Arlene Balk Dies After Auto Pedestrian Crash
A ten year old Arlene Balk of Fulton died at Morrison hospital from a skull fracture, crushed elbow and facial injuries after being struck near the Langton highway by a car driven by J J McDonald who halted in a ditch. Funeral services were held at the Christian Reformed church. An inquest will be held at Fay's store in Fulton.
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Arlene Balk
Auto Volerican
Arie
Katie
Arlene
Phe
Aemden
Budie
Ch & M
Thomson
Ralph Balk
Beckles
Parshe
Oihlers
Ray
Corned
John
Inez
Marvin
Paul
Jeanne
Margaret
Bety
Christian Reformed Church
A. Blick
G. van Perris
First Reformed Church
Fulton
Dick Wilkens
Anthony Inns
Peter Vogel
Ben Wilkens
Kenneth Pessman
John Maring
Edward Housenga
Abel Bielema
Fay
Sanday
G. E. Scheerer
Foreman
Menno Norman
John Voss
Martin Dyke
Clarente Juist
Henry TeWind
Mt Carroll to Try for a Mutual Electric Company
Mt Carroll plans a push to form a gas, phone and electric light utility. Shares will sell at 50 dollars each. Directors named include W B Ackerman R B Rice W Y Kitenour Sherman Myers and J W Webb. They have an ordinance ready to secure rights to form the company. H E Green notes Holsteins averaged 63 50 at a recent closing out sale. Ed Mest reports the best herd sold this year. Fay Green of Milwaukee visited with his parents Hiram and Mrs Green. Earl accompanied him for an extended stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me. Carrol
W. B. Ackerman
R. B. ‘Rice
W. Y. Kitenour
Sherman Myers
J. W. Webb
H. E. Green
Cade
Ed Mest
Bike
Fay Green
Milwaukee
Hiram Green
Earl
Social Clubs 500 Winners Named at Helms Home
The 500 club met last Thursday at Mrs. Rudolph Helms home. High honors went to Mrs. Will Helms first, Mrs. Fred Nipe second, and Mrs. B. R. Lewis third. The hostess served a light luncheon to attendees.
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500 Club
Rudolph Helms
Will Helms
Fred Nipe
B. R. Lewis
Lodge Hosts Washington Birthday Party for Masons and Eastern Star
The Masons and Eastern Stars held a George Washington birthday event at the lodge hall Tuesday with 63 attendees. A committee including Mesdames Katherine Cooper Amy Lewis and Elizabeth Parsons arranged poems songs recitations and a Washington ode followed by refreshments served by a volunteer group from members led by Mrs L C Rupple and Ruth Cooz.
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Masons and
George Washington
Lodge Hall
Katherine Cooper
Amy Lewis
Elizabehh Parsons
George Hicks
America
Ruth Carrell
Washington
Rhuea Brown
Lois Carron
Betty Lewis
Dorothy Lewis
L. C
Ray Cooper
Ramona Lews
Wendel Holmes
Ruth Cooz
Savanna District Basketball Tourney Opens With 61 Teams
Savanna hosts a district tournament with 61 high school teams across multiple venues incl Savanna Mt Carroll Hanover Chadwick Fulton Lanark Thomson East Dubuque and Savanna. Byes given to Savanna Elizabeth Milledgeville. Schedule spans Wednesday to Saturday with round one games and subsequent rounds leading to a February 9 finals at the University of Illinois venue.
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Savanna Elrivk
Savanna
Hinnover
Chadwick
Carroll
Galena
Fulton
Lanak
Thomson
Maat Hubuque
Elizabeth
Milledgeville
Carewell County
Tinsis High School
Savanna High School
University of Ilinois
Roscoe Rads
Sterling Township High
DeKalb
Shabbona
Kingston
Maple Park
Kanesville
Cortland
Sycamore
ER Hurn
Hickley
Genoa
Paw Paw
Rollo
Malta
Lee
Water‘man
Freeport
Warren
Pecatonica
Davis
Scales Mound
Orange
Stockton
Shipping Association Stock Shipped Monday to Alexander Conover
Shipping group sent stock to Alexander Conover & Co in Chicago. The list includes Abe Prins 16, Joe Kauffman 25, Lou Shelly 9, Harry Gaar 16, John Sour 2, Harts Dyson, Henry Hartman, Chandier Durkee 4. Mentions of residents in Savanna and Thomson visiting families and relatives.
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Alexander Conover & CO
Chicago
Weather Outlook Fair and Warmer This Week
Fair and warmer conditions expected this week with sunny days and cool nights suitable for sleeping. Some unsettled days implied with hints of moodier spells, but no heavy rain anticipated. Local area forecasts suggest steady temperatures and clear skies for outdoor activities.
