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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
3
A local platform proposes a fire truck purchase, sewer system work, organizing the American Legion post, and school related projects. It urges village beautification with new facades, yard cleanups, and Main Street improvements. Also notes dog events, local incidents, and residents’ health updates.
Farmers split with Thomson No 1 2 1 and Thomson No 2 3 0 in Monday evening bowling action. Farmers won two games and lost one against Thomson No 1 and swept Thomson No 2 in a 3 0 result.
Thomson Briefs cover a furniture sale this Saturday at the Hattie Wilt residence. Local social notes mention visits by Mr and Mrs Eugene Bull and Marilyn Carpenter, Arlyne Adams returning from Great Lakes, and hospital discharges for Mrs Theodore Storm and Anne Elizabeth. Social visits include Griswolds at Witt home and Laura Henninger purchasing the Ross Boylan house. Veterans meet at YCHS gym and a chili dinner is planned at the Methodist church with admission 35 cents for high schoolers and adults, 25 cents for grade school students. Eugene Kassel of Clinton visits Earl Ellis home. he is Ellis’s nephew.
Ronald Bull returned home Sunday from Savanna city hospital after surgery and is recovering. Mrs. Henry Schoenwulf and daughter Jean Paula were discharged from Savanna hospital and returned to Clinton. Blair Stratton of Batavia had a tonsillectomy and is recovering well. Others mentioned include Mrs. Robert Miller ill, Herman DeVries sick with flu, George Greeley taken to East Moline hospital, Paul Kenneth McGinnis Jr. ill with pneumonia, Kyle Melendy ill at home, and Elynor Stagg recovering from a facial burn.
York township holds no elections this year but schedules meetings. On March 26 the town board of auditors will audit books, consider the 1946 47 budget, and appoint a two year need commissioner. Applicants must file with Supervisor Rush W Carroll or Town Clerk Clarence Bolhous by 1 pm March 26. The annual Town Meeting is set for April 2 at 2 pm to adopt the budget and levy and to elect a cemetery trustee for three years.
The District Engineer United States Army Corps seeks sealed bids by 11 a m March 15 1946 for leasing 671 acres of government land part of Tract FI-64 Carroll County and the sale of government buildings in Pool 13 Mississippi River area 573 acres lie above pool elevation. Bids subject to standard regulations.
Pvt Leroy Goblin left for Fort Ord Calif and expects to leave the States soon. T Sgt Everett Wilt in rest camp India to Makum India transfer. Leonard Harlan Spangler called home from California and sails soon. Charles Young Ste discharged from navy at Great Lakes after service aboard Rowe with multiple campaign ribbons and three battle stars.
Mr and Mrs Orrie Rutherford and family and Mrs John Rice visited the John French home in Clinton last Saturday. Fred Hook visited Andrew Hook in Fulton Sunday evening. James Hook spent Sunday with Alvin Porter in Low Moor Iowa. Marvin Marshall visited with Harry Elliott in Princeton. James Hook also called on Andrew Hook in Fulton Monday evening. Ray Klein of Downers Grove Illinois spent the weekend with his parents Roy and, Dinner guests at Frank Potter's included Raymon Hook Jimmy Wiebenga and Don Hall. Afternoon callers at Potter's were Ralph Harney Clinton and Ralph Stearns and son.
In memory of my beloved husband who died one year ago on March 6 1946. A silent thought a secret tear keeps his memory dear. Time may ease grief but memory returns each moment. Mrs. Hattie Wilt.
A York Red Cross drive lists solicitors who opened on Tuesday March 5 led by Helen Hand Clara Andring Amy Lewis Maude Wagner Ruth Stearns Mildred Brach Ethel Potter Marie Kemmer Dorothy Carroll Margaret Murray Ellen Hogg Gladys Cate Alice Switzer Bonnie Curley Dora Lee Smith Mrs Joe Blair Mrs Alvin Reiff Mrs William Hans Evelyn Welch Hortense Nipe Glendora Schade will collect contributions at the bank The drive runs through March.
Worship at 9 45 a m with Rev Mikell guest this Sunday March 10. Church school at 10 30. A special collection for Red Cross will be taken by Sunday school next Sunday. The W S C S chili dinner March 12, menu chili crackers pickles pie coffee. Admission 35 cents high school and adults 25 cents grade school.
Catholic mass at 9 30 a m and 9 30 a m again. Sunday school at 10 00 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 00 p m. church service at 7 30 p m. Rev Hanbecker pastor. Mrs Paul Vanzee will deliver message due to Rev Vanzee’s hospital stay in Dixon.
Baptist James W. Gillespie ministering at The Church Worshipping with sermons on Tasting God's Love in Vain and Dangers of Isolation. Paul Wilt supervises studies on A People in Confusion. Sunday services include 10 AM and 7:30 PM messages through Easter with topics like The Closing Scene of an Eventful Life and Calvary.
Mrs Carl Robinson and son Dean and Mrs Pearl Gilson and daughter De anna attended the funeral of Mrs May House in Chadwick last Sunday. Dan Sack and family visited Paul Wilt home Saturday evening and at Dan's sister Mrs John Smith in Dixon hospital. Mrs Richard McGinty and Babette returned from Rockford and reside in their trailer in Charles McGinty yard. Forrest Eslinger and Mrs Justice Prins spent Monday with Mrs Benford Stadel in St Francis hospital Freeport. Will Strauch and son Gerald of near Dixon visited with Louis and Henry Strauch.
