Town Notes Beneath Wide Mayhem of Local Happenings
Town residents share a mosaic of small events and social notes. Fred Nipe sports a ten gallon hat while invitations go out for a May 30 Alumni Banquet at the local gym. Bobby Young is named assistant fire chief and Wayne Ashby assists the assistant. The Fire Department hosts a bake sale at Ely Cochran building on Main Street. Bud Bull, the Scavenger, pushes for a town baseball team and field space. Residents tidy yards, green thumbs work, and businesses like Maurice Strukhoff’s lawn mower sharpening stay busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Texas
Fred Nipe
Figd
Bobby Young
Wayne Ashby
Ely Cochran
Main Street
Bud Bull
Scavenger
Bud
Maurice Strukhoff
Plan Alumni Dinner May 30
Alumni president announces final plans for the annual dinner and dance to be held May 30 in the high school gym. Golden Rule Baptist Church will serve roast turkey at $1.50 per plate with Master of Ceremonies Paul Stage of Rockford for the 1928 class celebrating its 25th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Smith
The
Baptist Church
Paul Stage
Rockford
Hoerbert St. Ores, Sr
Bud Runge
Calvin Eslinger
Robert Lewis
Robert Carroll
Mrs. Mary Diehl To Mark 94th Birthday
Savanna resident Mrs. Mary Diehl will celebrate her 94th birthday with a family dinner at the north Main Street home of her son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ritchie. The town notes also mention the season end of Thomson Farmers Evening School on May 12 with a fall restart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Diehl
Savanna
North Main Street
Earl Ritchie
Thomson Farmers Evening School
Ideal Bible School and Catholic Services Notices
Ideal Bible School holds 10 a.m. services with evening gatherings at 7 30 p m led by Rev J W Gillespie and Rev William Kendall Sunday services also scheduled Remember we are looking for you Fulton Catholic Services at 8 a m and 10 a m at York Community Rev Mark Witmer pastor 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 Church Services Choir practice Saturday evening at 7 15
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J. W. Gillespie
William Kendall
York Community
Mark Witmer
Methodist church notices list services and Sunday schools
The page lists church events including Methodist Albert V Ihne pastor services at 9 30 and 10 45 am Sunday school sessions with Supts Charles McGinty and Warner Hartman and WSCS meetings. A MYF Spring Rally at Lena runs from 2 50 to 8 00 pm. Hickory Grove and Argo Fay also show Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert V. Ihne
Thomson
Charles McGinty
Lena
WSCS
Hickory Grove
Warner Hartman
Argo Fay
Les Durward
Remembering the Lord at Baptist Church Services
Baptist James W. Gillespie leads 10:00 a m worship with a theme Remember The Church Wor shipping and an 11:00 a m Bible study on the Coming of the Lord led by Paul Wilt Superintendent. Golden Rule Class meets Wednesday. Ladies Aid Thursday. Reflection on self forgetfulness urges Christians to keep lamps burning and reflectors clear to guide others to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Paul Wilt
Thessalonians
Mervin Marshall
Paul Smith
Bruce Groharing
Charles Sacks
FHA Home Improvement Plans and Farm Machinery Deals
A historical notice promotes FHA home improvement plans with no down payment and three years to pay for heating plumbing chimneys kitchens and painting. It also advertises time payment plans on farm machinery to help farmers complete jobs and harvest profits, urging sound equipment as a reliable partner in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WOC
Betty Lou Bowles
