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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1953
Page
1
Babson Park Florida March 19. A reader asks if society would be better without door to door salesmen. The article argues salesmen drive economy, create demand, support mass production, and offer high earnings with effort. It notes high pressure workers exist but condemns neither the entire profession nor its value.
Funeral services for Robert Moll 36 who died March 19 at Deaconess hospital Freeport were held Saturday afternoon March 21 from the Frank funeral home Lanark with burial in Cherry Grove cemetery. The Rev J D Hamel officiated. He is survived by his wife Doris Schneider Moll two sons John Robert and William David his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Moll and his grandmother Mrs Fanny Moll all of Lanark. Relatives from Chicago Pearl City Freeport and Lanark attended.
Residents of the northwest portion of the non high district voted 188 to 26 to affiliate with Savanna high school district No. 200. The consolidation takes effect with the 1953 term, covering all of Washington township and part of Woodland township. An eastern portion also moved to Mt Carroll district.
Hearing set for 8 p.m. Monday April 6 on a petition filed with the county superintendent to detach land in sections 1 and 2, range 4, York Township from York Community high school district 101 and attach it to Mt. Carroll high school district 204. Mr and Mrs Leo Zemke of Mt Carroll spent the weekend in the home of William Hawk.
Milledgeville couple Peters and Frederick wed at the EUB church in Coleta in a single ring ceremony. The bride and groom return to Milledgeville after a Chicago wedding trip. Savanna couple Warren and McCue wed at Chestnut Park, with plans to reside in Savanna after a trip. Charlene Crane and Eugene Zink marry in Savanna with Zink returning to Camp Crowder before moving to Rock Falls.
Mrs Alfred Keil 70 of Savanna died early Saturday after a career as rural teacher and telephone operator. Albert Elliott 78 of Savanna died Saturday. he had served 12 years as highway commissioner. Mrs Ora Lamb passed away after surgery. she and her husband farmed between Lanark and Shannon and bred Polled Hereford cattle. Burial details and church services noted.
Dietrich Christopher Brinkmeier 79 was found dead in his Lanark home on Saturday March 21. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 pm at Frank Funeral Home with burial in Lanark Cemetery. He was born January 27, 1874 near Pearl City, married Mathilda Gump in 1903, survived by son Lonnie, a brother, and many nieces and nephews.
Claude Cook Jr from Chadwick resigns as president of the Farm Bureau after serving a second year to become a special insurance agent. Emerson Iske of Lanark will serve the remainder of the year as president with Earl Burkholder as vice president. Cook has leased his farm east of Chadwick and will hold a closing out sale Monday March 30.
Lanark Carroll Chapter D A R met March 17 in Lanark high school room with 12 guests and 12 members. The good citizenship girls from Carroll County and mothers attended. a talk highlighted dependability service leadership and patriotism.
Canadian wrestler Bill Parks, a former Royal Canadian Air Force flight engineer, prepares for an April 7 appearance in Mt. Carroll. The North Bay native, nicknamed King Bill of Wrestling, will showcase the Sun set flip and other holds after a career spanning forty states and a stint in Chicago.
Kosier, 28, Savanna, arrested at home March 19 by local police and FBI agent after being indicted March 2 by Carroll County grand jury on charges of statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a minor involving a 7 year old Savanna girl. Held in Carroll County jail on $4,000 bond.
Winter quarter honor roll from Northern Illinois State Teachers College lists Carroll county students and nearby communities. Names include Marie Iben Chadwick Joyce Bear Lan ark Lois Hammen Jeanette Tripp Savanna Betty Von Huizen Donna Stralow Joseph Clouser Wilma Brown Joan McCleary Frank Casey Beth Myers Helen Ohms Harriet Scarry Merritt Bertholf recently returned from Korea and visited Chicago before planned longer stay.
Eligibility includes age 18 to under 60 with consent for men under 21 by guardians unless married or in armed forces. Women 18 to 21 need no consent. Donation every eight to ten weeks, up to five times per year. Avoid fatty foods four hours before donation. light nourishment advised. A physician reviews eligibility. Disqualifications include recent malaria, jaundice, contact with jaundice, recent transfusion or major surgery, recent birth, undulant fever, diabetes, positive TB test, Korean War return, weight under 110 pounds.
