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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
3
The seventh grade geography class elects officers for The Wondering Travelers club with Dor is Igene as president and Dean Robinson as vice president. Monthly meetings set on the first Tuesday. Miss Cooper teaches and Mae Turney and Lawrence Rice report.
A school report details Halloween plans and a Hallowe en party next Thursday. Students will dress in costumes and masks and Miss Withhart reads Joseph and pages from reading books. Fifteen children attend with grades from first to seventh. New arrivals include Mary, Eileen, and Richard Herrick from Thomson.
Thomson reports visits to Chicago by G A Smith Mrs Robert Holland Joe Bennett and Clarence Stage who met Mrs Chas Bennett of Morrison a Cook County hospital patient. Donations of blood given for Mrs Bennett. Other guests include Strauch family in Davenport and Argo gatherings with Smith Adams Peterson and Sack noted in Byron and surrounding areas.
Hospital notes report Warren Hartman holding steady with heart complications. Dorothy Turney had a tonsillectomy at Savanna hospital and is improving. Charles Longanecker treated for lockjaw at Home hospital Sterling. Genevieve Carpenter homebound after appendectomy at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton. Mrs Chas Bennett of Morrison in Cook County hospital Chicago after ambulance transfer Tuesday night.
Carroll county federation will hold its annual fall conference Tuesday October 29 at the Thomson Methodist church. Sessions run from 9:45 to 2:40 with meetings, addresses by Rev T Stuart Cleworth and Mrs George A Harriman, music by local students, luncheon at noon, and notices of past presidents and officers.
Mr and Mrs George St Ores visited last Wednesday and Thursday with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Dan Sack near Lanark. Mr and Mrs Dan Sack and daughters near Lanark were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Ed Sack in Dixon. Joyce Sack stayed in Dixon and visits this week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Harry Watt.
The Rev. Clarence Ploch was introduced as pastor at Albany and Thomson Methodist churches with morning and evening services. A Kentucky native, he studied at the University of Louisville and Garrett Biblical Institute, and served Pewabic parish at Houghton Michigan. He was ordained in June and transferred from the Detroit Conference to the Rock River Conference.
The Parent Teachers association will sponsor a Hallowe'en party at the high school on Thursday Oct 31. The social committee with Mrs Minnie Miller as chairman will meet at the grade school Monday evening at 730 to plan the affair.
Several people of this locality attended the corn husking contest at Lanark on Wednesday. Wilbur Stickell passed his examination in telegraphy and is employed in a Burlington railroad tower in the Aurora district. Mr and Mrs Wayne Brown have returned from their wedding trip to Chicago and stay with his parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Brown Sr.
Rev. J. A. Foard presides at 9 30 a m Sunday School. The ladies aid will meet at the church next Wednesday afternoon with luncheon served by Mrs Fred Nipe and Mrs Joe Melendy.
Catholic and Thomson Methodist services listed with times. Catholic Mass at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 a m, Morning Worship at 11 a m with sermon on The Disturbing Idealism of Jesus. Choir practice Thursday Oct 24 at 7 50 p m for all choir members.
York Community announces Sunday worship at 9:30 A.M with morning service and Sunday School. Pastor Rev R H Leitner invites all not attending other churches to join. Last Sunday a mixed quartet performed. Livewire class meets tonight at Harvey Marshal home with invitation to members and friends.
Fair Haven hosts a two weeks evangelistic meeting series starting Monday Nov 4 with Rev Philip Beuscher of the Freeport district leading part of the revival. Prayer meeting at the parsonage 7:30 p m and E L C E events Friday and Sunday evenings at 7 30 p m with the Northwest Peoria Mission offering to be received during the services. Further details will follow.
Sunday school at 10 am Christian Endeavor at 7 pm and evening service at 7 30 pm led by Rev Sword. Special numbers include vocal solo by Mrs Kate Gleason age 82 and piano solo by Lyle Dambman C E meeting led by Arletta Hartman. Evening features include vocal solo by Harmon Stakemiller and a mixed quartet selection.
Mr and Mrs Chas Sack hosted a Sunday dinner at their Argo home in honor of their daughter Mrs Chas Behr of Clinton Iowa. Attending were Mr and Mrs Chas Behr of Clinton, Mr and Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk and Mrs Emma Van Buskirk of near Lanark, and Mr and Mrs Sack.
Mr and Mrs Willis Greeley and son of Morrison were guests Sunday in the home of George Greeley. Erve Martindale visited Mrs Chase Brown in Mt Carroll. Tom Cheatum and Orrie Rutherford families spent Sunday in Shannon. Charles Holman and sons called on Clarence Appel. J Y Stickell hosts included Al Luedeke Vernon Luedeke and daughter Glenda Kay Kenneth Luedeke Lorena Midke Freeport and Hobart Holland family.
A Chicago Tribune photo shows Don Henley piloting an amateur plane at Curtiss airport loaded with Willkie literature for downstate points. In the image Janette Mayherey assists, D R McGill retrieves literature from Richard Rummel Jr., and Martin Murphy stands in the foreground. Henley, a Thomson merchant representative for Sterling Produce Co, has long ties to Thomson and has previously offered plane rides during Melon Day, including the first and only airmail pickup in Thomson.
