Elmer Hans Honorably Discharged From Army Air Force
Elmer Hans was honorably discharged as a master sergeant on December 7 after 29 months overseas in the China Burma India and European theater. He enlisted July 10, 1940, served at Kelly Field and San Antonio Air Depot, and earned several ribbons including good conduct and the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with bronze star. Mrs. Hans remains with him in Wisconsin as The Review extends best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Elmer Hans
Wood
Wis
Army Air Force
Kelly Field
Tex
San Antonio Air Depot
Elmer
China-Burma-India
Hans
Wisconsin
Thomson Sailor Is Honor Graduate
Harold E. Brown of Thomson Illinois, 26, trained as a U S Naval Aircrewman and graduated among ten honor students at aerial gunners school in Jacksonville Florida He is the son of Mr and Mrs Guy Brown and joined the navy in March 1944 His wife resides at 707 1 2 N Third St Savannah Illinois He will undergo about eight weeks of flight training before receiving his aircrewman wings He has prior completed aviation ordnance school Brown is rated aviation ordnance man third class
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Guy Brown
Thomson
Aviation Ordnance School
Naval Air Operational Training Command
Brown
Navy
Third St
Savanna, Ill
Corp
John A. Rice
Belgium
War Department
Savanna
Third Armored Division
First Army
Rice
Ernest Rice
Thomson Corp
Clinton, Sa
Delilah Lapp
David McWorthy
Chadwick Infantryman Promoted in Italy
Cpl. Herbert S. Isenhart of Chadwick Illinois has been promoted to sergeant with the 84th Red Bull Division, Fifth Army in Italy, serving as a squad leader. The piece also notes updates on several other servicemen including Willis R. Holmquest, Maurice Bolhous, Wayne Ashby, 1st Lt. Bob Cate, Bill Wagner, AOM3 Harold Brown, and Sgt. Donald McBride with respective assignments and furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Italy
Fifth Army
Herbert S. Isenhart
Earl Isenhart
Ill
84Th “Red Bull
Sixth Army Group
France
Rhine
Cpl
Willis R. Holmquest
Thomson, Ill
Maurice Bolhous
Army
Navy
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Wayne Ashby
England
Bob Cate
Gladys Cate
Kansas City
Bill Wagner
New York
Ben Wagner
Harold Brown
Naval Air Station
Banana River, Fla
Savanna Visitors And Dinner Guests Noted In Area
Thomson briefed Connie and Jeanie Brown of Savanna who visited from Thursday to Saturday with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Guy Brown. Numerous local residents shared weekend visits and Sunday dinners including Mr and Mrs Justice Prins Jo Ann Mt Carroll and others from Craig Manor Hanover Lanark Stockton Milledgeville St Louis. Mrs Lynn Curley traveled to Rockford to visit daughter Mrs Francis Sheridan. The Orrie Rutherford family of Savanna were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Claude Grim home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie and
Jeanie Brown
Savanna
Guy Brown
Justice Prins
Jo Ann
Mt. Carroll
Norman Stickell
Marie
Bobbie
Craig Manor
Hanover
Forrest Eslinger
Jaclyn Ann
Lanark
Benford Stadel
Stockton
Katherine Hawk
Dan Senneff
Milledgeville
Chas. Wilt
St. Louis
Chas
Betty Gillespie
Mr. Carroll
Margaret Smith
Frank Smith
Lynn Curley
Rockford
Francis Sheridan
Orrie Rutherford
Claude Grim
Harold Tobey
Anna Brown
LeClaire
Ben Wagner
Mary
Bill
Navy
Cecil Mitchell
Argo
Glenn Groharing
Myrta Groharing
Otto Switzer
Francis Hoff
Garden Plain
A. E. Mitchell
Morrison
Arthur Hoffman
Chadwick
Jonnie
Virgil Witt
Jimmy Morgan
Sherman and
Shirley
Harold Witt
Ben Stage
Howard King
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Mabel Ashby
Alfred Smith
Lester Lance
Dolly Rose
Goose Lake
Arch Atherton
Henry Young
Myrtle Bull
Roy Hockman
Harmon Stakemiller
Katie Gleason
Ideal
Charles Wilt
George Ketchem
Baldwin
Frank
M. J. Strukhoff
Paul
Maquoketa
Chas. Rogers
Eugene Bull
Clinton
John Hoy
Fulton
Fred Coden
Cecil Frosch
B. R. Lewis
Willard Welch
Milledgeville Hosts Y. C. H. S. Basketball Friday
Milledgeville welcomes Y. C. H. S. to the home floor for a Friday basketball game on January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Party for Anton Holmquest Before Navy Sendoff
