Miss Thelma Schick Injured In Summer School Ball Play
Miss Thelma Schick a student at Plat teville Wisconsin Teachers College injures a finger last Thursday while playing ball on campus. The item lists a series of local visits and gatherings involving Thomson residents and surrounding communities, noting several families and individuals visiting in Argo Morrison Rock Island and other nearby towns over the weekend and weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Schick
Platteville, Wis
Ben Stage
K. B. Carpenter
Esther Ann Eberly
Sterling
Gerald Brown
W. A. Adams
Arlene
Byron
Thomson
Rochester
Minn
Adams
Mayo Clinic
Ed Brondyke
Johanna Oosterryk
Albany
Carrett Bolhous
Ford Grimm
Rockford
Fred Yates
Wacker
Frank Brown
Vern Swingley
Savanna
Chicago
Fred Bonjour
Jim Bonjour
Scales Mound
Paul Bonjour
Lois Carroll
Eldon Hickey
Art Gorzney
Morrison
Betty Cate
Pat
Mary Cate
Arlene St. Ores
Fred Groharing
E. J. Coleman
Will Robertson
Robertson
Election in Fulton on Saturday votes on community high school
A special Fulton election recorded 97 votes for and 874 against the community high school proposal. Crouch school tallied 3 in favor and 152 opposed, Garden Plain had 26 for and a district vote at Fulton showed 68 for and 265 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Crouch
Garden Plain
Sunday visits fill area with family and friends
Numerous families hosted relatives and friends from Illinois towns and nearby states over the weekend. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Weston Smith of Wacker with Thomson Briefs daughter Carol, and travelers from Chicago, West Chicago, Sterling, and Davenport area towns visiting homes across Mt. Carroll, Argo, Chadwick, and Savanna.
All In How You Say It
Dialogue exchange humorously notes a misperception about a country house with a lake. Percy claims Bill owns a fine $40,000 property with a lake while Flage recalls no lake, prompting Percy to insist the lake exists though unseen. The quip hinges on miscommunication and wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy
Bill
Flage
Leopold Schwing rites set for today at Frances Shimer
Funeral services for Leopold Schwing, longtime violin and German instructor at Frances Shimer College, will be held at 5 p m in West Hall lounge. Rev R H Seit er will officiate with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Schwing died Tuesday at St Luke's hospital Chicago after illness. He taught at Frances Shimer from 1933 and performed with his wife at many northern Illinois concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Schwing
Frances Shimer College
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
West Hall
R. H. Seiter
First Baptist Church
Mt. Carroll
Oak Hill Cemetery
Illinois
Schwing
Germany
United States
Frances Shimer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Baldwin Wallace College
Western Reserve University Graduate School
Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts
G. Remy
Paris
Carl Flesch
Richard Hartzer
Berlin
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
University of Wisconsin
Cass School of Music
Parmelee Studies
Cleveland, CO
Illinois College
Jacksonville
MacMurray College
It All Came True at Royal Sun Day Monday Tuesday
Theatres Ann Sheridan stars in It All Came True opening at the Royal Sun Day Monday and Tuesday. The story follows New York boarding house residents whose lives are disrupted when a gangster uses the house as a hideout. Humphrey Bogart leads the gangster role with Jeffrey Lynn as the aspiring young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Sheridan
Harvard
Warner Bros
Louis “Rains
Branfield
New York
Humphrey Bogart
Jeffrey Lynn
Zasu Pitts
Una O'Conner
Jesse Busley
John Litel
Program To Be Given By Band
Local band plans a Saturday evening concert featuring March and overture selections. Highlights include Lover Come Back To Me Maybel Waltz and Pop Goes the Weasel with The Organ and The Flyer marches in the lineup.
Buckwalter Daughter Named Ann Ruth
The daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Buckwalter has been named Ann Ruth. The Rev and Mrs Chester F Zimmerman Betty Buckwalter Joyce Flickinger and Betty Rowland spent last week at Lake Shipshewana Indiana. Frank Ross was here from Mt Carroll on business on Monday fore noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Buckwalter
Ann Ruth
Chester F. Zimmerman
Betty Buckwalter
Joyce Flickinger
Betty Rowland
Lake Shipshewana
Indiana
Frank Ross
Mt. Carroll
Boys Find The Old Swimming Hole A Favorite
Local youths favor a creek swimming hole each hot season. The oldest deep spot lies seven feet, with three holes close by north of the bridge on route 171 east of town. Groups frequent the bank day and night.
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Route 171
Local Visits Highlight Prairie and Downing Families
Preston Prairie Paul Ritenour visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Petty after three years in Hawaii. Russell Rahn of Lanark shelled corn for Wallace Williams and Lawrence Ketz families. Mr and Mrs Loomer Downing spent Sunday in the Henry Stubbe home at Freeport. The Preston Downing Harvey Downing and Paul Metz families spent Sunday in the Reid Hower home at Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ritenour
Albert Petty
Hawaii
Russell Rahn
Lanark
Wallace Williams
Lawrence Ketz
Loomer Downing
Henry Stubbe
Freeport
Preston Downing
Harvey Downing
Paul Metz
Reid Hower
Sunday visitors stage busy social circuit across Clinton area
A wave of Sunday visits filled homes in Clinton and neighboring towns as families hosted relatives from Burlington Morrison Savanna East Lynn and Erie. Guests included the Melendys Jon es and others while extended talk centered on family reunions health updates and local travels.
