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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Lyle Ashby of Wacker spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Glen Bowers. Mr and Mrs Virgil Tomman and son Richard were visitors this week in Chadwick.
Mrs. Carl Daehler was a weekend guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Daehler. Eugene and Lies Hammond of Clinton spent Thursday visiting in the Larem Dial home.
Thomson notes list Sunday visits by Cecil Imel and the Isaac Decker family in Morrison. Jackson and Savannah Davis with Allen Witmer. Mrs. John Ashpole and daughters visiting. Martha French planning to enroll at Stephens College. Chadwick visitors to Lawrence Halfman. Mrs. Marvin Brookstra visiting relatives in Memphis and Chicago with plans to visit Michigan before Texas. Howard Fourke and family plus Mary Halfman visiting Clinton. Walter Switzer to move back to Thomson from Wilson North Carolina. tennis finals in Evanston won by Pancho Segura with Tom Brown Jr. as runner up. Pearl Holman visiting Rock Island. Gladys Cooper vacationing in Northern Wisconsin. Mrs. Flossie aar obituary prompting Switzer family return.
Gladys Kimbrough of Ball Brothers explains using Mason jars with glass top seals or two piece vacuum caps while zinc shortages affect metal closures. Guidance covers glass lid seals, rubber rings, screw bands, proper tightening, processing steps, and jar sizing from pints to quarts for vegetables.
An Illinois feature explains synthetic rubber production basics including butane and ethyl alcohol as feedstocks. It highlights Illinois corn fertility and natural gas byproducts as potential war materials, noting oil industries already supply substantial but could grow.
Chadwick notices mark the 87th birthday of Mrs Hattie Kneale who resides with her daughter Mrs Bert Nelson in Coleta. Born in Oberlin Ohio she moved to Illinois in 1882 and married John Kneale the next year later living on a farm before relocating to Argo-Fa where her husband ran a business until his death.
Milledgeville Chadwick unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met Wednesday evening at Mrs. Harvey Queckboerner’s home near Chadwick with assisting hostess Mrs. Fred Olson. Mrs. C F Moon reported on the Mt Carroll district convention held in June. State convention is planned for August in Chicago. Six Milledgeville and five Chadwick members attended. Next meeting is the fourth Wednesday in September. July and August break. Several local residents attended a Sunday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stover in Milledgeville.
The Berean Bible class of the First Lutheran church held a picnic at the village park Sunday. Members and their families enjoyed a picnic dinner and spent the afternoon visiting and playing games. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ben Stadel Mr and Mrs John Geist Mr and Mrs Waller Queekboerner and family Mr and Mrs Fred Olson and family Mr and Mrs L A Frank and sons Mr and Mrs Ernest Remmers and family Rev and Mrs Earl Coble and family Mr and Mrs Harve Zugschwerdt Mr and Mrs Harry Carbaugh Mr and Mrs Henry Geldmacher and son Ned and Miss Ruth Adolph.
Peter Schweisguth a retired Chadwick business man is celebrating his 85th birthday on July 1. Born 1858 on a farm southwest of Chadwick he worked as a harness maker, operated shops in Clark and Chadwick, rebuilt after a fire and married Elizabeth Hoffmeister in 1891. They have three daughters and he now lives with Mrs. L. Schreiner. The Truth Seekers class of the Lutheran church held a picnic at Mrs. Lucinda Gipe’s home with sixteen members and elected officers for September.
News reaches that Francis Newcomer former Chadwick resident married Margaret Olson on June 6 in Minneapolis. Newcomer is a Chadwick high school graduate and Scovill school alum from Sterling. He later worked on the Mackay ranch near Ismay Montana for several years.
Miss Lillian Daggert daughter of Charles Daggert signs a contract to teach Home Economics for a nine and a half month term at Eastland high school Roseville Michigan. Roseville near Detroit has a 1700 enrollment and the seventh to twelfth grades will be taught. She is a Chadwick graduate who attended Carthage Iowa City and Battle Creek University and has taught at Sloan Iowa for two years.
Monday July 5 will be observed as a holiday by the Chadwick post office with limited hours 7 to 9 p m for boxholders no rural mail service. Local businesses and county offices will close all day with banks closed.
Dr A A Calkins spent a busy Sunday evening making "repairs" for residents and visitors. Arthur Lott Jr and a Wehmeyer boy sustained injuries from glass and a fall while families and friends visited Riverview and nearby farms. Ethan Eisfeller serves as ammunition inspector in Hawaii while David Eisfeller remains stationed in Fresno. Howard Schleming failed army fitness tests in Chicago and returned home.
Excerpt from a letter to Arlowe Daehler’s parents describes Guadalcanal experiences, near deaths, hunger, and a frontline battle at Mt. Austin. Arlowe recalls squad leader Tierks and mentions Eagles fatally shot, with limited censorship on island conditions and updates from wartime service.
Multiple residents hosted relatives and guests across Milledgeville Lanark Polo Albany Rock Falls Moline and Seattle Washington. Notable visits included Miss Joyce Wiersema of Milledgeville and Chadwick Neu’s guest list while John Larson returned from a 10 day furlough at Fort Knox.
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