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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
4
Local brief records visitors and engagements across Argo Chadwick Savanna and Morrison. Guests include Prudence Groharing and Dr M E Brookstra in Pear City Chicago, Chas Sack Argo anniversary, hot plate dinners, catalog mailings, and several weekend visits and family updates.
The Home Economics page lists monthly 4-H and club events from June to December. Names of hostesses, leaders, and participants appear for each session, including Mayme Mummert Vada Carroll Evelyn Welch Elizabeth Parsons Mildred Hook Mae Sack and others. The schedule covers songs devotionals roll calls papers and program items leading to the annual picnic in June and Family Night in November.
Snowstorm shuts school with poor turnout the day after. Seniors’ proofs arrived and classmates comment on the varied looks. Teachers note amusing test papers and the Future Farmers of America plan an evening meeting to form a farmers club and start an evening school.
Thomson notes Mr and Mrs Leo Linder and Dorothy Vance from Cedar Rapids Ind spent last Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton.
Obituary details the life of Annette Kennedy Gleason born 1859 in Arkansas, daughter of Dr Eli Kennedy and Lydia Kennedy, who died 1940 in Thomson at age 80. She lived in Argo Fa York township, married Gilman Gleason in 1879, was deaf since childhood yet lip readers and cared for by son Earl. Survived by son Earl, brother Walter Kennedy, sister Hortense Lennan. predeceased by parents, husband and three brothers.
A reader from Los Angeles recalls a mild winter with a recent weeklong rain that benefited ranchers. He describes Mt. San Antonio or Old Baldy blanketed in snow, the canyon camps with electricity, stores, and entertainment, and notes Los Angeles growth from 120,000 to about 1.5 million since thirty seven years ago while Carroll County, Illinois, is represented here.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist church will sponsor a plate dinner in the church basement on Wednesday noon January 24. Menu includes hot beef sandwiches mashed potatoes and gravy pie and coffee. Admission 15 cents for grade school children and 25 cents for all others.
Roy Schreiner of Chadwick sold two sheep loads on the Chicago market last Thursday and Saturday. Each load brought 8.25 dollars per hundred, the top price for Thursday, and Saturday’s sale was bought sight unseen by telephone.
A letter from W M Bush to Oscar the barber from Tampa Florida recounts mild Florida weather with rain and cooling trends. He notes cheap room rent trailer living and abundant fishing at the bay front while mentioning local shops and citrus fruits. He also recalls a rattlesnake and a sea bass weighing 375 pounds, and signs off from Tampa with supper imminent.
An inch of snow fell Tuesday night atop ten inches from Sunday. Low wind since Monday kept drifts from growing, but strong winds with low temperatures could lift the dry snow into new drifts.
In a light moment a teacher asks James why English is called our mother tongue and James quips that it is because father rarely uses it. The exchange highlights playful class dynamics and humor during language lessons.
All persons having claims against the estate of Clarence Holman deceased must appear before the Carroll County Illinois County Court on February 5 1940 for adjustment. Dated December 14 1939 R K Blodgett administrator 1 3t 1-18
A reflective editorial argues that tolerance rests with the more farsighted and criticizes prevalent listening gaps, urging society to hear more than half of what is said and to listen more attentively.
Milledgeville residents received Sears Roebuck catalogs at the post office Friday and distributed them Saturday as carriers were grateful. Milledgeville lodge A F and A M installed officers last Tuesday with about 40 present. installing officers from Sterling were Richard Proctor and W L Hendricks, with R B Freas of Milledgeville. New officers include Moon, Shoup, Bushman, Wag ner, Goldthorpe, Knox, Meyer, Bushman, Freas, and others.
Chadwick News notes Mr. and Mrs Vern Kaufmar and family of Argo Fa visiting the Holm household Saturday evening. Cecile Williams visits Dixon relatives. Mrs Charles Harris remains in a stable condition at home. Roland and Paul Sheridan travel from Rockford to join their parents in Chadwick, snowbound till Monday. Bobby Kradle, wintering with the Johanssens, visits his parents while attending Thomson school.
Fred Good is ill at home and Margaret Shoup recovers from a mild appendicitis attack. Mr and Mrs Harlan Flickinger visited Thomson for a day. Lanark churches closed Sunday due to weather and illness. The season’s first heavy snowfall blocked highways, slowed travel, and snow plows cleared roads Monday.
Exhibitors promoted quality buying with demonstrations on fabric economy and furniture construction. The Gone with the Wind display featured period rooms with appropriate attire. New fibres, finishes, and designs including Venetian blinds, Park Avenue vanity units, fake animal beads, and fiber storage cabinets debuted. Cushman’s Colonial Creations showcased maple pieces with a satiny finish and nine finishing steps.
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