York Township Buys Garage For Road Equipment
York Township announced the week of purchase that it bought the old cement block garage in Thameton east of Route 80 from Ed Ashdown of Cordova for 400 dollars. The building will house road maintenance equipment and trucks to protect against weather and reduce rental needs, ending previous scattered storage at a shed on Atgo road and in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Thameton
Route 80
Ed Ashdown
Cordova
John Ashpole
Atgo Road
Reed
Ashpole
Thomson
Reverend Hamstra Visits Relatives During Midwest Trip
Rev. John H. Hamstra of Parriste Dakota arrived at the Garrett Bollious home Wednesday morning on his way to Chicago to handle ministry affairs and stopped for a brief visit with relatives in the area. He spent the afternoon in Morrison and Fulton before leaving Savanna on the Thursday morning train to continue to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hamstra
Parriste
Garrett Bollious
Hamstra
Chicago
Morrison and Fulton
Savanna
Miss Lois Hunt Honored At Surprise Birthday Party
Miss Mary Sheridan hosted a surprise party last Thursday at her home to honor Miss Lois Hunt whose birthday was the next day. Guests included Lois Hunt Harriett Weatherwax Lorraine Weatherwax Sylvalena Bolhous Lucille Stickell Gladys Cooper Bernice Cochran Nelle Burns Irene Sheridan Glendora Schade Bessie Groharing Harriett Smith Mary Goonell and Mr and Mrs A E Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sheridan
Lois Hunt
Miss Sheridan
Sylvatenz Bolhous
Banto
Glayds Cooper
Bernice Cochran
Hougree
Harriett and
Lorraine Weatherwax
Sylvalena Bolhous
Lucille Stickell
Gladys Cooper
Nelle Burns
Irene Sheridan
Glendora Schade
Bessie Groharing
Harriett Smith
Mary Goonell
Mrs
A. E. Sheridan
Reports Satisfactory Sales At Meat Market
Lynn Morgan new proprietor of Thomson's meat market reports very satisfactory sales during opening week. He has choice cuts in stock and will receive another large supply of fresh meats today. He plans a complete market of quality meats at reasonable prices and invites patronage. Mrs Aloye Hoover of Argo and Mrs Albert Badtke of Moline entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of their mother Mrs Ed Frank whose birthday occurred on Monday. Guests were hosted at the Hoover home with the families of the two ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Morgan
Thomson
Lynn
Stork
Aloye Hoover
Argo
Albert Badtke
Moline
Ed Frank
Hoover
Parent Teachers Association to Meet Next Thursday
Members and friends of the Par ent Teachers association are invited to attend the regular monthly meeting next Thursday evening Nov 5 at 8 o'clock in the high school. A health education film will be shown and the program includes prayer, community singing, business, a play, an address on visual education, and the feature film Hesith. The meeting follows the Divisional State meeting in Savanna. The North Western Utilities Co office also reports recent improvements and new electrical equipment on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers Association
Xy.m
Savanna
Frayer
D. EB. Todd
Madge Bowers
P. T. A. Mra LV
Curler
Gilbert Robertson
Stuart Cleworth
Community Church of
Northwestern Utilities Co
Charles Groharing
Meer
Westinghome
General Electric
Grade News Highlights From Eighth Grade Tests And Posters
Eighth graders had a history and arithmetic test and began work on Harlowe en posters while other students noted quirky behaviors and classroom tasks. Reporters Kathleen Isenbart French and Laura Hoy covered a busy week as the Spelling Club elected officers and fifth and sixth graders studied health and drinking safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junella G
Harold
Carmen E
Bill W
George M. Bennyff
Pat C
Robert A
Kathleen T
Emma B
Teliroix
Kathleen Isenbart
Laura Hoy
Room
Offictx
Jack Demarec
Marthe
Arlene Sikkema
Ines
Elmhurst Pair Wed In Simple Home Ceremony
Leta Goble of Elmhurst married Melvin Fritzsche last Saturday at the Elmhurst home of the bride’s family. Rev. Joseph Burrows officiated at the 5 p.m. ceremony, with Lois Goble and Evelyn Wilke among the wedding party. The couple, graduates of Proviso High School, plan to reside in Maywood at 607 South Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta Goble
Elmhurst
Melvin Fritzsche
Lois Goble
Evelyn Wilke
Miss Wilke
Maire Taffeta
Wm. Philer
Chicago
Gable
Fritzsche
Proviso
Maywood
Lewis Motor Co Installs New Hoist for Greasing Jobs
The Lewis Motor Co has installed a new automatic hoist inside the garage to provide greasing services at all times. The hoist makes greasing easier and improves access to car parts for customers. A 1937 Chevrolet was shown at Davenport today, and the dealer plans to stock one soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Motor C.o
Davenport
Lewis Motor Co
Following Christ sermon and Cross chalk talk at church
