Town Notes Preview Local Life and Projects
About Town surveys moving furniture, melon crops, painting work by Danny Kness, school enrollment, pond lilies west of Thomson, street improvements, a speeding device trial with arrests, basket ball court progress, local fishing stories, and community notices including college entrance and seed sales ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Danny Kness
McBride
Danny
Crew
John Seger
Mail
Hawk Reunion Held Sunday At Apple River Canyon
The 3rd annual Hawk Reunion gathered 24 members and 3 guests at Apple River Canyon Illinois on Sunday August 29. A picnic lunch followed a social afternoon and business meeting. New officers include President Mrs Louis J Thompson Clinton Iowa Vice President Mrs Forrest Essinger Lanark Secretary Miss Jo Ann Prins Clinton Iowa and Treasurer William Hawk Sr Mt Carroll. The oldest present was Justice Prins Clinton Iowa youngest Kathy Ann Zemke Mt Carroll. Guests Douglas Bennett Clinton and Emil Zemke Barrington. Reunion planned for August 30 1955 at White Pines State Park Polo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawk
Apple River Canyon
Apple River
Illinois
Louis J. Thompson
Clinton
Forrest Essinger
Lanark
Jo Ann Prins
William Hawk
Mt. Carroll
Justice Prins
Kathy Ann Zemke
Jo Ann
Norman Stickell
Marie
Robert
Clinton, Ia
Wim
Bill
Mickey
Barbara
Leo Zemke
Kathy Annall
Forrest Eslinger
Jaclyn
Connie
Larry
Benford Stadel
Richard
Deanne
Stockton
Douglas Bennett
Emil Zemke
Barrington
White Pines State Park
Polo
Promotion and Army Training Milestone for Pvt Dyson
Pvt. Charles B. Dyson received a promotion and graduated from The Artillery School at Fort Bliss Texas. Graduation took place Thursday August 25. He becomes an instructor training operators for equipment in the 3rd GMBn. He entered the armed services July 8 1953 and has been stationed at Fort Bliss since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Dyson
Ft. Bliss
Texas
G. M
Ile
Armed Services
Ft. Bliss Texas
Weekend visitors and relatives mingle in Mt Carroll area
Thomson News notes numerous calls on Mt Carroll and area as Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grim and daughter visit Mrs. Mary Deitrick. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hagg of Chicago stay with Mrs. Jennie Griswold. the Witt family from Clinton Iowa spend ten days with relatives. other visits include Mr and Mrs Harold Waitt, Mr and Mrs Roy Heitman, the Eslingers en route home from a vacation, and Hunts and Fosset families sharing meals with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Grim
Mt. Carroll
Mary Deitrick
Herman Hagg
Chicago
Jennie Griswold
Louis Witt
Clinton
Harold Waitt
Wayne
Roy Heitman
Mervin Marshal
Morrison
O. Hemmer
Frank Brown
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Jerry Wiebenga
William Hamm Jr
William Hamm
Church Services Announced for Fulton and Savanna
Ideal Evening services at 7 30 p m listed along with 8 and 10 a m sessions at Fulton. St John s church in Savanna offers 6 8 and 10 a m services. Regular pastors Rev J W Gillespie and Rev William Kendall urge attendance. Service every Sunday evening. Remember we are looking for you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
St. John's Church
Savanna
J. W. Gillespie
William Kendall
York Community Church Weekend Services Schedule
York Community holds Sunday school at 9 30 with church services at 10 30. Rev William Kendall of Milledgeville will be guest speaker delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Kendall
Miliedgeville
Rally Month at York Baptist Church Begins September 1954
York Baptist Church announces Rally Month starting September 7 with a social, Sunday School and worship services led by Pastor William E. Leckrone. Weekly themes focus on community ministry, dedicated living, and decisions for God, with a rally day on September 26 inviting all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah the Statesman
Harold Witt
Ernest Smith
Sandridge School District to vote on educational and building fund tax rates
