Thomson locals recall visits and community notes
Mr and Mrs Glenn Demaree and family visit Byron with Mrs Demarees mother Mrs Champion and relatives. Mrs Mary Frazier returns to Savanna after a week here. New 20 by 40 ft machine shed built on Thomas Hand farm. Mrs Charles Hogg chaired a Past Matrons Club committee during a regional Eastern Stars event at Rustic Lodge Eagle Point Park with 100 in attendance. Miss Mary Kane of Fulton dined with Mr and Mrs John Neary. Joseph Isenhart visits aunt and uncle Francis Hook. H A Tobey guests at Andover with Kyhl family. Clarence Bolhous and Maurice Bolhous visit Mt Carroll. Emma Steele returns from Mt Carroll. G A Smith painting residence and Harold Zenk house. Harold Harper visits Savanna, Kyle Rawlins family. Hook family visit from Morrison. Charles Fritz, Lloyd Ench and mother visit Miller. Lee Hartman family of Chadwick visits Brown family. Mildred Bower of Clinton visits siblings Charles Alice Margaret Bower. John Hook of Arga visits Andrew Hook. Ruth Switzer to teach near Des Moines after Parsons College graduation. O W Hackett visits Fulton. Dairy cattle sale by Minteer Bros at Mt Carroll Fair Grounds post June 13. Charles Bower spending week in Clinton with Mildred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Demaree
Eastern Stars of
Iowa
Rustic Lodge
Eagle Point Park
Mary Kane
Fulton
John Neary
Joseph Isenhart
Francis Hook
H. A. Tobey
N. Kyhl
Andover
Clarence Bolhous
Mt. Carroll
Maurice
Emma Steele
G. A. Smith
Harold Zenk
Harold Harper
Savanna
Kyle Rawlins
Anna Hook
Claudia
Kneale Hook
Wayne and Rolland
Morrison
Andrew Hook
Charles Fritz
Lloyd Ench
Fred Miller
Lee Hartman
Chadwick
Frank Brown
Mildred Bower
Clinton
Charles
Alice
Margaret Bower
John Hook
Arga
Andrew
Fairfield
Des Moines
Children Day Program at Hope Evangelical Church
A Children’s Day program will be presented at Hope Evangelical Church on June 12 by Sunday school members. It features songs When He Cometh and Jesus Loves the Children, performances by a girl’s quartet and boy’s quartet, recitations including His Little Girl and The First Children’s Day, solos such as I’m a Sunbeam, and an offertory with announcements. Rev L M Phillips conducts scripture, prayer and baptism, with Beverly Handel, Rhea Jean Schreiner, Carol Ware, and Kathryn Rahn among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Evangelical Church
Herbert Senneff
Jesus
Rev. L. M. Phillips
Beverly Handel
Donald Mill
Marjorie Rahn
Emily Ann Harter
Jimmy Waters
Rhea Jean Schreiner
Happy Tim
Carol Ware
Kathryn Rahn
Comrades of Christ
Milledgeville Socials and Illness Update
Milledgeville reports M R Bernheiser improving after weeks at home. Guests and visits span Sterling Mt Carroll and Evanston areas with multiple family gatherings. Attendees include Peters Hawkins Spaulding Eastabrooks Meyers Weatherwax Kreider Gnagey Puterbaugh along with a funeral at Princeville for Charles Fritz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Peters
Patricia
Anna Dusing
Sterling
Walter Schroeder Jr
Springfield
G. B. Teets
John Cunningham
Bernice Hawkins
Mason Spaulding
Mt. Carroll
Spaulding
Robert Eastabrooks
Ross Brougher
Marion
Orville
Somerset County
Russell Meyers
Robert Weatherwax
Frank Weatherwax
Lawrence Kreider
Betty Puterbaugh
Evanston
R. F. Puterbaugh
Alice Gnagey
Sarah
Evelyn
Paul Gnagey
New Glarus
Wis
al Meander
William Wolfe
Charles Fritz
Princeville
Faculty Members Plan to Attend Summer School
A number of local school faculty intend to attend summer programs or spend time at resorts. Esther Schmaling will attend Wheaton College. Roberta Goembel and Edith Hinders from Northern Illinois Teachers College DeKalb, Frances Stansell to Northwestern University. Paul Unzicker heads to Boulder to study at the University of Colorado. Mr and Mrs L J Gungey plan a Wisconsin resort stay. Esther Hart and Berenice Davis have not announced plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Schmaling
Wheaton College
Roberta Goembel
Edith Hinders
Northern Illinois Teachers College
DeKalb
Frances Stansell
Northwestern University
Paul Unzicker
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
L. J. Gnngey
Wisconsin
Esther Hart
Berenice Davis
Local families honor June birthday anniversaries at home
Mr. and Mrs. B C Mohrman and family of DeKalb and Mr. and Mrs. Harold B Hartman of Mt Carroll visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartman for a Saturday supper. They celebrated the upcoming birthday anniversaries of Miss Mildred Mohrman and Harold Hartman, due June 11 and June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Mohrman
DeKalb
Harold B. Hartman
Mt. Carroll
Fred Hartman
Mildred Mohrman
Harold Hartman
Weiner Roast Attended by Local Residents at Shannon
Miss Ruth Hoak Preston Kreider and Donald Hook attended the Carroll Service company weiner roast at Shannon Monday evening at the Fred Nesemier home. Miss Hoak and Mr Kreider were presented with a lovely gift by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hoak
Preston Kreider
Milledgeville
Donald Hook
Carroll Service Company
Weiner
Shannon
Fred Nesemier
Miss Hoak
Mr. Kreider
New Teacher Engaged by High School Board
