Thomson Briefs Supper Guests Sunday at Har old Brown Home
Social notes list numerous visits and guests in Morrison and surrounding areas. Families from Savanna Sabula Clinton Fulton Freeport and California Florida Wisconsin and Ohio are mentioned with several extended visits and dinners. Notable names include Mr and Mrs Wesley Mum ford Mrs Wayne Hoyer Mrs Louis Deck er O W Hackett Glenn Groharing Dan Sack Elvie North Carl Petersen Lenn Carpenter Lois Stage Clint Wilt Arlyn Adams Henry Maring Bertha Cramer and Otto Switzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hoyer
Janet
Sabula
Frank Brown
Hoyer
Herbert Almquest
Lawler
Brown
Louis Decker
Mt. Carroll
Warren Nice
Morrison
Robert Carroll
Harry Diehl
Diana
Norma Strubb
Prairie du Lac
Wis
Groharing
Wisconsin
Walter Switzer
Irvin Renner
Jennie Lowry
Galesburg
Clint Wilt
Arlyn Adams
Chicago
W. A. Adams
Henry Maring
Cameroharie
N. Y
Jerry Wiebenga
West
Frank Switzer
Bertha Cramer
Otto Switzer
Thomson News Briefs from Far ragut Area
Thomson News Henry Young Jr returns to Far ragut Idaho after a 15 day leave at home in Thomson. Numerous visitors attended gatherings at the Henry Young home including Doris Roark Lor raine Young and others. Several local families hosted meals and visits in Argo Morrison Savanna and Chicago references. Loretta Crowe in Hunter College WAVE training reports from Schade family letter noting Statue of Liberty visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Young, Jr
Farragut
Idaho
Thomson
Fred Hottenstein
Cons
Savanna
Henry Young
Arthur Beade
David
Violet
Ray Sanderson
Galena
Eugene Bull
Doris Roark
Ben Wagner
William
Cecil Mitchell
Argo
Elsie North
Mary
Great Lakes
Don Carpenter
Clyde Carpenter
Lyle
Ralph Holsinger
Clinton
Frank Potter
Harold Crouse
Shirley
Shannon
Otto Switzer
John Schade
Loretta Crowe
Hunter College
Statue of Liberty
Sharp Drop in June Motor Fuel Allocations Across Counties
The June 1942 motor fuel allotments show Whiteside County receiving 2 780 dollars, down from 4 250 the previous year for the same month. Overall gross county allotments totaled 57 669, versus 1 235 732 a year earlier, reflecting a large decline in fuel distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Te Counties
Jane
Ede
Ee KY
Whiteside
Permits Required for All Custom Slaughtering
Herman Dachler chair of Carroll County war board announces that custom slaughterers must obtain a permit to butcher livestock for others. Applications go to the Carroll County War Board Committee. Current permit holders who do custom slaughtering need no separate permit but must keep records of stock slaughtered for others. Forms are available at the County War Board office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Dachler
Carroll County
Uspae War Board
Carroll County War Mest
County War Board
Women’s Club Leaders Plan Fall Work Meeting
County chairman Mrs. Eugene Murray of Thomson calls all presidents of women’s groups to meet Saturday evening July 17 at 8 p m at Mrs. H E Zugschwerd’s home to organize the September bond drive and other women’s work plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Thomson
H. E. Zugschwerd
Anniversary celebration honors Milledgeville and Zugschwerdt families
Mr Melville McKean of Milledgeville and Elmer Zugschwerdt celebrate birthdays while Mr and Mrs Nolan Zugschwerdt and Mrs Margaret Zugschwerdt, joined by Bill and Marjorie, are guests at supper Monday evening in a family observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville McKean
Milledgeville
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Nolan
Zugschwerdt
McKean
Bill
Marjorie
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Margaret Zugschwerdt
Barnhart Reunion Held At Queekboerner Home
The Barnhart reunion took place Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Queekboerner’s home with thirty one members attending. Elected for next year are President Chas Barnhart of Milledgeville and Secretary Lenora Queekboerner. Charles Barnhart was the oldest member and Nancy Heffelfinger the youngest, with attendees from Chicago Polo Milledgeville Chadwick Dixon and Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnhart
Albert Queekboerner
Chas Barnhart
Milledgeville
Lenora Queekboerner
Charles Barnhart
Nancy Heffelfinger
Chicago
Polo
Chadwick
Dixon
Sterling
Mission Society Holds Silver Tea Here Wednesday
The Hope Missionary Society hosted a silver tea at the home of Mr H B Senneff on Wednesday afternoon. Members brought guests and welcomed the new pastor and family with a pounding party. The program included Prelude by Mrs Lottie Rahn, opening thought, songs, consecration, current events by Mrs Wm Linker, solos by Mrs Charles Honberger, Bible study by Mrs C H Rabn, and a welcome to the pastor by Mrs W H Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hope Missionary Society
