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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
5
Argo and Chadwick residents welcomed relatives during Sunday visits. Fulton and Savanna City travelers joined family gatherings in Morrison Clinton and Savanna area homes. Several weddings, birthday observances, and communal meals highlighted a busy week with many distances covered.
Chadwick area residents searched for Junior Schreiner, son of Mrs. Frank Scheme Jr, after he wandered from home while riding a pony. On Tuesday he was found north of Sterling with two companions, then turned toward Fair Haven. He was kept safe at a farm until his parents retrieved him by truck early Wednesday.
Friday night at the home of Miss Marione Tommuan and Mrs Denton Naniga a kitchen shower celebrated the marriage of Mrs Meryl Spencer. Guests hemmed towels for the bride while refreshments were served by the hostesses. Attendants included Mesdames Lawrence Doden Arnold Roberts Wham Meyer Reuben Tomman and Misses Crystal Alexander Beth Anderson Lavonne Schreier Muriel Kness Marabee Stabley Jean Schreiner Mildred Getson Lois Hartman.
Local residents gathered for the Senneff reunion with Mrs Dora Senneff af Lanark visiting Dixon and returning home. Many couples celebrated birthdays and hosted weekend visits. Attendees included the Livengoods of Milledgeville, Schreimers, Wilt of Thomson, Zugs schwerdt family, Whitney Switzer of Thomson, and others from Dubuque, Oak Park, Sterling, Morrison, and Pomona.
The legislature wrestled with a mothers pension measure and resident tax proposals. A senate-headed plan would raise a statewide tax on incomes and provide up to 500 dollars for an individual and 1000 for a family head with other benefits. A divorce-value clause tied to separation payments drew concern over its effect on divorce rates.
A slate of bills faced unsure fate as the milk board measure was shelved in the house with calendar removal and predicted not to return this session. Also moving were a 3 million dollar two year stokeless Illinois coal program and a toll bridge design bill to join the state highway system. A 10 percent increase in benefits under workers compensation and occupational diseases acts cleared the judiciary committee and moved to the senate. Lottery proceeds would fund law enforcement and in Cook County authorities, while public works measures faced likely defeat or veto by the governor.
Numerous residents visit each other and attend lessons in Fulton and nearby towns. Local families including the Sikhoivas, Williams, Holland, and Merediths hosted gatherings, with Frank Brown and Miss Temple noted. Pupils Rosalie Trand, Edna Cuiley, Margaret Smith, Hazel Reggendot, Kathleen Jocreluaré attend weekly quilting and language lessons at Miss Kathlean Teenhas’ home.
Miss Dois Phillips spends a few days with her brother in Chicago then plans to return to wear disenids OC. Mier attended a postmaster convention at Deertur Friday at Saturday. Several Greencastle residents arrived for a visit of several weeks. Third Waters and Mary with Miss Leytrekert spent a few days in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Sam Hammelman hosted a Sunday dinner for birthdays. Savanna visitors, Mr and Mrs Spurgeon Mouter Sr, and others attended. Mrs Recurte Beehnine spent the weekend at the Huns hort and Beehnne home preparing for a summer class at the University of Chicago.
A fragmented report mentions Lanark and The Swiss, a monthly cast, spectators, and a local cannery press. It references Mrs Jerome balance, a reunion, and a grand jury at McCann with various unclear names and dates. The text is garbled but indicates a community event with multiple attendees and a legal context involving a grand jury.
Fragmented OCR reads as a Milledgeville local item list with names like Mr and Mrs, Cray, Eileen, Albert, Dan Sih, Oscar Daehler, Virginia, Phillips Short, and Fayette Fossett. Mentions family gatherings, church, travel, and a Dixon event, but details are unclear.
Notice is hereby given of the tentative budget and finance for the Town of York ji Carroll State for the 1939 fiscal year. The budget will be on file for public inspection in the village office. A public hearing on the appropriation ordinance will be held at Village Hall at 2 o clock p.m. on June 10 1939. George . Bittnes, Commissioner. Clarence Bulheus, Pen.
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