Tornadic winds flatten mobile homes near Thomson Illinois
A Saturday morning storm battered Thomson area injuring three Swan family members and damaging multiple mobile homes. The Swan trailer near the Swan fish market was overturned and destroyed. Mrs. Hood and the Swans were treated in Savanna City hospital. Additional homes at Atherton and Kness sites suffered severe damage with insurance coverage noted. Power and telephone crews worked into Sunday to restore service across the damaged region.
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Illinois Rove
Thomson
Charles Swan
Swan Fish Market
Swan
Savanna City Hospital
Passagan
Donald Atherton
Athertons
Barbara Atherton
Donald
Harold James
Dan Kness
Mr Kness
Adeline Groharing
Leonard Feldt
P. K. McGinnis
Leland Gibson Hore
Mississippi River
Theresa Bissens
Vaughn McGinnis
Harold Atherton
Riverview
John Krahn
Argo Fay
Gerald Bower
Leon Eissens
Argo
Galena
Elizabeth
Mount Carroll
Chadwick
Illinois State Police
Carroll County Radio Patrol
FFA Students Tour Capitol in Washington DC
Thomson American Heritage committee members earned an all expense trip to Washington DC after placing sixth in Illinois. Allen Dykstra Rick Dykstra and Wes Temple joined a multi day itinerary visiting Gettysburg Arlington Capitol Hill Mount Vernon and Fort McHenry with tours of the Smithsonian Archives and the Lincoln Memorial. The trip included a stop at the Jefferson Memorial and the National Wax Museum and concluded with Fort McHenry visits before returning home.
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Thomson American Heritage Committee
Washington, D. C
F.F.A
Ilinois Agriculture Association
Illinois
Thomson
South Bend
Indiana
Coach House
Cleveland
Ohio
Towpath Plaza
Warrendale
Penn
Holiday Inn
Gettysburg
Peace Light Inn
Gettysburg Batlefield
Dwight Eisenhower
Olde Colony Motor Lodge
Alexandria
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
U. S. Capitol
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Potomac River
George
Martha Washington
Hogate
Jefferson Memorial
Army
Bureau of Engraving
Archives
Smithsonian Institute
Francis Scott Key
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Memorial
Washington Monument
Tative
Ahrends
National Wax Museum
Baltimore
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Sir
Krahn Purchases Caron Chevrolet in Savanna
John Krahn announces Wednesday June 26 as the date he becomes owner of Caron Chevrolet in Savanna and will run John Krahn Chevrolet. He plans no immediate staffing changes during facility renovations and will operate Krahn Motors in Thomson alongside the Savanna dealership.
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Caron Chevrolet
Savanna
John Krahn
Thomson
Chevrolet
Krahn
Krahn Motors
John
Caron
Lewis Motor Company
Paul Lewis
Concert Tap Doles Around Western Illinois Camp
Mr and Mrs Dale Krahn and family and Mrs Donald Schoening attended a music camp concert at Western Illinois University in Macomb Til on Saturday evening. Barbara Schoening and Warren Gray joined the camp the prior week and the concert highlighted their week. Barbara was sponsored by the Thomson Woman's Club and Warren traveled with support from the club. Both said the week was enjoyable and educational.
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Dale Krahn
Donald Schoening
Music
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Til
Barbara Schoening
Warren Gray
Barbara
Thomson Woman's Club
Warren
Woman's Club
Thomson Village Board Approves City Funds and Fire Radio
The Thomson Village Board met in regular session with trustees and officials present. Donald Cox’s resignation was accepted, Burton Simpson appointed to fill the term, and routine bills approved. A $450 radio upgrade for the police car was authorized, and Krahn Motors funded for the new police vehicle. The board also directed legal action to collect delinquent sewer fees. A condemned house south of Thomson was demolished and rubble burned. A water issue on Max Meakins’s street was referred to the street committee. Meeting adjourned to July 4 at 9:00 am for budget bills.
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Thomson
Burton Simpson
Cox
Simpson
Atherton
Ashby
Fiet
McKee
Krahn Motors
General Village Fund
Smith
Gy Yes
Howard Potter
Max Meakins
New Redwood Front At K and K Grocery
New facade changes at the village store include a redwood front and stainless steel door. The K and K grocery is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs Fred Fiet and opens this weekend for visitors to see the improvements.
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The
K & K Grocery
Fred Fiet
Correction notice on Argo Fay callers
A correction states Mrs Lavetta Schneider and her father William Heinz of Argo Fay were Tuesday evening June 25 visitors to Mr and Mrs Frank Leavens not Mrs Lucille Siedenburg and William Heinz as previously reported. The newspaper apologizes for the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavetta Schneider
William Heinz
Argo Fay
Frank Leavens
Lucille Siedenburg
Mrs Bolhous Visits Friends in Thomason Area
Mrs. Clarence Bolhous of Fulton spent Tuesday with Mrs Florence Ashby. While in Thomason she visited with friends and former neighbors.
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Clarence Bolhous
Fulton
Florence Ashby
Thomson
Father and Daughter Die in Carroll County Crash
A Carroll County coroner's jury ruled Monday that Robert FE. Johnson, 23, and his daughter Tami Sue, 2, both of Shan, were accident victims in a highway crash.
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Carroll County
Robert FE. Johnson
Tami Sue
Shan
Car Crash Kills Illinois Father and Daughter South of Mount Carroll
A fatal two vehicle crash on Illinois 78 four miles south of Mount Carroll killed Robert E. Johnson and his daughter Tami Sue Johnson. Nancy Kramer Johnson, the mother, survived with multiple fractures and is hospitalized in Savanna. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Savanna, with burial in Savanna Township Cemetery.
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Mount Carroll
Illinois 78
Daggett’s
Johnson
Nancy
Savanna City Hospital
Nancy Kramer
John Kramer
Thomson
Savanna Methodist
Savanna Township
Robert E. Johnson
Savanna
Lyman J
Joanna
Carr) Johnson
Kelly Springfield
Freeport
Shannon
Savanna Methodist Church
Lyman Johnson
Stockton
Virgil
Myrna) Koehner
Gilbert
Mary Lou Robertson
Tami Sue Johnson
Robert E. and
Nancy Kramer Johnson
Join Kramer
Robert Johnson
Tami Sue
Route 78
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Chen
FFA
Capitol
Joe Shutters
Interstate Power Company
George Hook
Central Telephone Company
John & Ida Krahn Krahns Koffee
Kup & Krahn Motors
In Thomson
R. J. Caron
Thomson Village
Bellich
Bette Meakins
Shutters
Lawrence A. Smith, Jr
Donald Cox
Storm Pictures
Rockford
L. B. Hussey
Carroll County Sheriff's Patrol
Stevens
Savanna Cit Hospital
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