Town News Roundup of Farm Work and Local Happenings
Farmers busy combining grain near Thomson with old binders then threshing. Cronister Barber Shop adds TV. band concerts directed by Ferris draw crowds each Wednesday. Harold Starr hawks popcorn at concerts. A big tree fell near Judge Hook number one farm. Decker cleared debris. Bob Hook plans to join Uncle Sam, likely missing paychecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Ozzie Cronister
Joe Shutter
Cronister
Mr. Ferris
Harold Starr
Harold
Judge Hook
Decker
Bob Hook
Pride and Joy
Uncle Sam
Bob
Opening of Thomson Grade School Requires One More Teacher
With Argo Fay joining the district the Thomson Community Consolidated Grade School will hire an additional teacher for the coming year. Existing staff include Mrs. Ann Greeley Mrs. Daisy Cole Mrs. Libbie Rupple Mrs. Grace Bolhous Miss Esther Schmaling Mr. Charles Ferris and Mr. John Seger all returning. New hire Miss Mary Ann Housenga replaces Mrs Hazel Leavens. Enrollments range 26 to 40 with second grade at 40 and third fourth grades combined at 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Community Consolidated Grade School
Argo-Fay
Ann Greeley
Daisy Cole
Libbie Rupple
Grace Bolhous
Esther Schmaling
Charles Ferris
John Seger
Hazel Leavens
Mary Ann Housenga
Thomson
Nouzenga
York Community High School
DeKalb
County Board of Trustees
Argo Fay
Card of Thanks and Local Sale Notices
Card of Thanks thanks readers for ecards gifts and care during illness and notes thanks to doctors and nurses. For Sale 8 acres of alfalfa Harold Witt Thomson. List of Thomson Merchants events with dates, opponents and 7 30 p m CST games in Clinton Ta played in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Prinst
Harold Witt
Thomson
Thomson Merchants
Fulton A. C
Port Hole
Sea Horses
Clinton Foods
General Electric
DeWitt Moose
Clinton Taverns
Clinton
Church Notices and Local Social Roundup
Catholic services listed for Fulton and St. John's Savanna with multiple morning times. York and York Baptist churches note worship and Sunday School, followed by a sermon series and Bible study quotes. A long social column reports visitors, fetches, family visits, and travel notices from Savanna and surrounding towns.
Thomson Area Social Roundup Notices In Franklin Grove
Thomson residents and guests attended visits and a Friday wedding reception. Diane Erickson married Dr. Richard Kable of Freeport June 20 in Franklin Grove. Visits included Mr and Mrs Paul Bender of Freeport and others from Moline Seattle Dixon Pecos and Dixon relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Gothard
Anna Willis
Stockton
Franklin Grove
Bimm
Mary Lou Meyers
Y. C. Hls
The
Review Publications
Mavis Rayes
Pecos
Texas
Merle Atherton
Ed Sack
Dixon
Dan Sack
Notice to Creditors and Bus Driver Applicants
Notice announces August 2 1954 as claim date in the estate of Hannah C Ring Deceased in Carroll County Illinois with administrator Mary E Frey and attorney Robert W Weissmiller. It also calls for written applications for bus driver positions with Thomson Community Consolidated School District No 174 due by 7 00 PM CST July 23 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah C. Ring
Carroll County
Ilinois
Mary E. Frey
Robert W. Weissmiller
Mt. Carroll
Thomson Community Consolidated School District No
Thomson Community Consolidated School District
Clr
John Sloan
Thomson
Illinois
Methodists WSCS Meets At Church
