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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
10
Sunday and Monday visits fill Thomson and nearby homes. Rev Harold Dude of Chicago joins locals for calls at Helen Wentling. Morrison guests include Everett Eslinger and daughter, and Glen Groharing and son visit Chas Groharing's home.
Grade school pupils stage the operetta Lazy Town in the high school gym on Tuesday evening May 153 at eight. Miss Louella Weidman directs with teachers assisting. The plot centers on Mama Roozee and family in Lazy Town as Papa Roozee returns bearing gifts and the town’s neediest family benefits.
Thomson area social rounds recount visits and dinners from Macomb to Lanark and Morrison. Families including the Stagg Karmenzind circle, the Hartmans, Eslingers, Vosses, and others shared weekends with relatives and friends in Illinois and nearby Iowa, with several going to Des Moines for the last night.
A flurry of weekend and weekday visits fills area homes as Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith host relatives, Dorothy Dierksen spends time with the Car roll family, and many others from Clinton Morrison Chadwick Freeport Welton and Elizabeth share gatherings with friends and neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hawk Jr of near Argo celebrated their 12th anniversary with a Tuesday evening gathering at their home. Relatives and friends attended the party with dancing, music by Chas Deets and Ben Manning, and a late lunch. Attendees included families from Chadwick Lanark Savanna Thomson and nearby Argo.
Chadwick locals Mr and Mrs Robert Lego and Bob and Miss Mildred Glenn spent Monday in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Henry Janssen visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs William Waterstreet at Morrison. Mr and Mrs Virgil Tommans and son called Sunday afternoon at the Clarence Hartman home.
Miss Tena Schipper of Clinton Ta spent the weekend with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Bernie Dykstra Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Andrew Schipper and family of Albany Mr and Mrs Frank Boylan of Porterville Calif visiting Ross Boylan Mr and Mrs Paul Bonjour were Sunday visitors at Vernon Kaufman Will Geerts and family of Lyndon and La Vere Kness of Savanna joined Wesley Kness for Sunday dinner Betty Cate joined for supper in the Kness home.
Chadwick residents hosted family and friends in numerous Sunday visits and picnics. Attendees included the LaPain and Bailey families, the Dambmins, Spearmans, Whitneys, and many others visiting in Morrison, Sterling, Dixon, and surrounding areas for birthdays, anniversaries, and casual meals at homes and state parks.
National Hardware Spring Open House wraps up at Francke Switzer Hardware Store on Saturday with new spring merchandise including gifts suitable for Mother's Day. The event runs nationwide across 10 days and is backed by the National Retail Hardware Association and manufacturers.
Relatives gathered at the Hawk home near Argo on Sunday to honor William Hawk Jr. for a birthday that occurred last Thursday. A picnic dinner was provided by self invited guests. Attendees included the Deets family Chadwick, Manning family Savanna, Stayear, Senneff family Wacker, Halfman family, and the Hawk family.
Herbert Blodgett and children will visit near Savanna with multiple families including the Kustes Wrench and French households. Jennie Lowry guests near Ideal. Blanche Beck visits Cleveland. Charles Turney and Leela visit Clint and Paul Wilt. Will Rentechler mails the Review to son Robert at Camp Croft. Byron resident Will Adams stops by H L Rawlins home. Assignments include Rosenberg and Dirksen families and Switzer with Francke visiting Wallace Williams near Mt Carroll.
Claim date June 2 1941 set for the estate of Herman A Francke deceased in Carroll County Illinois. Creditors may file claims against the estate by that date without bond or summons. executor Laura M Francke authorized. attorney Chas E Stuart listed.
Herbert Rawlins Jr. was a business caller in Freeport on Wednesday Greening. Sunday guests stopped at the Sheller home in Dixon and at the Heinze home near Savanna. Carl Peterson and Dick Anderson and families from Argo visited the Stowe home. Kenneth Kemmer and family from Galesburg spent the weekend with the Stowe family. Other visitors included Robert Stage of Rock Island and Vernon Luedeke and daughter Glenda Kay of Freeport, plus J Y Stickell.
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