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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
6
Thompson area residents report multiple Sunday dinners and visits across Thomson Savanna Clinton Mor rison and LeClaire Ill with families including Diehl Hartman Heusinkveld Tobey Jurgensen Davis and Witmer. Guests travel from Dallas Chicago and Savanna with reunions and weekend visits noted.
Local notes document visits and travel spanning Iowa Minnesota New York and Illinois. Families including Badtke Beck Groharing Prins and Stumphy Frederick Miles Stage and Laughton plus others share weekend gatherings and Labor Day events. Lois Stage travels for hospital exams. corral of relatives and servicemen highlighted.
Florence Stutier 42 of East Lyme is dead and her husband Robert 44 is under guard at Morrison hospital after a shooting at about 8 15 Sunday. Coroner's jury returns first degree murder verdict. The couple leaves five children, burial set for Elmore Illinois.
Doris Zuidema Mikae leen Buckley Claretta DeWitt are listed in first grade. Second grade names include Donald Bielema Robert Zuidema Marjorie Wilkens. Third grade lists Patricia Buckley Corliss Zuidema. Fourth grade includes Delores Wiersema Alvin Eissen Arthur Schuler. Fifth grade lists Donald Wiersema Julius Schuler. Sixth grade Geneva DeWitt. Seventh grade lists Kenneth Wiersema Paul Eissen Arthur Schuler is ill and will return when able. Mrs. Marion Wheeler, teacher.
Mrs Marvin Badtke and son Richard visited Mr and Mrs Forrest Gilbert in Port Byron Monday. They assisted their niece Laura Bier in her massing to Donald Wainwright on February 15 1941 and announced their marriage last Friday. Mrs Waitwright taught near Hillsdale the past two years and will teach Hillsdale grade school next year.
Chadwick News records Mrs. Jacob Riewerts and Mrs. Bowles hosting guests from Hillsdale with Mrs. Riewerts staying through Friday. Miss Shirley Farthing and friend from Dixon visit Labor Day at the Farthing home. Mrs. Charles Hartman and granddaughter Barbara Ann spend Friday with the Aude family.
A Board of Review letter urges the village to consider an election to raise the levy from 67 to 87 cents per $100 value, yielding 500 to 550 dollars for village funds. It suggests a bond to extend water mains, notes west-side residents lack service, and discusses election timing and costs with trustees backing a possible spring vote.
Mrs. Bertha Porter and family joined by Miss Hughes dined with Mrs. Marion Wheeler and Vivian. The Krions of Morrison visited the Griswolds in Clinton. Cornelius Bielema rented the Louis Schick farm. Schick and Thelma move to Thomson. Beverly Marshall returns from Jane Lamb hospital training. Harvey and L. E. Sheller families hosted Dixon guests Ella Sheller. Bill Marshall’s travels include Chicago and Merchant Marine Cadets physical. to report to San Francisco in 30 days. Roy Hockman and daughter Carol visited sister Myrtle Bull in Clinton. Mrs. Eugene Bull of Clinton joined the Bull family for a Wednesday supper. Zeph Pettigue’s death prompted a funeral in East Dubuque attended by Henry Young Sr. and Lorraine Young and Myrtle Bull. Neva Baker and Mrs. George Smith attended Ervin Martindale’s funeral and visited Lena Stagg. Donald Smith and son Duane visited Clinton relatives. Claude Grim, Harry Gaar, and Raymond Dietrich groups picnicked at Old Mill park in Savanna. Hoff of Garden Plain, Schick, Fred Schick and Fred Jr. called on the Griswolds. Jutice Prins Jo Ann and Olver Adams of Mt Carroll visited Louis Thompson’s Clinton home.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Deets attended a family gathering Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Lyle Nicholas in Milledgeville for the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Homer Nicholas. The item notes various social visits and a hospital discharge accompanying local families.
John C. Wisley of the War Manpower Commission reports estimated monthly losses of about 300,000 manhours in the Sterling area including Rock Falls Dixon and Amboy due to absenteeism and turnover. He cites 5.5 percent rates and notes employers must diagnose and fix root causes such as supervision home responsibilities and job placement to reduce losses and bolster war essential industries.
Clarence Apple moves from Potter Bros. yard at Argo to manage the Thomson office. Mrs. Clarence Apple will now oversee the Argo office. Mary Wagner returns to Morrison to resume work after a ten day family vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wagner. Mrs. Ben Wagner and Mary visited Columbus Junction Iowa with Ben’s brother R. W. Wagner and family. Leo Stumphy of Chicago visited with his mother Ella Stumphy. Ida Each of Sabula spent the weekend with Mrs. Ella Stumphy.
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