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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
6
New ration notes list sugar stamps 30 31 32 in book 4 valid for five pounds each indefinitely. Stamp 40 covers five pounds of canning sugar through Feb 28 1945. Stamp 33 valid Sept 1 for five pounds. Meat butter stamps and processed foods blue stamps indicate indefinite validity. Airplane shoes stamps 1 and 2 in book 38 good indefinitely for one pair.
Chadwick area social items list Mr and Mrs Herbert Stein with Sy ra and Sharon spending Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wilbur Schreiner in Dixon. Virgil Tomman and Dickie of Warren joined Friday evening supper with Mr and Mrs Harold Stoner.
Mrs Myrtle Bull renewed subscriptions for Donald Bull Charles Bull Eugene Bull Henry Young Jr and Chas Young this week. The five boys are serving in the navy. Mr and Mrs John Kramer and family visited Sunday at the James Haley home.
Mrs Ray Erling hosted a Sunday afternoon shower for her sister Miss Ruby Tobey at their mother Mrs C A Tobey’s home in Princeton Ia. Twenty guests attended as Tobey prepares to marry this month. Lunch was served and guests included Mr and Mrs Ralph Olds and Mrs Saral Simpson of Clinton and Mrs Helen Wentling. The column also notes local visits, meals, and community events including Francis L Smith opening a Mt Carroll lunch room and a frame of autumn window decorations in Savanna stores.
The article recalls rope walkers and stunt stunts at Niagara Falls, noting feats like crossing gorge in minutes while carrying heavy objects. It contrasts risky legends with the enduring beauty and personal impact the falls leave on visitors, ending with a Dickens quotation about peace and majesty.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Misiewics and family visited Mrs George Schneider in Shannon on Sunday afternoon. They also called on Mr and Mrs Adam Voeckel and Mr and Mrs Chester Clevidence in Mt Carroll.
A sequence of social visits in towns including Dix On and Savanna features Mr. and Mrs. Glen Demaree hosting guests at the Wesley Sack home. Minneapolis visitor C. L. Senneff dined with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinty. Mary Kennedy spent a day with Mrs. Ray Rupple. County War Fund attendees from the area included Mrs. Otto Switzer Thomas Kustus Jr. Harry Gaar Harvey Marshall and Eugene Murray at Mt. Carroll. The Hob Nob is closed for repairs while the Warfields enjoy vacation. George Warfield duck hunting at Green Island Indiana. Albert Hook and Marvin Bielema of Fulton visited the Deckers. Lester Grim Lorraine Young joined Sunday supper with the Grims. Joe Larson family and Otto Switzer visited Blackhawk Park Rock Island. Sister Carol Langston and wife of Sciota called on Nellie Schade Thursday.
Miss Esther Schmaling a delegate to the Northern Teachers Convention attended a meeting in Freeport Tuesday with her mother and brother Leland who visited with Mrs Florence Slifer. The Frank Manning family moved to the Robison place they recently bought. Mr and Mrs Willard Welch visited at the B R Lewis home Sunday. Notice of Claim Day in the Estate of Daniel P Connell Deceased sets December 4 1944 as the claim date in Carroll County Illinois with claims due by that date without summons.
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