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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
4
Thomson news lists Sunday visits among Fulton Lanark and Savanna residents. Edwin Sweitzer suffered a severe burn at the nitrate plant last Monday and is on layoff. Other items note multiple family gatherings, home visits, and a phonograph record from John to his Thom son friends through Pepsi Cola.
Mrs Vada Sullivan returned to Chicago after visiting her Kuegs Stickell and Marie of Craig Manor Hanover. Savanna hosted Mrs Bernard Worwald Dorothy Marshall and Isabelle Prins last Thursday. George Prins and Katherine Hawk of East Savanna joined Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger at Chadwick Wednesday. Norman Stickell and Marie Hanover visited Frank Wires at Savanna Wednesday evening. Frank Potter home welcomed Jake DeVries Clinton and evening guests Fred Turney Orrie Rutherford and Tommy Savanna Sunday. Tommy stayed with his grandparents. Clarence Jones returned to Colona after four months with Merle Atherton in Hanover. Robert Carroll Barbara visited the Gelwicks near Milledgeville. John Cooper hosted Joseph Baumgartnee and Henry Bonjour Hanover Wednesday. Harold Tomman and family moved to Dolly Atherton house.
Mo Howard Hollinshead, employed at the Savanna ordnance depot, is in Chicago attending the LB M. weekend school. After completing training she will return to her duties at the Savanna ordnance depot. the Savanna Proving Ground authorities sent her to Chicago to improve her qualifications.
Frank Christopherson leaves Arnold Alm farm for Clinton Iowa this week. Several families and relatives visit each other across Mt Carroll Rockford Clinton Princeton and Freeport. The column closes with a quip about a man with twins desiring more.
Notice states Thomson Illinois voters will elect one President of the Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy one Village Treasurer for two years to fill vacancy and three Village Trustees. Election opens 6 AM closes 5 PM on April 20th. Clerk Kate Cole Whitney dated March 2 1943.
Following AAA reorganizations from the Corn Hog era, emphasis on soil saving grows yearly. County War Boards and the Carroll County Soil Conservation District promote contour farming lime use strip cropping and pasture improvements to boost yields and reduce erosion, with notes on future goals and wartime food needs.
The Carroll County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee issues permits to purchase farm equipment from Feb 22 to Feb 27 1943. Names listed include barbed wire poultry fence pumps woven wire milking machines and more with multiple buyers across several items. A U S Department of Agriculture War Board talk is scheduled on Mar 4 at 11 30 am on How Our Farmers Will Meet Food Goals with Eugene Murray Freeman Law Jeanette Kehl and Herman Dachler commenting. A new production payment of 95 cents per 100 pounds of 3 8 7 fertilizer spread on wards during 1943 is noted.
Wayland Buzz Bennett announces his candidacy for York township Highway Commissioner subject to voters decision at the April 6 election. He asks for support from the electorate in this political advertisement dated April 1.
Clyde Hamilton, recently engaged in construction work on Trinidad island in the Caribbean, has come back to the area and is visiting friends nearby. He formerly lived south of Thomson. Mr and Mrs Paul Lewis attended a Sinclair meeting at the Fulton Coliseum last night for an entertainment event.
Brief notes mention focus on machinery care and several talks. The fragment suggests a discussion or meeting emphasizing equipment maintenance and related speeches.
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