Jeanne Swett hosted a Sunday evening party at her home honoring Anton Holmquest who departs Monday for the navy. About 30 guests attended including Mary Halfman Lowell Hall Evelyn Ashpole and several others. A gold identification bracelet was presented to Anton as a group gift after games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Swett
Anton Holmquest
Navy
Mary Halfman
Lowell Hall
Evelyn Ashpole
Lila Curley
Ruth Strubb
Fern Rawlins
Dean Robinson
Harold Wilt
Betty Wilt
Aaron Johnson
John Simpson
Paul Strukhoff
June Groharing
Francis Halfman
Lloyd Johnson
Rachel Mattie
Vivian
Clinton Gideon Camp to Lead Sunday Service
The Clinton Gideon Camp will conduct Sunday evening services at 7 30 p m on February 4 with a male quartet among near term program. church school at 10 a m led by W A Adams. Rev Kildon to preach Sept 11 o'clock worship. meeting with Mrs Groharing on Wednesday afternoon.
Freshman Initiation At High School Club Event
The Home Economics club served vegetable soup as freshmen acted as waiters wearing aprons and kitchen utensils. Freshmen girls modeled colorful ribbons, makeup, and playful accessories. A farewell party for Tony Holmquest occurred, Miles basketball games were noted, and three new students Joan Basta Lois Voss and Duane Bielema were welcomed to YCHS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oh-h
R. H
L. G
Lola
Tony Holmquest
L. Swett
Miles
Milledgeville
M. H
J. S
E. A
Joan Basta
Lois Voss
Duane Bielema
Rachel Mattie
Sunday Services Schedule At Local Churches
Catholic Mass at 10 o'clock and Thomson Methodist services at 9 30 am with preaching at 10 30 and Sunday school sessions scheduled.
Baptist Church Announces Sunday Services and February Socials
The Baptist church holds a 9:30 a.m. service and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school. February social committee features Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brenneman and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heitman. Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Ray Brenneman. officers elected: President Mrs. William Griswold, VP Mrs. Roy Heitman, Secretary Treasurer Mrs. Robert Carroll. Next meeting is Thursday Feb 1 with Mrs. Frank Smith. Benevolent treasurer elected Mrs. Ray Brenneman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Brenneman
Ray Heitman
Ladies’ Aid
William Griswold
Roy Heitman
Robert Carroll
Frank Smith
Fair Haven Sermon by Rev Berg on A Revealed Mystery
Rev R G Berg of Fair Haven preaches at church on Sunday January 28 with church school at 10 a m and service at 11 a m. The topic is A Revealed Mystery based on Colossians 1 27 with Christ in you the hope of glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Berg
Christ
Grade News From Vernon Appel to 8th Grade Plays
Summary of classroom updates across grades including illness notes for Vernon Appel and Roberta Williams, new students Patsy Falls and project displays, photo day, science study plans, and plays. Basketball games vs Mill edgeville and Fulton noted, report cards due Friday, 7th and 8th grades design menus for Arkansas for Washington's birth, and 8th grade play Kid Colby in planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Appel
Roberta Williams
Vernon
Roberta
Patsy Falls
Patsy
Bobby S
Milledgeville
Fulton
Arkansas
Washington
Colby
Argo Methodist Sunday Activities Noted
Sunday schedule lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. Church service at 7 30 p.m. Rev Countryman leads the pastorate. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p.m. under Rev Hawbecker. Special evening music features a men s quartet and duets by Mr and Mrs Louis Miller and by Rev Hawbecker and Mr Stake Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Hawbecker
Louis Miller
Stakemiller
Evening Home Economics class demonstrates salads in Chadwick
Mrs Bertha Porter led an adult education Home Economics meeting on Monday evening with strong attendance. She demonstrated various salads while the group discussed recipes and techniques. Earle Sack and family prepared to depart for Chicago after a week with his parents following a seven month Atlantic merchant marines assignment on 30 day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Chadwick
Bertha Porter
Earle Sack
Chicago
Wes Sack
Earle
Atlantic
Merchant Marines
