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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
8
Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn star in a romantic comedy about a shopgirl who inherits a million dollars. Ronald Reagan co stars as a composer who loves her but resents her wealth alongside May Robson and a strong supporting cast.
Jake Stickell sports a blue Sing Sing sweater with white rings on Thomson's Main Street. Local banter calls it a prison sweater after he allegedly swiped the garment from Adam Heinze's farm during a visit, per grapevine lines.
Mrs. Erskin Ferry 45 died at home in East Savanna after months of illness. Funeral held at Presbyterian church with burial in Savanna cemetery. Hazel Belle Nettleton born in Savanna March 15 1496 lived locally and married Sept. 19 191? to Frekin Ferry. Mrs. Adolph Derrer 76 buried at Mt. Carroll Lutheran church. Jere Leonard 82 died in Savanna after long residence. He served as Burlington rail clerk and elder of First Presbyterian Church. The piece also notes a Morrison farm known as Besse farm with a mammoth preserved in a $6 000 barn and future farming plans for John.
A list of deaths from Savanna and nearby areas includes Savanna resident Bertholf who died July 9 from injuries after a July 3 accident near East Savanna. Mrs. Chas. E. Gross of Savanna who died July 7. Anna Mary Bower who died February 26. and John P Crowley who died July 7. Surviving relatives include widow Caroline Imes Bertholf, son Bert, daughter Mrs. E. H. Bullock, and several grandchildren. Mrs. Gross’s survivors include husband Charles E Gross and children. Crowley’s survivors include wife Hannah and four children. Burial details and funeral locations are listed for each.
John Balk, living three miles south and two miles east of Thomson, reports his wheat cannot be cut except on high spots as the binder sinks in peat. He notes the difficulty of working the field and the soggy ground in the lower lake area.
Forty Carroll youths participated in the National Youth Administration Student Work Program during the fiscal year ending June 80. The Illinois NYA allotment funded the program with 1 607 864 22 dollars. Carroll county spent 2 594 dollars.Participants include high school and college students in need. jobs are supervised and must not replace regular staff. Wages range from 8 to 60 dollars monthly for high schoolers and up to 30 dollars for graduate students depending on status.
Ground was broken Monday for the foundation of the first of three five room houses to be built in Savanna by the Savanna Housing Corporation on Milwaukee Street off Chicago Avenue. Frank Lister of Savanna won the contract to build to FHA specifications with basements furnace heat and hardwood floors. Two homes will be two story with five rooms and bath while the third is a one and a half story five room home with bath. A garage will accompany each home. prices to be set after completion as costs vary.
The Carroll County AAA committee offers unused steel bins for sale to farmers needing extra grain storage. Unassembled bins cost 84.96 dollars for 944 bushel capacity. erected but empty second-hand bins cost 66.08 dollars. Prices reflect 9 cents per bushel for unused bins and 7 cents per bushel for second-hand. First 20 days limit one bin per farmer. Sale runs through August 10.
In a three ceremony event at First Presbyterian Church Savanna Edith Bronson wed Vernon R Krahn in a three o clock Saturday service. Agnes King and William E Trader united in marriage at St Johns rectory Savanna with reception and motor trip to Galena and Chicago. Doris Nickel and Allen Hammerstein tied the knot at Davenport Methodist with plans to reside in Savanna.
Russell Martin aged 17, and his father, owner and driver of a car, were injured north of Savanna on Monday night. Russell has a fractured left thigh and head bruises, while his father received minor cuts. The Martin car was struck by a truck driven by Joseph Jacobsen of Dubuque as Mr. Martin turned onto a side road. Jacobsen suffered severe cuts and lacerations to his right wrist while making repairs to his damaged truck.
A clerk asks to use the boss's phone and quips his wife told him to request a raise but forgot the amount. The exchange highlights workplace humor as the boss questions the purpose.
Announcement states Frances is nearing marriage. No other details on partner date or location are given in the readable text.
Buckwalter and Neuschwanger set for 7 p m Saturday June 19 with guests Mr and Mrs Robert Davis Mt Carroll. Genevieve Rogers and Paul Emmert Jr marry July 12 in Chicago home ceremony with Rev Milton Bischoff officiating.
Mrs. Agnes Ross and Mrs. Minnie Williamson of Mt. Carroll celebrated their 82nd birthdays on July 15 though they missed the Illinois Twins Association meeting at Starved Rock state park held Sunday. They are two of triplets born July 15, 1859 to James and Jane Patten. the third died in infancy.
Hickory Grove Methodist Church at Wacker will mark its fiftieth anniversary on Sunday September 28 with morning and afternoon services and a noon picnic. The building was dedicated November 1 1891 under Rev B Miller with prior services in log cabins and schoolhouses. Rev James H Foard of Mt Carroll is the current pastor. regular services run every other Sunday at 9 30 a m followed by Sunday school at 10 30 a m.
Thomson growers store away melons this week as picking begins soon. The acreage is average for the year and assisted by good rains the crop is expected large and high quality. First ripe melons are muskmelons with general ripeness the first week of August. A Milwaukee reader recalls a door bell sign: Button Dont Bell. Bump.
Ninety eight northern Illinois men were named to state highway patrol with two weeks training in Springfield. Picked from Freeport Galena Franklin Grove Lee Center McHenry Crystal Lake, they fill existing vacancies as a special examining board certified 340 candidates from 5700 applicants after strict mental and physical tests.
A housewife challenges the cost of a small pillow while a salesclerk explains the price as "down is up," signaling a humorous tension in a retail exchange about material value and perceived worth.
Fire damaged the Cecil DeNier home in Mount Carroll late Saturday with about $500 in losses. The blaze began in the attic at 4 30 p m, burned a hole in the roof, destroying furniture stored upstairs. Mt Carroll fire department responded to extinguish the fire.
Route 80 J5 from Thomson to Savanna and the Proving Grounds is lined with cars every weekday morning as about 500 men travel to work. They head to the Proving Grounds and Han over where government houses are being built. The government building boom has created substantial employment in Carroll County with attractive wages.
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