Local visits and graduation run through River View News
Mr and Mrs Edwin Wade of Rockford spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the Fred L Miller home. Al Scott of Rockford was Tuesday supper guest. The group attended graduation exercises in Thomson. Various local families hosted and visited over the weekend including Adolphs, Hawks, Nobles, Drenners, Onckens and Seitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wade
Rockford
Fred L. Miller
al Scott
Thomson
Earl Adolph
Milledgeville
Charles Adolph
Forest Hawk
Princeton
Harold Noble
Mt. Carroll
Edith Swart
Thelma
Lanark
C. B
Chadwick Briefs: Local Social Guests Throughout Weekend
Local residents and visitors gathered across Peoria and nearby towns over the weekend attending family visits, dinners, and graduation exercises. People from Chadwick Savanna Lanark Mt Carroll and Milledgeville joined relatives in Riverview and Chadwick homes for meals and celebrations.
Funeral Rites for George Lang Held in Chadwick
George Lang 60 died at midnight Friday in Chadwick his funeral held Monday at 3 PM at the First Lutheran Church Chadwick with Rev Earl Cobl officiating. Masonic rites were at Chadwick cemetery. Lang born March 1 1888 in Fair Haven township lived in Chadwick and worked in local meat markets and a locker plant. Surviving widow son Reynold and brothers Phillip Clarence Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Etnyre
Hope EB. U. B
Chadwick
YR. Moritz
O. H. Rahn
Charles Honberger
Evan Rahn
Ben Shultz
Tracy Fomby
George Blackburn
LaRue Geary
Vincent Busser
David Bushman
George Lang
Fair Haven Township
Frst Lutheran
Earl Cobl
George
Katherine Lang
Anna Jones
Phillip
F. L. Gigous
Mr. Gigous
Lanark
Lang
Evangelical Church
Lutheran Church
A. F
A. M
Reynold
Clarence
Mt. Morris
Louis
Morrison
Driver Tests Show Conservation Easy
Chrysler Engineering division conducted tests in Detroit on a 1948 Plymouth to prove gasoline savings up to 70 percent with proper spring tune-up and driving techniques. A 165 mile Detroit to Lansing run yielded 50 percent fuel savings at 50 mph compared with 70 mph, with safer driving and fewer stops as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Motor Corp
Detroit
Lansing
Michigan
Tice
Hawbecker Family Guests Visit Sollenberger Home
Mr and Mrs Dan Hawbecker their son Duane Mrs Samuel Hawbecker and Mrs Cora Belle of Dallas Center Iowa traveling to Pennsylvania for a visit were recent guests in the home of Mr and Mrs John Sollenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hawbecker
Duane
Samuel Hawbecker
Cora Belle
Dallas Center
Pennsylvania
John Sollenberger
Downers Grove bowler quits after big 426 game
Fred Peonant briefly envisioned a large payout at a Downers Grove bowling tournament over the weekend after rolling a 426. He later said the feat was too much to sustain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peonant
Downers Grove
Fred
FFA Boys Buy Power Sprayer for Community Service
Chadwick Future Farmers bought a Bean Pest Fighter power sprayer with 150 gallon tank mounted on a trailer to spray weeds, barns and livestock. Led by Earl Stewart president with Vernon Wink and Virgil Hander in charge, funds came from FFA treasury, a National FFA Foundation grant, and support from 25 farmers. The unit, assembled at Handel's Implement Store, aims to control pests and weeds while paying for itself, with spraying opportunities for interested farmers coordinated by Karl Stewart, Vernon Fink, and Virgil Handel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Jayiie
Earl Stewart
Chadwick F. F. A
Vernon Wink
Virgil Hander
National
F. F. A. Foundation
Handel
FF. A
Karl Stewart
Vernon Fink
Virgil Handel
Midget Racer Chuck Lewis Takes Two Runs Weekend
Chuck Lewis in his midget No. 45 finished third in Davenport semi finals Sunday. He then placed second in a Oskoaloosa heat and sixth in the feature Monday night. A Cedar Rapids race was rained out. He will modify the car to gain speed for driver Red Kettering. Mr and Mrs Allan Yeager Sr lost their Bellevue home Saturday after a week with their son Allan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Miller
Warre Zugschwerdt
Harry Carbaugh
Jack Doden
Harve Zugschwerdt
Jen Stadel
Lee Spencer
Lloyd Handel
F. L. Gigous
Lang
Chadwick
Chuck Lewis
Davenport
Oskaloosa
Chuck
Cedar Rapids
Red Kettering
Allan Yeager, Sr
Bellevue
Allan
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Gerald Baxter
Peoria
Baxter
Wilbur Thackrey
Chester Alexander
Russell Queckboerner
Maude Alexander
Vernon Alexander
Helen Meyer
Kay
Clinton, Ia
Meyer
C.M. Kingery
Fred Miller
Brunner
Glenn Buckwalter
Geo
Hanover
Ben
Forreston
Elizabeth
Riverview
John Miller
Drenner
Savanna
Illinois
Etnyre
David Starlman
Walter Getz
Chicago
Laura Emery
Milwaukee
Wis
Albert Etnyre
Prophetstown
Harold Etnyre
Clinton
Elaine McGinty
Robert D
Frank Etnyre
Charles Freeman
Carrell
Spudgeon Harter
Harry Schoen
Alice
Gerald F. Helsinger
Kraft
J.C. Schreiner
Gary
R. Adams
Aude Cook
Frederi Charles
Don
Anne Ble
Aun
Roy Schreiner
Kenneth Cderich
Ned Hartman Rye
Mary Weidman
Roy “Reiner
Ed Burditt
Freeport
Ting
Dallas
Coleta
Roy Queckboern
John Doty
Clayton Kaul
Fred Queekboern
Kaul
Regena Beckmire
Hightland Park
Humbert-Beckmire
Darnell
No. Carroll St
Motorola
Hartman
Mrs. Hole Biteners
For All
Pitts Sport Store
Martin and Mercury
Sterling
Ned Spencer
ARGO
Thomson 395
Farmers & Truckers
John P. Squire Company
H. E. Cooley
Mgr
Firestone Tires
R. J. Caron
Chevrolet Sales & Service
N. Main St.—Savanna
FFA Boys
Charles Sack
Nellie Parsons
Arvo-Fa
Vewr
Karl Hines
Mt Casell
Clarence von Buskirk
George A. Kopp
Mount Carroll, Ill
Moore
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Ralph Huggins
Son Omson
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