Thomson locals list visits and illness in Thomson area
Local notes record numerous Sunday visits across Thomson and nearby towns. Families and friends visited include Williams, Pape, Johnson, Rush, Stage, Tobey, Imel, Hoge, Carrol, Smit, Stage, Gleason, Hyde, Sack, Drolema, and many others, with several illness updates and a scarlet fever quarantine in Lombard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smit
Fulton
Joe Pollard
Merle Stage
Willis Stage
Blanche Beck
Main St
Lombard
Russell Gleason
Savanna
Luella Gleason
Floyd Hyde
Joyce
Donna Jean
Seaton
Dick Andresen
Argo
Lawrence Sullivan
Maurice Sullivan
Condes
Death Notice of Edn Holman of Iola Oklahoma
Mrs H L Rawlins and Frank Holman learned Sunday of their brother Edn Holman’s death at age 74. He had been away from the community about forty years. Burial occurred in Oklahoma. Surviving siblings include another sister Mrs Tague of Kirkland, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Rawlins
Frank Holman
Edn Holman
Iola
Oklahoma
Rawlins
Mr. Holman
Tague
Kirkland
Ill With Flu Affects Community Members
The past weeks have saw many ill with flu or severe colds. Victims reported this week include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holland, Fred Turney, Harold Witt, Miss Harriet Wheeler, Ben Wagner, and the Ernest Whitney family. Others on the sick list are recovering though some remain home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Holland
Fred Turney
Harold Witt
Harriet Wheeler
Ben Wagner
Ernest Whitney
Thomson Briefs: Local Visits and Society Notes
Thomson briefs list residents visiting relatives in Lockport Chicago Morrison Ideal Chadwick Fulton Rock Falls Argo Freeport Stockton Elizabeth Westby Chaseburg and Morrison with social calls funerals and engagements. Notable mentions include Mrs Airhart recovering from an automobile accident and Miss Ardis Rumsett planning marriage to W D Jacobsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelda Williams
Winnetka
E.H. Williams
Nelle Burns
Chicago
Miss Burns
Thomson
John Vogel
Morrison
Arthur Pape
Kathryn Schwarz
Clinton
Mel Jvin Johnson
Argo
George Balk
Harlan
Fulton
Reeves Kratz
Donna
Donald
Freeport
Frank Rush
Paul Stage
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Lyle Williams
Carol
Williams
Weston Smith
Wacker
Bis
Frank Smith
Lockport
Conrad Lillie
Jean
George Lundy
Smith
Albert Airhart
Dan Sack
Joyce
Sack
George St. Ores
Carrie Atherton
Ideal
Floyd Tobey
Puesie
Harold Tobey
Willard Ua
Harvey Marshall
Beverly
Billy
Dia
G. C. Bloyer
Marvin Brookstra
Robert Graharing
Lee Hartman
Chadwick
Herbert Almquist
Clara Smit
John Smit
W. Hoge
Georgia
Jeanne
Donald Long
Stockton
St. Marys Church
Elizabeth
Ardis Rumsett
Westby
Wis
Wilt
W. D. Jacobsen
Chaseburg
Everett Eslinger
Will Griswold
Chr
Groharing
Mrs. Groharing
Paul
Mortison
Dairy World of Tomorrow displayed at 1939 World Fair Queens
Five dairy breeds Aryshire Brown Swiss Holstein Guernsey and Jersey will each present thirty cows in the Dairy World of Tomorrow exhibit at the New York fair. The 150 cows will be milked by rotolactors with magnetic milking devices in the Borden Building on the Central Mall. Bulls calves and dairy products demonstrations will show milk production handling bottling and sale to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Holstein
Guernsey
Jersey
Borden
Central Mall
United States
Canala
Big Country
Norden
Forty Cent Meet and the Ill Billy Song Pioneer
In rural Memphis Tennessee a self taught musician rose from early orphan life to craft hillbilly sounds. He founded a fast prolific output writing over forty songs under many pseudonyms becoming a one man music factory. Now residing in New York he remains his own publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orn
