Town events and community notes from spring warming items
Town residents discuss PTA petitions to add Manual Training in local schools. Alumni cards mailing, PTA and ball season updates, new uniforms, and field improvements at the old Melon grounds. Memorial Day planning, Poppy Day appeal, fishing reports, and weather events including a Cedar Rapids tornado and Dubuque damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Melon
Savanna
Sur
Legion
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Alexander Family Sails for Two Month European Tour
William Alexander mayor of Wilmette Illinois sails with his wife and seven children for a May 12 vacation in Europe. He is a former Thomson resident and YCHS class of 1920 alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alexander
Wilmette, Ill
Europe
Bill
Thomson
YCHS
Conoco Advertising Program Emphasizes Automobile Safety
Continental Oil Company launches a summer safety campaign in The Thomson Review on May 21. Ads feature National Safety Council tips and offer free safety checkups at Conoco stations, with distribution through 1,029 newspapers and 30,000 dealer locations. The effort includes service-station promotions and print notices. Local items note visits and sales or inquiries, including a girl’s bicycle for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Oil Company
Conoco
National Safety Council
Paul Jones
Continental
Thomson Numbers to Change in June 1953
The Thomson exchange will switch all telephone numbers from three to four digits around June 1953. Subscribers will receive advance notice by letter and a new directory will be issued. The company adds automatic equipment, expands local lines to Savanna and Thomson, and rebuilt the Thomson exchange building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Exchange
Middle States Telephone Company
Savanna
Thomson
Telephone Company
Argo Fay
Fulton
Marriage of Katherine Olsen Is Announced
Miss Katherine Olsen of Davenport Iowa daughter of Mr and Mrs Marius Olsen of Mt Carroll and Keith Odem of Davenport were united in marriage Saturday May 2 in the Wayside chapel of St Johns Methodist church Davenport. Dr James Unlinger performed the ceremony before an altar decorated with white gladioli. The bride and groom attended by Marjorie Odem and Marion Olsen. Reception followed in church parlors. The bride a Mt Carroll high school graduate attended the American Institute of Business in Davenport and works as bookkeeper at Corn Belt Auto Parts. The groom is a Davenport high school graduate employed by Western Grocer Company. Guests came from Mt Carroll Erie Chicago Clinton Iowa Hastings Mich and Prairie du Chien Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Olsen
Davenport
Marius Olsen
Mt. Carroll
Keith Odem
St. John’s Methodist Church
James Unlinger
Marjorie Odem
Marion Olsen
Mt. Carro's
American Institute of Business
Alpha Beta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Corn Belt Auto Parts Company
Odem
Western Grocer Company
Erie
Chicago
Clinton
Iowa
Hastings
Mich
Prairie Chien
Wis
Local churches advertise services and guest speakers
IDEAL Bible school hosts 10 am services with Rev J W Gillespie and Rev William Kendall away this Sunday. Visiting pastor Rev Carl Binkley from Mt Carroll Church of God will lead 7:30 pm service with a song group. Catholic worship at Fulton 8 and 10 am with Mark Witmer. Community notices list schools, MYF events, and local visits in Fulton and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gillespie
William Kendall
Carl Binkley
Mt. Carroll Church of God
York Community
Mark Witmer
Church Services and Community Notices Appear
Baptist James W. Gillespie ministers at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. Paul Wilt, superintendent, discusses Problems of the Christian Conscience. Bible classes meet June 3 at 7:30 p.m. Beliefs emphasize evangelism, stewardship, church body, and mission. Visitors Lt. Col. and Mrs. Brown and two children of Ft. Bragg visit Maude Brown family. Community members Glenn Groharing and sons visited Virgil Wilt family. Mrs. Dan Kness visited Maude Brown and Harriett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Paul Wilt
Christ
Karl H. Gosa
Burrell Brown
Ft. Brage N
Maude Brown
Roswell
N. M
Gerald
Texas
Brown
Glenn Groharing
Morrison
Virgil Wilt
Dan Kness
Harriett
Open Meeting Planned by Sandridge School Board
The Sandridge school invites all taxpayers to an open meeting Monday May 25 1953 at 8 pm in School District No 73. Three questions of vital interest will be discussed and voters are urged to attend. Signed May 21 1953 by the Board of Directors Curtis St. Ores President Harold E. Fedderson Clerk Paul B. Daniels Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
School Dist
Curtis St. Ores
Harold E. Fedderson
Paul B. Daniels
Graduation ceremony program and faculty notes
The page preserves a May 27 1953 high school graduation formal program with benediction processional and diplomas presented by C W Hogg. It lists performers teachers and the graduating class officers and faculty. Social notes include local visits by Mr and Mrs Donald Frazier and family and MYF rally attendees with names and places.
