Schoolhouse Notes Highlight Activities and Curiosities
School Journal records typing and shorthand progress, bank trip, science experiments, and a tuberculosis talk. Students discuss physics, biology, and algebra, with film viewings on Yosemite and Central Asia, varsity basketball gains, and light local gossip about juniors and a mayoral query.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns School of Business
Peoria
Collins
Tangara
Mt. Carroll
French
Calvin
Donald J. Pratt
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
Pupil News Highlights Birthdays Tests And Honors
Two new pupils Ellen and Maurice Rogers join the class. Valentine party celebrated Washington and Billy Marshall birthdays. Farewell for Harold and May Balk. Mrs. Marshall brought cake. We ate sandwiches pickles and jello and opened presents. Tests completed with high scores. Leslie Grim and others excelled. Miss Cooper and Dr. Claude Vick visited. perfect attendance listed. honor rolls named. readers reported on 23 books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen
Maurice Rogers
Washington
Billy Marshall
Harold
May Balk
Mrs. Marshall
Billy
Jeanne Swett
Mary FE
Halfman
Leslie Grim
Miss Cooper
Gerald Swett
Mary Halfman
Beverly Marshall
Heinze Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding Friday
Mr and Mrs William Heinze Sr of Wacker plan a golden wedding anniversary with open house from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at their farm home near Wacker They married March 11 1888 in Lyons Lutheran Church Born in Germany 1867 and 1868 they came to the United States at 16 The couple have four sons and a daughter and four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Heinze Sr
Wacker
Groom
Lyons Lutheran Church
John Sauer
Chadwick
Bristol
Thomson
Heinze
Voehl
Germany
Wohnfeldt
Hessendarmstadt
William Jr
Conrad
Mt. Carroll
John
Adam
Savanna
Anna
Paul Brown
Hal Ashby
Lavetta Snyder
Irma Heinze
Aimes residents buy fine Belgian stallion at college sale
Lloyd and Cecil Tousley visited Ames Louisiana to view the State College and bought a pure bred Belgian stallion described as a sorrel with light mane and tail. John Pape of Marinette Wisconsin is to receive the Review as a birthday gift from his parents for his 31st birthday. Will Moore of Nancy Texas will also receive the Review as a gift from his mother Mary Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Cecil Tousley
Ames la
The
State College
John Pape
Marinette
Wis
Arthur Pape
Will Moore
Nancy
Tex
Mary Moore
Young Couple to Wed on Friday in Clinton Iowa
Alydia Dykstra daughter of Mr and Mrs Dewey Dykstra Thomson and Curtis Balk son of Mr and Mrs Jake Balk Fulton will marry Friday at Clinton Iowa The ceremony is at 430 pm Attendants are Lloyd Schaver Moline and Agnes Dykstra Afterward a 6 pm dinner at Allen's Tea Room Clinton A reception will be hosted by the Dykstras The couple plan to reside in Fulton with Balk working as a truck driver for his father
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alydia Dykstra
Curtis Balk
Fulton
Clinton
Dewey Dykstra
Thomson
Jake Balk
Lloyd Schaver
Moline
Agnes Dykstra
Allen’s
Nineteenth Avenue
Balk
Pointer
Local guests and movings noted in today’s social events
Albany resident Johanna Oosterryk and Fulton’s Ethel Bronkema visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bolhouse on Sunday. Co C King recently acquired a 1930 Pierce Arrow. Mt Carroll callers Thomas Cheatum and Jack French were noted on Monday. Seymour resident Paul H Holding moved to 823 Elmore Street Green Bay Wisconsin. Ideal residents Mr and Mrs Fred Hartman hosted Sunday visitors at the Hartman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Oosterryk
Albany
Ethel Bronkema
Fulton
Clarence Bolhous
Co. C. King
Thomas Cheatum
Jack French
Mt. Carroll
Paul H. Holding
Seymour
Wis
Elmore St
Green Bay
Fred Hartman
Charles Hartman
Ideal
Ideal Church Announces Sunday Schedule and Music
Rev. Sword leads preaching at 7 30 p m Sunday with Sunday school at 10 00 a m and Young People meeting at 7 00 p m Special music is presented by Lillian Hartman Helen Sollenberger and Blanche Seim with Mrs Harold Witt as accompanist The notice invites all to attend and be welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sword
Herbert Isenhart
Lillian Hartman
Helen Sollenberger
Blanche Seim
Harold Witt
Ideal
Reverend Theo Yaeckel Opens Church Services
Pastor Theo Yaeckel leads weekly schedule with Sunday school at 10 AM and preaching at 11 AM. A prayer meeting is set for 7 30 PM Thursday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo, Yaeckel
Methodist Harold R. Dude Sermon Invitation
A religious notice urges community harmony and neighborly kindness at worship led by minister Harold R. Dude. It invites townspeople to attend church next Sunday and to promote goodwill rather than sow discord in the busy social world of the town.