Sunday OSunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:30. Sermon follows Christ and chalk talk on The Cross for children. Election Day Lunch by T N T club in church annex serves hot plate lunch Nov 3. Prices 25c adults 20c high school 10c grade school. Regular official board meeting after Sunday service. Sunday school social committee November Mr and Mrs Emil Brach and Mr and Mrs K W Hoge. Livewire class met with Paul Wilt with 12 attendees. refreshments served. Program included song Lord’s Prayer duet Bruce Groharing Harriet Smith jokes Paul Wilt piano solo Thelma Schick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. T. Club
Noo
Thomson
Lehured
Ann
Emil Brach
Mys
K. W. Hoge
Livewire
Paul Wilt
Bruce Groharing
Harrriet Smith
Thelma Schick
Methodist Church to Welcome New Minister Harold R Dude
Harold R Sue minister at 10 a m Sunday school 11 a m morning worship 7 20 p m special monthly evening service Invitation extended to those who do not attend elsewhere Reception for the new minister Rev Harold R Dude his wife and baby held at church Wednesday 75 to 100 attended the 6 30 dinner followed by program including welcome responses music talks and jokes by local church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Sue
Harold R. Dude
Chas, McGinty
Dude
Lois Middleton
Geneva Kness
Harriet Wheeler
Fred Smith
Chas. McGinty
The
Baptist
Ray Brenneman
Lyle Wills
Ladies Aid to Hold All Day Meeting at Church Annex
Next Wednesday the ladies' aid will hold an all day meeting at the church annex with a noon dinner. Besides quilting, activities include Totters. Ladies are asked to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies' Aid
Catholic services and events at Fair Haven
Regular services begin at 8 30 with time changes noted. Rev Milton Bischoff presides at 10 a m Sunday school and 7 p m Young People's meeting followed by 7 39 evening service. North Central Seminars quartet of Neperville to sing and deliver the evening message. Get er service at 8 p m Thursday at Fair Haven. Entertainment planned for Saturday evening and a party on Oct 31 at the John Larsen home. Ideal Sunday school at 10 am with 7 00 Young People and 7 30 Etching series. Ret Beree pastor chairs a young people meeting. Visitors welcome at Hdcal. Mr and Mrs Rudolph Holm and daughter Lawonne of Arto plus Miss Dorothy Holm of Chadwick and Mr and Mrs Henry Wessel of Clinton visited Chicago last weekend with Miss Evelyn Holm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Milton Bischoff
North Central Seminars Quartet of
Neperville
John Larsen i
IDEAL
Young Peoples Meeting
Beree
Bianche Stim
Hdcal
Redolph Holm
Lawonne
Arto
Dorothy Holm
Chadwick
Henry Wessel
Clinton
Marie Stage and Kenneth Kemmer United in Thomson Wedding
A quiet October wedding united Marie Stage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stage of Thomson, and Kenneth Kemmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kemmer of Morrison, in a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. W. G. Aitken. Attendants included Dorothy Kemmer and Robert Stage, with a blue and white canopy and a formal wedding dinner following. The bride, a Thomson girl, will reside in Morrison on Orange Street after their Geneseo honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Stage
Ben Stage
Thomson
Illinois
Kenneth Kemmer
Fred Kemmer
Morrison
Dorothy Kemmer
Robert Stage
Lucille Griswold
Lohengrin
Fred Miller, Jr
Vera Kemmer
W. G. Aitken
First Baptist Church
Geneseo, Ell
Thomson Baptist Church
Midwest Stamping Co
Fred. Kemmer
Horace Towmbly
Howard King
Edward Kemmer
Morrison, TL
Harvey Marshall
Sterling
Charles Stage
Paul Stage
Rock Island
Wesley Sack
Fred Miller
Ravilla Ghepman
Roy Heitman
Helen Kenyon
Mildred Bower
Beulah Gaar
Bernice Cochran
Geneseo
Orange Street
Stagg Family Heads to Manatee Fla for Winter
Mr and Mrs Thomas Stagg Mrs Paul Heusinkveld and son Bobby plan to drive to Manatee Florida for the winter leaving Wednesday They expect a four day trip and aim to arrive Saturday or Sunday This allows them to vote here on Tuesday before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Stagg
Paul Heusinkveld
Bobby
Manatee
Fla
Thomson Skaters Seek Winter Ice Pond Plan
Thomson youths push for a public ice skating pond this winter with a town meeting set for Monday at 7 30 PM in the Review office rooms. Parents and residents are urged to attend or send ideas to Clarence Bothous as the community weighs backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Thomsens
Clarence I Bothous
Entertain Group at 308 Tuesday Evening
Mra Grace Mover and daughter Lon entertained a group of ladies at 3M in their home Tuesday evening. Prices were won as follows fired. Mrs. Ning Kenyon, floating prize by Mrs. Joe Melendy, and Jow by Mrs. Don Carpenter. Lovely refreshments and Halloween decorations marked the gathering. Mr. and Mr. Gien Demaree and childiren visited Pearl City Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds of Galva visited Sunday with her mother, Alice Lewis and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Mover
