Stephen Foster program shines at Thomson Woman's Club
The Thomson Woman's Club met at Mrs. Ione Smith's home with 16 members attending. Miss Alice Hamilton presented a Stephen C. Foster program featuring readings, solos by Paul Rogers and Georgia Hogg, and a musical quiz. Committee heads for next year include Minnie Miller and Salome McGinty. Next meeting planned March 11 at Edith Gaar's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Ione Smith
Stephen C. Foster
Alice Hamilton
Mise Farnsworth
Paul Rogers
Shirley Ritzenthaler
Rodney Blodgett
Stephen Foster
JoAnn Wilt
Eliza
Gayle Grimm
Siege
Darky
Foster
Salome McGinty
Joseph Isenhart
My Old Kentucky Home
Mrs. Frosch
America
Margaret Murray
Georgia Hogg
Cora Stickell
Minnie Miller
Luvella Diehl
Adeline Groharing
Thelma Schick
Edna Farnsworth
Home Ec
Miss Walters
Margaret Cochran
Margie
Flower
Frances Hemmer
Gladys Cate
Edith Gaar
Will Robertson Is Honored At Birthday Party
Mrs. Lynn Curley hosted a birthday gathering for her father William Robertson. Guests played pitch with prizes awarded to Gilbert Robertson and Delbert Curley, and gifts were given to Mr. Robertson. Refreshments followed late in the evening with numerous family attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Robertson
Lynn Curley
William Robertson
Gilbert Robertson
Delbert Curley
Milford Miller
Robertson
Charles Miller
Raymond Knutsen
Homer Housenga
Weekend visitors and local notices brief update
Thomson briefs Mrs. Carrie Atherton of Ideal hosted by Mrs. Hattie Rawlins. Jo Ann Prins enrolls as second grader at St. John's Parochial, Savanna. Norman Stickell and daughter Marie of Hanover visit Mr. and Mrs. Justice Prins in Savanna. Albert Hook Jr requests address change to 615 Randolf Street Huntsville Alabama. Alabama weather mild with 40 to 60 degrees above zero. Charles Sack and daughter Mrs. Vivian Behr of Moline attend a birthday supper for Clark Edwin Van Buskirk hosted by Clarence Van Buskirk in Salem Township. Harold Witt and Mrs. Witt visit his parents in Clinton. Allen Witmer hosts Sunday visitors including Louis Juist. Elmer Zillhart of Mt. Carroll calls on Helen Wentling. Carl Johansen’s Sunday guests include Ed Johansen family of Fulton and Leita Potter of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Atherton
Ideal
Hattie Rawlins
Jo Ann Prins
Savanna
St. John’s
Norman Stickell
Marie
Hanover
Justice Prins
Albert Hook, Jr
Randolf Street
Huntsville
Ala
Albert
Alabama
Charles Sack
Vivian Behr
Moline
Clarence van Buskirk
Salem Township
Clark Edwin van Buskirk
Harold Witt
Peter Witt
Clinton
Allen Witmer
Louis Juist
Elmer Zillhart
Mt. Carroll
Helen Wentling
Carl Johansen
Ed Johansen
Rosemary
Fulton
Leita Potter
Illness and Recovery Roundup in Savanna Area
Mary Hayes Frazier remains ill with a severe cold while Janet Carpenter recovers at home after quinsy treatment. E A Hinds, 89, shows improvement and moves to the county home for care. Others, including Leslie Grim and Henry Parsons, report improvement from flu and illness. Judith Ann Nordhoff endures ear abscesses with lancing of both ears. Frankly, residents Geraldine Smith and Shirley Stage resume activities after illnesses. Mrs. Charles Metz sustains a fractured rib from a fall. Conrad Geist suffers a stroke east of Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Henry Parsons
Conrad Geist
Argo
Shirley Stage
East Lynn
Jane Lamb Hospital
Jesse Green
George McGinnis
Charles Metz
Savanna
Trucker Survives Ice Slough Plunge After Truck Sinks
Three Thomson men escaped as the truck driven by George Potter broke through a slough near Thom on a cold Sunday. Potter was rescued after surfacing, later aiding in salvage while Gail Turney had moved the house earlier with a tractor and a salvage team hauled the vehicle ashore through a cut channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Gail Turney
Turney
Harry Root
George Potter
Potter
Monday
George
