Senior Class Plans For Best Thomson Annual Yet
The Thomson school senior class forms its staff to publish the 1953-54 annual with Bill Halfman as editor and Andrew Houzenga as co editor. The group outlines basketball players, cheerleaders, colors blue and white, and transportation notes amid consolidation facing York township schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Halfman
Andrew Houzenga
Ed Holland
Jack Brearton
Norma Cate
Maurice Bronkema
John Feddersen
Delaus Zenk
Hank Bielema
Andy Houzenga
John Brinkman
Joyce Sack
Roberta Williams
Henry Bielema
Les Prins
Jerry Brinkman
Frosh-Soph
Erie
Letterman
Gerry Smith
Ound
Louis
Butch” Frosch
Howard Prins
Gene Brearton
Eddie Hook
Ronnie Bielema
Jimmy Johnson
John Letcher
Bob Williams
Ralph Stearns
Larry Smith
Thanksgiving guest list and school bus cost analysis
The article lists numerous Thanksgiving guest invitations across Thomson and nearby towns. It then analyzes school bus transportation costs in a district, detailing bus purchase price, lifespan, per-pupil costs, subsidies, and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Park Hill
Thomson
Thanksgiving social notices stretch across multiple towns
Local residents attended dinners and gatherings over Thanksgiving with relatives visiting from Fulton Morrison Rock Island Clinton Be loit Milledgeville and Rockford among others. Guests included Vernon Mattie Francis Sheridan Dolly Vance Merle Atherton and several McGinty and Potter families with extended trips to Davenport Edwardsville and South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mattie
Vernon Mattie
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Sam Mattie
Maywood
Lawrence Toberman
Naperville
Otto Wolfe
Savanna
Lynn Curley
George Creighton
Clinton
James Henricksen
Robert Stage
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Kenneth Kemmer
Paul Stage
Rockford
Henry Young Jr
Blackhawk
Henry Young
Fulton
Lloyd Smith
Robert Smith
Wm. Maur
Gilbert Holland
Robert Thorngren
Milledgeville
William Blair
Morrison
Rachel Blair
Carl Klenz
Beloit
Wis
Charles Ditsworth
Merle Bicker and
Rush Carroll
Wilbur Hall
Chadwick
John Cooper
Thomas Kustes Jr
John and
Thomas Kustes
Francis Sheridan
Cordova
Lloyd Fagan
Daryle Rockafellow
Frank Sallows
Leonard Stage
Charles McGinty
Dolly Vance
Merle Vance
DeWitt
Merle Atherton
John Sloan
St Louis
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Paul King
Mt. Carroll
Frank Potter
Dale Cohenour
Jean
Norma
Sterling
Gus Roggendorf
Dorothy
Ralph Townsend
Townsend
Colona
Lawrence Strauch
Robert Zimmer
Potter
South Bend
Indiana
Herman Timmons
Bessie Rick
Milan
M&rs
Bud Hackbarth
Leaf River
William Leckine
E. N. Leckrone
Belleville
P. F. Luckett
Edwardsville
Marion Wheeler
Farm Seed Sale Offers Hawkeye Brand Prices Before December
Farmers urged to order Hawkeye Brand seeds for Hamilton County with cash in advance by December 10 to lock low prices on Utah Grimm Alfalfa Idaho Grimm Alfalfa Ranger seed Midwest Red Clover Timothy Alsike and Brome Grass. Carload arrives in December and spring stock is not planned. The dealer touts cash discounts and a December deadline to meet quoted prices. The pitch also promotes pest control products and Johnson automatic gas stock tank heater for farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Hamilton Co
Utah
Idaho
de Stroy
Johnson
Thanksgiving thoughtfulness echoes in village visits
A flurry of visits lights up the weekend as families from Polo Lanark Grand Rapids and Chadwick gather with relatives and friends. Thanksgiving plans unfold with relatives from Chicago Minneapolis and Oregon joining local hosts for meals and companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul van Oosten
Polo
George Bissens
William Green
Dickie
Lanark
Leslie Durward
Harlan Zimmer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul Heusinkveld
Zimmer
Bradenton
Fla
Leslie Grim
Mary Stage
Ann Holland
Freeport
Forest Pape
Patty
Portland
Oregon
Harry Montgomery
Morrison
Ben Wagner
Harvey Seim
John Merry
Emil Brach
Chicago
Robert Sikkema
Merle Atherton
Dwight Atherton
Minneapolis
Minn
Leo Linder
E. O. Hemmer
W. A. Adams
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John Fedderson
Carol Williams
Barbara Carroll
Carol Sack
Barbara Senneff
Hazel Schroth
Lyndon Thomson
Lyndon
Trojans
Cross
Gibson
York Township
Jans
Prins
Pickering
Thomson Fe
Bielema
Bronkema
Holland Brinkman
Jerry
Brinkman
John
Halfman
Houzenga
Smith
Gerry
Lyndon Fg
Ashpole
Frew Ollzies Chamberlain
Settles
Thomson News
Frank Smith
E. N. Holland
Calvin Eslinger
Roy Marshall
John McCaughey
Centerville
Wayne Ashby
Geneseo
Fay Ashby
Donald Ashby
Hattie Greeley
Albert Greeley
Ernest Petty
Ralph Hunt
Tipton
Iowa
Inlaw
James Gillespie
Harry Clarke
Henry Toepfer
Carlos Toepfer
Mr. Carroll
Nevada Rogers
Frank Corey
Harry Diehl
Robert Bristol
Jack Marken
Gail
Louis Corey
Thursand
Charles Hogg
Mel Kissel
Dubuque
Henry Vogel
Barbara
Larry Carroll
Merle Bicker
Clarence Bicker
Carol
Fred Hook
Reka Hass
Erich Marske
Clinton, In
Chevrolet
Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, Illinois
Carroll County
Heart of
Buick
Olds Lanark, Ill
I Rae A
Fashion Shop
Main Stra, Hil
Kenneth Emery
Eugene Williamson
Asa Kurth
Robert Goodrow
Albert Shne
Hampshire
Merle Prins
Debra
Albert Prins
Peter Smith
Garden Plain
Pauline Amman
David
Dave Geerts
Carroll McGinty
Richard McGinty
Farm Seeds
Helen
Alma Mertz
F. W. Hughes
Robert Miller
Janie
Fred Miller
Fred Jr
Chadwick News
Don Bogott
Cora Geison
Robert Geigen
Merlyn Schreiner
John Bogott
Earl Adolph
Karen
Claude Cook
Frederic and
Franklin and Co
F. Schreiner
L. C
America
Crattemen
Wetire
Corduroy Rubber CO
Diehl
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Thomson, Ill
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Chadwick Review
Chadwick, Il
Lanark Gazette
Lanark, Ill
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