Clinton Billiard Parlor Hosts World Champion Exhibition
The Clinton Recreation Parlor in the Howe Block hosted Erwin Rudolph, five time world pocket billiard champion, for an afternoon and evening exhibition drawing large crowds. Proprieties Mr and Mrs Knight announced more celebrity appearances as part of a regional tour with the National Billiard Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Billiard Parlor
Howe Building
2Nd St
5Th Ave
Clinton
Erwin Rudolph
Knight
Rudolph
Clinton Recreation
Mid-West
East Orange
New Jersey
Wilson and Co
Mr. Knight
National Billiard Association
All Review
Jos. Diehl
Chic Seaback
Wm. Masconi
Joe Procita
Irving Crane
Illinois
Clinton Recreation Parlor
Howe Block
St. Ave
S. K. Knight
Thompson local guests share Sunday visits across Clinton area
A crowded weekend of social calls unfolds through Thomson locals hosting and visiting relatives and friends across Clinton, Savanna, Polo, Chadwick, Mt. Carroll, Lanark, Morrison and nearby towns. Notables include Harold and Mrs Shelley, Claus Prins, Otto Switzer, and many extended family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hartman
Clinton
James Broderick
Kyle Melemiy
Savanna
Sarah Graharing
Jack Halfman
Frances Halfman
Fred Hook
Fred Bos
Fulton
Louis Housenga
Pomona
Calif
L. J. Thompson
Will Hawk, Jr
Roy Heitman
Sylvia Wilt
Justice Prins
Kenneth Kemmer
Morrison
Ben Stage
Alta Lartz
Curtis St.Ores
Ben’s Cafe
Lester Stolder
M. C. Beck
Lou Moyer
Argona
Freeport
Roy Heilman
Ed Foltz
Argo-Fa
Clyde Groharing
Dick of
N. R. Kenyon
Argo
Hazen Welch
Sharon
Wis
Willard Welch
Frank Warfield
Hans Jensen
Joe Warfield
Vera
Vernon Dearinger
Raymond Carroll
Gatsos
Sadie K. Dunshee
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Ida Knapp
Nellie Burns
Gladys Cooper
Kate Gleason
Ideal
Kyle Rawlins
Claude Magnusson
Earl Sack
Chicago
Edson Holland
Fred Whitney
Eugene Murray
Whitney
Donald Smith
Claude Millard
Ellen
Yates City
Harold Shelley
John Nordhoff
Will Fink
Chadwick
Henry Parsons
Albert Prins
Dave Geerts
Will Richter
Herbert
Lloyd Legal
Charles Legal
Claus Prins
Edward Tubbs
John Carpenter
Amos Tubbs
Kyle Melendy
George Lenders
Will Holm
Harold Holm
John Huyser
Charlemange
Detroit
Mich
A. G. Prestage
Zion, Il
Otto Switzer
Will Griswold
James Schipper
Eugene
Bernie Dykstra
Frank Switzer
Bert Kramer
Rachael Switzer
Delia Melendy
R. D. Bennett
Charles Switzer
Thrift Week Observed As Franklin Birthday Studied In Schools
Grade news notes Benjamin Franklin focus during Thrift Week with English classes in upper grades. Eighth graders begin square foot study. A new lunch rule bars town children from returning before 12 30. Primary room works on reed basket and woven dish pad projects. Several students absent due to illness. Grade cards issued Friday and honor roll to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Marilyn Carpenter
Norma Strubb
Cecelia Hawk
Diana Lee Diehl
Margaret Nordhoff
Thomson Briefs Family Social Visits Reported
Local residents share weekend visits and gatherings across Thomson and nearby towns. Harold Tobey and George Salyer host relatives in Clinton, while Wallace Williams and family visit grandmother Mrs Rachael Switzer in Otto Switzer’s Thomson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tobey
George Salyer
Clinton
Wallace Williams
Savanna
Rachael Switzer
Otto Switzer
Ernest Tousley
Mary Tousley
Elsie
Lloyd and
Cecil
Walter Shanafelt
Morrison
Clarence Tousley
Rock Falls
Clint Wilt
Joe Wilt
Frank Brown Jr
Earl Roggendorf
Martin Brinkman
William Hoofstitler
John Johnson
Sterling
Thomson
Edward Tubbs
John Carpenter
Lone Rock
Wis
Tubbs
Edson Holland
Ida Knapp
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Kenneth Kemmer
Ben Stage
Ray Brenneman
Sidney
Fred Miller
Grilled Dishes and Early Timekeeping Methods
A historical cooking section describes grilled dishes for a modern oven broiler and explains ancient time-telling devices. It covers banana mixed grill, broiled ham with grapefruit, savory lamb chops with a mustard dressing, and gingerbread frosting under a broiler. The piece then reviews sundials, hour glasses, water clocks, candle clocks, and the shift to pendulum clocks, noting astronomical timing as an accuracy standard.
