Argo church notes and community updates in Savanna area
The Argo church reports a funeral for Boyd W. Latham in Savanna, new officers named for the year starting July 1, and three community service stars added for Turney Giedd and Mitchell. Various local visits, visits to Madison Wisconsin, and social events are listed along with barn dance plans and reunion details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Severance
Geo Schmaling
Leland Schmaling
Boyd W. Latham
Savanna
F. J. Emerich
Oberlin
George Schmaling
Swaney
Church For Christ
Argo
Glenn Turney
Wilbur Giedd
Lyle Mitchell
F. L. Countryman
S. S
Hiram Green
Chas. Sack
Ruby Green
Earl W. Green
Hickory Grove
Geneva Dittsworth
Freeman
Morrison
Jake Weirsema
Thomson
Elmer Hook
Ed Turney
W. W. Giedd
Lanark
Gail Turney
Harlan Handel
Paul Turney
Margaret Kahler
Ben Peter
Clinton
Lou Moyer
Ralph Heide
Coleta
Victor Brockill and Freeport Girl Wed in Chicago
Miss Pearl Grate and Victor Brockill of Freeport married at 1 p m Sunday June 10 in Granville Avenue Methodist Church Chicago The double ring ceremony was led by Rev B M Will Attendants were Mrs John Fanning and Lewis A Sanders The couple will reside at 1122 South Burchard Ave Freeport after a brief Chicago visit The bride worked for Burgess Battery Co and Brockill for Sanford and Zartman A church meeting for Vacation Bible School was scheduled for Thursday at 8 pm with all helpers encouraged to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Grate
Victor Brockill
Freeport
Granville Avenue Methodist Church
Country Church
Chicago
B. M. Will
John Fanning
Lewis A. Sanders
Brockill
Thomson Briefs On Local People And Visits
Thomson notes Henry Young and Mrs Myrtle Bull attended Mrs Taylor's funeral in Savanna on Monday. John Kromery of Morrison visited his aunt Mrs Myrtle Bull on Sunday after recently receiving a navy medical discharge. Mr and Mrs H M Elliott and family and Kenneth Goblin enjoy a Wisconsin vacation. Mrs Mary Shelly of Savanna returned from Goose Lake Iowa where she visited her son and daughter in law Verne Shelly and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Young
Myrtle Bull
Taylor
Savanna
John Kromery
Morrison
John
Navy
H. M. Elliott
Kenneth Goblin
Wisconsin
Mary Shelly
Goose Lake
Verne Shelly
Marion Wheeler
Thelma Schick
Platteville
Wis
Thomson
Gus Roggendorf
Dorothy
Frank Smith
Donald Smith
Irve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Neuschwanger
Edson Holland
Robert Holland
Eva Atherton
Martin
John Ashpole
Charles Jenkins
Pauline Schindler
Henry Lohmeier
Margaret Brooks
Chambersburg
Herbert St. Ores
Miss Brooks
Richard McGinty
Babette
Rockford
Charles McGinty
Eugene Murray
Chadwick
Jessie Green
Tillie Harney
Clinton
Paul Pratt
Milwaukee
Joe Blair
Darlene Ashby
Macomb
Wayne L Ashby
Richard Badtke
Forrest Gilbert
Port Byron
Gerald Brown
Judy
Guy Brown
Frank Brown
John Fitzsimmons
Elgin
M. F. Lawler
Wayne Hoyer
Sabula
York Baptist Church Hires New Pastor
The Rev. J. R. Gillespie of Auburn Illinois accepts the pastorate and will arrive with his wife around July 10. The parsonage will be redecorated for them. The Gillespies have two sons serving overseas and in the Pacific, plus a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Gillespie
Auburn, Ill
York Baptist Church
Gillespies
Europe
Pacific
Quality eggs and prices from clean handling and care
Guidance on cleaning and handling eggs for market includes washing avoidance, cooling, ventilation, litter management, nesting, and regular gathering to reduce breakage. Advice notes that washing harms shelf life and cites a 5 percent loss from preventable causes while suggesting practical buffers for cleaning. Gladioli flowering advice follows.