The W. S. C. S. of the Thom son Methodist church met last week at the church basement with 13 ladies and 6 children present. New officers were seated led by president Mrs Harold Elliott. Visitors and upcoming Lena Institute noted with fares and dues outlined. Also reported were local hospital injuries and visiting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Leckrone
Henry Strauch
Harold Elliott
Clarence Appel
Asker Peterson
Ben Wagner
Announce Coming Marriage Of Miss Patricia Lineback
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Patricia Ann Lineback of Savanna to Gerald James of Savanna. The ceremony is set for 11 a.m. Monday, July 26 at St. John's Church with a reception that evening. Both graduates of Savanna High School in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ann Lineback
Frank Lineback
Chestnut Park
Savanna
Gerald James
Floyd James
St. John's Catholic Church
Savanna High School
Adams and Dabron
James
Messmer
Nears Completion of Basic Training for Pvt Richard F Legel
Pvt Richard F Legel son of Elvie Legel Sterling and Mrs Archie Green Thomson nears completion of basic infantry training with the 6th Armory Division at Ft Leonard Wood Mo. Upon completion he will receive a furlough before assignment to further army instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Lege
Elvie Legel
Sterling
Archie Green
Thomson
6Th Armory
Ft. Leonard Wood
Yele
Pvt
Legel
Army
Carol Miller Is Honored At Birthday Party
Miss Carol Miller was guest of honor at a birthday party held Tuesday evening at the home of her brother in law and sister Loyal Brunner. Other attendees included Ivan Miller and Gregory, Gene Halfman and Cynthia, Fred L. Miller and Amelia Drenner. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Miller
Loyal Brunner
Ivan Miller
Gregory
Gene Halfman
Cynthia
Fred L. Miller
Amelia Drenner
Elect Officers Of Community Church For Year
The York Community church held its annual business meeting on June 27. Rev. Witmer announced his resignation but offered availability this summer. officers elected include W A Adams and Fr Hemmer elders, Tessie Grim junior deacon, Darrel Gaar deacon, Mrs Gladys Cate treasurer, Carol Miller clerk, Julia Feddersen assistant clerk, Myrtle Bennett pianist, and Sunday School officers led by Mrs Paul Daniels. Thomson Merchants split a week with Clinton Taverns Savanna and DeWitt next up with Port Hole leading the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community Church
Witmer
A. Adams
W. A. Adams
9. Hemmer
Denon
Tessie Grim
Darrel Gaar
Gladys Cate
Millard Cate
Hobart Helland
Elin Totnsley
Carol Miller
Julia Feddersen
Myrtle Bennett
Paul Daniels
Ass't
Harry Gaar
Asst
Ann Holland
Webart Holland
Frances Green
Leslie Grim
Johnson Family Hields Reunion Held at Old Mill Park
The Johnson reunion gathered 45 attendees last Sunday at Old Mill Park in Savanna. The oldest present was Mrs. Anna Grawe of Thomson and the youngest Connie Sue Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson of Argo Fay. Families came from Moline Tyr Milledgeville Savanna Thomson and Argo Fay. The 1955 reunion is planned for the second Sunday in July at Old Mill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hoyinz
Green Bay
Wis
G. A. Smith
James Tack
Duane Law
Savanna
Charles Hoge
Eagle Point Park
Clinton
Virgil Wilt
Fay Groharing
Morrison
Arthur Hoffman
Chadwick
Bessie Groharing
Ruth Rick
Clinton, Jr
Wisconsin Dells
Myrta Groharing
Paul Groharing
Johnson
Old Mill Park
Anna Grawe
Thomson
Connie Sue Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Argo Fay
Moline
Tyr Milledgeville
Weekend visitors and relatives in Riverview area
