New Grade School Building Plans and Village Improvements
A historical notice outlines a broad program including a new grade school building, fire plug installations, fire sirens, a sewer system, and a baseball diamond. It mentions doctors, Holland Church, and housing for principals funded by school boards, plus village beautification, sidewalks, public rest rooms, a kindergarten, and street drainage. The plan also promotes a youth center between Potter Bros and Hotel, commercial club activity, more amusements, concrete tennis courts, weekly dances, a Sunday pool hall, organizing a band, and a school study committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangve Heads
Holland Church
Potter Bros. & Hotel
Commerccial Club
Plan Closing Program of Vacation Church School
The community Vacation Bible School closes with a Friday night program at 7 p.m. in the Meth church. Staff include Mrs Paul Heusinkveld, Mrs Lillian Farnsworth, Jo Ann Wilt, Barbara Gillespie, and Rev Draper. Attendance peaked at 71. themes centered on God’s Son, The Good Shepherd, and Christian living with exhibits and certificates. Mothers are urged to bring food for a noon dinner and assist with arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Paul Heusinkveld
Evil Sack
Lillian Farnsworth
Darrel Draper
Emil Brach
JoAnn Wilt
Gayle Grimm
Jeanne Kiliett
Barbara Gillespie
Gillespie
Draper
Community Vacation Church
Geraldine Smith
Frances Green
Mr. L. Sack
D. Smith
Jo Ann Wilt
Barbara Gillespis
Jeanne Elliott
Elliott
Elliott Assisting In the Absence of Rev. Draper
Jopginners
Heaven
Methodist Church
Former Thomson Resident Wade Keltner Dies in Colorado
Wade Keltner, a former Thomson resident, died in Colorado reportedly of a heart attack. He attended Thomson grade school over 25 years ago when his father ran a local garage. He moved with his parents to Colorado as a boy. His mother, a sister, and other relatives survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Wade Keltner
Thomson
Keltner
Thomen
Divorce Decrees in Clinton Herald Dated June 12 1947
Alice Gaar is granted a divorce from John Gaar by Judge Claussen. Thelma Bower is granted a divorce from Charles Bower by Judge Claussen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Gaar
John Gaar
Claussen
Thelma Bower
Charles Bower
Judge Claussen
Clinton Herald
Northwestern University to Grant Record Commencement
Northwestern University plans its 8th annual commencement on June 18 at Evanston campus. About 2,455 degrees and diplomas will be awarded, the largest in the school's history, with eight honorary degrees to be conferred. John Foster Dulles will deliver the address and Franklyn B. Snyder will assign the diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University
Franklyn B. Snyder
John Foster Dulles
State Marshall
Conference of Ministers
Moscow
Evanston
Pres. Snyder
John F. Newman, Jr
USN
Navy
Ninth Naval Distret
James Currie McLeod
Jrulles
United Nations General Assembly
Mt. Carroll
Jan Eaton
South
Jackon
Myrtle Virginia Hartmann
Harold Derrer Nagel
Savanna
Beatrice Adele Reiff Mitchels
Vaen Stret
Thomson
Martha Holland French
Thomson Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Overnight guests at the Charles Hogg home included John ge and Mrs. Ray Booze of Cedar Pids Indiana. Thursday they traveled to Oak Park for graduation exercises with Mrs. Charles Hogg and Mrs. Robert Carr. Various local residents announced moves and visits including John Carroll and daughter, Mrs. Eldon Hickey, traveling to Chicago. Clarence Bolhous moving to Fulton. Henry Beck visiting Thomson. and gatherings with Miss Dorothy Price in Clinton. Bresse family notes and weekend dinners accompany a range of local social activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hogg
John Ge
Ray Booze
Cedar Pids
Oak Park
Arles Hogg
Robert Carr
Nancy Shand
Shand
Robert Carroll
Jeanne
Dorothy Price
Clinton
John Carroll
Eldon Hickey
Allan
Vera
Chiagi
Clarence Bolhous
Fulton
Martin Bielema
Henry Beck
Sacramento
Calif
Sterling
Chicago
Markie Beck
Thomson
Beck
Canada
California
Washington
Oregon
Charles Rogers
M. J. Strukhoff
Bessie Groharing
Virgil Wilt
Sponsors Of Boy Scout Drive Set Monday Evening
The Booster class of the Methodist Sunday school, sponsor of the local Boy Scout group, will meet Monday evening, June 23, at 7 at the Gene Murray home. All solicitors should bring their reports for Mr. Elliott, drive chair. Members are to bring hamburger patties or hot dogs, a dish to pass, and their own service. coffee, buns, and lemonade provided. supper outdoors unless weather forces the meeting to the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School
Gene Murray
Elliott
Clas
York Community Church Meeting Plans Potluck Dinner
The York Community Church will hold its annual congregation meeting at 10 a m on Sunday June 29. Reports from church departments will be presented and plans for the next year discussed. A potluck dinner will be served at noon. All members are urged to attend.