Birthday Party for Betty Truninger in Savanna
Betty Truninger daughter of Mrs Russell Hitchcock of Savanna turned eight on Wednesday June 6. She hosted sixteen girls at her North Third Street home for an afternoon party with games won by Sally Lou Douglas and Donna Lou Frisch. Refreshments were served and Betty received many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Truninger
Russell Hitchcock
Savanna
North Third Street
Sally Lou Douglas
Donna Lou Frisch
Churches Schedule and Events At Thomson Churches
Thomson Methodist Rev. Edgar Doverspike leads 6 30 and 9 30 services with Sunday school at 10 30. Rev Leitner to bring message. Ladies Aid meets June 21 with Mrs Charles Sack. Catholic Rev R G Berg 11am worship and 10 am school. Ladies Aid picnic June 18 at church. program led by Mrs Charles Sucher. Argo-Fa Methodist set for children's day June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Methodist
Edgar Doverspike
Church School
Leitner
Ladies’ Aid
Charles Sack
Roy Berg
R. G. Berg
Ladies’ Aid Society
Charles Sucher
Frank Countryman
Argo-Fa
Sunday Guests and Local Visits Highlight Iowa Notes
Sunday guests at the Ivan Morse home included Mrs. Laura Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jack Arthur Harrison of Milan plus others visiting relatives in New Boston and Morrison. Multiple families hosted and attended gatherings, with navy service noted for two boys and a recent doorway improvement at Thomson post office. Local travel, church and family events fill the week as stores close Thursday afternoons and residents visit Batavia, Rio, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Morse
Laura Morse
Guy Jack- Arthur Harrison
Milan
Morse
New Boston
Thomson Post Office
Marshal Dimmick
Edna Brown
Rio
Galesburg
John Ashpole
C. A. Martin and Son
Cyril Wayne
Morrison
Chester Ferguson
Everett
Charlotte
Navy
Lornz Byers
Elizabeth
Kenneth McArdle
Clinton
Donald Smith
Adeline Groharing
Prudence Brookstra
Roy Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Cecil Imel
William Lartz
Ideal
Leroy Rus
Garden Plain
Ben Dykstra
Laura Stiles
Betty Truninger
Batavia
Gerald Printy
Teddy
Carl Robinson
Paul Wilt
Paul Smith
Irve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Dan Senneff
Milledgeville
Hattie
George St. Ores
Dan Sack
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs Jack Warfield in Savanna Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jack Warfield announce the birth of their son at 9 19 a m Friday June 8 in Savanna city hospital weighing 10 pounds The family is listed as new arrival in local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Warfield
Savanna City Hospital
Soldiers on leave and promotions reach families at home
Pvt Edward Grimm visited his brother Ford Grimm in Michigan while on furlough from Percy Jones hospital. T/5 Norman French, now with the 7th Army in Germany and Austria, takes a seven day England sightseeing leave. T/5 John A. Rice, husband of Mrs Delilah Rice, is released from a German prison camp. QM Stephen Switzer earns promotion to quartermaster third class on a destroyer escort in the Pacific. Donald Frazier passed merchant marine exams and will train soon. Mr and Mrs John Ashpole learn their son Robert, in Nurnberg, Germany, is promoted to sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Dutsworth
Madison
Wis
Freeman
Burt Johnson
John Johnson
Irwin Larson
Merle Durward
Morrison
Clifford Durward
Vern Kauffman
Emma Lutz
Albert Champion
Lanark
Ray Kauf
N. E. Basil
Patricia
Louis
Janice
Merle Turney
Wayne Conrady
Constance
Ursal Ogden
Faye
Rock Falls
Donald Hensler
Ann
Keith
Ernest Smith
Marjory
Nancy
Larry
Fred Smith
John Farwell
John Gaar
Joe Melendy
Alvin Temple
Fulton
John Faber
Crafty
Fred Isenhart
Mt. Morris
Les Lathrop
Walter Severance
Boyd Latham
Savanna
Harry Jun
Chicago
Willard Welch
Eleanor Roberts
Melvin Johnson
Lyndon
Emmerson Sweesy
Joan
Karen
Clinton
Katie Kness
Genevieve
Pauline Carpenter
Don Carpenter
Scott Roberts
George Schwarz
Andover
Edward Grimm
Ford Grimm
Grimm
Percy Jones
Battle Creek
Mich
Norman French
7Th Army
Germany
Austria
England
Stephen Switzer
Quartermaster
QM Switzer
Pacific
John Ashpole
Roubert
Nurnberg
Fix Playground For Daughter
Mr and Mrs Clarence Bolhous create a charming little park for daughter Marilyn just east of their home with swings and playground equipment. The area attracts Marilyns friends and promises many hours of enjoyment during vacation, a standout feature for local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bolhous
Marilyn
Park
Stores Close Thursday Afternoons Through September 15
The following stores will close starting next week every Thursday afternoon: Ely Cochran Smith's Royal Blue Potter Bros and McGinty's Hardware. The bank also closes on Thursday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Cochran
Smith’s Royal Blue
Potter Bros
McGinty’s Hardware
Weekend Visits and Local News From Thomson Area
Social and family notes from Thomson listing relatives visiting and attending funerals in Mt Carroll Savanna Dixon Ottawa Manlius Princeton Rock Falls Davenport Iowa and other nearby towns. Several residents travel for reunions church social alumni events and weekend visits while a local resident suffers a cow trampling injury with minor bruises.
