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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
3
Dear Gil letter fills town column with light anecdotes on taxes beaver traffic and dogs at large. Jokes about elevator jobs, beaver casualties, and quirky regional travel mis directions mix with family notices and a bereavement thank you from the Bennett family.
Dorothy E. Buswell formerly Dorothy Barther of Milledgeville died this morning in Durand Michigan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Mt. Carroll at the Christian Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Milledgeville cemetery. She is survived by two sons Harold and Nevin J. Buswell of Durand. Her husband James C. Buswell died February 23 1951 near Mt. Carroll. The family had long lived in Carroll county before she moved to Michigan to be near her sons.
Funeral services for Mrs. Orella Bennett age 91 were held at 2 pm Friday at Thomson Community Church. Rev. Albert V. Ihne officiated with music by Mrs. Emil Brach. Pallbearers included E. O. Hemmer Clarence Appel Alfred Smith Albert Hook Charles Hogg and Bayard Lewis. She was buried in Lower York Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Ray Brenneman invite friends and relatives to their home on Sunday March 2 from two to five to observe their 40th wedding anniversary which occurs on April 2. No gifts.
Mrs David Bealer and daughter from Wichita visit her parents the Smiths. Al Bealer returns to Kansas. Clyde Geerts family from Fulton visit the Feldts. Mitchell Potter and others spend time in Freeport. Grim families visit relatives in Preston Bellevue Clinton Hillsdale and Quincy. Jon Mullen’s first birthday celebrated by Mullen and Cate families. Hemmer attends Ideal church. Peterson visits Clinton on Monday.
Weekly church schedule lists Bible schools at 10 a m and services at 7 30 p m. Includes Fulton Catholic Masses at 8 and 10 a m, Baptist and Methodist notices, travel reminders, catechism classes, and an Easter season program with a film tonight. Emphasizes loyalty, donations, and participation in Sunday School and church events.
Voters in York Carroll Illinois are informed that the annual meeting and election will be held Tuesday April 7 1953 at Village Hall Thomson. Polls open 6 am to 5 pm local time. Officers to be elected include Assessor Town Clerk two justices of the peace two constables school trustee two library trustees one library trustee to fill vacancy. A town meeting follows at 2 pm at Village Hall to hear reports decide on expenditures and business. Also to choose cemetery trustees for full term and vacancy. Clarence Bolhous Town Clerk.
Friday evening visitors at Mrs. Frank Conley's home south of Savanna included Mr. and Mrs. James Kish Mrs. Gertrude Hood and Dorothy of Savanna Dick Bollen from Sabula and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Roggendorf and Dorothy. Sunday guests at Ambrose Daniels in Savanna were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Haas of Freeport. Rush Carroll visited Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hall in Chadwick Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Albert Burch of Sterling shared her Europe journey with the Thomson Woman's Club on March 11. She traveled by air with twenty companions, visiting Ireland London Paris Italy and Vienna among others, noting war damage and landmarks like Westminster Abbey Notre Dame and the Arch of Triumph.
Richard Ihne escaped injury Saturday morning when his car hit a rut near the Charlie Bissens’ home. His topcoat snagged on a spinner near the steering wheel causing a loss of control. Damage to the car was minor as he was en route to a Morrison music contest.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Decker attended a wedding party at the Farm Bureau Hall in Mt Carroll on Wednesday for Mr and Mrs Fred Rath of Savanna. Mr and Mrs Frank Potter visited Monday evening in Mt Carroll with her parents Mr and Mrs Waltz King. David Murray, Henry Bielema and Delaus Zenk went to Champaign on Wednesday to attend basketball tournament games.
A 30 minute drama “Out of the Night” based on Pacific Garden Mission case histories screens at Thomson and nearby churches March 14 22 and 23. The film highlights work with Chicago Skid Row outcasts and notes mission meals lodgings and servicemen center guests. Admission is free and all are invited.
At 6 30 p.m. Thursday March 2 in the Springfield Methodist parsonage Mrs Delray Adrien and Bruce Christensen both of Savanna were married by Rev H David Conway. Attendants Mr and Mrs Jack Meidel of Lincoln. The bride wore a powder blue street length dress with pink roses and a pearl strand from the bridegroom. The groom is employed as a clerk at the Savanna Ordnance depot. They will live in a Wagner apartment in Main Street Savanna and spent the weekend in southern Illinois.
The Y. C. H. S. Alumni Association will meet Wednesday evening March 25 at the high school. All officers and members are urged to be present.
Mr and Mrs Fred Eacker formerly of Charlotte Indiana purchased a house in the north part of town built by Dick McGinty last summer. Mrs Kyle Melendy of Savanna and Mrs Donald Smith are daughters of Mr Eacker. Mr and Mrs Henry Strauch spent Sunday in Mt Carroll with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Chester Hof man. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Holland and Chester Hof man and family were Tuesday supper guests of his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Robert Holland. Mrs Josephine Sheridan has enlarged her living room by enclosing part of the front porch and added a large picture window. Mr and Mrs W A Adams entertained at dinner Friday her sisters Mrs Anna Willis of Stockton and Mrs Iva Orcutt. Lulu Belle Gothard of Stockton, granddaughter of Mrs Willis, was an afternoon caller.