York Community Preaching Service With Sunday School
The York community holds a preaching service at 9 a.m. and Sunday school at 9 45 a.m. Sunday schedule outlines religious activities for attendees.
Baptist Preaching Service Set for 10 A.M. In Clinton
Paul Wells of Clinton will fill the pulpit at 10 a.m. Sunday with a goal of good attendance. Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. A Tuesday social at Argo’s Lloyd Smith home drew 40 guests for singing readings piano solos and contests. The Sunday school and ladies aid gifted newlyweds Harold and Mrs Witt a lamp. Refreshments included cake cookies fruit salad and coffee. The Livewire class meets next Tuesday March 15 with Harriet Smith. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wells
Clinton
Lloyd Smith
Argo
Arlene Smith
Robert Smith
Ladies Aid
Harold Witt
Livewire
Harriett Smith
Community Notices From LeClaire And Nearby
Catholic services scheduled for next Sunday at 9 30 in the morning. Mrs Grace Teeter of LeClaire Indiana was a supper guest Sunday evening at the home of her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs George St Ores. Jack French of Wisconsin is visiting his sister Miss Ellen Cheatum in the Thomas Cheatum residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Teeter
LeClaire
George St. Ores
Jack French
Wisconsin
Ellen Cheatum
Thomas Cheatum
C B and Q Water Tower Demolished After 28 Years
A crew tears down the cement reinforced water tower along the C B and Q tracks after 28 years of service. No water used for about a year as engines no longer draw water at this site. Tank shipped for future use, pump house sold to Jake Stickell and moved. Mr and Mrs Ralph Christiansen and children visited Mr and Mrs John Ashpole in Low Moor Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Stickell
Ralph Christiansen
Low Moor, In
John Ashpole
Births Report in Freeport and Morrison
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Stickell on Sunday March 6 at St. Francis hospital Freeport. Mrs. Stickell is the former Frances Prins. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Machael welcomed a daughter born Monday March 7 at their Morrison home. Mr. Machael is a nephew of Mrs. Frank Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L. Stickell
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Stickell
Frances Prins
Ralph Machael
Morrison
Mr. Machael
Frank Potter
Boy Scout Troop Organized In Local Area
A Tuesday meeting organized a new Boy Scout troop with scoutmaster C. W. Sherman and field scout executive Mr. Grimm present. Wayne Ashby was chosen senior patrol leader. Norman French and Sidney Brenneman lead two patrols with assistants Dick Stagg and Fred Groharing respectively. Each patrol will recruit three additional members, aiming for boys 12 years or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Sherman
Grimm
Freeport
Wayne Ashby
Norman French
Dick Stagg
Sidney Brenneman
Fred Groharing
Grade School in B B Tourney at Savanna
The local grade school basketball team travels to Savanna for a tournament at the high school gym. The opening 6 15 game pits Thomson against Fulton. Regardless of outcome, a second game Friday evening will feature either Savanna or Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Thomson
Fulton
Morrison
Recent Bride Given Shower in Fulton
Mrs. Leonard Hartman formerly Henrietta Voss of Fulton was honored at a surprise miscellaneous shower hosted by her mother Mrs. John Voss and sisters Mrs. Fred Huizenga and Mrs. Willard Hartman in the Voss home. Games, prizes, and a two course luncheon concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hartman
Henrietta Voss
Fulton
John Voss
Fred Huizenga
Willard Hartman
Voss
Hartman
Candidate for Supt. of Schools Withdraws from Race
Martin Ginie of Savanna has withdrawn as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for county superintendent of schools. Democratic leaders say they will write in a candidate at the primary on April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Ginie
