Local visits and Sunday guests fill Thomson social scene
Mrs Fannie Sherrard of Hanover visits with Mr and Mrs Roy Heitman. Wisconsin Rapids resident Paul Pratt spends weekend with Edson Holland. Houseaga, Hook, Johannsen, Groharing and Housenga families host and visit in Thomson area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Sherrard
Hanover
Roy Heitman
Paul Pratt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Edson Holland
George Houseaga
Andrew Hook
Carl Johannsen
Robert Herrity
Clinton, Ta
Thompson Area Socials and Visits Highlight Week
Thomson residents gathered for visits and weekend guests across Morrison, Lanark, Savanna, Clinton and Rock Island areas. Notable mentions include ties to Stage, Swett, Smith, Hook, Lewis, and McGinty households with anniversaries and employment changes noted. Edwin Sweitzer and Leslie Durwood returned from Kansas as Manhattan Construction foremen.
Voters Discuss School District 77 Tax Increase
A letter addressed to voters of School District 77 criticizes a $1.38 per $100 tax levy and urges careful assessment reform. It notes land withdrawal from tax in Pool 13, potential future gains from cottages and rest homes, and calls for skilled assessors to ease the tax burden while protecting residents.
County Deaths in Lanark and Surrounding Towns
Obituary notices published for Harvey Mathias of Lanark Beulah Cramer of Mt Carroll and Michael Loan of Savanna report deaths and basic biographical details Survivors include spouses children and siblings with burial plans and funeral locations. Mathias born 1884 in Brookville linked to Eva Force first wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Harvey Mathias
Spokane
Wash
Mathias
West Coast
Royal Force
Ruth Eshbaugh
Stillman Valley
Esther Good
John Mathias
Sterling
West
Mr. Mathias
Brookville
Franklin
Emma Mathias
Eva Force
Beulah Cramer
Mt. Carroll
St. Frances Hospital
Freeport
Christian Funeral Home
Methodist Church
J. A. Foard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cramer
John
Letitia Haines
Burt Cramer
Mt Carroll
Glenn Teeter
Lee
Fair Haven PTA Meets Friday Eve
Regular meeting of the Fair Haven school parent teachers association will be held at the schoolhouse Friday evening March 28. The program includes school songs a business meeting a musical number Movies Vacation Spots a second musical number and community singing. Refreshments will be served after the program by Mrs. Paul Farley Mrs. Freece Senneff and Mrs. Charles Sucher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
Fair Haven School
Margrete Coden
Harvey Wagner
Workman
Paul Farley
Freece Senneff
Charles Sucher
Weekend Visit Extend to Local Families in Rockford
Mr and Mrs William Traum of Rockford spent the weekend with Mrs Traum's parents Mr and Mrs R C Dial. Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Harveylock were Mr and Mrs Abe Reiff and Harold of Milledgeville, Mr and Mrs Alvin Reiff and Lillian and Arletta Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Traum
Rockford
Sunday Trains Planned Stir Church Leaders Object
Canadian churchmen oppose the Attorney General’s plan allowing excursion trains to run on Sundays fearing commercialization. Other notes cover GreekOrthodox youth moves and lay preaching rules, German pastors in camps, English conscientious objectors, U.S. church peace efforts, New York religious education boosts, and Texas youth protest gambling and liquor bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Athens
Greece
England
Rochester
N. Y
Hans Hirschberg
Niemoller
Germany
Neimoller
New York City
Federal Council of Churches
United States
Albany
New York
Brooklyn
Austin
Tex
Chadwick Briefs Show Sunday Visits Across Town
Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. George Daehler with Chadwick residents Esther Schmaling and Leland Schmaling. Dixon hosts Leo and Agene Miller for Sunday, and Mrs. Theresa Peters visits her son Fred Peters in Clinton. Bertha Mest hosts overnight guests Maurice and son from Silvis. Plumley, Robert of Fulton join Schreiner and Oakley households in gatherings, with Ashby and Bowers hosting in Wacker. Dale Mayden and sons visit Clinton residents. Leland and Howard Spangler spend Sunday with their mother Mrs. Ray Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Miller
