Local Moves and Road Safety Updates Reported
John Faber completes moving into the Nipe house while Fred Nipe moves into the Dan Nipe residence. Harry Wilkerson relocates to Thomson for work with John Ashpole. James Libberton sold the Rentcheler farm to Ed Hartman and possession is given. Ford Grim Jr. becomes the new Thomson route 1 mail carrier after March. An electric stop and go sign is planned at route 171 and 78 after multiple crashes. Albert Herbig reports the danger to the highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Faber
Nipe
Fred Nipe
Dan Nipe
Mr. Nipe
Harry Wilkerson
Thomson
Harry
John Ashpole
James Libberton
Rentcheler Farm
Ed Hartman
Ford Grim Jr
Correction issued for senior play date at Chadwick
Violet Phillips, the high school drama instructor, requests a date correction for the senior play Little Women. The production will be presented Friday evening, April 1, not April 8 as previously reported. NYA supervisor Mrs. Gertrude Angell has delivered about six dozen books for the local public library, mostly adult titles with a strong juvenile section, to be circulated for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mixes Violet Phillips
Gertrude Angell
NYA
Thomson Local Social Notes Chronicle Local Visits
Mrs Champion of Byron visited daughter Mrs Glenn Demaree and family last week. Many townsfolk, including the Holm, Nipe, Lewis and Balk families, hosted and visited others in Thomson and nearby towns like Savanna Clinton Milledgeville Freeport Round Grove Morrison and Moline. Elmer Pease left for Milwaukee to work with a bird seed firm. Chester Sherman to lead players to the sectional tourney at Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion
Byron
Glenn Demaree
Harold St. Ores
Isenhart
Arletta Hartman
Ideal
Thomson
Elmer
Robert
Mt. Carroll
Arletta
Will Holm
Dorothy
Verne Kaufman
Savanna
Harold Holm
Andrew Miller
Harveylock
Russell Meyers
Milledgeville
Almeda
John Smith
Leo Blair
Mr. Wolf
Sterling
Harold B. Hartman
L. ©. Lewis
Walnut
Alice Lewis
Fred Miller
Wesley Sack
Harold Shelley
Clinton
John Nordhoff
Cornelius Nordhoff
Glyde Collinson
Argo
Jesse Schreiner
Chadwick
Frank Brown Jr
Herbert Almquist
Lee Hartman
Cecil Imel
John Sauer
Elmer Pease
Milwaukee
Wis
New Jersey
Pease
Morrison
Chester Sherman
Moline
Fulton
Sherman
Noel Mosher
George Balk
Chicago
Sherman Hotel
Dave Geerts
Claus Prins
E. O. Hemmer
Ollie Atherton
Frank Rush
Jackson Davis
Hanover
Frank Brown Sr
Fred Hook
Ed Junge
Local Moves and Appointments Across Area Homes
Notes record multiple relocations and visitations across the region. Thomson briefed Klass H Wiersema’s move near Fair Haven, while 158 Texas feeder cattle were bought by F J Stransky. Several families, including the Starnkys, Geerts, Stage, DeVries, and Peters, exchanged residences or hosted gatherings. Residents travel, host relatives, and attend local events amid farms and towns like Morrison Savanna Albany and Mt Carroll.
Students recount health visit and school activities in March
Dr. Emerson from the Dental Division of the State Department of Public Health visited March 1 and examined all teeth. Velma Johnson had a perfect set, while others scheduled dentist appointments. New students Fern and Anton Holmquist joined in eighth and fifth grade. Billy and Jimmy Green moved to Whiteside county. The fifth and sixth graders read letters from the Greens. The Literary club hosted a program and Valentine party for Center school pupils and mothers on February 11, chaired by Pauline Carpenter. Next month’s committee includes Lenora Yates and Bernice Aude, with decorations of windmills and tulips for a Dutch village scene on the sandbox. Several students were out recently but all recovered. Names listed for tardiness and attendance since Christmas: Lauren Mitchell, Robert Smith, Leland Schmaling, Norma Johnson, LaVonne Holm, Burdette Dyson, Bernice Aude, Lyle Mitchell, Lenora Yates, George Yates, Lloyd Johnson, Patricia Yates, Catherine Dyson, John Aude. Reporters: Arlene Smith, LaVonne Holm. Teacher: Thelma Schick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Emerson
Dental Division
State Department of Public Health
Velma Johnson
Fern
Anton Holmquest
Anton
Billy
Jimmy Green
