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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
4
A columnist criticizes school involvement and parental participation, laments duplicitous language in education, and urges active parent engagement. He recalls rural life, questions school governance, discusses book costs and graft, and stresses honest, daily home support for youth.
Postings warn against trespassing on Tract FI-164 Carroll Farms in the Mississippi bottoms south of Savanna. Signs mark the land with a $50 reward for information leading to convictions for molesting the area. Violators face legal action under state law.
A speaker urges building on education to guide children away from shameful past actions of the last thirteen years. He emphasizes correcting youth with parental help and ending a period of spoils, invoking reforms to restore rightful behavior and national pride.
This report outlines the 1941 Illinois State Fair School of Domestic Science at Springfield. It describes a two week program for young women with hands on training in cooking baking sewing and serving plus lectures and social events. It notes eligibility including county representation and a Kerr scholarship program with tuition set at twelve dollars.
A woman laments a builder’s failed agreement and jokes about a verbal contract. A listener quips a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it isn’t written on. Another exchange notes teaching a baby to keep quiet. The first canal highway across Panama is slated for completion next spring, highlighting hope over fact as an industrial spur.
One hundred ten people attended the Hartman reunion at Old Mill Park in Savanna. Officers elected for next year are Lloyd Handel president Paul Daechler vice president Mrs George Coden secretary and Mrs James Morgan treasurer. Next year’s reunion will be on the last Sunday in August at the same location. Vital statistics recorded include five births two deaths and nine marriages among attendees and relatives.
The theatre presents Abbott and Costello in Hold That Ghost with Mischauer as a Czar like head waiter and Auer as maitre. The big cast also includes Richard Carlson Joan Davis Evelyn Ankers Shemp Howard the Andrews Sisters and Ted Lewis and his orchestra. The film opens as Auer hires the duo as relief waiters then dismisses them. later they turn the tables by hiring him at their rest home and subject him to comic torture.
The annual Imel reunion gathered 44 members Sunday at Old Mill Park in Savannah. A death was noted as Mrs. C. H. Imel. one marriage, Dorothy Lucas to Bert Rick. officers reelected: O. H. Imel president, George Imel vice president, X. A. Imel secretary-treasurer.
A tall, elegant woman visits a major department store seeking a home wear skirt. A salesgirl dismisses the idea, stating skirts aren’t made for tall people, highlighting a wardrobe bias in retail.
Carrie Atherton and many Imel and Straub family members are listed with spouses and children in a community notice. The names include Ed gar Imel Donald Ter Everett Imel Claude Mechiing Lynn Bert Straub Charlee Straub and Williem Imel and son.
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