Local social notes and jokes from the James Haley home
Sunday visitors included Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Epa Hook at James Haley home. Mrs. Ida Weber and Mrs. Bertha Jacobsen dined with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sack. Mrs. Donald McBride of Freeport spent the weekend with her parents. County Woman's club luncheon attendees listed. Spring field visitors to Mrs. R. I. Houghton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith noted as visitors. Mrs. Howard Spiering and son Robert returned from Milwaukee after months in hospital. Robert improving. Several dinner guests at Lyle Williams. Savannah Woman's club luncheon guest. Laura Bier shower attendees. Wartime joke exchange and absentminded professor quip.
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Epa Hook
James Haley
Ida Weber
Bertha Jacobsen
Wesley Sack
Donald McBride
Freeport
County Woman's Club
Lanark
Ellen Hogg
Alice Switzer
Florence Halfman
Edith Gaar
Margaret Murray
Margaret Heusinkveld
Eleanor Lewis
Adeline Groharing
Ethel
Ted Storm
Wacker
Ivan Carroll
Lyle Williams
Otto Switzer
Savanna Woman’s Club
Richard Badtke
Forrest Gilbert
Port Byron
Laura Bier
Donald Wainwright
Anti-Saloon League Speaker to Speak at Hope Church
Rev H F Tormohlen Field Secretary Northwest District Anti-Saloon League of Illinois will speak at Hope Evangelical Church Sunday at 7 30 pm on Alcohol and the Nations Welfare He will discuss the liquor situation and rising consumption and urge a sober America An event organized by pastor T K Moritz
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick News
Anti-Saloon League
H. F. Tormohlen
Hope Evangelical Church
Anti-Saloon League of
Ilinois
Tormohlen
America
T. K. Moritz
Rek
Well Reaches Halfway Mark
Drilling of the new village well has reached 325 feet or half the proposed depth. Drillers report progress at about two feet per hour as they work through hard rock strata.
Navy Radioman Recalls World War II Front Life Overseas
Irvin Strating radioman first class, recently medically discharged from the navy, describes seven months on Guadalcanal Bougainville and New Caledonia. He recounts radar work, constant air battles, beachhead preparations, rationed food, fox holes, and friendly natives amid a harsh tropical campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Strating
Navy
Pacific Islands
New Caledonia
San Diego
Calif
The
Herald
Strating Returns Home From Navy Service
The letter describes Mr. Strating's arrival in the United States after navy service, visiting a west coast hospital, reuniting with his wife and daughter, and expressing gratitude and plans to resume his hardware and coal business in Fulton. He notes family connections to Albany and his uncle and aunt, and remarks Fulton as a preferred place of residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
West Coast
Navy
Mr. Strating
George Strating
Lillian Strating
Strating
Fulton
Albany
Miller Couple Visits Rockford Friends in Illinois Trip
Mr and Mrs M J Miller of Dubuque Indiana arrived last Thursday to spend the week with Mr and Mrs R C Dial. On Friday the Millers with Mrs Dial and Mrs Cal Greenawalt of Lanark went to Rockford to visit Mr and Mrs Wim Traum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Miller
Dubuque
R. C. Dial
Millers
Dial
Cal Greenawalt
Lanark
Rockford
Wim. Traum
Mackay Cattle Arrive for Feeding at Chad Farm
A shipment of 121 head of cattle from the Mackay ranch near Ismay Montana arrived Sunday morning. The cattle will be fed for market at the Mackay farm northwest of Chad operated by Donald Mackay. Berean Bible class at First Lutheran church meets Oct 18 with devotions, a New Testament quiz, and a Congregational Singing lesson. Harley Foster hosts bridge club tonight.
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Mackay Farm
Mackay
Ismay
Mont
Chad
Donald Mackay
First Lutheran Church
Elsie Remmers
Ethel Chamacher
Nellie Stadel
Harley Foster
Cooling Machine Breaks Down At Thadwick Cheese Plant
Refrigeration equipment at the Thadwick Cooperative Produce Company plant failed this week. Directors are weighing the option to buy new cooling machinery to restore operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thadwick Cooperative Produce Company
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Smith
T. Vac
R. B. Orange Pekoe
R. B
LINCO
Siper Suds
Ige
Pkg
Arm & Hammer Soda
Gibsons Pork & Beans
Thomson Briefs
Chadwick Bries
Phyllis Harris
Don Harris
Ann Emory Hall
University of Wisconsin
Miss Harris
Ola Dorty
Elgin
Anna Weber
Weber
PARTY
Equal Rights
Illinois Northwestern
Noumea
Tojo
Guadalcanal
Isand
Orce
Japan
Henderson Field
Bougainville Island
Fox Holes
Fox Hole
Munda
Ots
Locke
iLocke’s Cleaners
2Nd Ave
South
Clinton Volk
Thomson
Pittengers
Considine
Lincoln Way
Cigars
Thomson 184
Thomson, Illinois
J.M. Fay & Son Funeral Directors & Ambulance Service
Fulton, Illinois
Morand
Martin Morris Co
Clinton, Iowa
Continental Grain CO
Merle Atherton
Julius M. Baer
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel
Mgr
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