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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
4
Black Oak Grange will meet Friday night May 21 at Chadwick town hall with a changed date and venue. Kenneth Krempe! will lead the evening’s entertainment featuring member numbers from other Orange groups. The Indies bazaar raised $45 at the last meeting and another source contributed about $890.
Miss Katie Dambman 75 lifelong Fair Haven resident died Tuesday at St Francis hospital Freeport after a fall fractured hip. Funeral services are set at First Lutheran Church Chadwick with Rev Earl Cobb officiating. Burial Chadwick cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Louis Zugschwerdt and four brothers George William C M and Henry Dambman, all Chadwick. Memorials through floral tributes arranged by local helpers.
Chadwick News Chuck reports racer prepared for Sunday event. Local officials and organizers confirm readiness and venue details for the upcoming race.
Chuck announces that No. 45, prepared with Ward Weber, is finally ready after weeks of work. The car will race in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, after troubled runs in Wisconsin where it showed progress but needed fixes. Both Chuck and Ward are eager to compete.
Work on Chadwick street improvement started Wednesday as C. F. Settle crews scarify blocks and haul crushed rock for the base course. They plan to scarify multiple blocks then haul and spread rock while another crew finishes the surface course.
Rose Demmon, with Wick community ties, a number of nieces and nephews and many friends, was remembered after her death. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister Mrs. John Peters. Mrs Demmon attended the County D A R meeting Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs Glenn Wise in Lanark.
Majority of Chadwick area business houses will close Monday May y1 designated as a holiday. Memorial day programs Sunday will be followed by an additional holiday. Rev. Farl Coble reports fundraiser totals of 12e40 raised locally. Community members and families, including Ed Manning and the Kne and Geisz households, sent best wishes and hosted guests over the weekend.
Mrs W oJ Quest hosted a one o clock luncheon Saturday to honor her aunt Mrs Charles Vey on her birthday. Eight chairs were set at a fully decorated table. Attendees included Mrs Myra Cahn Stockford Mrs Charles Stuart Mt Carroll Mrs Elizabeth Sennest Mrs Bess Humbert Mrs O N Rahn Mrs Roscoe Dial and Mrs W J Way. Ed Miller and Mrs Amelia Mille Milledgeville were present. Sunday night in the home Mr and Mrs Herman Dachler were also noted.
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