H. B. Senneff
Lottie Rahn
America
the Beautiful
Wm. Linker
Charles Honberger
C. H. Rabn
W. H. Taylor
Birthday Observance for Mrs Clifton Spencer Held
Mrs Kathryn Rahn hosted a family dinner Sunday for the birthday of her daughter Mrs Clifton Spencer. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Henry Rahn of Milledgeville Mr and Mrs Delmar Lang of Lanark Mr Clifton Spencer and Mr and Mrs Orville Rahn and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Rahn
Mrs
Clifton Spencer
Henry Rahn
Milledgeville
Delmar Lang
Lanark
Orville Rahn
Auxiliary Of Local Grange Meets For Service Scrapbooks
The Black Oak Grange Auxiliary met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Olson. Six members were present. They worked on scrapbooks to send to service men and Mrs. Olson served a light lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak Grange
Fred Olson
Olson
Lyle Carbaugh Promoted to Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant Lyle Carbaugh, stationed overseas in England, has been promoted after months of service. Ward parents confirm the promotion of the American serviceman who has served abroad several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Carbaugh
Ward
England
Staff Set
Carbaugh
Mission Society Entertained By Mrs Freeman
Mrs John Freeman hosted the Lutheran church missionary society on Wednesday afternoon with a guest meeting. Mrs Melvin Straub led the lesson Liverpool Lutheran Neighbors in the North and Mrs George Doden conducted the Bible quiz. Special numbers featured a quartet of Mrs Earl Coble Mrs H F Zugschwerdt Mrs George Doden and Mrs Lloyd Handel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Freeman
Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church
Melvin Straub
George Doden
Louis Zugschwerdt
Earl Coble
H. FE. Zugschwerdt
Lloyd Handel
First Lutheran Church
Lawrence Doden
Harold Bast
James Jones
Elmer Fink
Margrete Doden
George Dambman
Chadwick Bank Pays Ten Percent Waiver Returns
Officials of the State Bank of Chadwick announce another ten percent payment on waivers to depositors. This eighth payment brings total repaid to 85 percent of the original waived amount. The current payment is $5,656.77. three such payments were made in 1942, with hope to settle the remaining 15 percent this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thy Parters
State Bank of
Chadwick
Funeral services held for Henry Viehl in Chadwick
Funeral rites for Henry Viehl 76 longtime Fair Haven resident were conducted at Chadwick cemetery with Rev Earl Coble officiating. A quartet sang Rock of Ages and Jesus Savior Pilot Me. Viehl died Saturday in Clinton at Jane Lamb Hospital after six months in Morrison hospital. He was born in 1867 in Hease Darmstadt Germany and came to the U.S. in 1882. He became a U.S. citizen in 1890 at Morrison and lived on a Fair Haven farm until last year. Surviving relative: cousin George Straub of Rib Lake Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Viehl
Fair Haven Township
Chadwick
Earl Coble
First Lutheran Church of
Cobl
Ward Oleon
Eugene
Arthur Miller
Viehl
Ln Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Morrison Hospital
Mr. Viehl
Hease-Darnmstadt
Germany
United States
Morrison
George Straub
Rib Lake
Wis
Former Chadwick Man Heads U S Hospital in England
Col Paul Crawford of the Army Medical Corps is reported as the commanding officer of an American military hospital in England. A Tribune story notes his leadership and the hospital’s excellent facilities and staff, based on visits by a Tribune correspondent. Crawford, a Chadwick High School graduate who later lived in Mt. Vernon New York, previously worked at a large New York hospital before joining the medical corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Col
Paul Crawford
Army Mertjieal Corps
Chicago Tribune
Col. Crawford
England
Tribune
Land
Cipier
Chadwick Nign School
Mt. Verne N. Y
New York
Medical Corps
Bucklin Hospitalized in Mississippi Camp Shelby
Chaplain J. W. Bucklin, former pastor of Black Oak Lutheran church, has been in Station Hospital Ward 39 at Camp Shelby for nearly three months with an infection in his left foot. A cast was applied and he expects to stay at least another month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bucklin
Black Oak Lutheran Church
Station Hospital
Camp Shelby
Miss
Sterling Theatre Destroyed By Late Friday Fire
Fire destroyed the Sterling theatre after a blaze that began in a tilating section. Firemen from Dixon Rock Falls and Green River ordnance plant aided Sterling crews. Several hundred patrons were escorted out safely with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comined
