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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
1
Babson Park Massachusetts columnist outlines ten reasons to be thankful from crop harvests and health to wartime progress and free elections. He praises employment, fair wages, steady values, press freedom, leadership, church involvement, and the public’s perseverance during war as guiding truths for the nation this year.
Red Cross announces plans to send special messages to U S prisoners of war and civilian internees held by Japan in the Philippines. Messages on form 1616 accepted until November 20 with censorship, limited only by space. Forms are available from the Savanna Red Cross Home Service office.
The daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hartman of 2507 Grant Street Clinton died at birth Saturday at 6 10 p m in Jane Lamb hospital. Burial was Monday at 9 30 a m in Clinton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mt. Carroll couple Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hartman visited Sunday at the Kyle Rawlins home. Elsie Kroeder and son Jerry of Dixon were weekend guests. Sgt Russell Lego recently returned from overseas and visited the Robison and Schroth households with his wife. Darlene Ashby from Macomb came home for Thanksgiving break. Morrison visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Willis Greeley and Bill Jr. for Sunday dinner at George Greeley’s home.
Two indictments from the November grand jury led to court appearances. Frank Cafaro, 24, Chicago, charged with neglect to support his child, was ordered to pay his wife 75 dollars monthly and return to Savanna to provide a home. Francis Parkinson, 46, Stockton, pleaded guilty to intoxicated driving, fined 100 dollars plus costs and released.
County Clerk W M Nipe reports marriages in Mt Carroll Savanna Lanark Shannon and Savanna including Melbourne Bowden Hazel Bowman Virgil Bogue Dolores Doyle Harry Hinebaugh Martha Hamilton Leonard Dauphin Doris Miller. County board raised election official pay for precincts under 300 votes to 7 50 per day and across others to 5 per day for two days. Judge Leon A Zick presided over divorce granting Esther Weltz of Savanna a divorce from Frank Weltz. Petit jurors for November term are ordered to report December 4.
Miss Madeline McConnell warns that war wounds returning from battlefronts exceed nurse supply at Army hospitals. The army will recruit civilian nurses through Civil Service and U S Employment Service offices, with Mayo General Hospital in Galesburg seeking 50 nurses. Illinois still needs 500 nurses to reach its 681 quota for 1944.
Thomson reports weekend social visits with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Larson in Davenport hosting A F Larson. Miss Beverly Marshall from Clinton spent Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Marshall. Mrs. Eugene Murray visited Friday in Sterling with Mr. and Mrs. BR WwW Bh.
Thanksgiving day crowds gather for dinners hosted by Warfield Jensen and Hook families in Argo Fulton and nearby towns. Visitors include relatives from Monroe Chicago Sterling and Milwaukee. A church social yields a net profit of 52.50 and local families share meals and greetings across multiple households.
Mr and Mrs Louis Heller and son Gary of Rockford visited Monday at the Mervin Marshall home. Thanksgiving guests at the William Griswold home will be Mr and Mrs Everett Eslinger and family of Morrison, Mr and Mrs Ralph Irion and son of Morrison and Mr and Mrs Harold Witt.
A prayer extols gratitude for divine guidance and blessings during Thanksgiving. It reflects on God’s help for leaders and soldiers who served, urging continued devotion and a hoped-for day when righteousness covers the earth. The tone is reverent and ceremonial.
Savanna Ordnance Depot speeds production to meet overseas demands. Col. M. A. Brackett orders use of farm workers not on seasonal jobs. Agricultural workers may join U S Civil Service during slack time. contact Farm Advisor in Mt Carroll for placement.
Postmaster General Frank Walker reports strong public response to the Shop Now Mail In November drive but warns wartime shortages demand even more mailing of Christmas gifts. He cites 50 000 postal workers in the armed forces and 300 000 rail workers overseas, urging press, radio, advertisers and citizens to buy now and mail in November with gifts marked Do Not Open Until Christmas.
Basketball schedules for Mt Carroll and Shannon high schools outline opening games against Thomson and Lena with Nov. 17 and Nov. 21. The season runs through Feb. 16 with Mt Carroll hosting an invitational tournament and multiple away games at Lanark Polo Morrison Stockton Fulton Rochelle Amboy and more. Shannon plays a dense slate including Aquin Freeport Lena Orangeville Chadwick Freeport Milledgeville and Forreston with many home and away dates.
Lanark High School opens basketball on Tuesday November 28 with Mt Carroll High on its home floor. The slate includes December 8 Chadwick at Lanark December 12 Lanark at Pearl City January 5 Milledgeville at Lanark January 9 Lanark at Mt Carroll January 12 Lanark at Thomson January 16 Polo at Lanark January 26 Lanark at Chadwick February 2 Shannon at Lanark February 6 Pearl City at Lanark February 15 Milledgeville at Lanark January 26 Lanark at Polo February 16 Thomson at Lanark.
