Civic improvements eyed including trash pickup and business club
Citizens propose weekly garbage collection to improve sanitation and favor a Commercial club as promoter. Chadwick and Milledgeville civic groups are active, with weddings and local events noted. Ice era ends as ice house sold at auction. Betty Flickinger to wed June 2 at First Methodist Savannah. Bonnie Curley seen chasing grandson on Main Street amid scooters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Ice Trust
Pood" Brown
Noahey Sweitzer
Betty Flickinger
First Methodist Church
Savanna
Bonnie Curley
Main St
Oil Valley Year Ends With May 16 1946 Closure
Oil Valley school will close May 16, 1946. A picnic supper will be held at the school house in the evening. Only one pupil Lorraine Becker was neither absent nor tardy. Readers of 12 books include Richard Stricker David Libberton Shirley Bundy Donna McDearmon Jimmy McDearmon JoAnn Prins. Four book readers were Earl Libberton and Lorraine Becker. As American Junior Red Cross members the pupils decorated 80 Christmas napkins 80 valentine napkins and produced five crossword puzzle books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Valley School
Lorraine Becker
Richard Stricker
David Libberton
Shirley Bundy
Donna McDearmon
Jimmy McDearmon
JoAnn Prins
Earl Libberton
Red Cross
Tehan School Holds Picnic and Shower for Teacher
The Tehan school closed on Tuesday with a picnic at Old Mill Park. A district shower for teacher Miss Isenhart was hosted by local women and children. Attendees enjoyed the event and the honoree received many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehan
Old Mill Park
Isenhart
Thomson area social notes and visits across IL towns
Thomson residents spent Sundays visiting relatives in Nachusa Lanark Morrison and Mor rison while others hosted dinners and travel. Notable items include Mr and Mrs Dan Sack visiting in Nachusa. Otto Switzer birthday dinner. Mrs Farnsworth at a Woman's club banquet. Os ike Japan bound son Charles Miller to Aug 1 return. Laura Hoy discharged from naval unit. Coe College vesper and a Capella choirs concert in Cedar Rapids with Margaret Smith and Donna Holding among the troupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sack
Nachusa
John Smith
Ben Manning
Lanark
John Halfman
Lowell Hall
Argo
Otto Switzer
E. W. Farnsworth
Switzer
Noah Sweitzer
Robert Carroll
Charles Whistler
Morrison Hospital
H. A. Tobey
Vern Tobey
Linton
Eddie Jensen
Charles W. Miller
Charles
Osaka
Japan
States
Laura R. Hoy
Thomson
Naval
Balboa Park
San Francisco
Calif
Robert Miller
Guy Brown
Cornelius Noordhoff
Thomson Youth Wins Ribbon at Sectional Stock Judging Meet
At Durand on May 13 the sectional livestock judging contest featured nine dairy rings and fat stock events. Thomson sent 22 schools with top individuals and teams earning ribbons. Bernard Hartman placed sixth in fat stock with a score of 324, Thomson tying for tenth in fat stock and overall field totaling 66 participants in fat stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durand
Thomson
Ronald Bull
Paul Hartman
Bernard Hartman
William Blair
Stockton
Oregon
Dwayne Bielema
Fred Miller
Alfred Dykstra
Leland Housenga
Ellis Pickens
Bernard
Final Rites Held for Pastor and Youth
Double funeral services were held for Rev. H. E. Doverspike late pastor of the Methodist church and nine year old Steven George Huggins who drowned on a fishing trip near the Meredecia pumping station. Burial followed in Minta cemetery Garden Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
H. E. Doverspike
Steven George Huggins
Meredecia
Bertram Swaney
Rockford
Methodist Church
Dean
Cordova Baptist Church
Charles George
Mr. Doverspike
L. L. Slocum
Isaac Wierenga
Howard Wierenga
Delbert Slaymaker
E. A. Snyder
Archie Reedy
Albany
Charles McGinty
Eugene Murray
Thomson
Clarence Huggins
Harold George
Richard Dennes
Connie
Carroll
Oak Ridge
Ruth Wallace
Brookfield
John Miller
Rixford
Doverspike
Jugins
Jack
Billie White
Lloyd Sharer
Robert Riesenbigler
