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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
6
Readers are encouraged to shop in their own community to support local businesses. The note mentions a social visit as Mr and Mrs Howard Wiebenga dined with her sister and Mr and Mrs Ralph Pannier of Morrison were also part of the day.
Victor Heinze of Mt. Carroll and Mrs Mildred Laughton of Chicago dined with Mr and Mrs Charles Sack on Tuesday evening. The Sacks then visited their daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Charles Behr in Clinton on Wednesday. Bond election for a new grade school building, totaling $100 000, is set for Saturday Sept 13 at the grade school with polls open from 1 pm to 7 pm.
Miss Sadie Robbins, a registered nurse and missionary with the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, will speak at York Baptist Church on Sunday at 10 o'clock. She has served in Victoria Memorial Hospital Hanumakonda South India since 1925, directing the nurses training and medical work. Robbins trained in Illinois and Chicago, earning B N and B S degrees, and sailed to India in 1921. After nine and a half years on the field she returned home in January 1947 and hopes to return within a year.
A reception on a Harmon lawn honored Professor and Mrs. G. C. Lehman newlyweds from Thomson connections. Guests from Harmon Sterling Dix and nearby towns enjoyed music by local performers and refreshments, while a gift and money were presented. Mrs. Lehman is an art and music supervisor in Springfield schools and organist. Mr. Lehman taught in local schools and was once Thomson high principal.
Classified listing offers a 9x12 green Wilton rug and pad, two linoleum rugs, a mahogany 91%x10 credenza buffet, two living room draperies, all in good condition. Contact Thomson at 642, 119-11l. Also a Toastmaster item and two General Rupees icons from Paul Heusinkveld GE dealer, phone 193 Thomson.
The Legel family met for its annual reunion at Old Mill Park in Savanna on Sunday September 7 with 36 attendees. The gathering honored the oldest member Mrs Frank Iler and the youngest Cheryl Ann Rahn. president Minnie Warfield died in January.
Two motorists were jailed in Carroll County on Saturday for driving motor vehicles while intoxicated after separate accidents. David Mann, 63, Polo, appeared before a Mt. Carroll justice of the peace and was bound over to the grand jury after backing into a telephone pole on Route 78. Fred T. Thrasher, 62, Savanna, arrested after his car struck a team of horses pulling a mower on Route 64 near Mt. Carroll.
Thomson notes Sunday evening guests were Edward French’s daughter’s family, Mr and Mrs L W Swett and Jerry. Garland Harris moved into the Lewis apartment vacated by Kettler family. A mower on the highway sprayed weeds as Thrasher drove away after an accident, then returned and was arrested.
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