Savanna
Eighth Grade Plays Set for March 23 Evening
Prof. E. O. Hemmer announces the eighth grade plays will be presented on the evening of March 23. The public is asked to keep the date in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Hemmer
Village Board Holds March Session In Full Attendance
The village board meets in regular session with all members present. Bills are read and referred to Finance, water rents and other receipts totaling to March 7 show a balance of 2190.86. The water analysis confirms safety for distribution. Main street paving bids to be advertised. ordinance committee not yet ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
Lewis
Finance Committee
Iowa Machine Works
W. M. Straub
Tibbits Tire Shop
Lewis Motor Co
Clinton
Louis Kness
Ross Boylan
N. Wv. Iil
C. H. Jenkins
W. S. Darley & Co
State Health Dept
Kate Cole Whitney
Daehler Funeral Held March Ninth In Boone
Ferdinand Daehler 63, a Chadwick native and Boone High School manual training instructor, died after a February stroke. Funeral services were held at the Boone home with family and Chadwick lodge members attending. he is survived by his widow, two Boone sons, six Chadwick brothers, two Chadwick sisters, and a Colorado Springs brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredinand Daehler
Chadwick
Boone
Wm. Fink
Carl Daehler
Henry Parsons
Herman Daehler
Oscar Daehler
Fred Daehler
Carl Haag
Daehler
Iowa State College
Ames
Carl
Thomson
George
Oscar
Fred
Herman
Albert
Colorado Springs
Colo
Argo Fa
William Fink
Louisa Haag
Illness Report Reflects Local Ailments
Andrew Prins is ill with the flu and bedridden while Mrs. Hattie Yates recovers at home. Ed Turney shows slight improvement from typhoid fever. Clara Lawrence ill with flu at her daughter's home. Harvey Hartman hospital bound in Clinton. Robert Turney of Chadwick not as well after a brief improvement. Cecelia and Barbara Hawk quarantined for scarlet fever. Donna Kratz ill with measles at Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Turney
Clara Lawrence
Erve Martindale
Harvey Hartman
Ed Hartman
Ideal
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Robert Turney
Chadwick
Cecelia
Barbara Hawk
Mrs
Will Hawk, Jr
Donna Kratz
Mrs. Reeves Kratz
Freeport
Final Rites Held for Ed Williams in Thomson
Edwin H. Williams longtime Thomson farmer and melon grower dies at East Moline State Hospital aged 79. Funeral held at Thomson Methodist Church with Rev Harold Dude officiating, burial in Lower York Cemetery. Survived by wife Mabel Atherton and fifteen children, plus numerous grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Williams
Thomson
East Moline State Hospital
Mr. Williams
Methodist
Ev. Harold R. Dude
E. 0. Hemmer
Joseph Wilt
Alfred
George St. Ores
Dan Sack
Old Rugged Cross
Beautiful Isle
B. R. Lewis
Hobart Holland
Bayard Cole
Ely Cochran
EB. B. Porter
Guy Brown
Lower York
John
Mary Williams
Edmund
Mabel Atherton
Robert
Henry Kane
Fulton
Ernest
Howard
S. D
Harry
Dixon
Lawrence
Springfield
Wis
George
Port Byron
Vernon
Rollin
Lyle
Richard
Maurice
Thomas Sheridan
Chadwick
George Beck
Savanna
Bernie Divilbiss
Warrenville
Nelda
Winnetka
New Grader Arrives For York Township
A new Allis-Chalmers grader with a ten foot blade arrived last Saturday for York township. Commissioner Ashpole plans to use it as weather allows to prepare roads for a graveling project set for this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Allis-Chalmer Company
Ashpole
Argo clubs host games and meetings in March
The Argo 500 club met at Roy Hough ton home with prizes awarded to Mrs Houghton Mrs Verne Kaufman and Mrs K B Carpenter Dorothy Holmlow also listed next week scrambled dinner at Mrs Mayme Mummert Argo Home Economics club meets March 18 at 2 pm in the Argo Methodist church Activities included song devotional and talks on milk vitamins and social health Argo Chorus led by Evelyn Welch and hostess group named Thomson 500 club hosted by Mrs Chester Sherman this afternoon Royal Neighbors set to meet next Tuesday with committee chaired by Mrs Orve Orcutt Charles Groharing N R Kenyon Rush Carroll and Will Strubb