Don Parks
Paul Ea
Thomson Methodist Church
Thomson Hosts Dinner Guests from Nearby Towns
Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Queckboespe included John Carpenter Marilyn and Robert Clinton Bruce Groharing Bernard Richard Donald and Adeline Groharing of Thomson Marvin Brookstra of Fulton and Wallace Dresbach Mary Jean Mottersday guests at the Eugene Murray line included Paul Merry Pauline Vreeland and Marian Le Roy Illinois. Sunday dinner at the Murray home welcomed George Murray and children and Charles McCarrey of Pontiac with Mrs Mary Deutsch of Dixon staying as an overnight guest Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Queckboespe
John Carpenter
Marilyn
Robert
Clinton
Bruce Groharing
Bernard
Richard
Donald
Adeline Groharing
Thomson
Marvin Brookstra
Fulton
Wallace Dresbach
Mary Jean
Motters
Eugene Murray Line
Paul Merry
Pauline, Vreeland
Marian
le Roy
Murray Home
George Murray
Charles McCarrey
Pontiac
Eighth Grade Exercises Planned for May 23
Eighth grade commencement exercises of the Thomson Consolidated school will be held at 7 p m next Thursday May 23 in the high school gym. The Rev Mr Dempsey pastor of the Fulton Presbyterian church will be the speaker. A full program will appear in next week's Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Consolidate
P.m
Dempsey
Fulton Presbyterian Church
Review
Y C H S Commencement Week Events 1946
May 19 to May 25 1946 schedule includes Baccalaureate services at Community Church Lord Mary Louise Meyers Rev J W Gillespie led procession and invocation with hymns scripture read by Dr James Putt sermon by James Putt and benediction. Grand March Kern music featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Putt
Dan Sack
Herbert St. Ores
Baptist services and united evening at Community church
James W. Gillespie ministers a morning service on The Glory of the Sunrise and a Bible study on A Friend Who Learned to Be Virtue. A united Sunday evening service at the Community church will hold a baccalaureate. The Golden Rule class meets next Tuesday May 21 with Hoff and Heitman hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Francis Hoff
Garden Plain
Roy Heitman
Sunday Religious Services Noted at Local Church
At 10 00 a m Sunday school and 7 00 p m Christian Endeavor are listed with a church service at 0 p m Reverend Hawhecker is the pastor guiding the program and activities today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Ev, Hawhecker
Albany minister to lead church service until July
Mr Snyder of Albany will deliver the message at 9 30 a m and continue until July 1 the end of the conference year when a new minister will be appointed Sunday school met at 10 50 a m and voted to donate 100 to Mrs Doverspike family Eldest mother prize went to Mrs Wm Odell and two mothers with most children each received a potted plant Sweet pea blossoms given to each mother Gayle Grimm and Jean Elliott sang a duet Vacation Bible School planned for first two weeks in June volunteer workers needed York Community Worship hour at 9 45 a m pastor Roy Berg Church school at 10 45 a m baccalaureate service Sunday at 7 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Albany
Doverspike
Wm. Odell
Ralph Stearns
North
Clinton
York
Roy Berg
Sunday Visitors and Local Family News
Sunday visitors included Robert Coon of Savanna and Howard Coon of Clinton at the Ellis home. Elizabeth residents Reverdy Lord and Curtis Lord visited, while Mys Joy Heitman joined the Marshall family gathering. The York Center school to close May 17 with a picnic. Miss Hilda Knoess teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ellis
Robert Oon
Savanna
Howard Coon
Clinton
Curtis Lord
Gene Lord
Reverdy Lord
Elizabeth
James Haley
C. Heitman
Canal Zone
Mys
Joy Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Katherine Hawk
Mt. Carroll
L. J. Thompson
C. B. Reitman
Louisiana
Ney Hellmar
Stephen Switzer
Kenneth Whitney
Jonathan
Chadwick
Ernie Francke
Vern Kaufman
Rockford
Anna Kaufman
Ralph
Lena Jensen