Edmonds Named Probable Prisoner of Japanese
Kenneth R. Edmonds of Mt. Carroll is listed by the government as a probable prisoner of the Japanese. The civilian technician from Muncie Indiana had served on Guam before its capture by Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Edmonds
John Edmonds
Mt. Carroll
Edmonds
Muncie
Ind
Guam
Japan
New Phone Numbers Assigned for City Office Staff
Two new telephones enter service with staff assignments. Dan Sack receives extension 165 and Rush Car roll uses 566. Robert Carroll takes over the former Rush Carroll number 465.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sack
Rush Carroll
Robert Carroll
Thomson AG teacher to be married
Roland Keen a vocational agriculture instructor at York Community High Thomson will wed Miss Evelyn Matzke daughter of Mrs Mary Matzke Juda Wisconsin. The marriage occurs March 20 at the bride’s mother's home. Keen resigns to return to Wisconsin and R G Briggs will teach Thomson ag classes rest of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Keen
York Community High School
Thomson
Evelyn Matzke
Mary Matzke
Juda
Wis
Mr. Keen
A. S. Keen
Wisconsin
R. G Briggs
Chadwick Community High School
Briggs
Chadwick
John Rosenberg
Matzke
Juda High School
Monroe
Sunday Visitors Bring Wide Family Gatherings
A list of relatives and friends visited various households Sunday. Floyd Hartman and others from Clinton Fulton Elgin and Freeport joined Mr and Mrs Henry Hartman and family in greeting guests. Additional visits included the Dykstra household Morrison Garden Plain and Fulton families. Several Des Moines Cedar Rapids and local households hosted extended kin over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hartman
Henry Ven Huizen
Clinton
Willard Hartman
John Voss
Fulton
Leonard Hartman
Henry Hartman
Brookstra
Freeport
Gerald Brookstra
Elgin
Bruce Groharing
Robert Groharing
Ben Dykstra
Herman Jansma
Birth announced for Judy Ilene Tommans in Mt Carroll
Mr and Mrs Harold Tommans of Mt Carroll announce the birth of a daughter Judy Ilene born February 14. Mrs Tommans is formerly Arlene Atherton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tommans
Mt. Carroll
Judy Ilene
Tommans
Arlene Atherton
Former Pastor Here Is Feted At Maquoketa
A reception honoring the Rev. and Mrs. T. Stuart Cleworth and son Bruce was held last Friday at the Congregational church parlors in Maquoketa Iowa. More than 150 church members and friends attended. Cleworth formerly led Savanna Community church for over six years and also preached at Thomson Community church in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Maquoketa
T. Stuart Cleworth
Bruce
Savanna
Cleworth
Thomson
Baptist Church Plans Lenten and Easter Services
The Baptist church holds 9:30 Sunday school and 11:00 morning worship with a Lenten sermon series on the meaning of the cross. A baptism service is set for Palm Sunday and members will join at Easter. The ladies aid meets with Mrs. Mendy and Mrs. Hoge hosting events this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
Ladies’ Aid
Charles Hoge
Chas
McGinty
Ploch
Joseph Melendy
Pioneer letter from 1890 preserved in glass at Sentinel
Hiram Green of South Jackson Street displayed an 1890 letter from Mrs. Salmon Child of Greenfield Ohio at the Whiteside Sentinel office. The letter, mailed via pony express to Dubuque Iowa, was sent to Mrs. Cary Ingham and survived without envelopes, preserved between glass and paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Green
South Jackson Street
Sentinel
Salmon Child
Greenfield
Ohio
Pony Express
Dubuque
Iowa
Cary Ingham
Green
Bluffs
Here
Ustick Township
Whiteside Sentinel
Local residents host gatherings amid community moves and service enlistment