A special election will be held Saturday September 18 1954 in Sandridge School District No 73 Carroll County Illinois to decide two tax rate propositions. Voters will choose whether to raise the educational fund rate from .60 to .81 percent and the building fund rate from .144 to .250 percent. Polls open 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Sandridge Schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge
Carroll County
Illinois
Curtis St. Ores
Harold E. Fedderson
Morrison couple welcome daughter at Jane Lamb Hospital
Pvt. Pickens and Mrs. Ellis Pickens of Morrison are the parents of a daughter born Sunday August 29 at Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton Iowa. The infant weighed six pounds and Pvt. Pickens serves in the armed forces and is stationed at Ft. Lee Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Ellis Pickens
Morrison
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Pickens
Armed Forces
Ft. Lee, Va
Pape Family Reunion Held at Old Mill Park Savanna
The Pape family gathered at Old Mill Park in Savanna on August 22 for the annual reunion. New officers were elected: President Clifford Milnes of Morrison, vice president Harry Montgomery of Morrison, secretary and treasurer Mrs. Harry Montgomery of Morrison. Five marriages and seven births noted since the last gathering. oldest present Mrs. Revo Pape of Morrison, youngest Ray Petersen, 7 months old. Road distance records show Mr. Lloyd Pape family from Bloomingdale traveled far. The 1955 reunion is planned for the fifth Sunday in August at Old Mill Park in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Gly Mill Park
Savanna
Clifford Milnes
Morrison
Harry Montgomery
Revo Pape
Ray Petersen
Haroll Petersen
Lloyd Pape
Bloomingdale
Old Mill Park
Leslie Prins Elected President of Thom Son FFA Chapter
On August 31 1954 the Thom son FFA Chapter met to elect officers for the coming year Leslie Prins was chosen president Jerry Brinkman was named vice president Howard Prins secretary Larry Smith treasurer Larry Geerts reporter and Gene Brearton sentinel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson F. F. A
Leslie Prins
Jerry Brinkman
Howard Prins
Larry Smith
Larry Geerts
Gene Brearton
Local residents host and visit across states
Lincoln Nebraska residents Mr and Mrs C T Lambert visited relatives in Connecticut while Mr and Mrs George Williamson hosted guests from Lavinia. Numerous gatherings included Morrison area families with guests from Rockford Chicago Fulton Geneseo Jacksonville Va St Paul Clinton and other locales during weekends and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Lambert
Lincoln
Neb
George Williamson
Lavinia
John Carroll
Lambert's
Connecticut
Mervin Marshall
Morrison
Dean Hodges
Rockford
Robert Carroll
Barbara
Larry
Robert Heusinkveld
Savaniva
Paul Heusinkveld
Ed Andring
Dennis
Mesdames Lenora Snyder
Katherine Stichter
Edna Warner
Fulton
Gertrude Kustes
Dorothy Roggendorf
Review Publications
Thomson Merchants Rally To 7 4 Win Over Port Hole
The Thomson Merchants beat Port Hole 7 to 4 in a league game to tie for second place. The win completes league play and advances Thomson into a three way tie for second with a playoff setup looming to decide postseason spots. Thomson has 26 wins and eight losses this season as it enters tournament play Labor Day versus Seiden Hybrids at Ifo oppele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Merchants
Port Hole
Thomson
Labor Day
Ifooppele
Argo residents and visitors update
Mrs George Schmaling and Miss Esther Schmaling returned from Oberlin and Amherst Ohio. Evert Johnson is recovering at home from an ankle injury and is in a cast. The L Durwood family are home from a Black Hills vacation. School resumes and students from Argo Fa district ride by bus to Thomson Consolidated Grade School. Mr and Mrs Warner Hartman family return from Chicago. Hiram Green, former Argo resident, has bought a home in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schmaling
Esther Schmaling
Oberlin
Amherst
Ohio
Evert Johnson
L. Durwood
Black Hills
Argo
Thomson Consolidated Grade
Warner Hartman
Chicago
Hiram Green
Thomson
Social Notes From Thomson Area Gatherings
Local residents and visitors share weekend hospitality and travel. Families from Madison Milwaukee Lanark and Ia visit Thomson friends while others plan trips to Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa.