The Opera House hosted a cinema night with a full audience enjoying the current film. Next week Bobby Breen stars in Rainbow on the River with Tuning In America’s High Spots and Hurricane Express No 4 listed for the same evening. Local residents Mr and Mrs George Potter and others attended a business trip in Freeport on Monday.
Mrs. Herbert Almquist of near Savanna entertained a group of ladies at her home last Friday for her birthday. A fried chicken dinner was served at noon and the afternoon was spent socially. Attendees included Mrs. Frank Lease, Mrs. George Bowman, Mrs. Joe Taylor of Savanna, Mrs. Lee Hartman, Mrs. Boyd Handel of Chadwick, Mrs. Louis Decker of Mt. Carroll, and several other local residents.
Mr and Mrs Irvin Renner were honored at a miscellaneous shower at the Renner home in Lyndon. Thirty five guests attended from Eureka Canton Sterling Galesburg Lyndon Walnut and Thomson. The honorees received numerous gifts during a social afternoon following a noon family dinner. Mrs L J Gaar and daughter Mary attended from Thomson.
Mrs Mary M Ginty marks her 91st birthday as local students enjoy a short break for teacher institute sessions in Savanna and Rockford. Guests include Mr and Mrs Paul Smith Argo Mr and Mrs Jamies Morgan Chadwick and Mr and Mrs Paul Wilt. Lantern party at Lanark hosts Dan Sack family with cards and prizes for Mrs Paul Wilt James Morgan and Mrs Paul Smith.
Mrs Mary Jane McGinty Thomson’s longtime resident turned 102 on Oct 21. Her daughter Mrs Norman Lewis and friend Mrs Minnie Johnson hosted a Clinton Iowa dinner and tea room supper. Born Oct 21 1849 in Yorkshire England she came to America at age two and lived in Vermont Freeport Illinois before settling in Thomson.
The Thomson Woman's club gathered in the high school gym on Wednesday evening with over fifty attendees. Mrs. W S Feldwisch of Milledgeville showcased a colonial costume needlework and weaving display, followed by reports, vocal selections, and new action to fund Girl Scout leaders and scout meeting space during cold weather.
Mr and Mrs William Heinze were surprised by thirty six neighbors and friends at a farewell party Wednesday evening in Wacker. Games and cards followed by refreshments and a table lamp gift. The couple moved to Thomson last Saturday and will reside in the Senneff house in the west part of town.
Clarence Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin and former director of the selective service program, is the son of Rev. Lawrence Dykstra and his wife of Fulton. The family, well known in Fulton, had Rev. Dykstra serve at the First Reformed church.
The Chat-A-While club gathers at Mrs. Emil Brach’s home Friday afternoon. The Argo 500 Club meets today with Mrs. Leila Johannsen. The Mistletoe chapter of 458 O E S convenes Thursday evening. The T. N. T. club met Wednesday at Mrs. Morse’s home with hostesses Mrs. Lehade and Mrs. Groharing. The 500 Club met last Thursday at Mrs. Diehl’s. first prize went to Mrs. Andring, second to Mrs. Lewis, third to Mrs. Johannsen. Next Thursday the club will meet at Mrs. Belle Carpenter’s home.
Emil Marcucci traveled to Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Marcucci of Clinton Iowa and Gilbert Marcucci Sr. of Olwein Iowa to attend the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Egisto Lincionei. Services were held Wednesday at 9 o'clock.Mrs Lincowe ran a restaurant in Chicago for several years before dying after a long illness.
A big crowd attended the high school carnival Tuesday evening sponsored by the Y M C A athletic association. Three hundred fifteen tickets were sold and 97 80 was raised to buy an electric scoreboard for basketball games. Local businesses donated items and cash including coal prizes and party favors as prizes were awarded and bingo and dancing followed a varied program.
Mrs. Mary Tousley died at her home east of Thomson at 4 30 p m on Wednesday October 25 after several weeks illness Born Mary Lytle July 6 1869 in Pulaski Indiana she married Monroe Tousley January 20 1887 The family moved to Salem and later Thomson Funeral Friday at 130 p m home to 2 p m Community church Rev Walter Schiel will officiate Burial Lower York cemetery Survived by six children Ada Mrs Walter Shanafelt Clarence Elsie Ernest Lloyd Cecil and others, one daughter and two brothers and a sister predeceased her
Mrs Kate Gleason of Ideal observed her eighty second birthday last Thursday with a basket dinner at her home. Family and friends sent cards and gifts, and attendees included Mrs Charles Hunt and daughters Ruth and Adeline of Galesburg, Kyle Rawlins and daughter Pearl Evelyn, Joe Turney, Harmon Stakemiller, Jennie Lowry Chase, Joe and Clint Wilt, Paul Wilt and Glen Kreuder.
Charles Hogg received word early this week of his sister Mrs. Mary Hall's death in Damascus Virginia. Funeral services and burial occurred there on Tuesday.
Rush Carroll attended the annual State Holstein sale at DeKalb last Friday. Five head of cattle were entered by French and Carroll.
Otto Switzer opens a new garage on his farm north of town. Chadwick residents Paul Turney and Harlan Handel with family visit relatives in Fulton and Chadwick. Mary Frazier visits Lavalle and plans an extended stay with her son. Several local families host and visit one another, with a funeral marking the weekend and Edgar Hege hospitalized in Lexington.
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