Death notices and local school updates from Thomson Illinois
Obituaries list Fred Schneider 64 of Mt Carroll died after a year illness. Ella Speck 58 of Savanna died at Savanna hospital. Also school notes from Thomson Review include F H A rally planning, senior class play Pigtails, and upcoming school paper. Ownership statement confirms H G Stagg as publisher and 700 weekly copies.
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Thomson Review
Thomson
Illinois
State OF Illinois
of Carroll
H. G. Stagg
Iinois
Kenneth C. Whitney
Chadwick
Ilinois
Local Births Highlight New Arrivals Across Families
Mr and Mrs Lyle Mitchell welcome daughter Donna Jean born Saturday September 7. Mr and Mrs Richard Robinson of East Moline report a seven pound daughter born September 24 at Moline Lutheran hospital. Robinson is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Robinson of Thomson. Paul Arthur born to Mr and Mrs Wm A Tautz of Fennville Michigan. Mrs Tautz formerly Lucille Densmore. He was born September 15 1946.
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Lyle Mitchell
Donna’ Jean
Richard Robinson
East Moline
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Robinson
Carl Robinson
Thomson
Paul Arthur
Wm. A. Tautz
Fennville
Mich
Tautz
You Must Be Registered to Vote in 1946 Election
Instructions warn Thom son residents they cannot vote on November 5 1946 unless properly registered. The notice explains registration steps with Clarence Bolhous and county clerk offices in Mt Carroll and Thomson, deadlines by Oct 7, and rules on residency and name changes for current or new voters.
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Thomson
Clarence Bolhous
Mt. Carroll
Thomson beats Chadwick 7 6 in eight innings
The Thomson baseball team defeated Chadwick 7 to 6 in eight innings Monday evening. Chadwick scored one run in the first, five in the second with one hit and three walks, plus two errors. Thomson replied with two in the second, two in the third, two in the seventh, and one in the eighth as Housenga pitched and held Chadwick.
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Thomson
Chadwick
Housenga
Irresistible Christianity Sermon and New Member Day at Local Church
Reverend Darrel Draper leads a morning service at 0 30 a m and 10 50 a m Sunday school with a sermon titled Irresistible Christianity Text Go out and compel them to come in. The day includes reception and transfer of members and invites all to unite with the fellowship Youth Fellowship plans an organization party for ages 12 to 23. A luncheon is set for Oct 2 hosted by four women.
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Darrel Draper
Youth Fellowship
Fred Nipe
Mayme Mummert
Eva Foltz
Chas. McKee
Miss Cooper
Chadwick
Atherton
Thomson
Mr. Carroll
Milledgeville
Bolhous
York Community Worship Services Plan Rally Day Observance
York community hosts a Sunday worship schedule with Rev Cleworth preaching on Louis Pasteur as a scientist and Christian. James W Gillespie leads an 11 a m sermon on Jesus and the law of Love with Sunday School at 10 and rally day events including world wide communion on Oct 6. Strangers and visitors welcomed.
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Cleworth
Louis Pasteur
Jesus
The
Love
James W. Gillespie
Leson
Psm
Harold Witt
Thomson social guests visit Seaton and surrounding towns
Mr. and Mrs. Henry St Ores and Mrs. Emma Holland of Thomson joined Mr. and Mrs. Victor Roggendorf of Fulton for a Sunday dinner in Seaton, Ill with Floyd Hyde and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. M J Strukhoff and Paul visited Mrs. Strukhoff's parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas Rogers. Mrs. Bruce Groharing and sons accompanied Mrs. E W Farnsworth to Galesburg last weekend.
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Henry St. Ores
Emma Holland
Thomson
Victor Roggendorf
Fulton
Seaton
Ill
Floyd Hyde
M. J. Strukhoff
Paul
Local Scraps Report Injuries And Recoveries In Savanna Clinton and Thomson
The article notes Mrs. Mary Warfield age 0 with injuries from a stair fall at home in Savanna with a local physician treating her. Betty Imel returns to work at National Tea Company Store in Clinton after illness. Miss Christina Jacobs of Thomson hospitalized in Savanna city hospital. Lyle Mitchell recovering at home after an automobile accident near Argo Fa last week.
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Mary Warfield
James Haley
Savanna
Betty Imel
National Tea Company
Clinton
Cecil Imel
Christina Jacobs
Thomson
Savanna City Hospital
Lyle Mitchell
Argo Fa
Cecil Mitchell
Harrises Begin Remodel of Atherton's Cafe
Mr and Mrs Garland Harris have started interior work on Atherton's Cafe to fully remodel and redecorate it They plan to serve meals and short orders once renovations finish Mrs Harris known as Jeanne Swett helped in her father's restaurant that previously occupied the adjacent building Her husband is an experienced cook.
