Thomson outlet page recalls hunting, school life and local kin
An account blends hunting chatter with school news from Thomson Illinois. It mentions opening duck season on Tuesday November 4 at noon, local hunters Skeeter Ashby and Tommy Root, and notes on pheasant and quail season starting November 11. It also covers cast members Janice Miller Silvia Dykstra Bootie Johnson, home-building by Mrs. Marian Poorman, and area social notes including relatives visiting and neighbors’ routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Cole
Lewis Motor Co
Pres. Paul
Paul
Tommy Root
Everett Wilt
Skeeter Ashby
Skeeter
Thomson
Remington
Winchester
Faye Ashby
Illinois
Janice Miller
Sylvia Dykstra
Alamiest
Bootie Johnson
Frances Green
Marian Poorman
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Stearns
Hebeler and Savanna Girl Speak Vows in Clinton
A double ring ceremony at 7 p m Sunday united Louise Schober of Savanna and Robert Hebeler of Thomson. Attendants were Edward Hebeler and wife. The bride, a Savanna telephone operator, wore a black street dress with white roses. the groom a Northwestern Illinois Utilities employee. The couple will reside in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hebeler
Savanna Girl
Clinton
Louise Schober
Savanna
Sean Mark
North Dakota
Robert W. [Tcheler
Y Henry Hebeler
Thomson
Edward Hebeler
Men of Troy fill YCHS basketball squad
Coach Munson reports most male students at YCHS out for the season with 25 players. All but three have basketball experience, and nearly all freshmen have joined, signaling strong potential as new suits arrive around December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson
Men of Troy
YCHS
Hallowe'en Party Set For Friday Night At YCHS
The Thomson Woman's club sponsors a Halloween party for all school age children on Friday October 31. Prizes for the costume parade include gifts from merchants and the club with judging at the high school if rain delays. After the parade activities include games, a study hall movie, and refreshments for all participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Thomson Woman's Club
Ernest Smith
Ychs
Thomson Briefs and Local Notices
The blanks are out for renewal of car licenses. For name numbers order before Dee. Prepare costumes for the Hallowe'en party on Friday Oct 31 at the gym. Thomson's new beauty parlor is run by Miss Dorothea Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Dee
Thomson's
Dorothe Lewis
Births in Clinton and Savanna hospital announced
The son born to Mr and Mrs Wes Luckstead of Clinton last Wednesday is named Steven Craig. Mr and Mrs Louis Corey of Savanna welcomed a son in Savanna City Hospital early Wednesday. The boy weighed seven pounds seven ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Luckstead
Clinton
Steven Craig
Louis Corey
Savanna
Savanna City Hospital
Hees
Mrs. Root Makes Mayo Clinic Visit in Rochester
Mrs. Harry Root Jerr travels from Winona Minnesota to visit her daughter and son-in-law Mrs Edward Mabewicki. They accompany her to Rochester Minnesota on Monday where she will undergo evaluation at the Mayo Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Root
Winona
Minn
Edward Mabewicki
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Why I Am a Premis e Canonialist Church Service
Baptist church schedule shows 10:00 a m morning worship 11:00 a m Sunday School 7:30 p m evening service. Theme messages urge church attendance and outreach with verses from James 3 1 6. Public exhortations encourage promoting church growth and inviting others to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Herbert St. Ores
James
Moses
Church notices outline services across multiple denominations
Methodist and Catholic congregations list Sunday worship times Sunday school and evening sessions. Savanna First Quarterly Conference invites Thom son and Argo church members. Catholic mass times and morning service noted with sermon themes on Christian Standards of Conduct and God in the Communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Draper
Methodist
Savanna
Thomson
Argo
Philhijlanes
Thomas S. Cleworth
James
Fulton men view Illinois Army football in New York tie
George Bush, Johnny Brown, Bill Considine, Tommy Woods and Gene Snyder of Fulton traveled to New York City to see the Illinois Army football game at LaGuardia field ending in a 0 to 0 tie. Their six day trip included stops in Baltimore and Washington along with Shenandoah National Park. Johnny Brown has accepted work in Clinton Iowa, while Mrs Frank Walker of Santa Rosa California visited her cousin Mia. Bidney Brenner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
Johnny Brown
Bill Considine
Tommy Woods
Gene Snyder
Fulton
New York City
Illinois Army
LaGuardia Field
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah National Park
Clinton
Agriculture Evening School Starts Nov 6 at YCHS
