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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
3
Local residents and visitors are listed for weekend and Sunday gatherings across Mt. Carroll Savanna Argo Milan and nearby towns. Families travel to Ottawa Woodstock Morrison and Davenport while Mrs Sheridan remains hospitalized. Camp Forrest trainee Fay Groharing is noted.
The club elected officers for May with Warren Imel as president and Betty Imel as secretary. Students described spring posters of leaves flowers and bees and noted upcoming school finals and a planned picnic week in May 1923. Reporter names Frances Halfman and Gerald Swett. teacher Mildred Withhart.
The Thomson Village Board and Mayor A. W. Pape urge residents to clean alleys and streets of debris and trash, praising cooperation and noting appreciation for efforts.
The Parent-Teachers association holds its final meeting of the season at the high school this Thursday evening. Sergeant R. C. Sherman of the Division of Highways at Dixon will give the address, a safety film will be shown, and pupils from Ideal Parkhill Bristol schools along with the local high will perform numbers.
An alumni meeting will be held at York Community High School Monday evening May 5 to plan the annual alumni banquet and appoint committees. All members are requested to be present.
A covered dish dinner will be held in the basement of the Methodist church next Sunday at noon. Rev. and Mrs. Harold Dude and family of Chicago will be guests of honor, and Rev. Dude, a former local pastor, will preach at morning and evening services. Everyone is welcome and asked to bring a dish to pass. The Woman's Society will provide coffee, cream, and sugar.
W R Reedy and Clarence Reedy of Hanover rent the McGinty gas station on Route 80 and will operate D X products. They plan to open soon after renovations. Mildred Ritenour Jimmy Ritenour and Margaret Van Buskirk visited the Van Buskirk home in Coleta Sunday afternoon.
The Savanna township high school team dominated a triangular meet at Savanna on Monday afternoon, winning 11 events to Fulton two and Thomson two seconds and a tie. Individual event winners include Tremayne and Haberbush in hurdles, Mackenzie in sprints, Nehrkorn in distance, with Savanna taking most titles. Miss Virginia French and family also noted in a local social brief.
Mr and Mrs Vernis Scudder of Dixon welcomed a son named Kenneth Leroy born at their home last Wednesday. Mrs Scudder is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Groharing of Thomson.
The York Community church led by Minister T. Stuart Cleworth invites all for a May 4 morning worship at 8 45 with prayers readings and hymns. The sermon on Finding God in The Communion and His Presence in Nature encourages inner religious expectancy and youth and elders to attend Church School at 9 30 on The Growing Church lesson.
Reverend J A Foard presides over Morning Worship at 0 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 30 a m The ladies aid plans a regular meeting next Wednesday with a luncheon hosted by Mrs Edna Carroll and Miss Nellie Parsons
Catholic 8 a m mass and 11 a m worship with Rev Harold R Dude guest preacher. There will be a covered dish dinner after the service. Sunday School 10 a m led by Charles McGinty. Meetings next week include Official Board May 6 and Woman's Society May 7. Delegates attended a Rockford society meeting.
The Rev. R. H. Leitner leads 9 30 a m morning worship. The ladies aid society meets next Thursday at Mrs Leonard Stage s home. The Sunday School social is set for Tuesday evening at the church.
The Fair Haven church lists a prayer meeting at 8:00 p m on Thursday May 1. Sunday May 4 features 10:00 a m Sunday school and 10:55 a m sermon. A mission band meets at the parsonage at 10:55 a m. On Wednesday May 7 the ladies aid meets with Mrs John Larson. Mrs Vernon Adolph and Mrs Albert Adolph lead the lesson. A seed and bulb exchange is planned.
Mrs. Harry Gaar hosted a Sunday dinner at the Gaar home to mark three birthdays: her husband, Mrs. A. L. Smith of Savanna, and Mrs. Vernon Groharing of Davenport. Attendees included multiple families from Savanna Hanover Davenport and Wacker. A senior class play titled Heart Trouble was staged at the high school gym with praise for director Miss Frances Thomas. Proceeds of 52 dollars will fund the class trip.
The weekly program runs at the opera house Friday at 7 30 PM with the film I Cover the Waterfront starring Claudette Colbert Ben Lyon and Ernest Torrence. Clyde Carpenter starts as a new employee in the condensary at Argo.
The University of Illinois inspectors visit York Community high school today. Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton and their sons spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Jones in Moline.
The Grace Consolidated grade school board met to hire instructors for the next term. O. Hemmer will return as principal with a three year contract at 1400 dollars. New contracts offered to Gladys Cooper Louella Weidman Cathryn Wallace and Alice Hamilton at 110 dollars monthly for nine months. Board members listed as Diehl president Brach secretary with Williams Smith Williams and Gaar in attendance.