oFign
Sterling Theatre
Sterling
Dixon
Rock Falls
Green River
Sterling Department
Theatre
Sears Farm
Imel Celebrates 82nd Birthday in Chadwick
O H Imel elderly Chadwick resident observed his 82nd birthday last week born July 5 1863 Fayette county near Connellville Pa later moved to Whiteside county farmed in Fair Haven and Chadwick. He married Anna Shibley on Dec 2 1884 and helped fund the Howe Evangelical church pipe organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Imel
H. Imel
Chadwick
Fayette County
Connellville
Whiteside County
Fair Haven
Anna J. Shibley
Imel
New Howe Evangelical
Imels
Frost Hits 40 Acre Corn Field At Stransdale Farm
A June 20 frost damaged a 40 acre corn field on Stransdale farm No. 1 between Thomson and Savanna. Leaves shriveled and browned while the low lying area chilled several degrees. This late frost is unprecedented in 26 to 30 years in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stransdale Farm No. 1
Thomson
Savanna
Stranedale
Pfe. Lou Kradle Arrives Safely Overseas in Africa
Word confirms Pfe. Lou Kradle has arrived safely overseas in North Africa, reporting he is now stationed abroad. The notification records his arrival and location, noting the safe voyage and current theater of deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Louis Kradle
North Africa
Birthday Party Keeps Gary Handel’s Sixth Birthday Busy
Mrs. Lloyd Handel hosts a Monday evening party for Gary Handel’s sixth birthday with outdoor games and lunch. Guests receive glass lantern candies as favors. gifts come from family and friends including Beverly Handel, Virgil Handel, and Marjorie Straub among others. Nearby social notes mention visits by Earl Larson and Carl Hartman families and trips to Denver for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick News
Gary Handel
Gary
Lloyd Handel
Divorce suit filed by Margaret Drake against Wayne Drake
Margaret Drake of Fulton sues Wayne Drake of Thomson in White side circuit court for divorce on cruelty grounds. They wed February 8 1941 and separated June 14 1943. She seeks a 150 settlement and restoration of her maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Enter Drake
Fulton
Wayne Drake
Thomsor
Whiteside Eircult
Visit Dates Highlight Local Guests
Mise Florence Engelking of Mr. Cayroll visited Monday and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Switzer. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Witt were guests Sunday with the Griswolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Florence Engelking
Mr. Cayroll
Otto Switzer
Sra
Harold Witt
Wile
Chadwich Briefs Highlight Local Visit and Dinners
Cpl Grebble Redman of Needles California visits Miss Mary Waters. Nolan Zugschwerdt couple visit from Wednesday to Saturday with Elmer and Mildred Zugschwerdt. Donald Asay hosts Roy Hinebaugh family for dinner last Thursday. Arthur Behrens daughter and Mrs Frank Schreiner Sr. dine with C J Mackey’s family. Ernest Kloepving guests at Forrest Kloepping home Massbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Larson
Carl Hartman
Morrison
Preston Kaufman
Michael Ernst
Denver
Colo
Roy Weber
Freeport
H. F. Weber
Donald Adolph
Mickey
Vernon Adolph
Clarence Hartman
Dale Kaufman
Elmer Kaufman
Cpl Grebble Redman
Needles
Calif
Mary Waters
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Elmer Zugschwerdt
Donald Asay
Roy Hinebaugh
Arthur Behrens
Milledgeville
Frank H. Schreiner Sr
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Smith
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Camay
Lee
Pke
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College Inn
R. B. Ege
R. B
Duff
ISL
Thomson Briefs
Harold Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Wesley Mumford
Thomson News
Lorraine Young
Mark
Mission Society
Mackey
Boston
Mass
Mineth Mackey
Guy Mackey
Maya
Wallace Geist
Wallace
Geiss
of the Corns
Chadwick School
Harley W. Foster
Henning, Til
Mr. Foster
Reobert Geldmacher
Henry Vieul
U.S. Hospital
Clarence Straub
Henry Straub
Manchester
Bert Straub
Laverne Straub
Dorothy
Clifford Straub
Claude Machling
Lynn
Charles Straub
Bucklin
Mississippi
Lena
Young People’s Institute
Women’s Society of Christian Service
John Holland
J. Richard Sneed
Jas. O’may
Arthur Klontz
Detroit
Mich
Samuel Taylor
H.T. Chenoweth
R. H. Collin
Elizabeth Senneff
W. J. Quest
K. W. Senneff
Albert Hartman
O. H. Rahn
Weiner
Richard Vogel
Fulton, Illinois
Stransdale
Chadwich Briefs
Pillsbury’s
Merle Atherton
Pillsbury
Best Dealer
Ill
Eastern
Kentucky
Potter Brothers
Argo Thomson
Irve Martindale, Thomson, Mgr
Clarence Appel
Mgr
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