Honors Day at Grade School Showcases Awards
The annual Honors Day program May 27 in the school gym honored students with Perfect Spelling and Perfect Attendance awards. Teachers announced safety patrol, track, and amateur athletic honors, while eighth graders received Reading Circle and contest recognitions. The event featured a Sing Along, poetry, skits, piano solos, and a Chubby Checker demonstration, ending with a hot lunch invitation.
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Morelli
Mr. Johnston
Marken
Woman's Club
Larson
Donnie Robinson
Timmy Halfman
Deloris Wilt
Ray Issens
Steve Stiles
Alice Carpenter
Carolyn Baker
Aleg McGinty
Jane McGinnis
Doc Marshall
Freeman's Shoe Factory
Deborah Bush
Holdgrafer
Michael Lartz
Clark
Ferris
Canada
Savanna
Bolhous
Kroll
California
Western University
Macomb
Titus
Qavanna
Seattle
Johnston
Jean
Jean Will Be the Superintendent of the Daily Vacation Bible School
Argona
R. Morelli
Wayland Bennetts Celebrate 29th Anniversary With Guests
Thompson area social notes list numerous visits and dinners from Friday through Sunday. The Wayland Bennetts mark their 29th wedding anniversary with relatives and friends including the Bennett, Johnson, Fellows, and Smith families, plus visitors from Davenport and Mason City. Other gatherings feature alumni, reunions at Sinnissippi Park, and travels to Sterling, Clinton, and McGuire AFB.
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Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Earl Bennett
Walter Bennett
Clinton
Paul Smith
Argo Fay
Robert Johnson
Robert Fellows
Morrison
Wayland Bennetts
Mary Ann Tousley
Davenport
Paul Waltrip
Helen Gaar
Harold Fritsch
Freeport
Paul V. Wilt
George Stumphy
Mason City
Iowa
Russel Green
Stum
Jank Wallas
Sterling McCormick
Carl Petersen
Fred Jurgensen
Nell Bennett
Brookfield
Blanche Peterson
Martin Zimmer
Jack Feeney
Albert Prins
Prins
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling
Ernest Rathje
Sabula High School
Sabula
A. E. Mitchell
John Root
Ben Wagner
Russell Green, Jr
Rock Falls
Andrew Houzenga
Andrewees Jr
McGuire Afb
New Jersey
John Johnson
Alberta
Linda
Alfred Williams
Rock Island
Matherville
Richard McCue
Bartlett
Eugene Halfman
R. B. Woods
Chicago
Ivan Morse
Edna Brown
George Stumby
Frank Wallas
Gus Roggendorf
Epa Hook
Mt. Carroll
George Houzenga
Rippleton
N. Dak
Albert Hook
George Mattie
Wesley Sack
Sack
E. H. Gholson
Savanna
H. G. Gholson
Princeton
Ill
Galen Lapp
John Sloan
Jill
Carmal Hey
Derrill
Gertie Kindle
Local Families Share Holiday Gatherings Across Several Towns
The report lists numerous visits and meals across Fulton Morrison Albany Garden Plain Chadwick and Sterling. Families including Green Biel Evers Heusinkveld Witt Griswold Grim Tober man Fagan Fossett Hamm Jobe Wittenberg and Rogers are mentioned visiting relatives and attending graduations and Memorial Day activities over the weekend. Personal travel centers on siblings cousins and in-laws with appearances by military and local residents alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Green
Claus Bielema
Fulton
Morrison Albany
Garden Plain
Wheaton
Carl Petersen
Jens Andresen
Chadwick
Paul
Leslie Grim
Lawrence Toberman
Dale
Lynda
Downers Grove
George Mattie
Lloyd Fagan
Everett Fagan
Mt. Hope
Wrs
Dora Wiebenga
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick High School
Ronald Fossett
Francis Hamm
U. S. Army
Korea
William Hamm
Mabel Jobe
Ethel Wittenberg
LaCrosse
Wis
Roy Heitman
Jennie Griswold
Ralph Irion
Morrison
Carl Rogers
Dubuque
M. J. Strukhoff
Dale Cohenour
Sterling
Memorial Day Program Draws Good Crowd in Village Park
A large crowd attended a Memorial Day service in the village park led by the American Legion and Auxiliary. A parade from the grade school featured color guards, the Thomson school band, Girl Scouts, and Cub Scouts before a ceremony with taps and a memorial address.
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American Legion
Auxiliary
Village Park
Color Guards
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Thomson School
Cub Scouts
Rt. 80
Lewis’ Garage
Main Street
Wilbur Nicholsos
Methodist Church
Bull Bull
Legion
Thomson
Savanna
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David Daehler
Dale Krahn
Linda Diephuis
Debbi Lewis
Mazie
Mitch” James
Kerry Lee Wilt
Mary
Sandra Prins
Susan Ashby
Doug Brock
Michael Hill
Germany
Robert Falls
Africa
Mexico
Mark Flickinger
Linda Snyder
Sandra Peacock
Okinawa
Mrs. Holland
Tepee
Shorty
Paula Green
Lori Dittmar
Larry
Wen
David Fosdick
Diane Fosck
Ronald Sour
Rhonda Fosdick
Larry McWorthy
Gary Spencer
Dixon
Borden
Borden Milk Factory
Freeman Shoe Factory
Judy Diephuis
Bordens
Freeman’s
Clover Farm
Catsup
Meltina Sweet Peas
Matoes
Dinty Moore Beef Stew
SWEET_ PICKLES
Texas New Medium Sons
Ibs
Orthmann
Shel O8
Diehl Oil Co
Atherton Service
Thomson News
Clarence Courtright
Coleta
June Rouser
Polo
Ray Rupple
Dora Brothwell
Donald Sippel
Seaside
Glen Goble
Blair
Woodstock
G. A. Smith
Roy Hellman
Ada
Minn
Rita Geddes
Lowell Hall
Charles Shuman
Kevin Livingston
George Dergel
Fay Hawkins
Kewanee
S. S. Hater
Bert Meinema
James Dykema
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Mac
Ie Ae
Servisoft
Diehl
Robert Potter
Considine’s Insurance Agency
Sebert Dykstra
Companies Insurance Life—Auto—Fire
Atherton
Monsanto
Faber & Fiet
Fulton, Il
Omelet
Tom McKee
Mgr
Thomson, Illinois
Bel Air
Olds
Bob
John
Lewis Motor Co
Chevrolet Sales & Service
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