Letters From Our Readers in Gallatin Gateway
A 1941 letter from H W Kremer in Gallatin Gateway Mont thanks the Thomson Review publishers Foster Stagg and wife for Melon Day issue layout and expresses a Republican stance against the New Deal. He recounts school years with Sharpe Carrell and mentions visitors from Lanark and Mt Caroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin Gateway
Mont
Thomson Review
Thomson
A.ntlemen
Sharpe Carrell
Herman Kremer
Vinegar Hill
Sharpe
Wm. Schneider
South of
Lanark
Foster Stagg
Thomson, Ilinois
Stagg
Review
Wartime letters recount plans from Manila to Fort Mills
A soldier and correspondent describes furloughs and orders pending in 1941. He notes subscriptions, home life in the Sucker State, expected changes on return, and military postings with shifts in ratings and promotions while awaiting new orders and awaiting a November boat.
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Fort Mills
P. L
Foster
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A
Manila
Neilson
Islands
Chief of Coast Artillery
H. Delbert Gaar
Local residents share visits and outings across multiple towns
Chadwick brief notes several road trips and picnics from Rockford to Savanna and Morrison. Families attend dinners and birthdays at homes in Lanark Argona and Milledgeville, with many gatherings at Eagle Point Park Dubuque and Okoboji. A car accident injures Mrs. Daehler. newborn Linda Lou born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams. Dean Provant leaves hospital and recuperates at home. Supper guests include Conleys of Marseilles Savanna and Conley of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Spencer
Maida
Alice Queckboerner
Rockford
Arthur St. Clair
Old Mill Park
Savanna
Henry Zuidema
Harold Sucher
Sterling
Fred Barnhart
Paul Dahhler
Dubuque
Ben Merboth
Finley Hospital
Donald Martin
Cordova
George Bast
Harold Bast
the Pines
Oregon
Harold Holm
Wm. Holm
Willard Rosene
Rosene
Alvin Tinn
Ronald
Freeport
L. M. Phillips
Henry Fink
Martin Schol
Morrison
Ed Geerts
Jacob Engelkins
Emerson
Kenneth Newman
Dixon
Donald Anderson
George East
Robert Carroll
Thomson
Ivan Carroll
Eagle Point Park
George Daehler
W. FE. Kier
Vivian Zeichenco
Chicago
Louis Daehler
Lanark
Fay Reitzel
Milledgeville
Harold
Bert Straub
Sack
Selma Fruit
Franklin Grove
Marjorie Fruit
Evanston
Carl Kness
Paul Clevidence
Lawrence Doden
Lake Okoboji
Carrie Hinebaugh
Herman Daehler
William Brill
Daehler
Forest Gehlsinger
Rock Falls
Marshall Farthing
Herbert Springman
John Eckel
Coleta
Emma Senneff
L. M. Strauch
Dean Provant
St. Francis Hospital
Arnold Roberts
Orville Conley
Marseilles
Lavere Kness
Vernon Conley
Argo-Fa school opens with 26 pupils taught by Miss Schick
The Argo-Fa school began on September 2 under teacher Miss Thelma Schick with twenty six students enrolled. Names include Kerry Welch Ronnie Smith Charles Roberts Wayne Welch Donald Green Marlyn Faber Ruth Johnson Doris Ditteworth David Bittner Ramona Holsinger Delores Bittner Geraldine Smith Frances Green Marilyn Ditsworth Velma Johnson Donald Hanson George Bittner Verna Kreuder Mildred Kreuder June Haas Vernon Holsinger Maur i ce Hanson Lyle Mitchell Richard Haas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerry Welch
Ronnie Smith
Charles Roberts
Wayne Welch
Donald Green
Marlyn Faber
Ruth Johnson
Doris Ditteworth
David Bittner
Ramona Holsinger
Delores Bittner
Geraldine Smith
Frances Green
Marilyn Ditsworth
Velma Johnson
Donald Hanson
George Bittner
Verna Kreuder
Mildred Kreuder
June Haas
Vernon Holsinger
Maurice Hanson
Lyle Mitchell
Richard Haas
Notice of installment due for benefits on Savanna York lands
Legal notice to landowners in Savanna York Drainage District Carroll County Illinois that the sixth installment of the seventh assessment is due by March 10 1942 at Roy I Houghton treasurer Thomson Illinois with default risking sale of unpaid tracts. Also notice that the annual benefits for drainage and levee work for 1941 are due by March 10 1942 and unpaid tracts may be sold to cover costs. Classified line ends with TRY A CLASSIFIED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna and
York
Carroll
Hlinole
Thomson
Ilinois
A. D
Roy I. Houghton
Illnois
Roy
Monghton
Nellie Rejects Johnnie and Draws Him in Class Five
A confused dialogue notes Nellie spurning a proposal and placing Johnnie in Class Five as a last resort. The text then muses on self-respect as the garb that elevates a mind and mentions a lodger described as impetuous, a blacksmith by trade, and ends with a remark about irritating people affecting a bald man.
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Nellie
Johnnie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarence Ploch
Sinclair Gasoline and Oil
Lewis Motor Co
Winkler
Main St
Pav
Chadwick Briefs
Argo-Fa
Thelma Schick
James Foard
M. E
Harry Householder
Richard
WLS
Florence Libberton
Aro
Will Enders
Wm. Haas
Bernard Conrad
Sheboygan
Wis
Patey
George Schmaling
William Haas
Massbach
Jno. Hook
Ralph Holsinger
Arvo-Fa
Legals
Lowse
Clinton, Iowa
de Coleurn
Young
Cate
Blackhawk Co-Operative Hybrid Seed Corn Association
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Polo, Ill
Deemaiee A
Trty Cos Eeesion
Owrn
Coleman
Western Auto Associate
Five Brothers
All Union
Carroll County
Cavanna
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