York high school Vocational Agriculture Department will start its annual Agriculture Evening School on Thursday Nov 6 at 7 30 p m. The sessions feature current agriculture topics visual aids and refreshments with all interested in agriculture invited. Melvin Stengel, the vocational agriculture instructor, directs the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ychs
Vocational Agriculture Department of York High School
Melvin Stengel
Home Bureau Winter Bouquet and Color Lesson Held
The West End Home Bureau met with Mrs. John Halfman Sr and under Mrs. Richard McGinty discussed winter bouquets using weeds and flowers as decorations. Dorothy Footitt led a major lesson on color combinations with material samples for drapes and upholstery. A Chicago trip on November 5 was announced with reservations due by November 1, meeting at Lews Motor Co. at 6 am, bus fare under four dollars. Minor November lesson will cover metal etching. contact Mrs. Paul Wilt in two weeks for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Home Bureau
John Halfman
Richard McGinty
Lrothy Footitt
Fred Peters
Chicago
Hobart Holland
Lews
M Bailey Dies in Fort Myers Florida
Mrs Aleen Hoofstitler of Sterling learns of the sudden death of her uncle Melvin Bailey a former area resident He had moved to Fort Myers Florida to live with his sister Mrs Carrie Ashby Survivors include Mrs Ashby and his twin Mrs Mable Elvedge A brother Al Bailey of Miami was killed by a hit and run driver about a year ago He was a brother of the late Earl Bailey of Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleen Hoofstitler
Sterling
Melvin Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Fort Meyers
Fla
Carrie Ashby
Ashby
Mable Elvedge
al Bailey
Miami
Earl Bailey
Thomson
Senior class to present Daffy Dills at high school
The senior class will present Daffy Dills a comedy in three acts on Friday evening, Nov. 7, at the high school gym. Get your tickets now from any school student. Charles Sack and a group of Lanark men connected with Carroll Service company spent Wednesday in Galesburg in the interest of the company's business. Mrs. F. Bielema of Fulton spent Tuesday with her son C. F. Kielema and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sack
Lanark
Carroll Service Company
Galesburg
Little Friends Help George White Celebrate Birthday
George White son of Mr and Mrs Donald R White celebrated his third birthday on October 28 with an afternoon party for young friends. Guests included Vera Hickey Allan Hickey Becky Kettler Jackie Lanning Danny Lanning and Bobby Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Donald R. White
Vera
Allan Hickey
Becky Kettler
Jackie
Danny Lanning
Bobby Potter
Sandridge School Social Tonight With Contests and Auction
Sandridge School hosts a social this Thursday evening featuring a Kid Die Contest a most popular girl contest weight guessing contest and other popular events An auction of the school quilt and food items plus a Fish Pond and Pot of Gold with cakes sandwiches candy and small purchases will occur Iibbie C Rupple teacher urges attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
Iibbie C. Rupple
Honor pupils listed for first period
First honor roll and school rank show Mary Cate Leona Curley Sylvia Dykstra Jean Elliott Erma Erling Ken Gablin Darrell Gaar Frances Green Lola Grim Paul Hartman Robert Heusinkveld Harvey Houzenga Leota Houzenga Alberta Johnson Carolyn Marshall John Elliott. Second honor roll includes Fay Ashby Diana Diehl Clifford Durwood Jack Falls Howard Johnson Janice Miller Betty Holloway Merle Prins Norma Strubb Arnold Sikkema Russell Sikkema Geraldine Smith Robert Smith George St. Ores Jo Ann Wilt Iona Zenk Joan Zenk Ellis Pickens. Perfect attendance honors go to Mary Cate Erma Erling Frances Green Harvey Houzenga Alberta Johnson Russell Sikkema George St. Ores Irene Zenk Darrell Gaar Lola Dykstra Lola Grim Leota Houzenga Howard Johnson Robert Smith Jo Ann Wilt Janet Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cate
Leona Curley
Sylvia Dykstra
Jean Elliott
Erma Erling
Ken Gablin
Darrell Gaar
Frances Green
Lola Grim
Paul Hartman
Robert Heusinkveld
Harvey Houzenga
Leota Houzenga
Alberta Johnson
Carolyn Marshall
John Elliott
Fay Ashby
Diana Diehl
Clifford Durwood
Jack Falls
Howard Johnson
Janice Miller
Betty Holloway
Merle Prins
Norma Strubb
Arnold Sikkema
Russell Sikkema
Geraldine Smith
Robert Smith
George St. Ores
Jo Ann Wilt
Iona Zenk
Joan Zenk
Ellis Pickens
