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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1931
Page
6
Foster L. Stagg and B. G. Stagg publish a notice in Thomson Illinois under the March 3 1870 act. The item appears in the post office matter column with business notice language and official stamping.
The senior class rings were presented on Saturday with a square base bearing 19 32 on each side and a black onyx eagle clutching Thomson in gold. Exams were moved to six weeks and civics assignments involve a story on how Congress is organized. The baseball team lost to Chadwick 6 to 8 at Chadwick.
Chadwick High School baseball beat Thomson High 9 to 3 at Cook Field. Provant pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and no walks, while Geisz, Lang, and Miller drove in runs as Chadwick built a lead. Thomson’s Brown allowed five Chadwick runs through four innings. several local players contributed to the scoring including Leuzinger and Geixon.
Chadwick high school beat Thomson 7 to 3 at Cook's field, taking an early lead with three runs in the first inning. Provant pitched well for Chadwick, while Ritenour led Thomson with two hits. the victory extends Chadwick's season arc and sets up rematch at Thomson midweek.
York T B representatives attended the Carroll County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association meeting held at the Savanna Baptist church. W P Shahan outlined county death rates and stressed school tuberculin testing and early diagnosis, with emphasis on tracing infection sources and using Christmas seals to fund county efforts. Dr E C Turner noted many cases despite low death rates and urged nutrition, housing, and health education, while local nurses and volunteers discussed itinerant services and bazaar plans.
Locals Mae Collins of Shannon spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Carpenter. Louie Graharing and crew from Prophetstown shingled the Are Thur Pape home. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shelly visited their son Lyle in Clinton. Mrs. B R Lewis spent Monday with sister Mrs. Mike Tucker in Clinton. Mrs. Carroll Langston left Monday for Urbana to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. J B Pitman after a week at the Langston home.
In a Riverside style note Luther Green of 628 B 22nd Street describes a move to Portland Oregon and asks for a paper address change to 628 East 22nd Street Portland. He recalls visiting an old friend from Thomson now in Portland who once ran a Thomson ice cream park and later moved west. The letter mentions William Garrell of Thomson a York T. P. citizen with Carroll county roots and notes friends there. Also described are Thomson water concerns with high water reports and general town sentiment. M. Q. Read of Hanover adds a freight line from Clinton to Cedar Rapids and Jimmie Higgins now drives the Thompson passenger bus. references include Calvin Carroll, former Carroll County schoolteacher, living at 2040 Willamette Blvd Portland Ore.
Thompson News notes delegates like Ed Porter traveling to Chicago on Tuesday for the ongoing Masonic convention. It records local visits including Misa Anita Melugin stays with Mrs. Dalia Melendy, Hans Knutsen and Henry Knutsen senior, Joe Pessman with Henry Otten near Morrison, Dave Geerts with Albert Prins, Athlone Gaar visiting her parents Lawrence and Mrs. Gaar, and Wallace Dresbach and children of Lanark visiting sister Mrs. John Carpenter, with Carpenter and Marilyn accompanying them home for a five day visit.
A reader from New Brunswick New Jersey encloses a $1.50 check for a one year subscription to the Thomson Review. The letter praises the paper for covering Foster Stage Thomson and nearby area and expresses appreciation for reader contact and local goings on.
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