Parent-Teacher meeting and local notices in York Community High
The York Community High School Parent-Teacher Organization meets tonight with a program including Consolidated School Glee Club numbers, a Primary Department whistling solo by Lynn Carpenter, a short talk on grading, and music by Thomson Male Quartette. Local items report hog theft near Johnny Gaar, a needle injury to Besse Carpenter, death of Mrs. Anna Benz Barrett, illness of Mrs. Ray Brenneman, and estate sale of Wm. Mitchell. A Modern Woodman installation and a New Year’s dance at Cochran's Hall are planned but the dance was postponed.
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York Community” High School
Consolidated School Glee Club
Lynn Carpenter
Saber Tooth Tiger Jaw Study At Los Angeles Museum Reveals Tooth Ailments
The Los Angeles Museum reports saber tooth tiger jaws show many with worn teeth and cavities but little decay. Alveolar abscesses appear in some jaws, with dead teeth and bulbous roots noted. Observations on about thirty jaws suggest pain experience in ancient predators paralleled modern dental issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Angeles Museum
Tausenia
Kansas City Star
Science Service
Boy Scout News Scouting Efficiency Contest in January
The article outlines a New Year efficiency contest for Scout groups with four patrols led by named leaders. It runs January 1 to February 25 with prizes a first aid kit for each winning member and leader. Scouting activities include roll calls tests advancement merit badges and weekly meetings each Monday at 7:00 p.m.
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Boy Scout News
Illinois
Georgia Tech
Jans
Paul Hawk
Stacey Potter
Gerald Brown
Russell Gleason
Gilbert Holland
Robert Lewis Marvin Martindale
Library News Report for December 1928
December 1928 library news lists 354 books read. General works nine, adult fiction 212, juvenile 183, magazines 45, new readers two, wines received nine, new books 29, total books 1794. New titles include Tivenile Jacl and Jill Alcott Contrary Mary Baile y The Secret Cache Brill Long Knives Eggleston Polly Patchwork Fields Overall Boys Grover The Boys Ben Hur Harper Bros The Iron Horse Hoskins Winter at Cloverfield Farm Ortons Texas Blue Bonnet Richards Seventeen Little Bears Smith The Bonney Family Suckow Travels of a Donkey Stevenson Adult Fiction The Tron Trail Beach Creole Days Cable The Lamp in the Desert Deli Pather Brown Wonders Book Hawthorn The Tide of the Empire Kyne The Forbidden Trail Morrow The Rise of Silas Laphan Nowell Giants in the Earth Rolvang Wings Sanders The Trail Blazers Wade General Works The Rough Riders Roosevelt Life of Herbert Hoover trwin Calvin Strauch of Chicago visited the past week in Thomson with his father L G Strauch and other relatives. Calvin was looking fine life in Chicago must agree with him. Miss Stumbaugh of Lyons holiday visit with her sister Mrs Jake Miller and family. Miss Geraldine Sorenson of Savanna holiday visitor with her grandmother Mrs Orella Bennett. Schools opened Wednesday concluding the Christmas and New Years vacation. Dan Connell gave new electric washing machine Thor to his sisters Mary Connell and Mrs A B Sheridan. Present and appreciated. Try One Of Our Classified Ads.
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Wines
Tivenile Jacl and
Jill—Alcott
Mary—Bailey
Secret
Brill
Long Knives
Eggleston
Polly Patchwork—Fields
Grover
The
Boys
Ben Hur
Harper Bros
Iron Horse
Hoskins
Cloverfield Farm
Orton
Richards
Little Bears
Smith
Bonney
Suckow
Stevenson
Tron
Cable
Desert
Deli Pather—Brown
Wonder
Hawthorn
Kyne
Morrow
Silas Laphan
Nowell
Giants
Rolvang
Wings
Sanders
Trail Blazers
Wade
General Works
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Trwin
Home Church Weekly Notes A New Year 1929 Methodist Church
The Home Church weekly notes mark the start of a new year in 1929 with Methodist Church reflections and resumption of activities. It notes seasonal renewal and ongoing parish events.
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Home Church
Sunday School and Worship Services Announced
Sunday School on Sunday at 10 A.M. Preaching Sunday evening at 7 30. Subject: Between the Years. Worship at Argo-Fa Sunday at 11 A.M. Pastor H. Duvall leads the services.