Illnesses and hospital notes from Clinton Iowa
The column records multiple local health updates. Sick residents include The Sick Harlan Hoff absent from school, Frank Stiles after surgery at Savanna City hospital, Henry Warfield recovering from a light stroke at his sister’s home, John Ashpole now an observation patient at Jane Lamb hospital, Mrs. Robert Holland returning home after surgery, Archie Gaar back at Sarah Harding’s home from Jane Lamb hospital, and Mrs. Robert Zimmer ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Hoff
Francis Hoff
Frank Stiles
Savanna City Hospital
Henry Warfield
Join la Shelle
John Ashpole
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Robert Holland
Archie Gaar
Sarah Hardings
Jane Lamb
Robert Zimmer
Hampton
Zimmer
Betty Flickinger
Frank Potter
Mrs Bowders Hosts Shower for Miss Meakins in Morrison
Mrs Harry Bowders hosts a Thursday evening shower at the Legion hall for her niece Miss Jerry Ann Meakins of Morrison. Miss Meakins, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Walters, will wed Denala Ashby, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Ashby, on Sunday September 1 at the Morrison Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bowders
The
Legion Hall
Jerry Ann Meakins
Morrison
Meakins
Eugene Walters
Denala Ashby
Wayne Asby
Episcopal Church
Clinton Girl to Wed David Young on Sept 26
Marilyn St. Clair daughter of Earl and Estelle St. Clair of Clinton will marry David Young son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young of Thomson. Nuptial vows set for 2 p.m. Sunday September 26 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Martin S. Bredow officiating. Reception follows at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl St. Clair
Clinton
Marilyn
David Young
Henry Young
Thomson
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin S. Bredow
Community Social Roundup From Chadwick and Vicinity
Sunday and Monday visits fill the Chadwick area as families from Morrison Lanark Fulton and Savanna gather with relatives. Notables include Pvt George Creighton of Ft Benjamin Harrison visiting his parents and Paul Blair in Florida promoted to SSgt with plans to return for a visit. The standouts are birthday honors for West Holland and multiple dinners and gatherings across Mt Carroll Clinton Savanna and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bennett
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Charles Hartman
Erie
George St. Ores
Robert Atherton
Merle Bicker
Robert Miller
Janie
Harold Brown
Maude Brown
Harriett
Fred Coden
Fulton
Econ
George Creighton
Paul Pratt
Milwaukee
Wis
Rebecca Pratt
Springfield
Pratt Farm
Robert Carroll
Kneal Hook
Harry Clarke
Creorge Creighton
Isaac Decker
Melvin
Evelyn Temp
Innel
Park
Mt. Carroll
Morrison
Lanark
Thomson
John Ashmore
Harold Sorensen
Clinton, Ta
Cynthia McNerney
Mary Donovan
Baltimore Md
Rank Potter
Wisconsin
N. D. French
John Demaree
Dartt
Lisa
Grace Ulrich
Davenport
Pete Hansen
Wilbur Williams
Eddie
Frank Holman
Paul Blair
Air Force
Eglin A. F. B
Florida
Alc
Rachel Blair
John Carpenter
Eugene Bull
H. A. Tooey
Vern Tobey
Clinton
Garrett Stevenberg
Bertha Holland
Hobart Holland
West Holland
Chester Libberton
Lulu Melendy
Clarence Home
Dew
Savanna
Sandridge School Opens With 37 Pupils Enrolled
Sandridge School opened this week with 37 pupils. Miss Gladys Detge of Chinton, la, is the teacher. The district has purchased a bus driven by Mr. Carl, serving pupils from the Biederman farm in the south to Kyle Brown comer in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge School
Gladys Detge
Chinton
Carl
Biederman Farm
Kyle Brown
Omar Ketchum Sells Apartment to Walstons in Savanna Move
Mr and Mrs Omar Ketchum sold their apartment house to Mr and Mrs Francie Walston of Savanna. The Ketchum family moved to Savanna and the Walston family moved to their home here. Thomson PTA meets tonight at 8 at the Grade School. The 500 Card Club met last Thursday with honors to Mrs G A Smith Mrs Morse Mrs Gertrude Kustes and Mrs Thomas Hand. The West End Home Bureau unit meets next Friday Sept 10 with Mrs Harvey Seim hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Ketchum
Francie Walston
Savanna
Ketchum
Walston
Pebcea
Thomson P. T. A
500
Thomson 500 Card Club
Ivan Morse
G. A. Smith
Morse
Gertrude Kustes
Thomas Hand
Ed Andring
Hostese
Hoste Bureau
West End
West End Home Bureau Unit Will Meet Next Friday Sept. 10, With Mrs. Harvey Seim
Dorothy Footitt
Seim
Local social notes from Morrison and surrounding towns
Mrs. Marie Crow and daughters Loretta and Verda attended a birthday party for Susan Raser in Prophetstown hosted by Dale and Mrs. Taser. The record also notes moves to Savanna by France Wood, visits to Elvira and Chicago trips for cattle, and various weekend and weekday visits among families in Palmer, Fulton, Mt. Carroll, Chadwick, and Orion. Carrie Cleghorn obituary notice from Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Crow
Loretta
Verda
Morrison
George Cook
Milledgeville
Chicago
M. V. Lamber
Donald Lambert
Charles Tibbits
Palmer, Neb
John Carroll
Adeline Groharing
Fulton
Marvin Brookstra
Edward
Edward Smaltz
Avis
Milwaukee
Wis
N. D. French
Jay
Helen van Owen
Francis Hoff
Gail Fredericks
Savanna
James Hook
Leslie Frederick
Orion
Morrion
Carrie Cleghorn
Spokane
Wash
Kessie Groharing
Chadwick
Virgil Wilt
Jamey
Joan
Lowell Ness
Mt. Carroll
Arthur Hoffman
Trucker Joseph Locey Killed on Route 80 Near Albany
Albany trucker and farmer Joseph L. Locey 31 died in a Sunday morning crash on Route 80 south of the Meredosia pumping station near Albany. An inquest will be held in Rock Island County. Locey, born December 11 1922 at Milledgeville, leaves a widow Mary Elizabeth Cain and four children Gerald Kathlene Peery and Michael. He resided at Malvern previously and was a Moose Lodge member. Funeral services were held at Reynolds funeral home with burial in Grove Hill cemetery Morrison.
