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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
4
A shopper bulletin lists reduced prices for Blue Front Fruit Cocktail 30 oz can 27c Camay Toilet Soap 6c Lux Toilet Soap 6c Lifebuoy Health Soap 6c Wellworth Tissue 41 000 sheet rolls 23c and Sargents Dog Remedies including dog foods and dog biscuits.
Local notes report Leonard Stage has resumed duties with Northwestern Illinois Utilities after a forced vacation. The column records visits from Grace Temple of Fulton and Mrs. Garrett Bolhous, and summarizes numerous weekend and Sunday gatherings across Savanna and surrounding towns with family and friends from Rock Island, Rock Falls, Fulton, Bry ant, Webster City, and Savanna.
Chadwick Community high school releases 16 game 1941-42 basketball schedule with seven home games and nine away. Open December with a Shannon game. includes Shannon tournament and district cage meet. dates span December to February across Shannon Milton Berwick Lanark Milledgeville Hanover Pearl City Thomson Lena Mt. Carroll.
On Sunday morning after church services at St Pauls Lutheran Rev J W Bucklin installed the newly elected Missionary society officers including President Mrs Emil Hartman Vice President Mrs Henry Daehler Secretary Mrs Orion Alexander and Treasurer Mrs Henry Schleming The two past presidents received gifts of appreciation.
The Fair Haven P T A will hold its regular meeting Friday evening at 8 00 The program includes community singing invocation guitar music by Donna Mae and Rose Marie Frankfother recitation by Richard Janssen a piano solo by Ruby Metz a motion picture to be shown by County Superintendent L E Bruch and music by the Frankfather sisters After the program the meeting will be turned over to the president
Mrs. May Weber of Lanark and sister-in-law of Mrs. Anna Weber died Tuesday night in a Freeport hospital. She had formerly lived in Mt. Carroll and after her husband’s death moved to Lanark to live with her daughters Mrs. Kenneth Truman and Mrs. Paul Fulrath.
George Weber and John Mertz had damaged cars after Weber rear ended Mertz at the schoolhouse corner. Mertz had stopped to clean his windshield when Weber, unable to see through the fog, struck from behind.
Chadwick Briers Mr and Mrs Eliston Hunt and Jack of Elgin were entertained Sunday at the H E Zugschwerdt home A J Adams of Watertown SD arrived Thursday to visit his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs H L Carbaugh
Social rounds fill weekends with visits among Mendheim, Maring, Sikkema, Shepherd, Kradle, Boelkins, Vogel, Moyer, Spangler, Bielema, Holm, Harridge, Morgan, Harris, Moy er, Wolf, Behrens, Mackey, Kness, Shultz, Musselman, Janssen and others. Families travel between Chicago, Rockford, Fulton, Lanark, Albany, Sterling, Davenport, DeWitt, Freeport, Franklin Grove, Forreston and beyond for dinners, suppers, and Sunday church.
A Friday donkey basketball game in Chadwick drew a large crowd despite rain to raise funds for the local Boy Scouts. About 25 percent of attendees saw nine baskets scored by two teams the "handle bar mustache" and the "Hitler mustache." Donkeys dictated play with playful chaos while officials kept a loose clock. Net receipts totaled 21 dollars and 63 cents with half from advance tickets and 40 percent from gate sales. Players included Lawrence Weber Boyd Handel Herbert Isenhart Ned Geldmacher Donald Queckboern er Glenn Strauch Jim Provant Frank Mest Kenneth Tripp Lloyd Ferris.
Mr and Mrs John Miensma and family spotted a wild deer in woods near Round Grove on a trip to Sterling to visit Mrs Miensmas parents Abel and Mrs Bielema. The animal leaped a steep bank and a woven wire fence before vanishing.
Nine members were initiated to the green hand degree at Chadwick high school Future Farmers of America. New members include Arnold Fink Donald Iler Ivan Miller Dean Provant Leland Schmaling LaVerne Weber Adam Voeckel Julian Martin and George Morgan.
The bridge club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Lester Morisse. Mrs. Albert Hartman and Mrs. Risley Temple won prizes. Mrs. Herbert i Spearman will entertain on the 29th.
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