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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
7
Thomson visit records long trip and local social rounds
Bert Hadley arrived in Thomson after a 3500 mile Ford journey from Detroit, visiting the Dionne quints in Quebec and other places before planning a return via Minneapolis Yellowstone Park and Idaho. The text also lists numerous local gatherings, visits, and funerals across Thomson and nearby towns with many named families and hosts.
Expert Tips for Natural Child Snapshots by John van Guilder
The article urges natural posing over stiff setups and distinguishes record pictures from story telling ones. It advises close framing, correct distance settings on box and folding cameras, careful background selection, and side lighting to avoid squinting, all to capture engaging child photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Amile
Aunt Minnie
Rascal
John van Guilder
Chadwick Briefs Invitees Share Weekend Visits
A succession of weekends finds Chadwick residents hosting relatives and friends from nearby towns. Guests include the Knoess, Kniss, Mest, Sack, Lehman, Tommans, Heybeck, Etnyre, Mest again, Brand, Guinther, Grim, and Geison families visiting from Freeport Argo Fox Polo Sterling Dixon Milledgeville Savanna and Downers Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Tommans
George East
Richard Heybeck
Elgin
Chadwick
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Dan Etnyre
Dixon
Donald Brand
Charles Guinther
Polo
Joe Grim
Lena Eiler
Sterling
Elwood Gipe
Paul Grim
Milledgeville
Fred Geison
Albert Schreiner
Marjorie Tomman
Mt. Carroll
Missionary Society Plans Silver Tea at Hope Church
The Womens Missionary Society of Hope Evangelical Church schedules a silver tea for next Wednesday July 138th. Members will bring a guest to enjoy the program and social time after tea service.
Cheese Day Budget Set by Commerce Club
The Commerce club allocated 250 dollars for Cheese Day entertainment at the festival on Wednesday evening August 3 and all day Thursday August 4. Parade winners share 150 dollars, with equal funds for sports. Local features include a possible WROK Rockford broadcast Thursday noon as crowds collect free cheese sandwiches and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Club
WROK
Rockford
Local Social Notes Include Anniversaries and Meetings
Mrs. Leonard Antz of Dixon marks first wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Ward Weber home. Queen Esther Sunday School class set to meet July 5 at Mrs. Weber’s home with Florence Waters and Grace Weber assisting. Village board to meet July 5 in place of the first Monday. Visitors include A P Kenyon from Westerly and Kenyon’s family staying with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flave Lego
Ward Weber
Leonard ~Antz of
Dixon
Grace Hartman
Marion
Edward Williams
Neva Hartman
Mary Weidman
Queen Esther
A. P. Kenyon
Westerly
R. I
Kenyon
Charles Jenkins
Thomson
Bertha Strauch
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald Strauch
Mesa, Ariz
Picnic at Engle Point Park in Debuque Ta
Thomson briefs Mr and Mrs Charles McGinty sons Carroll and Vernon granite whiter Jackie and their houserest Mrs Adams and daughter enjoyed a picnic dinner Sunday at Engle Point Park in Debuque Ta Mr and Mrs W A Adams and daughter Arlene of Byron and the former s brother called Saturday evening on Mrs Adams sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Orve Oreutt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McGinty
Carroll
Vernon
Jackie
Adams
Engle Point Park
Debuque
W. A. Adams
Arlene
Byron
Orve Oreutt
Chadwick Teacher Resigns For Naperville Post
Mise Roberta Goemble resigns as third and fourth grade teacher in Chadwick. The Chadwick board accepts her resignation to allow a move to a Naperville third grade post. Cecile Williams of Artesan, 8.D., fills the Chadwick vacancy with 15 years of teaching experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Roberta Goemble
Chadwick
Board of Education
Naperville
Cecile Williams
Artesan
Thomson
Miss Williams
Wesleyan College
Mitchell
S. Ders
University of South
Normal
Ilinois
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Weber Home Under Construction In Mt Carroll Area
