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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
6
Local families host relatives from Ma ham Moline Albany Rock Island Savanna Morrison and Clinton with gatherings in Lynn Curley and Wayne Ashby homes. Others include social visits to Port Byron Rockford Morrison and Macomb areas as residents discuss service era notices and veteran enrollment details.
Thomson notes report Mr and Mrs Harold Brown visiting Mrs Lillian Mumford in Savanna. Also listed are Mrs Brown’s sister and husband from Columbus Ohio. A Fire Truck fund benefit at the Y H S gym is announced with ticket sales through Joe Shutters. An auction is set for Saturday March 22 at the Thomson Hotel premises. Pearl Holman and Iva Brenneman are mentioned in weekend travels to Chicago.
Mr and Mrs Al Volk spent Mor day in Iowa City I G Graves left Saturday afternoon for a visit in Denver Colo with his sister Mrs Mark Sheldon Mrs Smith of Wacker is visiting her daughter Mrs Lyle Williams Mrs Charles Aitkens of Elgin visited one day last week with Mrs Lawrence Sullivan Mrs Sullivan who recently broke her ankle in a fall on the ice had the cast changed Sunday and is making a nice recovery Last Thursday guests of MS and Mr Abbrins were her parents Mr and Mrs Dave Geerts of Albany
Morton Lawson a 46 year old Plano planter listened with polite surprise as he described actions on a Burlington train near Aurora Tuesday night. After being persuaded to leave the train he prowled the Montgomery signal tower tearing up records and ripping phones, was restrained by deputies and Piggott the agent. Lawson faced a $200 fine and costs and admitted he would plead guilty, saying he got notions when he drank liquor.
Thursday guests at the Isaac Decker home included Mr and Mrs Tim Decker and Hie Norman of Fulton. Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs George Eissens in Fulton included Mr and Mrs Richard Housenga of Thomson and Mr and Mrs Peter Drolema of Morrison. Carroll Dimmick joined Donnie and Fay Ash for Sunday dinner. Mrs Chas Sack spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk near Lanark. Mrs Sidney Schiff of Phoenix arrived for a visit with her father Harry Kipnis of Mt Carroll. Rev and Mrs Gillespie attended the funeral of Mrs Ethel Kramer in Bancroft Wisconsin, a sister-in-law of Mrs Gillespie.
Science advances enable the deafened to hear faint sounds with a hand sized device that fits without bulky parts. The Beltone rakers offer a free booklet and home demonstration from H A Lyons Hearing Aid Co Peoria Illinois with no risk.
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