Mr and Mrs Howard Rummel of Mt Carrool and other area residents noted visits with Dr and Mrs Band and families. Tour groups traveled among Lanark Aurora Savanna Clinton and Freeport with several gatherings and a State reunion planned at New Glaris Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Rummel
Mt. Carrool
Band
Ray Densmore
W. B. Stattler
Lanark
Eldrege McCredry
Aurora
Harold Densmore
Clinton
Tly
Devon Richmond
Savanna
Hin Halfman
Geraldine Remti
Bellvir *Ity
Ralph Hopkins
Robert Traum Houtins
Mra
Elmer Hutmacher
Freeport
Frank Corey
Louis Corey
Mrs. Long
Scottville. Mich
Wesley Sack
Ill and Hospitalized Individuals in Clinton Area
The delivery lists several local health notes. Henry Warfield lies gravely ill at his sister Mrs. John LaShelle's home. Ann Hollard and Tellind Hoba key family members ill with a virus. Mercy Hospital Clinton reports Charis Rogers as an observation patient, admitted Tuesday. W. F. Yates of Wacker sustains severe injuries from a fall at a floor store, with compound right ankle fracture and left heel fracture. he is at Savanna City hospital. Arnold Wiebenga of Fulton, 14, injured in a hay wagon accident at Charles Miller farm Garden Plain, with broken shoulder nose and arm. he is at Mercy hospital Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Ho Lard
Arnold Wiebenga
Fulton
Claude Wiebensa
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Charles Miller
Garden Plain
Jerry Wienbenga
Benny
Bobby Belk
Hanover
John Sloan
Frank Smith
Ernest Petty
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
George Buckwalter
James Woessner
Wir
Petty
Edna Leavens
Moline Puble Hospital
Luther Leavens
Mr. Leavens
Jil Lohmeier
Frank Lohmeier
Janie Miller
William Mullen
Edna Mullen
Maquoketa
Gus Roenilorf
Dorothy
Avdin Armtone
Mary Dadeyriple
Thomas Kirstes Jr
John
Ralph Fossler
Dean
Durand
Betty Blodgett
Yates City
Viciime
Thomas Wwustes Jr
J. K. Thompson
Battle Creek
Mich
Bayard Lewis
Indian student visits local groups during stay
A visiting Indian student Khumar Singh staying with the Hook Khumar family near Fred Hook Farm met people at Starved Rock last Friday. He spoke to Grange members at Files Schoolhouse and will address the Luther League in Clinton Ta. Next week he visits the 1H camp on Adeline in Indian attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hook
Starved Rock
Kilomar Singh
India
Hook
Khumar
States
Carrell County
Montana
Grange
Luther League of the Zion Luthern Church
Clinton
Adeline
Letters From Our Readers Mixed News From Indiana and Illinois
A jumble of reader letters and social notes details a subscription payment issue, university honors for Harriet R. Keeler, and a flurry of local visits across Clinton Maquoketa Lanark Fulton Durand Mt. Carroll and Yates City with families including the Sloans Smiths and Pettys.
Miss Irene Zenk Weds Harry Gennaro in Rockford Church
Irene Zenk daughter of Harold and Mrs Zenk of Teomaon married Harry Gennaro son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Gennaro of Rockford at St Marys Church Rockford. The bride wore a lace ankle length gown with pearl cap veil and carried red roses and white carnations. Bridesmaids wore yellow and blue lace dresses. Russell Sikona was best man. A wedding dinner followed at the Plantation in Rockford and a reception in the afternoon. The couple will reside in Rockford and Mrs Gennaro plans to enter Chicago in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Zenk
Harold Zenk
Teomaon
Harry Gennare
Joseph Gennare
Rockford
St. Mary's Church
Jenny
Mi Vlean Lansing
Miss Join Phewer
Wie Dainsing
Miss Trewer
Russell Scikona
Christopher Bellone
Reidle
Gennaro
Chool
Chicago
Thomson High School
