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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1954
Page
8
Former Milledgeville residents now in Madison performed the Pinocchio puppet show at the high school gym on Monday forenoon. The Coleman family captivated an audience of delighted locals with their Northwest assembly number.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Schlaefer announce the birth of a daughter on a Sunday at Deaconess hospital Freeport. Mr Schlaefer works in the personnel department at Green Giant Canning Co. Mrs Esther Rife is a medical patient at St Francis hospital Freeport. Mr and Mrs Arthur St Clair of near Chadwick were shoppers here Thursday. Mr and Mrs George Corbett spend winter at Bradenton Fla. Mrs Hazel Hoak is a surgical patient at Deaconess hospital.
In Freeport Mrs John Scheidler entered Linton Nursing home in Sterling after a Sunday transfer. Mr and Mrs Carl Merkel visited their son in law and daughter and new grandson in Clinton Iowa on Thursday. Mrs Beth Amsrud of Rockford called with her parents Mr and Mrs C P Hower Wednesday. Mrs Lester Terhune east of Lanark is a hospital patient in Sterling. The George Hammond sale Thursday drew a good crowd with high spirits. Mr and Mrs Hammond plan moving soon to a new home in south Lanark.
In Technicolor Susan Hayward and Robert Preston star in a lurid saga of power and passion set in a corrupt city. The program teases a suspenseful intrigue with counter plots, plus a Richard Widmark double feature and a Pete Smith and Stooge Comedy segment.
Various small items: Dr W J Scholes visits Freeport. Jan 20 tournament for local teams. Elmer Zugschwerdt and Mrs W H Frank shop in Freeport. undertakers from Chadwick Mt Carroll buy a new Pontiac ambulance after a fire at Mt Carroll Frank funeral home. Hawbecker nephews ill in Lemasters Pa. Gerald Shore from Shannon visits. Emery Tallman to move to Ojai California with brother Rus sell business. Hazel Hoak recovering from surgery. Clarence Kosher at L T Oberheim funeral in Elizabeth Center Hill Church. M E Church class meets with Rev Irving Bruhn. Farmers Inc reports strong patronage and two combines sold. Louis Miller in charge of sales. Lowell Flickinger buys truck from Blair Motor Sales. Budweiser outsells all other beers in 1953 with 6.7 million barrels.
The Intermediate Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church. Mr and Mrs Ralph Glenn host the Couples Club Wednesday evening. Mrs Margaret Zier recovers in Freeport. Auto dealer Carroll County Auto Sales shows the new Oldsmobile this week. Various residents attend to business and farm interests in Pearl City Forreston near Mill Edgeville and Shannon. A paper drive is planned for Saturday Jan 23. Several residents travel or plan auctions and hospital visits.
The Truth Seekers class will hold a party at Glenn Derrer home Friday evening. Fred Koeller family plans to move to Clinton Plock farm March 1. Young adults class meets Wednesday at Oliver Heisler home near Mt. Carroll. Moore family attended sale near Milledgeville Friday. Fred Fields bought a new car from F. E. Lamoreux in Lanark. Horner relatives to attend 53rd wedding anniversary in Shannon Saturday. Charles Cheeseman sale Wednesday attracts dairy cattle buyers. Ed Sweitzer returned from hospital stay in Freeport. Tallman sale drew many from the community Saturday. Edward Bornevelt serves as grand juryman for March term. Lester Smith on the supplemental panel. Russell Bahn barn work continues during cold weather.
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