Lon
Ning Kenyon
Joe Melendy
Don Carpenter
Hallowe'en
W. F. Reynolds of
Galva
Alice Lewis
Chicago visit nets family gatherings and arrivals
Frank Warfield traveled to Chicago last night with a load of tuck. Mr and Mrs Henry Newendyke visited with daughter Dorothy May of Sterling and Mrs Mary Lawton of Cottonwood on Tuesday, joining Mrs Newendyke's mother Mrs John Balk and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Warfield
Chicago
Henry Newendyke
Dorothy May
Sterling
Mary Lawton
Cottonwood
Among The Sick Among The Sick
Kathryn Wicbenen underwent an appendectomy at Jane Lamb Hospital Tuesday forenoon and is recovering as well as expected. Mrs. B R Lewis at Jane Lamb Hospital is improving after a recent operation. Johnnie Pape of Manitath Wis was hospitalized Thursday to Sunday with a throat infection after wisdom tooth extractions. his condition required throat lancing twice Friday and he reported improved Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Wicbenen
Jane Lamb Hospital
B. R. Lewis
JaneLam Hospital
Johnnie Pape
Mariteth
Wis
Neary Couple Mark Golden Anniversary in Morrison
Mr and Mrs John Neary observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary on November 3, with a family gathering at their home near Morrison. The couple’s long life on a 216 acre York Township farm is recalled, including their histories, wedding at a Morrison Catholic church, and memories of Lincoln’s assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neary
Thomson
Mr. Neary
Mary Manny Neary
Patrick Neary
Dixon
York Township
Morrison
Abraham Lincoln
Neary
Bluffs
John
Mae
Frank Johnson
Grace Isenhart
Edith
Francis Hook
Josh
Eddie Isenhart
Brand
Local News From Mt Carroll Visitors and Divorces
Mt Carroll saw Mrs. Otto Switzer and N. OD. French on business visits in Mt Carroll and Chicago. George Creighton was granted a divorce from Lottie Cremhton at Mt Carroll. Ed Peska and family visited with Mrs Harold Libberton and relatives. Carl and family Daehler hosted dinner in Chadwick. John Carroll visited Camanche with C V Carlson. Albert Radtke of Moline visited Ed Drake and family with stopovers in Argo. Paul Melendy and family visited Monmouth with Orlo Smith family. Barrel Brown of Ft Des Moines came to Mt Carroll to visit his parents and Harold Brown in trans Mich. Barrel returned to U S Army duty. Harold returned to Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Creighton
Lottie Cremhton
Mt Carroll
Albert Radtke
Moline
Ed Drake
Argo
Paul Melendy
Savanna
Orlo Smith
Francis and
Jeanette
Mt. Carroll
Claude Crouse
Monmouth
Barrel Brown
Ft. Des Moines
Guy Brown
Harold
Trans, Mich
Barrell
U. S. Army
Michigan
Prepare For Hallowe'en Celebration
Spooks and witches are due to arrive this Saturday night for the PTA sponsored Hallowe en party at the high school front door. Prizes will be awarded for best disguises and performances including duets, dances, a cake walk, and ghost stories. Adults and youths are invited with a modest ten cent bond to cover fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomoriity Hallowe'en
PTA
T Lovery
Hallowe'en
H. S
Roosevelt
Landon
Swinners
Ty Xonic
Weil
Gropps
Bond
Mrs Herman Jansma Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs Ben Dykstra hosted a postnuptial shower for her daughter Eleanor Jansma Morrison nee Dykstra as many friends attended. Gifts, social games, and a luncheon marked the afternoon with a large group from Morrison Fulton Chadwick Ustick and Clinton area gathering to celebrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Jansma
Ben Dykstra
Mra Wierman Pansata
Eleanor Dykstra
Morrison
Janemia
Honotee
Clarence Balk
John Balk
James Wilkens
Mintie Janama
Jeanette Balk
Fulton
Frank Zuideta
John Harms
John
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Rev. Hamstra
P-T. A
Utilities
Thom
SON
Ehipment
Isabelle Joens
Otte Switzer
South Fourth ST
Maywood, Ill
Melvin Friteathe
Frank Fritexehe
Rec
Goble
Myr
G. B Goble
Larch Avenue
Centennial
Dallas
Tex
Mra
Grave Moyer
Sat‘urday
Ben Tebell
Mamie Tripp
Jynort
Dalais
Mexico
Eapee
Christian
Methodist
Argo FA Methodist Cemdawendant
A. Wright
Stagg
Gien Demaree
Childiren
Pearl 1 City
York Center School
Para
John Neary Wal
Minna G. Cooley
Luella Kness
Francia Hook
Mary Margaret
Kathleen
Ioseph Isenhart
Johnson
Mrs. Neary
John Kilday
Clyde Township
Kilday
Otto Switzer
N. OD. French
Ed Peska
Harold Libberton
Carl Daehler
Fred Daehler
John Carroll
C. V. Carlson
Camanche, In
Hallowe’en
High School
Hear Strauch
Ed Hinds
Lee Worning
Malvern
Justice Prins
Dora Frins
Bernard Manning
Geonge Manning
Merlin Jordon
Lang
Joyce
Clinton, Land
Harold Gibson
Isadora
Elnora Massing
Savana
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