Local visitors fill area homes in varied weekend calls
Mrs Margaret Shoemaker and Dorothy of Mt Carroll visited Mrs Emma Steele Monday night. Loyal Hart of Savanna joined Mr and Mrs Ford Grimm for Saturday supper. Vernon Kaufman and family of Argo visited Mrs Will Lotz in Lanark Friday. Leonard Stage and Weston Smith families hosted Sunday. Floyd Tobey and sons from near Mt Carroll dined with Harold Tobey's family on Mother's Day. Clinton Ta Henry Ven Huizen and daughter joined Willard Hartman family of Fulton and Lloyd Hartman family of Garden Plain for Sunday dinner. Afternoon guests included Nick Traum LaVena Rosa Traum Chadwick and Will Faulkner Milledgeville. Carl Peterson visited Dick Anderson near Argo Sunday. Roland Starck returns to teach Parkhill school. Ellen Mowry of Mt Carroll visited Will Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Shoemaker
Dorothy
Mt. Carroll
Emma Steele
Loyal Hart
Savanna
Ford Grimm
Vernon Kaufman
Argo
Will Lotz
Lanark
Leonard Stage
Weston Smith
Wacker
Floyd Tobey
Near Mt. Carroll
Harold Tobey
Henry Hartman
Henry Ven Huizen
Clinton, Ta
Willard Hartman
Fulton
Lloyd Hartman
Garden Plain
Nick Traum
LaVena
Rosa Traum
Chadwick
Will Faulkner
Milledgeville
Carl Peterson
Dick Anderson
Roland Starck
Parkhill
Ellen Mowry
Will Bennett
William Jenkins Naw
David
Aurora
Crs. Jenkins
Clintor
Misa Harriett Olds
Wheaton
Hhe
Ralph Olds
City
Fred Milles
Ida Weber
Harvey Marshall
Thomson
Earl Sack
Green Bay
Wis
Bruce Groharing
Bernard
Robert Groharing
Prudence
Thomson Wid
M. E Brookstra
Freeport
Bertha Mayhall
Galesbury
Mayhall
Bruce Graharing
Rev
Berge
Sterling
Joe Turney
Ideal
Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
LaVone Robison
Thomas Knates
W. F. Reynolds
Elburn
Sue Lewis
Erve Lewis
Walnut
Alice Lewis
Earl
Donald Kaufman
Rockford
Sarah Groharing
Irvin Renner
Rock Island
Frank Plumley
Mike Tucker
Clinton, Ia
Cora Mertz
Emma Stoner
Mayme Mummert
Ida McCullogh
Donald Ditsworth
Ditsworth
Emma Holland
Emma Kling
Foster Lance
Herbert St. Ores
Fred Kantlinger
Ella Stumphy
Walter Switzer
Paxton, NL
Chas. Switzer
L. I. Gaar
Delia Melendy
John Melendy
Althea Nimerick
Clinton
Iowa
Harold Melendy
Low Moor
Nimerick
Melendy
Lillian Soltow
Lowell Hadley
Yale
Ore
Bert Hadley
Los Angeles
Calif
Ella Orr
LaGrange
K. B. Carpenter
Carl St. Ores
Glen
Davenport
Dan Sack
Carroll
Art Atherton
Harold Tomman
Cecil Mitchell
Merle Atherton
Will Robertson
L. V. Curley
Leonard
Agnes Eble
Harry Diehl
Diana
Henry Toepfer
Harold Witt
Will Griswold
Griswold
Everett Ealinger
Morrison
Mary Kness
Mt. Caxtroll
Ben Dykstra
Bernie Dykstra
Earl Voss
Albert Prins
Wesley Sack
Leland Kane
Mabel Williams
Myron Tibbits
Roy Bennett
H. Vicker
Shirley Boylan
Chicago
Ross Boylan
Bernie Divilbliss
Louis Dekkan
Warrenville
Tom Sheridan
Jeannine
Frances
Paul
Elnora Hess
George Williams
Janet
Helen
Port Byron
Harry Williams
Pius Beauregard
Dixon
Elizabeth McLean
Lois Cummings
Mary J. McGinty
John Moyer
Allen Morrow
Orrie Rutherford
Tommy
Old Mill Park
John Smith
Lyle Williams
Merle Bonjour
Eldon Bonjour
Paul Bonjour
Leota Club
N. B. Lewis
River Forest
Emma of
M. Foley
George Lingle
Charlotte
John Rosenberg
Oregon
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Macomb
Wayne Ashby
Chas, Mc
Dorothy Shoemaker
Rose Sykes
Lewis Josserand
Moline
Hattie Brown
Guy Brown
Thomson Social Roundup Feasts and Visits Across Town
A long list of Sunday dinners and weekend visits links Thomson families and friends. Neighbors from Thomson, Wheaton, Clinton, Savanna, Coleta, and Freeport enjoy gatherings at the Jenkins, Olds, Groharing, Sack, and Ditsworth homes, with many relatives visiting for Mother's Day.
