Local Social and Farm Notes From Morrison Area
Argo and surrounding families host guests from Morrison Union Grove and Galesburg. Silo filling starts. Leonard Porter builds a large machine shed. plans to move Harry Householder family to Savanna. Club meetings set at Argo and church. birthday picnic at Old Mill Park honors Mrs Anna Ditsworth. Note on workers absent due to illness and a moral quote on forgiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Holsinger
Morrison
Adeline Holsinger
Union Grove
Ralph Holsinger
Chas
Sack
Victor Hines
Mt. Carroll
Marvin Terrell
Max Smith
Galesburg
John Johnson
Elmer Hook
Chicago
Fulton
Roy Green
Port Washington
Wis
Earl Green
Krempel
Milwaukee
Kenneth Krempel
Leonard Porter
Harry Householder
Fred Smith
Savanna
Donald Householder
Argo Five Hundred Club
Nellie Houghton
Evelyn Welch
Home Economic Club
Argo
Donald Dittsworth
Old Mill Park
Anna Dittsworth
Fay Groharing
Donald Robinson
Pvt. Groharing
Camp Forrest
Washington State
Grace Moyer
Theresa Peters
Teeds Grove
Fred Peters
Betty Hansen
N. R. Kenyon
Ordnance Depot
Local Social Roundup From Lanark and Nearby Areas
Thomson briefs detail weekend and weekday visits among residents. Russell Sweitzer hosted and hosted guests at Lanark homes while families from Savanna Clinton Morrison LaGrange and Western Springs shared gatherings. George Hicks visited Eugene Murray after hospital release and Dorothea Bruzek of Chicago joined Mrs. Sweitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Dorothea Bruzek
Chicago
Mary Blair
Beverly Marshall
Carl Johansen
Herman Thompson
Clinton
George Hicks
Eugene Murray
Morrison Hospital
Henry Strauch
LaGrange
Clifton Bennett
Alta Schmildmiller
Western Springs
Arthur Pape
Near Record Melon Sales this Season
Melon sellers report strong prices and ample supply earlier in the season with a broad demand from ordinance depot workers along Route 80. Several stands, including Joe McGinnis on the McGinty lot, Otto Switzer nearby, and Leavens and Brown Brothers, still operate as the harvest winds toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Route 80
Ordnance Depot
Joe McGinnis
McGinty
Main Street
Joe
Otto Switzer
Leavens Boys
Brown Brothers
Ringling-Barnum & Bailey Circus to Exhibit in Rockford
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus arrives in Rockford on Monday September 28 with 1600 people 50 elephants 1009 animals and hundreds of horses. Performers include Mr Gargantua the Great Wallendas Flying Calcellos Pilades De Ocas and many other world famous artists. The piece concludes with a humorous anecdote about common sense and spectacle makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling-Barnum & Bailey
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Rockford
Gargantua
Alfred Court
Wallendas
Pilades
de Ocas
Roberto de Vasconcellos
Truzzi
Three Fernandez
Elly Ardelty
la Louisa
Cristianis
Former Thomson Youth Receives Service Award
Seaman Edwin Henry Jahn 26 formerly of Thomson and son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jahn now of Clinton Iowa received the Order of the Purple Heart for meritorious service and wounds from action at Bataan. He was reported wounded at Longasskawayan Point between Jan 23 and 27 and listed as missing in action. He was one of three Iowa men to receive the decoration ordered by Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Henry Jahn
Thomson
Herman Jahn
Clinton
Bataan
Longaskawayan Point
John
Iowa
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Gen
MacArthur
Australia
Navy
Griswolds and relatives vacation in Chicago area
Mr and Mrs Wm Griswold Miss Irene Schick Estella Griswold and Nettie Baker are visiting Chicago this week Miss Schick expects to return home with them Wayne Shaffer of Chicago brother of Mrs Harvey Seim has been inducted and is stationed at Rockford Beverly Kraft resumed nursing training after four weeks vacation Albert Kraft transferred to Hawaii Mrs Norman Stickell and Marie of Craig Manor Hanover visited East Savanna with her parents Mr and Mrs Justice Prins Beverly Kraft returned to Chicago after visiting her parents Oscar and Kraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Griswold
