Measles and traffic notes dot Thomson area life
Ben Stage returned from the hospital last week. L. B. Sears rode in a win cities outing Monday evening, spending days at the cattle market. Mise Madge Wilt and Harry Krusie wed at Thomson on Saturday, Nov 5. Dr. Musk of Fulton flies in with pilot license news. Delbert Curley fractured an pelvic bone at the high school Friday noon. Patrols note aeroplane sightings early Monday. Lew Sears leads straw baling at Sheridan Road Ranch. Chas Wilt worked along Graharing farm bluff road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stage
L. B. Sears
Win Cities
Mise Madge Wilt
Thomson
Harry Krusie
Rockford
Dr. Musk
Fulton
Chas. Wilt
Bluff
Graharing
Lew Sears
Sheridan Road
Delbert Curley
Local News Notes From Sterling and Nearby Areas
Bayard Lewis trades Plymouth for a 1954 Chrysler Six. Lois Green wins a football offer in a Saturday Community Store drawing with a large box of candy as the prize. Attendees at the Morlville corn picking contest include Paul Wilt Bruce Groharing Hisine Turney and Gail Turney. Gilbert Holland departs for Navy service next Monday from Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Lewis
Lois Green
Paul Wilt
Bruce Groharing
Hisine
Gail Turney
Morlville
Gilbert Holland
Navy
Rockford
Thompson Briefs on Local Party and Sunday Visits
A party at Mr and Mrs Fred Hook featured couples including Mr and Mrs Gilbert Holland and Leroy Foltz with prizes for high scorers in Pitch won by Mrs Holland and Leroy Foltz. Robert Carroll won the floating prize. Lunch followed. Sunday visits included Mrs Everett Eslinger and daughters of Morrison at the William Griswold home and Mr and Mrs Harold Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hook
Gilbert Holland
Leroy Foltz
Robert Carroll
Mrs. Holland
William Griswold
Everett Eslinger
Morrison
Harold Witt
Carl Petersen
Clinton
Martin Jahnsen
Local Socials Note Hearts and Guests Across Clinton
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Milton Hartman and family of Ideal visiting John Carpenter in Clinton. Friday visitors in Savanna at Cecil Froschs included Mrs Bayard Lewis and Donna with Mrs Willard Welch and Mrs John Gaar. Additional gatherings featured Mr and Mrs Richard Badtke hosting Forrest Gilvert and Melvin Stege of Port Byron, and Mr and Mrs Bert Johnson hosting Aaron and Henry Lohmeier in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Henry Lohmeier
John Lohmeier
Clinton
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SEA King
H. P. Johnson
SEA Horse
H. P. Marine Motor
H. P
Cee
Britt
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Daggetts
Hayes
Warner Schreiner & Son
Glenn Teeter & Son
W. J. Schreiner
Mary
Margaret Gaar
Church of Christ
Sterling
Herbert Rawlins, Jr
Chestnut Park School
Elizabeth High School
PTA
Boulder Dam
Townsend
Nellie Hastings
Davenport
Harriett Wheeler
George Cook
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Lanark
Blacktop Road
Guernseys
John Deere
Oakes
Max A. Rahn
P. O. Chadwick
Sl. Teeter & Son
Hanna & Knox
Clerks
Thomson Briefs
Western Auto Store
Winkler Stokers
Haas Coal & Lbr. CO
Law’s
Te Eow
Cargill
F. A. Fleege
Ray Haig
M. C
Sunnye Stone
Yvonne
Victor Lee
Ernestine Cooper Singer
Dancer
Savanna Savings Building
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Cc. S. Ferguson
Savanna, Ill
Kling Bros
Chicago
Men’s Tailors
Victory Tailor Shop
Fulrath
THE
Greison Agency, Inc
Savanna, Illinois
Northwestern Illinois Gas
Fred A. Wood
Marvin T. Wood
Florsheim
Albert M. Greison
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