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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1953
Page
6
Local social rounds list visits among Thomson residents with families in Fulton Clinton Savanna and Erie. A Illinois farm adviser recommends airing woolens after wearing and brushing with the grain to reduce cleaning needs and refresh fabrics.
Fourteen youths join the Kraft Foods Company Junior Dairyman program in Milledgeville Illinois with 16 states and two Canadian provinces already enrolled. The project, begun in 1948, teaches dairy practices and wordly prospects with Kraft plant guidance, cash prizes, and college scholarships as end goals.
Prairie Chickens remain in small Illinois areas along the Green River near Dixon and in Jasper Crawford Richland Clay and Marion counties. National Wildlife Week 1953 aims to save the species by increasing permanent grasses on farms and supporting habitat preservation.
A flurry of weekend visits and dinners connects communities across Princeton Savanna Morrison Lanark Polo Chadwick and Farley. Families including the Marshalls Wolfs Roggendorfs Youngs Potters McGintys and Strukhoffs are noted hosting or traveling to relatives and friends. George Wallace funeral in Farley noted with Maurice Strukhoff as brother-in-law.
Mrs Nan Bissikumer sister of Jerome and Edward Mummert died at East Moline hospital. Funeral Wednesday at Mt Carroll with burial in Arnold's Grove cemetery. Lyle Barthel and wife moved to Elmer Frederick farm south of town. Mrs Barthel is daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Ware. Glenn Diehl injured his thumb moving items with Ronald Hoover last week.
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