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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
7
The document outlines membership protections for owners of multiple buildings with stated service charges. It sets the annual meeting for the second Thursday of February and authorizes special meetings on petition. Each member has one vote, a quorum requires ten members, and the board holds corporate powers for directors and officers.
The document outlines board composition with nine directors for staggered three year terms and vacancy rules. It details officer elections, executive committee powers, duties of President Vice President Secretary Treasurer and bond requirements. It also covers income sources assessments delinquency penalties and housing facilities for apparatus via a cooperative with Thomson village.
The document outlines agreements for Manning and maintenance of equipment between the Board of Directors and the Village Board of Thomson. It requires written signed terms, insurance on all association property, and notices delivered or mailed to members. Amendments need a majority vote by the Board or at the annual meeting.
A 21 year old files item lists Miles Slifer and Harry Elly buying Fords while Claud Prins and Thos Stagg with Garrett Bolhous and John Prins head to Wisconsin for business and pleasure. Neuritis illness keeps Lucille Poorman in Savannah hospital. Irve Lewi and family at Melon Festival. John McGinty and Florence visit from Chicago. Community notes on bars, salons, piano recitals, and prep for teaching careers.
Thomson briefs note Mr and Mrs Forrest Eslinger and daughters from Lanark visiting Clinton. Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Paul Halfman and Henry Halfman with Mrs Henry Halfman and Miss Wilma Kahler from Chadwick. Mrs Millard Cate begins work at Sack McBride Grocery. Frances Halfman and Mr and Mrs Howard Baker of Chadwick enjoy a Nebraska Colorado trip visiting Baker relatives. Baptist Sunday school social planned next Tuesday in church basement with Rush Carroll Lloyd Smith Benford Stadel and Richard of Stockton hosting.
Carroll County farmers must file final reports on conservation practices under the 1946 program. Community committeemen will visit farms in September to verify mechanical and acreage practices, limestone and fertilizer applications, and collect evidence of completion. The survey will show county conservation progress and guide budget decisions and possible reallocations.
Mrs Thomas Stagg visits in Morrison as she plans to return Friday. Mr and Mrs John Cooper and Mr and Mrs Frank Brown attend the annual Bonjour reunion at Apple River Canyon with 125 guests. Wednesday dinner guests include Albert Schultz and Frank Brown and others. Mrs Halfern visits her mother Mrs Carr of Savanna. Clinton residents Thompson Martindale Stickell join Jus dinner hosts.
Blanche Ratliff formerly Blanche Thomas 83 mother of the late Grace Daehler died Thursday August 24 in Madison Wisconsin where she had stayed in recent months. Born September 18 1862 on a Cas county Michigan farm she taught school after Valparaiso training. She married Charles Ratliff in 1885 and had five children two sons Claude and Carl and Grace Daehler predeceased her. Funeral services were held by the Quaker Society in Madison with interment at Penn Cemetery near Vandalia Michigan.
Frank Provant and Miss Fran Varrief wed in a ceremony attended by family and friends. Provant, a Lanark track worker and former Navy serviceman, and the Savannah high school graduate Mrs Varrief planned a home near Lanark. Mrs Lloyd Smith and other relatives joined Monday dinner at the Blaine Smith residence in Mt. Carroll.
The obituary fragment lists survivors including a daughter Mrs. R. Ro McKay of Madison Wisconsin and Mark Ratliff of Del Norte. It also includes the phrase et res ao, indicating additional relatives or related details.
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