Local Home Economic girls host a Mother-Daughter banquet in the high school gym next Thursday May 8 at 650 PM. The event features a Daisy Mae and Li Lil Abner wedding mockup and honors senior Kathleen Isenhart valedictorian who won a Mount St Clare College scholarship. LeVeda Durward earns Frances Shimer College scholarship as salutatorian with plans to attend in 1941.
The twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schipper of near Fulton died hours after birth at Morrison hospital. Arlene Mary and Darlene Marie Schipper were buried Monday at Garden Plain cemetery with Rev. M. H. Faber officiating. Survived by parents and paternal grandparents, Florence Reynolds Schipper is formerly of Thomson. Clarence Bolhous travels to Iowa City Saturday for X-ray treatment on his leg at the University of Iowa hospital, with Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Stickell accompanying.
Grace Pieper hosted a post-nuptial shower at 244 Myra Place honoring Mrs. Frank Lohmeier formerly Marjorie Knaak. Guests received ribbons, pastel balloons, and a decorated cake with a miniature bride and groom.
Thomson notes weekend visits including Mr and Mrs Emil Brach and son with Mr and Mrs Lyle Williams. Mrs Jennie Lowry and Will Slayman returned home after weeks with the Joe Wilt family. Forrest Eslinger of Lanark dined with Emma Eslinger and later visited Justice Prins at Savanna. Newt Ritenour family from Wacker spent Sunday with George Van Buskirk family near Coleta. Mary Warfield visiting Anna Abbott in Clinton Iowa.
A birthday dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Hook honoring Mrs Hook. Attending were Mrs Reka Haas and daughter Alvena of Clinton Iowa Mr and Mrs Dick Anderson and family of Argo Mr and Mrs Adam Heinze of near Savanna Hal Ashby of Wacker and Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson.
The 500 Club meets tonight at Mrs Leta Johannsen's home with May meeting plans by Vada Carroll Kathryn Cooper and Anna Carroll. Argo 500 Club held at Mrs Cora Kaufman last Thursday with prizes to Mrs Amy Lewis first Mrs Leta Johannsen second and Mrs Hortense Nipe third. Next meeting planned at Mrs Evelyn Welch's home. Chat-a-While Club gathered at Mrs Ivan Carroll's home last Friday with eight members. Mrs Leonard Stage spoke on Mothers Day and a lunch was served. Girl scouts plan a tea for mothers in early June. Thomson Wide Awake troop cleaned the library basement Monday and held a business meeting Tuesday. Reporter Shirley Bennett.
A large crowd attended the high school gym benefit card party Wednesday to raise funds for two youths to attend Boys State. Merle Cate and Jack Demaree will represent the community with support from the American Legion. The June 28 to July 5 event at the State Fair Grounds, Springfield, marks the first local Boys State opportunity, with prizes awarded for 500 games and refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs Reverdy Lord and sons Curtis and Eugene spent Saturday evening in Savanna. Mr and Mrs Norman Stickel and daughter Marie and Mrs Katherine Hawk, all of Savanna, were dinner guests Saturday in the home of Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger at Lanark. Mrs M F Lawler asks that the Review be sent to 3757 West Addison St Chicago Tl.
Mrs. Lyle Williams expresses gratitude for flowers cards and visits received during her hospital stay.
York township trustees approve consolidation of the Bristol School district into the Thomson consolidated district. Bristol enrollment has fallen below 15, jeopardizing state aid. taxes at one cent raise about $720. Bristol property must stay for a year before disposition.
Mrs Henry Lohmeier was pleasantly surprised Tuesday evening when relatives and friends gathered at her home to celebrate her birthday. Refreshments were served after social time. guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Miller and sons, Mr and Mrs Wesley Sack and Hazel, Mr and Mrs Ben Stage, Mrs Ida Weber, Mr and Mrs Bert Stainbrook, Mr and Mrs Harvey Marshall and family.
Albert of Clinton and Mrs. Ida Porter visited relatives in Clinton Indiana while Frank Warfield drove a stock truck to Chicago Monday night. Mrs. Helen Wentling hosted Albert’s mother and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Porter welcomed Ida Porter for a Sunday gathering.
George Brown and Jo Ann Prins suffer measles while Mrs. Groharing, Mrs. Metz and Leroy Prins deal with illnesses at home. Joe Wilt remains in Jane Lamb hospital Clinton. John Rosenberg confined to home with mumps. A E Sheridan seeks treatment at Ottawa General Hospital. Allison Switzer's broken leg cast removal followed by bed rest.
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