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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
8
Thomson briefed C. A. Depue and his son Clarence of Clinton as Sunday evening visitors to Mrs. Alice Lewis and family. Glen Kreuder spent last weekend in Des Moines Iowa for the state fair.
Mrs Bert Pringle of Chicago Mrs Lee Hurlbut of Fulton and Mrs W M Tucker of Clinton were guests last Friday of Mrs B R Lewis. Mr and Mrs Charles Beck hosted their mother as guest. Blanche Beck of LaGrange and granddaughter Florence Mary Zimmer of Fulton visited with family. Franklin Smith and Roy Heitman family returned from Minnesota trip. Miss Irene Foltz returned home to Argo after month in Clyde’s home during Mrs Foltz illness.
The Thomson band wraps up a summer season directed by Miss Beth Hower. They report about 156 in collections, funding the director’s weekly pay and trips to the Chicagoland Festival of Music and Elk Hart instrument factory. Expenses included 30 for transport, 9 for instrument travel, 20 for rooms, and 36 for a Stevens Hotel luncheon. Rehearsals resume next week at the high school on Mondays and Thursdays.
Mrs Earl Rupple will leave Tuesday for Whitton near Hanover to teach the Miller school. She will board at Whitton and return home for weekends.
Thomson News notes Mr. and Mrs. Merle Dorward of Argo visiting with uncle in Morrison. Harold Milnes couple also in Morrison with Mrs. Wayne Ashby and son visiting Willis Greeley family. Lucille Stickell of Downers Grove to visit Labor Day with J. Y. Stickell family. Everett Eslinger of Morrison visited in Fiona Eslinger’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Seim spent Friday evening in Fred Seim’s home.
Mr and Mrs Ed Sack and son Ned move from Morrison to Dixon on Wednesday as Mr Sack takes dairy employment. N D French spent days in Chicago on business. The Erling family reunited at Eagle Point Park Clinton Sunday. Henry Parson attended funeral services for John Kisseller Sr in Chadwick Tuesday. Carl Petersen visited Clinton Sunday with Jens Andersen Sr at Mrs Reka Hass home.
Residents hosted and visited over the weekend with numerous relatives and friends from Walnut Savanna Cedar Rapids Clinton Morrison Mount Carroll and Garden Plain. Notable mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller hosting Joe Weber Henry Weber and Ida Weber. Everett and Allen Millard from Yates City visiting the Millers. John Cocking and son with Mrs. Clare Cochrane and her Kansas City grandson. Delia Melendy planning a mid September departure for Los Angeles and other California points.
Ed Knes of Fair Haven visited Sunday at the home of his brother Lou Kness and wife. A Revs. subscriber urges village officers to fix a sunken sidewalk slab in front of the post office, a hazard to passersby. Mr and Mrs F Strafelda and son Alfred and Mr and Mrs H Getz of Westmont IL plan to spend the weekend with Oscar Kraft. Mr and Mrs Peter Witt and sons Lawrence and Louis of Clinton visited Sunday with their brother and his wife Harold Witt.
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