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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1938
Page
5
Local items describe Bert Hadley planning a Detroit Ford purchase then Thomson visit, Mrs Snyder clarifying Seventh Day Advent Illinois Conference ties, numerous visitors at the Doden and Turney households, alumni banquets and Memorial Day plans, and various travels among residents from Mt Carroll to Joliet and Chicago.
The eighth grade finals were May 11 1938 with Lauren Mitchell John Green Arlene Smith and Fern Holmquest achieving good averages. Graduation exercises May 24 honored 118 graduates. Rev John C Irwin spoke How Old Are You and student tests continue for grades four to seven.
Graduation exercises in the high school gym drew a large audience as Rev. Harold R. Dude of Albany spoke on The Power to See It Through. The program included the class march, invocations, glee club numbers, class poem and history, and a girls quartet performance. American Legion medals honored Robert Ashpole and Janet Carpenter for outstanding scholarship and leadership. Diplomas were presented by G. A. Smith to 16 graduates including Ashpole Boylan Bull Carpenter Cate Dykstra Gaar Groharing Hartman Hogg Kauffman Miller Morgan Rice Wagner Wiebenga Sweeley Robinson.
John Butler, 62, was arrested at his home north of Fulton by Deputy Sheriff Harvey W. Osborn on a charge of receiving stolen property. He posted bond after arraignment before Justice V. M. Dearinger. Butler allegedly received coal taken from the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroad at Fulton.
Louis Legal and family hosted Alex and Mary Brightman of Fulton at Mary Moore's James Haley home. Mrs Hans Jensen visited Chicago with her mother Mrs A A Nelson who has been ill. Miss Alice Smith of Albany stayed last weekend with the Louis Schick family.
Poppy Day in Thomson is set for May 28 with memorial poppies worn to honor World War dead. Disabled veterans create the poppies in hospitals and convalescent rooms. proceeds fund American Legion Auxiliary welfare programs for veterans and families. Emil O Hemmer leads the event with Mrs Hemmer and student volunteers assisting.
Among the sick H A Francke remains a patient in Jane Lamb hospital but is improving. Mrs Paul Lewis had a toe amputated at Jane Lamb hospital in Clinton Tuesday and remains confined. Roland Schroth cut his foot recently at the Ordnance depot in Savannah. J J Sheridan had an appendectomy in Mercy hospital last Friday and is improving. Harold Kenyon entered Jane Lamb hospital in Clinton Monday for an infected right eye lingering six weeks.
The YCHS honor roll for the second semester was released yesterday by Supt. Glenn Demaree. Names include Jean Rawlins Blanche Seim Nellie Dimmick Lester Grim Jean Demaree Kathleen Isenhart Virginia French Austin Lartz Bob Cate Bertie Jean Stainbrook Robert Rawlins Dorothy Prins Eva Mae Schroth Gertrude Dykstra Ruth Cooper Zerita Potter Betty Rose Swett Dorothy Lewis Betty Hoy Arlene St. Ores Doris Boylan Shirley Boylan.
Harold R. Dude, minister. A weak man may make his boy go to Sunday school, but no strong man will make himself go to church. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. with a Memorial Day message.
The Argo Methodist church holds Sunday school at 9 50 a m and invites all aid members and friends to a monthly aid luncheon next Wednesday June 1 The committee in charge are Mrs Grace Moyer Mrs N R Ken yon and Miss Nellie Parsons
A preaching service is set for 10 a m and Sunday school at 11 a m. The Sunday school superintendent appoints teachers from several classes to form a committee to arrange special services for Children’s Day observed on the second Sunday in June, June 12.
Services held this morning honor Ascension day with worship at a local parish. The Mass next Sunday is scheduled for eight o clock in the morning.
Morning worship at % a.m. and Sunday school at 9 345 a.m. in York Community. Service times listed for the local church activity with standard Sunday schedule.
A string of Sunday and weekday visits links Burlington Iowa. Mt Carroll Chadwick Woodland and Clinton. Families including Kinyon Hicks Prins Schick Jansma McCullough Stamely and Storm share meals, gatherings, and church services with relatives and friends across Mt Carroll Woodland Chadwick Morrison and surrounding towns.
The family expresses sincere appreciation for prayers, flowers, cards, letters, food, money gifts, blood transfusions, and personal services received during Mrs. Dude's illness. Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Dude extend their thanks.
