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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1953
Page
4
Free x rays will be available to visitors at the 1953 Illinois State Fair from August 14 to 23. Teeth x rays for children under 16 with parent present and chest x rays for youths and the elderly. Facilities provided by the Department of Public Health on the balcony of the Illinois building.
The Department of Public Works and Buildings announces roughly 4 million dollars in highway work let to 19 Illinois counties. Since Governor Stratton took office, new contract awards exceed 25 million dollars in total. A separate note from History Survey Division warns homeowners of red spider mite signs on evergreens, shrubs, and flowers. Dr. L. L. English says warm weather may increase damage, but heavy infestations can be checked by washing plants with strong jets of water.
The Illinois State Fair runs August 14 to 23 in Springfield with diverse music. Eddie Fisher Les Paul and Mary Ford Denise Darcel Ray Anthony and his band Jan Garber and his orchestra appear. Chicago Board of Trade band Larry Costello and his orchestra Chanute Field Air Force band Fifth Army band from Chicago also perform.
Illinois reported 118000 motor vehicle accidents last year with 87 school bus incidents involving pupils. No children were killed and 12 were hurt in school bus accidents. 67 children were injured in 1951. Eugene J. Czachorski named to the new Youth Commission by Governor Stratton. Dr Roland Cross warned campers and hikers about tick bites and Rocky Mountain spotted fever risk in the state with three cases and one death since late May. A special amateur division in the flower show of the 1955 film-
Lee Daniels of Limhurst, former Du Page county states attorney, will head a three member state commission with one more member to be named. A state bocce ball tournament is set for Sunday August 23 at the Illinois State Fair, with a trophy to the winning team donated by Governor William G Stratton. The tournament, tracing origins to the Trojans, Greeks and Romans, will be presented with the cooperation of Americans of Italian Descent, Inc.
For the first time in the history of the event at the Illinois State Fair women will be given a chance to participate. The introduction of female competitors marks a milestone for the annual horseshoe pitching contest at the fairgrounds.
Three tournaments will be held at the State Fair with men competing on Tuesday August 18, boys under 18 on Wednesday August 19, and women on Thursday August 20. Macon County is flagged as a potential polio epidemic area by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Gamma globulin and other supplies totaling 133 000 cubic centimeters were airlifted to Springfield and trucked to Decatur for inoculations. About 19 000 children under 10 in the county received inoculations.
Harness racing at Springfield August 14 23 1953 offers purses exceeding 400 600 with daily features. The Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes top event is Monday August 17 with four races for two and three year old pacers and trotters each worth over 60 000.
The first modern Korean Bible translation has been printed in Tokyo in an initial run of 100,000 volumes. The project leader Rev. Im Young Bin overcame Communist threats, retranslated destroyed pages, and arranged distribution to orphanages, hospitals, and POW camps, with sales through bookstores.
Dr David W Barry executive director of the research unit notes that about one fifth of the U S population relocates annually and the movement concentrates toward the East and West Coasts the Gulf Coast and the Great Lakes region.
A grand total of 5650 dollars will be awarded to winners across four divisions at this year’s show.
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam decries contradictions in freedom progress and religion at a rally. He argues for humility and moral law over state power and militarism while praising American global aid and the Voice of America. Snake bite incidents in Kodoli India prompt medical care shift and local first aid learning by Indian boys.
The specialist advises mixing equal parts cracked corn and whole oats for a creep ration and suggests adding 10 percent high protein supplement. If calves will graze next season, creep feeding now offers little value as those not gaining weight will catch up on pasture the following summer.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Brown Jr and daughter Bonnie of Mt Carroll and Mr and Mrs Eugene Weber and son Terry visited Brookfield Zoo Sunday.
Chadwick residents report varied social activity with extended family visits and out of town guests. Eugene Miller family attended a nurses picnic and homecoming at the Pines. George Doden and daughter Helen Ann hosted visitors from Simonton Minnesota, while Mrs. Wm. Rolls stayed with her father C. H. Kness as a relative recoveries occur.
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