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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
5
Chadwick Co operative Cheese Factory led by manager Charlie Helm won blue white and red ribbons at the Illinois State Fair exhibition. Red for second place in Longhorn American cheese and white for third in Daisy American cheese. Northern Illinois cheese maker from Freeport also earned blue ribbons.
Mrs Henry Weber of Chadwick and her son Joseph Weber spend time at the Princeton fair while Miss Elma Dambman plans to teach in Downers Grove next year. Marion Taylor and family visit Savanna on business. James Waters travels to Chicago for his son Jimmy. George Appel of Champaren visited relatives near Milledgeville. the Rehmeiders and Bernadine Tripp spend a weekend with Mrs aunt Jos. Sammon and Frei Appel families hosted in Milledgeville area.
Mr Friend has been appointed manager of the Stegman Furniture Store in Sterling this week. He announces the store will stage its First Anniversary Sale featuring furniture values beyond comparison and inviting all to the best days in friendly service and deals.
Foreclosure sale ordered by Carroll County Illinois Circuit Court from a 1987 decree. Frank J. Moss, county treasurer, will auction lands described as Tracts B D E F and others in the Savanna and York Drainage District at the Mt. Carroll courthouse for cash on a date in September 1987, subject to tax liens and drainage assessments.
Miss Thelma Schreier visited last week in Sterling at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Hendricks and again in Coleta at the home of Mr and Mrs George Imel. Thelma returned home Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Hendricks and son Junior. They were dinner guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Schreiner. Mr and Mrs Jess Schreiner and family spent Sunday in the home of Schreiner’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Willis Pape near.
Notice to all interested that the annual benefits for drainage and levee work for 1987 are due in the Savanna and York Drainage District Carroll County Illinois. Pay to the treasurer in Thomson Illinois by March 1, 1938 or the unpaid lands will be sold to cover the amount and costs. Dated September 1, 1987. Roy L. Houghton, Treasurer.
Weekend visitors include Mae Sack and Ben Rosenberry in Chadwick Mor and Joe Ulvich with Vivian Rock Island plus Clem Manning Clinton. Manning reunion 52 at Fred Peters home. Route 171 tar like concrete after recent paving. six accidents, one death, multiple injuries. Local diamond ball scheduling fiasco between Daggett and Mt Carroll postponed twice. Thieves stole canned fruit from Will Haas home. Cecil Medenblik rents Adeline Groharing farm. Nino Kenyon and Ned Turner spreading Kenyon houses.
The second Hartman family reunion gathered at Point Rock Park in Mt. Carroll with Chadwick and area residents attending. A picnic followed a business meeting, with officers elected: President John Eiseller Jr, Vice President Roy Hartman, Secretary Clara Geiss, Treasurer Mildred Schreiner. The group noted five marriages and nine births, with many distant relatives listed from Chadwick, Mt. Carroll, Lake, and nearby towns. Final note: a humorous line about the stag and hart among the menagerie keeper.
Theatres present Dance Charlie Dance adapted from a George S. Raitiwin play in a new musical comedy with backdrops and songs. Stuart Erwin leads a starred cast including Dean Mui Allen Jenkins Glenda Farrell and many favorites. Co feature Trader Horn with Henry Gey Edwina Booth and Duncan Rinaldy. Booth recently recovered from a disease contracted in Africa during filming.
The text questions how communities select and supervise school bus drivers. It argues drivers should be chosen for reliability and knowledge, with rules to ensure responsibility and faithful performance. It warns against firing under 21 and calls for limits on driving hours to ten hours within a 24 hour period, urging safe operation.
Mr and Mrs Fred Paul of Waterloo Iowa hosted a dinner Sunday for relatives including Mrs Addie Imesau Sack Mr and Mrs Charles en tertained at dinner with Mrs Slice daughter Curin son Charles of Maywood and Mrs Bert Schreinery Mrs O H Rahn Mr and Mrs Vermin found daughter Beverly at home in Gratiot Wisconsin after two weeks with Chadwick and Emma Hohnadel Morris with relatives
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