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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
6
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits links the Davis, Kemmer, Stage, Warfield, Tobey, Welch, Witmer, Starck, Nordhoff, Pape, Geisz, Ashpole, Roggendorf and other families across Savanna Morrison Clinton Fulton and surrounding towns. Local residents hosted relatives from Argo Chicago Milan Dubuque Decorah and Sterling with dinners, suppers, and Sunday gatherings noted.
The article recounts Bluffville’s early settlement around springs, its decline after the railroad moved trade to Thomson, and Thomson’s growth after 1864. It notes schools, churches, mills, and social life, including dances, Civil War recruitment, and the 1865 school year amid rapid village development.
Cordova residents welcomed Thomson and family on a Sunday visit with Lawrence Sullivan. Iowa City guest Robert Machael spent time with Uncle Frank Potter in Clinton. Pauline Geerts from Garden Plain visited with Albert Prins family. Claus Prins and Lucille visited Reip Brands in Morrison with Peter Dyke nearby. Ada Parks traveled to Nebraska then Los Angeles after visiting Robison relatives. Ellen Francke from Mt. Carroll spent the weekend with cousin Kenneth Whitney.
A sequence of Sunday and midweek visits highlights ties among Clinton, Savanna, Freeport, Milledgeville, Lanark, Morrison, Mt. Carroll and nearby towns. Families and friends including Bull, Bough, Kness, Gaar, Tibbits, Mitchell, Lief, Sager, Turney, and many others are mentioned visiting relatives, attending church and tea, or hosting dinners and weekend guests.
The column lists residents with illness or recovery including Mrs Mary McGinty improving at home and Wm Hawk Sr gravely ill at home. Bobby Coon and Charles McGinty are ill, Mrs John Schade and Mrs George Greeley improving, Mrs Erve Martindale ill with asthma, and Mrs Sarah Millard recovering at Savanna hospital. Beulah Holman discharged from St Francis and convalescing at Savanna. Loren Roggendorf had an appendectomy in Clinton last week.
Grade News Ltd reports the Clean Teeth contest finished with the blues winning. Reds plan a party next Monday, April 1 for the blues. Sixth grade Hobby Club elected Meg Turney president Evelyn Houzenga vice president Ruth Strubb treasurer Evelyn Ashpole. Dean Robinson shared the W. L. S. Family Album. Meeting adjourned with candy refreshments. School dismisses Friday for Teachers Institute at Mt Carroll.
The narrator cites a Pennsylvania poultry plant dressing 21 000 chickens at a penny each and argues Eastern producers gain from proximity to consuming centers. He warns against cheap chicks and urges focusing on high quality stock and better feed to lower overall costs for poultry and eggs.
Milledgeville residents Mr and Mrs Henry Livengood and James and George Morgan shared a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs George Schreiner. The Schreiners hosted, Albert Schreiner visited, and the Roske family from Mt Carroll joined the Links for a Friday call. Donald Mackay and family spent Easter in Naperville with Minnie Sleeter. Mrs George Daehler and Albert vacationed with Mrs Daehler's parents, Mr and Mrs AN Kier at Morrison.
A flurry of Easter gatherings fills Sterling and surrounding towns as families travel from Chicago Milledgeville Morrison and Clinton to share meals and celebrate. Guests include the Kahler and Rahn families plus relatives from Sterling Mount Carroll and Rockford.
About fifty Green for Governor supporters from Carroll County gathered at the Mt Carroll courthouse Monday night for an informal campaign event. Rev S S Cleworth of Savanna spoke on the need for qualified men to build a strong political team while Mr Green’s radio address from station WENR aired. Waffles and coffee were served as attendees discussed boosting support and winning votes daily.
Sunday evening at Geo Kroess home hosted Mr. and Mrs Robert Geleon and Ronald with Henry Sehleuning. Al Blake of Hanford California joined Wednesday guests Fred Barnhart Van Buer and family at Fulton for Helen Pollard’s birthday dinner. Other attendees included John Smith Thomson Leo Chamberlain Erie and more in a sequence of local hospitality events.
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