Army and Navy News from Vernon Ray Kaufman Transfer
Vernon Ray Kaufman moved from Sanford Florida to Greencastle Indiana. Donald Kaufman to repost at Fort Sheridan Saturday. Charles Bull returned to Miami after leave with family. Pvt Wayne Drake earned paratrooper wings and boots at Fort Benning after five jumps. Parachute School trains for combat and other vital roles. Ida Frederick’s grandson Donald Bradford writes from overseas duty. Don highlights mail importance and family letters. Eugene Bull to return to active duty February 2, with wife to visit west coast. Leo Hengsten left for Camp Gordon after visit at Frank Johnson home. Joe Isenhart says battalion leaving the states. Eugene Bull and wife visited Chicago. Seaman 2/c and Charles Bull guests at Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Wayne Drake
Edward Drake
Thomson
Hlines
United States Army
Sicily
Ida Frederick
Donald Bradford
Don
Sam
Myrtle
Jessie
Grace F
Fritz
Flo
Mary
Funeral for Ren Maartens Held in Fulton and Thomson
Funeral rites for Ren Maartens of Chicago and former York township resident were held Friday at Fay funeral parlors Fulton and in Thomson Methodist church. Burial followed at Lower York cemetery. Maartens died January 19 while preparing to go to work. He was born July 22, 1891, son of Garrett and family. Survived by wife Ella Miller and four sons Gerald Calvin Harold Melvin, one sister and five brothers. Rev H E Doverspike officiated with singing and piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren Maartens
Chicago
York Township
Fay
Fulton
Thomson
Methodist Church
Lower York Cemetery
Garrett Maartens
Ella Miller
Felix Miller
Gerald
U. S. Navy
Calvin
Marines
Harold
Army Medical Corps
Melvin
H. E. Doverspike
Eugene Murray
F. A. Grimm
Charles Hogg
Ray
Fay Morgan
Don Knuer
Milton
Robert
Fred Miller
William Griswold
Lower York
Fulton and Morrison
Ed Martens
Charles Martens
Funk
Savanna
John Zahn
Chadwick
George Kauffman
Milledgeville
B. L. Peck
Mt. Carroll
Pancake Supper and Carnival Boost York War Fund
York township raised 565.60 from a pancake and sausage supper and carnival at the high school to surpass part of its 1200 war fund quota though final receipts stood at 900.99. The event featured a minstrel show, a Gay Nineties revue, a fish pond, cake walk, and the bing game drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
National War Fund
Hisch School
Thomson Woman's Club
Parent-Teachers Association
Sandridge
Thomson Consolidated
Argo Home Ice Club
Harry Appel
N. D. French
York
French
Woman’s Club
War Fund Carnival Supports York Township Quota
The Thomson Woman's Club and the Parent Teachers association thank York township residents for strong support at a War Fund carnival Saturday night. The event helped meet and exceed the drive quota and the sponsors praise the community cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Parent-Teachers Association
York Township
Thomson Woman's Club Play Promises Local Talent at High School
The Thomson Woman's Club presents a three act play February 12 at the high school. Keatsie and Cleopatra captivate while three eligible girls wait as Priscilla and John Alden echo an old tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keatsie
Bogens
Grandma
Cleopatra
Priscilla
John Alden
John
Thomson
Kipnis Buys El Mer Bashaw Place and Begins Improvements
Preston Prairie resident Harry Kipnis has purchased the El mer Bashaw property and begun improvements. Carlos Bundy was observed on the site recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kipnis
Elmer Bashaw
Carlos Bundy
Local Social News: Sunday Dinner Guests and Visitors
Thomson briefs Mr and Mrs Frank Brown Jr and children were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Diehl. Mr and Mrs Wm Hamm of near Garden Plain were callers here last Saturday returning home in the evening. Wm Ditsworth of Mt Carroll was a recent caller on business.
Sunday church program features chorus and quartet
Sunday services included Sunday school at 10 am and evening worship at 7 50 pm Special numbers were presented by a girls chorus and the Ideal quartet during the 7 pm service.
