Thompson Briefs Social Roundup From Thomson Area
A Sunday gathering at the Tousley Brothers home drew families from Rock Falls Morrison Fulton Clinton and Savanna. Visitors included Mrs James Jacobsen of Hollywood and Mrs Ida Weber. Others attended dinners luncheons and a navy send off for Morris Hansen with numerous local households hosting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tousley Brothers
C. E. Tousley
Neal
Rock Falls
Walter Shanafelt
Morrison
Kenneth Shanafelt
Fulton
Lyle Shanafelt
Clinton
Ernest Tousley
Mary Ann
James Jacobsen
Hollywood
Calif
Ida Weber
Local social notes show moves and visits around Clinton area
Community members host guests and plan relocations. The Cheatums buy a Kansas house for Rutherford family to occupy while Grim buys Rutherford’s Chestnut park home. Several residents relocate to Anthony Kansas and Farm Parson area. visitors tour Clinton, Savanna, Rock Falls and Mt. Carroll homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orie Rutherford
Anthony
Kans
Thomas Cheatums
Henry Parson
Edward French
Walter Reddick
Clinton
Kenneth French
Irene Schick
Francis Hoff
Garden Plain
Roy Heitman
Fred Hook
Eric Marste
Clyde Collinson
Stockton
Ebner Tower
Fred Hinrichs
Clem Propatter
Rock Falls
Charles Hogg
James McCullagh
Fulton
Donald McNeil
Savanna
Jacksonville
Cpl
McNeil
Mary Kness
Wesley
la Vanna
Clarence Jones
Silvis
Merle Atherton
Blanche Beck
Charles Beck
Helen Gaar
Hubert
Mt. Carroll
Gladys Cate
Junella Gaar
Freeport
Howard Kness
Northwestern Railroad
Argo- Fa
Adam Kness
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Featured in Community Notices
The column lists numerous Sunday visits and dinners among Dubuque, Morrison, Fulton, Chadwick, Clinton, and nearby towns. Names include Misa Ruth Patterson, the Hook family, the Bent family, Dykstra family, Erling family, Virginia French, Everett Eslinger, Bruce Groharing, Wesley Kness, James Morgan, Kenneth Kemmer, Anne Janssen, Dorothy Prins, John Baney, and others. A divorce suit filed by Edith Hamm against William Hamm is noted, with custody and support requests, followed by moves to Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Ruth Patterson
Dubuque Wie
Cate
Andrew Hook
John Cooper
Atul M Deihe Dimmick
Edwin Bent
Pound Grove
Fred Toden
Benters
Doden
Bruce Groharing
Harold Witt
Wesley Kness
Bill Geerts
Fulton
Charles Witt
Hattie Rawlins
Frank Rush
Davenport
James Morgan
Chadwick
Paul Wilt
Kenneth Kemmer
Steve
Howard King
Morrison
Ralph Anderson
Joe Larson
Anne Janssen
Dorothy Prins
Claus Prins
John Baney
W. 26Th St
Vancouver
Wash
W. Weatherby
Burton Simpson
Gail Turney
Ed Andring
The
Climax Co
Clinton
Edith Hamm
William Hamm
Whiteside Sentinel
Hamm
Thomson
Fye House
Richard Badtke
Bill Ber
Edwin Meinert
Racine
Gertrude Jesson
Chicago
Edward Lawrence
Forrest Gilbert
Port Byron
Harley Stenulson
Irve Martindale
Stenulson
Flora Bourne
John Daley
Savanna
Chester Faulkner
Chadwick Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Lizzie Spinka
A family dinner Sunday at Mrs Freda Schreiner's home celebrated the birthday of Mrs Lizzie Spinka. Attending were Forrest and Mrs Spinka Byron George Spinka family from Shannon and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Schreiner
Schreiner
Lizzie Spinka
Forrest Spinka
Byron
Alfred Rosenbaum
Sally
Forreston
Helen Rutherford
Chicago
George Spinka
What You Lug With War Bonds
Sunday churchgoers are urged to buy War Bonds to support service members. Chaplains and choirs travel with ships and Army posts, and hymnals are distributed to all services. The Treasury notes funds aid spiritual welfare from War Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury Department
Pleasant Hill P T A Names Officers At Friday Meeting
Pleasant Hill school district P T A elected officers Friday evening. President is Mrs Boyd Handel, vice president Mrs Lee Hartman, secretary treasurer He 4 Maker. A chicken noodle sale at Quest's Hardware is planned for next Saturday and a Halloween party is scheduled later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Quest’s
Boyd Handel
Lee Hartman
Cassie Geldmacher dies in Dixon at 76
Mrs. Cassie Barthel Geldmacher, 76, former Milledgeville resident, died Tuesday at her Dixon home after a brief illness. Funeral rites set for 2 p.m. today at Staples funeral home with burial in Milledgeville. Survived by sisters Mrs. Clara Bills of Dixon and Mrs. Dora Buswell of Savanna and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassie Barthel Geldmacher
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Dixon
Staples Funeral Home
Charles A. Geldmacher
Nursing Class Moves to Grange Hall in Chadwick