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Albany
Meredosia
Route 80
Joseph L. Locey
Morrison
Whiteside
Rock Island
Daley
Port Byron
Invest
Lacey
Warren Tulsing
Henry Hamilton
Rock Tal
Milledgeville
Frank
Jessie Stone Locey
Morricon
Mary Elizabeth Cain
Malvern
Reynolds Funeral
Ricoland Komm
Burin
Grove Hill Cemetery
Social notes from Fulton and surrounding towns
Mrs. Andrew Hook and others from Fulton visit James Hook and Joan. Alumni from Stanford unite with Sedley Peck of Azusa and Cyrus Wait of Reynolds. Visits extend to Chicago for Jake Diephuis and Henry Kielma kin. Hiram Green paints Dick McGinty residence. Thomson and Morrison families host relatives and dine at Crystal Lake De Witt. Emma Steele returns from Mt. Carroll. Hoge and Metzger families host in Thomson and Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hook
Freda Bos
Ann Bos
Fulton
James Hook
Joan
Sedley Peck
Azusa
Calif
Cyrus Wait
Reynolds
Stanford University
Jake Diephuis
Henry Kielma
Chicago
Hiram Green
Dick McGinty
Delbert Curley
Toulon
Clarence Huggins
Huggins
Robert Smith
Liond
Kenneth Kemmer
Crystal Lake
de Witt
Emma Steele
Mt. Carroll
Thomson
Henry Vogel
Morrison
Charles Hoge
Richard V.yons
Famly
Dixon
Anson Metzger
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Town
Anita Shutters
Ceril Frosch
Tarry
Joe
Ecome
Joe Bennett
Ben Hall
Don
Iowa
Mary Pratt
Milwaukee, Wis
Westhampton College
Richmond
Virginia
William Miller Jr
Central Iowa
Waterloo
Weiler’s
Washington St
James Dykema
Phone
Eldon Hickey
Thomson News
York
James W. Gillespie
York Baptist Churan
Ladies Aid
E. L. Hurley
Thomson, Morrison
Mount Carroll
Jesus
Methodist
William E. Leckrone
Whomson
Hickory Grove
Argo Fay
Joyce Farrar
Barry Farrar
James Chipman
Macomb
William Mullen
Carl Peterson
Reka Hass
Asher Peterson
Shelton
Washington
Axel Peterson
Robert Ludwig
Robin
Michigan
Harvey Seim
Charles Mullen
Charles Mullen Sr
Adeline
Wiliam Mullen
Carl Petersen
Adam Heinze
Wacker
L. E. Kindle
Carmel Hey
Derrill
Sterling
John Sloan
Cradle News
FFA
Mises Ayres
Clary Smith
Otto Swit
Cleatus Underwood
YCHS
Young
Ernest Loftus
Thompson
Geneseo
George Salton
Hinoyvy Mewendyke
Howard Johnson
Chodwi
Paul Brisi
Merchants
Clinton Foods
Sea Horses
Clinton Taverns
Fulton Merchants
de Witt Moose
General Electric
Argo News
Henry Engelking
Mars Fellows
Madison, Wis
Otto Switzer
Charles Eissers
Fred Miller
Baltimore
Robert Zinmer
Merle Prins
Debra
Esther Riclma
Hampshire
Merle Atherton
Dorothy Letcher
Andrew Houzenga
Dwayne Bielema
C. F. Bielema
Leslie Durward
Minnesota
South Dakota
Towa
Paul A. Pratt
Daughers
Mary and
Paula
Chrisine Landbeck
Helen Pratt
Springfield Tr
James Heistand
Buffalo
New York
Heistand
Cora Pratt Heistand
Pratts
Pratt
Paul Smith
Ronald
Keesier
Lou Taylor
Minong Wisconsin
Jh. N. Holland
Floyd Smith
Ed Dusing
Ed Ieavis
James Hogg
Camanche
Chari, Hoge
Tommy Root
Ilinois
Sllege
Edward Meinert
Parcine
Richard Partke
Leslie Rynott
Grace Teeter
Earl Dennett
Sidney Brenneman
Ray Brenneman
Wm. Lawrenz
Inton
Richard Badtke
Lloyd Sehaver
Thomson) Review
Hall
Themoon Methodist Church
Starr's
Clubs and
Lodges
Joseph Locey
Ernie
Tony
Leo & Deannies
Thomson, III
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