Thompson Briers and Kin Prepare Decoration Day Visit
Thomson Briers and Mrs Richard Badtke visited Monday evening with sister in law Mrs Wii. Bier at Clinton. Mr and Mrs Robert Stage and children and other Stage families plan Decoration Day in Rockford with Mr and Mrs Paul Stage. Lola Dykstra spent Sunday with Miss Lois Balk at Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Badtke
Wii. Bier
Clinton
Robert Stage
Charles Stage
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Keneath Kemmer
Rockford
Paul
Lola Dykstra
Lois Balk
Fulton
Local visits and travel notes in Davenport and Fulton
Thomson briefs list Mrs Vera Martindale visiting Davenport at the Schultz home. Lyle Greeley drives a new red Chevrolet. Mrs Jay Smaltz and Mr Mrs Edward Smaltz plan a midweek trip to Evanston with Edward finishing exams at Northwestern. Martinlee Bennett visits Chad View and Paul Smith home. Martyn Faber visits Ful ton Fen Tieseman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Martindale
Davenport
George Schultz
Lyle Greeley
Jay Smaltz
Fulton
Edward Smaltz
Evanston
Edward
Northwestern
Martinlee Bennett
Chad Wiew
Paul Smith
Martyn Faber
Fen Tieseman
Gold Star Button Distribution Announced for WW II Families
The nation to distribute Gold Star lapel buttons after June 1 to next of kin of armed forces members who died in service between December 7, 1941 and July 25, 1947. One button free to widow or widower and to each parent. others at cost to children and siblings. Applications from Army Air Force Navy and Coast Guard go to respective officials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
United States of America
Air Force
Veterans Organization
Adjutant General
Washington
D. C
Navy
Coast Guard and Marine Applications
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Soul and Body Lesson Sermon in Christian Science Churches
Sunday May 2 sermon centers on the unity of Spirit and the true nature of man. Texts include II Corinthians 6 16 and Ephesians 4 17 18 23 24 and passages from Science and Health stating the material body is not the real man and that man is the image and likeness of Spirit with eternal spiritual being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Apostle
Holland Tulip Time Trip Notes From Purported Travel Diary
The narrator describes crossing into Michigan via Port Huron, passing Holland and Flint to witness Holland’s tulip fields near Lake Michigan. A large crowd in costume attended a tulip parade with a Klompen dance by Hope College students and a three day Holland visit noted as highly recommended. The journey continues toward South Bend with a stop at Berrien Springs and relatives in South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth
Penney
Thhem
Michigan
Port Huron
Holland
Flint
Grand Rapids
Netherlands
Lake Michigan
Hope College
South Bend
Ind
Berrien Springs
Thelma Schick
Irene Hoff
Quotes On Truth And Duty Then Local Social Guests
A collection of quotations on integrity truth and duty from figures like Eddy Bacon Demosthenes Mann Webster Emerson and Webster. Then a social note from Ful ton and Clinton guests visiting the B R Lewis and Sack households with dinner and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Daniel Webster
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Iceberg
Sunshine
Royal Blue
Boraxo
Zenith
Ment
Ao Mai Out Inc
Thomson Briers
Thomson Briefs
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
West
Colorado
Glacier
Yellowstone
Black Hills
California
Pacific Northwest
Burlington
Barlington
C. H. Kettler
Thomson, Il
the Dynamics
Marjorie Mcllhattin
Barbara Byrd
Rita Ritenour
Lanark
Joe Miller
Carla Jean Grossinger
Pearl City
Thomson
Johnny Weismuller
King George V
England
Kaiser Whilhelm II
Germany
Czar Nicholas II
Russia
Egypt
Stonehenge
Christian Science Churches
Phillips
Pillsbury
Russell W. Green
Merle
Pato
General Electric
Atherton
Feed & Trucking Mobilgas
Mobiloil Phone 164
Aler
Eye
Paul Heusinkveld
Clover Farm
Finest Foods
Carton
Tbs
Francis Bacon
God
Demosthenes
Notre Dame
Mammoth Stadium
Singer Sewing Machine
Bendix
Luella Heitman
Eugene Murray
Emerson
Marvin Brookstra
Adeline Groharing
Mike Tucker
Wm. Graves
B. R. Lewis
Mir
Ed Sack
Dixon
Donsack
Wm. Baker
Kyle’s
Thomson II
Kentucky
Potter Bros., Inc
Thomson Argo-Fa
Diehl Oil Co
Burton Simpson
Repair Department
Paraland Products
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