Gladys Warfield
Newport
Mich
York Center
Hilda Knoess
Card of Thanks from Lyle Greeley
I express my sincere thanks to my friends and relatives for acts of kindness shown during my recent illness. Espec ially enjoyed visits cards and words of cheer from many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Greeley
Thomson segments share Mother’s Day visits in Fulton area
The Thomson column notes several Mother’s Day gatherings. O. W. Hackett of Cleveland plans a Westward trip. Eugene Bull of Blackhawk Village marked an overnight visit with his mother Mrs Myrtle Bull. Mrs Hattie Rawline joined Mr and Mrs Nelson for Mother’s Day dinner near Morrison. Fred Kandlehner of Me Carroll visited Thomson friends. Mrs Harvey Marshall and son David visited Mr and Mrs Bert Stainbrook last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Rush
Fulton
O. W. Hackett
West 25Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene Bull
Blackhawk Village
Myrtle Bull
Hattie Rawline
Nelson
Morrison
Fred Kandlehner
Carroll
Harvey Marshall
David
Bert Stainbrook
Mervin Marshall
Clinton
Bertha Marshall
Rock Falls
Roy Flemming
Moline
Ill
Raymond Deitrick
Mt. Carroll
Claude ‘Rim
Lester Gam
Charlotte
Iowa
Mother's Day Visits Across Morrison and Port Byron
Mother's Day gatherings centered on Nellie Schade and Richard Radtke households. Guests included Marie Crow with Verda and Loretta Crow of Morrison, B D Dimmick and Carroll, Forrest Gilbert and Ruth Ann of Port Byron, and later a visit to Frank Badtke in Morrison. Frank Badtke shows slight improvement after illness. Allan Beadle and Orville Bastian of Craig Manor Hanover joined Henry Young for an evening visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Schade
Marie Crow
Verda
Loretta Crow
Morrison
B. D. Dimmick
Carroll
Richard Radtke
Forrest Gilbert
Ruth Ann
Port Byron
Gilberts
Badtkes
Frank Badtke
Allan Beadle
Orville Bastian
Craig Manor
Hanover
Henry Young
Dinner party closes successful year for local women's club
A family dinner at the Charles Hogg home celebrated the first wedding anniversary of Mrs. William E. Price Jr and Mr. Price. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Price Sr of Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Fetee Jr, Jeanne Hogg, Mel Kissel of Dubuque, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carroll and daughter Barbara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hogg
William E. Price Jr
William E. Price, Sr
Clinton
William E. Fetee
Jeanne Hogg
Mel Kissel
Dubuque
Robert Carroll
Barbara
Sister of Miss Daisy Kitt Dies in Maquoketa
Mrs George Ketchum went to Maquoketa Iowa last Saturday due to the illness of her sister Miss Daisy Kitt who died Sunday morning Funeral services were held Tuesday in Maquoketa Mr Ketchum attended the services and his wife returned home with him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ketchum
Maquoketa
Iowa
Daisy Kitt
Ketchum
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Week in Mt Carroll Area
Community notes detail dinners and visits among families including Mrs Norman Stickell Clinton Mrs Margaret Pike Hagerstown Md and Mr Justice Prins Mt Carroll plus gatherings with the Switzers and Heitmans. New phone lines listed Harold Witt Andrew Tousenga. bowling season opens tonight and a league banquet is set for Monday in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Stickell
Bobby
Clinton
Margaret Pike
Lewis
Hagerstown
Justice Prins
Mt. Carroll
Otto Switzer
Stephen Switzer
Mervin Marshall
C. &. Heitman
Roy Heitman
Sterling
Henry Youn
Russell Sweitzer
Noah Sweitzer
Sikka Vogel
Vic Fenley
Harrietta
Arkansas
Harold Witt
Andrew Tousenga
Buford Stadel
Richard
Stockton
JoAnn
Katherine Hawk
C. B. Heitman
Canal Zone
Adeting Groharing
Ottd Switzer
Eugene Murray
Home Bureau
Forrest Eslinger
Chadwick
Dennis Sue
Leota Manning
Lanark
John Halfman
Clarence Weimer
Geneseo
Jhcien Rice
Sunda
Savanna
Moose Hall
Committees For The Coming Year Are Selected