Leap Year Church Week Calendar Plans
The youth group hosts a Leap Year party next Monday evening February 29 in the church annex with a 7 8 p m start. Bible school attendance reached 3 with aims to hit the century mark next Sunday. Church Night services were well attended Monday with Washingtons birthday honors. The minister spoke on immortality and the Christian Argument for Immortality, with specialty music on Sunday. Junior C E led by Lois Green plans next week’s readings and four oclock start. Over sixty enrolled in the Golden Lesson, reading Mark 6214 29 for February 28.
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Bible School
Washington
T. Nitt
Green
Church High
C. E
Lois Green
Catholic Lenten Services And Regular Mass Schedule
Catholic Lenten services held every Wednesday evening at eight o clock conducted by Father Egan. Lenten services continue this Wednesday evening with regular services next Sunday morning at nine thirty.
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Father Egan
Sunday school notices and events announced in Baptist church
The monthly Sunday school general meeting is set for Tuesday March 11 at the home of Mr and Mrs Qa Setzor. The Live Wire class plans its regular party on Wednesday evening March 2 at Albert Holland s home. Sunday school at West will meet Sunday morning at 10 o clock.
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Sejeral
Qa Setzor
Albert Holland
Schood West
Methodist Church Fire Blessing Card of Thanks
Reverend S S Lanzee thanks everyone who helped extinguish the church fire Sunday morning. Thirteen members met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Herman Francke and will meet at Ella Orr's home next Wednesday. Families and neighbors offered support during the illness and death of John M Carroll.
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S&s. Lanzee
Hank
Herman Francke
Tead
Cas Ss
Ella Orr
James Ella Orr
Heeman Franckeapee
Blanche Berk
Berries
Nex
John ML Carroll
John Carroll
Joe Melendy
Raymond Carroll
Fenily
Mr and Mrs Cari Daehler Honored On 306th Anniversary
Cael Daehler and near Bikal celebrate 306th wedding anniversary with relatives at home. Guests include Parsons, Fink family, Trehler family, Dtehler relatives, and friends. Fading notice thanks attendees and wishes health and happiness to the couple.
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Cari
Daehler
Cael Daehler
Bikal
Hance
Maday
Onokeb
Phe Ree Chanteler
Henry Parsons
Nellie Parsons
ArgoeFa
Wiliam Fink
Laur
George Duehler
Albert
MyeClara Bornreuther
Fred Trehler
Carl Tiang
Orval
Misa Lydia Haas
Oscar Dtehler
Elizabeth Milnes and Ivan Carroll wed at Saint Chadwick
A Chadwick Commercial Club meeting planned a Springfield trip for next Wednesday to advocate pavement funding from route 7 to Chadwick. Fourteen members and others will travel. John E Humbert is spokesman. Curtis Naniga and J C Kerch invite nearby farmers to join. C C Miller chairs transportation with Arthur Deets and H L Spearmen. The group meets at the highway office at 11 a.m. on Wednesday March 25.
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Chadwick
Springfield
Thomson
Argo-Fa
Chadwick Commercal Club
Bailey Cafe
Inrecfsien
Frank W. Zugechwerd
Curtis Naniga
J. C. Kerch
C. C. Miller
Transportation Commmittee
Arthur Deets
H. L. Spearmen
Transportation Committee
Road Work Planned North of Lanark and Pearl'sGiry Route
A Thomson to Lanark road crew heads to repair the route from the dumetion north of Lanark to Pearl'sGiry. A marriage in Ashton Ti unites Miss Elizabeth Milnes of Morrison and Ivan Carroll of Thomson, with Rev. Chas. D. Wilson officiating at the Ashton Methodist parsonage. The ceremony featured a double ring, witnessed by Helen Wood and Wilbur Geirady. The Milnes family praised the couple as they begin their life together.
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Thomson
Lanark
Ashton
van Carroll
Elizabeth Milnes
Morrison
Walter Ry Milnes
Chas. D., Wilson
Ashton Methodist Parsonage
Helen M. Wood
Wilbur Geirady
Carroll
Walter R. Milnes
Hviny
Morison
Morrison High School
York area schools report strong cash balances despite fund shortages
The Thomson village board and York schools show robust cash on hand. Thomson Village reports no debt and a healthy treasury balance as of February 15, 1932. The Consolidated Grade School also has a satisfactory treasury, while York Community High School carries a bonded debt of 17 000 with annual principal and interest payments.
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Thomson Village Board
of York Schools
Grade
Igh
Thomson
Thorson
Irene Sheridan
York Commaniy High School
Argo Methodist Church Sunday Services Notice
Argo Methodist Church holds preaching at eleven o'clock and Sunday school at thirty o'clock next Sunday morning in the parish.
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Ang Methodist Church
Elheven O'Clok
Illnesses and Recoveries Span Local Community
Among The Sick Among The Sick Everet and Harold Wile have the whooping cough. Bet ty has recovered from the disease. Pete Dyke was quite sick over Sunday but is now much better. Mrs. Dyke, previously ill with pneumonia, is now able to be up about the house. Jim Smith of Savanna, who went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, returned home yesterday feeling better. Janet Carpenter was ill at the first of the week with bronchitis. Mrs. Hans Kautsen is confined to her home with heart trouble. Ed Hinds is threatened with pneumonia. Miss Dorothy Gaon of Milwaukee is ill with pneumonia. Miss Gunn, a niece of Mrs. Elia Orr and Mrs. K. B. Carpenter, had stayed with them two years ago.