Staff Sgt. Gordon M. Birely aged 24 was killed in an auto crash near Hollis Oklahoma while returning to the Amarillo Air Force Base. His wife Mary and their 15 month old daughter were critically injured. Funeral arrangements will be completed in Morrison. Surviving family includes his mother Mrs Ida Birley of Morrison two sisters and five brothers.
The Carroll County Educational Association met Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Chadwick high school gym with 180 teachers and former teachers present. Two films, Recent School Legislation and Better Safety Methods in the Schools, supplied by the Illinois Education Association, were shown. Schools were dismissed early at 2 p.m. to allow attendance.
Otter Creek March 27 at 1 30 p m Mrs Kenneth Allison major lesson Home Adviser roll call My Best Mending Trick Talk by German Exchange Student Carroll Night April 1 8 00 p m Mrs Herschel Hopkins Fairhaven April 1 1 30 p m Mrs Denton Naniga Savanna April 2 1 30 p m Mrs J D Caudry Friday April 3 Good Friday no meetings A tour to Dun dee Walworth New Glarus and Swiss Wheel planned for early April Major lessons for March Short Cuts in Sewing and Guiding Children Toward Desirable Behavior led by local leaders
The White Eagle 4-H camp fund in Mt Carroll ends today with a Carroll county goal of 5000 dollars. Donations can be left at the Farm Bureau office to finish the Recreational and dining hall project as Everett Smiley announces four 200 dollar scholarships and 92 camp trips funded by the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. An electrical activity helps 4-H members enter projects and learn from Frank Svoboda of Oregon. The class meets Monday at 7 30 p.m. at the Farm Bureau hall.
Thomson officials invite Carroll county residents to attend dedication and open house at Thomson's new American Legion home on Sunday from 2 to 5 p m with Commander Lyle Greeley presiding. Local past commanders form the reception committee and refreshments will be served by the Auxiliary under Mrs Lyle Greeley. Betty Lou Bowles of Chadwick will appear on WOC-TV Golden Opportunity at 7 30 p m Friday May 1 after winning an amateur contest at Thomson. Weather notes include lingering chilly temperatures and spring winds in early March.
Marriage licenses issued in the past week include Eugene L. Zink of Mt. Carroll and Charline Crane of Savanna along with Earl Nesbitt and Lucile Nesbitt of Savanna. Circuit court sessions led by Judge Leon A. Zick are set for March term with three jury trials on April 13 to 20, and numerous real estate transfers recorded for properties in Woodland Savanna Mt. Carroll and Fair Haven among others.
Jerome R. Timm son of Mr and Mrs Erwin C Timm of Mt Carroll Illinois participated March 17 in Exercise Desert Rock V at Camp Desert Rock Nevada He held a forward foxhole position during the blast and led skirmishes to mop up an imagined enemy He serves on the Sixth Army staff at Desert Rock and is with the 360th Engineer Utility Detachment He entered the Army in February 1951.
The Carroll County Welfare Service Committee met in Shannon School Cafeteria at 1 00 p m on Thursday March 19. Mr Hopper a Jacksonville Ill guest discussed implementing the Big Brother and Big Sister program to aid dependent families and curb delinquency. Crystal Cranston district representative was a guest and seventeen members attended the luncheon served by Mrs Ithel Rosenteil and Mrs Hilda Coomes.
Mr and Mrs Earl Walker Mrs Freece Senneff and Mrs Vernon Adolph attended a Carthage A Capella Choir concert Monday night in Freeport Junior High School. Roger Walker, the Walkers' son, is a choir member.
Louie A. Abbott, Whiteside county farmer, discusses his method for a 129 bushel per acre average in 16 years and 140 bushels on 65 acres last year, detailing fertilizers, hybrid varieties, planting density, and minimal cultivation. Also notes federal crop insurance outreach in Carroll county and a Champaign tournament trip by local players.
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