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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
6
A veteran river pilot recalls a hazardous night on a long fall shift. His partnerWest boasted of finding a channel while failing to light the bar, forcing a makeshift ox bow route by lanterns and stakes. The tale contrasts raft and steamboat piloting demands and asserts the narrator’s superior instinct and river knowledge.
Loren Scheler plans a modern Eagle lake camp in Ontario with Lorne MacKenzie of Fort Francis. The Big Eagle Muskie camp will open June 15, featuring a 26 by 38 lodge, eight boats, 5 cottages, electric lights, a spring water system, and a green black eagle muskellunge motif.
A narrator recalls fishery days by a lake pool near a lock, describing how gate closure may open water for fish. He spins a long yarn about fishing misadventures, trespass warnings, and a pair of landowners who reclaim their catch, ending with a cautious goodbye.
Relatives report the marriage of Bernadine Carroll of Ovid and Donald Smith of Julesburg in Sterling on Feb. 17. The couple plans to live in Julesburg after Feb. 24. Other notices include Anton Holmquist moving to the John Neary farm, John Faber to the Nipe house, Melvin Johnson relocating to the Golding farm, and pheasant breeding plans by Tom Hand. The Stoners plan a Minnesota move for work in an ice cream plant. Freeman Green relocates to the Jamison farm. Mr Boenser will move to the vacated Green farm. the Carroll family remains residents of the area prior to relocation.
A bride hosts a pre reunion duck dinner for guests before her husband arrives from a shooting trip. The event centers on hospitality and anticipation as the couple awaits reunion.
The Three-Eye League reveals a 126 game season from May 1 to Sept 4 with eight teams including Clinton Moline Decatur Springfield Bloomington Evansville Cedar Rapids and Waterloo New doubleheader holidays Memorial Day and July 4 featured Shaughness playoff begins Sept 6 All-Star game slated for July 11 venue to be Riverview Stadium Clinton or Browning Field Moline.
Harold D Walters will portray Jesus in the fifteenth annual American Passion Play at Bloomington Ill starting April 3 replacing long time actor Frederick A Hitch. Walters a 28 year old former minister now in life insurance brings a renewed spiritual uplift to audiences, produced by Delmar D Darrah and presented by the Bloomington Associated Players.
Lanark Vocational Agriculture students finished sixth in a sectional corn, grain and pork judging contest held February 19 with 2221 points. Oregon Amboy Sterling Dixon Ashton followed, while many other area schools participated in the broad event. The article notes a fragmented closing line about a familiar saying.
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