Marvin Brookstra
Davenport
C. L. Brookstra
N. B. Lewis
River Forest
Mary Jane McGinty
Dora Doty
McGinty
John Carroll
Maude McGinty
Justice Prins
Jo Ann
Katherine Hawk
Mt. Carroll
Benford Stadel
Stockton
Ills and injuries in Clinton area noted
Delbert Dimmick cannot work due to a sore leg. Mrs. C A Nason of 1139 Camanche Ave is reported in not very good condition after a week in Jane Lamb hospital with no visitors allowed. Clifford Dykstra has yellow jaundice. Allison Switzer, son of Ste and Mrs Stephen Switzer, broke both bones in his left forearm after a Wednesday ice fall. taken by the principal to a Dr Carroll who set the bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Dimmick
C. A. Nason
Camanche Ave
Clinton
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clifford Dykstra
Allison Switzer
Ste
Stephen Switzer
Local Names Visit Houses in Preston Prairie
Preston Prairie Frank Isenhour sawed wood last week for Loomer Downing. Betty McCue visited at the Carlson home recently. Rev. and Mrs. S Birdsall were there recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Isenhour
Loomer Downing
Betty McCue
Carlson
Mrs. S. Birdsall
Home Nursing Courses Offered by Red Cross
The Red Cross announces free Home Nursing Courses to prepare civilians for home care during wartime shortages of physicians and nurses. The message urges women to enroll, stressing preparedness for emergencies and epidemics, and frames nursing training as a sacred public duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Local residents host visitors and movers in Thomson area
Lyle Mitchell returned home from California last week after a several week visit. Phil Bennett editor of the Sabula Gazette toured the Thomson print shop. The Charles Varney family moved to the Frank Becker farm near Mt. Carroll. Dozens of Sunday calls and visits recognized including the Harmon Stakemillers Gleason Ideal family at Rawlins home and many others from Clinton Savanna Cordova and Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Mitchell
California
Phil Bennett
Sabula
Thomson
Charles Varney
Frank Becker
Mt. Carroll
Harmon Stakemiller
Katie Gleason
Ideal
Hattie Rawlins
Joe Baumgartner
Hanover
John Cooper
Hattie Wilt
Clinton
Clarence Cooper and Son
Dorothy Lewis
Savanna
Harold Atherton
Henry Saver
Johnny
John Saver
Bert Stainbrook
Myron Tibbits
Otto Switzer
George St. Ores
Willis St. Ores
Herbert St. Ores
Harold St. Ores
Town Enters February Brownout Under War Mobilization Order
City obeys Director James E. Byrnes order making February 1 start for nationwide brownout. Outdoor advertising, ornamental lighting, and window displays face restrictions to ease coal and fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Brynes
Chat-a-While Club Meeting With Mrs Murray
The Chat-a-While club will meet tomorrow Friday afternoon with Mrs Margaret Murray. Roll call will be answered by My favorite verse of scripture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Murray
Club Hob Nob Sold To John Meeker In Moline
John Meeker of Moline has purchased Club Hob Nob Chestnut Park from George Warfield. He took possession last Monday and plans a February 1 opening after repairs and interior work. Warfield built and ran the spot for over five years with no announced future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meeker
Moline
Potluck Dinner Honored Military Guests at Ben Stage Home
A Sunday potluck at the Ben Stage home honored Earle Sack of the merchant marines on leave and Sgt. Donald McBride of the army. Attendees included the honorees, their relatives, and numerous local families from Chicago and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stage
Earle Sack
Merchant Marines
Donald McBride
Army
Earle Sack and
Chicago
Wes Sack
Harvey Marshall
Fred Miller
Ida Weber
Chas. Stage
Gilbert Swensen
Jerry Powell
Rock Island
Kenneth Kemmer
Sunday Socials Across LeClaire and Surrounding Areas
Numerous local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends on Sunday and weekend social calls. Households in LeClaire Morrison Chadwick Garden Plain and Savanna welcomed guests including families and military members. Several trips included Mt Carroll Baldwin Maquoketa Clinton Rock Island and Arlington area movements.