Whiteside County
Della Pearl Miller
Lyle Mitchell
Charles Miller
ABC
Lauren Mitchel
Robert Smith
Leland Sehmaling
Norma Johnson
LaVonne Holm
Burdette Dyson
Bernice Aude
Lenora Yates
George Yates
Lloyd Johnson
Patrician Yates
Catherine Dyson
John Aude
Arlene Smith
Frank Manning
Thelma Schick
Chadwick Couples Host Postnuptial Shower for Mrs Riley Temple
Mrs Riley Temple of Rockford was honored at a postnuptial shower hosted by her mother Mrs Louis Zugschwerdt and sister Mrs Sam Hammer man of Lanark. The Chadwick gathering at Mrs Zugschwerdt’s home included twelve guests, a 6 30 luncheon, and a table decorated with dafodils and daisies and colored candles. Named attendees included Miss Erma Cam bman Downers Grove Miss Elizabeth Kingery Morrison Misses Eaine Zugschwerdt Mildred Fink Betty Dial Chadwick Mesdames W E Cardiff Galva Ben Stad el Anthony Cambman George Cambman Jr Herbert Spearman and the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Temple
Rockford
Ben Stadel
Louis Zugschwerdt
Sam Hammerman
Lanark
Zugschwerdt
Erma Cambman
Downers Grove
Elizabeth Kingery
Morrison
Eaine Zugschwerdt
Mildred Fink
Betty Dial
Chadwick
Mesdames W. E. Cardiff
Galva
Anthony Cambman
George Cambman Jr
Herbert Spearman
York Town highway bid for gravel road project in Carroll County
Sealed proposals due 10:00 A M March 24 1938 by York Town Highway Commissioner for 28.75 miles of traffic surfacing gravel or crushed stone. Bids must include crushing screening hauling and maintenance but not rough grading culverts or bridges. 500 bid security and surety bond required. Plans at Thomson Illinois. Bids may be rejected. John Ashpole Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Carroll Count
Illinois
Court House
Mt. Carroll
Ilinois
John Ashpole
Commr
Clarence Bolhous
Thomson
Hollywood and Musical Offerings At Local Theatres This Week
The Lanark and Mt. Carroll listings feature Crashing Hollywood with Lee Tracy and Paul Guilfoyle in a crime caper, Hawaiian Buckaroo with Smith Ballew, and Sonja Henie in Happy Landing. Major shows include Hollywood Hotel at Paradise Theatre with Dick Powell and the Lane Sisters, plus Penrod and His Twin Brother at Majestic Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Tracy
Hollywood
Tracy
Paul Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle
Twentieth Century Fox
La-Nar
Smith Ballew
Sonja Henie
Happy Landing
New York
Sonja
Don Ameche
Majestic
Mt. Carroll
MGM
Joan Crawford
Spencer
Majestic Theatre
Joan
Spencer ‘Tracy
Penrod
Mauch Twins
Floyd Gibbons
Charlie McCarthy
Paradise Theatre
Moline
Ill
Dick Powell
Louella O. Parsons
Hollywood Hotel
Lane Sisters
Lola
Rosemary
Ted Healy
Hugh Herbert
Alan Mowray
Benny Goodman
Raymond Paige
Powell
Furniture Sale at Home in Argo
A local notice announces a furniture sale to be held at the seller's home in Argo on March 24. The listing highlights various household items available for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Nipe
Argo
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Royal Blue Stores
Wellworth
BORAX
Pkes
California
Welch’s
Kate Smith
Thomson Locals
Albert Prins
Charles Geerts
Round Grove
Peter Dyke
Ruth Cooper
Alta Porter
George Sears
L. B. Sears
Carl Johannsen
Bert Stainbrook
Bertie Jean
Henry Sauer
Ben Stage
Paul Stage
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Kenneth Kemmer
Leonard Stage
Weston Smith
John
Edward
James
Smith
Lloyd Smith
Otto Switner
Henry Wiersema
Fair Haven
Ernest Tousley
Thomson Briefs
Klass H. Wiersema
Garden Plain
Alexander
Texas
F. J. Stransky
Carl Robinson
Ieenhart
Herbert Rawlins Jr
Macomb
H. L. Rawlins
Joe Schutters
Livingston
Schutters
Bill Geerts
Larry
Albany
Geerts
Wesley Kness
Merle
Willis
Leonard
Jake DeVries
Frank Potter
Ray Machael
Potter
Robert Gelwicks
Ivan Carroll
Charles Sack
John Cooper
Charles Groharing
Fay
Groharing
Della Cobb
Dana Cobb
Prophetstown
Everett Eslinger
Harold Witt
Will Griswold
Justice Prins
Norman Stickell
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
FA School
Chadwick Briefs
Lanar
Genevieve Chipman
Main St
Savanna, Ill
Nice
Myron Tibbits
Raymond T. Boysen
M. D
DR. Gatsos
Potter Bros
Thomson, Illinois
Albany, Thomson, Argo-Fa
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