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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
1
A loosely connected town notes column covers a Newark tax bill request, a mistaken beer-like water rumor in East Joliet, a $1500 car bought for $40, and ongoing European warfare moves. It also reports a fatal auto crash near DeKalb killing four teens, blaming youth driving and urging better road safety and driver training nationwide.
Felix A Kremer 67 of Phillips died in a Madison hospital after a long illness. A 1937 Progressive assemblyman and former Madison attorney, he moved to Rice County in 1916 and later practiced law there. Survived by widow Alice M pave t Horeh and three children John M Josephine M and Felix A. Funeral plans set at Frautschi chapel and First Methodist church with burial in Mt Horeh cemetery.
Snowdrifts block 11 inquests and seven inquiries by Carroll county coroner Dr. J B Schreiter for 1939. Most hearings occurred in Savanna Mt Carroll Lanark and Thomson with causes including auto accidents drowning coronary conditions and train fatalities. Notable cases include Walters Jr. bullet wound and Temple auto wrecks along with several coronary embolisms and thrombosis.
General Schley submitted to Congress a plan adding 595000 for Lock and Dam 13 stating the total cost for the system reaches 8388000 with Dam 26 at Alton Illinois costing 13670000 and Dam at Cape au Gris Missouri at 8253000. The package lists proposed 1941 outlays for buildings grounds dredging and land rights across Locks 13 14 and 18 plus related improvements and gate installations.
Vital statistics report 16 births and 14 deaths for the county in December. Includes names and birth dates from Savanna, Carroll, York, and other towns, plus several late- filed earlier births. Deaths include ages and towns such as Ideal Chadwick Mt. Carroll and Woodland.
William Cameron a 34 year old transient from Spring Valley Illinois suffered severe burns when he slipped into a bonfire at a jungle camp near Savanna railroad tracks. He walked to Savanna Hospital for treatment with burns to his right arm shoulder stomach and back after rolling in snow to extinguish the flames.
Tax books show higher total levies for Washington Woodland Freedom and Rock Creek townships after 1939 extension. Increases range from about 100 to over 4000 dollars with county levies driving much of the rise. Rock Creek cuts road and bridge by nearly 1700.
Mamie Williamson, born May 13, 1880 in Jo Daviess County, died at 4 a.m. Friday in Savanna hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Fuller funeral home and Zion Church northeast of town, with Dr. H J Rendall officiating. Buried in Zion cemetery. Survived by husband Elmer Frederick, one daughter Mrs John Ross, three sisters and four brothers.
Elvy Castle Savanna Elvy Castle 55 of Savanna died Sunday afternoon at a Rock Island hospital after a major operation. Body moved to Savanna Tuesday with funeral at Fuller Funeral Home Wednesday officiated by Rev. T. S. Cleworth. Burial in Savanna cemetery. Survived by second wife in Rock Island a son Robert Castle Freeport a step-son and step daughter at home three sisters and a brother Lee Castle Freeport.
Thomson resident Mrs Nettie Gleason aged 80 died at her home on Friday at 1 45 p m Funeral services were conducted Sunday by Rev Walter E Schiel at the residence Burial followed in Upper York cemetery near Argo Fa She is survived by son Earl of Thomson brother Walter Kennedy Seattle Wash and sister Mrs Hortense Lennan Mowbridge S D
William Daggett of Mt. Carroll bought the 187 1 2 acre Dykstra farm for 14000 dollars in a Tuesday sale. The property lies about two miles northeast of Thomson. Ralph Eaton master in chancery oversaw the proceedings.
Harold Bekkerus of Moorhead Minnesota named field scout executive of the U S Grant area Boy Scouts of America. He succeeds Stanley E Grimm who resigned to join the Indianapolis council. Bekkerus assumed duties January 15 and will reside in Freeport.
Carroll county and nation observe the 30th anniversary of the scouting movement during February 8 to 14. Carroll district troops plan their own observances after a district council decision in Savanna. The annual finance campaign also starts today and runs for one week.
Carroll County Farm Bureau notes 90 farms cooperated in soil conservation projects with varied work levels. M P Roske reported at Mt Carroll high school during the bureau's 20th anniversary meeting attended by about 1000. Naaman Diehl reelected president for a fifth term. township directors chosen. discussions cover limestone and phosphate use, alfalfa acres, melon crops, dairy co op plans, and rural electrification efforts.
Carroll County Frances Shimer College Alumni Association schedules its annual banquet for Monday night January 29 in the college dining room. A business meeting and program follow in West Hall lounge after dinner. Officers include President Mrs John Frank vice president Miss Hazel Stober secretary treasurer Miss Rose Demmon and several board members from Mt Carroll Chadwick Savanna and Mr Carroll.
Army engineers chief recommends spending 595000 more on the Mississippi waterway. Conservation department seeks sportsmen and farmers aid to feed game birds during severe weather as many volunteers aid the effort. Coroner J B Schreiter conducted 11 inquests and seven inquiries into sudden deaths last year. Naaman Diehl elected Farm Bureau president for a fifth term with township directors named. Taxes for 1939 higher in four townships due to county levy. Heavy snowstorm blocked highways Saturday night and Sunday. some schools closed. main roads cleared by Monday noon.
Warden Thomas W. Hand of Thomson urges Carroll county residents to donate grain and feed to sustain quail pheasants and other birds after heavy snowfall. Local mills and elevators reported donations totaling about 1 hundred pounds each for community use. A survey counted 58 wild ducks remaining, now being fed at Yeager farm between Thomson and Savanna.
Dr. Ray H. Petty of Mt. Carroll escaped injury when his car skidded on the highway near Frances Shimer College and collided with a parked truck owned by Horace Fetterolf of Mt. Carroll. Both vehicles were badly damaged. the truck was unoccupied at the time.
Residents endured heavy snow from a weekend storm with drifts blocking highways and nearly all rural and city schools. Utilities failed in Thomson Chadwick and Mt Carroll while trains remained on schedule and a marriage license was issued in Clinton Iowa to Lanark resident Robert Adams and Chadwick resident Regina Dolinger.
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