Vacation Bible School Opens June 1 At Local Methodist Church
Vacation Bible School runs June 1 to 12 in the Methodist church with Union operation by Community Baptist and Methodist groups. Nursery to high school ages 3 to beyond, staffed by Louise Sack and team. Myra Soan leads Primary. Frances Green leads Junior. Mark Witmar directs Intermediate. Rev Gillespie opens with service and songs. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Sack
Arla Miller
Roberta Williams
Joyce Hyde
Myra Soan
Carole Williams
Doris Brown
Frances Green
Sylvia Witt
Blanche Peterson
Mark Witmar
Gillespie
Thne
Witmer
Golden Rule Class To Serve At The Alumni Banquet
The Golden Rule Class of York Baptist Church will serve the Alumni Banquet dinner on Saturday evening May 8. Menu includes tomato juice and crackers rolled roast beef mashed potatoes gravy relish plate buttered corn tossed salad home made rolls dessert and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Baptist Church
Poppy Day Observance Scheduled for May 23
Saturday May 23 marks Poppy Day with poppies sold at homes and on Main Street in Argo Fay. Mrs Robert Lewis chairs the drive with Junior Auxiliary solicitors. Last year response was strong. committee hopes for similar support. An Alumni meeting is set for Friday May 22 at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo Fay
Main St
Robert Lewis
AWOL Club meets for pot supper at Palisades Park
The AWOL Club gathered Monday evening at Palisades park in Savanna with eleven members present. This was the last meeting until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades Park
Savanna
500
Thomson 500 Card Club
Ivan Morse
Harold Starr
Edna Brown
John Ashpole
Thomas Hand
Bayard Lewis
Connie Brown
Clarice Hoover
Jean Brown
Children Surprise Their Mother on Mother's Day Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Green and Bobby visited Mrs. Hazel Green in Wheaton on Mother's Day. Six children joined the family for church services at First Baptist Church where Mrs. Green received two plants for her large family. She shared the honors with two other ladies for most children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Stearn
Ralph, Jr
Inlaw
Willard Nelson
Hillsdale
Robert Plumley
Guy
Fulton
Harry Diehl
David
Jack Marken
Gail
Mary Diehl
Savanna
Harry Slade
Paul Daniels
Albert DeVries
Steve Dornbush
George Bissens
Stockton
Louis Ven Huizen
Rush Carroll
Chadwick
Wilbur Hall
N. D. French
Davenport
John Demaree
Robert Atherton
Merle Atherton
Elgin Afb
Florida
Richard Badtke
Lee Bray
Henry Rozeboom
Clarence Bolhous
Marilyn
Merle Bicker and
Vera Millershore
Freeport
Hazel Stagg
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pacific Coast States
Victoria
B. C
Robert Earnest
Manhattan
Kansas
Mavis Rayes
Ladie
William Jones
Silvis
Ralph Townsend
Townsend
Colona
Port Byron
Russell Albert
Russell Green
Bobby
Hazel Green
Wheaton
Local Hospital Notes From Clinton Iowa
Mrs. Rachel Blair returned home Friday from Jane Lamb hospital Clinton after ten days as a medical patient. Mrs. Myrta Groharing has returned to Arthur Hoffman in Chadwick after several weeks as a patient in Jane Lamb hospital Clinton. Earl Bennett, son of Mr and Mrs Wayland Bennett of Chadwick, underwent surgery Tuesday morning at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Blair
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Myrta Groharing
Arthur Hoffman
Chadwick
Earl Bennett
Wayland Bennett
MYF to Present Rain Bow On The River at Legion Hall
The Thomson MYF hosts a Friday program at the American Legion Hall presenting Rain Bow On The River, an RKO film starring Bobby Breen May Robson Charles Butterworth and Hall Johnson Choir, plus one or two comedies. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 12. Proceeds aid youth camps this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert V. Ihne
Thomson
Charles McGinty
MYF
American Legion
Warner Hartman
WSCS
Argo Fay
Les
God
Jesus