Local Social Visit Notes From Springville and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs G A Frank and daughter Doris of Springville N Y arrived Sunday for a visit with sister and family Mr and Mrs Ernest Whit ney They plan to leave Friday for home John Carpenter Marilyn and Bob were Tuesday evening supper guests of their daughter Mr and Mrs Eugene Bull and Steve Mr and Mrs Richard Badtke had as dinner guests Sunday Mr and Mrs Sophie Van Hefty and son Arthur of Hillsdale and Mr and Mrs Forrest Gilbert and daughters of Port Byron Mrs Paul Heusinkveld and Mrs Hazel Stagg returned from Bradenton Fla where they took Mrs Lena Stagg to spend the winter They visited Warm Springs Ga where they saw the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Little White House once owned by the late President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Frank
Doris
Springville
N. Y
Ernest Whitney
Frank
John Carpenter
Marilyn
Bob
Eugene Bull
Steve
Richard Badtke
Sophie van Hefty
Arthur
Hillsdale
Forrest Gilbert
Port Byron
Paul Heusinkveld
Hazel Stagg
Bradenton
Fla
Lena Stagg
Warm Springs
Little White House
President Roosevelt
Fulton Theatre Reopens Under New Manager
The Fulton Theatre reopened Sunday October 26 as the Royal Theatre under new owner G J Suhorepetz who bought it from Melvin Felix after remodeling the interior and updating equipment. He announced continuous shows from 2 PM Sundays and 7 PM on weeknights with films including Blue Skies The Eye and I and Sea of Grass and listings will appear in Review Publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal
G. J. Suhorepetz
Fulton
Davenport
Melvin Felix
Community Fire Truck Arrival Expected Soon
Joe Shutters, chairman of the Volunteer Fire Truck Committee, says the community’s fire truck order is ready to arrive any day. It was being outfitted in Michigan and should have delivered by November 1. Residents urged to fulfill pledges and complete payments promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shutters
Michigan
Griswolds and Switzers Start Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs Bill Griswold accompanied by Mr and Mrs Otto Switzer left last Thursday morning for an eastern trip. During the Switzers absence Mr and Mrs Fred Miller are keeping the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Griswold
Otto Switzer
Mrs. Switzer
Fred Miller
Move Bar Built by Warfield Family Installed in Polo
George Warfield moves the new bar he built for his son Jack to Polo where it is being installed this week. The bar was constructed in the old Ada Lewis building, purchased by Warfield and his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warfield
Jack
Polo
Ada Lewis
Mr. Warfield
Local visits noted from Virden to area residents
Monday evening callers in the Wm. Bennett home included Mr and Mrs Paul Braun who visited relatives in Virden Illinois last week accompanied by her mother Mrs Marie Yates Mrs Al Volk of Camanche Iowa called here Monday Mrs Jennie M Boyington of Oak Park and Mrs Gertie Whitlock of Chicago spent last weekend with Lou Moyer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Badtke
Wm. Bennett
Paul Braun
Virden
Ill
Marie Yates
al Volk
Camanche
Jennie M. Boyington
Oak Park
Gertie Whitlock
Chicago
Lou Moyer
Hardware Tid-bits from Dick and Chas
An informal hardware ad style note lists items for farm and home needs including duck season gear toys Xmas sleds and misc tools. It mixes humor about politics and wartime anxieties with requests for old equipment such as a vacuum sweeper and cement mixer and ends with a friendly pitch for hardware goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick & Chas
Daffy Dills Show Presented by Senior Class
Ray McGinn of Clinton, who distributes Coca Cola in Thomson, won the RCA Victor Radio Phonograph at the Legion dance Friday night. He was present when the machine was delivered, and the senior class announced the November 7 presentation of Daffy Dills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McGinn
Clinton
Thomson
The
Legion
McGinn
Local church groups set meetings for November 5
The W S C S of the Metho dist church will meet next Wednesday November 5 with Miss Mary Cone. The WSCS of the Argo Metho dist church plans a pot luck dinner November 5 at Mrs Geo Schmaling's home. The Chat a While Club meets Friday afternoon with Mrs Lyle Williams. Ken Kemmer and family celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Methodist Church
Mary Cone
Wscs
Argo
Lyle Williams
Fred Kemmer
Bill Horaney
Galesburg
Ken Kemmer
Envelope lost at church chicken dinner
Mrs. Orella Bennett misplaced a money envelope during the Christian church chicken dinner last Wednesday. Any finder should contact Mrs. Bennett to return the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orella Bennett
Christian Church
Social Notes from Morrison and Vicinity This Week
Dinner guests included Warren Nice and family of Morrison and Leonard Feldt with daughters at Stevenberg home in Garden Plain. Several visits by Frank Walk and others, with relatives from Albany Des Moines Hopkins and Savanna. Local moves noted as Leland Spangler plans to relocate near Wacker and neighborhood events slated by the Woman's Club for Halloween night.
