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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
8
First and second graders welcome new reading books and note Jerry S s return after illness while Marilyn B brings birthday treats. Third and fourth graders study dictionaries and craft salt and flour Africa maps for geography. Fifth and sixth graders report near perfect Junior Red Cross enrollment and pumpkin rewards for A grades.
An 85 year old writes about aging, limited mobility, and social withdrawal. She notes hospital crowding, shifts in staff, and missed visits, while recounting small chores, news from The Review, and a few personal interactions with family and friends. The piece ends with a humorous studio chat and a local advertisement.
Financials show admission income 72.40 for 181 adults and 33.12 from 158 children, plus expenses totaling 24.39 leaving profit 81.13 to sponsor the junior senior banquet and prom. The page also lists various campus questions about students and staff, and mentions reporters Eugene Flack and Glenn Orter.
Eyewitness letters describe a seven million dollar gas and gasoline blast in Cleveland on October 20. The disaster killed about 200, demolished 50 houses, and left families homeless with many unidentifiable victims, including burned children and infants.
A November 7 1944 note from a Maywood Illinois resident addresses home friends with a confession of long silence and an uncertain outcome. The writer mentions an earlier eight page letter likely lost in the dead letter office and asks what to write next.
Dan Jarney moves to a new home and Arch Atherton adds stairs to his building. Lewis loses seven steers when a hay stack collapses. Sam Higley pours earth and adds lumber for winter. Banker meeting in Rockford draws N P D French. Willard Cooper breaks leg in depot accident. Beulah Crutt and Gladys Kauffman visit Clinton. Ideal Farmers Club program draws a crowd. Hartman men head to Chicago on Prairie Farmer tour. Harriet Smith and Paul Wilt host supper with Sack near Chadwick. Knuteen party held at Petersen Hall Charlotte Illinois. Alice Lewis installs a new furnace with Smoke Bros. Fulton. Bob Demaree out sick with poison ivy. Dean Boyce and wife visit Wisconsin, return with 3,000 pounds of potatoes. Nelle Burns visits Savanna with Dr. Chipman. Howard Rice heads to Gary Indiana for work with Joliet contact.
Mrs Calvin Eslinger joined husband for a trip to Clinton then California after a short leave. She stayed with Mrs Janet Bull at her parents home. Mr and Mrs Paul Clevidence and son visited Miss Lou Moyer. Charles Sack dined with daughter and son in law Charles Behr. Lloyd Smith hosted Ed Smith George Jones Emil Brach for dinner. Mrs William Janssen called on Lou Moyer Sunday afternoon. On Pay Day Buy Bonds.
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