The Thomson Womans club closed a successful year with its annual dinner party and meeting at the Brick House Morrison. New committees named for the year include Program flowers and officers. Members and guests attended from Dixon Chadwick Rock Falls Clinton and Charlotte Iowa with new president Mrs Ernest Smith and officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Womans Club
Brick House
Morrison
Senior Class Night Observed Next Wednesday Evening
A birthday party for Otto Switzer was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Emil Brach at their home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Griswold, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Farnsworth, and Otto Switzer's family, with ham sandwiches ice cream floats and cookies served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Switzer
Emil Brach
Otto
Mr. Switzer
William Griswold
Lloyd Smith
E. W. Farnsworth
Philip
Banquet Cancelled by Argo Home Economies Club
Royal Neighbor lodge meets May 21 with Mrs. Pearl Williams. W S C S gathers May 21. ten members and visitor Mrs. George Lanning attend. Mrs. Iva Orcutt leads devotionals and prayer. Lunch served by Mrs. Wilt and Mrs. Ruth Stearns. Next meeting June 5 in church basement to quilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GT Pss
Argo
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Pearl Williams
Vada Wilt
George Lanning
Iva Orcutt
Wilt
Ruth Stearns
Local Farming Scores and Steeling Visit Report
Farmers lost three games, Thomson No 1 won one and lost two, Thomson No 2 claimed three victories. Mr and Mrs Dale Breed and son Larry of Steeling were Sunday visitors at Stephen Switzer’s home. Dale and Steve served on the destroyer escort UAE Lough in the Pacific last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Breed
Larry
Steeling
Stephen Switzer
Dale
Steve
Uae Lough
Pacific
Thomson softball team opens Twilight league with win
Thomson softball team defeated Milwaukee 16 to 6 at Old Mill Park Savanna in the Twilight league opener. Ford Grimm coaches the Diehl Oil Co. and Volk's Cafe sponsored squad with 13 teams in the league and a 26 game schedule. Bud Ball and Isenhart hit two homers. lineup changes occurred after the third inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Milwaukee
Ford Grimm
Diehl Oil Co
Volk's Cafe
Shutters
Brach
Gillespie
Drake
B. Groharing
Bernie Hook
Isenhart
I F F W C Convention Visit Plans in Chicago
Mrs C W Hogg and Mrs Eugene Murray plan to attend the State Convention of I F F W C in Chicago Thursday. Mrs Forrest Eslinger and Connie Sue were dismissed from Savanna city hospital Sunday. The text notes several Savanna residents hosting and visiting in local social events and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hogg
Eugene Murray
Chicago
Forrest Eslinger
Connie Sue
Savanna City Hospital
Leslie Eaton
James
Jean
Savanna, Ill
Russell Sweitzer
Gilbert Holland
C. B. Heitman
Canal Zone
Roy Heitman
Carl Robinson
Jessie Green
Clinton
Jaclyn Ann
Chadwick
Justices Prins
Mt. Carroll
Village Sickness List and Recovery Reports
The document lists local residents stricken with chickenpox including Ronald and Richard Rutherford Allan Grimm Marilyn Bolhous Allison Switzer Leslie Prins Vernon Appel Mrs Louella Gleason and notes Mrs Mary Warfield’s prolonged illness from a fall but now able to rise. Dorothy Roggendorf had a tonsillectomy in a Clinton hospital on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald and
Richard Rutherford
Allan Grimm
Marilyn Bolhous
Allison Switzer
Leslie Prins
Vernon Appel
Louella Gleason
Mary Warfield
Dorothy Roggendorf
Clinton Hospital
Graduates Invite Public to Senior Class Night Program
The York Community High School senior class of 1946 will present the program In the Garden on Wednesday evening May 22 in the high school gym. The seniors provide free entertainment with features including Wilma Bielema junior reader Fern Rawlins class poem and a trumpet solo by Sam Mattie. The Portal of Yesterday Lucille Larson and a skit The Getaway Joyce Marshall and others plus songs and awards presented by Dean Robinson and Don Ashby. Director Lillian Farnsworth and pianist Lucille Larson lead the event with sophomores as ushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Community High School
