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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1937
Page
8
Social notes list Sunday dinners and visits around Thomson Illinois with Hartman, Traum, Hook, Kress, Miller and other families visiting in Fulton Cedar Rapids Ideal Milledgeville Dixon Savanna Elmhurst and Chicago. Several travel plans and a California departure end the week.
Roy Teituian and Harold Witt spent Saturday in Clinton. The report lists numerous weekend guests and travels: Sherman and Ma. Sherman at Knox College, Mrs. Grobaring visiting Morrison, open house for a 80th birthday, Giffords from Peoria, Blaine Smiths in Argo, and many other local gatherings. Multiple families hosted relatives from Sterling, Freeport, Savanna, Fulton, and Clinton with dinners, hunting trips, and weekend stays noted.
A Chaotic column lists guests visiting Lanark and surrounding towns, noting Sunday dinners and gatherings at multiple homes. It includes numerous names, places like Lanark Morrison Coal City Sterling Dixon Milledgeville and events ranging from hospital stays to dam viewing trips, with a long tangent on entertaining and a late section offering edible “conversation pieces and dishes.”
A quirky historical note links Dutch arrival in Manhattan to enduring culinary echoes. The piece lists old time recipes such as Dutch Treat donuts waffles beets and a Tuliptime Salad, with baking details and ingredients like mazola flour milk and bananas. It preserves a playful tone amid historic reference to Peter Minuit and Nieuw Amsterdam.
Lynn Morgan and Robert Bogd re returned from Washington State and sent apples to friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Dyson and family were supper guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hastings in Savanna. They attended a Halloween party at the home of Mrs. Gordon Carpenter in Fulton. Harvey Marshall home Sunday visitors included Mrs. John Carpenter and Miss Dorothy Gallagher from Fulton. Wayne Ashby attended a relative's funeral Tuesday in Rockford, with I A Francke and Mrs. C K Switzer and son David visiting Hanover homes Sunday. Agnes Dykstra has gone to Clinton to work for Miss Ja Brown 1882 Third Avenue South. Brown teaches at Clinton High School.
Farm women from Carton county are invited to a dairy products demonstration in Mt Carroll on November 4 at the Community House. The program led by B P Whitmore of the University of Illinois covers home preparation and manufacture of American cheese crude milk drinks ice cream and spreads with a noon lunch. The aim is to show profitable home use and potential cash income from selling these products with a question session on manufacturing issues.
Chadwick Parent Teacher Association to meet Monday evening in the school gym. Officers and committee reports expected. Attendance urged for parents and teachers to discuss upcoming events and school needs.
Oct 8 report highlights a church gathering with musical talks and lessons. Mrs Oseny, Rita Sule, and others hosted at Morrison area homes for a series of devotional and social activities. Guests included Lois Koehler, Jin Frank, and Shirley Bucklin among friends and family.
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