Rockfor School of Business
Numerous Sunday Guests Visit Local Families Across Area
Mrs. Carl Rogers and family hosted Carl and wife from Dubuque. Several couples and individuals visited relatives in Harmon Garden Plain Lanark Dixon and Clinton. Attendees included Timmons Gublin Witt Kilpatrick Petersen Fehler Ashpole Turney Strohecker Turney etc. Carmal Timmons wed Henderson at St Patrick’s Dixon. Hazel Schroth won a third at Clinton amateur show. District planning committee meetings were held at the Boy Scout Camp near Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rogers
Dubuque
Charles Rogers
Herman Timmons
KE. F. Gublin
Harmon
Harold Tobey
Floyd Tobey
Garden Plain
Fred Tubney
Fulton
Paul K. Witt
Irvin Kilpatrick
Anover
Harold Witt
Carl Petersen
Fred Jurgensen
Clinton
Franklin Fehler
John Ashpole
Geneva
Robert Gray
Ann
Tommy Gray
John Seger
Clarence Davis
Alexis
Janie Miller
Jill Sloan
Edgar Turney
Lanark
Blaine Turney
Hazel Schroth
Glenn Bicker
Merle Bicker
Earl Rupple
Ray Rupple
Carol Miller
Sorera
Lorraine Day
Barbara
Trell Ottens
Lyndon
Henry Bielema
Lee Rockafellow Mwen
Wilton Sadoris
Port Byron
Marla Greeley
Willi Greeley
Morrison i Vieilinee
Hattie Greeley
Eva Pape
Alma
Helen Mertz
John Kramer
Henry Sour
Eugene Murray
Harold Elliott
Orville Gablin
Stockton
Paul Vander Ploeg
Thomson Illinois annual appropriation bill adopts village funds
The Thomson Illinois Board of Trustees passes an annual appropriation ordinance for May 1 1954 to April 30 1955 totaling 10880 dollars. It allocates funds for bonded debt interest bonds, street repairs and lighting, fire and police departments, water works, printing, office supplies, officers salaries, parks and contingencies. The ordinance takes effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Illinois
Board of Trustees
Thomson, Ilinois
Thomon
Henry B. Strauch
Joe Shutters
Board of Trust
Also Mentioned on This Page
Argo
Sandridge
Ronnie Starr
Alasaxa
Ronnie
Anita
Joe
Jimmy Wiebenga
Riverview
George Hook
Bill Adams
Wayne Groharing
Dick Williams
Ivan Morse
Emil Brach
Orville Goblin
Myself
Virl Johnson
Mary Lee
M. J. Strukhoff
St. John's Church
Methodist
Wm. F. Leckrone
York
Mark Witmer
Clifton J. Allen
Christian Fellowship
Calvin Coolidge
J. W. Gillespie
William Kendall
Jennie Griswold
Alaska
Dave Binns
Seattle
Washington
Binn
Ray Meyers
Milledgeville
Canada
East
Gary Bicker
Charles Ditsworth
Shannon
Paul Dyson
Waterloo
Frank Kimmel
Robert Slater
Rock Falls
Henry Young
Shultz
Adeline Groharing
Marvin Brookstra
Harvey Marshall
David
Gay Hendricks
Mervin Marshall
Near Morrison
Robert Caroll
Larry
Marshall
Earl Miller
Walnut
Paul V. Wilt
Saginaw
Michivan
Ake
Wayne Ashby
Wacker
Clarence Embick
Sioux City
Charles Thompson
Neils Thompson
Chares Hogg
Jack Demaree
Davenport
N. D. French
Thomson News
Methodists
WSCS
Argo FA
Anita Johnson
Hazel Dale
Robert Schneider
Argo Fa S
Hazel
Richard
Nuram Seng
George Schmaling
Patricia Lineback
George Petersen
Charles Witt
Wayne Witt
Millard James
Athelstane
Stanley Barnes
Marinette
Young
Merchants
L. Prins
Hamedew
Merchant's
DeWitt
Jack Marken
Gail
Vevtrol Nixon
Farmer City
David Diehl
Connie Nixon
Bert Watkins
Normal
Warvey Starshall
Nex Sealay
New Glarivs
Henry Warfield
John LaShelle
Thomson Review
Fred Hook Farm
East Smith Avenue
Maomington
Indiana
Hazel G. Stave
Publiser
Themeon Review
Aeon
Stave
Indiana University
Menearshy
Delta Pi Epsilon
Ilinois State Normal University
Harriet R. . Keeler
Ago
All Stara Tan Aren Eay All Pte 40 Club
Dorothy Leteher
Tome
Argo Fay Methodist Church
McGinty Hardware
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