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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
6
The season begins with a dance next Wednesday night September 17 at the Modernistic Ballroom in Clinton Iowa. Don Cole burn and his commanders will provide the music. Attendees are urged to read the Modernistic ad in this week's paper to receive a special offer by clipping the ad and bringing it for admission.
Thomson briefs note Al St. Ores is painting the Mrs. Orella Bennett house with several coats of white and will move to the B. R. Lewis home next. Henry Hebler bought a New Idea corn picker from Francke and Switzer for display this week. Will Considine thanks Thom son friends for sympathy after his mother's death. Sunday dinner guests at the Stickells included Leudeke family and Lorena Mid eke from Freeport. Alison Switzer visited the Howard Pauley home in Mt. Carroll. Mrs. George Mort visited her sister Ellen Mowry in Mt. Carroll Wednesday afternoon.
Arlene St. Ores begins work at a Savanna cafe. Saturday visitors to Mrs. Ida Frederick’s home included Joe Noble of Hollywood and his sister Sadie Yeager with relatives from Loran Illinois. Sunday guests at Mrs. Flossie Gaar’s home were Mr. and Mrs. Chas Meta of Savanna. Dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Perry’s home included several Berges family members from Edgerton Wisconsin, plus Hans Johnson and daughter Janet. Kyle Rawlins hosted Herb Zillner and Charles Shahan of Chicago. Willis Stage home welcomed Mrs. Bert Grim of Rock Falls and Ted Dietrick of Mt. Carroll. Ted Storm of Wacker visited in the afternoon.
Last Wednesday night will mark the final outdoor free film at Thomson. The feature is Two Minutes to Play starring Herman Brix, ending the serials and shorts era. Last night Amateur Crooks played before Here Comes the Cavalry in technicolor, drawing large summer crowds and local merchants praise.
Local social notes list numerous residents visiting or being visited across Clinton, Thomson, Savanna, Rock Island, Princeton, and Dixon. Families and friends from Chicago, Minneapolis, Fond du Lac, Cherokee, and Macomb gather for dinners and weekends while others return to duties at University of Chicago hospitals and colleges.
Social visits include Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hook with Ralph Hook in Sterling and couples visiting in Clinton Mt Carroll and Savanna. Death notices report Mrs. Mattie Glascock of Des Plaines and Miss Laura Teeter formerly of Denver Cole. Events include a Sept 21 Washington DC wedding for Jean Demaree and school superintendent meeting in Carroll County.
Garrett Bolhous reports Canadian thistles in York township shrinking in patches with a Lyndon spray crew due soon to treat remaining growth. Dayton Gilpin Stagg, 21, of Thoron, Ill., started a six week boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station on Sept. 8, entering the U. S. Navy with plans to pursue printing trades.
David Switzer marks his first anniversary at the Francke and Switzer hardware store next Thursday as the business celebrates a year in operation with local customers.
The village plans a sidewalk rebuild in front of the Potter elevator. They will remove the dirt bank and gravel walk and install a cement path. The gravel was kept for the former truck and wagon driveway to the scales, which are no longer used.
Alfred St. Ores and Henry Strauch, Thomson painters, say they have been busy all summer and there remains considerable painting locally to be completed.
Word from Rube Bastian a Fulton printer says he is improving at the Mayo Clinic. No toes have been amputated yet due to diabetes. he arrived in Rochester a week or more ago and was thought to lose toes or a foot, but he is gaining nicely.
A 1941 letter from Mrs Stagg recounts a Thomson visit 120 miles away During the trip they celebrated Thomson Melon Day with music and fruit The writer notes being elected junior class adviser and taking charge of the school paper.
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