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Garland Harris
Atherton
Harris
Jeanne Swett
Bowling Bits Triumph as Ford Motor Sales and Others Lose
Sack and McBride earned a 3 to 0 win while Royal Blue fell 3 to 0 to Ford Motor Sales. Farmers dropped 3 to 0 to Elzabeth. In women’s play, Thomson girls were swept three games by Schunders.
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Bowling Bits Sack & McBride
Royal Blue
Ford Motor Sales
Farmers
Elzabeth
Thomson Girls
Schunders
Visitation notes from Mt Carroll Dubuque Clinton and more
Weekend visits include Mr and Mrs Frank Warfield and Lena Jensen in Mt Carroll with Jensen staying until Wednesday. A E Sheridan and daughter Mary and Gus Roggendorf and daughter Dorothea visited in Dubuque. Edna Brown and Mary Sheridan visited Bes sie Groharing in Clinton. Io and Lyle Mitchell with Donna Jean visiting Cecil Mitchells. Russell Sweitzer and family visited St Ores and sons. In Memoriam Andrew Earl Prins five years dead since Sept 25 1941.
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Frank Warfield
Cecil Mitchell
Russell Sweitzer
Curtis St. Ores
Andrew Earl Prins
Andrew
Sandridge School Social Set For Friday Evening
A social time at Sandridge school is planned for Friday evening September 27 with a potluck dinner at 7 30. Attendees should bring table service sandwiches and a dish to pass. Everyone is welcome says teacher Mrs Libbie Tupple and the pupils.
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Sandridge
Libbie Tupple
Dennis Mack 85 Clinton Resident Dies in Mercy Hospital
Dennis Mack 85 of Clinton Iowa died Monday September 23 in Mercy hospital where he had been a patient since last Wednesday. Funeral services were held September 26 at Sacred Heart Church with burial in St Marys cemetery Fulton Illinois. He was a former Rock Island railroad brakeman and member of the B of P C. He married Mary Caughan in 1892 and Anna Bennett in 1925. both predeceased him. Survivors include two brothers and several nieces and nephews.
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Dennis Mack
Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Nicholas Meinhardt
St. Mary's Cemetery
Fulton
Mr. Mack
John Mack
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
B. of P. C
Sacred Heart Church
Mary Caughan
St. Mary’s Church
Anna Bennett
Timothy
Thomson
Con
Erie
Ill
Nora Richards
Morrison
Kathryn Malloy
Chadwick
John
Dan
Julia Mack Sullivan
Baptist Women Meet at Mrs. Brach Home in York
The York Baptist Church Women’s Bible class met September 25 at Mrs. Emil Brach’s home. Members shared occupations from the Bible and reports on the DeKalb associational conference. They sponsor Carolyn Davis at Maywood Home and plan winter clothes.
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York Baptist Church
Emil Brach
James Gillespie
Roy Heitman
Baptist Associational
DeKalb
Ray Brenneman
Hammerfest
Norway
Maywood
Carolyn Davis
Rush Carroll
Lloyd Smith
E. W. Farnsworth
Mill edgeville dinner guests and birthday celebration
Mr and Mrs Chas Sack hosted Sunday dinner at the Mackey home in Mill edgeville. Charles Behr and Mrs Behr visited from Clinton and stayed through Tuesday. They joined in a granddaughter’s first birthday at the Van Buskirk residence. Paul Heusinkveld wired the Thomson State Bank.
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Chas
Sack
Lloyd Mackey
Milledgeville
Charles Behr
Clinton
Behr
Clarence van
Golden Rule Class Meeting in Eslinger Home Argo
The Golden Rule class of the Baptist church met last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Calvin Eslinger in Argo with 20 present. The program included songs prayer roll call reader Bruce Groharing and a talk on The Life of Enrico Caruso. The class voted to aid church White Cross needs and refreshments were served to a list of members and guests.
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The
Baptist Church
Calvin Eslinger
Argo
Beth Holland
Rev. Gillespie
Elizabeth Carroll
Anrico Caruso
Bruce Groharing
White Cross
Roger Gillespie
Sandwice
Ivan Carroll
Kenneth Kemmer
Gillespie
Roy Heitman
Robert Smith
Paul Wilt
Betty Miller
Gilbert Holland
Gideons Present New Testament Bibles at Grade School
A three man Gideons committee visited the Freeport grade school to give each student in grades five through eight a pocket New Testament Bible with a maroone leather cover. Teachers also received volumes and the school plans football and basketball schedules with practices starting October first.
Local families share visits and care across towns
Mr and Mrs Eugene Lord and son of Massbach joined Sunday evening supper with Mr and Mrs Justice Prins and JoAnn. Forrest Eslinger and daughters of Lanark visited Prins family Sunday. Mrs Emma Eslinger of Morrison stays with son Calvin to care for Mrs Eslinger with an infected wisdom tooth. Eslinger children stay with grandparents Lloyd and wife. Nancy Slager of Morrison visits Wm Griswald's home for the week. H J Hagg of Chicago visited Noordhoff and Noordhoff families, Shelly family in Charlotte Iowa, for Sunday dinner near Morrison. Walter Landon of Rio Illinois visited I D Morse home over the weekend.