Catholic Mass and Services Adjusted for Conference
Notes show 1 a.m. Catholic Mass and 10:00 worship with 11:00 Sunday school at Argo and Thomson services. No church services Sunday June 29 due to Annual Conference at Rockford with Bishop Maree. James W. Gillespie cites morning worship 10:60 a.m. and Sunday school 11:00 a.m. led by Herbert Ores with Toypom supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Draper
Thomon
Argo
Thomson
Rockford
Maree
Community DD. V. B. S
James W. Gillespie
Herbert
Softball Team Tops Milwaukee Nine 13 to 1 on Monday
Thomson's softball squad exploded at Old Mill Park Savanna to rout the league leader Milwaukee 13 to 1. Brach pitched a shutout until the later innings while Brach and Shutters hit home runs. Thomson’s next game is a non league matchup with Clinton American Legion at Old Mill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Milwaukee
Brach
Shutters
Clinton American Legion
Local grocer makes speedboat hobby a daily rush
Don McBride of Sack and Triveda’s Clover Farm Store is a speedboat racer in his spare time. He travels far to races and plans to enter national events in Texas this October after winning sectional honors in Ottumwa Iowa last year. His early amateur days saw extensive motor work and years of practice to keep the boat upright, including a notable spill under the Canton bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Outboard Drivers Association
Amerian Power Boat Association
McBride
Johnmo
Don McBride
Sack and Metride’s
Mac
Wesley Sack
Clover Farm
United States
Edgerton
Wis
Texas
Ottumwa Fa
Middle West
Donfirt
Morrion
Canton Bridge
Harold Hadley Drowns During Oregon Lake Fishing Trip
Harold Hadley 36 of Klamath Falls and companion Leonard Collier are believed drowned at Odell lake on May 24. A boat with a leak was replaced by a 12 foot craft and a motor. The missing pair are presumed to have sunk in 30 to 60 feet of water after a day of fishing. Hadley leaves a wife Mercedes and daughter Constance Joan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hadley
Klamath Falls
Ore
Odell Lake
Kalmath Falls
Herald and News
Herbert Rawlins
Lowell J. Hadley
Yale
Ove
Harold
Hadley
Leonard Collier
Mercedes
Constance Joan
Lillian Solton
Savanna
Thomson
Bert Hadley
Briefs from Green Bay and surrounding towns
Miss Donna Holding visits Green Bay guests include Rev. Gillespie and Barbara. Mt. Carroll visitors DeWalt Keefer family and Blaine Smiths. American Legion event Friday at the high school gym. Clarence Bolhous and Gene Murray served on the grand jury. Bolhou foreman. May union in Rock Falls. Charles Mille of Princeton wed Vera Kitterman of Tiskilwa at First Baptist Princeton with reception. Sandwich Shop painted by Harry Shoemaker. Jeanne and Garland Harris operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Holding
G. A. Smith
Green Bay
Wis
Rev. Gillespie
Barbara
Lloyd Smith
Afternoow
DeWalt Keefer
Dennis
Blaine Smith
Billy
Alvin
Mt. Carroll
American Legion
Lance
Clarence Bolhous
Gene Murray
Bolhou
Mirs
Mevin Marshall
Rock Falls
Charles Mille
Princeton
Vera Kitterman
Tiskilwa
First Baptist Church
Local Notes on Residents Recovering at Home
Mrs. Hattie Greeley is much improved after illness. Kyle Melendy, formerly hospitalized in Savanna, returns home to East Savanna in better health. Mrs. Pearle Gilson recuperating at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robinson. David Rutherford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Rutherford, underwent a tonsillectomy at Jane Lamb hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Greeley
Kyle Melendy
Savanna City Hospital
East Savanna
Pearle Gilson
Carl Robinson
David
Orrie Rutherford
Jane Lamb
York Native Eva Shepard Died in California at 83
Mrs Eva Edgerly Shepard a York native died in Los Angeles on June 16 at age 83. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Fidol Bros crematory in Los Angeles. Born October 9 1864 in Bluffville she married Martin Shepard Jr in 1899 and later moved to California with a ranch at Newhall. Her survivors include two daughters Freda Shepard and Helen Drumgold and her husband George Drumgold. She was preceded by several Edgerly siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Whitney