Robert Cate has enlisted in the Air Corps and expects to be called soon. Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fossett Judy and Howard Wiebenga at the Jerry Wiebenga home. Mrs. Walter Switzer returned home from two weeks with her mother Mrs. L. I. Gaar. Alta Porter of Freeport visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Porter. Callers Sunday forenoon were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Daehler of Chadwick. Afternoon guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Daehler of Chadwick. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Kaufman were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lotz in Lanark. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hartman move today to their new farm near Wacker. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Housenga were callers Sunday of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Eissen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cate
Air Corps
Harvey Fossett
Judy
Howard Wiebenga
Jerry Wiebenga
Walter Switzer
Paxton
L. I. Gaar
Alta Porter
Freeport
Leonard Porter
Henry Parson
Harold Daehler
Chadwick
Paul Daehler
Vern Kaufman
Elmer Lotz
Lanark
Henry Hartman
Wacker
Henry Housenga
Jake Eissen
New Books At Local Library
A library announces new acquisitions including The Ivory Mischief Milker Where Beauty Dwells Loring To Have and to Keep Abbott Justice Deferred L Raine Reorder Line Jackson Gregory Dragon Seed Pearl Buck Hig Family Partridge Juvenile Passchute Pup Merwin It s a Secret Deutsch The Seashore Noisy Book Brown The Trumaker Man of Amsterdam Berry Sue Barton Visiting Nurse Boylston Sue Barton Senior Nurse Boylston Elbow Horse Julia Carson Suzette s Family Evatt Sailor in the Sun Robb White Aviation and All About It Collins Youth Explores the Bible David R Piper Mr and Mrs W M Lawbaugh moved to Kingston Ill for a railroad job Sunday callers Mr and Mrs Jake Eissen hosted Mr and Mrs Everett LaFranklin of Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivory Mischief
Lyon
Loring
Abbott
L. Raine
Jackson Gregory
Dragon Seed
Pearl Buck
Hig Family
B. Partridge
Merwin
Deutsch
Brown
Amsterdam
W. M. Lawbaugh
Eva Atherton
Kingston
Ill
Lawbaugh
Jake Eissen
Everett LaFranklin
Dixon
Women’s Society of Christian Service Meets at Wilt Home
The Women’s Society of Christian Service held a Wednesday afternoon meeting at Mrs. Vada Wilt’s home with 15 members and two visitors. Programs covered devotionals, patriotism, religion, mission study, and readings on moonshining life in Kentucky mountains. A soup dinner was canceled. members will donate 35 cents. Next meeting set for March 18 at Mrs. Felle Carpenter’s home with luncheon. Local visits noted with several residents traveling and visiting kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Vada Wilt
George Lanning
Salome McGinty
Kentucky
Mra
Chadwick High and Milledgeville Win Openers in Tourney
Chadwick High edged York of Thomson 80 to 18 in the opening district basketball game at Shannon. Milledgeville defeated Lyndon 50 to 16, setting up semifinal clashes with Wysox. Paul Mackey led Chadwick with 5 baskets and 4 free throws while A Reiff and Ahrens of Milledgeville had 10 points each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick Community Nigh
York of
Thomson
Shannon
Chadwick Boys
Milledgeville
Lyndon
Chadwick
Wysox
Paul Mackey
A. Reiff
Ahrens
Chadwick York
Lyndon Milledgeville
JA. Reiff
Law
Oncken
Coats
Rahn
H. Reiff
R. Reiff
Miles
DeMay
Allen
Blagg
Mason
Glazier
Fay Reitzel Farm Home Is Destroyed
A fire believed caused by an overheated furnace destroyed the 10 room Fay Reitzel home on the Purcell farm two miles east of Hitt early Saturday. Mrs Reitzel fled with her baby as the blaze progressed leaving only a chair. the Polo fire department could not save the house though other farm buildings were spared. Insurance partially covers the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcell Farm
Hitt
Fay Reitzel
Jensen Silver Wedding Dinner and Dance Noted