Blanche Seim won first in dramatic readings at the high school declamatory contest held last Thursday. Dorothy Prins and Dorothy Gaar took second and third. Betty Hoy led in humorous readings with Jean Rawlins second and Lois Stage third. D A R medals went to Eva Mae Schroth for citizenship, Robert Cate for leadership, Nellie Dimmick for the scholarship medal. Harold Ashpole won the athletic medal, Blanch Seim the music medal, and Virginia French the spelling medal.
Mrs. Belle Greenleaf of Auburn California visited her niece Mrs. G A Smith and family on Sunday. The former Savanna resident will spend the summer in Thomson and Savanna visiting relatives.
The village board condemned the flag pole and it was taken down late last week. It will be painted and erected west of the post office corner. Mr. and Mrs. William Hawk Sr were overnight guests of their daughter Mrs. L J Thompson in Clinton. Miss Mary Prins and Forrest Eslinger were evening callers Saturday at the Thompson home.
Postmistress Mary Sheridan announces the postoffice will open 8 30 to 10 a m on Monday May 20. No rural mail delivery, but patrons may call at the office to pick up their mail.
An evening gathering is held in honor of Mrs. Nellie Farley of Chicago. She has been visiting in the Groharing home and with friends in Fulton. Guests include Mrs. J C Snyder Miss Ruby Summers and Hortense Hunt.
Two autos, a Chevrolet and an Oldsmobile, collided near the Weatherwax home at a railroad crossing on Route 171 early Sunday. The Oldsmobile moved briefly along the tracks after impact, and a train struck the vehicle, causing damage on both sides. The piece notes Bob Rentschler’s Phillips 66 station on Route 80 offering gas oils greases kerosene and stove and light gas.
Commencement exercises for York Community High School will be held Saturday evening May 28 in the high school gym. Dr. William P. Dearing of Oakland City College will deliver the address titled Cheated. Nellie Dimmick will be valedictorian with Eva Mae Schroth salutatorian.
Carroll County registrars record nineteen births and twenty two deaths in April. Read list shows multiple Savanna families with births ranging April 1 through April 30 including Margaret Jane Irvin Isgrig and Judith Ann Rust, among others, plus several April-death entries noted on the back page.
Teachers from the grade school faculty will spend summer visiting multiple states. E O Hemmer and wife will travel to Tulsa Oklahoma then Arizona and New Mexico before Stendal Indiana. Cecile Williams will visit Dixon at Memorial Day then return to South Dakota. Nellie Burns tours her Chicago home. Nellie Hastings to LaCrosse Wisconsin. Viola Higgs to Trivoli. Pearl Evelyn Rawlins attended May Fete at Frances Shimer college Mt Carroll and dined there. Dr and Mrs Gatsos and daughter, after a Springfield medical convention, head to Mississippi. Clarence Appel couple spent the weekend in Chicago.
Viola Higgs expresses gratitude to Thomson residents for kindness during the school year and especially to the mothers of first and second graders for the lovely surprise gift.
Mrs Paul Heusinkveld writes of a south to north journey with the junior and senior claves to the Zoological Park in Brookfield and onward to Thomson. The group of 45 traveled in eight cars, stopped for picnics, and visited Ocala Gainesville and Live Oak, noting Silver Springs and University of Florida campus.
The Argo 500 club gathers at Miss Vivian Sack's home this afternoon. Laf-a-Lot club plans a Wednesday meeting at leader Mrs Eugene Murray's home around 2 p.m. Mrs Cecil Frosch hosted the Thomson 500 club in Savanna last Thursday. prizes went to Mrs Harry Diehl first, Mrs B R Lewis second, Mrs Roy Houghton third, and Mrs John Carpenter declared. The club will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs Carl Johannsen.
Mr and Mrs Fred Mohrman of Mt Carroll visited Sunday at the James Haley home. Mr and Mrs Robert Groharing spent Tuesday in Galesburg with Mrs Bertha Mayhall and visited their son Bruce. Albert Francke and daughter Mrs Blanche Geiger of Hanover called on C K Switzer. Mr and Mrs Curtis St Ores Mrs Emma Holland and Miss Frances Potter spent Saturday in Clinton. Mr Deal and his housekeeper Mrs Rose Pape of Sterling called on Mrs Jane Mitchell.
Plans for the Thomson and York Community high school Alumni banquet and meeting set for tomorrow evening in the high school gym. Attendance expected near 100 with reservations. notable attendees listed from Detroit to Clinton, Ia. Baptist ladies aid to serve dinner. junior class to wait on tables. Program includes addresses, elections, readings, music by Merrymakers and a dance.
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