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Eugene Lord
Massbach
Justice Prins
JoAnn
Forrest Eslinger
Lanark
Emma Eslinger
Morrison
Calvin Eslinger
Eslinger
Charlotte
Herman de Vries
Walter Landon
Rio
I. D. Morse
Lester Vance
Paul Vance
Cedar Rapids
Cecil Mitchell
Argona
Chas. McGinty
Frank Senneff
Patricia
Britt, la
Senneff
McGinty
Pat
Mt. Carroll
Francis Shimer College
Campaign to Raise Fire Truck Fund Progress Report
York Baptist church members attended meetings at Morrison Baptist church on Wednesday and Friday. Thomson quartet entertained with music led by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witt and others. local attendees included Roy Heitman Brenneman Witt St. Ores Gillespie and Barbara Gillespie.
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York Baptist Church
Morrison Baptist Church
Thomson
Paul Witt
Harold Witt
Herbert St. Ores
Roy Heitman
Ray Brenneman
Jas. Gillespie
Barbara Gillespie
Springfield
Club and society notices from community page
Clubs and lodges W S C C 5S meet Oct 2 at Mrs O'Dell with joke roll call and member numbers. devotion by Mrs Salome Mac Ginty. Royal Neighbors met Sept 17 with 11 members. host served ice cream wafers coffee. next Oct 15 at Mrs John Carroll. Home Bureau meets Sept 27 at 1 50 pm at Mrs Otto Switzer. Altar and Rosary Oct 9 at Mrs Thomas Hand.
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Wm. O'Dell
Salome MacGinty
Royal Neighbors
John Cooper
John Carroll
Home Bureau
Home Bureau Club
Otto Switzer
Altar and Rosary
Altar and Rosary Society
Thomas Hand
Community campaign to fund modern Thomson fire truck
Local committee reports steady progress in raising funds for a Thomson fire truck. Cash received exceeds 1552 dollars with pledges totaling 400 to 500 dollars, and more donations still expected from solicitors and the Lewis Motor Co. The village will own and maintain the vehicle for its 12 to 17 year life, with no annual assessments planned.
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Thomson
Lewis Motor Co
Paul Lewis
Republicans Welcomed on Mt Carroll Tour in Illinois
Carroll county gave the Republican state candidates a rousing welcome during a tour of 101 down state counties. Richard Yates Rowe Vernon L Nickell and William G Stratton led the caravan as a crowd of several hundred gathered noting a swing to the party and a protest vote by farmers businessmen laborers and homemakers amid high living costs.
Mrs Witt Helps Aunt in Morrison Area Illness Care
Mrs Harold Witt spent Monday at her aunt Mrs Ralph Irion near Morrison assisting in caring for her while she is ill.
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Thomson News
Harold Witt
Ralph Irion
Near Morrison
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Frank
Mr. Schneider
Michael Schneider
Olive Hoover
Maynard
Orville Schreiner
Lawrence Shiley
Herman Kremer
Bozeman
Mont
Oak Park
William
Aaron
Ella Speck
Savanna Hospital
St. John’s Catholic Church
Julia Brooks
Frank Brooks
Charles Brooks
Hammond
Ind
Michael Cain
Charles van Valkenberg
Hammond, Ind
Theodore Dodger
Minneapolis
Lewis Millard
Tulsa
Oklo
William Speck
Elliott
Freeport
House of Delegates
Lena
Miss Myers
Dot J
Eleanor S
Chadwick Ab
Tripp
Stewrt
Frank Ss
Dambman
L Tripp
Hass Ef
Mackey
Kahler Rf
Byvick
Traum
Thomson— Brown
J. Murray
Sikkema
Prins Ss Volk
Ores St
Spencer Rf
Argo Methodist
York
Argo Boys
Volk
Zink
Olk
Turney and Durward
Turney
Durwarde
L. Turney
W Welch
Sandridge School Social
Baptist Women’s Bible Class
Brach
Iowa
Morrison Meeting
W.s.cc
Earl Ellis
Louis Shelly
Carl Peterson
Mary Sheridan
Fred Miller
Ed Knapp
Wesley Sack
Loeser Ins. Co
Frank Johnson
Fred Coden
John Grawe
Bertha Holland
Luther Geisinger
Glendora Schade
Adeline Groharing
William Boylan
N. I. G. & Electric
Dr. R. A. Brandt
Joe Shutters
Sack & McBride
Volks Cafe
W. H. O'Dell
N. D. French
Harold St. Ores
Orville Goblin
Carl Johannsen
G. A. Smith
Everett Wilt
Virgil Wilt
Eleanor Stagg
Mrs. O. Bennett
Paul Strukhoff
John Ashpole
Ford Grimm
Sylvester McWorthy
Harold E. Feddlesen
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