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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
4
Tournament set for Savanna with games July 31 to August 3. Bellevue faces Carroll County at 6 00 p m and Savanna meets Warren at 7 20 p m on July 31.
Thirty nine Creighton relatives gathered for a noon picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Picklum home in Riverview. New officers named for the coming year are Jennie French president and Edith Ladewig secretary treasurer. Prizes awarded to Mrs. W. K. Reader. Youngest attendee was Tommy French and oldest was Mr. Picklum. Longest distance traveled by Mrs. Richard French and Richard of Lexington Kentucky. 1970 reunion set for last Sunday in July at the Picklums.
Mr and Mrs Harry Bowders returned Monday from a visit with their granddaughter and husband Mr and Mrs Michael McGinn and Scott of Chicago. Mrs George Cook and Gary of Milledgeville spent the weekend with the McGinns. Mrs Dora Wiebenga was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Howard Wiebenga and family of Fulton.
Keith Wall a Lanark high graduate and former assistant at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids accepts the head basketball position at Preble High School Green Bay Wisconsin Wall son of Mr and Mrs Glen Wall will move to Green Bay with wife Roxanne and two sons Sammy and Jimmy in mid August Wall will face the Fox River Valley Conference known for Manitowoc Neenan and other Green Bay area schools Kenneth Wall his brother is Manitowoc sophomore coach intensifying family in season matchups
Congressman John B. Anderson says applications are open for the 1970 service academy class. Vacancies exist at Air Force Academy West Point Merchant Marine Kings Point and Naval Academy Annapolis. Eligibility includes ages 17 to 22 single district resident and upper-half high school ranking. Deadline September 1 1969. Contact Anderson at 1101 Longworth Building Washington DC 20515.
Thomson Briefs note Martha and Linda Ashby visiting with cousin Sherm Ashby and family of Geneva Nebraska. Tuesday supper guests included Joe Root family Ben Wagner Schroeder Sabula and Ernest Rathje. they toured Bily Brothers carved clock collection at Spillville Ia. Gene Marken Glen Marken and Myles Haas families camped on the SAD grounds. Evening hosts Joe Root welcomed Tom Root Savanna William Wagner Bensonville and others for supper.
Secretary of State Paul Powell announced a Mobile Service Unit Trailer will be at the Carroll County Fair in Milledgeville on August 4. Visitors can renew drivers licenses, obtain license plate applications, and receive information on services provided by the secretary of state.
Andrew Green Sr aged 89 died Monday evening in a Dubuque nursing home. Funeral services set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday with visitation after 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Law-Jones funeral home Savanna. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery Hanover. He was born March 21, 1880 in Parker South Dakota, married Mary Trude November 22, 1914 in Clinton. Survived by three sons Andrew Jr Bruce and Lawrence, two daughters Verda Booth and Agnes Brown, 30 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
Clyde Green of Galena is noted as predeceased by his parents four daughters one son two sisters and three brothers in this obituary fragment.
Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine will speak at Northern Illinois University on Wednesday July 30 as part of the Summer Artist Series. The 8 pm talk on student power will be in the University Center Ballroom, and admission is free and open to the public.
Monday afternoon caller of Mrs. Marion Wheeler was Miss Esther Schmaling. Melvin Hamm visited Francis Hamm of Hurricane Wisconsin this week. Saturday visitors to Mrs. Dora Wiebenga were Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wiebenga of Chadwick. Mrs. Herbert Blodgett Barbara and Mrs. Marion Wheeler enjoyed boating on the river Saturday afternoon and evening to celebrate Wheeler and Blodgett birthdays. Mrs. William Woehl of Burke Maryland visits her son Kenneth Woehl this week.
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