Local column notes wanderings and townsfolk chatter
Town column offers brief anecdotes about Johnny Brown of Fulton visiting for pool talk, Bill Ehredt returning after a cattle buying spree, Wayne Ashby improving his pool, Professor Elliott supervising the Chadwick Review, Betty Lou Wilt attending school on time, Royal Theatre redecorating, Bush’s hobby of drawing, Jeanne Hogg’s enrollment at the University of Dubuque, diverse student origins, Lenn Carpenter vacationing with work in Clinton, a singing mouse by Dick Williams, Hester the alley cat, and Major the cocker spaniel at a resident’s home with comments on daily life and family health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Brown
Fulton
Bill Ehredt
Savanna Sales Barn
Neck of the Woods
Montana
Wayne Ashby
Elliott
Chadwick Review
Betty Lou Wilt
Dick William
Peter
Williams
Woodstock
Ill
Hester
Anita Shutters
Anita
Thomson Review
Virginia John
N. D. French’s
Local Socials Report From Fulton and Vicinity
Thomson News items list visits and gatherings across Fulton Savanna and nearby towns. Families such as Geerts Prins and Kettler are noted with guests from Maquoketa Lanark and Clinton. Others include Rob ert Smith leaving for Illinois and Mrs Jensen starting work at Burpee’s Seed.
Seniors Present Here Comes Hattie Play Friday
The senior class presents the play Here Comes Hattie on Friday Oct 26 with a cast including Clara Greene Joyce Marshall Homer Greene Dwayne Bielema Ann Greene Evelyn Ashpole Thomas Greene Dean Robinson William Billings Sam Mattie Florence Ryan Fern Rawlins Hattie King Lila Curley Velda Wayne Lucille Larson Etta Armstrong Wilma Sikkema The senior class also plans an all school party for freshmen Friday night Oct 28 with new entertainment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie
Clara Greene
Joyce Marshall
Homer Greene
Dwayne Bielema
Ann Greene
Evelyn Ashpole
Thomas Greene
Dean Robinson
William Billings
Sam Mattie
Florence Ryan
Fern Rawlins
Hattie King
Lila Curley
Velda Wayne
Lucille Larson
Etta Armstrong
Wilma Sikkema
Barbara Frazier
Betty Lou Wilt
Autumn Arrives as Summer Ends and Time Change Approved
Fall arrives with cooler weather and thoughts of winter. The autumn equinox occurred Sunday at 4 50 am marking equal day and night. Congress finished action on a bill ending war time and restoring standard time effective Sept 30 impacting this locality and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Methodist Rally Day Set For October 7
Members and families of the Thomson Methodist church plan their annual Rally day on Sunday October 7 with Rev. Edgar Doverspike as pastor. A program will include attendance awards and pupil promotions. Bring a covered dish for the noon family dinner. dessert to be provided by the Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Methodist Church
Edgar Doverspike
Cubs Beat Pirates as Rain Cancels Second Game
Joe Shutters and Willard Welch rode a Lanark bound bus to Chicago for a Cubs versus Pirates game. The Cubs secured the win in the sole played game while the second contest was called off due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shutters
Willard Welch
Chicago
Lanark
Cubs
Pittsburg Pirates
Thomson Briefs Thursday Evening Visitors in Kemmer Stage Home
S&S hosted Thursday evening guests in the Kemmer Stage home including Sgt and Mrs Kenneth Axelson of Rockford and Mr and Mrs Floyd Welch with family of Savanna. Additional visits included Eldon Hickey returning from Indiana to Thom son and starting a new Du Pont job in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmer
S&s
Kenneth Axelson
Rockford
Floyd Welch
Savanna
Eldon Hickey
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charleston
Thomson
Hickey
du Pont
Clinton
Paul Melendy
Elsie Sanderson
Gerald Brown
Robert Lewis
Robert Stage
Beverly
Rock Island
Ben Stage
Hazel Stagg
Davenport
Stella Griswold
Nettie Baker
Richard Badtke
Jennie Ringson
In Memoriam Andrews Earl Prins Passed Away Four Years Ago
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Andrew Earl Prins who died September 25, 1941. The poem speaks of God easing his suffering and a peaceful rest. Sadly missed by his parents and sisters with hopes of meeting again in the beautiful hills of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Earl Prins
Church Services and Upcoming Events in Rock Island
The notice lists 9:30 a.m worship and 10:30 a.m study at The Church Worshipping with Paul Wilt as superintendent and a 8 p.m. service Theme Kindness to One Another. A Wednesday 8 p.m. church business meeting is requested. World Wide Communion Sunday events and Illinois Baptist State Convention plans are noted with dates Oct 7 8 9 10 1945 at First Baptist Rock Island. Ladies Aid meets Oct 4 with Mrs Harvey Marshall. October social committee is Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kemmer and Mr and Mrs Bruce Groharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Paul Wilt
