Cottage guests and visitors populate Riverview area
Elmhurst’s Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gibson spent last week at their cottage. Chadwick visitors included Mrs. Ed Schreiner and Mrs. Fred Schreiner. Chicago and Joliet families vacationed at cottages or with local residents. Several couples and relatives visited Davenport and Savanna areas while touring White Pines State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Gibson
Elmhurst
Ed Schreiner
Fred Schreiner
Chadwick
Elian Brand
Melvin Brocious
Chicago
Kenneth Barniske
Cedar Rapids
Melvin Schweitzer
Bud Smith
Joliet
William Bordner
Eva Hotze
Ina Bordner
Dakota
Ill
Ellan Brand
Henry Kershner
Clinton
Eva Schreiner
Frank Hawkins
Ivan Schindel
Ely Cochran
White Pines
Oregon
Walter Loomis
Savanna
Willie Leopold
Henry Picklum
Wesley Johnson
Davenport
Carl Petersen
Jens Andresen
John Johnson
Linda
Moline
Bill Bogart
Luella Bogart
Alfred Williams
Savanna Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend
Northfield guests Thompson News report Mr. and Mrs. Lee Yates and son Ray visiting Clarence Cooper family in Savanna. Local families including Kustes Cooper McGinnis Hamm Stiles picnicked north of Savanna. Bermuda trip planned, Scout Jamboree trip to Colorado. Several visits and weekend gatherings noted around Savanna and Geneva with multiple families attending dinners and outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Yates
Ray
Northfield
Ohio
Clarence Cooper
Savanna
Yates
Thomas Kustes
Kathryn Cooper
Jane Ann McGinnis
P. K. McGinnis
Marvin Stiles
John Simpson, Jr
Lloyd Fagan
William Hamm
Hugh Brown
Columbia
South Carolina
Gene Marken
Linda
Steven
Colorado
Colorado Springs
BE. H. Gholson
John Wering
Robin
Brent
Sharon Mae Sherman
Hagerstown
Sue Cook
Milledgeville
Dora Wiebenga
Delilah Vance
DeWitt
Barbara Atherton
Horace G. Gholson
Princeton
Ilinois
E. H. Gholson
Ford Museum Receives Chrysler Cars at Midwest Classic
Chrysler Corporation presents two historic cars to the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village during the Midwest Grand Classic. A 1932 Chrysler Landau owned by Walter P. Chrysler and a 1940 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton highlighted the event amid entries from Michigan Ohio Illinois and more. Grand Champion went to C E Valentine Jr. for a 1937 Mercedes Benz Cabriolet with 99 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler Corporation
Henry Ford Museum
Classic Car Club of America
Greenfield Village
Detroit
Mich
Walter P. Chrysler
New York City
Donald A. Shelley
Ford Museum
Alan G. Loofbourrow
Yster Corporation
Shelley
C. E. Valentine, Jr
Birmingham
Russell Strauch
Toledo
Ohio
George Kella
Jackson
Strauch
Kella
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
Armed Forces Addresses Of Men From Chomson Area
List of service members with ranks and locations including Blair S Sgt Paul K 46037804 Box C-33 823rd Supply Sqdn Homestead AFB Florida Brearton Gerald U S N 624 EB 3rd St Salt Lake City Utah Daniels Ambrose 1677244 5734 Highway 61 No Millington Tenn etc. Names, ranks and base or APO addresses for personnel from Chomson area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Paul K
Homstead Air Force Base
Homstead
Florida
Brearton
Gerald
St. Lo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Review 80 Club Eligibility And Members List
Review 80 Club requires members be 80 or older and meet residency or birth criteria in York township. The text lists founding details from 1941, officers and board members, and notes visits by Carl Petersen and other relatives in Chadwick and Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
F. L. Stagg
Jessie DeKay
Boise
Idaho
Military personnel details from Great Lakes and Marine units
List of service members including Wesley D Sack tied to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois and Kenneth W Pfe Vernon R Workman with identifiers tied to 4th Infantry Division and 12th Marines. Mentions APO 59 New York and San Francisco addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sack
Wesley D. G. R
Great Lakes
Illinois
Traum. Pvt
Kenneth W. US
Car Co
APO
New York, N. Y
M.B.A.T
12Th Marines
83Rd Marine Division
F.M.F
Cjo F.P.0
San Francisco, Calif
Twin State League Schedule Of Games
Twin State League lists game dates with teams and players for July and August. Entries show multiple Thom appearances and partner pairings across periods with (1) and (2) indicating first and second games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thom
J. B. Beaird
Schuler’s
Elvira
Elec
Bradulski
Clin
Corn
Phillips
Schuler
Zemke Family Reunion at Timber Lake Park
Zemke reunion drew 31 attendees Sunday at Mackay's Timber Lake Park with guests from Sterling Morrison Tampico Barrington Mt Carroll Milledgeville Chadwick and Chadwick organizers Mr and Mrs Fred Zemke. 1961 plan noted. Golden Rule Circle picnic followed at Riverview cottage with 46 attending. YPS picnic hosted by Salem Lutheran church at Lake Le Aqa Na with 40 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zemke
Timber Lake Park
Mackay's
Fred Zemke
Chadwick
Sterling, Morrison, Tampico, Barrington, Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
Riverview
Lloyd Handel
First Lutheran Church
Riverview Cottage
Young Peoples Society
The
Salem Lutheran Church
Lake Le-Aqua-Na
Sunday Socials Across Cedar Rapids and Nearby Towns
Local residents gathered for weekend visits and dinners with relatives and friends. Multiple households from Cedar Rapids, Fulton, Hanover, and Lanark hosted or traveled for shared meals and extended vacations in Wisconsin, New London, and Grand Rapids area towns.
