LaVerta Hammond and Marvin Hartman Wed in Candlelight Ceremony
LaVerta Hammond daughter of Fulton residents married Marvin Hartman son of Thomson couple Friday night at the Vogel home in Fulton. The Rev Henry Mollema of Holland officiated with a double ring service as music and singing accompanied the ceremony. Louise Hammond and Melvin Hartman served as attendants. The bride wore white taffeta with a lace edged fingertip veil and a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerta Hammond
Henrietta Hammond
Fulton
Marvin Hartman
George H. Hartman
Thomson
Richard Vogel
Henry Mollema
Holland, Mich
George
Lois Hammond
Melvin Hartman
Clergy, Churches Discuss Union Plans and Education Outreach
A report outlines a new naturalization milestone for Rev. John Yamasaki as potentially the first Issei to obtain papers in Los Angeles. It notes upcoming Presbyterian reunification efforts, Methodist campus outreach led by Dr. John O. Gross, and UNESCO linked education aims in China and international church cooperation led by many named church leaders and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Yamasaki
Protestant Episcopal Church
Issei
Japan
Los Angeles
Yamasaki
St. Mary’s Parish
Calif
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
America
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In
John O. Gross
Board of Education
The
Methodist Church
Nashville, Tenn
China
Yu-Shou Kuo
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Paris
France
Unesco
Hartman-Fulton Wedding Details Highlight Family Ties
The bride wore a double strand of pearls with red rose bouquet and a pearl orange blossom tiara. A pink chiffon maid of honor gown complemented by a pink net veil framed the ceremony. A three tier cake graced the Vogel home reception as relatives served and celebrated. The couple, Ruth Hartman and her groom, departed for a short wedding trip and plan a farm home near Thom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogel
Donald DeWerdt
Ben Bielema
Ruth
Violet Hartman
Vernabelle Buikema
Ralph Borgman
Delores Buikema
Hartman
Fulton
Fulton Community High School
Patent Novelty Company
Ideal
Mrs. Hartman
Thom
Church growth and building needs reshaped by migration
Dr Earl R Brown of the Methodist Board predicts swift church building and extension in the coming decade as populations shift to cities including Detroit Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles Portland Houston St Louis and New Orleans. He says communities must fund up to 100000000 in new structures while adapting ministries to English speaking children and rural decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl R. Brown
Board of Missions
Methodist Church
Brown
Deroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Portland
Houston
St. Louis
New Orleans
Thomson News Social visits across Lanark and Stockton
Mrs Forrest Eslinger and daughter from Lanark and Mrs Benford Stadel and son from Stockton spent Tuesday dinner with Mr and Mrs Justice Prins. Justice Prins hosted Jaclyn and Connie from Lanark Saturday evening. The Wilt family Evelyn and Frank Smith joined the Lillie family in Port for Sunday. Detlef Behr of Clinton visited Sack in Argo Fa. Mrs Wilkerson called on Tuesday at Stage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Eslinger
Lanark
Benford Stadel
Stockton
Justice Prins
Jaclyn
Connie
Paul Wilt
Evelyn
Frank Smith
Conrad Lillie
Lockport
Robert Miller
Janie
Fred Miller
Detlef Behr
Clinton, Ia
Chas. Sack
Argo Fa
Harry Wilkerson
Shirley Stage
Army Private Donald Frazier Leaves for Korea
Thomson Briers and George Ketchum receive word that their son Pvt. Donald Frazier, U S Army, departed the United States on December 30 1946 for Korea. Nearby visits include Mrs Richard McGinty and daughter Babbette with Ralph Atkinson in Rockford and Vern Kauffman visiting Emma Lotz and Elmer Lotz in Lanark. Wilfred Hazen of Rock Falls spent the weekend with Louis Kness, while John Regan and son Jackie Jr of Chicago are visiting in the Kness home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ketchum
Hayes Frazier
Ogena
Wis
Thomson
Pvt
Donald Frazier
U. S. Army
States
Korea
Richard McGinty
Babbette
Ralph Atkinson
Rockford
Vern Kauffman
Emma Lotz
Elmer Lotz
Lanark
Wilfred Hazen
Rock Falls
Louis Kness
John Regan
Jackie Jr
Chicago
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Jenkes
Annabelle Tin Boer
Karsh Bros
Chester
Low
Pecatonica, Ill
Pecatonica
Farrow
Col. Carey
M. Jones and
Dickens
Sterling
Blacktop Freeport Road
Penrose
Mindc
Getzendaner
Little Joe
Mount Morris
Ill
King Ormsby
Julia Inka
de Laval
Cram and Bellows
E. C. Long
Clayton Schuneman
Ty Siseesek
USW
Reid
Charles W. Brashares
Des Moines
Bruce Baxter
Ore
Fred P. Corson
J. Ralph Magee
Henry Hitt Crane
Detroit
Ralph FE. Davis
Brooklyn
Harold Case
Scanton
A. Stanley Trickett
New York
Marshall T. Steele
Nashville
Charles Goff
Roy Short
Nashvile
Marvin E. Brookstar
Walter
Fulton, Ilinois
Wilson
Considines
Fulton's Meeting Place
Hollywood
Main Ave
Phone
Clinton, Iowa
J. M. Fay & Son
Fulton, Illinois
Fulton Poo
OF Furcoats & Suits
Clinton, Low
Thomson News
Thomson Briers
Duroc
Rio
C. S. of
Hopple
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Pathfinder Prince
New Crest
WM. Urban & Sons
Prophetstown
Col
Guy Pettit
Bloomfield
Clark Rogers
Yorktown
Frank Weins
Albany
Erie
Sale
Guernsey
Farmall McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Emerson
International
International Planter
Deering
Ford
Frank Adams & Sons
Albany, Ill
Merritt Bellows
Poland
Byron Sale
Byron, Illinois
Joe Wilkins
Mt. Morris, IN
Forreston
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