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Conservatory of Music
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Hills
Ill Billy
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Bill Billy
Highway post sought by four in Fair Haven
Four candidates file or prepare petitions for Fair Haven township highway commissioner ahead of the April 4 election. Current contenders include Adolph Deden and Harry Lehreiner. Louis Merz is circulating, August A. tensen plans to seek re election. Supervisor race has Adam Heinze and Frank Kness as declared candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven Township
Denton Naniga
Adolp Deden
Harry Lehreiner
Louis Merz
August Altensen
Adam Heinze
Fair Hayeen
Frank Kness
Adel couple announces February marriage in town ceremony
Miss Fleur H Mere and William B Meyers wed Monday evening in Adel with a ceremony at Evangelical church. The bride, a Chadwick HS 1927 alumna, trained as a nurse at Tea Coness hospital Freeport. The groom, son of Cedar Rapids, attended high school 1024 and worked at Hotel Maytag Newton before farm life at Winkle farm in Bain Haven township. They will reside on the Winkle farm after March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adel
Sigma
Wibian
B. Meyers
Fleur H. Mere
Agar
Marold Smith
Cede Juids
Grumm
Gables
Meyer
Chadwick Community High School
Chicago
Sone Me
Teaconess Hospital
Freeport
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Maytag
Newton
Towa
Bair Haven
Chaiheick
Texas
Chadwick Social Roundup Volunteers Help Move Families Nearby
Local residents assisted Mrs Clarence Sucher and Mrs William Rister in moving Mrs Magnes Cornelius from Lyndon to Dixon on Monday. Visitors and weekend hosts appear throughout the Chadwick area with family dinners in Morrison Elgin Rock Falls Milledgeville Sterling and Lanark including the Schreiner Wiersema Hohnadel Provant and Spaulding households among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sucher
William Rister
Henry Wiersema
Lee Kuhler
Morrison
Herman Radatz
Clayton Kaul
John Doty
Sterling
Roy Queekboerner
Ois
Merlyn Schreiner
Chicago
Vernon Hohnidel
Beverly
Gratiot
Wis
Fred Provant
Elizabeth Hohnadel
Frances Stansell
Elgin
Mason Spaulding
Robert Eastabrook
Milledgeville
Fenton Haugh
Sunday Socials Fill Freeport and Surroundings
Local society notes list numerous Sunday dinners and visits across Freeport, Savanna, Milledgeville, Lanark, Clinton, Mt Carroll, Polo, and Sterling. Families such as Schleuning, Spencer, Sellen, Klopping, Taylor, and Bergeson attend meals, hospital calls, and church events. An upcoming saxophone broadcast from WROK highlights amateur hour with Arleta Hartist man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Na Mary
Martets Norman
Sttean Bial
Freeport Kau
Henry Schleuuing
Robert Spencer
Foiuutty
Beaukville
Annetty
Laine Spence
William Sellen Ing Vane
Metin Crane
Mr Synday
Helen
Asma Webb
Charbes SE Demiler
Edwin Pink
Leonard Fink
T. M. Shultz
Freeport
T. F. Shultz
Charles Dauphin
Savanna
Don Taylor
Meg Charles Carley
Mt. Gurrell
Wes James Keckler
Willvm Quest
Robert Lego
Gnngey
Claudia Cheeseman
Mas Ghavies Daal Seo
Hany Staner
Milledgeville
al Laem
Clinton
Town
Leo Blair
Lanarkamt
Russell Meyer
AL J. Miller
William Holm
Dorothy
Gus Halm
Ad Weok
Frank Rush
Thomson and Steeves Kyale
Donna
William Hang
William Berge
Katherine
Stering
William Tans
Polo
Paul Staite
Arleta Hartist
WROK
AD. Stuart
Hal Skreit
Chacaro Ayy
Oscar Daehler
Weorsent
Candidate for York Township Engineer Seeks Re election
A fragmentary campaign notice shows P ol Keo announcing candidacy for York Township engineer. The filing references years of service and a prior role with Avygo Pa, dated April 1957, with scarce legible context and names.
