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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
6
A long string of weekend and weekday visits on the Thomson scene includes Maurice Bolhous staying with Peter and Mrs Sikkema at Fulton while painting the Sikkema home. numerous relatives and friends travel from Clinton Morrison Davenport and Chicago area to share meals and host gatherings.
Thomson briefs list residents and relatives visiting or traveling from Thomson Illinois. Names include Wayne Ashby Jr leaving for Chicago, Jacqueline McGinty returning from Rockford, and Donnie Gleason visiting with grandmother Louella Gleason. The item records multiple family gatherings and travels across nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Shirley Stage hosted a Sunday shower at their East Lynn home for their son George Stage and his fiancée Gladys Franks of Garden Plain. About 30 relatives attended a noon picnic and social afternoon, giving gifts for the couple's upcoming marriage on June 15.
A new library acquisition, Birds In The Garden And How To Attract Them by Margaret McKenney, is praised as an educational, practical guide. It covers attracting birds, feeding, shelter, garden planting for bird presence, bird song, tame wild birds, and protecting them from enemies with full color illustrations and clear guidance for gardeners.
A stream of weekend visits, baptisms, and sittings spans Yates City to Morrison and Clinton. Notables include Cornell student Blanche Seim returning home, many relatives visiting in the Seim, McGinty, Rawlins, and Williams families, and plans for Robert Demaree’s six week Camp Custer assignment.
A crowded list of Sunday guests and callers visits across Savanna Clinton Argo Morrison and Thomson. Families including French Harskins Bower Reagan Reimers Hartman Yates Lillie Smith and Stage host extended relatives and friends from Rock Island Fulton Lockport Carroll Savanna and Salem Ill. Harriet Wheeler buys a 1940 Plymouth. others move homes and share meals.
In a sermon note, church leaders urge gathering this Sunday to study the duties of leadership, family involvement, and spiritual guidance. They invite wives, mothers, sons, and daughters to attend, and announce a Scout meeting on Wednesday at three in the afternoon.
A reader from Rahway New Jersey sends a subscription renewal note to the Review. He mentions a sad death in the family and reflects on a slow spring affecting the Fair. He plans to visit later and invites Thomson readers or locals to visit and say hello, offering a phone contact.
John Ashpole and Donald joined by Al Jackson Roy Ferguson of Grand Mound and Chester Ferguson of Clinton spent Sunday with Mrs. Ashpole at the Ottawa sanatorium. Carl Petersen with Ervin and Maurice Hansen attended the Schroeder reunion at Fairyland Park near DeWitt. Sunday dinner guests at the Miller home included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dude and children and Paul Rogers. Esther Mack of Albany and Millard Schaver of Garden Plain were dinner guests with the Smitrs. Kate Whitney and Chas DeKay of Led Oak Ind visited Helen Wentling. Roscoe Almquist of Mt Carroll visited John Carpenter with Mrs. Robert Groharing. Prudence, patient at St Francis hospital in Freeport, was visited by Mrs. Groharing. Henry Lohmeier and Mrs. Leonard Gifford hosted relatives from Peoria. Rudolph Holm of Argo and Henry Weissel of Clinton plan a fishing week at Rice Lake Wis. Kermit Lasch of Argo visited parents afftor Letha Gaarie employed at the Guy Turney home near Woecker for the summer. Gladys Cate and children spent the weekend with relatives at Camp Point Tl and returned with Bob and Betty Cate who studied at Champaign and Jacksonville the past year.
Berkeley Calif and Hancock Wis couples visited Bristol Swett and Lea man Swett households. Cedar Rapids and Argo residents joined gatherings with Linder Swett French and Smit families. Beulah Gaar heads home for a three week hospital vacation in Clinton while others visited relatives and friends in nearby towns.
A brief exchange shows Uncle George remarking the baby resembles him at a younger age while the niece notes the child overheard his words. The snippet captures a family moment with mild humor and miscommunication.
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