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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1953
Page
1
New York City June 4 report on letters from over thirty states about unemployment insurance abuse and its impact on employment. Several writers urge stopping misuse while noting benefits. warning that union actions and excess inventories threaten a building and economic stability.
A son was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCue of Savanna. A daughter was born Monday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lineback of Savanna. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mummert of Lanark Sunday morning. Twin daughters were born Monday morning to Mr. and Mrs. William L. Gilman of Savanna at Mercy Hospital Clinton Louisiana.
Phyllis M Miller and Eugene M Halfman exchanged vows in a 1 pm double ring ceremony at St John s Church rectory Savanna officiated by Fr Edward McIsaac. The couple, both York Community High School graduates, will reside near Thomson after a Wisconsin trip. Guests came from multiple Illinois towns and Michigan.
The Carroll County 4-H Roundup and Farm Bureau picnic will be held Tue. Aug. 25 and Wed. Aug. 26 at Old Mill Park in Savanna. Activities include judging swine sheep poultry rabbits garden produce and beef calves with a girls dress revue and talks. basket dinners bands and softball games are planned. Emmerson Iske leads the Farm Bureau with Earl Burkholder Homer Hammond Glenn Carson among officers.
A May tally of the six north western Illinois counties shows 24 highway deaths for the year to date. Stephenson reports three fatalities while Whiteside, Lee, and Jo Daviess each record one. Jo Daviess sees its first death of the year. County totals: Carroll 2, Whiteside 8, Jo Daviess 1, Stephenson 7, Ogle 4, Lee 2. Also, Mr and Mrs Howard Emyre and family visited the Rath home Sunday night.
Single girls aged 16 or older, daughter of a dairy farmer in Illinois, may enter the Dairy Queen contest on Dairy Night in Lanark on June 25. Entry forms from the Mt. Carroll farm bureau, deadline June 20, with street clothes attire. The winner becomes a candidate for Dairy Belle of Illinois and earns an expense paid trip to the State Fair plus reigns at the Dairy Building. program includes ADA Manager Herman Johnson as speaker and a following dance.
Camy Messinger 70 of Savanna died at home from a heart attack. Funeral services were held in Savanna with burial in Savanna cemetery. Surviving are his wife Sarah Sheedy, sister Kate Bennett, sister-in-law, and brother Bart Messinger. Jess Byers 78 of Shannon died in a Freeport hospital after a short illness. He had worked as a railroad engineer and seagoing fireman and never married. funeral arrangements were made in Shannon.
Residents who graduated May 31 include Betty Gossard Lanark Robert L Delp and Eunice M Rath Savanna Joseph L Clouser Jr Pearl City Mary Anne Slaymaker Fulton and Benjamin C Mohrmann Jr Lee.
A group of young married farmers from Carroll County met at Farm Bureau Hall in Mt. Carroll to form an organization aiming mainly for social activities. Officers were elected: President Jim Wink, Milledgeville. Vice President Wilmer Smith, Chadwick. Secretary Lois Law, Mr. Carroll. Treasurer Frances Burkholder, Lanark. Reporter Harlan Hollowell, Milledgeville. Next meeting July 17 at Old Mill Park, Savanna, with a name to be chosen from member suggestions.
About 30 national sprint cars from the Memorial Day classic at Indianapolis will race 100 miles at Springfield. Time trials start at 1 p.m. with the main event at 3 p.m. DST. Only the 18 fastest cars gain starting berths.
The Home Economics Extension program lists meetings from June 12 to 19 at multiple locales. Freedom, West End, Hickory Grove, Lanark, Shannon Rural, Cherry Grove, Lima Larks, North Otter Creek and more feature major lessons, roll calls on themes from buying mistakes to favorite programs, 4-H demonstrations, and a County Share-the-Fun contest.
Home Bureau members from ten northwestern Illinois counties will attend camp June 24 26. Dr Klassen teaches ceramics and wood carving while Richard Minning displays crafts from chip carving to cork work. Mrs St Cyr leads wood fibre centerspieces and Miss Helen Marshall guides family relations discussions. Special activities include stunt night swimming square dancing 4 H exchange and a special speaker.
The Carroll County Livestock Feeders association urges farmers to oppose two Springfield bills. They claim Cook county seeks to divert county fair funds for a Chicago convention hall, arguing existing venues suffice. They thank Rep. John K. Morris and call for action by voters, senators, and the governor.
Twenty Brown Swiss breeders exhibited 65 head at the Can ton No 2 show at Morrison Fair grounds on June 8. Robert Sibley Chadwick took senior and grand champion bull while Raymond Kaiser Dakota won junior champion. Senior grand champion female went to Perry Carl Keltner Pearl City with Truman Sibley junior yearling. Other firsts included Heifer calf Bob Sibley Chadwick and more.