Wilma Bielema
Fern Rawlins
Sam Mattie
Lucille Larson
Gene Gehler
Barbara Carroll
Dorothy North
Irene Zenk
John Stearns
Junior St. Ores
Joyce Marshall
Vera Durward
Eleanor Stearns
Wilma Sikkema
Portal of Today
Lila Curley
Evelyn Ashpole
Dean Robinson
Don Ashby
Lillian Farnsworth
Sylvia Dykstra
Rosalie Hand
Robert Frazier
Tom Root
Mary Ann Hummel To Be Bride Of Paul Lineback
Miss Mary Ann Hummel daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hummel will wed Paul Lineback son of Mr and Mrs Frank Lineback on Saturday June 15 at 5 pm in the Chestnut Park home of the bride's parents A reception will follow Attending are Mrs Glen Postlewaite of Rockford sister of the bride and Glen Brock brother in law of the groom Hummel is a Savanna native alum of Chestnut Park grade school and Savanna Township High School recently returning from 19 months civil service work in Johannesburg South Africa She was a civil service employee at the Savanna ordnance depot for over three years Lineback attended Park School and Savanna Township High School He is a World War II veteran and runs the Lineback service station in Chestnut Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Hummel
George Hummel
Paul Lineback
Frank Lineback
Chestnut Park
Glen Postlewaite
Rockford
Glen Brock
Lineback
Lineback. Miss Hummel
Savanna
Savanna Township
Johannesburg
South Africa
Miss Hummel
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Park School
York Baptist Sunday School Social At Members Home
On Tuesday evening May 14 the York Baptist Sunday school held its monthly social at the home of Mr and Mrs Emil Brach with Mr and Mrs Gilbert Holland assisting. The program included group songs a Lord's Prayer in unison a trio a scripture a duet a biblical questionnaire and more. Thirty members attended and everyone brought a sack lunch while coffee was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Baptist Sunday School
Emil Brach
Gilbert Holland
Gillespie
Family and friends visit across towns amid Mother’s Day events
Mrs Don Bull and Mrs Eugene Bull of Blackhawk Village travel to Clinton while Mr and Mrs Myron Tibbits visit in Fulton. Roy Bennett and the Sullivan and Orcutt families spend time with Mary Sullivan in Erie. Betty Lamb marries Milton Boyd in Minneapolis on May 4. Eugene Bull’s family hosts a dinner for Mother's Day. Guests at the Charles Miller home include the Mitchell Miller Fox Carroll Kauffman Robertson families from Chadwick Argo and Delmar Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bull
Clinton
Eugene Bull
Blackhawk Village
Myron Tibbits
Fulton
Roy Bennett
Lawrence Sullivan
Iva Orcutt
Mary Sullivan
Erie
Pearl Gilson
Betty Lamb
Schick Hospital
Milton Boyd
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn., May 4. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bull of Blackhawk Village
Myrtle Bull
Henry Young
Charles Miller
Mitford Miller
Fox
Carroll
George Kauffman
Chadwick
William Robertson
Argo
Dallas Robertson
Delmar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tehan School
Thomson News
Margaret S. Heusinkveld Insurance
Thomson Briefs
Mary Deutsch of
Dixon
Raw
Y.C.H.S
Mary Louise Meyers
J. W. Gillespie
Grand March
Kern
Rev
Thomson Briers
Wwoman’s
Mary Deutsch
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Carol Brauer
Federated Womans Clubs
Gladys Cate
James Gillespie
Flowers
Kenneth Kemmer
G. A. Smith
Hoye
Ernest Smith
Gladys Cooper
Harry Diehl
Deutsch
Brauer
O. H. Rahn
Hog
Harvey Seim
Will Adams
E. O. Hemmer
Paul Heusinkveld
Harold Elliott
Guest
Heitman
Maxine Birdsall
Ernest Farnsworth
Harry Gaar
Ely Cochran
Susie Bergstahler
Marion Wheeler
Eugene Murray and Guest
Thomson Ice Trust
W. W. Bennett
Sec
Treas
Thomson No
Bride of
Baptist Social
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