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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
8
Mrs Eva Beck and Mrs Carrie Atherton visited Mt Carroll area. Numerous Clinton, Savanna, and Milledgeville residents traveled to visits and social events. Guests included families of Steele, Kluge, Turney, Lewis, Gleason, Rawlins, Lohmeier, and Cundiff. Several family gatherings and weekend plans were noted with locals returning to Chicago and Decorah after visits.
Clarence Rice and family members from Thomson attended a Rice family homecoming and reunion at the Finley home in Hampton. The gathering included relatives from East Moline Eldridge Sunny Vale Rock Island and local Thomson friends, with a church service at Watertown Baptist Church and a family dinner. Gilbert Holland returned from San Diego after six years in the Navy and will stay with his parents amid his honorable discharge.
In 5th and 6th grades we decorate with Halloween posters and host a party with refreshments. 1st and 2nd grades learned A Dreadful Ghost and held a Jack O Lantern visit. Health checks discussed underweight risks and ways to gain weight. A Rev Cleworth speaks at Education Week and Armistice Day program with parents invited.
Thomson brief items report guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rice plus family travels and social events. A sentence notes Fred Rice and Jes sie Rice and Mrs James Phillips. various dinners and showers are listed. Roy Rice and Ernest Rice receive ten day jail terms in Maquoketa for fishing with a trammel net.
The tale recounts M. Pierre Cot, former Air Minister of France, dining in London where a waiter refuses cold eggs, insisting hot eggs are the only option. Cot explains the French term oeuf froid meaning cold egg, but the waitress remains certain, citing her own experience with hot eggs.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 30 PM at Walker mortuary Freeport for Mrs Linnie Clark Farnham wife of A D Farnham longstanding Thomson resident remembered as butter maker at Bluff Springs Creamery and later parsonage helper in Thomson She died Tuesday night at 916 East Shawnee street aged 79 with husband and several children surviving including Roy Farnham Mila Senneff and others The Fleming era family ties and Eastern Star involvement noted
The Wednesday evening movie in the Masonic hall on Nov 6 will feature Joey Brown in Wide Open Faces, the 5th installment of Hurricane Express, and added short features. Mr and Mrs Earl Holman and children Arla Pearl and Jr have moved into the former Cochran house on Main street recently purchased by Lloyd Holman.
Mrs. Peter Drolema of near Morrison visited Wednesday with her mother Mrs. Jake Bissens. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Robertson and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Curley.
Miss Helen Jane Swits to marry Rev Clarence E Ploch on December 8 at 4 p m in Howes Memorial chapel Evanston. Bride attended Rockford schools and Rockford College class of 1938. professional certificate from Chicago Training school 1939. Groom a Louisville native and University of Louisville divinity graduate. serving Pewabie Methodist at Houghton Michigan. transferred to Rock River conference and to Albany Thomson parish. They plan to reside in Albany parsonage after the wedding.
The National Corn Husking Contest held Wednesday near Davenport attracted many locals. Attendees included Ray Erling Carl Peterson Roy Houghton Emil Brach Edson Holl Gilbert Holland Ed Knapp Herbert St Ores Jake Eissens C P Housenga Tom Wiersema Peter Drolema of Ustick Charles Eissens Henry Eissens Charles Housenga Paul Housenga Arnold Wiersema Walter Dykema of Fulton Doc Kness and many others.
Mrs Harry Diehl led a Hallowe en Brownies gathering at her home with ten members and six guests. Cecilia Hawk won the longest secret identity contest as games aligned with the holiday. The group will meet again next Wednesday in the library basement.
Mr and Mrs John Cooper Mr and Mrs Roy Heitman and Miss Irene Foltz attend the Miller school social near Hanover taught by Mrs Lottie Rupple. Heitman and Foltz meet former classmates. William Bennett visits Morrison for days to help care for his daughter in law returning from Chicago. Harvey Marshall family hosts weekend guests from Rockford. Teena Schipper of Morrison visits sister Mrs Bernie Dykstra. Dance at Masonic Hall Thom son Friday night November 1 with Erve Martindale Orchestra. Admission 50 cents couple 85 cents single. Sponsored by the young Democrats of Carroll County.
The speaker warned against newspaper monopolies and partisan propaganda, stressing journalism as a serious mission rather than mere livelihood. The Savanna Women’s club chorus performed and resolutions were read before adjourning to the spring conference in Shannon on April 1, 1941.
Thomson in heir Howard Wiebenga was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith. Supper guests were the latter's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMahon of Clinton. Frank Warfield, with Alvin Porter, hauled hogs to Chicago Sunday night for L. A. Porter. On Monday night Warfield and John Vander Terst traveled with a mixed stock load. The Atherton couple from Rochester, Wis., spent the weekend at the Robert Graharing home and visited Ray Brenneman and Mahel Williams. Sunday callers at Henry Hartman’s included several local families from Chadwick, Morrison, Clinton, Garden Plain, Fulton, Mt. Carroll, and Chadwick. Recent visitors to Mrs. Garharing included Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Storr, and Mrs. Feldwisch from Milledgeville. Mrs. Reka Haas of Clinton is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hook. Sunday evening they visited in the Andy Hook home. Paul Vance and son Paul Jr. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, called Tuesday evening in Merle Atherton’s home.
A fragmented list shows registrants across multiple towns and counties. Names include Sylvester Neil McWorthy and George Hook in Thomson and Mt. Carroll with various registration numbers. Others register at Thomson and Warrenville Illinois, Crystal Lake, Granville, Arlington Heights, Dixon, Rockford, Elgin, Chicago and Freeport, with numerous individuals and serial numbers listed.
The York Teachers Reading Circle met at Mrs Lyle Greeley's home on a Wednesday evening in October. A dance is planned for Friday night at Masonic Hall with music by the Erve Martindale Orchestra. Sunday callers included Mr and Mrs Harmon Stakemiller visiting the Fay Stakemliler home in Mt Carroll.
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