Gulf Oil B and B lead in tight league standings
Results from November 17 show Meeks Bakery 3 points, Steins 4, Seiverts 4, Gulf Oil 4, Nobles Jewelry 3, Master Mix 1, Fossetts 1, Quick Way 0, Cheese Co 0, Kness Trucking 1, Ford Implement 1, and others. Bowling scores list 500 bowlers including D Eisfeller 212 205, D Hartman 238 548, P Hartman 203 540, Meeks 192 605, Fossett 199 611, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steins Market
Seiverts
Meeks Bakery
Fossetts
Nobles Jewelry
Quick Way
Cheese Co
Ford Implement
Kness
Nobles
Steins
Ford
Gulf Oil
D. Eisfeller
BE. Ejisfeller
D. Hartman
P. Hartman
P. Emmert
H. Schuchard
D. Adolph
W. Provant
A. St. Clair
M. Kness
P. Fossett
Grange Auxiliary Plans Chili Supper and Bazaar
The Grange auxiliary met in the Grange hall with 40 attendees. Mrs Harold Stoner led the program and Mrs Paul Sites gave a gift wrapping talk with a piano solo, while Mrs Frank Manning Jr and Mrs Charles Sucher showcased dolls. Refreshments were served. The chili supper run is set for Saturday evening from 5 to 7 30 at the Grange hall open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Grange Hall
Harold Stoner
Paul Sites
Milledgeville
Frank Manning Jr
Charles Sucher
The
Engagement of Mary Anne Gerbrick to Glenn Kness
Mr and Mrs Walter Gerbrick announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Anne to Glenn Kness of Thomson. The notice names both families and specifies the couple likely forming a future marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gerbrick
Mary Anne
Glenn Kness
Thomson
Fair Haven CROP Drive Opens Nov 22
Fair Haven township launches its aerial CROP campaign starting November 22 and running through Thanksgiving week to aid Korea. Local chairman Hugh Senneff cites costs of 2.12 cents per pound for transport and 1.00 buys 40 gallons of milk, with government support for 600 cases of powdered milk. Committee members and area ministers assist in the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Fair Haven Township
Korea
Hugh Senneff
Senneff
Senneif
William Meyer
Vernon Adolph
Port Horning
Ernest Brown
Neal Maring
Jack Newton
Warner C. Hartman
Joe Rath
Paul Mackey
Glen Hartman
Obituary: John Housenga of Owatonna Dies in Hospital
John Housenga 49 of Owatonna Minn died suddenly last Thursday in a hospital there. He was brother of Mrs John Van Kampen Chadwick. Funeral and burial were held Sunday at Owatonna. He is survived by his wife three daughters four brothers four sisters and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Harve Queckboerner moved Tuesday from their farm to Chadwick. Their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson will operate their farm.
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John Housenga
Owatonna
Minn
John van Kampen
Chadwick
Harve Queckboerner
Robert Furguson
Preview of 1954 Chevrolet Trucks Shown in Milwaukee
John Bierman Maurice Larson and Charles E Lewis attended a private preview of Chevrolet's 1954 truck line in Milwaukee on November 11. The exhibit and business session, sponsored for local dealers and salesmen, highlighted many new features and an expanded advertising program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bierman
Maurice Larson
Charles E. Lewis
Milwaukee
Wis
Chevrolet
Bierman
Larson
Local residents share visits across Iowa and D C
Mr and Mrs Roy Queckboer ner and Mrs F W Hughes returned Saturday from a visit in Elgin Iowa with Mrs Hughes brother Richard and family. Ted Olson of Clinton spent Tue and Wed with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Olson while Mesdames Humbert Honberger and Taylor attended a Red Cross meeting Monday night at Mrs Earl Keim s home. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Post returned from a trip visiting their son Richard and family in Washington DC and relatives in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Queckboerner
F. W. Hughes
Hughes
Richard
Elgin
Ted Olson
Clinton
Fred Olson
Lawrence Post
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Sewing Circle Holds Meeting at Franklin Corners
The Franklin Corners Community Sewing Circle met last Friday November 14 at the home of Mrs Archie Herr with 25 members and one guest Mrs Donald Burkholder present. Mrs Charles Sucher led scripture and prayer, a quartet performed Redeemed, and a business note announced parcels sent to the American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia valued at 149 75. The Christmas meeting is planned for December 11 at Mrs Cober's home with Mystery Sisters to be revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Corners
American Friends Service Co
Philadelphia
Thomson Briefs Dinner Guests Across Clinton Fulton Sterlir Mt Carroll
Thompson reports social visits as Sunday and Monday evenings feature Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Murray with the Grimm family in Clinton Ta. Albert Prins and family visit Geerts in Fulton. Ben Wagner visits Ray Rupple. John Sloan and two children visit Vernon Kindle in Sterlir. Frank Smith visits Blaine Smith in Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Murray
Ferdinand Grimm
Clinton
Albert Prins
Charles Geerts
Fulton
Ben Wagner
Ray Rupple
John Sloan
Vernon Kindle
Sterlir
Frank Smith
Blaine Smith
Mt. Carroll
Local social with regional guests and visits
Chadwick News records a series of weekend visits and dinners. Families from Huron South Dakota Wellington Miles City Clinton Iowa and Argona join in at the Behrens Burkholder Sturtevant Spencer and Sucher homes with several others attending Thursday and Sunday gatherings.