Betty Lou
Milledgeville Birthday Dinner Blessings and Visits
Miss Jo Ann Prins of Milledgeville celebrated her 19th birthday with seven friends at her home on Friday evening in May. Guests included Phyllis Schreiner Doris Bailey Wilma Miller Elaine Miller Sandra Tieper and Jean Irion all of LaNark. The Prins family hosted a birthday and Mothers Day dinner in Clinton Iowa with Mr and Mrs Norman Stickell. Mr and Mrs Merle Bicker and sons joined Jo Ann’s parents in Shannon for Sunday supper and long distance talk to Ralph Ditsworth in Ford NJ who called his mother. Mrs. Anna Crawford visited relatives in Sabula on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barr
Frank Tipton
Robert Lewis
Lyle Greeley
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Earl Bennett
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Merle Bicker
Clarence Bicker
Lanark
Maude Brown
Harriett
Gordon
Inlaw
Clifford Curley
Hanover
Elizabeth Carroll
Terry
Harlan Witt
Morrison
Rush Carroll
Paul Daniels
Mark Witmer
Dubucue
Joe Daniels
Ruth Sartwell
Savanna and
Louis Shell
Jo Ann Prins
Milledgeville
Jo Ann
Phyllis Schreiner
Doris Bailey
Wilma Miller
Elaine Miller
Sandra Tieper
Jean Irion
Justice Prins
Norman Stickell
Clinton
Iowa
Charles Ditsworth
Shannon
Ditsworth
Luther Leavens
Wacker
Clyde Etnyre
Wayne Etnyre
Duane Law
Donna
Savanna
Dorothy Newendyke
Will Johnson
Paul
John Johnson
Alberta
Howard
Linda
Lloyd Jonison
Harriett and
Robert Miller
Janie
Ray Dykstra
Alfred Kettler
Fulton
Lloyd Rhymer
Donald Robertson
Fanny Rhymer
Omar Ketchum
Monmouth
George Ketchum
Claude Grim
Raymond Deitrick
Mt. Carroll
Mary Stage
Vance Peters
Delmar
Seeman Roe
Paul Zejmowick
Rock Island
John Smolek
Paul Gaar
Delbert Gaar
Carroll
Edgar Murney
Darrell Gaar
Erich Marske
Carl Petersen
Jane Roe
Lynn Babcock
Sterling
Ray Rupple
John Sloan
L. E. Kindle
John Greve
William Mullen
Merle Cate
Mervin Marshall
Bruno Theiss
Palos Park
Gus Roggendorf
Dorothy
Walter King
Edwin
Frank Potter
Evelyn Luedeke
Freeport
Hobart Holland
Kenneth von Huizen
Newton
Albert Prins
Donald McBride
Beaumont
Texas
Robert Huggins
Clarence Huggins
Delbert Curley
Virgil Wilt
Bessie Groharing
Harold Wilt
Arthur Hoffman
Bayard Lewis
Cecil Frosch
Albert Ihne
Camp Lena
D. J. Schuyleman
Polo
Lloyd Smith
al c
David Bealer
Eds
Clinton, Ia
Fred Hook
James Hook
Frank Smith
Ernest Petty
Betty Kosheer
Mr. Carroll
James Lindsay
Paul Wilt
Models Clothing At University
Jean Elliott daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Elliott Thomson modeled a nubby textured box jacket over a flannel skirt and jersey blouse during the University of Illinois Hospitality Day. About 300 high school girls from across the state toured the campus to learn about home economics and college life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Elliott
H. M. Elliott
Thomson
University of Illinois
Extension
Univ. of Ill
Urbana
Brownie Scouts Celebrate Mothers Day Party
Fifteen mothers and friends attended a Brownie Scout Mothers Day party at the Methodist church basement. The group presented a Brownie play and held an investiture ceremony for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie
Methodist Church
Albert Ihne
Mary Lee Johnson
May Ann Hoff
May Ray Ernst
Mary
Carol Prins
Tommy
Karen Atherton
Owl
Margaret St. Ores
Evelyn Wilt
Paulette Hamm
Sharlene Zenk
Ella Tousley
Vichie Carroll
Mt. Carroll and
Fulton
Tousley
Harold Brown
Five H. S. Teachers Sign Contracts
Five YCHS teachers sign recontracts for 1953 1964 with Principal H. M. Elliott Commercial Rol and Brooks Coach Richard Cross Home Ec Edith Robbins and Ag Melvin Stengel. Two vacancies remain for English and Music teachers.
