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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1964
Page
6
List of service members from Thomson area with branches and units including Lance Corp James E. Baker USMC Coral Sea USS Coral Sea, Travis AFB California personnel, and others such as Paul Bennett at Naval Air Station Brooklyn and Fort Monmouth. Includes ranks, units, home towns, and APO addresses across Army Air Force Navy Marine Corps and related facilities.
The 16th Congressional District Republican Rally at the Ogle County Fairgrounds Oregon features Senator Barry Goldwater as principal speaker. The event includes a corn boil, free lunch, band music, and entertainment beginning at noon with Goldwater slated to speak around 4:30 pm. Attendees from Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin are expected, with traffic and security support from local law enforcement.
Thomson News notes weekend visitors Mrs. Robert Williams and daughter Kimberly of Fulton and Mrs. Geo Kyarsgaard and sons of Clinton. Their husbands Fay Ashby Rob Williams and George Kyarsgaard and Donald Ashby joined fishing at Harpers Ferry Ia.
The Queckboerner family will hold its nineteenth reunion Sunday September 13 at Chadwick village park with a noon dinner. If rain, gathering moves to the family home. The secretary should be notified of births deaths and marriages before the date. An afternoon ball game between married men and Pony and Little League players is planned at the school diamond.
Fulton radiator shop offers radiator cleaning and repairing front end alignment and wheel balancing services. proprietor Sebert Dykstra invites customers to visit or call for vehicle care in Fulton Illinois.
Clarence Bolhous is named in a local business notice along with real estate firm Thomson II. The item notes professional services in insurance and property dealings, confirming ongoing operations and regional presence in underwriting and brokerage.
The county highway committee urged that a four mile section linking Routes 78 and 88 near Timber Lake Resort be surfaced first. Chairman Russell Rahn reported the recommendation and it passed with no opposition. Approval may not lead to immediate work due to fuel tax funds. MFT could cover two miles if funds stay limited, while other roads like Zion and ideal remain on federal aid. Local officials note the Salem road’s priority amid funding constraints.
Carroll Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will host the Illinois State officers and committee chairmen for the Second Division meeting at Shimer College Mt Carroll on Friday Sept 11. State Regent Mrs Ralph Killey Monmouth who is also Illinois Mother of the Year will preside at 9 30 AM in Metcalf hall. Lunch will be served in the college dining room. A reception for the caravan was held Thursday evening Sept 10 at 6 30 in Westhall lounge followed by a 7 PM dinner in the college room. About 250 delegates from Northern Illinois chapters attended.
Loretta Jane Sibley daughter of Mr and Mrs C pug Sibley Chadwick and Lee Hallace son of Mr and Mrs Harry E Wallace Xenia Ohio were married Saturday Sept 5 in Covington Kentucky. The ceremony was at 1 30 PM at the groom's grandparents home. The bride wore a street length dress with white feather bouquet and carried a white purse. She is a 1964 Chadwick high school graduate. The groom is a 1962 Xenia high school graduate. After a wedding trip they will live in Xenia. Mr and Mrs Marshall Drake of Berwyn were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Rover Stewart.
A string of weekend and short visits connects Denver and Fulton families with Lanark Morrison and Galena residents. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Houzenga and children, Alvin Houzenga, Mrs. Paul Heusinkveld, Eldon Smith and son, Clyde Bailey and Debbie, Janie Miller, John Dollinger, Gordon Brown, Stella Buikema, Robert Carroll and family, Raymond Beswick, and Mrs Pan sy Aiken among others visiting in Lanark Morrison Mt. Carroll and DeWitt areas.
Chrisy community notes list interactions among Foltz Carroll Cooper Raser Swanson Crowe Dimmick Brondyke Dykstra Brondyke Bissens Hickey Lee England Demn and Pope. Gatherings include visits between Chadwick Morrison Fulton Stockton Aurora Clinton and Argo Fay with extended family stays and a Van Oosten reunion in Stockton.
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