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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
8
Thomson briefs list numerous visits and dinners from Friday to Monday. Families from Morrison Clinton Goose Lake Polo and Argo joined local residents, with long- weekend house calls in the Schick and Nordhoff households.
Weekend visits and small gatherings fill Chadwick Elgin Waterloo Manson Milledgeville Morrison Clinton Franklin Grove and Dixon as residents host relatives friends and club members. Trips include California and Spokane with several family dinners lunches and Sunday calls noted across community homes.
Mr and Mrs George Balk and son Harlan of Fulton visited Mt Carroll with Mrs Della Babcock. Kenneth Kemmer stayed with Howard and Lila King at Morrison. Bob Stage and Ben Stage visited Rock Island parents. Jeanette Damhoff from Fulton visited the Dykstra home. Richard Housenga and sons visited Jake and Mrs Bissens. W A Marshall of Rock Falls and Leonard Porter visited Princeton residents. Arthur Robison spent Sunday with Fred Haring at Savanna.
Sunday dinners and Thursday visits highlighted a flurry of hospitality. Mr and Mrs George St Ores visited her brother Willis Stage and hosting guests included Leonard Stage Harold Tobey Ray Erling and Irma. Additional gatherings included Chadwick visitors to Mrs Parsons birthday and Garden Plain visitors to Mrs Smiths sister Mrs Pring.
Wheaton residents Mr and Mrs Melvin Taylor visited relatives including Don Taylor in town. Frank and Mary Elizabeth Quest were honored at dinner with the Senneffs. Families from Milledgeville Lanark Sterling Coleta and Ismay Montana traveled for gatherings with local hosts and extended kin.
Numerous residents and friends visit and host over the weekend across towns including Chicago Sa vana Winona Coleta Fair Haven Lanark Morrison Thompson Shannon Thomson Galesburg Rockford Milledgeville and Carroll. Guests include Louise Schauble Jay Bacon Annette Clement and many relatives and neighbors sharing meals dinners and day trips.
A busy week of hospitality and visits features Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Switzer hosting a supper in honor of Mrs. Switzer's birthday with their son Philip Switzer. Numerous kin and friends gathered across Morrison Silvis Mt. Carroll Chicago Fulton Aurora Clinton and Galesburg for meals visits and a Frances Shimer College vesper with Congressman Leo E. Allen speaking on International Relations 7 30 p m.
Mrs Frances Whistler and daughter Maude Vogel of Morrison visit with Mrs C W Hogg and Barbara Jeanne while other gatherings occur across Morrison Chadwick Savanna Milledgeville Fulton Maquoketa Cedar Rapids Clinton and Argo. A newborn Ann Corrine joins Hobart Hollands family as Lt Gov Kiwanis duties take someone to Chicago.
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