Mr and Mrs Martin Jensen marked their twenty fifth anniversary with a six o clock dinner for seventy relatives followed by a social dance at the I O O F temple on Roosevelt street. The pink and white decor echoed their wedding supper and many relatives traveled from across the region to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Jensen
Martin Jensen
Clinton
I. O. O. F. Temple
Roosevelt Street
Pete Hansen
Carl Petersen
Thomson, Ill
Hans Hansen
Argo-Fa
Fred Grimm
Davenport
Julius Paulsen
Keystone
Dorothy Geronzin
Camille Geronzin
Anson Geronazin
Sabula
Ben Anderson
B. F. Thomson
Charlotte
Jerry Roed
Albert Meggers
Delmar
Jensen
Ronald Luckritz
Carl
Andrew
Florence
William
Rosella
Clinton Herald
Fellows Plan Tampa Visit To See Son On Base
Thomsons of Stransdale Farm Products Savanna depart Wednesday for Tampa Fla to visit their son Pvt John William Fellows stationed at MacDill Field The 21 year old birthday was February 20 Donald Ditsworth family spent Sunday in Stockton with Walter Downs and Eugene Murray will accompany the County AAA committee to Decatur for an AAA meeting Friday and Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fellows
Stransdale
Wednesday visitors and Sunday dinners in local homes
Mrs. Mary Jane McGinty visited with Mrs. Laura Francke on Wednesday. Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. J Y Stickell and family Ver non Luedeke and Glenda Kay of Freeport. Fred and Anna Homedew dined with Mr. and Mrs. Myron Tibbits. E A Mitchell of Morrison spent Sunday with Mrs. Ben Wagner. Wilmer Siewert, grandson of the late Mrs. Jane Mitchell, is stationed at Camp Walters Texas. Hattie Yates hosted Sunday dinner for Jack McKee Lyndon and Garrett Bolhous visiting Fulton with Joe J Sikkema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane McGinty
Laura Francke
J. Y. Stickell
Vernon Luedeke
Glenda Kay
Freeport
Fred Homedew
Anna Homedew
Mt. Carroll
Myron Tibbits
E. A. Mitchell
Morrison
Ben Wagner
Funeral Services for Mrs. Althea Nimenick Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Althea Nimenick are set for Friday. The notice notes her death and provides service details in a concise post at Tousley Bros. location.
Local Clubs Report Active Meetings and Winners
The Thomson 500 club met with Mrs. Roy Houghton where Mrs. Corn Stickell won first place, followed by Mrs. Terita Johansen and Mrs. Amy Lewis. The next meeting is set for March 5 with Mrs. Rose Carpenter. The Argue 500 club and Chat-a-While Club also held meetings with hostesses listed, while the Argo Home Economic club met Friday with 25 members and several hostesses. The T. N. T. club met Wednesday with 18 members, featuring a patriotic roll call and a consumer quiz, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson 500
Inez
Roy Houghton
Corn Stickell
Terita Johansen
Amy Lewis
Lavella Diehl
Rose Carpenter
Argo
Leite Johansen
T. N. T. Club
Glenn Demaree
Demaree
Florence King
Ida Frederick
March P T A Meet Preview at Thomson
The Thomson parent teachers association schedules its March meeting for next Thursday evening March 5. Activities include community singing led by Ray Jenneman, trombone solo by Joseph Tienhart, and reading by Les Grimm. Two International Harvester Company films will be shown, followed by a News Review of 1941. Paul Rogers will play trumpet, with L E Bruch supervising the film program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson parent-Leachers Association
O. FE
Paul Rogers
Washington Day program for grade students and campus notes
Grade school events include a George Washington birthday program with songs drills and recitations by 1st through 8th grades and Lincoln Gettysburg Address readings. The article also notes a lost basketball game at Milledgeville, student elections, tests, and several moving away notices with courtesy visits and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
America
Washington
Georg Washington
Marion Blodgett
Darlene
Helen Creighton
Thomas Root
Johnny Stearns
Evelyn Houzenga
Jean Torrence
Milledgeville
Kenneth Bielema
Dean Robinson