Miss Delight Swanson of Princeton will teach history and French next year, succeeding Miss Eva Olson who resigned for a Lockport post. Swanson holds a masters from the University of Illinois and brings several years of experience. Marjorie Heinmiller was already hired to fill the vacancy left by Violet Phillips. Other returning staff include Frances Stansell in music,Berenice Davis in commercial, Paul Unicker in athletics and mathematics, and L. J. Gnagey superintendent of biology and general science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delight Swanson
Princeton
High School Board of Education
Eva Olson
Lockport
Swanson
University of Illinois
Marjorie Heinmiller
Violet Phillips
Frances Stansell
Berenice Davis
Paul Unicker
L. J. Gnagey
Rahn Reunion Set For June 16 22nd Annual Rahn Reunion
The 22nd annual Rahn reunion will be held next Thursday, June 16 at Old Mill park in Savanna. Officers for the year include President Mrs. Virgil Traum Lanark secretary Elmer Rahn Chadwick and treasurer Oscar Rahn Chadwick. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Henske and family and Miss Flora Becker at the W P Hacker home in Morrison and Mr and Mrs Harold Schleuning and family with William Schleuning at the Orville Rahn home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahn
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Virgil Traum
Lanark
Elmer Rahn
Chadwick
Oscar Rahn
Walter Henske
Merle
Marilyn Jean
Flora Becker
W. P. Hacker
Morrison
Harold Schleuning
William Schleuning
Orville Rahn
Board Seeks 4-Inch Main. Fire Protection Steps Considered
Village board discussed laying a 4 inch water main from the Thos Stage corner to the G A Smith residence but funds were unavailable. They approved purchasing 150 feet of fire hose to improve protection and retained beer license fee at 75 dollars. Trustees Tibbits Sheridan and Mayor Lewis appointed to Local Liquor Control Commission. A Thomson school band request for street concert donations was tabled until summer events can be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos Stage
G. A. Smith
Holland
Lewis
Jacob Y. Stickell
Tibbits
Sheridan
Dorothy Bogd
Local Liquor Commission
Pape
Tibbits and
Local
Liquor Control Commission
Thomson School
Kate Cole Whitney
Sunday Dinner Guests Fill Thomson Social List
Thomson area families shared Sunday visits with many relatives and friends. Guests included Mr and Mrs Andrew Huizenga and others from Garden Plain Fulton Texas Clinton and Elburn plus local hosts Clyde Collinson Alice Lewis Dan Sack and families. Albert will spend the summer with the Collinsons in Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Huizenga
Garden Plain
Henry Faber
Fulton
Louis Huizenga
William Kramer
Dick Wilkens
John Kramer
Texas
Ralph Olds
Albert
Clinton
Argo
Collinson
W. F. Reynolds
Elburn
Alice Lewis
W. H. Hoofstitler
Sterling
Lewis
James Morgan
Chadwick
Dan Sack
Morrison
Thomson Briels Maurice Bolhous Visit to Sikker Residence
Thomson Briels Maurice Bolhous spent Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sikker as part of their weeklong visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Bolhous
Ult
Peter Sikker
Entitled Rail Trip Notes On Gambling and Utah Tour
A traveler reflects on gambling debates and tax burdens, arguing some politicians enable illegal gaming for money. The diary then describes a train journey from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, praising Mormon hospitality, Salt Lake City’s clean streets, and the Utah hotel Utah. The route continues via Ogden on Union Pacific rails with a dinner beside President Wedge and a note on Wedge’s railway leadership and the Union Pacific system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Nevada
Las Vegas
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Mormon Tabernacle and Museum
West
Utah
State of
Ogden
Northwest
Union Pacific Railway
B. O. Wedge
Wedge
Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad
W. W. Jefferies
Union Pacific System
Union Pa
Stewardesses as Nurses Aid Great Railroad Travel
The Pacific railroad praises stewardesses as trained nurses selected from many applicants. Helen J. Clark stands out with a western smile and hospitable demeanor. The writer visits Denver and Clinton Iowa recounting frontier charm, mountain plains, and friendly towns along the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cific Railroad
Ths
Helen J. Clark
Wyoming
Denver
Plains
Iowa
Clinton
Thomson
Drainage Notice for Sixth Assessment Installment Due
Notice to landowners in Savanna and York Drainage District Carroll County Illinois that the fourth installment of the sixth assessment was due May 20, 1958 and must be paid by March 10, 1939 to the district treasurer in Thomson. Failure to pay will lead to sale of unpaid tracts to cover the amount and costs. Dated May 20, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna and
York
Carroll
Illinois
Thomson
Mlinois
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Peurzua Staid and
Lite
Ige
Pkg
Wellworth
R. B
Wellworth Tissue
Pettijohn’s
Thomson Locals
O. W. Hackett
Martin Zimmer
Minteer Bros
Aledo
Mt. Carroll Fair Grounds
Minteer
Charles Bower
Mildred
The
Hope Church
M. R. Bernheiser
T. B
Mr. Minteer
A. R. Minteer Owner
Thomson News
Thomson Briels
Hadley Tkip
Raymond T. Boysen
Midway Inn
Martin Senour
Potter Bros. Thomson and
Argo-Farrison, Albany, Thomson, Argo-Fa
Bus Rentschler Thomson, Ill
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Illinois
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