Social visits span Thomson area on Sunday
Thompson area residents shared hospitality with relatives and neighbors. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray of Le Roy visiting Eugene Murray's home, and Mrs. Helen Gaar with her sons John and Hobart and daughter Junella at the Rob ert Carrolls in Argo. Coffined notes mention trips to DeKalb for summer school, and other gatherings at the Grim and Griswold homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Murray
Leroy
Inlaw
Eugene Murray
Helen Gaar
John
Hobart
Junella
Robert Carroll
Argo
Clarence Cooper
Kenneth
Ruth
DeKalb
Gladys Cooper
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Kyle Melendy
John Carpenter
Horning
Morrison
Mr. Horning
Boulder Dam
Tena Schipper
Fulton
Bernie Dykstra
Robert Herrity
Bobby
Clinton
Claude Grim
Herritys
Davenport
C. H. Taylor
Jewell
Arch Atherton
L. W. Swett
Cecil Mitchell
Lyle
Thomson locals host a flurry of weekend visits
Greencastle visitors D H Stickell family and J Y Stickell join Clinton guests including L J Thompson and Isabelle Prins. Numerous relatives and friends from Morrison Fulton Galena and Chadwick attend dinners and Sunday visits. Gilbert Holland writes from New Mexico to Bremerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Eslinger
Roy Marshall
Everett Eslinger
Morrison
Lloyd Durward
Ustick
Norm Leavens
A. J. Davis
Hanover
G. A. Smith
Margaret
Gertrude Kustes
Fulton
N. H. Grossman
Cedarville
Belle Greenleaf
Grossman
Calvin
James Green
Argo
Blanche Seim
YCHS
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Gilbert Holland
U. S
New Mexico
Bremerton
Washington
Gilbert
Otto Switzer
Mt. Carroll
Reno Switzer
Stokes
Boise
Idaho
Thomson
Oberlin
Freeport
Will Grim
Dan Poffenberger
Ed Phillips
al Smith
Carroll
D. H. Stickell and Son
Greencastle
Norman Stickell
Isabelle Prins
Vernon McGinty
Flave
Chadwick
Majestic and Paradise Offer Weekly Film Lineup in Carroll County
The Majestic screens Swiss Miss with a Crime Doesn’t Pay cartoon a color travelogue and an MGM miniature. The Assassin of Youth warns on marijuana. Paradise Theatre shows Hawaii Calls Bobby Breen in a Hawaiian-set musical with songs and a cast, plus Squad ron of Honor opening Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Majestic
Carroll County
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
MGM
Paradise Theatre
Moline
Hawaii
Bobby Breen
Hawaiian Islands
South Seas
Waikiki Beach
Honolulu
Harry Owens
Islands
Bobby
Pua Lani
San Francisco
Ned Sparks
Hawaii Calls
Paradise
Squadron of Honor
Summers Past and Present Do You Know
Fifty years ago Illinois faced a deadly summer with cholera typhoid and diarrhea causing high mortality. Today medical science modernizes water sanitation milk and food safety and the public enjoys healthier summers with preventive protections against typhoid and other illnesses. The piece notes Paris streets named for American figures and mentions a Pole drawing the first map of America after Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ilinois
America
Poland
Columbus
Jan of Zakliczyn
Carroll County Sports School Registration Open
Residents may still enroll in the Community Vacation School of Sports at Frances Shimer College Mount Carroll. Courses cover golf tennis and swimming through Aug 20 with options for daily attendance. The Shimer pool operates Mon Wed Fri and Sun 3 to 5 pm, with morning swimming for children and afternoon evening classes for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll
Mise Mildred Jones
Shimer
Jayner
University president's baccalaureate joke prompts confusion
An elderly foreign couple at the university president's baccalaureate audience mishear the speech. The woman asks what was said and the man replies he said school is out. H. H. Alp of the University of Illinois warns against holding hatching eggs longer than seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expressinn
H. H. Alp
Extension Poultryman
College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
Alabaster mountain sights at Volterra Italy
The article describes Volterra with its alabaster mountain and the townspeople who craft decorative items for homes and museum collections. Light exchanges include marriage name questions and quips about embezzlement and illness. It notes poultrymen with a market for weapons and poultry production details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volterra
Italy
Thomson Briefs vin Guests of Mrs Durward Family at Dinner
Thomson Briefs vin were guests of Mrs Lloyd Durward and family at Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs Roy Houghton visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs W H Frank in Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Eslinger
Calvin
Lloyd Durward
Roy Houghton
W. H. Frank
Mt. Carroll
Witmer Family Visits Extend to Hanover and Albany
Mr and Mrs Allen Witmer visited Hanover on Sunday to see their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Elmer Davis. They also visited Albany Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Donald Robison and family and Mr and Mrs Will Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Witmer
Hanover
Elmer Davis
Donald Robison
Will Howard
Albany
Poultry Feed Advice for Chick Growth Alfalfa Supplement
A farmer asks about jelly in a kitchen scene while poultrymen are urged to add 5 percent alfalfa meal or alfalfa leaf meal to chick rations for vitamin A, especially when cod liver oil is absent. The dialog blends domestic humor with agricultural guidance.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson News
Royalbive Stores
Crisco
Kirk
Coco H. W
R. B
St. Joseph
St. Joseph's
Thomson Locals
D. H. Stickell
J. Y. Stickell
Charles Sack
Vivian
Howard Stickell
L. J. Thompson
Charles Jenkins
Carol Olds
J. E. Garrison
Quincy
Harold Simmons
Pekin
Bill Jenkins
Aurora
Ralph Olds
Harriett
Glyde Collinson
Albert Olds
Louis Huizenga
John Huizenga
Henry Faber
Ben Bielema
Chester Libberton
Joe Melendy
Cornelius Nordhoff
Henry Meyers
Lloyd Rogers
Lanark
Wesley Sack
Hazel
Fred Miller
Fred Haring
Savanna
Arthur Robinson
John Anderson
Charles Groharing
Paul Nice
Arthur Hoffman
Dana Cobb
Della Cobb
Johnnie Pape
Marinette
Wis
Frank Smith
Paul Smith
Jack Halfman
Charles Deets
Milledgeville
Fred Peters
Rudolph Holm
LaVonne
Will Holm
Robert Groharing
Mr. Carroll
Betty
Norris Hartman
Henry von Huizen
Howard Kness
Majestic, Mt. Carroll
Franklin
Lincoln
Wilson
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Mrs. Nage
Mr. Nage
Takem
Johnson
Myron Tibbits
DR. Hess
Coleman
Coleman Gas and Electric Irons
John Deere
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Illinois
Pocketbook of Knowledge
Rassengers
Belier
Thomson Briefs
Indianapolis
Prai pFirestone
Firestone
Aty
Ploud Roberts
CA Coy Lie
Firestone Tire
Voice of
Richard Crooks
Beans
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B.C
Lewis Motor CO
Johnny
Rentschler
Thomson, Ill
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