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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1943
Page
7
A local publication compiles an armed forces honor roll listing men and women from York township. The Review invites corrections, additions, and notices of rank advances as the list is assembled.
A long roster of individuals from the U S Army Navy Coast Guard Air Force Marines and WAVES including Ashpole Hook Adams Halloran and others with ranks and branch designations. The partial list names Corporal Harold Ashpole Seaman First Class Dwight Atherton Private First Class Dwight Brown and many more across U S Army Navy Seabees and WAVES with varied ranks and units.
Officers were elected for the year at the Fair Haven school parent teachers association session Friday evening. New president is Mrs. Herbert Blackett, vice president Mrs. Vernon Adolph, and secretary treasurer Miss Margrete Coden. The program featured community singing led by Rev. E. E. Peacock and educational movies by L. E. Bruci.
The Chicago Motor Club warns motorists to maintain a safe stopping distance to avoid traffic accidents. The poster, produced by the American Automobile Association, will be distributed to branch offices, 500 Cook County gas stations, and 150 firms in Minnesota and Indiana as part of a driver education push amid war work concerns.
The writer notes rising use of home and city lockers for frozen foods including chickens. He recalls past distrust of cold storage but says wartime shortages and postwar demand will push widespread adoption and require ready to cook, fully cleaned frozen chickens.
Miss Alice Adolph of Chadwick and Spurgeon Harter of Savanna married in a twilight ceremony at Fair Haven Evangelical church with Rev. E. E. B. Peacock officiating. Attendants included Mrs. Alice Queckboerner and Richi Adolph. The couple, after a reception, left for a wedding trip. The bride is a Chadwick Community high school alumna, 1938. the groom, a 1936 Chadwick graduate and Savanna National Bank assistant cashier. They will reside at 107 Diagonal Street Savanna after Sept. 20.
The speaker highlights postwar opportunities in poultry farming and notes demand will rise, suggesting buyers may invest more readily as openness increases. The remarks imply expanding markets and greater consumer interest.
Carroll county cattle were among the high sellers at the Chicago Stock Yards in the past week. Dr. W L Derrer of Mt Carroll sent 1521 pound beef cows that sold near 16.80 per hundredweight, within five cents of the day’s top. The consignment included 2 head, all Herefords.
The Philip W. Pillsbury award for agricultural achievement will be presented Saturday to 4-H youth at the Quad-County Baby Beef Show in Clinton.
Weekend visitors joined the Cheeseman family in Frank Cheeseman's home. Several residents from Milledgeville Dixon Cherry Valley Morrison Fulton Neperville and Rockford were pictured at gatherings and visits during the weekend and Monday birthdays.
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