Estella Griswold
Nettie Baker
Chicago
Irene Schick
Wayne Shaffer
Harvey Seim
Rockford
Beverly Kraft
Albert Kraft
Hawaii
Norman Stickell
Marie
Craig Manor
Hanover
Justice Prins
East Savanna
Oscar Kraft
Thomson News Briefs Highlight Local Postings and Travel
Thomson area notes cover Albert Olde entering Coe College in Cedar Rapids Iowa and several visits and relocations including Ed Drake's Excelsior Springs trip Mr and Mrs W A Adams moving to Thomson and retirement from railroad work. Local social scenes include dinners and visits with relatives in Argo Round Grove Mt Carroll Savanna and Clinton plus Chicago and Quincy trips. Wayne Ashby enrolls at Macomb for junior year and family travel to Battle Creek Michigan for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Olde
Ralph Olde
Clinton
Chas. Jenkins
Helen Wentling
Thomson
Coe College
Cedar Rapid
Melvin Johnson
Scott Roberts
Argo
Teeda Grove
George Swartz
Johnson
Ed Drake
Excelsior Springs
W. A. Adams
Byron
Adams
Lloyd Smith
Blaine Smith
Mt. Carroll
Albert Prins
Chas. Geerts
Round Grove
Irve Neuschwange
Frank Smith
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Louis Kness
Will Sullivan
Chicago
Carl Peterson
Reka Hass
Wayne Ashby
Macomb
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek
Mich
R. Lewis
Quincy
Ill
Correction of Wayne Ashby residence phone number
The residence phone number for Wayne Ashby Thomson telephone manager has been corrected to 22). Update your phone book to reflect the new contact number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ashby
Thomson Telephone Manager
Community Notes From Local Visits This Weekend
Saturday and Sunday visitors included Mrs. Helen Gaar and family from Freeport visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gaar and Miss Junella Gaar. Various locals hosted guests from Ideal, Wisconsin, Savanna, Dixon, and Sabula while Dwight Atherton joined the U.S. Navy with induction set for Sept 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gaar
Gerald Gaar
Junella Gaar
Freeport
Peaceful Dickson Mound exhibit draws respectful visitors
From Page 1 report describes burial findings with needles, fish hooks, pottery, beads, and shells indicating life after death beliefs. No violence or warfare evidence surfaces, suggesting a peaceful people. Dickson Mound Museum houses hundreds of specimens, enhancing the mound display for visitors. The Schmalings praise the exhibit and Dr. Dickson's Mounds as educational and welcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickson Mound
Grade News Highlights From Middle School Activities
The 6th grade studies the Pacific states and capitals. 7th and 8th graders had tests on bones in science. Boys chose Raymond Rykstra as baseball captain. Girls chose Frances Halfman as baseball captain. Tuesday voters chose Betty Wilt and Frances Halfman as cheerleaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Rykstra
Frances Halfman
Betty Wilt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coy ZE Sails Stores
Spira
Swifts
del Maiz
Milnot
Sunshine Graham
van Camp
R. B
Bot
Grimes Golden
Jonathans
California
Thomson Briefs
Charles Holbrook
Lanark
Leslie Eaton
James
Jean
Nor
Francke & Switzer
Thomson News
Potter Bros
Clarence Appel
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Phillips “66” Station
Will Rentschler
Thomson and Chadwick Review
Carroll County
Hattie Rawlins
Carrie Atherton
Will, Hana
Ideal
Gloria
Vera Cox
Wisconsin
Jake DeBoer
LeRoy Burgen
Fort Dodge
Herbert St. Ores
Dan Sack
Elmer Davis
Epent
Kenneth James
Gilbert Holland
Wm. Miller
Dixon
Margaret Clappison
Sabula
Francke-Switzer
Dwight Atherton
U.S. Navy
Ray Johnson
Demaree
Arthur Beadle
Alice
David
Con’d
Pacific States
Pittengers
Anti Freeze
Cunningham Service
Oxfords
Tony Red
Clinton, Lowo
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