Local visits and auction notice in Chadwick area
Chadwick locals report Mildred McCue visiting in Savanna at the Robert Davis home. Robert St. Clair from Chicago spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs George St. Clair. Myron Tibbitts hardware merchant will hold an auction sale to dispose of the remainder of his stock on Friday and Saturday nights this week. See his advertisement in this issue of the Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred McCue
Savanna
Robert Davis
Robert St. Clair
Chicago
George St. Clair
Myron Tibbitts
Thomson Hardware
Red Cross Aids War Veterans Through Chapters and Posts
Red Cross workers in chapters hospitals and military posts assisted 122 355 active service members veterans or their families in the last year. They provided letter writing shopping and recreation as well as financial help locating missing relatives and aiding pension disability pay hospitalization and discharge applications. The average monthly assistance numbered 18 790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Wit and Whimsy in a Snappy Exchange
A playful exchange features a wealthy old man becoming lovesick and a quip about nursing him. The follow up asks about a love interest and replies with a joke that she has joined a nudist colony, in a sharp banter tone.
Taurog Five Rules for Directing Children in Motion Pictures
The article notes director George Taurog’s five guidelines for films featuring children, drawn from his work on Boys Town. He advises avoiding teaching scenes to children, limiting parent presence on set, maintaining patience, not raising voices, and earning the kids’ trust to elicit natural, cooperative performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taurog
Sterling Theatre
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Jitterbug Contest At Clinton Capitol Theatre
A Hallowe en show at the Capitol theatre Clinton includes a Jitterbug contest with Charley Moore and his ten piece orchestra. Ten dollars in cash awaits the best jitterbugs in Clinton and nearby areas during a swing themed night starting midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Hallowe’en
Tom Brown
Andy Devine
Charley Moore
Clinton Capitol Theatre
Fannie Hurst
Priscilla Lane
Rosemary Lane
Lola Lane
Gail Page
Claude Rains
Dick Foran
Jeffery Lynn
John Garfield
Marx Bros in Room Service Opens at Rialto Clinton
The Marx Brothers film Room Service opens Saturday at the Rialto theatre Clinton for four days. The plot follows a penniless producer and a backer scheme as a hotel auditor arrives triggering chaos. Cast features Groucho Chico Harpo with Ann Miller Lucille Ball and others. A second feature Broadway Musketeers stars Lindsay Wilson Sheridan. Another film I Am the Law opens Friday at Paradise theatre Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto Theatre
Clinton
Marx Bros
Marxes
Groucho Marx
Chico and
Harpo
Ann Miller
Frank Albertson
Lucille Ball
Clifford Dunstan
Donald MacBride
Charles Halton
Philip Wood
Alexander Asro
Paradise Theatre
Moline
Columbia
Edward G. Robinson
I Am the Law and Colorado Trail At Local Theaters
Everett Riskin produces a fast paced crime thriller where a law professor turned prosecutor battles racketeering with a sensational climax including a news reel of electrocutions. Alexander Hall directs and Barbara O Neill stars as the professor's wife in a strong supporting cast. Colorado Trail stars Charles Starrett as the second feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Riskin
Alexander Hall
Robinson
Otto Kruger
Underworld
Barbara O'Neil
Stella Dellas
Wendy Barrie
John Beal
Law
Colorado Trail
Charles Starrett
Mrs Conrad Visits Stockton and Mt Carroll Family Homes
Mrs John Conrad spent last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with her mother Mrs Rose Smith of Stockton. Mr and Mrs Ed Kearnaghan of Mt Carroll visited at the home of their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Elmer Weber on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Conrad
Rose Smith
Stockton
Ed Kearnaghan
Mt. Carroll
Elmer Weber
Local Hosts Welcome Families for Sunday Visits
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Heer and Mr. and Mrs. Asmus and daughter of Galena visited Sunday afternoon in the O. H. Rahn home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kness and daughter Muriel were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Heer
Red Cross Nurses Aid Million Sick
Public health nurses served in mountain communities island regions and crowded industrial areas during 1937 38. They made over one million visits to the sick and inspected 659 187 school children for health defects with doctors and instructed 58 754 mothers and young girls in home hygiene and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Public Health
Local Families Share Sunday Dinners in Chadwick and Lanark
Chadwick brief notes Sunday dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs Reuben Geisz Dix and Mr and Mrs Anthony Dembman with extended families including Carl Gengbach Jens Andresen and George Geisz. Lanark guests at Fred Welts home include Charles Keil Maude Alexander Henry Keil and Vernon Daehler and families. Additional visitors Conrad Keil and daughter from Freeport and Donald Smith from Mt Carroll attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Geisz
Dixon
Carl Gengbach
Famly
Jens Andresen
Charles Geisz
Clara
Charles
Coprad Geisz
Carroll
William Geisz
Muscatine
Towa
Conrad Keil
Freeport
Donald Smith
Mt. Carroll
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Lewis Motor Co
Dr. Hess
Corn King
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Illinois
Clinton, la
G. W. Blohm
D. C. Chiropractic
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Red Cross Nurses Aid
Garrett Sterenberg
Morrison, III
G. H. Thompson
Fulton
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Pape Funeral Home
Pershing Blvd
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Potter Bros
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