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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
5
The Lanark Commercial club looks back to 1883 era proposals urging manufacturing to diversify a farming town. It documents early establishments from Gottfried Guenther coopering to wool mills and canning factories, the 1906 canning plant drive, and later ventures including Bass Bait in 1946 and Forster’s factory operations with local employment growth.
The late Freda Schreiner residence in Chadwick sold Saturday afternoon to Walter Elder of Chadwick for about 1550 dollars. Purchaser to pay back taxes. Local notices also recount visits and travels of residents to Monroe, Little Norway, Fennimore, and Downers Grove, with General commentary on business and defense work and Lanark shipments through the postal service.
Army Captain Felix F. Aybar-Torres completed the procurement operations course at The Quartermaster School Fort Lee Virginia on May 26. The program trains commissioned officers and select civilian personnel in contract procedures and contractor selection regulations. Aybar-Torres entered the Army in 1950 and is a Citadel alumnus.
Charles Aude, Commercial Club president, announced committees for the July 20 Chadwick Appreciation Day at Timber Lake. Food stand workers include Sheldon Frank, Mary Schreiner, Robert Schleuvin g, Don Daehler, Kenneth Senneff and Frank Mest. swimming volunteers Ernest Remmers and Robert Balk. soliciting Charles Gordon and Charles Aude. traffic John Bierman. band and games entertainment by Arthur Miller, Eugene Bush, Verel Rogers, Eugene Miller, Boyd Handel and Robert Helm. Lunch will be served from 4 to 7 p m.
Mr and Mrs Robert Geison and their son Sheldon attended Bac calaureate services at Carthage Ill and Commencement as their elder son Ronald Geison received a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry at Carthage College Chapel Auditorium. Ronald will begin graduate work Sept 1 at the University of Illinois in nutritional biochemistry under an NIH fellowship. He was active in Theta Chi Delta At a Eta Chapter Alpha Mu Gamma Pi Chapter and Phi Mu Epsilon. The Geisons and Sheldon stayed with Fred Rings in Burnside overnight after weekend events.
Jan Doden received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History Sunday from MacMurray College Jacksonville as part of a 131 student graduating class the largest in the college history This year also marks the first time a full class of men has graduated since MacMurray College for Men opened four years ago She was admitted to the MacMurray College Women's Honor Society reflecting strong academic achievement She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Doden Chadwick Illinois.
Mrs. Charles Sucher Mrs. Morton Higley and Mrs. Claude Cook attended a 13th District board meeting and luncheon of Federated Woman's Clubs Thursday in the Lanark Methodist church.
Mrs Harold Balk hosted second and third graders for Pamela Balks eighth birthday party Friday. Guests included Robert Nichols Richard Fisher Ronald Nye Louann Nye Cheryl Fijelstad Marcia Shuman Jack Doty Donna Schrader Lane Ferguson Donna Michaels Eileen Houzenga Janet Geist Cathy Bush Susan and Johnnie Balk. Pamela received thoughtful gifts. Mr and Mrs Lauren Ballard and family spent one evening in the Sherman season home in Morrison.
The Thomson Fire Protection District of Carroll and Whiteside Counties Illinois passes an annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal year May 1 1961 to April 30 1962 totaling 8955.00 dollars. It itemizes administration maintenance equipment and building costs including dues salaries bonds audits and future fire station planning. Section 2 allows non tax sources to fund allocations within the appropriation. Section 3 permits reallocations to cover deficiencies. Section 4 severability. Passed May 15 1961 by Secretary Albert Prins.
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