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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
4
Thomson briefs list visits between Clinton Iowa and Clinton Illinois residents. Families including Carpenter, Larson, Hook, Jenkins, Johannsen, Green, Tobey and Witt host and visit relatives. Several trips reference Christmas and New Year gatherings with relatives in Morrison Mt. Carroll Fulton LeClaire and surrounding areas.
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lotz and family of Lanark at Argo with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kaufman. Thursday dinners brought Felix Miller and R. H. Miller of Mt. Carroll and Chas. Miller and sons of Argo to the Miller home. Clinton, Ia residents visited grandmother Mrs. Helen Wentling Monday afternoon. Allen Witmer and family joined New Year’s Day at the Carl Miller home in Morrison. Louise Lewis of Clinton spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis.
A Christmas day family gathering took place at the James Green home in Argo. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Freeman Green and family, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Green and family of Morrison, Kenneth Green of Lanark, James Green, Chester Green, and Mrs Fanny Roymer of Argo. Mrs Kenneth Green could not attend due to illness.
Twenty five relatives of Mrs. Fanny Rhymer gathered Sunday evening at James Green's Argo residence for social time and a gift exchange. A lunch was served to attendees including Clarence and a Rhymer family group from Morrison and guests from Clinton and Moline.
A brief exchange compares a new method of learning French in nine lessons with a plan to take ten lessons for thoroughness. The remark highlights skepticism about efficiency vs depth in language study.
Do You Know Measles is highly contagious and varies by climate. In Illinois many cases occur in epidemics. 1959 had 88 149 cases, while early 1940 showed 2 706 in half a year. Exposed children often develop the disease after eight to twelve days with fever, cough, eye and nose inflammation, and a spreading rash. Pneumonia after measles is especially deadly. Prevention research includes serum protection and human globulin, with emphasis on prompt reporting of all cases.
A buyer asks varied prices for three dogs and then quips about the cost if he buys nothing. The vendor replies with escalating prices 5, 10, and 15 dollars for the trio. The customer’s puzzled look ends the exchange with a witty final question.
An article discusses that high blood pressure is a symptom rather than a disease and varies per person. It warns against self diagnosis, notes aging and degenerative diseases, and cites anger, stress, and lack of rest as factors. The piece emphasizes consulting a family physician.
Mrs W H Taylor hosted a Sunday school class Christmas party Friday afternoon with guests Janice Schreiner Jean Moyer Carol Moyer Donna Peters Ramona Hinebaugh Jeannine Emwyre Cleo Weber Dolores Picking Ruth Shilbey Bernice Eickert Betty Wagner. Refreshments were served beside a ice skater pond centerpiece.
Miss Evelyn Asay travels with Mrs. D F Mackay and Kay Carson of Clarence to New York City for a week. Miss Asay was a Tuesday evening speaker on the Voice of the People program on the Columbia network.
At the Chadwick Woman's club meeting on January 9 the program for the February 6 session was changed. The "American Home" program will be hosted by Mrs. Arthur Deets, with a new lineup planned for February. Next Thursday features roll call and consumer quiz followed by four articles on consumer topics and nutrition.
Members of the Merry Circle club will hold an all day meeting on January 9 with Mrs. Dorothy McGinty as hostess. The program opens with the singing of Illinois, followed by devotions, collect, roll call, a New Year’s resolution, minutes and business. Junior’s program and music led by Mrs. Velma Van Buskirk, literature program by Mrs. Ferne Hinebaugh, book review and song Auld Lang Syne.
Local social notes recount gatherings in Chadwick with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deets and others visiting Thomson, Joel Hoffman hosts post Christmas dinner, many families from DeWitt Ramona Annette Hinebaugh Henry Rahn Hartman Hartman and Janssen households sharing Sunday and New Year events.
Mr and Mrs John Shrader mark their 62nd anniversary on New Year’s Day with a long history in the community从 Mt Carroll to Chadwick and Chadwick lodge member Mr Shrader. The couple raised a daughter in Tucson and have grandchildren and great grandchildren in Chicago.
Mrs. R. C. Dial entertained a group of friends Monday afternoon with a dessert-bridge at her home. Prizes were awarded: first place to Mrs. Annette Clement, second to Miss Regena Beckmire, and third to Mrs. Charles Woy. Guests included Mrs. Charles Woy, Mrs. Oscar Daehler, Mrs. Bess Humbert, Miss Regena Beckmire, Mrs. Charles Dial Sr., Mrs. Ben Stadel, Mrs. Annette Clement, and Miss Alice Swartz.
Orval Rosenbery son of Mr and Mrs Ben Rosenbery has been transferred from the US Ships Rigel based in San Diego to the USS Arizona based in Bremerton Washington according to a message received last week by his parents Mr Rosenbery recently completed a course in a navy welding school at San Diego.
Turkeys with broad breast meat command higher prices as buyers seek more white meat. Northwest breeders introduced Broad Breasted Bronze by crossing toms from British Columbia with local hens, while New England and Mid-Atlantic birds sometimes fetch 10 cents a pound more. Growers urged to start early, finish birds by Thanksgiving or Christmas, and not ship unfinished stock to protect Middle Western markets.
Fred Boelkins shipped 18 head of heifers last week and received 10.90 dollars per head, totaling 196.20 dollars. The move reflects steady cattle trade activity for the period.
Announcement of the September 12 marriage of Hazel Schreiner of Chadwick to Frank Hawkins of Sterling. The ceremony was at four o clock with Rev. Carl W. Klein officiating. Attendants were Maurice Mest and his wife. The couple resides in Rock Falls with Hawkins employed as yard foreman for Moses Dillon Co.
The Women s Missionary society of the First Lutheran church will meet Wednesday Jan 8 with Mrs Charles Ferris and assisting hostess Mrs Melvin Straub. Mrs O H Boening will lead the lesson with Miss Katie Dambman in charge of devotionals and Mrs Lloyd Handel presenting the magazine quiz. Special numbers by Mrs George Dambman Jr and Mrs Ralph Ferris. Mr and Mrs Hanry Rahn of Mill edgeville and Ramona and Annette Hinebaugh were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Cheeseman.
Ellen Francke from Mt Car rolled in for Christmas visit, joined by K C Whitney. Ivan Carroll and David spent Thursday in Morrison with Wilbur Conrady family. George East traveled to Cordova to visit Donald Martin. L J Gungy clan visited Mt Morris for New Year. Numerous relatives gathered for New Year observed in Humbert Beckmire home and at Tom Sheridan's with Ruth Sheridan of Evanston among guests.
Mrs Christy Geison with Mrs E R Mest hosted a Saturday luncheon and party for the Nimble Thimble club. Attending guests included Mesdames Livengood Milledgeville I B Lego Lake Flickinger Lanark Lottie Rahn Harry Carbaugh Harve Zugschwerdt Bert Schreiner O H Rahn Roy Queckboerner Oscar Daehler Charles Honberger and Henry Geldmacher.
Local residents shared hospitality as Harvey and Emma Marshall hosted relatives, while Emma Brown and I D Morse visited Chicago. Several families from Clinton, Argo, Prophets Town, Garden Plain, and Hanover spent weekends or New Year’s Day with kin, including visits by the Groharing, Hook, Jenkins, and Hartman clans and W. A. Marshall from Rock Falls.
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