Eva Edgerly Shepard
Los Angeles
Fidol Bros
Pasadena Ave
Shepard
Heman Edgerly
Bluffville
Jerry Sikkema
Fulton High Dool
Martin Shepard, Jr
Martin Shepard
Savanna
Newhall
Shep“d
Freda Shepard Andre
Day Couple Welcome Son Terry Lee at Shaw Field
T Sgt and Mrs Harold J Day of Shaw Field Sumter US C announced the birth of a son Terry Lee at 10 15 p m on June 15 weighing 7 pounds . The mother is the former Beatrice Brockill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Day
Shaw Field
Sumter
US. C
Terry Lee
Beatsice Brockill
Rock River Methodist Conference Opens in Rockford Wednesday
Rock River Methodist Conference prepares to open in Rockford on Wednesday. The article notes social details from a Savanna birthday celebration for Mrs. Harold Atherton including a roast beef dinner and a large group of local and visiting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Atherton
Savanna
Glenn Laughlin
Bertha Sutton
Joe Brennan
Wayne Smith
Jane Miller
Lewis Hartman
Atherton
Faun Strubb
Local clubs plan meetings and activities for late June
The T N T club schedules a June 25 all day meeting in the church annex with a covered dish and kitchen cleanup. Chat a While hosts a party at Hobart Holland home this evening. 500 Club meets today with Mrs. Hortense Nipe at Argo. Argo Home Economics picnic is set for June 20 at the Argo Methodist church with a two dish per family, sandwiches, and table service. Baptist Ladies Aid meets today with Mrs. Calvin Eslinger. WSCS meets July 2 in the church basement after a June 15 sewing session. Home Bureau gathers June 24 with lessons on insecticides and sewing machine care. Altar and Rosary Society met last Thursday with Mrs. Josephine Sheridan for Bingo and a lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Gaar
Maxine Appel
Marian Warfield
Orella Bennett
Hobart Holland
Hortense Nipe
Argo-Fa
Argo Home Economics Club
Argo Methodist Church
Baptist
Calvin Eslinger
WSCS
Methodist Church
Hattie Rawlins
Lloyd Fagan
Mesdamey Rawlins
Steele
Home Bureau
Altar and Rosary Society
Josephine Sheridan
Leo Hengtgen
Thomas Hand
Spencer-Benham
Frank Spencer
Coleta
Arthur Pape
Noquebay
Wis
Marinette
Wisconsin
Russell Sweitzer
Near Lanark
Noah Sweitzer
Lanark
Lucinda Gipe
Chadwick
Lou Moyer
Mary Bennett
Mt. Carroll
Mary June Adams
Charles McGinty
Dick McGinty
Session to Convene at Court Street Church in Rockford
The 108th annual session of the Methodist Rock River Conference meets at Court Street Methodist Church in Rockford Illinois starting Wednesday June 25. Bishop J Ralph Magee presides with Rev J Richard Sneed hosting as the conference spans 391 churches and more than 155000 Methodists in Northern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Rock River Conference
Court Street Methodist Church
Rockford
Ill
J. Richard Sneed
J. Ralph Magee
Ilinois
Leland Schmaline
Dev
Darrel Draper
Methodist Church
Baton
Indianapolis
Lester Minion
Magee
Ralph W. Sockman
National Radio Pulp
NBC
Court Street
Sockman
Christ Methodist Church
T. Z. Koo
World Christian Student Federation
China
Woman's Society
J. D. Bragg
St. Louis
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Garrett
Gerald O. McCullogah
Roy L. Smith
Chistian Advocate
George L. Morelock
Ray H. Nichols
Nichols
Vernon
Tex
National Methodist
Cleveland
Bell Ringers
American Ballad Singers
Wayne Farley
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Charles Dickens
Main Street
Nell
Nellie Schade
Glendora
Nelle Dimmick
Goldie
Jare Vada Carroll
Russell
Phillips 66
Green
Russell, Jr
Paul Ottens
Lyndon
Wilma Dbielema
Albany
Deacon
Jim St. Ores
Hazel Sack McBride
Ellen Rutherford
Gladys Cate
Gladys
Anson Metzgers
Joyce Marshall
Danny Lanning
Danny
Vada Wilt
Carroll County
Northwestern
Martha French
Uin
Norma Strubb
Evelyn Ashpole
Rosalie Hand
Margaret Smith
Dana Diehl
Betty Lou Wilt
Thomson Briefs
Boy Scout Drive
York
Tethodist
Harry Shoemaker
Jeanne and
Garland Harris
Rock River Methodist Conference
Argo Home Economics
Bertram Swaney
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