Oilers Triumph In Hard Fought Hockey Clash
Oilers edged Canners 4 3 as Fran led with goals in a tight 66 74 82 battle. Lanark’s Plauger and Forton stood out, while Chadwick Carbaugh and Miller contributed for the Cannons in a game marked by strong defense and settled at the final buzzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plauger
Lanark
Cannons
Rov
Community Viewers Share Weekend Visits and Celebrations
Local residents report a string of Sunday visits and birthday celebrations across Freeport Rockford and surrounding areas. Guests include Rev J W and Mrs Philly sp urilng, Mr and Mrs J Kenk Euard Bailey, Mrs Ena nade, Mr and Mrs Fred as Carroll, Mrs O H Rahn, Mick Senneff, Mrs Mary Woyay, Louise Schauble, Preston Downing, Miss Bessie Harman, Miss Edna Olson, Mrs Marshall Farthins, Lois Hartman, Mr and Mrs Don Mane tatred, and Mr and Mrs Charles Hari Mx. Guests gathered at various homes to mark birthdays and share time with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Knoessayn
Henry Kinday
J. W
Philly Spurilng
Freeport Cellipe
J. Kenk Euard Bailey
Enanade
Charles Benders
Fred ‘As Carroll
Don Asay
O. H. Rahn
Mick Senneff
Mary Woyay
Louise Schauble
Satan Rockford
Preston Downing
Bessie Harman
Fred I
Coanios
Robert
Steinman
Oransit
Edna Olson
Moi
Marshall Farthins
Lois Hartman
Mildred Geier
Don Mane
Harcis
Chingris
Dambman de
Charles Hari Mx
Riley ‘Vented
Ralph Ferny
Bli. and
Dambman Jr
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DREFT
Lge
Lee
del Maiz
Ean
Snyder
Blue
Jie Cao
Zenith
Thomson Locals
H. A. Tobey
Nels Johnson
Louis Hamilton
Mt. Carroll
Frank Imel
Helen Hans
Imel
Alma Mauch
Maxine
Warren Wagner
C. W. Hoge
Robert Carrol
Mamie Tripp
Ben Ishel
Grace Moyer
Loy
Herman DeVries
Eric
Brother-Inlaw
John Nordhoff
Earl Roggendorf
Frank Brown, Jr
Herbert. Almquist
Brown
Vernon Lahre
Lahre
Peter Drolema
Henry Drolema
Bertha Holland
Garrett Sterenberg
N. 5
Davenport
W. J. Laycock
Henry Strauch
Ottawa
John Ashpole
Sylvalena Rolhous
Brother Maurice
Fulton and Morrison
Tom Price
New Albany
Emma Kling
Emma Steele
Vada Rice
Erve Martindale
Mrs. Martindale
Grace Mayer
Jennie Cooper
Quinter Stitzer
Flora Bourn
Ketchum
Thomas Price
Exima Kling
Markie Beck
Vernon Luedeke
Free
Willis St. Ores
Faye
Wayne
Layvenne
Harold St. Ores
Arlene
Leslie
Wallace Wiliams
Michael
C. K. Switser
Thomson Briefs
Highway Post
Fair Haven
Lewis
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Edith Adolthecomes Arids
William
Chadwick Briefs
Florence Giese
Rock Falls
Ben Rosenberry
Herman Daehler
Albert
Ernest Cagenhour
Sterling Schlagenhour
Chana
Charles Guinther
Billy Schlagenhour
Herbert Stein
Harvey Koch
Fameily
Rock
P. Ol Keo
York Township
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