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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1938
Page
6
Pensacola correspondent reports on Christmas greetings dated December 26-37. Warm weather and open doors frame a family scene as the writer recalls a pleasant Christmas trip and children playing outside during the holiday period.
A personal letter contrasts Alabama conditions with Illinois and Indiana, noting roads, farms, and “colored” workers while describing Pensacola life. It mentions Navy base visits, Christmas celebrations with fireworks, a seaplane Santa, and political tensions over the South vote amid ongoing travel schedules and mail service gaps.
William R. Johnson former four term congressman from Illinois 13th district died in Freeport Illinois hospital Sunday from kidney ailment linked to injuries from a fall several weeks earlier.
Johnson, a Republican, was elected to the 69th Congress in 1924 by the largest majority ever given a candidate for that office in his district and then reelected for three additional terms.
Sixth Corps Area recruiting officer Col William W Edwards in Chicago reports vacancies at Selfridge Field Michigan Chanute Field Illinois Scott Field Illinois Fort Sheridan Illinois Jefferson Barracks Missouri for Army Air Corps Cavalry Artillery Field Artillery Medical Department and Quartermaster Corps positions. Milk production in the United States rose seven percent by August 1 from 1936 while farm cow numbers fell one percent. Dinosaur footprints found in a Colorado coal mine were on the ceiling, suggesting gravity had not yet been established.
Ray R. Westfall announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for sheriff of Carroll County with primaries set for April 12, 1938. Support from voters is requested.
The Whiteside County Sportsmen's Club will hold its second annual banquet and pow-wow at Morrison on Wednesday night January 26. The event aims to unite county sportsmen, with a 6 30 p m roast duck dinner, speakers, entertainment, prize drawings, and an array of gifts including a 50 shotgun and hunting gear. Tickets cost 75 cents, and club membership exceeds 3500, with plans to grow further.
Social calls fill Sundays as Mr and Mrs Harrison Wheeler and daughter visit Harriet Yates. the Brand and Sack households host dinners. Savanna friends join Walter Severance on New Year’s. a potluck and quilting session occur at Argo church. Road work adds gravel to connect Route 171 with Mt Carroll area. new Lafayette car arrives. local hires include Kenneth Cooper at Stransky dairy. George Hicks seeks chiropractic care after ice fall. Several youths try wood chopping on the Thomson dam project. Ivan Carroll welcomes a new clerk and a son.
The notice lists multiple deaths and funeral details from Savanna Mt. Carroll Lanark and Milledgeville. It includes Lottie Wingerd 89 of near Savanna, John Pozold 65 of Savanna born in Russia, Mrs John Keltner 81 of Mt. Carroll, Mrs Thomas Smith Mt. Carroll, James Rule 85 near Shannon, Erma Guenzler 11 of Lanark, and Lester Wolker 37 of Milledgeville with burial in Lanark Georgetown Oak Hill Sterling. An archaeology line notes Incas once lived in Pennsylvania and suggests a political angle.
The December top dairy producer is Stransdale Farm No 1 Holstein cow yielding 1823 lbs milk and 74.7 lbs butterfat. Ward Paul owns the second high cow and his herd posted 1081 lbs milk and 44.8 lbs fat. Others named include Eugene Murray and W G Warnock with multiple Holsteins and Guernseys, and the group average is 618 lbs milk and 24.8 lbs fat with 232 cows resting.
A disheveled youth with curled hair carries a roll of linoleum onto a train. The conductor spots him and jokes asking the lad to place his poem on front for safety as he steps forward to address him.
Local Scout officials announce a new permanent year round headquarters at the 160 acre Apple River Scout Camp to be funded by Mrs M B Rawleigh in memory of her son Wilbur T Rawleigh. The 16 by 24 foot pine and fir log building will include a native stone fireplace and may serve as an area council office during camping seasons.
Doctors of Bureau county will devote their January meeting to pneumonia, a major winter illness. The program at St. Margaret's hospital in Spring Valley begins with dinner at 6 15. Dr. Paul Holinger will discuss the bron choscopic aspect of unresolved pneumonia with illustrations. Dr. Edmund F Foley will speak on diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia. Physicians from adjoining counties are invited to attend.
A special petit jury panel is ordered to report in circuit court at Mt. Carroll on Monday to hear The People vs. Henry Grove in Lanark. Grove faces rape charges with trial set for that day.
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