Local residents report weekend visits and family gatherings
Goshen area residents share meals and visits with kin and friends. Attendance includes Mrs. John Johnson and aunt in Galesburg, Alvin Hook in Polo, Blanche Seim in New Buffalo, Sgt. Nicholas Basta from Great Lakes, and numerous family drop ins at the Kenyon, Hook, Green, and Van Kampen homes. Funeral services for James Wiley noted, plus various trips to Morrison and Dixon. Final line quotes a Christian peace ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wir
Jer Heol
Mr. Hook
John van Kampen
Fulton
Andrew Theck
John Johnson
Galesburg
Tom Clifford
Alvin Hook
Polo
Ralph Hook
Blanche Seim
New Buffalo
Mich
Harvey Seim
Rush Carroll
Robert Gelwicks
Milledge Ville
Lloyd Smith
Lewis Combs
Delores Ann
Roy Sanders
Milwaukee
Wis
Ed Drollinger
Menomonee Falls
Delores
Hetty «Eicks
Dixon
Wayne Smith
Norma
Larry
Milledgeville
Leonard Stage
Thomson
Lee Morgan
Nine Kenyon
Sandra Morgan
George Hicks
Mt. Carroll
Kenyon
Kliner Mook
Andrew Hook
Eva Foltz
Irene Foltz
Hanover
James Wiley
Dick Shaver
Cecil Green
Charles Behr
Clinton
Chas. Sack
Ralph Holesinger
Morrison
George Holesinger
Sandridge School Notes and War Bond Pledge
Seventeen pupils are enrolled at Sandridge with the Poorman children as new students. Perfect attendance earners include Donna Smith and others. new desks ordered. art books and a map of Illinois added. The class studies reading progression, Mother Goose decorates, and a screen around a table features rhymes. They test in mid October and await grades. a school movie and theater are planned. Officers include President Jack Falls, Secretary Ronald Smith, and Chairwoman Mrs. Rupple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
Poorman
Illinois
Hallowe’en
Rupple
Jack Falls
Ronald Smith
Farmers urged to buy war bonds over land speculation
The piece argues farmers should invest in government bonds rather than chase rising land values, noting war needs and inflation controls. It warns large mortgage debts now could hurt when production and prices fall, and urges bond purchases to support future farm needs and a quicker return of soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Owever
U.S. Treasury Department
Halloween Party Planned for October 11 1944 at Thomson
The Thomson community plans a Halloween event titled Were in the Army with a minstrel show in November. Activities include a Hallowe'en party October 11 1944, a V for Victory potluck, a visit to key local spots, and readings by students led by Mrs. Rupple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Captain X
Leona Curley
Shirley Walbert
Ronald Smith
Arnold Sikkema
Eagle
Kathryn Poorman
Jack Falls
Uncle Sam
Christian Science Lesson-Sermon Highlights On September 10
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ Scientist centered on Substance. The Golden Text spoke of preferring a good name and loving favor over riches. Citations included Titus 1 2 and 11 12 urging pure living and sound doctrine, and passages from Science and Health on substance as Spirit and the vanishing nature of matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Miss Verda Ruch Leaves for DeKalb Normal School
Local notes record Miss Verda Ruch departing for DeKalb to enroll in a teacher training course at the State Normal school. Other items mention Parkhill School’s Grace Neary resigning, elderly events, and community activities such as a skating pond plan, stockyard demolition, a Fulton Catholic chicken dinner, and a Halloween party planned by the PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verda Ruch
DeKalb
State Normal School
Grace Neary
Parkhill School
Justice Prins
H. L. Rewlins
Thomson
Milwaukee
Fulton
Coliseum
Fulton Catholic Church
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Genta Oedilia
Morton
PZAS
Duff’s
R. B
Campbell's Washroom
Klenzer
Violasses
Brer Rabbit
Hunt Club
N. D
U. S
Hyzeia
Argo News
Donna Smith
Mary la Shelle
Nancy Walbert
Edward 0Land
Everette LaShelle
Geral Shelle
Sir Walbert
Hitler
THE
Chicago Motor Club
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Mrs. Rupple
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Christian Science Churches
W. Schroeder
Garfield St. Clinton
Thomson 184
Thomson, Illinois
Alfred M. Olson
East Main Street
Morrison, Ill
Margaret S. Heusiikveld
Housenga & Bronkema
John Deere
Ill
Frank J. Smith
Kyle Rawlins
Fred Miller, Jr
Fred Miller
Savanna
Charles Beck, Jr
Fort Des Moines
Herbert St. Ores
Arla Lavonne
Rob Lewis
Stockton
Northern Illinois Star
Gabby Hartnett
Doc Wright
Jake Stickell
Wright
Christian Church
Methodist Church
PTA
YCHS
Pillsbury
Merle Atherton
Martin Morris Co
5Th Ave
Iowa
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel
Mgr
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