Trojan Topics Freshmen Cheerleaders and Officers
The Trojan Topics lists the Freshman class officers as President Gene Brearton Vice President Howard Prins Secretary Carol Sack Treasurer Janice Fehler Reporters Barbara Senneff and Carol Sack. Freshman cheerleaders are Carol Sack and Donna Haas with gifts for selling magazines distributed last Monday. Report cards for the first six weeks were issued last Thursday and some students will have more homework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Sack
John Fedderson
Roberta Williams
Carol Williams
Barbara Carroll
Carol Sack
Barbara Senneff
Hazel Schroth
Mr. Hixson
Fresh-Soph
Donna Haas
Marlys Zenk
Janice Smith
Norma Cate
Janice St. Ores
Julia Feddersen
Gene Brearton
Howard Prins
Janice Fehler
Waterfowl Season Opens On Friday For Hunters
Illinois hunters prepare for the waterfowl season opening Friday October 23 at noon. The 55 day season ends December 16 with daily shooting from sunrise to sunset from day two onward. Daily limits include four ducks with eight in possession and one wood duck. coot limit ten. geese five per day with limits on Canada and white fronted varieties. Wildl and Conservation areas require 5:30 am check in to use public hunting areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Canada
State Department of Conservation
Local Social Roundup From Morrison and Vicinity
Mrs. Robert Johnson and two children visited her mother Mrs. Rachel Blair in Morrison on Sunday. Friends dropped by include Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ballard of Lyndon and their family. Harvey Fossett and family from Chadwick joined supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Weibenga. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stiles hosted evening guests from Morris and Savanna. Several couples from LeClaire DeWitt and Savanna shared Sunday visits with H A Tobey and Jennie Griswold. Orrin Gholson of Savanna attended Davenport business. Mrs. Dick McGinty and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGinty for a birthday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Morrison
Rachel Blair
Willard Ballard
Lyndon
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Jerry Wiebenga
Wilbur Stiles
Frank Glenn
Floyd Stiles
Mervin Marshall
Kenneth Elliott
Pvt
Kenneth Elliott, Jr
Dyersville
Iowa
Gilbert Holland
Marcia
Clarence Howe
Sterling
E. H. Gholson
Savanna
Davenport
Herman Hagg
Chicago
Jennie Griswold
Jim Wilhite
Cecil Frosch
J. K. Thompson
Battle Creek
Micha
Thomson Woman's Club Hears Book Review By Mrs Ray Polhill
The Thomson Woman's club met October 13 at the Legion Hall with about 20 members and two visitors. Mrs Ray Polhill reviewed Marshall Field's century in business in Give the Lady What She Wants. The meeting featured a puppet show and an art program preview for November 12 with grade school posters judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Woman's Club
Legion Hall
Harvey Seim
Eugene Murray
Thomson
Sterling
Seim
Trail Rangers
Ray Polhill
Marshall Field
Illinois
Ivan Morse
Bayard Lewis
George Mattie
Woman's Club of Thomson Reschedules Meeting to Thursday
The Woman's Club of Thomson will meet Thursday evening at the Legion hall instead of Wednesday due to a supper for Legion members and their families that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Thomson
Legion Hall
Legion
Weekend Visits and Local Movements Reported
Riverview Drive and Mrs Brand visited Mrs Mable Schreiner in Chadwick. Several families including the Lampe, Densmore, Hutmacher, Graves and Miller groups spent weekends at cottages or cabins in Sabula Stockton Milledgeville and Clint. Movements include moving into the Web Ross farm house and the Loberg family moving to Blackhawk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brand
Mable Schreiner
Chadwick
Mattie Lampe
Sabula
Ray Densmore
Elmer Hutmacher
Freeport
Frank Moore
May Densmore
Asker Peterson
A. W. Pape
Frank Graves
Stockton
Birthday guests for Julie Ann Housenga's first year
Mr and Mrs Leland Housenga of Fulton hosted Julie Ann Housenga's first birthday with grandparents Mr and Mrs Garrett Housenga of Fulton and Mr and Mrs Ernest LaShelle. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Doug Anderly Kay Cedar Rapids and others from Dubuque and Fulton. Also Mr and Mrs Chester Hoffman Mt Carroll visited the Strukohoff family. The T N T club invites all to its annual bazaar and sale on Wednesday Oct 28 at the former post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Housenga
Fulton
Julie Ann
Garrett Housenga
Ernest LaShelle
M. J. Strukhoff
Doug Anderly
Kay
Cedar Rapids
Carl Rogers
Frank
Art Bennett
Dubuque
Paul Strukhoff
Chester Hoffman
Mt Carroll
Henry Strauch
T. N. T. Club
Post Office
The
York Community Church
Nain Street
Thomson
For Sale Boys maroon corduroy sport jacket size 16
Personal notice offers a boys maroon corduroy sport jacket size 16 in very good condition and provides a phone contact Thompson 2742 plus a brief thanks note to friends for kindness after Dorothy's accident attributed to Mr. and Mrs. Elzie North and Dorothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Dorothy