The Red Cross home nursing class will hold Monday night sessions in the Grange hall Chadwick due to large enrollment. Twenty five members attended the opening at Mrs Elizabeth Senneffs home plus two more enrolled who could not attend. New enrollees include Mrs Curtis Naniga Mrs Robert Spencer Mrs Howard Brett Mrs Fred Provant Verna Mae Gridley and Alice Queckboerner. Mrs Anna Beck of Alma Wis and Miss Emma Leifenberg of Downey Ill arrived Sunday to spend a week with Arthur Frommelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Peterson
Clinton
Carl Peterson
Hans Hansen
Hansen
Morris
Navy
Frank Potter
Clyde Wescott
Rock Island
Fred Turney
Dale
Jack DeVries
Donald
Carroll
Harry Tiesman
Fulton
Claus Prins
Ella May Hadesbeck
Margaret Smith
B. R. Lewis
John Carpenter
Belle Carpenter
Edna Shoemaker
Dorothy Lewis
Savanna
Miss Lewis
Cobb
Sod
Oral Lewis
Eugene Murray
Savanna Woman's Club
Belle Bull
George Bull
Oregon
Alice Fitch
Britt
Mr. Senneff
Arizona
Red Cross Home
Grange Hall
Chadwick
W. H. Taylor
Elizabeth Senneff
Curtis Naniga
Robert Spencer
Howard Brett
Fred Provant
Verna Mae Gridley
Alice Queckboerner
Anna Beck
Alma, Wis
Emma Leifenberg
Downey, Ill
Arthur Frommelt
Hope W M S Plans Meeting At Hope Evangeliest Church
The Women's Missionary Society of Hope Evangeliest church schedules a session for next Wednesday October 13. Mrs W C Linker leads the program with Mrs W H Taylor planning the music and Mrs Elizabeth Hohnadel in charge of devotionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of Hope Evangeliest Church
W. C. Linker
W. H. Taylor
Elizabeth Hohnadel
Charles Spearman
Elmer Weber
Clifton Spencer
Harveylock
Fay Hawkins
Mary Weidman
Anna Weber
Robert Spearman
W. J. Schreiner
James Morgan
Lizzie Spinka
Roea Schreiner
Reynold, Bloyer
Roy Hinebaugh
Booster Night Draws Crowd at Milledgeville Grange
A good-sized crowd attended the Booster Night meeting of the Milledgeville Grange last Thursday. Illness of Master Charles Gordon kept him from speaking, but Elery Shank welcomed attendees. The program added a horn duet by Wilma and Phyllis Schneider, a vocal by Leora Weidel and Lois Pfundstein, and guests from nearby towns visited the Frederich home and local stores for supplies orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oer Grange
Charles Gordon
Elery Shank
Milledgeville Grange
Wilma
Phyllis Schneider
Leora Weidel
Lois Pfundstein
Genesee Grang
Farewell Party Honors Vernon Volz and Local Figures
A farewell party in Polo honored Vernon Volz who left service Tuesday. Attendees included his family and friends from Polo and Dixon. A bridge club gathering at Mrs. Howard Brett’s included prizes for Mrs. Spearman and Miss Williams. Robert Smith, son of W H L Smith, is working on the Alaska-Canada highway near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory for Utah Construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Volz
Mee
Henry Volsard
Donald and
Firly
Polo
Oscar Buhler
Mary Frances Newcerler
Eleanor
Herrold
Dixon
Hove
Reuben Gotez
Howard Brett
Memibers
Goa
Misa Cectle Willems
Herbert Spearmen
Mise Williams
Robert Smith
W. H L. Smith
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Canada
Utah Construction Company
Chadwick Briefs Family Visits and Local Socials
Sunday visits highlighted by Chadwick residents sharing time with relatives in Polo and Milledgeville. Furloughing soldier John Most from Camp Robinson joined family gatherings. Sterling visitors Edna and Lloyd Perris called on the Melvin Fusub home. Manchester trip to bring home Mrs Straub’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Weber
Polo
Fred Miller
Nia
Clyde Oneken
Milledge Vye
Gertha Mest
Mertice Mest
Carmen
Not Moline
George Meat
Savanne
Pfe
John Most
Camp Robinson
Ark
R. Most
Edna Perris
Lloyd Perris
Sterling
Melvin Fusub
Rarl. Rahn
Milledgeville
Suday
M. H. Eubank
Henry Eubank
Clifford Straub
Bert Straub
Claude Mechting
Manchester
Mr. Straub
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Minnie Meytorg
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S. S. Harter
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Henry Hinkel
Cassie Geldmacher
Hope W. M.S
William Traum
Rockford
R. C. Dial
Will Frank
Lanark
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Louis Frankner
Burlington
Allan Becker
Marilyn Getz
Myron Freiderich
George van Campen
Martin Schol
Ed Geerts
Donald Bogott
John Bogott
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Pillsbury's
Pillsbury Best Dealer
Mierle Hiberton Thomson
Johns-Manville
Potter
Clarence Appel
Argo
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U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
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U. S. Public Health Service
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