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YCHS
H. M. Elliott
Roland Brooks
Richard Cross
Home Ec
Edith Robbins
Melvin Stengel
Thompson News Family and Social Notes Across the Area
Mrs John Ashpole receives Mother's Day call from Robert in Salt Lake City Utah. Numerous visits and guests from Moline Shannon Clinton Ia and Fulton with family ties. Groups attend AAA picnic at Sinnissippi Park and Tulip Festival at Pella Iowa. Funeral attendance noted and ministers cleaning Camp Lena grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ashpole
Robert
Salt Lake City
Utah
Art Anderson
Moline
Jake McGinnis
William Hamms
E. N. Giles
Peoria
Earl Bennett
Charles Disworth
Shannon
Curtis St. Ores
Merle Bicker
William Traum
Argo Fay
John Seger
Jeight
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling
AAA
Claude Millard
Chadwick
W. A. Adams
Harold Ashpole
Franklin Fehler
Art Atherton
Thomson
Jerry Wiebenga
Millard Rauser
Cartwright
Coleta
Ray Rupple
John Sloan
Mamie Sloan
Savanna
Marion Wheeler
Irene Wubbena
Esther Schmaling
Miss Wubbena
Washington
Iowa
Pella
Amana
John Hoff
Garden Plain
Francis Hoff
Child Births Almanac Notice from Clinton Mercy Hospital
Mr and Mrs Geradus Vogel welcomed a daughter born Sunday May 10 at Mercy Hospital Clinton Iowa. Mr and Mrs L P Hansen of Lansing welcomed a son born Tuesday May 12 named Duane David. Mrs Hansen is grandmother to Mrs Emma Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geradus Vogel
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
L. P. Hansen
Lansing
Duane David
Hansen
Emma Brown
Thomson Review section highlights May 14 1953 edition
A brief note lists features in the Thomson Review for Thursday May 14 1953. It outlines local columns, society notices, and reader letters, reflecting mid‑century community life and newspaper pacing.
Alumni committee meeting scheduled May 22 and May 27
A committee for alumni will hold a meeting at the high school on May 22 and again on May 27 a Wednesday. Members are required to attend.
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High Schoo
Miss Joan A Zenk to Wed May 26
Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Zenk announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Alice to Bill Westmark son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Westmark of Dyersville Iowa The bride to be is a registered nurse at Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton Iowa The fiancee is a train dispatcher for the Milwaukee Railroad The wedding is set for 9 am May 26 at St Patrick s Church Clinton Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Zenk
Joan Alice
Bill Westmark
Elmer Westmark
Dyersville
Jenk
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Milwaukee Railroad
St. Patrick’s Church
County Fat Stock Judging Contest May 16
Carroll County FFA and 4 H club members will judge fat stock Saturday May 16 at 8 p m at the Yochem farm near Mount Carroll. Other participating farms include the Kernaghan McGinty and Schneider properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
FFA
4-H
Llub
Yochem
Moint Carroll
Kearnaghan
McGinty
Schneider Farms
Thomson High Students Help Plant 500 Red Pine Trees
Members of Thomson high school's soils and crops class visited the Eugene Murray farm on May 7 to assist in planting 500 red pine trees sourced from a state nursery.
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Thomson High School
Eugene Murray
Weekend Visits Highlight Local Social Guide
Citizens from Fulton Palos Park Mt. Carroll Freeport Downers Grove Newton Newton and Savanna share weekend and holiday visits. Families include Mullens Cate Marshalls Luedeke Holland Houghton Von Huizen Flickinger and Potter households with guests and dinners noted among relatives and friends.
Local Health Notices From Multiple Areas
Sick Mrs Earl Root remains at St Marys hospital Rochester Minnesota while E O Hemmer returns home from Veterans hospital Iowa City Iowa. Mrs Ben Wagner improves at home. Mrs Ernest Whitney was in Savanna City hospital from Friday to Tuesday. Archie Green recently Xray patient at Iowa City hospital. Henry Toepfer of Mt Carroll ill but improving. Mrs Myrta Groharing stayed at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Iowa for X rays and observation. Mrs W E Wulf of Van Nuys California fell and broke her hip and underwent surgery. Adeline Groharing ill at Fulton home of Dr and Mrs Marvin Brookstra.
