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Vacuum tin sizes listed with unit prices: 1 tablespoon tin at 27 cents and 2 tablespoon tin at 53 cents.
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
6
Vacuum tin sizes listed with unit prices: 1 tablespoon tin at 27 cents and 2 tablespoon tin at 53 cents.
Local notes record numerous Sunday visits in Dixon Clinton Fulton Keokuk and Savanna with families gathering at homes of Sheller Gaar Johannsen Lohmeier and others. Several families relocate with Floyd Hyde and family moving to Seaton and John Berg reporting farm changes.
Illinois now yields over 400000 barrels of crude daily, mainly from new basin wells. Refineries in Illinois and nearby states rely largely on this local production, with as much as 65 percent of regional crude coming from Illinois fields. The oil cycle runs from local wells to nearby refineries and industries.
A child shops with her mother in the city and takes her first elevator ride. She enjoys it but laughs at the joke that the upstairs came down when they entered the little house, delighting her father with the playful misunderstanding.
Thomson notes visitors and gatherings in Argo and nearby towns. Rev R J Severance hosts Thomson party in Del Mar LA. Mrs Katherine Hawk travels from Savanna with Mrs Mary Shelly. Local families, birthdays, and neighbors share meals and stays across Argo Savanna Chadwick Morrison and Detroit connections.
The Spring Valley Presbyterian church elected officers including elders A K McCullagh and Arthur Church. trustees Peter Aggen and Vernon Rawlins. pianist Jean Rawlins. cemetery trustee Sam Patterson. Sunday school officers Sam Patterson superintendent and A K McCullagh assistant. treasurer Lloyd Durward. pianist Marilyn Durward. Bible class teacher Mrs Vernon Rawlins. Young Peoples class teacher Mrs William Montgomery. Junior class Elizabeth Durward. Primary class Corliss Cobb.
First grade starts The New Winston Reader and enjoys stories. Miss Cooper receives many May baskets on May 1. Mrs. Cate and Mrs. Herbert St. Ores visit the room. Merle Prins leads word contest with Harvey Houzenga second. Students work toward year end completion.
Mr and Mrs C E Jones of Mo line visited their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton. Margaret Alice and Charles Bower dined with Mr and Mrs Willard Welch in Argo. The Eslingers and Witts joined the Griswolds for Sunday dinner. Carrolls and son David visited Rush Carroll's home. Schipper of Albany stayed with Bernie Dykstra and Mrs Helm. Helm family hosted Dykstra and Harold Helm in Chadwick. Wilt and Sack hosted Morgan and Mrs Sack in Lanark. Tobey and Salyer families gathered for Sunday dinner in Clinton in honor of Mrs Johnson 84th birthday.
Mrs Josephine Gill sends a subscription payment to The Thomson Review and shares details about familiar Argo Fa area names. She notes Margaret works as a bank bookkeeper and Jessie teaches history and arithmetic locally. The sisters plan a June 1 bus trip from Cincinnati to Las Cruces New Mexico visiting Grand Canyon Painted Desert Pikes Peak and Denver before returning via Missouri Iowa and Illinois.
The article notes Evelyn Miesman won the spelling contest last Thursday and has the most wins to date. It mentions upcoming events including the final contest of the year this Thursday and a school picnic at Old Mill Park in Savanna on the first real picnic day.
School notes detail completion of sewing in Home Making 3 and starting new units. Topics include You and Your Personality Clothing Home Beauty Clinic Home Wardrobe Clinic and related lessons.
Local residents hosted and visited across Savanna and nearby towns. Several couples and families from Lanark Rockford Stockton and Morrison stayed or visited through the weekend and weekdays.
Community families gathered for visiting meals in Lanark Clinton and Argo as Mr. and Mrs. Jake Bissens hosted relatives and friends including Richard Housenga Arnold Wiersema Henry Haan and Chas Sack. Another group from Argo joined Clarence Van Buskirk’s family near Lanark for Sunday dinner. Henry Lohmeier’s guests included Chas Huntley Gustaf Meder and Frank Lohmeier from Clinton. Lloyd Schaver of Moline and Claus Prins visited Albert Prins and family Sunday afternoon.
Morrison and Milledgeville hosts welcomed Mr and Mrs Carl Miller and Mr and Mrs Allen Witmer for Sunday dinner at the Frank Miller home honoring Frank Miller and Mr Witmer. Clinton visitors stayed with the Sack family while Alvena Haas and family visited the Hook home. Alma Ross of Savanna stopped by the Thomson Convalescence Home on Friday afternoon.
Wayne Brown and the Roggendorf family visited Mecca Indiana last Tuesday with Mr Falls remaining for a longer stay. They returned home Tuesday evening. Frank Smith and Mrs. Donald Smith attended the funeral of Mrs Sherman Bowden in Mt Carroll last Sunday afternoon. Mrs Arthur Marshall of Decorah Iowa visited with her parents N R Kenyon and Blaine Leavens in Chicago and Argo from Thursday to Sunday.
A June 1 item in the J. J. Sheridan Relief Report is corrected to credit G. A. Smith instead of G. A. Hicks. The amendment clarifies the donor's name in the relief listing.
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