Illinois Baptist State Convention
First Baptist Church
Rock Island
Christ
Harvey Marshall
Kenneth Kemmer
Bruce Groharing
York Community Worship Schedule and Rally Day Report
York Community reports a 9:45 a m worship hour led by Pastor Roy Berg and a church school at 10:45 a m. The TNT society met with Mrs Gladys Cate. Rally day last Sunday drew attendees from Clinton Morrison Dixon Savanna Paw Paw Lanark with over 79 enjoying the fellowship dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Berg
TNT Society
Gladys Cate
Clinton, Morrison, Dixon
Savanna
Paw Paw
Lanark
Catholic and Methodist Services and Meeting Schedule
Catholic mass at 7 30 a m and church services at 10 30 a m. Thomson Methodist lists 0 30 a m and 10 30 a m church services and Sunday school. The W S C S meets Oct 3 with Mrs Charles McGinty. lunch served. Ideal Sunday school 10 a m. Christian Endeavor 7 p m. evening service 7 30 p m with special music by Rev Hawbecker and Mr Stake Miller. Argo Methodist Sunday school 10 a m. church services 7 30 p m. Rev Paul Van Zee, pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Hawbecker
Stakemiller
Argo
Truck Skids and Overturns on Chadwick Curve
George Knautz of Galena escaped injury when his I C L Transit Co milk truck skidded on wet pavement near Henry Fink's Chadwick residence and overturned on the curve north of the Fink home. The cab door opened and he jumped free before the trailer rolled on its side. The Everhart wrecker from Rock Falls removed the wreck. no other damage reported. State Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knautz
Galena
I. C. L. Transit Co
Henry Fink
Chadwick
Knautz
Fink
Herbert Spearman
Stephen Adee
Bronze Star Award for Blair Stratton in Italian campaign
The Beacon News reports Sgt. Blair J. Stratton earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service on the Fifth Army front during the Italian campaign. The Stratton family of 200 Houston Street learned of his 325 days in combat and witnessing the Nazi surrender. His mother visited Lake Como in Italy to better understand his environs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Stratton
Houston Street
Beacon News
Sergt
Blair J. Stratton
Medical Department
Fourth
Lake Como
Life at Italian lakeside soldiers resort amid war glamour
The passage notes soldiers at a lake resort hotel in Italy enjoy full privileges, using motor boats, swimming, tennis, own night clubs, dancing, and a carefree nightlife that contrasts with the war horrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Lake
Jeanne Hogg Enrolls At University Of Dubuque
Jeanne M. Hogg of Thomson Illinois joined a freshman class of 142 at the University of Dubuque Iowa. Total enrollment this year reaches 415 including 200 civilian students and 135 V 12 Apprentice seamen. Registrants include students from Mexico Puerto Rico Nicaragua Panama and Colombia with attendees from a dozen states. The university opened in 1852.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theatre
Fulton
Bush
University of Dubuque At
Dubuque
Jeanne Hogg
Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary
Mississippi
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Nicaragua
Panama
Colombia
New York
Idaho
Lenn Carpenter
Clinton
Riverview
Lenn
Clinton Bridge
University OF Dubuque
Jeanne M. Hogg
C. W. Hogg
Thomson, Ill
Iowa
Jeanne
York Community High School
The
University of
Local Driver Escapes Injury in Truck Crash
Louis Strauch narrowly avoided harm Wednesday afternoon when his car collided with a Carstensen truck while passing in heavy rain south of Plum River. His top fender and doors were damaged as the car rolled over, but he escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Strauch
Savanna
Plum River
Local social rounds reported in area homes
Mr and Mrs Emil Brach joined Mr and Mrs Herbert St Ores for supper Tuesday. William Saffer from Morrison visited the Fred Seim home Sunday. Recent guests at Roy Fleming’s in Moline include Mr and Mrs Bert Stainbrook and Mr and Mrs Harvey Marshall. Mr and Mrs Frank Smith dined with daughter Mrs Irve Neuschwanger in Mt Carroll. Sgt Donald McBride of Fort Sill called Tuesday evening at the Wesley Sack home. Mr and Mrs Cecil Imel visited his mother Mrs Clarissa Imel at Fair Haven Sunday. Mr and Mrs Justice Prins and Jo Ann of Mt Carroll spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Norman Stickell in Craig Manor Hanover. Henry Sweitzer of Lanark helped his brother Noah with melons in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Brach