Expresses gratitude for cards candy gifts and visits during hospital stay, noting the kindness will be remembered by Ronald Bull.
The John P Balk family and daughter Betty Jean moved last Friday from the Adeline Graharing farm east of town to the Vetick farm near Morrison route 1 which they bought a year ago from Mrs John Buikema of Fulton. Neighbors held a farewell surprise party last Wednesday with fifty four guests. the Balk children and their relatives visited on Sunday afternoon.
Thomson Priest Virgil Wilt and son Harold spent Monday in Chicago where Bud is listed in the U S Coast Guard for a two year period Bud reports at Chicago in ten days A supper at the Grange hall Chadwick Sunday for friends who haravired Mr and Mrs Lowell Hall recently
World War II veterans in Thomason and nearby areas are urged to attend a Thursday evening meeting at Thomson High School. Officials from Carroll County Council of the American Legion will explain steps to form a Thomson post and discuss organizing details and assistance.
The senior class selected the three act mystery comedy Galloping Ghosts by Dora Georgia Thomas and William Ellis Jones for presentation in a few weeks. Rehearsals began this week. The workshop and tools of the late Chas Wilt will be sold this Saturday at Mrs. Hattie Wilt’s home. Mrs. Hugh McDonald of Clinton visited her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wilm Hamm, over the weekend.
A birthday party honoring Isaac Decker was held at the Clarence Imel home Saturday evening. The gathering included card playing and a dainty luncheon for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bos of Fulton and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Decker and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Imel.
The vehicle owned and driven by Bing Mattie skidded on ice, rolled over, and was demolished while carrying Dorothy Williams Wilma Bielema and Don Ashby to a York Community high school party. All four pupils are reported recovering.
Locks 15 through 22 are operable and free of ice enabling commercial traffic to Bettendorf Iowa. Pools 15 through 22 are at pool levels and free of ice facilitating navigation to Bettendorf.
Mrs Virgil Wilt and daughter Nancy visited Mrs Cecil Frosch in Savanna on Sunday. Miss Marilyn Carpenter of Clinton visited Thomson last weekend. Mrs Paul Lanaghan of Clinton stayed overnight with sister and Albert Volk. Ralph Huggins reported 16 ent on the Chicago market for Herefords and Shorthorns. The Carro McGinty family of Rockford joined in the birthday celebration at Charles McGinty’s home.
Miller Mikell of Chicago headlines a Sunday 9 45 a m program at York Community Church blending music art and song to present eternal Gospel truths. The show uses sermons hymns poems and religious themes aided by modern equipment including black light to create novel pigment reactions. Mikell a Chicago seminary student and minister has performed across the eastern and southern states for numerous denominations in public and private services.
At the sheriff's sale of Ada Lewis real estate held Saturday to satisfy a judgment for Dr. George Cottrall of Savanna, three lots were bought by Dr. Cottrall for 350 dollars. Beverly Kraft, R.N., returned Friday evening from Des Moines Iowa where she had visited her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Walter White.
Neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Orville Blackett to welcome their new home at the former Lacey farm, moving from Hanover. The evening featured card games and lunch before a chili dinner at the Methodist church basement on Tuesday March 12.
W S C S members led quilting and sewing with Mrs Luella Timmons hosting a noon dinner. Plans include a chili dinner March 12 at the Methodist basement and an all day meeting March 20. T N T club meets with 17 members. harvest festival planned for October and a Christmas party in December. donations made to Red Cross Youth Center and Religious Education. Altar and Rosary society hosts a meeting with six members and two visitors and serves lunch. Argo Fa Home Economics club postpones to March 22 with program calls and songs.
Thomson Briers and Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Lewis dined with Miss Gladys Teague at the Lafay ette Hotel in Clinton last Thursday and then attended The Bells of St. Mary. Albert Hook Jr and Lyle Mitchell plan a Friday morning trip to California. Mr and Mrs Albert Prins visited with Mrs Gerald Ammon in Garden Plain on Wednesday. Three boys and Miss Fern French of Clinton spent Tuesday in Moline and Rock Island.
Mr and Mrs Benford Stadel of Stockton Illinois welcomed a son Sunday March 3 at St Francis hospital Freeport weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. The mother Isabelle Prins daughter of Mr and Mrs Justice Prins of Mt Carroll formerly Thom son.
Thomson Woman's Club will meet Wednesday evening March 13 at Mrs. Roy Heitman's home with A Wilson of Frances Shimler Academy addressing the group. Musical numbers are listed and a March 15 high school breakfast in Hollywood entertainment is being prepared with Tom Brennaman impersonated by Lee Ervin. Reservations are urged and gate prizes announced including nylon stockings. military guests and spouses must also reserve.
Miss Mary Cone was called to Enid Oklahoma last Sunday by the serious illness of her brother Harry Cone He passed away Monday evening Funeral services will be held in Enid.
Sack and McBride employ Ralph Stearns for redecorating and Paul Heusinkveld for wiring on the remodeled Youth Center building. Thomson's younger set expresses gratitude for the work, noting the building will be an attractive habitat for the organization's activities.
Six weeks perfect attendance honors awarded to Donna and Roland Smith Arnold Sikkema Kathryn Poor man Jenny Poorman Robert Poorman Ambrose Daniels and William O Leary. Ronald Smith elected president and William O Leary secretary. Field trip plans Easter egg hunt Good Friday noted.
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