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Argo-Fa
Noted Social Round at Parsons Home and Nearby Folks
Twenty six relatives were entertained at dinner by Mr and Mrs Henry Parsons last Thursday. Numerous visits and movements among Chadwick and nearby towns are noted including Schmitz family of Bronx Falls and Sack family, with trips to Chicago to visit Hines and Humbert. Local school notes list December non absentees at Park Hill, while local trades and farm changes are mentioned among residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Parsons
P. J. Schmitz
Bronx Falls
South Dakota
Charles A. Sack
Schmitz
Cora East
Chadwick
Sack
Chicago
Victor Hines
Mt. Carroll
Henry East
H. A. Humbert
Ruth Melendy
Clyde Carpenter
Mildred Franks
Glen Guinther
van Sack
Thomson High School
Max Fulton
Thelma
Alice
Charles
Adelia Nipe
Charles Miller
Velma Sack
Vivian
Edward East
James Mummert
Willys Knight
Lewis Motor Company
Thomson
John Carroll
Tyma Schreiner
St Francis Hospital
Freeport
Dora Hansen
Conrad Guinther
Irma
Ladies Aid Society
Pauline Puterbaugh
Edna Carroll
Edna Cooper
Ralph Keckler
Melendy
Barnhart
Rudolph Holm
Clinton
Christmas greetings and obituaries in local notes
Edw. McGinty the recorder for the Modern Woodman lodge reports Mrs. Wm. Mitchell received a $2,000 check after the death of Mr. Mitchell on December 5. Carl Stores and family from Davenport visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Stores. Elisabeth Emmert of Savannah, sister of Mrs. Ida Morgan, has been staying at the Morgan home during the illness and death of her sister.
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Edw. McGinty
Woodman Lodge
Wm. Mitchell
Carl Stores and Family of
Daven[port
Mrs.George
Elisabeth Emmert
Savanna
Ida Morgan
Morgan Home
Lynn
Card of Thanks for Ida Morgan Funeral Support
Card of thanks expresses gratitude from Harry Morgan Lee Morgan Ray Morgan and Lynn Morgan for community help after Ida Morgans death. They thank for flowers rides kind words and acts of kindness. Also notes visits and relatives in Thomson Savanna Freeport Rockford Chicago and Midegville references.
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Ida Morgan
Harry Morgan Lee Morgan
Ray Morgan Lynn Morgan
Elizabeth Emmert
Ely Cochran Retrieves Daughters After Christmas Visit
Ely Cochran drove into Chicago on Christmas Day to bring back his daughters Edith and Evelyn and Mrs Mildred Holland who had stayed briefly. The Christmas tree was removed on Thursday morning, and residents anticipate next year’s holiday season and Santa Claus return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Cochran
Chicago
Edith
Evelyn
Mies Mildred Holland
Santa Claus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnny Gaar
George Potter
Harry Gaar
Johnny
Morgan
Besse Carpenter
Mary Sagner
Besse
Anna Benz Barrett
Slade
Ambrose Bens
Ray Brenneman
Jane Lamb Hospital
Earnest Whitney
Webster City
Town
Cochran’s Hall
Chicago News
Marcus Loew
New York
Goeh
Cald Meyer
Stanley Fuller
Charles Beck
Paul Melendy
Dwight Brown
Berle Brown
Walter Switzer
John Chesnutt Bract Groharing
Chet Stratton
Library News
Calvin Strauch
L. G. Strauch
Calvin
Miss Stumbaugh of
Lyons
Jake Miller
Geraldine. Sorenson of
Orella Bennett
Dan Connell
Mary Connell
A. B. Sheridan
Thor
Aren
Cc. H. Duvall
Parkhill School
Parkhill
Gladys Appel
Grace Ashpole
Lucille Griswold
Hazel Ashpole
Inez Houzenga
Henry Ashpole
Charles Eissens
Donald Ashpole
Herbert L. Stores
Martin Zimmer
Dubuque
Arthur Pape
Ebner
Earl C. Browning
Decatur
Charles Ottens
Fulton
Our Village
Chag
Ottens
Garrett Bolhous
Will Sullivan
Lewis Kness
Harry Krusie
Rockford
Winebrenner
Rachel
Filbert
Lillian Salton
Harriett Weatherwax
Milledgeville
Mary Sheridan
DR. Hess
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Chinois
A. C. Williamson
Rexall sYore
Fulton, Clinois
Sterling
Dr. & Hl. Thompson
Rooma
Wyne-Deever
Tri-City
Phos
Fulton, Illinoie
G. P. Hendricks
J.C. Warner
Seweler
Reimer’s
A. M
Fulton - Linnois
B. J. Snyder
Abrams
Falton Exchange Mffica
Bank of Lyons
Clinton, Town
Oxfords
A. Stuerdemann
Clinton, Iowa
Gue
Thomson State Bank
Smaltz
BROS
Fulton, WI
Lot
J. M. Fry & Son
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