Dry Weather Pastures Need Annual Reseed and Legume Mix
University of Illinois extension specialist H. A. Cate advises reseeding one fifth of permanent pastures each year to maintain legumes and high yields during dry spells. New seedings improve stands, forage production with spring rains, and recovery in fall, with winter grains as nurse crops and Korean lespedeza remaining dominant only in year one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Cate
University of Illinois
Dixon Springs Experiment Station
Cate
Illinois
Lespedeza
Sound Fertility Programs Aid Drought Resilience For Pastures
The article notes that farmers least affected by drought follow solid fertility practices. Reseeding portions of pasture annually improves chances to apply essential fertilizers for high production, supporting an excellent emergency crop if the season turns dry.
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Cate
Local visits and family birthdays highlight Thomson area notes
Mrs. Andrew Hook of Fulton and Elmer Hook with daughters from Clinton Iowa visited the Fred Hook home Sunday evening. A birthday dinner honored Betty Lou Hook’s 11th and Nancy Bielema’s 13th birthday. Guests included Ben and Nancy Bielema of Fulton. Weekend visitors to Kenneth Kemmer included Fred Kemmer and Jody Horaney of Galesburg. Mrs. Rachel Blair stayed in Morrison with the Johnson family. Ronald Smith, employed in Morrison, visited his parents Paul and wife. Mrs. Asker Peterson was a Fulton business caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hook
Fulton
Elmer Hook
Clinton, Ia
Fred Hook
Andrew Housenga
Betty Lou
Nancy Bielema
Nancy
Ben Bielema
Family
Kenneth Kemmer
Fred Kemmer
Wm. Horaney
Judy
Galesburg
Rachel Blair
Morrison
Robert Johnson
Famaly
Robert Gelwicks
Mr. Carroll
Rush Carroll
Ronald Smith
Paul Smith
Asker Peterson
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Quickway
UMPC
Meyers & Litwiller
Hummels Market
F. Fogel
G. Deem
Gulf Oil B& B
Wie
Massey Harris
John Deere
International Farmall Tractor
Ill
R.B. Polhill
I H Sales and Service
Miss Edica
Solet
Margaret S
Loeser Insurance Agency
Savanna
Bulova
Espah
Apalat
Fulton Watch Shop
Fulton, Ill
Northwestern
Savanna, Illinois
Bonneville Salt Flats
AAA
Eddie Schuler
Main St
Wacker
Oliver
McCormick-Deering
Vetter
Oliver Tractor
International
Hammermill
Kenneth Duncan
Glenn, Teeter & Son
O. P. Miles
Sewing Circle
Thomson Briefs
Chadwick News
Frank Halber
Huron
S. D
Wm. Ian
Wellington
Arthur Behrens
Behren
George Hohlen
Russell Burkholder
Ernest Sturtevant
Max Sturtevant
Carrol
LaVerle Sturtevant
Billy Spencer
Argona
Spencer
Adolph Anderson
Helen and
Viola
Miles
Anna Jess
Louis Weber
Thomson News
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Sig
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McGinty Hardware Thomson
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