Local Social Notes Highlight Sunday and Weekend Visits
Thompson Briefs Leslie Grim joined Henry Young for Sunday dinner. Mrs Harold Brown of Savanna visited with Mr and Mrs Guy Brown and family. Marry I Cone of Enid Oklahoma arrived for a visit with his sister Miss Mary Cone. Leona Curley and Shirley Walbert vacationed in Rockford with the Sheridan family. Ellen Wilkinson and children spent several days at the Shirley Stage home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Grim
Henry Young
Harold Brown
Savanna
Guy Brown
Marry I. Cone
Enid
Okla
Mary Cone
Leona Curley
Shirley Walbert
Rockford
Francis Sheridan
Ellen Wilkinson
Shirley Stage Home
Local notes from Rock Falls and area events
Wednesday August 2 1922 entries include Daniel Harney and wife visiting Rock Falls, blackberry picking in the bluffs, a newborn baby at Jane Lamb Hospital Clin ton, the Rawlins family update, a carnival monkey seen near Mike Tucker farm, Prudence Groharing’s sixth birthday auto ride and picnic with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Harney
Grandma Harney
Rock Falls
Bluffs
Vern Rawlins
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
H. L. Rawlins
Carnival
Mike Tucker
Prudence Groharing
Robt
Groharing
Wallace Dresbach
Mary
Alice Switzer
Margaret
Mary Gaar
Hazel Witmer
Florence Curley
Francis Prins
Ernie Graves
Savanna
Geisinger Bros
Ernie
Florida
Winnie Holland
DeKalb
State Normal School
Irene Martindale
Gladys Lord
Carroll
Harriet Kauffman
Matt Kradle
Howard Kness
Garden City
S. Dak
Social News From Morrison and Vicinity
Local residents host and visit relatives across Morrison and nearby towns including Fulton LaMoille Miles Clinton Savanna and Sterling. Guests include Decker Jansma Tousley Wilkinson Stage Smeltekop and Groharing families with multiple weekend stops and home moves noted. Sandy Earl is named for the newborn at Savanna.
What He Is Fighting For
A veteran class poem revealing a service member's longing for home and family. The speaker imagines mothers, fathers, siblings, and a sweetheart as he sails across the sea. He prays for safety and asks God to let him be the one to die if needed, preserving loved ones’ peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Thompson
Walnut
Sunday dinner guests fill Cliff Durward home in Argo area
List of numerous local families visiting at Cliff Durward and related homes including Irwin Larsen, Merle Durward, Les Durward and families. Esther Schmaling returns from Platteville summer school. Other guests include Mrs. Agnes Heiss, Reverdy Lord, Curtis Lord, Eugene Lord, Russell Irion, Etta Matthew, Ale Warren Matthew, Frank Warfield, Vernon Dearinger family, Ben Faber, Verne Kaufman, Earl Kaufman, Lou Moyer, Mamie Tripp, Ray Moyer family, Lou Moyer at times, Eva Foltz and Irene guests, Miss Boyd, Gsell, Roy Crosfoot, Clyde Foltz at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Durward
Irwin Larsen
Merle Durward
Morrison
Les Durward
Argo
Esther Schmaling
Platteville
Wis
Agnes Heiss
Hattie Yates
Hiram Green
Ray Moyer
Lou Moyer
Eva Foltz
Irene
Miss Boyd
Gsell
Roy Crosfoot
Carroll
Will Freeman
Clyde Foltz
Notice to heirs on will probate in Carroll County
To the Heirs Devisees and Legatees of Robert W Barrett Deceased Take Notice That an Instrument of writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Robert W Barrett Deceased has been deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Carroll County Illinois That no petition for the probate of said Last Will and Testament has been filed in said Court That more than sixty days has elapsed since the death of said Robert W Barrett That the County Court of Carroll County Illinois at Mt Carroll on the 7th day of August AD 1944 at 10 AM will proceed to hear proof of the due execution of said Will and to probate the same when and where you may attend if you desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Barrett
Carroll County
Illinois
Mt. Carroll
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Housing Shifts
Sunday dinners and visits fill a small town week with gatherings at Andover East Moline Carroll and Chadwick. The Farnsworths from Fulton join Hogg home as new teachers, resident plans shift due to local housing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Tobey
Kyhl
Andover
Carl Robinson
Richard Robinson
England
Merle Atherton
Charles Fissens
Duluth
Minn
East Moline
Helen Jones
Glenn Ashby
Mt. Carroll
Wayne Ashby
Glenda Ashby
Carroll
Margaret Smith
Richard Gil
Fred Hook
Leroy Foltz
Chadwick
Robert Carroll
Ernest Farnsworth
Fulton
Charles Hogg
Racial and religious intolerance seen as threat to freedom
A writer warns that ongoing racial and religious intolerance in the United States poisons democracy and freedom, arguing the practice leads toward a form of dictatorship or tyranny as society deteriorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Ringling
Hallie Kenyon
Tim Decker
Isaac Decker
Ed Porter
Excelsior Springs
Lola Dykstra
Herman Jansma
Norma Hall
LaMoille
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Frank Lineback
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Jatavia
Paul Lewis
Walter Shanafelt
Elsie Tousley
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Charles Humphrey
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Ray Johnson
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Edward Lee
Willard Frank
Sterling
Rosie
Beverly Bealer
Fenton
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Walter Smeltekop
Savanna City Hospital
Gladys Cate
Sandy Earl
Roy Rice
Savannah City Hospital
Thomson
Clyde Groharing
Tennessee
G. M. Bent
Lincolnway West
Keabelle Gray
Lincolnway East
Glen Groharing
Chicago
Glenn Groharing
Caryville
Tenn
Bert J. Nelson
Myrta Groharing
Elmer Mosher
Gus Mader
Henry Lohmeier
Heaven
Loomin
Hitler
Tojo
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Jim
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Swett’s Cafe
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L. B. Hussey, M.D
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Telephone Black 415
Joe
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Diagonal St
Dial 2082
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Considine’s “Fulton’s Meeting Place
Lincoln Way
Cigars
Home Appliance Co
Ill
Greison Agency, Inc
Savanna, Illinois
Lewis Motor Company
Sinclair Gas & Oil
Thomson 184
Olson
East Main Street
Morrison, Ill
Heusinkveld
Eads
Albert M. Greison
Savanna, Ill
van Allen
Clinton, Iowa
Purina
Richard Vogel
Fulton, Illinois
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