Elzie North
Dorothy T
Ideal Bible School and Catholic Services Listed
The notice lists 4084 Charce Ideal Bible School with 10 a m sessions and 7 30 p m evening services led by Rev J W Gillespie and Rev William Kendall. Catholic services are scheduled at Fulton at 7 a m and 10 a m. City residents urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gillespie
William Kendall
Fulton
Baptist Church Plans Change for October Meetings
Minister James W. Gillespie announced no preaching service and a plan change. The regular quarterly business meeting is set for Wednesday night at the church, October 28. The Live Wire Class meets October 27 at 7 30 p.m. Ladies and Men’s Bible classes meet at the church Friday evening October 20 instead of the previously announced date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Paul K. Wilt
Community Church Announces Visiting Pastor From Korea
York Community lists 9:30 Sunday School and 10:30 church service with Rev Greenfield Keil of Dubuque University preaching Sunday morning. Keil, a Korean pastor studying in the area, will speak at the Young People's meeting Sunday evening at 7:30 about work in his country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Witmer
Greenfield Keil
Dubuque University
Keil
Korea
Young Peoples Meeting
Local residents host relatives and attend gatherings across Illinois and Wisconsin
Rockford couples plan weekend visits to their parents and grandparents while relatives from Roswell attend a funeral in Dixon. The Curleys honor their brother in law and sister in law on their eighth wedding anniversary, with several guests. Weekend visits include Hoover and Munson households in Wisconsin. Klein and Houghton families visit from Downers Grove, Madison, and Chicago area. A pheasant hunting trip takes place in South Dakota and dinner guests from Morrison, Rock Falls, and Sterling gather at Tousley homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll McGinty
Jon
Karl Sundby
Rockford
Charles McGinty
Gerald Brown
Roswell
New Mexico
Herman Timmons
Maude Brown
St. Patrick’s Church
Dixon
Delbert Curley
Robert Huggins
Clarence Huggins
Lynn Curley
John Atherton
Elsworth Hoover Home
Truman Fellows
Stockton
Wis
Peter Munson
Madison
Ray Klein
Downers Grove
Ray Houghton
Klein
William Wagner
Jim Wiebenga
Chicago
Ben Wagner
George Hook
South Dakota
A. E. Mitchell
Morrison
John Root
Tousley Farm
C. E. Tousley
Rock Falls
Darrell Tousley
Janice
Sterling
Hazel Stagg
Galesburg
Lucy Craft
Thomson
Fulton
Josephine Sheridan
Lawrence Weatherwax
Id Andring
John Ashpole
Thomas Hand
Hospital Observations Patients In Iowa City Reported
Sick Harry Earl Root remains in Iowa City hospital for observation and treatment. His address is 4W-108, Veterans Hospital, Iowa City. Mrs. John Cooper fell on cellar steps Monday evening and bruised herself badly. Mrs. Charles Rogers, patient at Mercy hospital Clinton, Iowa, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Earl Root
Iowa City
Iowa
Veterans Hospital
John Cooper
Charles Rogers
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Annual Halloween Party Scheduled For October 31
The Halloween party is set for Saturday October 31 at 7 p m with a parade from the high school led by the Boy Scout patrol. Sponsors include the American Legion Auxiliary the Woman's Club and the P T A with refreshments and entertainment to follow at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Boy Scout Patrol
Bruce Groharing
Roland Brooks
Marion Wheeler
Robert Lewis
Harry Diehl
Harold Brown
Ella Tousley
E. O. Hemmer
Harvey Seim
Robert Holland
W. C. Fenley
John Seger
Robert Carroll
Paul Heusinkveld
Dan Sack
Cecil Frosch
Kenneth Kemmer
Lyle Greeley
Weekend guests visit Clinton Iowa and Chadwick area
Weekend visitors from Chicago and Fulton joined local families for meals and gatherings. The Eslingers hosted a birthday supper for Carla with guests including Mrs. Laura Campbell Michael O'Toole and others from Chicago. A picnic dinner brought Myrta Groharing and sisters from Chadwick along with several families from Chadwick Garden Plain and Chadwick areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wallas
T. E. Walter
Stewart Doran
Sylvia
Laura Campbell
Michael O'Toole
Chicago
Ralph Irion
Fulton
Jennie Griswold
Harold Witt
Wajfe
Everett Eslinger
Clinton, Ia
the Eslinger
Carla
Jvry
Myrta Groharing
Radwick
Arthur Hoffman
Leroy Foltz
Donald Adolph
Becky
Bessie Groharing
Chadwick
Floyd Tobey
Linda
Garden Plain
Gilpin Stagg
David
Auxiliary Plans Potluck Supper For Unit And Post
The American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting at the Legion hall led by Mrs. Harold Brown. Plans were finalized for a Saturday chili supper and for initiating new members at the Nov. 19 meeting. Armistice night events include a potluck supper on Nov. 11 with program committee appointees named. County historian Lyle Greeley announced a Oct. 28 county meeting at Mt. Carroll and urged unit member carpooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Harold Brown