Ruth Strubb
Alice Wilkinson
Lincoln
Ivan Hartman
Funeral services for Mrs Althea Nimerick held in Clinton
Funeral services were held at 2 PM Friday at the Pape funeral home Clinton with Rev J Albert Clarke officiating. Interment followed in Lower York cemetery west of Thomson. Mrs Nimerick 74 native of Thomson died Tuesday night February 24 at 2407 Grant Clinton where she cared for the Pelton baby. Police saw the ambulance en route and learned it was for her, death attributed to a heart attack. Survivors include two children Ellen Nimerick Pleasant Hill Missouri and Mrs Ethel Kurtz Omaha Nebraska four sisters Delia Melendy Thomson Vivian Barnes Pittsburg Kansas Lou Guinn Pittsburg Kansas and Chester Cole Clinton one brother W B Kent Mankato Minnesota and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Althea Nimerick
Thomson
Pape Funveral
Clinton
J. Albert Clarke
Community Church of
Lower York Cemetery
Themson
Nimerick
Delia Melendy
Pelton
Grant
Chilotn
Mr. Pelton
Mrs. Nimerick
John Mellendy
Lyons
Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge
Elnel Nimerick
Pleasant Hill
Ethel Kurtz
Omaha
Neb
Melendy
Vivian Barnes
Lou Guinn
Pittsburg
Kans
Chester Cole
Clintons
W. BE. Kent
Mankato, Minn
25th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated for Claus Prins
Mr. and Mrs. Claus Prins celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with a Friday evening gathering at home. Relatives from Detroit Lynch Morrison Ful ton Savanna Thomson and others attended with a program key gifts and refreshments of pie cake and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Prins
John Fayser
Detroit
Mich
John Pring
Lyndon
Peter Dyke
Rico Brande
Morrison
Donald Dyke
Anthony Pring
Dorothy Prins
Fulton
Justice Pring
Do Ann
Katherine Uawk
Savanna
Albert Pring
Lucile Prins
Thomson
Claus Prixa
County Deaths James Sullivan Savanne
James Sullivan 53 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Savanna home five miles north of Savanna. An Milwaukee Railroad engineer, he returned from a run, ate breakfast, and died minutes later. Born March 1, 188?, he lived his life in Savanna. Survived by wife Misa Reth Cole and children John Hanover James E and Hugh plus sisters Mrs Paul Creghan and Mrs Maude Moran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
John
Hanover
James E
New Orleans
Hugh
Paul Creghan
Connecticut
Maude Moran
Sioux City
Local Families Report Visits and New Baby in Savanna Area
Mrs Cecil George of Morrison spent time with her parents Mr and Mrs Ely Coch ran. Mrs Verney Coonan and infant son were dismissed from Savanna city hospital and returned to Thomson. The Andersons moved from Bertha Mest farm to near Chadwick, while the Hartsman moved to the Mest farm. The Sack and Doden families in Morrison were noted with Tolseway and Cain households mentioned. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Voris Corbett at Savanna city hospital on February 14 was named Ruby Jean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil George
Morrison
Ely Cochran
Verney Coonan
Ison
Savanna City Hospital
Thomson
Dick Anderson
Bertha Mest
Chadwick
Peter Hartman
Frank Foltz
Mest
Anderson
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Thomson Briefs
Judith Ann
Cornelius Nordhoff
Geraldine Smith
Trucker
Thomson AG
York
Arego Methodist
Herbert Rawlins
Galena
William Griswold
Everett Eslinger
Don Carpenter
Chadwick High
Charles Snyder
Fourth Ave
Herman Timmons
Fuulton
Timmons
Illinois City
Banco
J. R. Galbraith
Paul Timmons
Gerald Brown
Chadwick-York
Frommelt
Bittner
Weber
Mackey
Martin
Bull
Young
Groharing
Isenhart, Ashpole, & Wagner
Thomson News
Thomson Briecés
Althea Nimenick
Tousley Bros
Guernsey
Ames
Wat
Irvin Renter
Mary Carolyn
Thomson 500 Club
Grace Bolhous
Argo Home Economics
Argo Home Economic Club
Luella Heitman
T. A
Betty Hartman
Evelyn Ashpole
Lucille Larsen
Paul Smith
James Sullivan
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