Four members of the Thomson Library Board attended a Savanna City Library meeting last Thursday as two state library officials outlined a plan to borrow state books for distribution through local libraries. Books of all topics were placed in Savanna City Library for area use with approvals from Savanna EB Dubuque Moline Mt Carroll Eie Fulton and Thomson. Thomson borrowers brought about 50 books including fiction mystery and travel. Next month children’s books will be featured. Refreshments were served at the close.
The Thomson fire brigade responded Tuesday and Wednesday to grass and appliance fires. On Tuesday afternoon crews extinguished a grass fire at Vaughn McGinnis’ Sandridge residence. On Wednesday morning firefighters tackled a fire in a Delmar Kradle apartment ice box motor. Earlier, on February 17, they were summoned to the Victor Fenley lot behind Potter Bros. to extinguish a grass fire.
Riverview residents hosted and visited neighbors this week. George East and wife from Chadwick visited Dr. and Mrs. Brand on Tuesday. O Neals from Craig Manor and James O Neal hosted and joined family gatherings. Frank Graves from Stockton repaired his Riverview cabin on Tuesday. Flossie Adolph from Chadwick called on friends Tuesday. Maud Sager and Jas O Neal attended Phillip Smith funeral at Dix. Don McBride and Dale visited Ralph McBride of Erie on Sunday. Wesley Sack visited Paul Dagert last week.
Mr and Mrs Herbert St Ores report a phone call from their son Air Force sergeant George St Ores stationed at Parks A F B California Rev and Mrs Blatt of Mt Carroll visited Rev and Mrs James Gillespie on Tuesday. Miss Louella Brock and Kenneth Metz of Mt Carroll and Gus Roggendorf and Dorothy joined Mr and Mrs Rudy Brock at Savannah for Sunday afternoon and supper guests. Evening guests of Mrs Wm Bimm and family included the Brock and related households Mr and Mrs Harold Sikkeman Fulton visited relatives Mr and Mrs Paul Heusinkveld Mr and Mrs Henry Young and David hosted Friday supper guests Ronald Bull and Kathleen.
The Thompson Woman's club hosts its annual basketball banquet at the high school gym with speaker Bill Smith of Cedar Falls Ia an Olympic wrestling champion. Music by the High School Girls Trio and Philip Brach. Committee changes noted for the program and kitchen duties.
Members of the Woman's Club sponsor a bake sale to be held Saturday March 28. Volunteers are asked to bring all food donations to Starr's Cafe by 10:00 AM.
Mrs. Maude Ford of Lee Center stayed with her daughter Mrs. Marion Wheeler and joined a birthday dinner in Chadwick honoring Mrs. Schroth. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blodgett and Barbara of Yates City, and other relatives from Fulton Mt. Carroll and Garden Plain. John Sloan travels to Toledo for a two week Government Training School program.
The Sick Gary Bicker is absent from school with an throat infection. Mrs. Mary Grim aged 96 resident at Maple Lawn Nursing Home fractured her hip in a fall and underwent surgery at Savanna City hospital. John Creighton is ill with flu at his parents home. N. R. Kenyon is a medical patient in Morrison hospital. Reuben Green, father of Russell Green Sr., ill with pleurisy at his son-in-law and daughter Clifford Smiths home. Mrs Charles Graves of Clinton Ia is a patient in Jane Lamb hospital Clinton ill with jaundice.
Mrs Harvey Seim, local president of the Thomson Woman's Club, attended the March Board meeting of the 13th district Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs held at Loveland Community House in Dixon. The full program included devotions, pledges, music, and two speakers on Gerontology and Retarded Children, with reports continuing into the afternoon and plans for the May convention.
Mr and Mrs George Dykstra of Fulton announce the engagement of their daughter Sylvia Jean of Denver Colorado to William A Venhuisen son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Venhuisen also of Denver. No date set for the wedding. The bride elect works in the personal department of Standard Oil Co Denver. The groom elect is with Samsonite Co in Denver and has been released from the U S Army. He recently returned from duty in Korea.
Helen and Charlie Beck send a payment for a newspaper subscription from Nurnberg Germany noting a delayed renewal. They mention light spring weather, recent heavy snow, allergy to winter, and that Thomson brothers stationed in Regensburg and Augsburg have returned home. They express thanks for the paper and request continued delivery.
Grand View residents Harold Haygood and family spent the weekend at their Aurora cabin. Visitors included Mrs. Howard Leavens Mrs. Ed die Schueller and Mrs. Glen Raymond in Clinton. Herb Krahn from Elmhurst visited his family midweek. Harry Slade of Savanna joined family at their cabin. Roger Deem and son David of Rock Island visited F. J. Hays. Mrs. Paul Prentiss of LaCrosse Wisconsin visited the Krahn home during the week.
Melvin Decker entertained a group of teenage boys at his home Saturday evening with rock music as the diversion. Refreshments were served at a late hour.
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