Sunday evening guests Mr. and Mrs. Richard Badtke visited Morrison hosts Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gorzney with Mrs. How ard Wiebenga. They toured the hospital to see George Mort. Mrs. Walter Smellekop spent a week in Chicago where Pvt. Walter Smeltekop earned a medical discharge. They now visit her mother Mrs. Gladys Cate. Alonzo Shipman and family of Milledgeville plan Thanksgiving with Claude Grim and family.
Miss Thelma Schick enjoyed a surprise party at the Eugene Murray home on Saturday. Her birthday was last Tuesday. Albert Prins and family visited sister Gerlad Ammon at Morrison hospital, and also visited Peter Dyke. Lehman Swett and family plan a Friday move to the Baptist parsonage. Howard Wiebenga and family are moving to Morrison. Swett works at Montgomery Ward in Clinton. Edward French and family will be Thanksgiving guests of Mrs. Walter Reddick in Clinton. C E Tousley and Neil of Rock Falls will join Tousley Bros. for Thanksgiving.
Mrs Anna Wild of Lanark died November 16. Rites were held Tuesday. Vel Carl Z Lahre, 27, of Savanna, was killed in action in Italy October 15 per the war department. He had been missing in action and leaves a widow and 17 month old son, parents, one brother, and four sisters, all of Savanna.
Dolores M. Doyle daughter of Mrs. Charles Dwinnells of Savanna wed Ensign Virgil A. Bogue Navy air corps at First Methodist church in Savanna. Rev. Arthur Monkman officiated. Bride, a Savanna native and Savanna High School graduate now with Bell Telephone in Chicago, and Ensign Bogue, Savanna native and 1940 graduate, serves as a fighter pilot.
Miss Hazel Bowman and Melbourne Bowden wed in Mt Carroll on November 16 at the Methodist church with Rev. Frank Countryman officiating. Vera Wells and Rev. Clifton Wade were married at the Full Gospel church in Fulton with a double ring ceremony. Doris Miller and Leonard Dauphin plan to marry November 26 at the First Methodist church in Savanna.
Herman Daehler announces AAA community elections now run December 11 to 15 with the county convention moved to December 16. Meetings will be scheduled to allow one committeeman to attend each election session. Details on dates and places to come. A county committeemen meeting occurred November 21 to review election procedures and 1944 performance. The county farm machinery rationing committee issued purchase permits for corn pickers to Paul Metz, John Adolph, and Leo Byers during November 15–18, 1944.
Mr and Mrs George Mohrman visited Mr and Mrs Walter Hoffman for Sunday dinner at Mt Carroll.
Anna Harmon Wild, 81, of Lanark, mother of Mrs. Dwight Spearman of Chadwick, died Thursday at St Francis hospital Freeport. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Lanark with Rev T R Moritz officiating. Interment was in Lanark cemetery. Survived by four children Claude Wild Long Beach California Mrs Charles Lafferty Lake Chelan Washington Mrs Dwight Robinson Wenatchee Washington and Mrs Dwight Spearman Chadwick. a brother Frank Harmon Lanark. two sisters Mrs Ella Stoner North Canton Ohio and Mrs Amelia Denton Dallas Center Indiana. Husband predeceased her in 1936.
John Diehl 80 died about midnight November 18 at his Lanark home where he lived 24 years after retiring from farming. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Frank Funeral Home Lanark with Rev. West. burial in Lanark cemetery. Survived by two sons Naaman and Louis Diehl both of Lanark, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, sisters Mrs. Mary Schneider Shannon and Mrs. Josie Wicke Rockford, brothers Charles Woodstock and Fred Shannon. Wife preceded him in death in December, leas.
Mrs. Cora I. Mace 72 died Sunday morning of a heart attack at her farm home near the Savanna ordnance depot. A Carroll county resident 46 years she was born June 13 1872 in Jo Daviess county to John and Margaret Matheson. She married George Mace April 9 1895. Surviving: Orrin Mace Massbach George Mace Savanna 4% brother James E Matheson Han over three grandchildren and many other relatives. Her husband preceded her in death.
Mrs Arthur Behrens of Chadwick shows a unusual ear of corn to the Review editor. The ear, filed on the family farm, forms a V shape at the butt and splits into two ears after starting as a single ear.
Mr and Mrs Charles Humphrey and family of Tampico join Mr and Mrs Ernest Tousley for Sunday dinner. Allen Witmer hosts visitors Hiram Green Argo John Noordhoff Cornelius Noordhoff and families Herman DeVries Erie Leo Hand Wel ton Iowa plus two children Mary Jo Ann and Carol Ann visiting Tom Hand and family. Other guests include Mrs Josephine Sheridan Irene Weatherwax Evelyn Ashpole and Dick Stagg. Din ner features wild duck pheasant and chicken. Donald Smith and son visit Kyle Melendy at Savanna for Sunday afternoon and supper.
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