Locals Social Visits Span Several Boroughs
Locals describe Mr. Nelson of McConnellsburg pa visiting J. Y. Stickell a former schoolmate. Nelson came to see Claude Cook in Lanark. Mrs. Kate Baker of Garden Plain visited Nettie Baker. Lee Dyson of Lanark, Baker’s nephew, visited the Baker household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
McConnellsburg
J. Y. Stickell
Stickell
Claude Cook
Lanark
Kate Baker
Garden Plain
Nettie Baker
Lee Dyson
Baker
Robert Carroll
Argo
Ivan Carroll
Morrison
Claude Grim
Sherm Oakley
Ideal
Oakley Home
Dale Maydew
Clinton
Maydew
Oakleys
Frogs Attract Tourists On Illinois Highway Route 37
Researchers from the Federal Writers Project note a farm in Johnson county devoted to growing frog colonies attracts many visitors. The finest specimens are imported from Louisiana and held behind a sheet iron fence to keep tadpoles and frogs on their home turf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Federal Writers’ Project
Illinois
Louisiana
Savings Bonds Rise in 1937 Total and Early Purchases
Between January 1 and December 31, 1937 U S Savings bonds reached 16 425 with a gain of 16 150 from the prior year. In the first two weeks of January Mary Sheridan the local postmistress says bonds totaling 225 have already been bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mary Sheridan
Lost Springer Spaniel Wanders From Gleason Farm
Black and white Springer Spaniel wandered from the saw mill on the Gleason farm in Thomson. Finder please notify George Peterson at the saw mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gleason
Thomson
George Peterson
Beware Electric Fence Warns 1AA Safety
Electric fencing gains attention from farmers with predictions of widespread use in the corn belt. The Illinois Agricultural Association warns of potential dangers after fatalities in Ohio from fences connected to electric high lines. C. M. Seagraves urges buyers to verify safety status with county farm advisors before purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Illinois Agricultural Association Department of Safety
Ohio
C. M. Seagraves
Illinois
Water and feed key to more eggs in poultry farming
A poultry expert notes that high feed alone fails to yield eggs without adequate protein minerals and water. He cites examples of large flocks with poor results from missing water and shares a success story of investing in water systems and better housing to boost egg production. He emphasizes proper methods win profitability.
Favorite Recipes and a Note on a Poultry Shipment
A collection of cookie and dessert recipes including chewy almond squares and a banana nut ice cream style mix. The text also notes a flock of 65 chickens shipped to Japan in August, each from a dam with a trap nest record above 300 eggs per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
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Kirk
H. W. Castile
Lee
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Lge
Pkas
Bakers
Pillsbury
Thomson Briefs
Frank Smith
Lockport
Conrad Lillie
Jean
John Cooper
Hanover
Joe Baumgardener
Robert Groharing
Roy Neuschwanger
Ed Drake
Wayne
Harry Hunter
Rudolph Holm
LaVanne
Louis Manning
Thomson Locals
Lyle Williams
Mrs. Ernest Smith
Alva Legal
Bailey Farms
Clarence van Buskirk
Emma van Buskirk
Charles Sack
Vivian
Guy Puterbaugh
Polo
Walter Severance
Floyd Carpenter
Fred Weaver
Stoner
Mayme Mummert
Harriet Yates
Margaret Carroll
Clarence van Buskrk
Phineas Bashaw
Bert Stainbrook
Willis Stage
Hubert Williams
Burton
Stockton
Arthur Pape
Beulah Gaar
Mary Gaar
Earle Engelking
Arthur Robison
Leonard Stage
Herbert St.Ores
Maction
Genevieve Chipman
Main St
Savanna, Ill
DR. Gatsos
W. Dexter St
Ill
Federal Bakery Bread and
All Bakery Goods
Paul Frederick
Dr. LeGears
Liniment
Myron Tibbits
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