Brothers Meet After Year Apart in Philippines
Mrs Myrta Groharing reports her sons Corporal Fay Groharing and Private Paul Groharing met in the Philippines after a long separation. They learned they were only 200 miles apart and arranged a reunion. Paul later moved closer to Fay. Paul Strukhoff, Navy trainee at Great Lakes, is a scarlet fever patient. Don W Bradford now at Cherry Point. Henry Young Sr expects a soon leave from Bremerton after twenty months abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrta Groharing
Cpl
Fay Groharing
Pvt
Paul Groharing
Philippines
Fay
Paul
Leys
Paul Strukhoff
Navy
Great Lakes, Ill
Henry Young Ste
Henry Young, Sr
Bremerton
Wash
Henry
Thomson
States
Pacific
Great Lakes
Shower celebration marks Clinton couple’s anniversary
Yesterday in Clinton the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer was celebrated with an afternoon open house at 114 North Fifth Street. Over 200 guests attended the evening reception at the Little Dane hall with dancing to Alfred Nofske’s accordion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Switzer
Clinton
North Fifth Street
Chester Sievers
Frank Thomas
Little Dane Hall
Thomson
Morrison
Ill
Low Moor
DeWitt
Alfred Nofske
Switzer
Richard Badtke
Local transfers and social notes from Thomson area
Jacob Diephuis bid on property on Fourteenth Avenue in Fulton at a public auction with household goods sold for satisfactory prices. Hollinsheads arrive from Odessa for six weeks in Savanna and Morrison. Lyle and Mildred Greeley move near Hanover. he works at the Proving Grounds, she teaches in Thomson. Various visits and gatherings are noted, plus the Senneff reunion set for Chadwick Park on June 17. Ida Weber dies after illness. Camas and Morrison visitors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Diephuis
Thomson
Dick J. Sikkema
Fourteenth Avenue
Fulton
B. F. Hollinshead
Odessa
Wash
Savanna
Morrison
T. M. Davis
Lyle Greeley
Hanover
Lyle
The
Proving Grounds
Greeley
Charles Hogg
Henry Vogel
Charles Whistler
Richard
Fred Bierman
Lyndon
Dorothy Price
Clinton
William E. Price, Jr
Georgia Hogg
Jean
Robert Carroll
Chadwick
Walter Weber
Camas
Ida Weber
Bertha Jacobsen
Minnesota Husky
Clara Millard
Maqnon
Betty Miller
Milledgeville
Gilbert Holland
Holland
Schick General Hospital
Charles Jenkins
Albert Olds
Howard Cook
Atlanta
Wheaton College
Albert
Beverly Marshall
Jane Lamb Hospital
Harvey Marshall
Oscar Kleckner
Merle
Carl Robinson
Mrs Ida Weber Dies At Daughter Home
Mrs Ida Weber 80 died at 5 0 0 a m Tuesday June 12 at her daughter Mrs Ben Stage Thomson after a weeklong illness. Funeral Thursday June 14 at 2 p m Thomson Methodist church with brief rites at the Stage residence at 1 p m burial Lower York cemetery. She was born August 26 1865 in Germany and came to the United States in 1885. She is survived by six daughters two sons a brother and a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Weber
Ben Stage
Thomson Methodist Church
Wesley Sack
Thomson
H. E. Doverpike
Lower York
Stage
Harvey Marshall
Fred Miller
Claude Millard
Yates City
Bertha Jacobsen
Minneasks
Walter
Comas
Wash
Julius Sagner
Henry Lohmeier
Mary Sagner
Emil Schindler
Mt. Carroll
Local Clubs Hold Meetings and Prize Winners Announced
The 500 Club hosted by Mrs Ed Andring awarded Nel Houghton first Amy Lewis second Mrs Kauffman third and Mrs Nipe low. Royal Neighbors Lodge to meet June 19 with Mrs Fred Nipe in Argo. Mrs Hattie Rawlins to host W B C S on June 20 with lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Andring
Nel Houghton
Amy Lewis
Kauffman
Nipe
Royal Neighbors
Fred Nipe
Argo
Hattie Rawlins
C. S
Birthday Observed for Deanna Gilson at Milledgeville Home
Sunday visitors at the Henry Eu banks home near Milledgeville included Mrs. Carl Robinson and son Dean, Mrs. Pearle Gilson and daughter Deanna, and Mrs. Gerald Printy and son Teddy from Clinton. They gathered to honor Deanna Gilson on her sixth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Eubanks
Milledgeville
Carl Robinson
Dean