At & P.m
American Legion Hall
Thomson Myf
RKO
Bobby Breen
May Robson
Charles Butterworth
Hall Johnson
Neighbors urged to curb dogs with polite clipping
A wary note asks neighbors to control their dogs and stop damaging gardens while promising a friendly approach. It also promotes Skelgas Silver Anniversary sales and an FHA home improvement plan with low down payment and tax deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Rogers
Eighth Grade Graduation Set For Tuesday Evening
Thomson Consolidated Grade School will hold eighth grade graduation on Tuesday evening May 26 at the High School Gymnasium. Eleven graduates are named including Marvin Appel Diane Ihne and Carol Sack. Rev. Gillespie will speak and awards will be presented. Also today May 21 is the eighth grade picnic with a Clinton park visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Community Consolidated
Marvin Appel
Gene Brearton
Janice Fehler
Lewis Frosch
Diane Ihne
Donna Haas
Edward Hook
Diana Phillips
Howard Prins
Carol Sack
Ralph Stearns, Jr
Gillespie
Baptist Church
Clinton
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Palisades
Mother and Daughter Dinner Planned by Thomson Woman's Club
The Thomson Woman's Club hosted a Mother and Daughter Banquet in Clinton at the Hotel Lafayette Walnut Room on May 13. A style show by club members and Van Allen's Dep't store demonstrations followed, with talks on fabrics, fashion accessories, and window treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Walnut
Hotel Lafayette
Clinton
van Allen
Dep't
van Allens
Seim
1St Presbyterian Church Guild
Galena
New Legion Hall
Cancer Fund Drive Totals Reported for Thomson Area
Ms. Eugene Murray, drive chairman, reports Thomson area collected 259.87 for the Cancer Fund drive. Forty dollars received late from last year’s drive was sent to headquarters but no credit has been received yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Cancer Fund Drive
Thomson
Card of Thanks From Hospital Patients
Mrs. Bernie Dykstra and Emil O Hemmer express gratitude for cards flowers gifts and letters received during hospital stays and after returning home at Jane Lamb hospital and Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Their thanks note appreciation to all who assisted and remembered them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lamb Hospital
Bernie Dykstra
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Emil O. Hemmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alexander Family
Bruno Gaskamp
Haskell
Robert Carroll
Fred Hook
L. Hansen
Lansing
L. A. Thomas
Lanark
Call Blue
Busy Bee Restaurant
Chester Rahn, Lanark
Mabel G. Edelman
Lanark, Ill
Cjo Charles Gaul
Earl Ritchie
Main Street
Methodist
Ashby Geison
Agate
Colo
Wayne Ashby
Geison
Ashby
J. L. Witherspoon
Guy Caldwell
Muskegon
Michigan
Charles Hogg
Edna Shoemaker
Wayne Ashby, Jr
Geneseo
Ada Ashby
Rockford
Ray Ashby
Merle Bicker and Sons
Clarence Bicker
John Carpenter
Bob
Clinton, Ia
Eugene Bull
James Hook
Guy Asay
Robert Queckboerner
Kandis
Near Lanark
York
Community High School
Doris Feldt
Irene Wabbena
Myerbeer
Mark Whitmer
Anthem Girls Chorus
Dudley Buck
Albert Ihne
Panis Angelicus
Franck
Benediction
Naomi Olson
Emperor Concerto
Beethoven
Barbara Carroll
Mendelssohn
Our
America
Phillip Brach
Marjorie Smith
Paul Turk
Marimba
Leone Hartje
David Murray
C. W. Hogg
Richard Ihne
Doris
Edward Elgar
Esther Bielema
Edward Neinkark
Melvin Decker
Ronald Smith
Donald Schroth
Virginia Kramer
Charles Roberts
George Creighton
Harold M. Elliott
Mary Ernst
Roland Brooks
Richard Cross
Edith Robbins
Melvin Stengel
Donald Frazier
Omar Ketchum
Ernest LaShelle
John Harding
Wacker
Lena
Patsy Cravatta
Donna Hyde
Harrietta Fenley
Lawrence Williams
Alberta
Linda
Duane Law
Donna
Thomson Review
Vacation Bible School
Lyle Ashby
Shermi
Glen Bower
Sherman Oakley
Glen Bower and
Harlan Johannsen
Mary Kay
Legion Hall
Woman’s Club
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