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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1969
Page
5
Local items describe donations for decorations, plans for a outdoor education center, and a PTA talk on drugs by Dr. Rachuy. Readers discuss newspaper roles, safety belt messages, memories of Thomson, and questions about a missing savings book. Flags and civic pride are noted amid community commentary.
The Illinois Department of Conservation released trapping season dates for mink muskrat raccoon opossum skunk weasel red or gray fox and beaver. Northern Zone runs noon Nov 15 to noon Dec 31 with beaver open to spring traps Dec 10 to Feb 28 statewide. Nonresident trapping prohibited.
Thomson residents and visitors share weeks of social calls with families from Tucson Clinton Morrison Morrison Galesburg LaSalle Wisconsin and other locales. Many guests attend Apple Festival while others join retirement and social events across the region.
A daughter named Teresa Ann was born September 25 to Mr and Mrs Jerry Hebeler at Savanna City hospital. She weighed 7 lbs 6% oz. Grandparents on the mother’s side are Ralph and Mrs Bielema of Thomson. on the father’s side are Leo and Mrs Hebeler of Savanna.
Arlington and Davenport guests mingle with Clinton and Moline families as relatives stop by from Savanna Lanark Lyn don and Gays Mill Wisconsin Tucson Arizona visitors join Florence Ashby. Multiple dinners Sunday and last week visits connect Mr and Mrs Kreumpel Hook Brown Harriett Nett and others in Sterling Davenport Clinton and Gays Mill area.
A coffee gathering is planned for Thursday October 9 from 9 30 to 11 a m at the Extension Office in Mt Carroll. Extension work interest is invited with a neighbor invitation. Demonstrations include Jelly Making by Mrs Alfred Orth and Mrs Alfred Ritter Bonded Material by Mrs Vincent McKenna sewing fabric Plastic Flowers by Mrs Gladys Kloepping babysitting provided sponsored by the Young Homemaker's County Committee for interested women.
Mr and Mrs Roy Hartman announce the betrothal of their daughter Sue Char lene Hartman to Leslie Howard Carlson son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Carlson The bride to be is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Hartman of Chadwick The couple plan to wed February 14 at Broadway Covenant Church in Rockford Miss Hartman a Hydro Line Mfg Co employee and Rock Valley College graduate is an East High School alumna
Workmen this week are laying cement block walls for the new telephone company building in Chadwick. The structure rises on a lot just north of the new fire station on the west side of Route 88.
A series of social visits and family gatherings across St. Louis Park Ede na Morrison Thomson Savanna Vancouver and Galena marked wedding anniversaries airline studies and familial hospitality. Notable attendees included the Linders Athertons Huizengas St ores Bissens and numerous extended relatives in weeklong and weekend visits.
A school calendar sent to students listed a 2:00 p.m. Friday dismissal for October 3. The correct date is October 31. Regular school hours will be observed this Friday.
Mr and Mrs Paul Daniels announce the engagement and wedding of their daughter Judy Ann Daniels to Jerry Williams of Rockford. The ceremony is set for 2:00 p m on Saturday October 18 at York Community Church in Thomson with a reception to follow. Judy is a 1967 Thomson High School graduate and attends Rock Valley College. The couple will reside in Rockford after the wedding.
The Carroll County Association for the Handicapped will meet Wednesday October 8 at 7 30 p m in the Courthouse Mount Carroll. James Bergagna director of special education for the area will speak.
The Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District Board will meet Wednesday October 8 at 8 p.m. in the USDA building at Mt. Carroll.
Funeral services for Charles Curley 85 of Mt. Carroll will be at 1 30 p m Thursday at Frank Funeral Home Chadwick. He died Monday at Savanna City Hospital. Burial in Chadwick cemetery. Survived by son Frank Mount Carroll and two daughters Emma Keckler Mount Carroll Lucille Seidenburg Argo Fay plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. wife and one daughter preceded him in death.
The notice lists multiple social visits across Wisconsin and beyond with families including Plumley Paarmann Prins Faber Hui zen Vien Fulton Hans Eslinger Hickey and Florence Ashby. Guests span DeWitt Fort Knox Ky Fulton Woodbine Tucson and Gays Mills with luncheon and dinner gatherings noted.
Mr and Mrs Ed McCune and daughter Sharon enjoy a leave with Sharon's grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul Wilt of Thomson and Mr and Mrs Robert McCune of Sterling. They plan to move mid October to Virginia Beach Virginia where he has been transferred.
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