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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
4
Thomson briefs list visitors at the homes of Kyle Rawlins and Frank Smith. In the Rawlins residence Sunday dinner guests included H. L. Rawlins. In the Smith home the Neusehwanger family of Carroll joined Mr and Mrs Erve Neusehwanger for the meal.
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lund with sons Wilmer and Wesley and Miss Littlejohn of DeKalb. Eugene Murray and son visited Preston Indiana. James Marshall and family from Columbus Junction Indiana stayed with Lawrence and Mrs Sullivan. Chas Jenkins attended the Twaddle reunion at Macomb. Leslie Lathrop of Argo visited Jack McKee in Lyndon. Frank Potter and Jimmy Wiebenga left on a business trip to South Dakota. George Weatherwax and family hosted in Dixon with D P Connell and A E Sheridan family members.
Senator Charles L. McNary, Republican candidate for Vice President, spoke in Aurora Illinois pledging to enlarge the American market for farm products by boosting urban purchasing power and promoting use of farm materials. He faulted the New Deal for failing to solve the farm problem and urged parity prices and program reform while criticizing bureaucracy and deficits in farm relief.
A string of weekend visits spans Rock Falls Morrison Clinton Fulton and Garden Plain as families hosted relatives and friends. Notable gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. C. E. B. Towsley and son visiting Mary Towsley. Hook purchase of a 1941 Ford from Poleman and Noble at Fulton. and multiple Sunday dinners and visits with Lewis Carroll Bissens Hartman and other households.
Sunday guests in the Thomas Hand home were Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Landrum and Mr. and Mrs. Killian and daughter of Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. James Storey of Chicago were weekend guests in the home of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heitman. Rev. Vandermeer and Ed Housenga of Fulton were Thursday afternoon callers at the Andrew Hook.
Thomson and nearby households report relatives visiting from Savanna Clinton Milwauke and Oak Park. Several returning travelers join Mrs Carpenter for a weekend visit. A birthday dinner honors Mrs Tucker with guests from Thomson Clinton Fulton and Savanna.
Chadwick locals Mr and Mrs Arthur Hoffman spent Sunday evening with Mrs Charles Groharing in Thomson while others including Mr and Mrs R C Dial Mrs Carrie Becker and daughters Fiora and Vets visited Mr and Mrs William Traum in Rockford A Savannah group hosted a weiner roast at Old Mill park with multiple residents present T C Beckmire spent the weekend in Chicago with daughter Regena Beckmire and the Stade Geis families planned a Wisconsin vacation trip
Mrs Frances Miller of Kansas City Missouri spent Friday and Saturday with her father J J Prowant in a family visit.
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