Savanna witnesses Savanna Miss Hattie Gundersen and Einar Andresen wed at First Methodist with Rev. A Stanley Beck officiating. The couple will reside in Chicago after a wedding dinner in Clinton, joining nearby relatives and friends from multiple Illinois towns. In Chatsworth, Miss Shirley Ann McKinley and Richard L. Gifford unite in a double ring ceremony. Attendants include Mrs. Bruce Holcomb and Mrs. Virgil Leathers. After a reception, the couple plans to live in Mt. Carroll following a southeastern trip with guests from several towns.
Chadwick Black Oak Grange held its regular meeting with 45 in attendance. Third and fourth degrees were conferred on Arnold Provant George Morgan and Paul Mackey along with their wives. A new gas range was gifted by the Auxiliary. A planting plot for pop corn was announced. June 17 social in Milledgeville June 18 social in Chadwick memorial service honored deceased members and veterans with a wreath and candled altar honors.
Sixty two persons attended the Handel Knauer family reunion at Point Rock Park Mt Carroll. Officers elected were Cecil Handel president James Knauer vice president and Gloria Bouseman secretary treasurer. The oldest present was Mrs Rickie Knauer and the youngest Terry Bouseman. Attendees hailed from Mount Carroll Savanna Lanark Rockford and Chadwick. The 1954 gathering is planned for the first Sunday in June at White Pines state park Polo.
Fifty guests attended a noon dinner and 125 joined an open house as Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Moltmann marked 40 years of marriage at their Ridge road home, five miles north of Savanna. They wed June 4, 1918, in Chadwick's Lutheran church. They have three sons Grant Arcadia California Paul Savanna Marvin Mt Carroll and seven grandchildren.
The Merry Circle club will meet June 16 with Mrs Albert Bowles and Mrs Jess Klitz assisting. A musical program will be presented by Mrs Herbert Davis and roll call will be answered by Music I Enjoy. Members attended the Carroll County Federation picnic at Ola Mill park. Mrs Edward Richter and Mrs Herbert Davis will attend the District Board meeting at Orangeville on the 11th.
Four Chadwick teenagers Neal Doden Ronald Mackey Nancy Sturtevant and Betty Farthing were seriously hurt when their 1948 Chevrolet crashed head on into a concrete culvert headwall near White Pines state park. Doden was driver all taken to Dixon hospital two remain in hospital one in critical condition. Sturtevant and Farthing suffered severe injuries and hospital reports indicate slow improvement. Relatives and ambulance crews aided on scene. no signs of reckless driving found though unconfirmed reports say another car may have pressured them off the road.
County Clerk W. M. Nipe issued licenses in the past week to Hal D. Hoy of Mt. Carroll and Erma E. Erling of Long Grove la Max Pepernik of Binghamton NY and Lillian Pauk of Cedar Rapids IA Milton Henry Schultz of Milwaukee WI and Betty Jane Hartzheim of Appleton WI Also in Carroll county court Judge Leon A Zick granted a divorce to John Sjo berg Lanark from Ruth I Sjo berg the plaintiff charged desertion.
A series of land transfers are recorded, including Onez R Acker and husband to Charles L Irwin and wife in Hurleys Mt Carroll. Fern L Henderson to J G Asay. Webster W Wagner to Wallace W Williams. George H McClellan to Lucille Dick. Walter B Dixon to Elvin D Wikoff. Alfred Kampen to Ralph L Fry. Richie B Williamson et al to Edgar Rabuck. Carrie Trostle to Edward H Schneider. Elizabeth Buffington Adm to Ray Spencer. Dorothy Mateka to Julius Wachenheim. and John G Francis and Velma Van Buskirk to Jewell R Smith in Savanna and Chadwick areas.
Savanna charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated John Thulen of East Moline formerly of Savanna is scheduled to appear in police magistrate court in Savanna at 5 p.m. Saturday Thulen was taken into custody after his 1948 Chevrolet struck a parked 1941 Plymouth owned by Garfield Watson The accident occurred on Chicago avenue in the 600 block Thulen was held until Sunday morning when he posted bail of 110 dollars for his Saturday appearance at city hall.
Farmers who did not seed wheat on their land in 1951 1952 or 1953 may apply for a 1954 wheat acreage allotment. Applications must be written to the county PMA committee by June 24 1953. Blank forms available at the county PMA office.
I thank all relatives and friends who remembered me during my recent stay at Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton Iowa.
Carroll County board met at the courthouse with minor business. Dr L B Hussey of Savanna was named deputy coroner and Mrs Ray Moll, Lee Shaver, and W J Schreiner were reappointed to welfare services. Election judges and polling places were approved. A resolution urged securing a physician to replace Dr C G Piper in Mt Carroll, citing an emergency in the area and sending it to the Illinois State Medical Society.
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