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Christian Endeavor
Ideal Quartet
Argo Methodist Schedules Sunday Classes and Evening Resumption
Argo Methodist holds Sunday school at 1 30 p m with York Community Argo Methodist and York Community Church school at 10 a m W A Adams is superintendent No evening services until the second Sunday in February when Rev Blair will resume evening services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo
Methodist Sunday School
York
Baptist Sunday Schedule and WSCS Postponement
The Baptist church announces 9:45 a m preaching and 10:45 a m Sunday school with 11:00 worship. The ladies aid meets with Mrs Emil Brach on Thursday Feb 3. The Sunday school social committee is Mr and Mrs William Griswold and Mr and Mrs Joe Larson. WSCS meeting postponed due to illness in Mrs Wagners home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Emil Brach
William Griswold
Joe Larson
Wagner
WSCS
Catholic churches schedule January services and events
Catholic Immaculate Conception Fulton holds masses at 8 and 10 a m on January 30 with a Novena Tuesday at 7 30 p m Coffey Corners Mass at 8 a m January 30 Thomson Mass at 9 30 a m Sunday January 30 Rev E E Peacock pastor Sunday school at 10 a m Evening preaching at 7 50 p m Ladies aid meets with Mrs Chester Alexander February 2 program led by Mrs Rachel Rick Pioneer Day offering reminders.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Fulton
Coffey Corners
Thomson
E. E. Peacock
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chester Alexander
Rachel Rick
Local residents and visitors share weekend movements
Mrs. Frank Brown mails the Review to A. E. Leavens in San Diego. Lynn Morgan visits Rockford with his brother Ray Morgan. Milledgeville visitors Helen and Alma Mertz call on Fred Miller's home. Lanark gains moves from Albert Warfield and Glyde Collinson families. Green family relocates to Freeport. Various relatives and friends from Chadwick Morrison Port Byron Clinton River Forest Mt. Carroll and River Forest are noted in weekend visits and funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
A. E. Leavens
San Diego
Calif
Lynn Morgan
Rockford
Ray Morgan
Fred Miller
Helen
Alma Mertz
Milledgeville
Albert Warfield
Lanark
Glyde Collinson
Savanina
Louis G. Strauch
Henry Strauch
Clinton
Robert G. Brumer
That City
Richard Badtkel
Frank Badtke
Morrison
Richard Badtke
Forrest Gilbert
Raymond Schave
Marylin
Port Byron
Howard Wiebenga
Donnie
Savanna York Community Club Meeting Highlights
Members of the Savanna York Community Club met at the Hilbert Robertson home last Friday evening. Card games offered high prizes to Mrs. L. V. Curley and Hobart Holland and low honors to L. V. Curley and Mrs. Web Ross. A board table was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Robertson as they plan to move from the community. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at Frank Brown Jr. home on Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna-York
Visitors drop in on friends and relatives in town
Joe Kauffman of Columbus Junction is visiting relatives. Sunday guests at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilt included Dan Senneff and Pearl Gilson. Deanna returned from Milledgeville. Ted Wells and wife visited daughter-in-law Mrs. Gerald Printy and grandson Teddy. Myrta Groharing returned home after a week with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoffman in Chadwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kauffman
Columbus Junction
Charles Wilt
Dan Senneff
Milledgeville
Pearl Gilson
Deanna
Ted Wells
Clinton
Gerald Printy
Teddy
Carl Robinson
Myrta Groharing
Arthur Hoffman
Chadwick
Donald Smith
Blaine Smith
Carroll
Anna Jenkins
Frank Rush
Shirk Hospital
Jenkin
Albert Olds
Atlanta
Frank Smith
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Paul Wilt
Clint Wilt
Thomson
Farewell Party Held At Wesley Sack Home
A group of fifty neighbors and friends gathered Tuesday evening at the Wesley Sack home to bid farewell as Mr and Mrs Sack move today into their new house purchased from the Flossie Gaar estate. Refreshments were served and a gift presented to the Sacks as they begin improvements on their new residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Mrs. Greeley Returns Home Under Physician Care
Mrs. George Greeley, former resident of her daughter Mrs. Wayne Ashby’s home, returned to her own house Friday while still under medical care. Fay Ashby remains at the Greeley residence for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Greeley