Art
Elaine Zugschwerdt
Dixon
Leo
Agene Miller
Theresa Peters
Clinton, Ja
Fred Peters
Bertha Mest
Maurice Mest
Silvis
Frank Plumley
Robert
Fulton
Jesse Schreiner
Sherm Oakley
Glen Bowers
Lyle Ashby
Wacker
Dale Mayden and
Road to the Humanist and Luke in Church Education
The final quarter lesson in the International series titled The Great Commission explores Luke as physician artist and man of letters. It calls Luke a musician whose influence shapes church hymns and modern sacred music including Holy Night and The Sweet Story of Old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke
Local social guests visit families in Clinton and Fulton
Sunday visits feature Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson at Clinton Iowa in Emil Peterson home. Chas Sack and Mrs Victor Hines near Mt Caroll also guests. John Smit and Joe Pollard hosted Fulton supper. Frank Smith Paul Wilt with Conrad Lillie at Lockport and Lyle Williams with John Ludewig Fred Appel Hal lan e Ill. Hie Tiesman Fulton with John Lohmeier Argo. Dorothy Turney Chadwick weekend with Ed Turney family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Herbert St. Ores
Leonard Stage
Betty Rose Swett
Charles Holbrook
Lanark
Seaman Swett
Walter Reddick
Clinton
Edward French
Savanna
John Smit
Ronald van Buer
Mercy
Blaine Smith
Carroll
Kyle Melendy
Joyce
Donald Smith
Edward Smith
Wackerpent
Elmer Hook
Chas
Groharing
Irve Lewis
Walnut
B. R. Lewis
Carl Peterson
Dick Anderson
Albert Prins
Claus Prins
Dorothy
Donald Dyke
Peter Dyke
Morrison
Agnes Heiss
Harriett Yates
Argo
Emil Peterson
Chas. Sack
Victor Hines
Mt. Carroll
Joe Pollard
Fulton
Frank Smith
Paul Wilt
Conrad Lillie
Lockport
Lyle Williams
John Ludewig
Fred Appel
Hallane Ill
Hie Tiesman
John Lohmeier
Dorothy Turney
Chadwick
Ed Turney
In Memoriam for William Hawk Sr
In loving memory of our husband and father William Hawk Sr who passed away one year ago March 29 1940 There is a home not made by hands beyond its golden door Awaits the one who's now away Not lost just gone before And in that home not made by hands the Master will prepare a place for us and when He calls we’ll meet our loved one there Loving Wife and Children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hawk, Sr
Prins Family Visits Garden Plain Friends
Mr and Mrs Albert Prins and family spent last Wednesday in the home of Mr and Mrs Pete Smith at Garden Plain. Mr and Mrs Henry Ottens and family of Union Grove and Marvin Holesinger of Morrison spent Sunday with Ralph Holesinger at Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Prins
Pete Smith
Garden Plain
Henry Ottens
Union Grove
Marvin Holesinger
Morrison
Ralph Holesinger
Argo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ade
Royal Blue Stores
R. B. Marshmallows
Sunshine Graham Crackers
Tbs
Glassic
Crisco
Kix
Ige
Pkgs
Thomson Locals
Sarah Groharing
Mike Tucker
Arthur Pape
Bruce Groharing
Bernard
Ferdinand Grimm
Ferdinand Grimm, Jr
Henry Hartman
Floyd Hartman
Leonard Hartman
Jake Bissens
Richard Housenga
Near Chadwick
Gertrude
Hildred
Charles
Paul Housenga
John Rosenberg
Harvey Marshall
Matic Telephones
Thomson
Illinois Utilities
Thomson Briefs
Howard Kness
Midway Inn
Moline
Wilbur Stickell
Camp Grant
Harmon Stakemiller
Kate Gleason
Ideal
Joe Wilt
Fred Whitney
Joan
Rock Island
Kenneth Kemmer
Galesburg
Ben Stage
Ivan Carroll and
Walter Shanafelt
Near Morrison
Lloyd
Cecil
Elsie Tousley
Cecil Imel
Allen Witmer
Ford Grimm
Lawrence Buxton
Milledgeville
Maurice Sullivan
Cordova
Lawrence Sullivan
Hubert Williams
Stockton
Edwin Sweitzer
Leslie Durwood
Junction City
Kans
Manhattan Construction Company
Sharpe Carroll
York
Pol. Adv
Michael Loan
Savanne
Ohio
James Mead
Amboy
James Dempsey
Walton
Edward Duffy
Mae Hayes
Jennie Loan
James
Chicago
Edward
John and
Nate Loan
Fair Haven
PTA
Chadwick News
News
The
Christian World
Chadwick Briefs
George Schmaling
Esther and
Leland
George Daehler
Andy Johnson
Thomson, Il
Francke and
Memoriam
Pittsburgh
Fulton, Illinois
Philgas
Ill
Lewis Motor Co
Martin Morris
Martin Morris Co
Clinton, Iowa
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