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Earl Root
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Ben Wagner
Ernest Whitney
Savanna City Hospital
Archie Green
Iowa City, In
Henry Toepfer
Mt. Carroll
Harry Diehl
Adeline Groharing
Marvin Brookstra
Fulton
Blaze Struck Berry Patches at Glenn Williams Home
Local firefighters responded around 11 a m to a grass blaze at the Glenn Williams property on Thomason road. The fire gutted strawberry and raspberry patches and damaged young trees before crossing into a stubble field east of the house. Williams said a rubbish fire started near his home spread rapidly through dry grass, eluding his control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Williams
Thomason
Williams
Girl Scout Camp Hideaway Spring Meeting Planned May 17
Jane Addams Girl Scout Council hosts a Spring Meeting at Camp Hideaway on May 17 at 3 p.m. DST with a business session led by Mrs. Charles H. Davis to approve the 1954 budget and elect delegates to the 1953 National Convention, followed by a tour, a picnic, and a Scounts Own ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout News
Hideaway
Jane Addams Girl Scout Council
Charles H. Davis
Freeport
Jane Addams Council
Dst
Twe
Cancer Fund
The
Cancer Society
PTA Winds Up Year and Installs New Officers
The final 1952-53 PTA meeting at the high school May 7 approved a fall play postponement, acknowledged a successful food and rummage sale, and balanced the treasurer’s books. Officers installed: President Victor Fenley, Vice President Harold Fedderson, Secretary Albert Prins, Treasurer Kenneth Kemmer. A committee proposed a manual training shop project for York districts 201 and 174.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Fenley
Elliott
Lawrence Bruch
Carroll County
Alice Grohuring
Victor Fenley
Harold Fedderson
Albert Prins
Kenneth Kemmer
York
Alice Groharing
Russell Green
William Gheerts
Ralph Stearns
Mildere Stiles
Albert Ihne
Corsages Given To Three Mothers At Methodist Service
During last Sunday's services at the Methodist Church three corsages were awarded to Hattie Greeley as oldest mother, John Ashpole's mother for most children, and Jack Engelkens' mother for youngest. Charles McGinty, Sunday School superintendent, presented a mixed bouquet, later divided into smaller bouquets for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Hattie Greeley
John Ashpole
Jack Engelkens
Charles McGinty
Shum
Birthday Supper for Connie Eslinger in Lanark
Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger and family of Lanark host a birthday supper on Thursday May 7 honoring their daughter Connie on her seventh birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Justice Prins and Jo Ann the grandparents and aunt of the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Eslinger
Lanark
Connie
Justice Prins
Jo Ann
Social Guests Share Sunday Dinners Across Area
The notice lists multiple families hosting or visiting for Sunday dinners and afternoons. Names include Huggins Curley Wilt Hoffman Lewis Frosch Ihne Schuyleman Bealer Hook Petty Kosh eer Lindsay Wilt and others, with moves to Wichita and Morrison noted.
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Bull Brothers
Ben
Edward
Bertha Holland
Garrett Sterenberg
Herman Wasmund
Dixon
John Cooper
Albert Hook
Vancouver
Wash
Ray Hook
San Francisco
California
George Salyer
H. A. Tobey
Paul D. Wilt
John
Mary Hook
Schut
Dave Geerts
Mabel G. Edelman
Lanark, Ill
Charles Gaul
West Side Avenue
Walter Kindell
Glendora Hotel
E. E. Johnson
Exchange State Bank
Clarence Champion
E. Carroll St
Hollis Schlueter
Farmwell Sprayer and Chemical Co
Stockton
Ill
Methodist
Bake Sale
Fire Dept
Ely
Cochran
H. S
Thomson News
Hattie V. Kneale
Geo. Schmaling
Cradle News
L Thomson Review
Joan A, Zenk
Joan Alice Zenk
Jack Flickinger
Gregory
Mr. Potter
Betty Lou Housenga
Jeannine Senneff
Berry
Mrs. Perry
Connie Brown
Clarice Hoover
Home Economics
Home Economics Club
Methodist Church Annex
Roy Heitman
Florida
Royal Neighbors
Doris Brown
Mary Root
Lovella Diehl
Grace Strauch
Blanche Peterson
Brown
Africa
Charlene
Charlotte Cate
Mrs. Marshall
Harry Elliott
Princeton
Earl Miller
Walnut
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