Herbert St. Ores
William Saffer
Morrison
Fred Seim
Roy Fleming
Moline
Bert Stainbrook
Harvey Marshall
Frank Smith
Irve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Sgt
Donald McBride
Fort Sill
Okla
Wesley Sack
Cecil Imel
Clarissa Imel
Fair Haven
Justice Prins
Jo Ann
Norman Stickell
Craig Manor
Hanover
Henry Sweitzer
Lanark
Noah Sweitzer
T. B. Arnold
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Florida
Empire
Calif
Arnold
Henry
Edward Sweitzer
Henry Lohmeier
Delbert Dimmick
Fred Dimmick
Herman Nieduhr
Paul Nieduhr
Sharon Darlene
Williamsfield
Ill
Benjamin Dimmick
Great Lakes
Herman Jansma
Ben Dykstra
Harry Diehl
John Diehl
Local illnesses and injuries round up in Savanna and Fulton
Sick Bill Strubb returned home Monday after a brief hospital stay at Savanna city hospital. Mrs. Martin Bielema fell at her Fulton home Monday evening breaking her left wrist and shoulder. Sgt. Dan Sack remains hospitalized at Schick General hospital Clinton and is still quite ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Strubb
Savanna City Hospital
Martin Bielema
Clarence Belhous
Fulton
Dan Sack
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
FFA Meeting Notes Include Activities and Fundraising
The F A news reports a Tuesday meeting with full attendance. A refreshment committee listed John Hoy Donald Ashby and Robert Hook and a game committee named Ronald MacDearmon Fred Miller and Carroll Dimmick. Volleyball was played in the gym refreshments included pop and ice cream and watermelon was shared afterward. Announcement says record books were updated Monday and Tuesday with a junk drive yielding ten dollars and seventy cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A
John Hoy
Donald Ashby
Robert Hook
Ronald MacDearmon
Fred Miller
Carroll Dimmick
F. F A
Sand turtle and new students mark first grade addition
Grade school notes welcome Tommy Rutherford from Savanna bringing total first graders to sixteen. The third grade adds Shirley Gordon while Eskimo sleds and dogs study, geography, and art projects proceed in grades four to eight. Seventh and eighth grades gain art time and new Social Science reference books as basketball practice begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Tommy Rutherford
Savanna
Shirley Gordon
Shirley
Roberta
Singing Mouse
Lyle Lacey
Darrell Gaar
Local families share weekend visits and anniversary plans
Mr and Mrs Conrad Lillie and daughters of Lockport spent the weekend here with relatives and were Sunday guests at the Lloyd Smith home. Mr and Mrs John Halfman plan their 25th wedding anniversary on Sept 28 with a family dinner on Sept 30. Miss Betty and Geneivie attended the wedding of Miss Mildred Withhart in Savanna on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Lillie
Lockport
Lloyd Smith
John Halfman
Betty
Geneive Ime
Mildred Withhart
Savanna
Bowling Results From S and M Alley Monday Night
Milwaukee team wins two of three against Thomson Farmers in league play. Thomson No 1 takes two from Building and Loan. Thomson No 2 crew led by Joe Shutters Willard Welch Emil Brach Elmer Hook and Ivan Morse loses two and wins one to S and M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. & M. Bowling Alley
Milwaukee
Thomson Farmers
Thomson No. 1
Thomson No. 2
Joe Shutters
Willard Welch
Emil Brach
Elmer Hook
Ivan Morse
Thomson Red Cross Cookies Sent to Savannah Depot
Thomson Red Cross members send 22 dozen cookies to the ordnance depot hospital at Savannah today. The Thomson 500 Club names Mrs Leila Johannsen hostess for the 600 club meeting on Thursday Oct 4. In a prior meeting with Mrs Hortense Nipe, Mrs Houghton won first prize, Mrs Nipe second, Mrs Kauffman third, and Evelyn Weuch placed low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Red Cross
Ordnance Depot Hospital
Savanna
O. D
Thomson 500 Club
Leila Johannsen
600 Club
Hortense Nipe
Houghton
Nipe
Kauffman
Evelyn Weuch
Low
Mrs Farnsworth Honored Friday At Surprise Potluck
Mrs E W Farnsworth was guest of honor at a surprise potluck dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith last Friday. The event honored her birthday with gifts from husband Otto Switzer Emil Brach Bill Griswold Calvin Eslinger and Roger along with the hosts. Mrs John Carroll and Mrs Eldon Hickey with her son visited the E V Carlson home in Camanche Ia on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Switzer
Emil Brach
Phillip
Bill Griswold
Calvin Eslinger
Roger
Lloyd Smith
John Carroll
Eldon Hickey and Son
E. V. Carlson
Camanche, Ia
Teachers Meet On Thursday In York Reading Club
