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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
8
Mrs Henry Young of Thomson Illinois shares a simple boiled raisin batter recipe. She combines raisins and water then adds soda shortening sugar molasses and flour with baking powder. Nuts optional and batter bakes in cans for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
Rev and Mrs Merle Hawbecker observe their 25th anniversary with open house at Cherry Grove Church on Sunday June 20 from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm The couple married June 12 129 at Milberry Grove Mt and later served as pastors in Illinois Missouri and Lanark Their careers included teaching and school administration with degrees from Mt Morris College Bethany Seminary and Northwestern University
Mrs Hanbeecker completed a year at Mt Morris College and a year at North Manchester College. She studied dietetics and child guidance then taught for two years. The Hanheckers have three children Byron a sophomore at North Manchester College Elaine a high school freshman and Melvin in the eighth grade. Their home is 52 East Locust Street Lanark Illinois.
Milledgeville residents welcomed visitors from Camby Minnesota and Oak Grove while relatives gathered for birthdays and church conferences. A skating party honored Mrs Lamoreux’s birthday with guests from Dixon Sterling Oregon Rock Falls Ashton Polo Milledgeville. Local families enjoyed a weekend at the Brookfield zoo and visits from Galveston Texas relatives.
Milledgeville reports the Milledgeville Community Vacation Church School closing Friday. The event featured departments for beginners primaries juniors and junior high with strong attendance and perfect attendance marks. Key projects included The Christ hooks The Christian cowboy corral The friendly church booklet and study of churches of the community. June 9 remarks by Miss June Byler highlighted lessons on Argentina churches.
Friday and Saturday screenings feature Boy from Oklahoma with Will Rogers Jr and Nancy Olson in color humorous adventure. Atomic Peril runs alongside It Should Happen to You and Make Haste to Live with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. Two shorts When Fish Fight and Plop Goes the Weasel add light relief as spring rain air tones the program.
A local project collected offerings totaling $69.24 to aid church work. Half financed Bibles for Korea through the American Bible Society and supported two migrant workers, reflecting a faith community outreach effort.
Mrs Lillian Farnsworth of St rockton visited with Esther Schmaling. Russell Carpenter discharged from Clinton hospital and improving at home. Mrs L G Lathrop home from Savanna hospital. Sunday School Picnic drew fifty attendees. 4 H girls sang at evening services. Live Wire class held a silver tea Thursday. Marvin Culp of Necchi showcased sewing machines. Argo 4 H club to hold food sale at Spencer's Store Saturday morning June 18. Carl Carpenter sustained foot injury needing stitches.
Mrs C B Heyer and Mrs G H Wolber of Milledgeville visited Mr and Mrs Ed Schneider. The Maroon Clippers softball team played Morrison G E and will meet them again in Morrison on June 17. VFW members will attend a Rockford convention. Everett Dorland of Byron and Elmer Lockwood died at Hines Hospital. funeral is this Saturday. Louis Miller plans a garage on Lower Broad Street. Dr E H McConaughy and family of Polo visited Thursday. Mr and Mrs H B Rahn celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary Saturday June 12. Riley Lozbaugh and N M Salitzer visited Freeport Friday. Salitzer received a prize.
The column lists residents changing jobs and homes from Leininger stores to Fuhremann Canning in Mayville and Gra tio t Wis. It notes a Father and Son banquet at the Methodist church, a June 23 cooking school at the grade school gym, a farm tractor accident fatality of Koertner, and various visits and travel plans including Milwaukee and Ocean Grove. It mentions Births and assists at the Dixon hospital and hospital stays.
Heat drives rapid growth in corn, gardens, and lawns as Pomona Grange gathers at Rock Creek Grange hall on Monday evening June 14. Local farming and weather observations likely discussed amid the hot spell affecting crops and vegetation.
The article argues that breakfast should provide one fourth to one third of daily nutrition. It cites studies linking skipping breakfast to headaches irritability and fatigue and notes energy needs after a 12 to 14 hour overnight fast. It highlights fruit cereals bread and milk as core foods with proteins from milk eggs and meats.
A nutrition note extols calcium rich milk and cereals with milk or cream for breakfast. It asserts ice cream as a good calcium and B vitamin source and compares it to milk in nutrition and calories. The piece advises refrigerating pasteurized milk promptly and keeping it covered. It closes with a social note of the Schuchard family visiting Sterling and Rock Falls relatives and Roy Potter in Clinton.
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