Large Crowd Attends Free Picture Show on Main Street
A large crowd gathered Wednesday night for a free film on Main Street. The program included the current movie, next week's Tim McCoy feature The Straight Shooter, another chapter of the serial, and accompanying shorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Tim McCoy
Social Roundup Highlights Clinton Savanna Visitors and Guests
Local families and friends from Clinton Savanna Argo Fulton Morrison Milledgeville and Chicago are listed as callers visitors and guests across the week. Notable mentions include Mr and Mrs Justice Prins and children Andrew and JoAnn of Savanna in Clinton. Norman Stickell hosts Isabelle Prins in Clinton. families of Thompson Hawk and Wiebenga visiting Clinton Fulton Argo Morrison and Lanark. A birthday dinner honors Guy Wilsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Prins
Andrew and
JoAnn
Savanna
Clinton
Louis Thompson
Cecil King
Gilpin Stagg
Albert Hook
New York
Isabelle Prins
Norman Stickell
Katherine Hawk
Ray Hall
Argo
Arthur Minseen
Harold Rick
Verna Mae
Annabelle Hall
Archie Schroeder
Paul Schroeder
Morrison
Neil Wiebenga
Phyllis
Chicago
Fulton
Jerry Wiebenga
Thomson
Clyde Morrow
Kenneth Morrow
Thelma Cottral
Louise J. Lewis
Louise
Miss Cottral
Rush Carroll
Robert Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville
B. C. Sharp
Carl Johannsen
B. R. Lewis
Mike Tucker Ant Clinton
Wells
Guy Wilsey
Mr. Wilsey
Henry Hartman
Nick Traum
Chadwick
Chas. Sack
Chas. Behr
Robert Behr
Clarence van Buskirk
Emma van Buskirk
Near Lanark
Local Baseball Team Beats Lanark 16 to 5 on Sunday
The local baseball team traveled to Lanark Sunday and defeated the local nine 16 to 5 despite several regulars being out. Next Sunday they host the Brownies from Fulton and hope to extend their improving form with strong fan support.
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Lanark
Thomson
Diamonds
Fulton
Morse
St Clair and Chadwick Hosts Share Sunday Visit List
Mr and Mrs Art St Clair of Chadwick hosted Sunday afternoon and supper guests in Chadwick. John Nenry and Mrs Chas Hogg were joined by Mr and Mrs A W Hoge and Mrs Margaret Pelham of DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art St. Clair
Chadwick
John Nenry
Chas, Hogg
A. W. Hoge
Margaret Pelham
DeWitt
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Ocopg
Crisco
Camay
Reg
Thomson Locals
Harry Diehl
Diana
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Willard Welch
Edward Stader
Gus Petersen
Sharon
Wis
Harry Junl
River Forest
Ill
Clarence Bolhous
Sylvalena
Maurice Bolhous
Dick Stagg
Martin M. Bielema
University Hospital
Iowa City
Edith Smith
Moline
Margaret Burrows
Marius Olsen
Seaman Swett
Arch Atherton
Dwight
Edward French
Harold Holbrook
Denton Naniga
Rock Island
Dora Hansen
Thomas Hurland
Davenport
Katie Stichter
Princeton
Ray Erling
Lloyd Holman
Roy Bennett
John Cripe
George Adams
Huron
Chas. McGinty
Mary McGinty
McGinty
Thomson Briefs
Lyle Williams
Carol
Weston Smith
John Blake
H. Vicker
Ross Boylan
Oscar Kraft
Glenn Demaree
Dora Demaree
Alvin Brooks
Benham
Ind
Lucille Demaree
Indianapolis
Glen Mort
Son
Waterloo
George Mort
Oliver Hardin
Anaheim
Calif
Harvie Brown
William Starck
West Chicago
Roland
Brown
Albert Badtke
T. Drake
Archie Ewing
Texas
Wayne Ashby
Hattie Greeley
Helen Wentling
Jake Fissens
Lewis Comb
R. D. Bennett
Merle Wright
Cedar Rapids
Will Sullivan
Lois Middleton
Lewis Kness
Chas. Graharing
Lawrence Park
Chas. Storey
Raymond Storey
LaCrosse
Roy Heitman
Art Witt
Nick Staven
Harold Witt
LaVonne Holm
Donna Peters
Danny Emyre
Inlaw
Merle Atherton
Emma Steele
Emma Kling
Jerry George
Miss Kling
Mrs. Steele
Lena Stagg
S. E. Sweet
Booth
Prentice Kenyon
L. J. Gnngey
Westfield
Emma Stoner
Mayme Mummert
Merle Cramer
Henry Lohmeier
Leo
Shimer
Royal Theatre
Fulton, Ill
Preston Prairie
Delia Melendy
John Melendy
Loreen
Martha Jones
Jeanette Mallory
Tony Jensen
Connie Kurtz
Omaha
Patricia Traver
Burlington
Harold Metendy
Low Moor
Kyle Melendy
Joyce
Willis Greeley
George Greeley
Harry Wilkinson
Shirley
East Lynn
Ben Dykstra
Thomas Cheatum
Kenneth Whitney
Ernest Whitney
Lowe
Aurora
Thomas Hand
A. F. Hand
Robert
Roberta Hand
Leo Hand
Welton
Lawrence Sullivan
Robert Enwright
Dorothy Naftzger
Erie
Carl Peterson
Reka Haas
Clinton, Ia
Michael Lawler
Henry Toepfer
George Balk
Chas. Jenkins
Paul LaMar
Elizabeth
Decatur
Edward Smodene
K. B
Rock Falls
Simon Bowman
Frank Rush
Kimbro Shake
Macomb
Frank Switzer
Otto Switzer
Chas. Ottens
Garrett Bolhous
Austin Higley
Betty
Savannah
Peanse
Hansen’s Cafe
Thomson Briets
Phillips 66
Will Rentschler
Potter Bros
Morse Automatic
Francke & Switzer
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