Construction began on a six room semi bungalow for Mr and Mrs Elmer Weber on the former Methodist church lot. The 28 by 80 foot house includes two bedrooms upstairs and one downstairs with baths, living and dining areas, kitchen breakfast nook and west side porch. Contractors include Melvin Straub builder and Harvey Glenn for plumbing and heating with forced hot air. Lumber and finishing by Senneff and Way. Move in planned by November first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Weber
Ole Kleavens
Mt. Carroll
Melvin Straub
Harvey Glenn
Milledgeville
Senneff and Way
Getz Family Reunion Visits and Missouri Trip
Mr and Mrs Walter Getz of Chicago visit relatives in Woodstock Missouri for a week. They attend a Getz family reunion at a Savanna park and their children Miriam and Evan stay with the Albert Adolphs. Jake Getz of Center Hill is the elder Getz family member mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Walter Getz
Chicago
Jake Getz
Center Hill
Woodstock
John Getz
Mr. Getz
Getz
Savanna Park
Miriam
Evan
Albert Adolph
M. M. Stuart of New Jersey Visits Sisters in Chadwick
M. M. Stuart of Jersey City New Jersey visited his sisters Mrs Oscar Daehler and Mrs Charles Woy in Chadwick over the weekend. He left Sunday evening for home after the visit. Dinner guests Saturday in the Woy home included the Daehlers Mr Stuart and son D D Stuart visiting here and Mr and Mrs Charles E Stuart of Mr Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Kness
LaCrosse
Wis
Jennie Cooper
Cooper
Charles Hunt
Galesburg
Jennie Lowry
W. A. Slayman
Hunt
Lowry
Olivet Camp
Williams Bay
Paul Wilt
Miss Smith
Bruce Groharing
William Mest
Charles Sack
Vivian
Argo-Fa
LB Lego
Ted
Lanark
Daniel Kradle
Rock Falls
Mary Kradle
Henry Yeager
William Lehman
Kingsley
M. M. Stuart
Jersey City
N. J
Oscar Daehler
Charles Woy
Woy
Daehlers
Stuart
D. D. Stuart
Charles E. Stuart
Carroll
Cancel Weekly Movie on July Fourth Holiday
The Chadwick's merchants sponsored moving picture show on Main Street will be canceled next week due to Independence Day. The following Monday July 11 features Ambush Valley with the usual popular short subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick’s Merchants
Ambush Valley
Senneff Family Vacation Plan to Smoky Mountains
Mr and Mrs K W Senneff and son Herbert depart Friday for a ten day vacation to the Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Senneff
Herbert
Smokey Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Miss Anita Rahn Awarded Wesleyan Music Scholarship
Miss Anita Rahn daughter of Mr and Mrs O H Rahn has been notified of a four year music scholarship at Wesleyan University Bloomington Ill based on outstanding high school music work She plans to enter Wesleyan in the fall term and has signified her intention to accept the award
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Rahn
O. H. Rahn
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Ill
Miss Rahn
Wesleyan
Funeral services for Frank L. Plumer in Rockford
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Fred C. Olson Mortuary Rockford for Frank L. Plumer 66 who died Tuesday morning after a severe paralytic stroke. Rev Millhouse of Messiah Lutheran Church will officiate burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Plumer born in Chadwick Aug 14 1871 spent most life in Rockford and wrote the pageant of the town for Cheese Day. Survived by widow Edna Cherry brother Winfield G Plumer sister Mrs Charles Cherry Chadwick relatives Mrs Lloyd Schreiner and L B Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred CC. Olson
Rockford
Frank L. Plumer
Millhouse
Messiah Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Plumer
Chadwick
Edna Cherry
Fidwin G. Plumer
Charles Cherry
Lloyd Schreiner
L. B. Spencer
James Shields First to Serve Three States as U S Senator
James Shields achieved the rare distinction of representing Illinois Missouri and Minnesota as a United States Senator. His career spanned Seminole War military service Mexican War Civil War and political roles from Illinois to Minnesota and Missouri. He died June 2 1879 in Ottumwa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jas. Shields
Ilinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Illinois
Federal Writers’ Project
W. P. A. Shields
Kaskaskia
General Assembly
Cerro Gordo
Shields
Winchester
Port Republic
Lincoln
Carrollton
Ottumwa
Women Drivers in 1876 Provoked Fearful Reactions
A Federal Writers' Project study cites a Chicago Evening Journal item describing women drivers as dangerous. The account notes a lady rider steering aggressively, wheellines crossing paths, and onlookers imagining the peril from a distant shot-tower view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Writers’ Project