Center Junction Visitors and Local Family Calls
Mrs Richard Atherton and children from Center Junction Iowa visited Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton Sr on Sunday. Jack Morehead of Hinsdale called on Lloyd Fagan Monday. Barbara Atherton was a weekend guest at the Merle Atherton Sr home. Jeanette Carroll is on a brief vacation from the Dixon School. Loyal Brunner and children joined Saturday supper at the Merle Bielema home. Richard Michael son and family from Aurora visited the Bielema family. Gordon Brown and son Gary from Sterling visited with his mother and sister in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Atherton
Dolly Atherton
Merle Atherton
Leila Mitchell
Merle Atherton, Sr
Missouri
Arkansas
S. F. Hogue
Harrison
C. R. McCue
Maureen
Knoxville
E. Bowers
Walter Ireland
Savanna
Otto Grill
Mr. Carroll Nursing Home
Grill
Carroll County
Kyle Brown
Emil Bellich
Robert Gray
Geneva
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Harold Brown
Ella Smith
Cedar Rapids
Michael Brearton
Sheri
William Cronister
Martin
Wisconsin
Robert Miller
Peggy
Lanark
Maude Brown
Harriett
Leonard Feldt
Betty
Jennie Geerta
Danny
Diane
Fulton
Doris Feldt
Clifford Curley
Hanover
Harriet
Robert Plumley
Ruth Stearns
New London
N. H
Thomson
Roy Heitman
Tom McCormick
Pat
Mary Peschang
Grace
Ralph Nobis
Paul Heusinkveld
Grand Rapids
Minnesota
Richard Atherton
Center Junction
Iowa
Jack Morehead
Hinsdale
Lloyd Fagan
Barbara Atherton
Jeanette Carroll
Dixon School
Loyal Brunner
Merle Bielema
Smidren
Richard Michaelson
Aurora
Gordon Brown
Gary
Sterling
Mabel Jobe
Carroll County Farmers Headed to Chicago Market
A group of Carroll County consigners including Earl Delp Mrs Stanley Welch Ken and Fred Stoddard Wandell Woessner Leland Schmaling Joe Winters and Paul Woessner Reynold Bloyed Senneff and Turney traveled to the Chicago Market last week. Robert Schneider has taken a job with the Andring Contracting Company. Gayle Durwood vacationing with Karen Stiles in Mt Morris. Calvin Eslinger family enjoying a ten day vacation in northern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago
Earl Delp
Stanley Welch
Ken
Fred Stoddard
Wandell Woessner
Leland Schmaling
Joe Winters
Paul Woessner
Reynold Bloyed Senneff
Turney
Robert Schneider
Andring Contracting Company
Gayle Durwood
Karen Stiles
Mt. Morris
Calvin Eslinger
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ditch Boy
Dieh! Oil Co
Thomson, Illinois
Thomson News
Margaret S. Heusinkveld Insurance
Orthmann
Clover Farm
Glendale
Chevrolet
Bob
John
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
Chrysler
Chomson
Dyson
Anarles R
G. M. Bn
G. M
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Graharing
Bernard
Helen St. Sault Saint Marie
Houzenga
Andrew Jr
Tech. Trag
Tinker Afb
Okla
Ihne, Pvt
Richard
Garmisch Garrison Apo
Kenyon
A. P
N. R
Gunston Road
Alexandria
Mattie
Vernon
25Th Aviation Co
San Francisco
Calif
Perry
Arthur
55Th Tactical F & R Sq
USAFE
Gerald L. Shoemaker
Edmunds
Ronald P. Smith
Matterial
APC 117
S. A. C. Edganee
80’ Club
Frank Holman
Nellis Schade
Ernest Whitney
Edward Foltz
Wm. Adams
Frank Smith
William Robertson
Argona
Charles McGinty
Edith Robinson
Hattie Wilt
William Adams
Chas. McGinty
George Schmaling
Matilda Harney
Ruby St. Ores
Iva Orcutt
Clinton Laundry and Cleaners
S. 4Th St
Pfe
Vernon R. Workman
Herbert Law
Atherton
Mt. Carroll
Diehl Oil CO
Chadwick News
Chris Frank
Leo Zemke
Emil Zemke
Barrington
Robert Geison
Lillian Koehler
Kathy
Elmer Kniss
Clarence Kniss
Freeport
Joe Rath
Maurice Becker
Shannon
Kenneth Wood
Harvey Hartman
Preston Downing
George Knoess
Hilda
Morraf Schubert
Duane
Harold C. Olson
Fred Hook
John Engelking
Lyle Williams
Beth
Margaret Smith
Wacker
Gayle Durward
Jeannette Bielema
Carol
Donald
Andrew Houzenga
David Young
Considine’s
Insurance Agency
Faltow
T of
Allied van Lines
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Terminix
Joyce Lumber
Fulton, Ill
Mac
Rosie
Rose Mary—Frances
Funeral Home
Jay M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
John O. Seesser
Clarence Bolhous
Thomson, III
Argo News
Melton Electric
State Bank
Jerry’s
U. S
Preston
G. A. Fresh Donuts
Fulton, Illinois
Potter Bros. Inc
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