Thompson locals share weekend visits across multiple towns
Mrs Helen Wentling of Dixon and Mrs Alice Lewis hosted visitors from Elburn and Mt Carroll. Families from Argo Clinton and Milledgeville joined in weekend dinners and gatherings at homes in Lanark and Dundee, with many relatives listed visiting or staying through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wentling
Dixon
Wayne Ashby
W. F. Reynolds
Elburn
Alice Lewis
Joe Melendy
Argo
Chester Libberton
Dorothy
Stanley
Mt. Carroll
Cornelius Nordhoff
Lanark
Lloyd Rogers
Keith
Shirley
Joann
James Rogers
Shannon
Dave Sturtevant
Rogers
Adam Heinze
Carl Petersen
Petersen
Ray Erling
Dick Andersen
Jens Andersen
Clinton
John Nordhoff
Margaret
Martin Williams
Cecil King
Henry Parsons
Nellie Parsons
Parson
Oscar Daehler
Chadwick
Ray Machael
Irene
Albert
Inlaw
Paul Smith
Kenneth Kemmer
Art Marshall
Rock Falls
Donald Smith
Duane
Orlo Smith
L. J. Thompson
Will Hawk
Local School News Mixes Class Activities and Hopes for Better Paper
Reports cover seventh and eighth graders listening to Around the World, making maps, a ghost show at the high school, a Junior play teaser, and classroom efforts. Notes mention ink floor cleaning, new enrollments, ill pupil in Clinton hospital, Pilgrim booklets, and a poultry club recollection with reflections on quality stock and care surrounding the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Warner
Dubuque
Dorothy Workman
Clinton
Prairie Flower
Glen Turney
Orla Brown
Roberta Hook
Martha French
Dick Stagg
Poultry Show Highlights Youth In Emporia Kansas
The Emporia Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Poultry Club that distributed over 50 000 chicks to 2 000 members last spring. Boys and girls raise White Rock birds for a fall show with profits funding the club while remaining chicks go to the children. Local produce houses and the Great Bend Poultry Company sponsor competitions and essays on quality poultry pays. A 12 year old girl shares her lesson on how quality chicks can prove profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kans
Poultry Club
Emporia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
Great Bend Poultry Company
Great Bend
Historical marker corrections urged for Apple River Fort site
A letter from Harold B Gabk secretary of the Illinois State Historical Society says the Apple River Fort marker will be corrected when time allows The misspelling or error on the marker is to be addressed as soon as possible The letter also mentions debate over a bent tree on U S 20 near the city with officials noting there is no proof of horse thieves being hanged there and recommending the tree be removed if hazardous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple River Fort
Harold B. Gabk
Elizabeth Commercial 4
Airetary
Ilinois
Mr. Gable
Charles P. Casey
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Commercial Club
U. S. 20
O. F. Goeke
Dixon
Weekend visits and local notices in Galesburg region
Thomson briefs describe weekend guests in Galesburg and Mt. Carroll including Mr and Mrs Bruce Grobaring visiting his parents and lunching with the Dresbachs. Several residents are noted for travel, purchases, illness, and social visits, ending with light humor about dating and love standards.
Local residents share weekend visits and family notices
Savanna hosts and Clinton guests mark a busy weekend as families visit relatives. Mrs. John Miller passes away, prompting word among neighbors. Several relatives plan upcoming trips to Lucas Iowa and Leroy, while Miss Mildred Donaldson and Miss Hazel Smith prepare for a weekend stay at the NDC French home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Olds
Clinton
C. H. Jenkins
Ted Storm
Wacker
Willis Stage
Harold Tobey
LeClaire
M. L. Tobey
Ernest Tousley
Charles
Morrison
Frank Potter
Albert Prins
Charles Geerts
Round Grove
Robert Herrity
Bobby
L. B. Sears
Carl Johannsen
Savanna
Ed Foltz
Argo
McGraw
Fulton
Carl Daehler
Harold
Fay Reitzel
Milledgeville
Grace Woodin
Norman Stickell
Marie
Justice Prins
John Miller
Morris
John Schade
Lucas, Ia
James Crowe
Vera Brinkmeier
Freeport
Pearl City
J. Y. Stickell
Vernon Luedeke
Dan Sack
George St. Ores
Rudolph Holm
LaVanne
I’ved Peters
Louis Manning
Jack Halfman
R. H. Carr
Anna Dykstra
Jake Housenga
H. K
Community Notes on Local Visits and Births
Daughters visit in Chicago and Savanna. Evelyn employed in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford plan move to Sabula. Kenneth Dale Hartman name correction for Nov 2 birth. Various guests from Bettendorf Clinton Princeton Savanna and Fulton visit local homes and families. Carl Lohmeier starts job in Peoria Caterpillar plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Holm
LaVonne
Chicago
Evelyn
Orvie Rutherford
Justice Prins
Leonard Porter
Carl Jugenheimer
Bettendorf
Dorothy Mess
Princeton
William Hawk
Carl Lohmeier
Peoria
Orrie Rutherford
Sabula
Kla
Fred Hook
Clinton
Mr. Hook
Ed Junge
Willard Hartman
Fulton
Kenneth Dale
Fannie Sherard
Savanna
Roy Heitman
Carl Petersen
Martin Bahnsen
Kenneth Pessman
John Bush
Chadwick
Claude Grim
Robert Herrity
Jack French
Walter Reddick
Ray Erling
Claire Tobey
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Royal Blue Stores
Ade
Campbell's Tomato
Ritz
Aladdin Lamps & Supplies
Cma
Rsa
Thomson Locals
Gelim
Fi Gia
France
Thomson Briefs
Bruce Grobaring
Galesburg
Robert Grobaring
Wallace Dresbach
Harold Melendy
Low Moor
Cady
Harry Morgan
Jimmie
W. C. Fenley
Arkansas
Iowa
Emma Kling
Emma Steele
Steele
Rose Sykes
O. W. Hackett
Cleveland
Ernest LaShelle
Ely Cochran House
John Carpenter
Marilyn
Harry Diehl
Rush Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville Stuney
Mer
Grim
Stein
Ray Moore
John Cooper
Albert Padtke
Moline
Mra
Rd Drake
Henry Housenga
Ustick
Jake Eissen
Caml’s Garage
Illinois Chl CO
Thomson
Lollich
Rot
Crackers
Ts. Sochas
Ames Hawkeye
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Illinois
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