Wayne Ashby
Fay Ashby
Greeley
Maurice Bolhous
Ethel Brondyke
Fulton
Clarence Bolhous
John Smith
Savanna
Margaret Smith
Wacker
Leonard
Mt. Carroll
Richard Williams
Clinton, Tenn
Thomson
Phyll A Becomes Bride of William Venhuizen
Miss Phyllis Adolph of Fair Haven married William Venhuizen of Fair Haven in a Morrison church parsonage ceremony. The event was witnessed by Lois Adolph and Theodore Venhuizen. The couple will reside on the Gibson Bros. farm near Chadwick after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Adolph
Charles Adolph
Fair Haven
William Venhuizen
Fred Venhuizen
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Morrison
Harry L. Brower
Lois Adolph
Pfc
Theodore Venhuizen
Camp Skokie Valley
Glen View
Ill
Thomas Venhuizen
Gibson Bros
Chadwick
Venhuizen
Chicago
Local notices highlight family visits and new subscribers
Wilma Atherton spent the weekend at the Harold Atherton home. Mr and Mrs L E Golding of Morrison returned from a three week east visit visiting their son Ed ward Golding and family in Chillicothe Ohio and another son Wesley Golding and family in Irvington New Jersey. James Libberton logs lumber this winter. Farmers acquire farm lumber this way. John K Decker of Fulton route 1 became a new Review subscriber after moving from Morrison to a Fulton area farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Atherton
Harold Atherton
L. E. Golding
Morrison
Edward Golding
Chillicothe
Wesley Golding
Irvington
James Libberton
John K. Decker
Fulton Route 1
Review
Fulton
Local injuries and health updates in Savanna
Leonard Stage suffered a smashed toe and instep injuries when a heavy weight fell on his foot at work in Savanna and later returned home. Will Strubb has been ill. Hazel Heinze returned to duties as principal after jaw illness with pneumonia. Mayor Rhene B. Law, who relapsed and was hospitalized for over a week, was dismissed on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Stage
Savanna
Will Strubb
Hazel Heinze
Chestnut Park
Rhene B. Law
Savanna City Hospital
Fourth War Bond Drive Gets Under Way Strong Start
York township reports more than £27,000 already subscribed toward a £49,950 quota for the Fourth War Loan. Co chairmen W. A. Adams and N. D. French organize ten village sections for house to house canvassing while banks and the post office track subscribers to avoid duplication.
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York Township
N. D. French
French
York Ancw
Focal Port
Honda
W. A. Adams
Mr. French
Thomson Woman's Club
Adams
Avoi
Bank
Otto Switzer
Raymond Carroll
Hobart Holland
Lynn V. Curley
Harry Jergens
Harry Diehl
Roy Hellman
Chas
McGinty
G. A. Smith
Lyle Wiliams
Willard Welch
Don Carpenter
Earl Green
Joe Blair
Harvey Seim
Ernest Smith
Harry Appel
Ray Erling
Edw. Brandt
Wm. J. Hans
W. Hartman
Alvin Reiff
Ivan Carroll
Hog
Rush Carroll
Myron Tibbets
Paul Wilt
Maurice van Buer
Fred L. Peters
York
T N T club hosts annual election at Houghton home
The T N T club met Wednesday at the homes of Mrs. Roy Houghton and others. Frances Hemmer was elected president, Bonnie Curley vice president, Hazel Moree secretary, Kate Adams treasurer. Meetings continue with social time and refreshments. Next gathering in two weeks with Mrs. Ted Storm.
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T. N. T. Club
Roy Houghton
Amelia Sack
Emma Holland
Hattie Wilt
Frances Hemmer
Bonnie Curley
Hazel Moree
Kate Adams
Sunday Visits and Local Folk in Morrison and Surroundings
Sunday callers gathered at Mrs Myrta Graharing home including Dana Cobb and Mrs Paul Nice of Morri on while Eugene Bull and Charles Bull visited their aunt and uncle Mrs Roy Hockman near Mt Carroll. Former townsmen Hiram Green and Earl Hollinshead were seen in Morrison. Dwight Miller of Hanover visited Wayne Brown in Savanna. N G Lewie and son Dick of River Forest spent the weekend with John Carroll and called on Mrs Alice Lewis and Betty Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bull
Charles Bull
Roy Hockman
Mt Carroll
Hiram Green
Earl Hollinshead
Morrison
Green River
Dwight Miller
Hanover
Wayne Brown
Savanna
N. G. Lewie
River Forest
John Carroll
Mr. Lewis
Alice Lewis
Betty Miller
Weather Confusion Over Warm Day Turns to Rain
A string of warm spells followed by April showers and a thunderstorm leaves the area uncertain if winter or spring dominates. Heavy rain fails to soak frozen soil, causing runoff in ditches as clouds threaten more rain and cooler air is expected.