Sunday Guests Fill Homes Across Mt Carroll Area
Sunday visitors and meals marked a social weekend across Mt Carroll Savanna and surrounding towns. Families hosted relatives from Argo Morrison Clinton Marshalltown and Chicago areas with multiple dinners and Mother's Day visits. Local hosts included the Athertons Griswolds Knesses and Toepfers among others with guests from Prophets Town Bloomington Lanark and Goose Lake.
Bristol School Announces Final Examinations And Farewell Picnic
Eighth graders prepare for Saturday tests while Miss Withhart assigns final papers. honor student Jeanne Swett, perfect attendance by Mary Ellen Halfman Frances Halfman Gene Halfman. clean up committee records noted. The May 22 picnic features family dishes coffee lemonade and a student program with plays songs recitations and music concluding Bristol’s last school picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Withhart
Jeanne Swett
Mary Ellen
Frances
Gene
Gerald Swett
Geneva Imel
Bristol
Bristol School
Mary Ellen Halfman
Mildred Withhart
Social visit notes and gatherings in Savanna area
Local residents from Garden Plain Green Bay Fulton Lanark Morrison and Savanna plus Chicago and Dixon visit families in Mt Carroll Stillman Valley Charlotte Ia and Oregon. A U S Army mobile recruiting unit visited Savanna on Tuesday.
Home Coming Letters From Doylestown readers
Two reader letters dated May 7 1910s 1941 discuss subscriptions and payments for the Thomson Review. Mrs Josephine Gill from Riverside New Jersey extends her subscription after enjoying the Old Time number and mentions Gill family ties. Blanche Beck notes owing $1.50 and recounts a Cleveland weekend and her father’s 79th birthday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doylestown
Thomson Review
Thomson
Ilinois
Review
Gill
Josephine Gill
Foster
Hazel
inCleveland
Jeff
Blanche Beck
Weekend Visit Highlights and Local Appointments
Sunde afternoon visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Chas Groh aring we Mr and Mrs Clyde Groharing and son of Morison and Mr and Mrs Floyd Tobey and sons of near Mt Carroll Evening visitors were Mr and Mrs Arthur Hof fman of Chedwick Ben Pykera and Claus Prins shipped cattle to the Chicago market Monday night Hobart Holland started his duties as maintenance man on state route 80 between Thomson and Hanover on Thursday morning Dwight McCullogh of 906 Madison St Streator NL will receive the Review as a gift from his mother Mrs Ioix McCullogh of Argo and Mrs Claude Grim were Mrs Mary Grim of Sterling and Raymond Dietrich of Mt Carroll Sunday visitors in the Willis Stage home were Mr and Mrs Merle Stage of near Savanna and Mr and Mrs Leonard Stage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunde
Chas, Groharing
Clyde Groharing
Morison
Floyd Tobey
Mt. Carroll
Arthur Hoffman
Chedwick
Ben Pykera
Claus Prins
Chicago
Hobart Holland
Thomson
Hanover
Dwight McCullogh
Madison
Local families gather for visits across Savanna and neighbors
Mida Weber spent last Wednesday with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Fred Miller. Several households including Mary Sullivan and family in Albany and the Heinze, Geisz, and Kness families shared Sunday or Tuesday meals and calls across Savanna Mt Carroll Clinton Argo near Milledgeville and Camp Point. The Housenga and Drolema families near Chadwick and Morrison joined others in weekend visits, with the Fuller duo attending a Des Moines funeral directors convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mida Weber
Fred Miller
Lawrence Sullivan
Iva Orcutt
Mary Sullivan
Albany
Ray Olmstead
Prophetstown
Arthur Pape
William Geist
Joyce
Chicago
Ford Grimm
Mt. Carroll
Willem Heinze
Conrad Heinze
Will Heinze
John Heinze
Savanna
Adam Heinze
Joyce Geisz
Near Savanna
Lyle Greeley
Donald Smith
Duane
Fred Backer
Ches. McMahon
Clinton
Wesley Kness
Adam Kness
Argo
Raymond Gelwicks
Carroll
Rush Carroll
Robert
R. G. Fuller
Iowa Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
Des Moines
Iowa
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Horlick’s
Eatwell
Sunshine Hi-Ho
Favorie
Crisco
Ige
Rolls
Camay
Strongheart
Thomson Locals
Illinois Utilities
Chas. Groharing
Thomson Briefs
Hal Ashby
William Heinze
James McCullagh
Harriett Yates
Arro
Alta Porter
Mrs
Leonard Porter
Bristol School News
Herrick Road
Riverside, NJ
Phillips
Balk
Phillips Station
Will Rentschler
Lewis Motor Co
McCormick
Deerin
Twin City
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