Thompson locals Harlan Myers and neighbors host weekend gatherings
Sunday visitors filled many homes across Thomson area. Mr and Mrs Ford Grimm hosted Mrs Ford Grimm Sr and Edward of Mt Carroll. Other guests included Mrs Paul Lewis in Davenport and Donald and Earl Kaufman from Rockford. Numerous families welcomed relatives from Argo Lanark Dixon Fulton Morrison and Monica Wisconsin for social meals and celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Grimm
Bis
Mrs
Edward
Mt. Carroll
George Mace
Song
the Proving Grounds
Paul Lewis
Davenport
Donald and
Earl Kaufman
Rockford
Vernon Kaufman
Argo
Mary Kness
Carroll
Wesley Kness
A. L. Erickson
Chicago
Thomas Kustes
Ben Stage
Fred Miller
Melvin Johnson
Lois Jean
Roy Hook
Alvin Hook
Near Lanark
Scott Roberts
Albany
Henry Johnson
Lyndon
Leonard Stage
Paul Frederick
Edward Smith
Wacker
Emma van Buskirk
Chas
Albert Airhart
Gary
Minn
Frank Smith
Peter Drolema
Near Morrison
Jake Bissens
Lois Stage
Irvin Senneff
The Bent Twig Sermon on Home Life and Influence
Rev. Claren ce Ploch argues that children reflect their parents and home life shapes their future. He cites modern schooling and travel widening youth horizons while lamenting church instruction’s limited share of weekly religious education. A trusting home fosters faith, security, and a love of life, guiding children toward God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ploch
Thomson and
Albany
Johnnie
Paul
E. F. Tittle
Local Social Roundup From Lanark to Danville
Thomson briefs share weekend visitors and travels among families in Lanark Savanna Mt Carroll Danville Champaign and Chicago. Entries note university students from Illinois visiting parents attending funerals and spending time with relatives including Dittsworth Switzer Demaree McGinty and Rosenberg families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis St. Ores
Charles Dittsworth
Lanark
Philip Switzer
Savanna
Francke-Switzer
Emma Steele
Mt. Carroll
Ellen Mowery
Will Bennett
George Mort
Vernon Rawlins
Jean
Clinton
Eleanor Bushee
Monticello
Tom Chittenden
Danville
Robert
Jean Demaree
Champaign
Glenn Demaree
University of Illinois
Vernon Corbin
Frances Thomas
Mildred Skinner
Roland Mitchell
Chicago
John Rosenberg
Oregon
Ill
Rosenberg
Hattie Rosenberg
Vernon McGinty
Chas. McGinty
William Hawk
Local School News Highlights New Students and Activities
The town school reports two new second graders David McWorthy from Sandridge and Ruth Bielema from Hartman. Kenneth Bielema joins seventh grade. First graders read Fun with Dick and Jane and Our New Friends. A grade school card party raised 21.35 to fund boys basketball suits. Mrs Chas Hogg and Wesley Sack won top prizes. Ethel Lewis won an electric clock. The seventh grade geography club met after a hiatus. dues enforcement led to reminders for Ivan Hartman and Lawrence Rice. Kenneth Bielema is new to the club and the program featured poems and games. Honor rolls include Gayle Grimm Joann Wilt Darrell Gaar Marilyn Carpenter Kenneth Gablein Robert Heusinkveld and others. Perfect attendance noted for eighth grade Lucille Prins Leroy Prins Donald Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McWorthy
Sandridge
Ruth Bielema
Hartman
Jane
Kenneth Bielema
Chas. Hogg
Wesley Sack
Ethel Lewis
Miss Cooper
Betty Wilt
Rosalie Hand
Treasury
Ivan Hartman
Lawrence Rice
Mae Turney
Dean Robinson
Alice Wilkenson
Alaska
Alice Wilkinson
Ruth Davis
Gayle Grimm
Joann Wilt
Darrell Gaar
Marilyn Carpenter
Kenneth Gablin
Robert Heusinkveld
Darline Creighton
Cecilia Hawk
Lola Grim
Diana Diehl
Sylvia Dykstra
Jacqueline McGinty
Pearl Prins
Carroll Dimmick
Eleanor Stearns
Betty Lou Wilt
Fred Miller
Helen Johnson
Barbara Frazier
Evelyn Ashpole
Lucille Larson
Lucille Prins
Leroy Prins
Donald Frazier
Flest
Leroy Zenk
Harry Wilkinson
Edgar Turney
Charlene Larson
Dean Johnson
Mary Ann Housenga
Ruth Demaree
Gordon Brown
Janie Belle Beck
Merle Atherton
Junior Creighton
Harvey Housenga
Merle Prins
Russell Sikkema
George St. Ores
Fay Ashby
Douglas Poffenberger
Helen Creighton
Betty Balk
John Stearns
Herbert St. Ore
Raymond Dykstra
May Turney
John Simpson
Lorraine Young
Harold Wilt
Billy King
Leroy Goblin
Paul Rogers
Pauline Sikkema
Jeanne Hogg
Illinois House Debates Broad Range of Bills on Taxes and Armament
Illinois lawmakers introduced wide ranging measures including a sales tax cut to 2 percent and exemptions for foods, a ban on fireworks, and a plan to fund a new governor mansion and a Chicago state office building. Bills to extend unemployment benefits to draftees, bar aliens from state licenses, and create a state moving picture censorship board were filed, with advocates backing a constitutional convention in 1942.
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Illinois
Illinois House
Moving Picture Censorship Board
Chicago
Robert Woodward
Robert H. Allison
Pekin
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Billy
Springfield
Ray O’keefe
O’keefe
Henry Horner
Lincoln Park
William F. Gibbs
Quincy
Searle
Clinton Searle
Rock Island
Ilinois
Edward P. Saltiel
William G. Thon
Oak Park
Saltiel
Chicago Board of Education
Poultry and eggs boost in wartime defense needs
A wartime column argues that army and navy menus will feature more poultry and eggs, driven by defense purchases and rising incomes. It notes a February Washington meeting on poultry policy, cites 1940 income and employment projections, and urges readers to stock up with chicks while praising preventive health exams and proactive medical care for workers and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
U. S. Army
Defense Commission
National Defense
Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Brown couple to move into Bennett home Saturday
Mr and Mrs Harold Brown plan to move into Mrs Orella Bennetts home this Saturday. Dr and Mrs Boysen of Morrison visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Schade. The Heusinkveld family and son Bob headed to Manatee Florida for the winter. A dance at Royal Neighbor hall Morrison next Wednesday features the Martindale Serenaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Orella Bennett
Boysen
Morrison
John Schade
Savanna
Guy Brown
Paul Heusinkveld
Bob
Manatee
Fla
Royal Neighbor Hall
Anderson Cafe
Martindale Serenaders
Fishy Nit and Wit Debate Brain Food Theory
A brief dialogue contrasts fish as a brain food with another theory dismissed as flawed. The exchange highlights competing ideas about nutrition and cognitive performance in a concise, light tone.
Proof that water attracts electricity claim debated
A claim that water attracts electricity is challenged by practical tests. One anecdote notes the telephone rings every time the tester is in the bath, but this does not establish a general principle and professional evidence is needed.
Think to Be Happy and Wise In Spirit
A compact meditation asserts happiness and greatness arise from wise content guided by science. It frames mental virtue as a godlike attribute earned through disciplined inquiry and reasoned growth.
Smith Seeks Credit In Town Shops
A brisk witticism shows the frail patience of a slow clerk as Smith complains he cannot find what he wants in local shops. His friend quips asking if what he seeks is credit, highlighting the common grievance of elusive terms in commerce.
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Smith
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