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johannsen
Argo
Roy Houghton
Sweet Home
Belle Carpenter
Cora Stickell
Ethel Demaree
Kathryn Cooper
R. H. Petty
Argo Chorus
Evelyn Welch
Lizzie Manning
Marian Smith
Hortense Nipe
Lou Moyer
Bessie Kenyon
Lulu Melendy
Royal Neighbors
Mesdames Orve Orcutt
Charles Groharing
N. R. Kenyon
Rush Carroll
Will Strubb
Bride Honored by Wide Awake 4 H Club in Camanche
Mrs Blaine Turney former member Hazel Wilden of Clinton was honored at a party hosted by Anna and Viola Hinrichs. Prizes for games were awarded and guests wrote advice for the bride. Luncheon served by Mrs Henry Hinrichs and club girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide Awake
4-H Club
Camanche
Blaine Turney
Hazel Wilden
Clinton
Anna
Viola Hinrichs
Turney
Henry Hinrichs
Rural Carrier Transfer and Route Consolidation Plans
Plans to reduce Savanna rural routes from three to two are underway. Graveling of roads has made delivery feasible with fewer carriers. After routes change, Mr. Grim will transfer to Thomson rural delivery and begin around March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Grim
Thomson Rural
Colored transient Homer Dixon dies after hospital care
Homer Dixon a 30 year old colored transient died Tuesday evening at Savanna hospital after being taken there March 4 for treatment. He was picked up at Ebner by Thomson authorities and his condition necessitated hospital care. The body was taken to Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Dixon
Savanna Hospital
Dixon
Ebner
Thomson
Fulton
Bristol School earns special recognition certificate
Bristol School taught by Gladys D. Cooper is the first York township school to receive the honor with 925 points. Teacher contributed 275 points for training and college work. Dr Claude Vick of the state department approved the award. Renewal required each Jan 1 1939 and future framing planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol School
Gladys D. Cooper
York Township
Claude Vick
State Department
Our sincere thanks to patients for their trust
We express heartfelt gratitude to all patients who honored us with confidence despite rumors. We have done our best and, after two to three weeks in the south to recuperate, we will return ready to serve you again.
North West district band contest to feature six Carroll schools
Six Carroll county high school bands join 38 ensembles at the North West district event in Rock Island March 25 and 26. Leaders include Coleman Miles of Mt Carroll and Milledgeville and Beth Hower of Thomson. Classes D C E F A list schools, leaders, and instrument counts with playing times. finals eligibility noted for first division bands at Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Rock Island
Coleman Miles
Carroll
Miles
Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
State
Chadwick
Thomson
Lanark
Shannon
Urbana
Beth Hower
Cordova
Forreston
Mt. Morris
Orangeville
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William Heinze, SR
Mart Shepard
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Harold R. Dude
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Iowa
Wm. Hawk, Sr
Louis J. Thompson
Dorothy Hawk
Wm. Hawk Jr
Andrew Prins
Hattie Yates
ED. Williams
Library Report
Grace Strauch
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Thomson 500 Club
Chester Sherman
Pearl City
T. A. Kiburz
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Floyd Poff
Pearl City Girls
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Bradford
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George Ford
Warren
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Tiskilwa
R. A. Fling
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Erie
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Chilicothe
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S. Fischer
Princeton
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