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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
1
The annual Fall Festival at York Community High School is set for Friday evening September 24 at the High School building. Promised are a Minstrel show wrestling and boxing matches a shooting gallery contests and more. Proceeds benefit the basketball team for new suits and winter games.
Thomson's best marksman Bayard Cole shines at shooting ducks or clay pigeons but will try for prizes in a school Fall Festival shooting gallery. A minstrel show boxing and wrestling, hamburgers, and multiple prizes await. Friday evening, September 24 at the Y. C. H. S.
Marshall Players of Sabula will not perform at Thomson this summer as announced. They closed the season Saturday night and actors Guy Stumphy Doc McGinnis and Aston Stumphy will soon be home for the winter. One actor quit and Mr Marshall planned to play Thomson but decided against hiring a new actor for the short period.
Mr and Mrs Chas DuGard visiting at the Frank Sheridan home returned to Rock Island on Tuesday. They traveled with George Potter 85 and were taken down in ND French's car. Detouring below De Witt they moved a house on the pavement, taking hours to cover five miles amid a traffic jam of at least fifty cars.
The M E Edward League held a farewell party in Franklin Martindale's honor as he leaves for school this week. Franklin will attend State Normal at Macomb Illinois, and is expected to profit from his schooling. Mrs Lucinda Grohar ing discussed her health improvements from recent years and her determination to persevere. Lewis Motor Co announces price cuts on Overland and Whippet cars and promotes America's European light-weight model. Will Adams begins promoting the fall grade school festival, signaling potential success for the event. Thomson boasts about area schools and pride in them.
Argo-Fa The Shopping Association shipped a mixed stock load to Chicago on Wednesday. The group is unloading tankage and distributing it among farmers. Melon Day at Thomson on the 9th was well represented with an enjoyable day and evening. Road improvements on the Argo-Thomson route include gravel work on bad spots. Several hundred yards of gravel will be hauled to needed places, improving the road. George Hicks and wife hosted Dutch Heybeck and family of Chicago. later they visited Richard Heybeck in Chadwick. Flare, Howard Kness, and Frank Dearborn drove to Rochford to spend a few days. James J. Sheridan, York township supervisor, spent Tuesday in Mt Carroll with county supervisors. Fred Kenyon joined him in the capital city for a day. Arthur Robinson and wife enjoy a visit from his sister Mrs Dentley of Denver. Grain still unthreshed. threshing will be difficult and grain nearly worthless as shocks and stacks are in poor condition. Miss Margaret Melendy returned from Dixon where she had worked as a stenographer. Some attended the American Legion Convention in Clinton. many were rainbound at home. Encouraging word from Mr Cooper. the family expects him home within a week. New barn for Dan Emyre and new house on the Stransky farm progress well. Local high school class of 31 freshmen enjoyed an evening at school with proper initiations. Furnaces have been started to combat dampness from early fall rains. chill evenings require fires.
A local theater presents The Gold Rush, Chaplin’s nine reel blend of poetic pathos and whimsy. It follows a tenderfoot tramp amid Klondike gold seekers, with scenes of a dance hall romance, a tyrannical miner, and stark contrasts between first cabin luxury and steerage misery. The production uses real Klondike imagery, including a vast line of tramps crossing the Chilkoot Pass and harsh northern settings.
A Dombey farmer Harry Cone owned a large wheat crop threshed by J W Lewis yielding 460 bushels from the single stack near Dombey. Cone’s total wheat for the year reached 4 602 bushels, an excellent crop though acres sown are unclear. The Thomson monthly meeting featured a chicken dinner and melons, while the local picture show opens Saturday with Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush, arranged by Les Fuller.
Three new pupils in the grade school bringing enrollment to 138. Fall Festival set for Friday evening October 29. First grade names include Jean Balk Ruby Drummond Paul Geerts Pauline Geerts Lois Groharnig Louvell Hartman Bobby Cate Kathryn Kauffman David Switzer Thelma Lillie. Band hopes for a return ball game Hanover Legion versus Clinton American Legion may be dropped. C H S Fair Festival bills issued and plans proceed for large turnout.
The Thomson Band announces season end gratitude to supporters and invites new members for winter rehearsals. Directors Booth and Smith note a healthy bank balance and open books for inspection while reflecting on weather and crop difficulties affecting melon profits and challenges faced by the group.
The Ideal Farmers Club plans a September meeting at the Ideal church on Wednesday eve with an invitation to the public. The program includes readings recitations songs and a discussion on The Proposed Tag Amendment To the Line Constitution. Highlights feature Harmon Stakemiller Lilian Hartman George Adolph Vaughn Lerson Mrs George Adolph and Carl Manning among others. A note mentions the Fall Festival next Friday night and a lighthearted tale about Old Mother Hubbard.
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