Local notes from Sandridge and nearby towns
Noah Sweitzer reports visits among friends including J C Stroop in Batavia. The Thomson fire department fought a Saturday blaze at the Williams home with quick action saving the dwelling. Anglers report large catches of crap pies and bass. Roy Harmon’s closing out sale near Savanna and Mt Carroll drew many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Sweitzer
J. C. Stroop
Batavia
Louis Strauch
Thomson Fire Department
Williams
Wm. Ditsworth
Merle
Chadwick
Fred Miller
Thomson
Laurence Frederick
Near Lanark
Curtis St. Ores
Sheffield
Ill
Henry Fizer
Diddy
Plum River Bridge
Savanna
Tuscell Sweitzer
Lanark
Jesse Jurgens
Roy Harmon
Mt. Carroll
Kamphuis 57th Wedding Anniversary Noted in Savanna
Will Kamphuis 84 and wife 77 celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary at Savanna home with four children present, including Epa Hook. Relatives and neighbors attended. refreshments served. Nearby visits included Captain By Woods Jr. and Emma Brown families, and local gatherings featured numerous relatives from Clinton Chadwick and Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneal Hook
Don
Will Kamphuis
Kamphuis
Epa Hook
Savanna
Dakotas
By Woods, Jr
Spokare
Wash
Emma Brown
Morse-Brown
R. B. Woods
Ivan Morse
Moline
Rock Island
Carl Peterson
Eric Marske
Reka Hass
Hans Fedderson
Clinton
Dick Andresen
Chadwick
Wm. Geist
Carroll
Adam Heinze
Hal Ashby
Fred Hook
Bruce Groharing
Galesburg
Groharing
Road project near Chadwick nears completion
Monday report notes a good sale and Harmon plans to move to Mt Carrol after selling his farm. Clinton tree trimming experts worked in the area Saturday. Chadwick reports the Chadwick to route 78 east of Algona black top load is nearly completed and will open soon. Eli Cochran born on Tuesday Oct 12. Birthday dinner Sunday with three daughters and four grandchildren. Cochran’s telephone number changed to 741.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Mt. Carroll
Clinton
Chadwick
Algona
Eli Cochran
Cochran
Westport Visit Marks Motoring Group’s West Coast Stop
Bud Bull Dean Robinson Tom Root and Leland Houzenga reached Westport Oregon on a motor trip across the west and now work at a sawmill in Westport where George Hook is employed. Nearby gatherings included birthday events and a social at Starrs cafe with families from Proving Ground Road Blackhawk Village Galesburg and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Bull
Dean Robinson
Tom Root
Leland Houzenga
Westport
Ore
George Hook
Warren Green
Patty Sue
Proving Ground Road
Robert Holland
Blackhawk Village
Gerald Brown
Judy
Edna Brown
I. D. Morse
Starr’s Cafe
Mesdames Walter Landon
Claude Frankenburger
John Tuite
Luther Peterson
Rio
Ill
Jas. McKee
Galesburg
R. B. Woods
Chicago
Miss Brown
Turkeyham Dinner at Lanark Methodist Church
Lanark residents are invited to a turkey ham dinner at the Methodist church on Wednesday October 27 with serving starting at 5 p m. The event features booths selling fancy work candy plants and miscellaneous items. For details call the club at 2t 10 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Local families join events and visits across Iowa and Illinois
Mr and Mrs John McCaughey and Fay Ashby attended the National Dairy Congress in Waterloo Iowa Saturday. Chas Rogers and Paul Strukhoff visited Dubuque to see Mrs Leo Tallman in hospital and saw friends there. The Rogerses then went to Maquoketa to see former neighbors. Eugene Murray and sons David and John visited Murray parents in Leroy Illinois and attended Army vs Illinois in Champaign. Gladys Cate and daughters joined to Urbana to visit Bob Cate family. Glen Turney moved to a farm near Chadwick and Rollin Goddard and daughter will move Friday to the vacated apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCaughey
Fay Ashby
Nationa Dairy Congress
Waterloo
Chas. Rogers
Paul Strukhoff
Dubrque
Rogers
Leo Tallman
Hopital
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Thomson
Eugene Murray
David
John
Mr. Murray
Paul Murray
Leroy
Ill
Army
Illinois
Champaign
Gladys Cate
Mary
Norma
Murray’s
Urbana
Bob Cate
Glen Turney
Fred Hook
Chadwick
Rollin Goddard
Clinton
Turney
Lynn Morgan Visits Fulton and Thomson During US Trip
Lynn Morgan of Arrow Alaska makes a brief stop in Fulton to visit his brother Lee and family and also visits Thomson at the start of the week. He works with construction and Geodetic survey crews along the Arctic coast and expresses a fondness for Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Morgan
Arrow
Alaska
States
Fulton
Lee
Thomson
Lynn
Arctic
Phone 181 Keom 4 Walter Building Fulton Illinois
Phone listing fragment shows contact number 181 and address Walter Building in Fulton Illinois. No full article context or names beyond locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keom
Walter
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L. B. Hussey, M.D
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Greison Bldg
Main St
Sandridge and Vicinity
Edward £. Laughlin
Dist
Will
Pol. Adv
Thomson Briefs
Clinton, Lowa
Martin Morris CO
Botany
Martin Morris
5Th Avenue
Clinton, Ia
H. F. Kaack, Jr
M. D
Fourth Street
Fulton, Ill
William J. Considine
Fourth St
Dial
Joe Loeser
Robert Gelwicks
Mr. Carroll
Robert Carroll
Rush Carroll
Ivan Carroll
Rush
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Coats
Riteway Milkers
Hog Waterer
Roy Bronkema
Massey-Harris
Fourth St.—Fulton
M. Fay
Llewellyn Fay
JM. Fay & Son
Fulton, Illinois
New Frigidaire
New
Lewes
Motor Company
Marvin F. Brookstrr
Shaker
Tbs
Bossen
Ned Spencer
ARGO
Shippee’s Surge Store
E. Stephenson
Freeport, Ill
Childrens T
Gerry Donel
Philgas
Corey
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