Supper Guests and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs Vernon McGinty and daughter Lucille joined supper at the Chas McGinty home last Friday. Grandma McGinty dined with John Carroll’s guests, and N B Lewis with his son visited River Forest relatives. Henry Sour now resides on his 200 acre purchased farm and plans improvements marking his first tenure on the property in years. Mrs Lewis wintering in Clearwater Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Stickell
Chadwick
Lucille
Vernon McGinty
Chas. McGinty
Stickell
Hobart Holland
Thomson
Grandma McGinty
John Carroll
Norm Lewis
Chicago
N. B. Lewis
River Forest
Balks Welcome Son in Clinton and Freeport
A son born Tuesday Jan 24 at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton to Mr and Mrs George Balk of Fulton. Another son weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces born Wednesday Jan 26 at Deaconess hospital Freeport to Mr and Mrs Alvin Hook of Polo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
George Balk
Fulton
Alvin Hook
Polo
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Local families host weekend visits and travel notes
Mrs. Dan Sack and children joined the Herbert Stores at Sunday dinner. Fred Hottenstein and sons of Savanna visited Henry Young and Clarence Young joined them for the weekend. Flora Bourn and John Daley of Savanna with daughters visited Harley Steins and Chester Faulkner. A. E. Leavens heads to San Diego to train as radar operator. Wm Lundy and Fred Hottenstein groups hosted in Henry Young home. Clarence Young stayed with Phillip and Teddy Hottenstein in Savanna. Charles Bull, petty officer, returned to Miami after a short leave with his mother and brothers. Epa A Hook and family guests arrive Mt Carroll. Warren Gray of Moline spent weekend with Harold Atherton. Mrs. Vernon McGinty dined with Joe Shutters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sack
Herbert Stores
Fred Hottenstein
Savanna
Henry Young
Clarence Young
Wm, Lundy
Philip
Teddy Hottenstein
Charles Bull
Miami
Fla
Henry Kamphuis
Epa A. Hook
Wimbelton
N. D
Epa E. Hook
Mt. Carroll
Warren Gray
Moline
Harold Atherton
Vernon McGinty
Joe Shutters
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Army and Navy
Aie
Vernon Ray Kaufman
Sanford, Fla
Greencastle
Ind
Donald Kaufman
Fort Sheridan
M. M. le
Myrtle Bull
Mrs. Bull
San Francisco
Leo P. Hengtgen
Camp Gordon
Frank Johnson
Seaman
Joe Isenhart
States
Mr. Maartens
Paul McGinnis
Vaughn McGinnis
Noah Sweitzer
Red Cross
Roy I. Houghton
Argo-Fa
Mabel C. Grove
I. D. Morse
Preston Prairie
Memoriam
Undine
Wife
A. W. Pape
Thomson News
George Mort
Gladys Cooper
Birdsall
Garrett Sterenberg
Thomson Briefs
W. Sack
Phyll
See
Willam Venhuizen
Harry Gaar
Vaughn Gnas
Letha Gaar
Edgar Murney
Dean
Marie Printy
Robinson
Ed Keller
Stockton
Richard Stagg
Los Angeles
Lynn
Milton Holland
Jimmy
Janice
Ruth Smaltz
William Sullivan
Louis Kness
Wilfred Hazen
John French
Richard
Saly Gay
Brett Frosch
Bayard Lewis
Ben Maartens
Paul Gaar
Blair
Harley Stennlson
Elizabeth Miller
Mary J. McGinty
Eldon H Ckey
Helen Wentling
Ralph
Wesley Sack
Earl Delp
Harold Holbrook
Russell Sweitzer
Robert Paul
Betty Rose Swett
Shannon
Girl Scout News
Aghes Curley
Allen Grimm
Elecanor
Ted Storm
Myrta Graharing
Dana Cobb
Paul Nice
Morrion
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