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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
5
The list catalogs Thomson area service members with current addresses and units across Fort Bliss, Fort Bragg, Gunston Road, APO and FPO postings. It notes an appeal for parents and relatives to provide updated addresses and a synopsis of each candidate’s life for the Review Club admission listing.
Standings list Gulf Oil leading at 46.5 points followed by Steins Market 43 and Fossetts 42. Meeks Bakery 41.5 B B 36.5 and Seiverts 36.5 trail. Jan 5 results show multiple match wins and losses including Quick Way 3 Ford 1 Cheese Co 4 Sei verts 0 Steins 4 B & B 0 Kness 4 Gulf 0 Fossetts 4 Master Mix 0 Meeks 4 Nobles 0. Bowling totals include high games and series for several bowlers such as D Eisfeller and P Fossett. Obituaries and personal notices appear listing dates and names across multiple lines.
In 1935 the Yankee Stadium crowd reached a record 88 150 for a world boxing title. Jehovahs Witnesses held daily services with 83 000 in attendance on Sunday July 21 and about 100 000 at the New World Society Assembly on July 26. The organization has 60 congregations in the New York metropolitan area and members in 121 countries. The assembly featured speakers from 91 counties in 21 languages. Church leaders deny anti religious accusations about communism and promote ecumenical dialogue with the National Council of Churches conducting six summer Ashrams nationwide led by Dr E Stanley Jones.
The Review explains how to join the 80 Club stating applicants must be at least 80 years old and either a York Township resident, a former York Township resident, or born in York Township. The notice outlines three qualifying paths for membership.
Rev L Maynard C ating to head a three year program to improve race relations on American campuses with direction by the national student committee and A Bryan Clark as chairman. A Midwest foundation funds the effort with 45000 dollars. About 150 Crusade Scholars from 26 nations study across 30 colleges and 10 hospitals in the United States as Christian mission extension work. The program has operated since World War II and has supported roughly 700 scholars from 50 nations, including many from India and Pakistan. New Years dinner guests at Milledgeville included the Bleyers, Hartmans, and Millers visiting the Rahn home.
Governor Stratton names Champaign County Sheriff James E. Denney as Superintendent of Prisons in the Illinois Department of Public Safety effective February 15 1954. Denney, a former Pontiac prison guard and World War II veteran, succeeds Frank Trapp who resigned last September.
A year end summary from the Illinois Department of Public Health notes stable birth rates with an expected 205000 births in 1953 and rising death totals near 96000. Heart disease remains the leading killer, with cancer second, and no recent smallpox cases but vaccination remains advised. The Higley family moved to the farm vacated by the Asays.
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