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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
5
Social notes list numerous family reunions and visits across Sterling Dixon Milledgeville Lanark Mt. Carroll Plainfield and Rock Falls. Participants include Queckboerner Etnyre Rauser Hartman Olson Pot ter Miller Cambman Lott Doty and many more with Lawrence Park Sterling and local homes hosting birthdays dinners bridge games and weekend gatherings.
More than forty Weber family members gathered for the second Weber reunion at Point Rock park in Mt. Carroll. Elizabeth Gifford, 72, was the eldest present. Officers for the year were Fred Weber as president and Mrs. Charles Dial Jr as secretary and treasurer.
Chadwick briefs detail many Sunday and weekend gatherings. Local families entertain guests in Sterling Clinton Morrison and Shannon while relatives from Alaska Montana and Illinois visit. Several picnics and short trips to Nora Springs Savanna and Palisades Park are noted along with friendships and kin connections.
The University of Illinois seeks less than one cent per day per family from the 1940s Illinois tax bill to operate and expand public education and research. Its annual operating budget is about 9.23 million dollars, with 6.96 million from tax funds and 2.26 million from federal and student income.
Roy W. Zook and Mrs. Zook resign as superintendent and matron of Mt. Carmel Home ten miles northeast of Morrison effective August 21. They began in July 1939 and will return to Grantham Pennsylvania with children Donald and Elaine. They praised the couple for their devoted service to the orphanage and community.
The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign opens new $700,000 Men’s Residence hall units this fall funded by a private loan repaid from building income. Room and board run 425 dollars for singles and 376 per person for doubles, with contracts for the academic year.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Schleuning of Chicago visit for a week with Mr and Mrs William Schleuning. Sunday dinner guests include Mr and Mrs Orval Rahn and family. Friday guests of Mr and Mrs George Bast are Mr and Mrs Victor Hines of Mt Carroll and Miss Mildred Haizlet of Chicago. The passage ends with a moral reflection on human affection.
A reflection asserts conscience reflects our judgment of right and wrong and cannot be a safe guide without enlightenment from the word of God. The piece argues scripture provides the ultimate standard for ethical decision making.
A reporter notes egg price swings across South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Iowa. A Wisconsin style tip highlights an improvised egg cooler using a sand bed and constant moisture to rapidly cool and preserve quality. A farmer with 700 acres demonstrates care by cooling eggs promptly, stressing moisture retention and proper handling.
The excerpt notes Boston keeping the custom of serving the first green peas with fresh boiled salmon on June 17. It contrasts Georgia challenging the belief that watermelons are not good until after the Fourth of July. It also comments on self restraint and benevolence as aspects of human nature.
Sunday lessons from the Christian Science churches emphasize Life as divine Principle and eternity beyond time. The Golden Text from Psalms 42 8 anchors trust in God’s lovingkindness day and night. The psalms and Science and Health passages stress purity of worship and that honest intent guides devotion.
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