Stand Pipe Installed At Water Tower In Place Of Rusted Original
A new stand pipe is being erected at the water tower this week replacing the old rusted one which caused leaks and higher pumping expenses. Clarence Bolhous and Mrs. Garrett Bolhous attended the Northwestern Illinois Conference of Reformed Churches in German Valley with 60 delegates. Clarence was elected treasurer and will serve on the executive board to arrange next year’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bolhous
Garrett Bolhous
Fulton
Thomson Briefs From the Thomson News
Mrs. Bertha Holland visits daughter Mrs. Garrett Stevenberg in Morrison while Capt. and Mrs. Orel Lewis plan a Chicago weekend. Miss Mary Cone will care for their children. Mrs. Margaret Murray and Mrs. Alice Switzer attend a Savanna Presbyterian church lunch and the Savanna Woman's club opening. For Sale: Red Davenport and matching chair in very good condition. O. E. Lewis Thomson phone 674.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Bertha Holland
Garrett Stevenberg
Morrison
Stella Griswold
Nettie Baker
Orel Lewis
Chicago
Mary Cone
Margaret Murray
Alice Switzer
Presbyterian Church In
Savanna
Savanna Woman’s Club
O. E. Lewis
Birthday party and family visits in Argo area
Mr and Mrs Clarence Campman and family were Sunday dinner guests in the Clarence Kreuder home. Gerald Smith celebrated his 9th birthday with ten schoolmates at his parents home. Games and a luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Campman
Clarence Kreuder
Gerald Smith
Paul Smith
Gerald
Gems of Thought on Success and Conduct
A compact collection of maxims on success advocating steady effort and doing tasks well. It cites Longfellow on doing what you can do well without seeking fame, Hodges on perseverance, and Field on Christian conduct as the basis of worthwhile achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Michell Hodges
Henry Martyn Field
Open House at Savanna U S O Club Oct 16
Savanna Illinois invites friends from other communities to an Open House on October 16 from 6 to 12 with refreshments and an orchestra. Singers or musicians who can contribute are asked to contact the U S O director C E Alters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
U. S
Cc. E. Alters
U. 8S
Sunday and weekly social notes from Savanna and Clinton area
Sunday evening guests included Mr. and Mrs. N. D. French and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hook. Roy Atherton is ill, with Fred Miller covering barbering at Atherton Barber Shop. Dora Doty visits River Forest and Chicago with several others for weeks. The grade school two-bus cement block garage work is led by Ralph Stearns. Various locals travel, host, or attend events from Clinton to Morrison to Davenport, with plans to attend an Art Keller Kas sel concert and others. Moving notices include Mrs. Aleen Fulrath relocating to Clinton and mail changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Holland
N. D. French
Fred Hook
Adam Heinze
Fred Miller
Atherton
Roy Atherton
Dora Doty
N. B. Lewis
John Groboski
River Forest
C. C. MacLean
Chicago
Ralph Stearns
Polly Warfield
Anna Abbott
Clinton
Bert Yopst
Albany
Ethel Spangler
Yopst
Spangler
Walter Switzer
Washington Ave
Defiance
Ohio
Eloise Dykstra
Ralph Voss
Morrison
Art Kassel
Dick Stagg
Merle Everhart
Forest of Mt. Carroll
James Hook
Nettie Baker
Geo. Dyson
Lee Dyson
Florence
Lanark
Ben Dykstra
Leroy
Garden Plain
Ray Erling
Davenport
Pearl Gilson
Diana
Carl Robinson
Marvin Brookstra
A. W. Brookstra
Blue Island
Russell Lego
Chestnut Park
Savanna
Harry Diehl
Henry Toepfer
Mt. Carroll
Earl Ellis
Johnnie Wright
Wright
Betty Lee Maynard
Thomson
H. G. Stagg
Norman French
Madison
Wis
Virginia John
Blanche Beck
Hazel Heinze
Gus Roggendorf
Aleen Fulrath
13Th Ave
List of U S service members from local area
The page lists numerous individuals with ranks and branches of service including Army Navy Marines Coast Guard and Air Force. Names include Henry L Ashpole Harold Ashpole Robert Demaree Gordon Hartman and many others with units such as Seabees Navy Army Air Corps and Merchant Marines. The closing note invokes a blessing from W Secker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Arlyne
J. G. Waves Andring
Seabees
Henry L. Ashpole
U. S. Army
Harold Ashpole
Ashpole
Robert
Atherton
Dwight
Navy
Glenn H. Barr
U. S. Navy
Barr
Charles
Army
Bennett
Donald
Joe
Edward Babczak
Beck
Badtke
Marvin
Brown
Burrell
U. S
Harold
Brown Richard
Chas. H. Bull
Eugene Bull
Bull
Bob Bogd
Coast Guard
Earl
Cate
Hubert A
U. S. Army Air Force
Pete
M. W
Harvey Falls
Everald G. Foltz
French
Norman, Jr
Faulkner
Junior
Flack
Eugene
Forrest
Falls
Robert E
Frazier
Merchant Marines
D. M. Gleason
U. 8
Fay Groharing
Groharing
Fred
Paul
Dorothy Gaar
WAAC
Delbert Gaar
Gaar
U. S. Army Air Corps
John
Hartman
Raymon W
Pfe
Louvell
Norman
Sle
Bob Hebeler
U. 8. Army
Hebeler
Kenneth
Robert Hicks
Army Air Corps
Hockman
Holland
Guy K. Libberton
Leavens
Glenn
Torpedo Manute
Augustus
Lohmeier
Blaine
Lewis
Kyle McGinnis
Mitchell
Perry
Geo
Elmer Pease
U. 8S
Potter
Stacey
Cmile
Flo Gene
Reader
Wilbur K
Robinson
Richard
Rentchler
Rob't
Elwin Rice
U.S. Army
Roland Rice
Paul Rice
Rice
Lawrence
Roy
Root
Rawlins
U. 8. Navy
Sack
Dan
Schroth
Roland
Strukhoff
Stickell
Wilbur
Stagg
Gilpin
Harry Stoner
Ensign
Naval
Shelly
Lyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pate
ARBE
Sunshine Bakers
Grahams
Morton’s Salt
Hunt Club
Th. Sk
Sweeney's
Sweeney’s
Klenzer
Wee
Gerber
Washington
Seth Thomas
M. J. Strukhoff
DR. Hess
General Electric
Armstrong’s
White House
McGinty
Argo News
F. F. Herrick
Morrison, Ill
Mra
Otto Switzer
Savanna, Ill
Thomson Briefs
Martin Morris Co
Clinton, Iowa
United States
York Township
Donald Ashpole
Epa
Wagner, William
Walter White
U. Army
Williams, Alfred
James Wiebenga
Air Corps
Wilt
Everett
Young, Henry, Jr
Young, Charles
W, Secker
Phillips “66
Phillips
Russell W. Green
Northern Potatoes
John Deere
John K. Dykstra Fulton
Purina
Richard Vogel Fulton
Illinois
Flintrote Thiebutt
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel, Mgr. Thomson
Argo-Fa
Weber & Fink
Chadwick Elevator
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