Robert Holland
Gilpin Stagg
Ed Andring
Frank Potter
Auxiliary
Legionnaires
Chas, Hogg
Gail Turney
Ella Tousley
Lyle Greeley
Mt. Carroll
Argo Fay Home Economics Club Seeks Leaders
The Argo Fay Home Economics club met Friday October 16 with eight members and one visitor. Devotions were led by Mrs. John Carroll and Mrs. Paul Smith spoke of her Smoky Mountains trip while a poem by Edgar Guest was read. Hostesses served refreshments and a plea was made for more mothers and others to join scouting leadership for girls. Saturday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grim and family and relatives from Chadwick Clinton and Forrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argo Fay Home Economics Club
Harold Tobey
Charles Sack
Clem Hoy
John Carroll
Paul Smith
Smokey Mountains
Edgar Guest
Rachael Blair
Out-of-town guests attend reception for Mr and Mrs Smith
A reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Smith drew numerous out-of-town guests. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Holding and son Robert of Green Bay Wisconsin and other relatives from Ringwood Freeport Fulton Chicago Clinton Cordova and local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Smith
G. A. Smith
P. H. Holding
Robert
Green Bay
Wis
Glen Goble
Ringwood
Glen Ashby
Glenda
Ted Storm
Harry Wilkenson
Carroll
Richard Gillespie
N. H. Grossman
Rh. D. Cromley
Freeport
Paul Strukhoff
Edna Warner
Edna Doyle
Floyd Tobey
Fulton
Ira Higgins
Chicago
Ralph Olds
Clinton
Albert Olds
Cordova
Hobo Day Aids F H A Fund Drive For October 23
Hobo Day raises funds for the F H A chapter as girls donate time on Friday October 23 for odd jobs. House cleaning babysitting ironing and other chores offered by calling numbers 2304 2701 2681 before Friday or 2734 Friday. A Miller reunion noted Sunday with 35 present at Gilbert Holland home with guests from Mt Carroll Sterling Moline Milledgeville Chadwick and Rev and Mrs Wa Kendal of Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson F. H. A
Gilbert Holland
Mt. Caroll
Sterling
Moline
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Wa. Kendal
Milledgevile
Holland
Sunday Guests and Family Visits Bedeck Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Sidney Brenne man and Mrs Otto Switzer attended gatherings in Lanark and Mt Carroll. Asa Kurth and Robert Goodrow hosted relatives while John Smith visited from Hammond Indiana. Wilfred Hazen and Norma Jean joined Kness family in Rock Falls. Claus Prins hosted visitors from Cicero with two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Brenneman
Ray Brenneman
Otto Switzer
Lanark
Orville Bowers
Asa Kurth
Robert Goodrow
Diana
Mt. Carroll
John Smith
Hammond
Ind
Gus Rogwendorf
Wilfred Hazen
Norma Jean
Rock Falls
Hazen
Louis Kness
Robert Vogel
Cicero
Claus Prins
Prophetstown Couple Wed In Friday Ceremony
Miss Helen Rapp daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Rapp of Prophetstown wed Carroll R Dimmick son of Mr and Mrs B D Dimmick of Thomson in a Friday evening ceremony at the First Congregational Church Prophetstown. The couple will reside in Clinton Iowa after a short wedding trip and then build a home in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Smith
Ernest Smith
Charles Green
Russell Green
William Leckrone
Methodist
Thomson
Russell Green Jr
Mary Ann Housenga
Helen Rapp
Ira Rapp
Prophetstown
Carroll R. Dimmick
B. D. Dimmick
At & P.m
First Congregational Church
William Dupree
Arnold Swanson
Becase
Lyle Dingman
Chester Miller
Marie Crowe
Morrison
Jessie Brown
William Sharer
Keith Reiley
Ervin Massingill
Hooppole
Albert Castrey
Rock Island
Clinton
Town
Thomson Fulton
Urbana
Cary
American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Eclipse Lawn Mower Co
York Community High School
Infantry
Kores
126Th Ave
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Harry N. Gaar
York
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WSCS
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Elsie Larson
Argo Fay
Hallowe En
Woman's Club
P. T. A. Association
Ray Morgan
Otter Bluff
Sandra
Little Pi Ls
Claude Grim
Sherman Oakley
Dae Marden
Ronald
Binnie
Lyle Williams
Nelda Williams
Margaret Smith
Forrest
Bud
Albert
Ted Boone
Gus Roggendorf
Charles Bissens
Henry Young
Thomson Review
Mis.fr Reunion
Prophetstown Girl
Thomson Methodist Church
Jack Foltz
Jack E. Foltz
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Rudy Brock
Charles Brock
Carl Brock
Stevie
Charles
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Robert Burkema
Walter King
Geraldine Drolema
Robert Parnell
Arthur Moeszinger
Ila
Ben Dimmick
Methodist Church
Maurice Bolhous
Clarence Bolhous
Glenn Turney
Montana
Janie Miller
Fred Miller
John Stearns
Ralph Stearns
Camp Parks
California
Japan
Princeton
H. G. Gholson
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Smokey Valley Boys
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