Local social notes from Stockton and surrounding area
Thomson Briefs report visits by Thompson family and others. Carl Petersen and M C Andersen host guests, Ed Sack of Dixon spends weekend with son Dan. Cpl Leland Trost and Eyrlene Smith wed at Ev angleical church Stockton with reception. Trost to Ft Lewis. Additional visits include Renner family in Walnut and Stainbrook and Sour guests in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sack
Dixon
Dan
Carl Robinson
Dean
Pearl Gilson
Francis Lego
Henry Eubanks
Evangelical
Stockton
Robinson
Cpl
Leland Trost
Eyrlene Smith
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Cpl. Trost
Ervin Renner
Mary Carolyn
Walnut
B. J. Wulf
Bryan and
Gary
DeWitt
Bert Stainbrook
Henry Sour
Freeport
Chadwick Briefs Weekend Guests Visit Local Families
Chadwick notes weekend social visits with Mr. and Mrs Charles Blacketer of Chicago staying with Mr. and Mrs George East. Albert Bowles hosted weekend guests LaVerne Cooper and daughter Nan cy of Moline. Other gatherings included Oscar Brown and family at Ophien Illinois and Alan Bowles of Port Byron visiting with Albert Bowles. Myron Freiderich hosted dinner with Walter Hartman and family, and Alfred Becker and family from Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blacketer
Chicago
George East
Albert Bowles
LaVerne Cooper
Nancy
Moline
Oscar Brown
Ophien
Alan Bowles
Port Byron
Myron Freiderich
Walter Hartman
Alfred Becker
Mt. Carroll
Calcium industry grows in America after war demand
An article notes calcium and calcium carbonate abundance in Illinois and online notes that metallic calcium is scarce but has large potential. It explains current extraction from calcium chloride, steel refining uses, and the postwar growth of an American calcium industry after Europe supply was cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
Europe
Miss Dorotha Schreiner Visits Dixon Aunt
Miss Dorotha Schreiner visited her aunt Mrs Ada Huyett of Dixon on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorotha Schreiner
Ada Huyett
Dixon
Faith and duty entwined in wartime church voices
In New Caledonia US soldiers praise missions as a bridge to neighbors and a support to family life. J Edgar Hoover warns of Nazi assaults on home life. Buffalo churches unite with Western New York Congregational Christian Churches to preserve tradition, pensions, and mission work. Joseph Grew cites Japan’s wartime leaders, while Georgia Harkness stresses the church as a universal institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Caledonia
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
America
Buffalo
Hamburg
Castile
Reading Center
Rochester
N. Y
Council of Community Churches of
Western New York
Western
W. T. S. Culp
Congregational Christian Churches
Joseph Clark Grew
Japan
World fellowship and peace through a spiritual community
The article describes a vision of a global spiritual world community led by a church to promote lasting peace. At Big Flats Civilian Public Service Camp in New York, under the American Friends Service Committee, religious objectors test 500 grass and legume species to aid wartime food production and future replanting of scorched earth, building seeds and knowledge to help cattle grazing and postwar restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Flats
N. Y
American Friends Service Committee
Europe
Asia
Weekend Dinner Guests Gather Across Several Families
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits highlights social activity in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoffman hosted Mr. and Mrs. Sturvey Hoffman. Irvin Plummer of Rockford stayed with the Spencers. The Bows, St. Clairs, Ferris, Daehler, Andresens, Morgan, Co den, Bloyer, Andersons, Hawkins, Schreiner, Emnyre, Sucher, Thompson, Dagvert family, Forths, Ol iver, Morrison residents, and others shared meals and gatherings at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen St. Clair
George St. Clair
Frank Healey
Sterling
Chas
Ferris
Vernon Daehler
Jens Andresen
James Morgan
George Coden
Neal
Reynold Bloyer
Donald Anderson
Bernie Hawkins
Milledgeville
Albert Schreiner
Howard Emnyre
Harold Sucher
Rock Falls
Fred
Charles Dagvert
Sloania
Oliver
Donald Forth
Bonita Conrady
Morrison
Leland Forth
Orville Smith
Dixon
Louis Salzman
Homer Geison
Craig
Poultry middlemen and the real marketing chain
The author rebuts claims that middlemen rob producers, arguing there are many handlers from farm to consumer. He details the roles in poultry logistics, from unloading and weighing to packing, transport, storage, and retail. He cites SDA figures showing consumer prices up 30 percent since 1935 while farmer prices rose 74 percent, and praises marketers for delivering poultry and eggs efficiently.
Dinner Gatherings Honor Local Navy Hero at Mt Carrol Home
Sunday at the E. J. Adams house in Mt Carroll a dinner honored Harry Adams home from the navy with friends and relatives present. Other guests included Frank Plumley Fulton Jesse Schreiner and families G L Collinson Elwood Williams Kenneth Diehl Savanna Roy Potter East Moline W F Miller William Eggert and Howard Mackey households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere Harry Carbaugh
Mr. Adams
E. J. Adams
Mt. Carroll
Harry Adams
Navy
Frank Plumley
Fulton
Jesse Schreiner
G. L. Collinson
Elwood Williams
Kenneth Diehl
Savanna
Roy Potter
East Moline
Wiliam Eggert
W. F. Miller
Howard Mackey
Weekend guests attend Mt Carroll baccalaureate
Mr and Mrs Theodore Sonntag Mancie Ind and Mr and Mrs Joseph Farrell Rockford were weekend guests of Chas William. They attended the baccalaureate ceremony at Mt Carroll Sunday night. Various local families shared meals and hosted visits through Sunday and Monday with residents from Sterling Freeport and Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Sonntag
Mancie
Ind
Joseph Farrell
Rockford
Chas
William
Mt. Carroll
Marsdean Edmonds
LM. Phillips
Prank
Tmanover
Ed Mest
Grace Hartman
Neva Hartman
She
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