Thomson News Items of Last Week
Mr and Mrs Merle Bielema were Sunday dinner guests of his agents Mr and Mrs Henry Bie Sunday callers of Mr and Mrs John Ashpole were Mr and Mrs Harold Ashpole of Moline Mr and Mrs Henry Ashpole of Low Moor and Mr and Mrs Franklin Feh ler of Thomson. Evening callers were Mr and Mrs Joe Olson of Fair Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Bielema
Henry Bie
John Ashpole
Harold Ashpole
Moline
Henry Ashpole
Low Moor
Franklin Fehler
Thomson
Joe Olson
Fair Haven
Henry Bielema
Henry Tiesman
Garden Plain
Community Notes Bring Families Together For Visits
Numerous relatives and friends gathered across towns including Palatine Lisle Clinton Waterloo Fisher Thornton and Morrison for weekends dinners and social calls. Darrell Garr a NIU graduate and former Thomson High student earned a B S and will teach science in Oswego after Air Corps service.
Smaltzs Return from Hawaii Vacation Tour
Mr and Mrs J J Smaltz returned Saturday from a four week vacation to Hawaii joining the Prairie Farmer Tour group of 85 at Dearborn station Chicago. They rode the Super Chief to Los Angeles then the Matson liner to Wilmington Harbor and spent five nights aboard before landing in Honolulu. They toured Maui Kauai Oahu and Hawaii by air bus and catamaran visiting Pearl Harbor and described Hawaii as Paradise of the Pacific. Gordon Brown and son Gary of Sterling visited with Mrs Maude Brown and Harriet Smaltz on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Holm
Sam Mattie
Palatine
Ill
Lawrence Toberman
Lisle
George Mattie
Anna Hartvisgen
Clinton
C. B. McCoy
Waterloo
Iowa
Wayne Groharing
Isaac Decker
Frank Brearton
Charles J. Bissens
Henry Young
Dina Durward
Argo Fay
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Leslie Durward
Michael Brear
Coronado
California
Roy Straitt
Clarence Young
David Young
Bernie Diverbliss
Warrenville
Rollin Williams
Donald Irwin
Savanna
Otto Switzer
Mary Ann Tousley
Davenport
Paul Waltrip
Waltrip
George Eissen
Ray
Jake van Oosten
Fenton
A. E. Mitchell
Morrison
Maude Wagner
Thomson
Leila Mitchell
Roy Ruch
Frank Timmons
J. J. Smaltz
Hawaii
Prairie Farmer
Dearborn Station
Chicago
Los Angeles
Calif
Wilmington Harbor
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Chile
Hi Lo
Maui
Kauai
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Smaltz
Pacific
Social News This Week Delights Readers with Visits
East Moline residents visit friends in Fulton and McFarland Wisconsin. Schulz family hosts breakfast for movers to Chenoa Illinois. Larson helps with move and returns home. Mitchell family spends weekend with Lance family. Jon extends stay. Kramer family hosts Stebbins Buikema visitors from Savanna. Larson children see Leala Slocum in Hinsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Skiles
East Moline
Albert Lynch
David
Norris Snyder
Katie Stichter
Fulton
Amy Lewis
Adeline Groharing
Elizabeth George
Florence Ferguson
Streator
Marjorie Pierce
Ruby Summers
S. J. McCullagh
Milton Larson
Jon
Gene Lance
McFarland
Wis
John Kramer
Warren Stebbins
Larry
Billy
Savanna
Jay Buikema
Mark
Chil Rden
Leala Slocum
Hinsdale
Readers seek help identifying 1860s photographs from Illinois roots
Eleanor Hodge writes from Thomson Illinois asking for methods to identify unknown people in a box of Civil War era photos. She lists towns Lanark Mt Carroll Shannon and Thomson and notes relatives including Samuel Smith and Ida later mother of Wayne King. She seeks guidance on locating plates and studio records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
23Rd Ave
N. Clinton
Iowa
Review
Thomson
Illinois
New York
Lanark
Mt .Carroll and Shannon
Ill
Mar
Harvey Prescott Smith
Alma Jerusha Lord Smith
Samuel Bridges Smith
Elsie Burt
Samuel Smith
Tell
Ida
Wayne King
Mower and Hall
Mr. Carroll
Lords
Wingates
Dillingham’s
Worthen’s
Smith’s
Burts
Lower York
G. G
8. B. Smith
Gen. Sherman
Georgia
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Kons
Starved Rock
Bolhous
Ed Brondyke
Johanna Oosterryk
Helen Vance
DeWitt
Town
Dolly Atherton
Dwight Atherton
Harold Sorenson
John V. Christiansen
Arthur Moeszinger
Carroll Dimmick
Ben Demmick
Delbert Dimmick
Hospital
Clifford Curley
Hanover
Gordon Brown
Sterling
Maude Brown
Harriett
Corneil Medendorp
Thomson Review
Ralph Light
Hampton
Helen Brenneman
Savanna’s Times Theatre
THE
Simon
Peter
Howard Keel
John Saxon
Martha Hyer
James Cagney
Shirley Jones
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Burt Lancaster In “the Unforgiven
Anal Theatre A
Brett Halsey
Yvonne Lime
Rod Fulton
Ann Doran
Cae
SUN
Kenneth More
Dana Wynter
South Pacific
Els
Albany Legion
Albany, Ill
Glori
Tingleff
Dacron—Blends
Clinton, Ia
Charles Snyder
Herman Timmons
Paul Timmons
Nelson, Il
Warren Green
Saanna
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Louis Workman
Susie Spencer
Evelyn Prins
Legion Hall
Robert
Nannette Curley
Toulon
Lloyd Smith
John C. Atherton
Gilbert van Dyke
Alan
Mervin Marshall
Gale Durward
Evelyn Wilt
Western University
Macomb
Henry Young Sr
Ronald Bull
Wacker
Lawrence Holmberg
Lll
Lee Homeden
John
John Davidson
Dawn
Harold Wilt
Otto Knutsen
Lincoln
Nebr
Hastings
Marian Wheeler
Barbara Bladgett
Little York
Wheeler
Herbert Blodgett
Darrell Garr
Harry Garr
Portland Ave
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Thomson High School
Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Air Corps
Oswego
Palisades
Leo Cozzolino
Savanna, Ill
Harold L. Johnson
M. Photog
the House of Natural Color Photography
Winchip Music CO
Strand Theatre
Clinton, Iowa
Greison Agency
Main St
Savanna, Illinois
Gary
Mrs. Maude Brown
Harriet
Fulton, Ill
Fulton, HI
the Draggin
Thomson News
D.S
Philco
Capehart
T. V
G. E
RCA
Kenmore
Bill Baker
High School
Thomson, Ill
Glenn Teeter
Kraft’s
Northwestern
Kenneth Hodge
Eleanor Hodge
Mrs
Kenneth B. Hodge
Cabana
Muffy’s Men's Shop
Lyons
Main Avenue
Nbc-Tv
Pat Boone
Americas
Chevrolet
America
Chevy
Fisher
Main
Lewis Motor Company
J. H. Potts & Son
Lyons Shopping Center
Main Ave
Marth
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