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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
6
The Review urges all residents to support churches societies and county organizations for the county’s and nation’s benefit. It praises honesty hard work paying bills and obeying laws as the backbone of wartime country and dedicates future issues to sustaining these efforts.
Carroll County platform calls for a Bank at Milledgeville and extending Rt. 171 to Chadwick with Rt. 40. It urges electing efficient town, village, and county officers and to promote community competitive sports in Carroll County. Carroll County the sports men's paradise.
A long birthday notice lists residents celebrating on Fri Jan 27 through Wed Feb 1. Names include Mrs Herman Radats Mrs Emma Ferris Helen Hammelman Mrs Paul Swanson Henry Dachler Lillian Schneider RG Truman Bernice Fields Van Landon Eugene Potter Tris Martindale Mrs Thomas Hand Mabel Wagner Harold Eisenbise Margaret Wetzell Mary Lacey Mrs Leo Lotz Jesse Klitz Harold Sweitzer Merlyn Fosberg Ada Wolfe Ray Allison Mrs Frank Decis Alma Schryver Betty Swett Vernon Stoner L A Frank Ralph Freeman Charlotte Schruiner Sarah Gnagey Catherine Schell Mrs Wm McKean Elizabeth McKean Glenn Milhouse Mrs Roy Stark Mrs John Appel Henry Bittner Clyde Foltz Kent Olson Leon Daehler Clarence Lego Richard Schleming Isaac Hawbecker Dr Burger Runnels George Stone John Bogott Beulah Berger Mrs A B McClain Carl Brown.
Farmers report that melting snow brings moisture to spring fields while others describe rough roads from recent snow. Chadwick Commercial Club forges ahead with town improvements and a modern comfort station. J. H. Shirk market letter praised for experience in furniture lines. Commissary quits business. about 100 workers seek housing. Cordova beats Thomson for the fifth time, their first-ever wins in this series. High school athletes attended a Sequoia lab event. domestic science class served dimmer. Local interest includes motorists climbing hills, Homedey retiring, Beckenkeller purchasing his old business, Williamson reelected president of Carroll cooperative creamery, and Stakemiller Moore named officers. Coach Unzicker faces lineup gaps after Emyre departure and Waters move, plus a critical game against Carroll. Unzicker's car damaged. Supervisor Heinze hired for curb work. Dr Calkins reports petition signatures near target for a bond vote on a community building.
The modern home of Bernice S Tawkins two miles west of Milledgeville burned Sunday afternoon causing about $10,000 in loss. A daughter Lois Hawkins discovered the flames and alerted her father. Firemen could not enter due to smoke, though a chicken house NE with 1000 chicks was saved with water aid from Kraft Cheese trucks. Insurance status unclear due to burned records.
Mr and Mrs Will Schachard and Mr and Mrs Milton Schachard were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Orion Alexander. T Beckmire drove to Freeport to attend the funeral of Mrs William Huenkemier on Monday afternoon.
A Thursday February 2 entry lists Mrs Sarah Groharing Thomson Mrs Irma Crofton Sterling Donald Bogott Milledgeville Ralph Wetzel Milledgeville Mrs Ben Freterick Milledgeville Orrcond Baver Milledgeville as listed names in a local notice.
Four Western students John Schenck William Grice John Moon and Herbert Rawlins spent Christmas vacation traveling from Quincy Springfield Mo Tulsa Ft Worth to Mexico City covering over 4800 miles aboard special motorbike carriers. They slept in below freezing elevation and visited pyramids the cathedral and a night school in Monterey noting generous hospitality from locals and vast wildlife along the Pan American corridor.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rawling of Thomson were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rawlins. Mr. and Mrs. George Hartman called at the George Tripp home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daehler and Harold of Thomson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schreiner. Mrs. Lottie Rahn moved into her newly purchased home in town Tast, week.
A first person reminiscence recounts a family reunion with elite pretensions, misfired fashion choices, and a fishing outing near Goose Lake or Turkey Slough. The narrator clashes with Harry Turner over a lost pole, reels in dozens of crappies, and survives a swarming skeeter episode, closing with a stray correction about Japs and Chinese.
A mix of corrected remarks about prior mistakes and a progress update notes Tingis Waterway traffic, a 720 horsepower steel tow boat awarded to a Peoria company, corn moving on the Mississippi bound for Illinois, and a 1939 outlook. Also covers Old Age Assistance legal challenges, highway safety advisories, and a federal crop control allotment of 7,308,282 acres with payments up to 14 or 15 cents per bushel.
The community table records visits and gatherings with Ms. Gepier R. Rolston and her niece in town, Mrs. Frank Provant, Mrs. Don Hoak and her parents at Mt. Carroll, and Rev. M. Philips in Monroe for Levi Raymer's funeral. Many relatives from Sterling Freeport Mamrrigan and Canoll share meals, trips to Chicago, and Sunday dinners, plus hospital and visiting details.
A lecture describes how Acme News Pictures service used electric transmitters to send images from events to offices, enabling rapid remote viewing. Mr Hoffman will show Acme films including the sinking Vestris and the burning of the Graf Zeppelin, plus related incidents, with a demonstration of the portable apparatus.
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