Pearle Gilson
Deanna
Gerald Printy
Teddy
Clinton
Deanna Gilson
York Township War Bond Sales Rise Toward Quota
War bond sales in York township increased by more than ten thousand dollars in the past week, but remain far from the seventy seven percent quota of ninety five thousand dollars. As of Saturday night total sales reached forty thousand six hundred forty eight dollars and seventy five cents through June 9 per chairman N D French. The report lists Thomson State Bank Series E twenty one thousand one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents Series ten thousand one hundred dollars and sixty cents Coupon eight thousand dollars with Thomson Post Office Series E one thousand two hundred fifty six dollars and twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
N. D. French
French
Thomson State Bank
Thomson Post Office
Local notices from Maquoketa area Iowans
Several brief items note visits and family events across Clinton Maquoketa and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Lizzie Sheets Mrs George Ketchum Rev Van Zee and Jane, Wayne Ashby Jr, Darlene Ashby, Edw French, Seaman Swett, John Fitzsimmons, M F Lawler Jr. and families. Movements include sales openings and adoptions along with a baby girl Jane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ketchum
Maquoketa
Iowa
Lizzie Sheets
Harvey Marsal
Clinton
Kenneth Kemmer
Marshall Farm
Eugene Bull
Henry Young
Harold Shelley
Charlotte, In
John Noordhoff
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Naperville
Walter Reddick
Ste
Kenneth French and
Edw. French
Paul van Zee
Milledgeville
Jane
van Zee
Methodist Church
Edward French
Seaman Swett
Ill George Stumphy and measles in Evelyn Wilt notice
George Stumphy is ill and unable to work. Evelyn Wilt, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilt, has the measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stumphy
Evelyn Wilt
Paul Wilt
Library Board Session Held Wednesday Eve
The library board met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Lyle Greeley. Following the business session the hostess served sunshine crackers ice box cookies fruit and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Greeley
Argo Man Walter Severance Fined for DWI and License Revocation
Walter J. Severance of Argo Fa paid a $200 fine and costs and had his driver's license revoked for four months by Judge Walter J. Stevens in Whiteside county court. He was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car crashed into a stock truck at Morrison last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Severance
Argo-Fa
Walter J. Stevens
Whiteside County
Severance
Morrison
Mt Carroll Area Social News From Thomson To Savanna
Mt Carroll residents visited relatives in Thomson and Savanna while others hosted guests from Albany and Denver. Heart attack hospitalisation reported for Web Bashaw of Hathways. Family travels include Pope, Russell, Ketchum, and Neuschwanger groups visiting from Oak Park Haven Kansas and East Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hockman
Carol
Mt. Carroll
Myrtle Bull
Irvin Renner
Mary Carolyn
Albany
Thomson
Dwight Mitchell
Geo. Ketchum
Ray Klein
Springfield
Ray Houghton
Klein
Houghton’s
A. R. Pope
Russell
Denver
Colo
Web Bashaw
Hathaway
Savanna
City
State Hospital
East Moline
Bashaw
C. C. Neuschwanger
Oak Park
Earl Neuschwanger
Erve Neusschwanger
Joyce
Patty Neuschwanger
Clarence Stagg
Haven
Kans
Lena Stagg
Rochester
Minn
Rock Island
Ben Koch
Kansas
H .J. Heusinkveld
Paul Heusinkveld
Western Springs
Ill
C. T. Heusinkveld
Also Mentioned on This Page
Argo News
Tom
Jerry
Thomson Briefs
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fair Haven
Argo Methodist
Armed Forces
John A. Rice
Delilah R. Rice
War Department
Donald Frazier
Farnsworths
EK. W. Farnsworth
Lloyd Smith
Robert
Geraldine
Calvin Belinger
Roger
Emil Brach
Phillip
Will Griswold
Otto Switzer
Leroy Slater
Calvin Eslinger
Argo Man
Maxine Birdsall
Mt. Cai
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