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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
10
Rev. and Mrs. G. Brenneman of Alma Michigan are visiting relatives in this community. Rev. Brenneman is Ray Brenneman’s brother and his wife is the sister of Otto Switzer Mrs Gay Brown and Harriet Spant met Thursday at the Ray Kupple Sore.
Miss Bernice L Aude daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Aude of Coleta married Sgt Louis A Weber son of Joseph Weber of Chadwick in a Sunday afternoon ceremony May 19 at the First Evangelical Lutheran parsonage Chadwick Rev Earl Coble officiated A maid of honor Miss Frances Hartman and Donald Queckboerner attended The couple planned a southern Illinois wedding trip and will live with the bride’s parents Mrs Paul Lewis and friends visited University of Iowa last Friday in Iowa City Iowa
A Des Moines pilot named Robert Shefferty landed a Taylorcraft two seater in an outfield south of Chadwick on the Weber farm after storm conditions. With help from local residents the aircraft was moved and a second takeoff achieved to continue to Rockford via Clinton Indiana where he had stopped to pick up his girl.
Chadwick sees a rush of building with two new homes a theatre and several remodels. The theatre walls rise rapidly toward completion while Verel Rogers and George Dambnean advance foundations and new houses nearby. Frank Merlak renovates the old jail into a residence and Ward Weber builds a repair shop with future gasoline pumps. Clifton Spencer works on the former Review office site as plumbing and tin work move to the updated building.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Schneider and their family were guests at dinner Sunday evening hosted by Don Taylor.
Carroll County and the village of Savanna received 42323 in Illinois state gasoline tax allotments in 1945, up from 1944. The rise, 3698, stems from higher consumption after wartime rationing ended. Carroll County's share totaled 94794 and Savanna's 7529 with increases of 3005 and 695 respectively.
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