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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
2
A long list of local residents and relatives from Clinton Argo Morrison Lanark and nearby towns visit with family over New Year. Names include Mrs Henry Ven Huizen Betty Hartman Jim Hook Henry Kamphuis Ray Klein Beth Houghton Chas Erickson and many others. The piece notes social visits dinners and a beauty parlor schedule.
Weekend visitors and New Year celebrations fill the Chadwick Lanark Sterling and Mt Carroll region. Families including Zugschwerdt Hoak Queckboerner Downing Frank Swett Halfman and Hook are listed with dinners parties and school club updates.
Miss Virginia Mae Hansen daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hansen Preston Indiana married Heber Hostetter Jr son of Mr and Mrs H P Hostetter Mt Carroll in a Dec 28 ceremony at St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Preston Rev A G Langholz officiated Miss Roberta Hansen maid of honor Linn Hostetter best man Ushers Robert Davis Lanark Randall Warfel Mt Carroll Clinton area reception and honeymoon trip to Chicago The bride and groom reside in Mt Carroll after a short wedding trip.
Lanark deaths include Lanark residents Lanark Peter Shiley 84 died Friday at home funeral at home with Rev Chester F Zimmerman burial in Lanark cemetery Surviving widow two daughters four grandchildren two sisters one brother Jacob P Royer 84 died Tuesday at his Lanark home heart attack funeral 2 p m at Church of the Brethren burial in Lanark cemetery Surviving wife two sons Virgil and Truman a brother Daniel two grandchildren one great grandson Mrs John Haas 81 funeral Tuesday near Savanna Mt Carroll Mrs Christopher Reusch 60 funeral Monday Mt Carroll Mary Schoenhower born Jo Daviess county May 10 1900 married to Christopher Reusch 22 years north of Mt Carroll later east of town Carrie Williams 83 died Mt Carroll area
Lanark native Clifford Cummings of Dixon and Freeport resident Lanark Tallman died after a stroke. Tallman, born Feb 2 1872, was a railroad storekeeper in Freeport and is survived by three children. Savanna resident Reuben Stenner, 90, died at his daughter’s home in Savanna after long DeKalb county life. funeral at the Speck home and burial in Maple cemetery at Kirkland. He was born at sea on July 1849 and is survived by a daughter, granddaughter, sister, and brother.
Monday supper guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Williams Mr and Mrs Everett Williams and Patsy with Mr and Mrs Alvin Schneider Evening callers were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Green Miss Amelia Lewis of Mt Carroll visits Mr and Mrs William Lewis On New Year s Day Mr and Mrs Herbert Stein entertained multiple families including Rev and Mrs S G Eberley and the Rock City and Dixon groups Tuesday supper honored A P Kerch Soxhome Minnesota and Mr and Mrs J O Kerch at the W E Bailey home
Monday visits included Preston Prairie Ben Williamson and daughter Ber nice at the Haas home in Derrida. A farewell dinner for the Metz family was held at the Harry Downing home on Dec 31 before they move to Whiteside County. Families, farming moves, and holiday gatherings are noted with local residents visiting relatives and neighbors.
Cha dwick Bows Mra Allan Zugschwerdt visited Monday and Tuesday with her daughter Mrs Leo Bushman at Millet eeville. Mr and Mrs Jesse Schreiner and family were Sunday supper and evening guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Keir. Miss Alta Rick of Springfield spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Rick. Mr and Mrs Munroe Alexander and son of Rock Falls were weekend guests there. New Year's day dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Sherm Oakley were Mr and Mrs Harlan Johanssen Fulton, Mr and Mrs Glen Bowers, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ditsworth and Lyle Ashby.
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