Daffy Dills staged by YCHS senior class at gym
YCHS senior class presents Daffy Dills a cyclonic farce listed by the Chicago Tribune as a new good amateur play. The comedy centers on Richard Dill a widower with four pampered children who secretly remarries and must flee town on the arrival of his wife. A grandmother and the children plot to oust the new stepmother. Performance Friday Nov 7 at 8 p m in the YCHS gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YCHS
Chicago Tribune
Richard Dill
Richard
Gran
Bayard Cole wins county horseshoe title at Mt Carrol
Bayard Cole captured the Fall Festival horseshoe championship by beating Henry Hartman of Ideal in the deciding games. Also noted: Rev. Schaich begins duties as Christian church pastor in Indiana, renting a home from Louis Strauch with wife and two children. Mrs Lorraine Ryan Thompson wins a new Chevrolet in Tennessee contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Cole
Mt. Carroll
Henry Hartman
Ideal
Rev. Schaich
Indiana
The
Christian Church
Louis Strauch
Lorraine Ryan Thompson
Tennessee
Gladys Kratz
John McCullogh
Ustick
Social visits and Halloween party planned by local Women’s club
Mrs Cecil Frosch and family visited B R Lewis and Dorothe. N D French and friends traveled to Reynolds. Harlan Johanns en and Doris Weitkamp visited Claude Grim. others gathered at Rockford and Erie. A Halloween party for local children will feature costumes games and gym refreshments after the parade hosted by the Women’s club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Frosch
Savanna
B. R. Lewis
Dorothe
N. D. French
Reynolds
Harlan Johannsen
Fulton
Doris Weitkamp
Claude Grim
Orie Rutherford
Wayne Groharing
Rockford
Eldon Hickey
Ernest Tousley
Mary Ann
Sherm Oakley
Chadwick
Ab Hook
Earl Hook
Erie
Max Smith
Lloyd Laverne
Galesburg
Alfred Williams
Moline
Annie Williams
Don Kaufman
Urbana
Verne Kaufman
Roy Heitman
Mervin Marshall
Carolyn
Hallowe'en
Henry Bielema Jr
Claus Bielema
Caallers
Henry Bielema
Joe Diephuis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eiynor Stagg
Brooks
Seger
John
Ruth Johnson
Osmund Carlson
Cahmel
Arkansas
Earl Bennett
Earl
Lewis
Darling
Pahdon
Helsinkveld
Bud Bull
Bubby Young
Root
Elliott
Bubby
Paul Lewis
Olive Smith
May
Elizabeth
John Ashpole
Ralph Christiansen
Harold Sorensen
Harold Ashpole
Henry Ashpole
Low Moor
Franklin Fehler
Hallowe’en
Thool
Endeavor
Hawbecker
Catholic
York
Thomson Briefs
Frank Walker
Santa Rosa
Calif
Mia. Bidney Brennerman
M. Bailey
FT. Meyers, Fla
Sandridge School
Papa
Thomas Root
Carol Dill
Rodney Dill
Leland Housenga Doris Lola Grim
Dill Twins
Arulerey
Dill
Maude Maddox
Elaine Escott
Leota Housenga
Aimee Lovewell
Sweet Sixteen
Rod Alberta Johnson
Pete Norton
Carol
Widow Woggles
Arica Jukes
Ben Dimmick
York Community High School
Thomson, III
Fulton Theatre
Royal Theatre
Dick Mecginty
Coca Cola
Robert Carroll
Warren Nice
Morrison
Leonard Feldt
Betty
Jake Stevenberg
Garden Plain
Frank Walk
Albany
Francis Hoff
Near Fulton
Robert Miller
Janie
Elmer Nelson
Cordova
Cornelius Noordhoff
Rogers
Victor and
Barl Keim
Frank Badtke
Des Moines
John Cooper
John Edwards
Olewein
Nora Anderson
Hopkins, Minn
Art Cooper
Clarence Cooper
Ray
John Reagan
A. F. Reimers
Wm. Tucker
Cedar Rapids
Bill Hynes
Mike
Ed Poorman
Burlington
Charles Segal
Marion Poorman
Charles Bissens
Charles Eugene
Woman's Club
Ed McGinty
Bill Jenkins
Burlington Railroad
Masambh
RCV
Mary Sagner
Main Street
Hubert Cate
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