The York Teachers' Reading club held its first meeting at Mrs. Libbie Rupple's home on Sept. 20 with members Miss Esther Schmaling Miss Schrader Mrs. Vera Williams and others. Reads Mentor Graham The Farmer and the Rest of Us and Frontiers of American Culture. Next gathering set for Oct. 11 at Mrs. Grace Seim's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Teachers’ Reading Club
Libbie Rupple
Esther Schmaling
Schrader
Vera Williams
Howard Nelson
Marian Wheeler
Lyle Greeley
Kathleen Isenhart
Grace Seim
Graham
Duncan and Nichols
Farmer
Moore
Adams
Weekend Guests From Wisconsin and Madison
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elliott entertained weekend guests from Wisconsin Mrs Winnie Elliott of Baraboo and from Madison Mrs Edna Gotham Myron Gotham and wife Clifford Esselstein and his daughter 1st Lt Doris Esselstein on furlough after nursing in Africa and Italy She expects a Manila posting at leave end
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Elliott
Wisconsin
Winnie Elliott
Baraboo
Madison
Edna Gotham
Myron Gotham
Clifford Esselstein
Doris Esselstein
Africa
Italy
Manilla
Local Social Notes From Paw Paw Area
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Chawning Mr and Mrs Philip Crouch and Mr and Mrs Mert Rogers of Paw Paw Ill Also mention of a car damaged when side swiped on return from Camanche Ia Emil Brach moved into Lloyd Smith house Tuesday and house being raised for basement and new apartments Visitors from Mt Carroll and Galesburg joined local households for suppers and calls during the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Charles Chawning
Philip Crouch
Mert Rogers
Paw Paw
Ill
Albert Volk
Camanche
Birth of Daughter Joan Vivian to Mr and Mrs Clarence VanBuskirk
Mr and Mrs Clarence VanBuskirk announce the birth of a daughter, Joan Vivian, born Monday at Deaconess Hospital in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence VanBuskirk
Joan Vivian
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Donations Sought for Camp and Hospital Council October Needs
Mrs. Roy Houghton gathers a long list from the Camp and Hospital Council of Schick Hospital detailing October needs. Donations should be left soon as October 9 applies, covering recreation supplies, musical records, occupational therapy items, reconditioning gear, hobby shop materials, and children's room toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Houghton
Paris
Kostelanetz
Gershwin
O. Levant
Porgy and
Bess
Chopin
Jeep
Sunday Socials Reach Across Lanark Area Now
Sunday evening guests filled homes of Justice Prins and JoAnn in Lanark and of John Ashpole, with visits from Forrest Eslinger Jaclyn Ann Lanark Benford Stadel Stockton and other families. Ta Arnold wife and relatives traveled through Lanark area moving toward Em pire Calif before final return. Local seniors and families hosted visits from Dimmicks Jansmas Diehls and Athertons amid license news and Morrison stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Prins
JoAnn
Forrest Eslinger
Jaclyn Ann
Lanark
Benford Stadel
Stockton
Henry Strauch
Fred Nipe
Argo
Will Frank
John Ashpole
John Christiansen
Pauline Christiansen
Low Moor
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Thomson News
Chas Geerts
Anthony Prins
Charles Kettler
Albert Prins
William Emery
Orlo Smith
Lewis Smith
Carroll
Charles Rogers
Maquoketa
Maurice Strukhoff
Orrie Rutherford
Harley Stennlson
Earl Smith
George Buckwalter
Eva Foltz
Irene
Robert Smith
University of Illinois
Paul Jensen
Burpee’s Seed Company
Helen Wentling
Orel Lewis
Anna Greeley
Hattie Greeley
Lyle Williams
Carol
Theodore Storm
Wacker
Margaret Smith
Harold French
Ernest Tousley
Harold Tobey
Anna Brown
LeClaire
Carmel Lou
Nora Lee Timmons
Herman Timmons
Nelson
Paul Timmons
Frank Timmons
Russell Sweitzer
Leslie Eaton
Mr. Eaton
O. C. Eaton
Wis
Howard King
H. V. Pittenger
H. V. Pittinger
Emil Bier
Hillsdale
Thomson Briefs
Memoriam
Frank Farwell
Armed Forces
Bernie Hook
Sue
Sme
Fay Groharing
Gerald Diephius
U. S. Army
Santa Monica
Miami, Fla
Vernon McGinty
Macon
Charles McGinty
Fort Ord
Samuel E. Fox
CQM
Naval Service
N. S Naval Personnel Separation Center
Gilpin Stagg
San Diego
Helen Rice
Elwin
Hyan Island
Paul
Germany
France
Lawrence
Navy
Mrs
Great Lakes, Ill
Blair Stratton
F. F. A. News
Pacific States
Alimentary Canal
Panama Canal
Ruth
Charlene
Camp and Hospital Council OF Schick
Lloyd Smith House
Albert Hook
Jerry Sikkema
E. W. Farnsworth
Carl Tolbert
Galesburg
Morgan
Harl Johnson
William Brondyke
Jean
Howard Engleking
Henry Young, Sr
Myrtle Bull
Roy Hockman
W. Herman
Caldonia
T. Dorsey
Glenn Miller
L. Hampton
Billy Eckstein
Mill Brothers
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