess Humbert and co organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man’s Club
Berean Class Plans February Meeting at Schreiner Home
The Berean class of First Lutheran will convene next Wednesday February 28 at Mrs. Ed Schreiner’s home with Mrs. Jessie Zugschwerdt assisting. Mrs. George Daehler leads devotionals, and the Bible Daughters quiz is by Mrs. Ed Waters. Lesson study covers lessons 5 and 6 led by Mrs. John Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Schreiner
First Lutheran Church
Jessie Zugschwerdt
George Daehler
Ed Waters
John Freeman
Local Residents Visit Elwyn Allison Home Penrose
Chadwick locals Mr and Mrs Alvin Reiff and Mr and Mrs Andrew Miller plus Lillian Hartman visited last Wednesday in the Elwyn Allison home at Penrose. Additional visits included Mr and Mrs Adam Heinze Jr and Mr and Mrs Earl Heinze of Rock Falls, who came Saturday with Mr and Mrs Adam Heinze Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Reiff
Andrew Miller
Lillian Hartman
Elwyn Allison
Penrose
Adam Heinze, Jr
Earl Heinze
Rock Falls
Adam Heinze
Honor Birthdays we and Mrs. George Daehler visited
Honors for Mr. Daehler and Mr. Daehler were celebrated as they spent Sunday in Marri as dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. The event honored hdr Mr. Daehler and Mr. Daehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Daehler
Ibert
Marri
A. N
Hdr
Daehler
Anita Rahn Sings With Wesleyan U Band On Tour
Anita Rahn daughter of C H Rahn of Chad won a solo clarinet spot with the wealthy Illinois band at Wesleyan University. A Wesleyan sophomore she sang in the Messiah chorus and recently toured southern Illinois with the band during midweek concerts.
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Anita Rahn
Wesleyan U
J. Rahn
C. H. Rahn
Chad
Wessucitorium
M Ftobn
Iadwick Community High School
Wesleyan
Rahn
Normal
Miss Rahn
Illinois
Party Honors Anniversary of Three Seventh Graders
Mrs. Fred Olson and Mrs. Don Harris hosted a seventh grade party at the Olson home Saturday honoring Abbie Olson Evan Harris and Eugene Weber on their birthday anniversaries. Gifts were given to the honorees. Guests included Margery Rahn Florence Ferris and Bill Gnagey. Elizabeth Shibley could not attend.
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Fred Olson
Don Harris
Olson
Abbie Olson
Evan Harris
Eugene Weber
Margery Rahn
Florence Ferris
Bill Gnagey
Elizabeth Shibley
Social visits and family gatherings across Byron Milledgeville and Wacker
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Weber in the Roy Houston home at Byron. Charles Harris and his grandson Evan Harris celebrated a birthday with a dinner at the Charles Harris home. Adam Heinze and daughter Edna dined with Glen and Edna Seidenberg in Milledgeville. H B Rahn Lanark and F W Zugschwerdt with W E Cardiff visited Galway to see relatives. L E Beckmire Freeport visited Humbert Beckmire. William Holm Verne Kaufman Helen Oakley and Lyle Ashby joined Danny Etnyre’s guests at Wacker for a Thursday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Weber
Roy Houston
Byron
Charles Harris
Gandson
Evan Harris
Adam Heinze
Edna
Glen Seidenberg
Milledgeville
H. B. Rahn
Lanark
F. W. Zugschwerdt
Galway
Zugschwerdt
W. E. Cardiff
L. E. Beckmire
Freeport
Humbert-Beckmire
William Holm
Verne Kaufman
Helen Oakley
Lyle Ashby
Danny Etnyre
Wacker
Also Mentioned on This Page
PTA
Glee Club
J. Morgan
Salem Lutheran
Hope Evangelical
St. Paul’s Lutheran
First Lutheran
North Otter Creek
Mrs. R. Lego
Mrs. Lee Etnyre
Leroy Buckner
William Bashaw
Lyndon
Lloyd Flickinger
Don Asay
Ray Moyer
Kradle
Paul Grim
Joe Grim
Grim
Robert Carbaugh
Johanna Volz
Forreston Indoes
L. Glenn
Ragsdale
Duftsman
Swank
Glenn L. Glenn Bushman
Ferris
Lahre
Hiteman Duftsman
Swank Poe
Chadwick Briefs
L. A. Fran
E. Schreiner
Russell Meyers
Mer
L. W. Kreider
BABY
Carroll County
M. C. Crouse
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