Deaths in Mt Carroll area mark obituaries in local notices
Funeral services held for Mrs Adolph Fuller 78 died January 23 at home south of Mt Carroll with burial at Oak Hill. Also Mrs John Hay 70 died January 24 in Mt Carroll after long illness. services set for January 27 at the Christian funeral home with burial at Oak Hill. Daisy Griffith Hay, born 1874, survived by brother Charles Griffith Tou lon HL. many relatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Funeral
Mt. Carroll
Adolph Fuller
K. K. Olafson
Mt. Carroll Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marie Reasner
Germany
Missouri
Bessie
John Hay
Christian Funeral Home
R. H. Leitner
Daisy Griffith
Hugh and
Lucy Griffith
Mt. Carroll High School
Frances Shimer College
Beloit College
Carroll County
Charles Griffith
Toulon
Sandridge School Minstrel Show and Winter Activities
The Sandridge school reports a November minstrel show raising 76.04 with more than 50 earned in stamps. December featured a Christmas program with Santa and new desks. Attendance notes list several students with perfect records and tests dates, plus war stamp purchases totaling 52.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
Santa Claus
Jack
Patsy Falls
Donna Smith
Everette LaShelle
Arnold Sikkema
Gerald LaShelle
Ronald Smith
Edward Holland
Ann Holland
Speed Victory
Mr. Brudi
W. B. Smith
Lorrine Vos
Leona Curley
Shirley Walbert
Thomson High School
Red Cross
Libbie C. Rupple
Weekend Visitors And Family Travel In Ill and Calif
Mr and Mrs Lester Grim joined Mrs Adeline Groharing and Mrs Marvin Brookstra visiting relatives in Mt Carroll and Wel ton Louisiana. Carl Watkins from Proving Ground IL visits Joe Shutters while Leo Wilt from South Gate California arrives to see his ailing father Charles Wilt as the family hosts him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Grim
Marius Rickertson
Welton
Adeline Groharing
Marvin Brookstra
Mt. Carroll
Roy Neuschwanger
Carl Watkins
Proving Ground
Joe Shutters
Bertha Holland
Charles Wilt
Leo Wilt
South Gate
Calif
Birth announced for Morrison couple's son
Mr and Mrs Arthur Gorzney of Morrison welcome a son born Friday night at Morrison hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gorzney
Morrison
Morrison Hospital
T. N. T. Elects Officers for Ensuing Year
The T. N. T. met after noon with 17 members and one visitor. one new member joined. Officers elected: President Elsie Tousley, Vice President Bonnie Curley, Secretary Viola Daniels, Treasurer Catherine Adams. Hostess committee served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Groharing
Elsie Tousley
Bonnie Curley
Viola Daniels
Catherine Adams
Ella Tousley
Lula Grim
Lydia Brown
Public Health Guidance on Mumps and Whooping Cough
The Health Officer urges self governance to curb mumps and whooping cough, detailing symptoms, incubation periods, transmission, and quarantine rules. Non immune children should avoid public contact for ten days after exposure, while immune children may attend school if not exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Health
Local Residents Report Moves And Visits
George Stumphy, living in Minneapolis, has moved to Savanna where he is employed by the railroad. Betty Lou Wilt spent the weekend in Savanna with Mrs. Cecil Frosch. George Bush and Johnny Brown of Fulton were Tuesday afternoon visitors in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stumphy
Minneapolis
Savanna
Betty Lou Wilt
Cecil Frosch
George Bush
Johnny Brown
Fulton
Thomson
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Thomson Briefs
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Thomson Methodist
Fair Haven
Argo Methodist
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