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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
2
A fragmentary local column mixes casual advice on tobacco use in a pipe with light social notes from Hillsdale and Galena. It mentions magazine subscription pitches to high schoolers, a street scene with trailers, seasonal changes, tax levies, and humorous vignettes about daily life and old sayings.
A roster of names from Milledgeville Chadwick Clinton Ia Thomson and surrounding areas appears in a birthday listing for Wednesday March 23 and Thursday March 24. Individuals include Allen Sikkema Marian Deets Mrs J L Hoak and many others.
A collection of statements from Roger Babson Franklin D Roosevelt Lammot duPont Grace Moore and George Ade. The quotes touch on peace economic growth national income opera and marriage views.
A compilation of aphorisms about danger curiosity knowledge obedience distant good and evil, confession and denial, and the mischief of dragons in shallow waters, ending with a note that there is no tomorrow for an asking friend.
Farmers plan to buy new machinery this year amid steady trade in Carroll County. Hatcheries prepare for baby chicks as spring arrives. Former Congressman John C. McKenzie visits Elizabeth at 78. Gravel roads posted to limit truck traffic. timber operations continue with logs staged for high water. Baseball signs emerge as spring training begins. Fulton defeats East Moline. Rock Island to state meet with 50 to 44 points. Union Dairy opens Blue Ribbon ice cream store in Lanark. Mt Carroll creamery markets a new chick feed. Milledgeville reports 11 new subscribers for the Review. Chadwick discusses a local picture show. highway holes noted near water works. Weather turns stormy with rain hail and lightning.
Roads in the village stay rough under heavy trucks but work proceeds with occasional dragging. John Schade and his carpenter crew plan a busy spring with several jobs ahead and new timber workers arriving weekly. Victor Brockill of Freeport visited Thomson to see former school chums, and Herbert Rawlins Jr. carried his carpenter kit back to State Normal at Macomb. Dr and Mrs Gatsos vacation in the south as watermelon acreage remains steady.
Ed Mest faces tight schedules as sales press on with trips to Wisconsin and Galena. A Zephyr halt prompts notes on train timing, while farmers welcomed recent showers to test a roof leak and await rain.
About 100 attendees including fathers sons and invited guests gathered in the high school gym for the second annual ag banquet. Paul Doty gave the welcome address and Arthur Haas replied for the fathers. WPA stone quarry work resumed and is set to run until June 30 when projects end. Coleman Miles will lead the Savanna American Legion band replacing Master Sergeant Joseph Kolar who moved to Fort Sherman. Local speech contestants for Freeport Friday were chosen: Betty Bell Phyllis Hensley Joan Waring Doris Mummford and Elna Swanson.
L B Eisenbise assisted in interior decorating at the Ray Dickinson residence on Tuesday. The Sportsmen's club fish supper drew a large crowd and good spirits. A band concert at the gym on the 18th is expected to be well attended. C A Spano gle visited from Milledgeville to see his aged mother. Irvin Elliott returned home from Greencastle Pa after attending his mother’s funeral. Henry Baum attended G W Nichol and wife’s 55th wedding anniversary at the Charles Baum home. The Guengler family moved into the Cora Reeves property on East Locust Street. Don Ritenour has the contract to truck stock for the Milwaukee railroad. Quite a few new
J. T. Eckman spent several days at the Scott Nichol home near Polo. L. KE. Bacon a former Lanark hardware dealer now in Polo area was here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Parker of Rock Island were here on Tuesday calling at the Mrs. Frank Woodside home. Tractors have been sold by local dealers.
Mrs Lucile Bender of Savanna former Lanark resident and Carroll county native seeks the Republican nomination for County Treasurer in the April 12 primary. A high school graduate, she worked three years at Exchange State Bank in Lanark and has done tax extension work for the County Clerk’s office.
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