Chicago Evening Journal
Weber Home Reunion Hosts Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Earl Weber entertained Saturday with guests including Mrs Ray Coiner of LaMar Mo Mr and Mrs Will Trochl of Pekin IL Mrs Eliza Schneider and Miss Lucille Schneider of Lanark A Getz reunion followed on Sunday at Old Mill Park Savannah
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Weber
Ray Coiner
la Mar
Will Trochl
Pekin, IL
Eliza Schneider
Lucille Schneider
Lanark
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Local Health and Hospital Updates in Savanna Area
John Eisfeller rests at his son Charles Eisfeller's home. Emma Hohnadle improves and is able to be up. Eight year old Sheldon Frank breaks arm from hammock fall. Marian Schneider discharged after appendicitis operation and is convalescing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eisfeller
Charles Eisfeller
Emma Hohnadle
Sheldon Frank
Louis Frank
Marian Schneider
Savanna City Hospital
Weekend Guests Visit from Across Midwestern Towns
Mr and Mrs Ben Stade host weekend visitors including Mr and Mrs George Clark of Detroit and Mr and Mrs J E Temple of Benton Wisconsin. Gail Hoak Veronica Hoffman Joyce Naniga and Claire Queckboerner of Downers Grove visit relatives in Lanark while Bert and Ellen Kness depart Fairmont Nebraska for home. Jesse Baker of Galesburg plans to spend the long weekend with Port Horning's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stade
George Clark
Detroit
J. E. Temple
Benton
Wis
Gail Hoak
Veronica Hoffman
Joyce Naniga
Claire Queckboerner
Downers Grove
Lanark
Bert Kness
Ellen Kness
Fairmont
Neb
Jesse Baker
Galesburg
Port Horning
Illinois State Police win medals at Grant Memorial pistol matches
After competing with expert marksmen of the middle west, eight Illinois State Police officers return from the U S Grant Memorial pistol matches at Camp Grant Rockford with nine medals in individual and team events. Meanwhile 26 of 27 DuQuoin district troopers qualify as marksmen sharpshooters or experts in tests led by Captain Bentley pistol expert and arms instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Camp Grant
Rockford
DuQuoin
Bentley
Illinois Farm Floral contest moves toward regional honors
Judges begin selecting county winners as Governor Horner starts the Illinois Farm Floral contest. County winners advance to ten regional contests for honors. Two effect classes are used: Class A for works by owners or their families and Class B for works by professional landscape architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horner
Capons Prove Profitable Poultry Choice for Fall Sales
A Poultry Tribune interview highlights capons as a lucrative option for producers. Capons yielded about 102 dollars extra per 227 birds versus roasting chickens, with 7.97 pound capons at 1.82 each versus 1.37 for 7.6 pound chickens. Maturation has sped up and feed needs reduced, making capons easier to raise on clean range with simple shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day
The
Poultry Tribune
Chadwick to Host Mt Carroll in Friday Softball
The Chadwick softball team will play Mt Carroll Friday evening July 1 at Daggetts field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Daggetts Field
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R. B. Jell
Thomson Locals
Bert Hadley
Ford
Dionne Quints
Canada
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Maine
Washington
D. C
Mt. Vernon
Minneapolis
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
Ernest Tousley
Charles Gumfory
Tampico
Allen Witmer
Elmer Davis
Hanover
Zeph Hay
Stillman Valley
Hay
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Lyndon
Raymond Carroll
Audrey Dearringer
Morrison
Vernon Dearringer
Billy
Agnes Heiss
Mabel Heiss
Earle Engelking
Junior
Krippendorf
Lockport
Conrad Lillie
Richard Housenga
Jake Fissens
EF. C. Pratt
Rebecca
N. D. French
Henry Housenga
Ruth Bissens
Peter Drolema
Richard Sternberg
Mrs. Sterenberg
Housenga
Miss Bissens
William Weiss
Clinton
Earl Roggendorf
Frank Rush
George Balk
Inlaw
Fulton
Mr. Balk
C. H. Jenkins
Ralph Olds
Chadwick Briefs
George Knoess
William Kniss
Freeport
Commercial Club
Thomson Briefs
Chadwick News
Roberta Goemble
Weber Home
Straub
New Jersey
Smokey Mts
Frank Plumer
U. S
Weber
Corn Belt’s Choice
Des Moines
Gwen McCleary
Drake University
Midwest
Kate Smith
New York
Miss McCleary
Corn Belt
Jurgensen
Dorothy Bogh
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