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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
2
The report notes the first week of school actions and a Carroll County fair with shipments of melons. Supervisors meet next week and the township board held a regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
The town notes Mac Muses on a two week vacation for our mail carrier Mr Harney, rapid growth of the library building, and a string of local events. A bout between two youths near Chadwick ends at a hospital with scalp injuries, while other items report a boy’s chairing, a calf clash injuring a Ford, and a dramatic horse-car crash. Farming strikes stir debate over fair prices and lawful means, and political talk centers on Hoover Roosevelt rhetoric with a $100 essay prize offered by Grenville Keiser for supporters of Hoover reelection. Other items include travel to Independence, theater of a Proving Grounds inspection, a four colored men ride incident, and a butcher shop sale to Lawrence Gaar with W J McCoy overseeing a store in Dulesbute during a vacation.
Lanark residents share visits to DeKalb Zion City and Beloit College, with community events at Cherry Grove and Lawrence Park. Local births, travel, church gatherings, school staff changes, farm sales, and small-town updates provide a snapshot of life around Lanark and nearby towns.
Chestnut Park Savanna Harriett and Violet Cramer return home after summer with grandmother in Davenport. Hollisters J and family back from Barrington Illinois for a reunion with 71 attendees. Mildred McCue comes home from Chadwick. Funeral services for Mrs Sadie Smith held at Wacker with burial in Savanna cemetery beside John Smith. School opens with same teachers. janitor Mr. Lewis Frosch and driver Mr. T L Lincoln. Ed Bimm family visits Arthur Minnesota. Mrs Ready and children return from Wisconsin. Jones family home from Mount Carvel. Sack family near Thomson visits Earl Boothig. Roscoe Almquist and Ruby visit.
Last week updates show Ruta Marth leaving Friday to resume work in Chicago after a month with her parents Mr and Mrs Russell Marth. Local residents Mrs Tens Sorenson and Mr Otte Sorenson visited, Brethren ladies met with Mrs James Doty, Robert Bowman visited from Byron, and union services planned for Sunday Aug 29 at the OS E church with Rev Schreck from Lena preaching and special music. Additional calls came from Mt Carroll residents at Bart Lashaw’s, Rev Showalter filling the M E church pulpit, and BM E ladies meeting with Mrs Geo Saxton. Margaret Stiles departed for Springfield with Esther Schmaling Evelyn Holm and Helen Kenyon to compete for state honors in a style show.
The East Week column lists the ladies aid meeting at Mrs. Frank Irion's home on Aug 31 and Willing workers Sunday actoral lass hosted Friday by Miss Gladys and Ethel Jamison. Travelers head to Mor rison for the farm bureau picnic. Jamison family returns from a Canton Ohio trip visiting Clifford Fisk. In country news, Franks on and Larson families travel to Nebraska. more relatives tour Wisconsin and Madison. The Arinks finish a Holland Michigan vacation. Butkema party plans for State Fair in Springfield. Christina Balk covers the store.
A humorous dialogue features a cop questioning a driver about speeding, the driver underestimating his speed, and a punchy aside about wanting sleep. The scene includes a wife asking for a song and a farmer planning a town car ride with a senator lingering on a farm.
The Argo Fa column reports visits from Will Wilson and Garrick Wal son families, local school openings, and farm bureau activity. Pilots include Helen Kenyon Evelyn Holm and George Schmaling with awards at the state fair. crews travel to Chicago and Springfield. Community events, injuries, and local games are noted along with upcoming silo filling and road project schedules.
An elderly crowd gathered for an ice cream social in Franklin Corners with a varied program. The event featured singing, recitations, instrumental solos, vocal duets and a reading, with attendees including Mr and Mrs Wan, Mr and Mrs McColloh, and many local families. The notice lists many participants and mentions a church picnic at Lowell Park and other local social events nearby.
Milledgeville Harold A Hoff announces Milledgeville schools open Tuesday September 6 with freshmen registering September 1. Teachers include Miss Gl Moore Miss Rachael Simms Miss Arlene Lickard Miss Margaret Lewis Miss Gladys Gene O B Peterson NM A Hoff Kerine Whither Gladys Cox C W Cozzens Gladys Berger Ruth Chisholm and more.
Franklin Corners and Boone residents share a flurry of local visits travel detours on Route 7 and plans for schooling. Dorothy Parkingon returns from Leimars, Miss Emma Landis tours the U S lecturing for missions in India, while Reuben Conrady ships peaches at 1.75 per bushel. School work resumes August 30 with Mrs Core overseeing.
A playful exchange follows a newlyweds remark about wishes and boundaries. The husband quips that she has never desired something small enough, underscoring a lighthearted tension in a domestic vignette from a society page.
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