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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1968
Page
2
A look back at the 1621 Plymouth Thanksgiving describing harvests feasting and games. Pilgrims survived a harsh winter built a village and shared fowl deer and entertainment with Massasoit and his men at Plimoth Plantation.
Calves weighed last week at the Piekelhaupt farm in Milledgeville include Hereford and Brown Swiss crosses from Dr. D W Rawson and others. The note lists weigh scales from Chadwick portable scales and Johnson Feed Service and mentions upcoming events at Northern Illinois University and a Madrigal Dinner. It also notes corn yields in Illinois and mentions new custom rates for Norman Isenhart and Richard Schleming.
November 21 Farm Structures Day at the U INovember 25 Northern Illinois Association Ottawa uphead 8 Thanksgiving November 29 4 Cs public dance Naaman Diehl Auditorium December 3 Parry Records Workshop Patterns and Usage in the Extension Meeting Run.
Carroll County Unit of the American Cancer Society announced a total of 6027.74 raised in the 1968 Cancer Crusade at the fall board meeting in Mount Carroll. Treasurer Elver Eis seller reported peak giving compared to 1967 and 1966.
Joe Poh and his Country Boys will play in the old Thomson high school gym from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Saturday night. The public is invited and the Thomson Lions Club is sponsoring the dance.
Publisher Whitney announces editorial staff and Thomson Illinois mailing details. Second class postage paid in Thomson Illinois with a weekly publication schedule. Subscription rates listed: four dollars per year in Carroll and adjoining counties, five dollars per year elsewhere.
Delta Kappa Gamma Society members from Carrol and Jo Daviess counties gathered at the Community House in Mount Carroll on Saturday November 9 for a salad bar luncheon attended by 17 members. Hostesses included Mrs. Lulu Brock Miss Dorothy Footitt Mrs. Lois Richter and Mrs. Melva Sparboe with Mrs. Dorothy Bruch as program chairman. A lively group discussion explored who determines values and how teachers relate to the community amid generational differences. Music was directed by Mrs. Edith Morrison and Mrs. Dagny Bauer.
Members recount their year long efforts to mark the Illinois Sesquicentennial with varied community projects and commemorative events. Each speaker notes personal involvement and local impact during the celebration period.
The University of Illinois Concert Choir will perform at Mount Carroll High School at 2 30 p m on November 25 under Virginia Kearnaghan supervisor of music at the high school The group one of six American choirs invited to a symposium in Vienna Austria in August and will give programs in four other European countries during the tour The choir will also appear in Streator Aledo Moline and Dixon during its two day Northwestern Illinois visit
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