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Everet
Harold Wile
Betty
Pete Dyke
Jim Smith
Savanna
Rochester
Minn
Janet Carpenter
Bronel
Hans Kautsen
Ed Hinds
Dorothy Gaon
Sfilwaukee
Miss Gunn
Elia Orr
K. B. Carpenter
Rush Carroll’s Holsteins Receive National Mention
Continuous dairy herd improvement testing boosts results for Rush Carroll near Thomsen. His purebred Holsteins averaged 3219 pounds of butterfat for a year, a record few herds achieve. Carroll’s methods, long active in county dairy circles, earned him two National Dairy Association diplomas for efficiency and success.
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Thomsen
Carroll
Manor
Carrell Couny PD. A. TA
Carter
Navional Dairy Associaten
U.S
Oiweseful Daireman
Joe Dykstra Herd Hits 300 Pound Butterfat Average
An Holstein herd led by Tomann peers of Mr Dykstra surpasses a 300 pound butterfat average as recognized by the National Dairy Association. The achievement underscores the Dykstra operation within the Carroll County dairy community.
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Joe Dykstra
der Dykera
Pear Thomann
Notinnal Dairy Association
Hin
Dykstra
John Shoemaker 79 Dies at Titness Funeral Today
John Shoemaker 79 succumbs to illness with funeral services set for today. The obituary notes his long service at Ue Academy News and mentions local military academy events and a recent game summary with scores and players.
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John
York Township Remembers John Shoemaker Obituary
Obituary for John Shoemaker recounts his early life in York township born April 23 1852 to Cornelius and Sophia Shoemaker his marriage to Victorine Smith in 1877 and his roles as road commissioner and school director. Survived by brother Douglas sister Jennie Achbradk and Cyrena Don Shee daughter Bertha and granddaughter Sidney Brenneman. Funeral services described with church honors and a quartet in attendance.
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Thomson
Aifternoan
Oteluk
Toshedside
Ime
York
York Township
John
Shoemaker
Cornelius Shoemaker
Sophia Smith Shoemaker
Victorine Smith
Argo-Fpa
Sadie
Bertha
Carroll Langston
George Si
Fires
E. O. Hemmer
Joe
Louise St. Ores
Jesus
Henry S Rach
Jim Sheridan
Wil Starman
George Bower
Harry
Chadwick Masonic Degree Team Elevates Milton Hartman
The Chadwick Masonic Degree Team conducted its third degree work on Thursday night at Chadwick. Milton Hartman was raised to Master Mason as a large attendance of Chadwick members and attendees witnessed the ceremony.
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Chadwick Masonic
Chadwick
Milton Hartman
W. E. Bailey
Murry Carbaugh
R. Demmon
R ©Ial
Gigous
Don Harris
Charles Honberger
John Humber
George Lang, Jr
William Linker
Jon Q
Walter Weber Returns After Seven Years Visit
Walter Weber visits at his mother Mrs Ida Weber's home and gathers with the Weber family for a friendly gathering at Sandy's home of Mr and Mrs Fred Weber. Addressed with a farewell toast, the event promises a fine time with tea and eats.
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Walter Weber
Weber
Ef Sunes
Ida Webes
Amund O
Walter Jef
Themeen
Sandy
Fred
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Patriotic Party
Beatrice
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Grace Mayer
Jennie Cooper
Frank Brown
Alex McConagh
Forge Hall
Orela Beanet
Ed Porter
Nell Bastings
John Cooper
East Dubuque
Aying
Ivan Carrolls Charivari
Galens
Hanover
Tiverell
Allen Witmer
Ivan Carrot
Paul Stare
Rockford
Ben Sage
George RL Ores
Art
Parehpot
Wins St Ores
Witham Franks
Daughether Alern
Mea
M. Beck
Beek
Carrell
Mra Franke
Church OF Christ
Methodist
MES
A. E. Sheridan
Voor Sanevdag
Dolor
Af York
Ivan Carroll
Snt
Wednes
Argo Methodist
Rush Carroll
Bruce Groharing
Morgan Vark
Ue Academy News
May Wan Jhuk
Prapea
Grehagme
Morgan
Uren
Creharing
Adda
Y.C.H.S
C. H
Ervices
THE
Christian Church
Rev Langston
Lower York
Thomson and
Ark Williams
Mt. Mor
Ada Lewis
Excelsior Springs
Flangal
Veo Carpenter
Hisiiswand
Florida
Thomson Methodist
Racktford
Sesanna Timestoumal
Pet McNamara
Doden
Stratton
Cooper
Lawrence
Miller
Brean
Thomson M. E. Palmatson
Buntley
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