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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
8
Clinton and Morrison communities feature a flurry of Sunday visits and Mother’s Day gatherings. Families including the Machael, Potter, Jansma, Dykstra, Balk, Stage, Witmer, and Gleason clans attended dinners, afternoon calls, and church events across Clinton, Morrison, Fulton, Savanna, and surrounding towns.
Thomson Briefs Delbert Curley and numerous relatives from Rockford Milwaukee Clinton and Freeport gathered over Mother's Day weekend. visitors included Ed Coleman and family, Sarah Millard, Mae Densmore, K B Carpenter, Ralph Macy, and many others.
Numerous residents and guests shared visits across Morrison Argo Clinton Mt Carroll Lanark Savanna and surrounding towns. Notable mentions include Roland Boysen gearing toward a June University graduation and Russell Buss aiming for a Rose Bowl appearance.
Local residents recall Mother's Day visits from Morrison and Millersville families. A lengthy message describes library reads on race and world politics, with reflections on The White Man's Dilemma and Red Star Over China. The author discusses odors of aging letters, book plans, and personal travel, ending with a sign off from Nettie E Phillips.
All waste paper is shipped back to the paper plant to be remade into paper. They have a recreation house for employees with basketball, table tennis, plays and more. Twelve hundred men and women are employed in this factory. Eva Mae Schroth recalls receiving a complimentary package of puffed wheat.
A reader writes about peers leaving after long tenures and illness. Mention notes on a hospital stay, a frail preacher's wife, local board meeting, and care arrangements. The piece describes flowers, blooming trees, and a birthday gathering by the Sisters and the writer.
Mrs Myron Tibbits attended a Leota club meeting in Morrison at Mrs William Jones home. Mr and Mrs G O Carlson of Chicago were guests over the weekend at Mr and Mrs Ray Brenneman home. Mrs Kelly of Hanover called at Mrs H A Francke's home. David Switzer visited with his brother Walter in Monroe Center and Rockford. Paul Turney spent last weekend with his sister Mrs Harlan Handel and family. Ela of Clinton called Sunday afternoon at Ed Turney's home.
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