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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Ed Schreiner entertained at a family dinner Sunday with guests including Mr and Mrs George Doden and Neal Mr and Mrs Lloyd Handel and Gary Mr and Mrs Paul Clevidence and Darrel.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gordon Jr and Sharon Kay visited Sunday afternoon with Sharon Kay remaining longer at Chiries Gordon Sr home in a local social note.
Ward Olson of Davenport spent the weekend here and accompanied his parents to Rockford on Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Forth and family were Wednesday guests in the Clarence Beswick home honoring Mrs. Maggie Beswick's birthday.
Chadwick notes Miss Louise Molin and Beverly Schreiner joined Mrs. Francis Stapleton at a Friday music contest in Ma. Yoealman attended the Republican convention in Springfield as a county delegate. Leo Bushman family and Arnold Roberts relatives dined with the Zugschwerdt and Alexander households. William Barber of Omaha stayed with the Lewises. George Cambman Jr and family plus Howard Baker dined with the Farthing household.
At the Thomson Woman's Club May banquet charter member Salome McGinty read original poems. The pieces celebrate spring and nature with imagery of birds, bees, spiders, and seasonal change reflecting on memory and the passing of time.
A reflective scene shows nature awakening with life in spring while a woman knits. An observer notes a passing remark on belief, then watches the knitter's calm, focused hands, smiling and listening as the moment unfolds.
Mrs. Albert Bowles Sr and Mr. J Riewerts shared Sunday evening with families. Joanna Hughes returned from Los Angeles after wintering with Bertha Strauch, stopping at Fremont to visit A F Plambeck. Mother's Day guests at Eipper home included Louis Eipper, Glen Murphy family, Marlene Wassell, and Diane Dunn from Port Byron.
Esther Wiersema Ardilla Sib ley Joan Blakeslee and Marian Korn visited Henrietta and Arleta Gordon over the weekend. Saturday supper guests at J. Y. Stickell home included Hobart and his wife with Edward and daughter Ann of Thomson. Monday dinner guests at Ed Mest’s home included John Mest of Riverview and Gail Koak of Downers Grove. Mrs. Mest hosted.
Items of Last Week note visits by Mr and Mrs Don Clark and son Gerald with Mr and Mrs George Spinka. Christy Geison Merlyn Schreiner families dined with Don Bogott in Milledgeville. William Linker hosted supper with Mr and Mrs Frank Kray and daughter from Morrison.
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