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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
3
Sunday School at 4 30 a m Worship Service at 10 30 a m Promotion and Rally Day added to regular Sunday School notices on Oct 8 at York Community.
Baptist James W. Gillespie leads 10:00 a. m. worship with the Lord's Supper to conclude the morning service. World Fellowship Offering targets 400000 dollars under the Unified Budget for 1954 55, with 80 percent to Foreign Missions and 20 percent to ministers and retirement benefits. Sermon at 11 00 a. m. explores Job Struggle to Understand Life Job 1 2 19 7 10 25 10 led by Paul Wilt. Church notes urge attendance and living the faith, urging families to attend worship and Sunday school.
The 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Heide of Riverview near Thomson was observed Sunday with open house at the EUB Church social rooms in Coleta. About 200 callers arrived from 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. The couple received flowers, a Bible, gifts, and an anniversary cake as grandchildren and great-grandchildren presented tokens.
Methodists at William E Leckrone church hold services and a World Wide Communion Sunday program with a bank offering. First Quarterly Conference to be held at Argo Church with Dr Hughes B Morris as guest. other church events and local social visits noted.
The Thomson Legion Auxiliary met in the Legion Home last Thursday evening and installed officers. New officers are: President Mrs. Frank Potter First vice president Mrs. Victor Fenley Second vice president Mrs. Gail Turney Secretary Mrs. Lyle Greeley Treasurer Mrs. Franklin Fehler Historian Mrs. John Seger Chaplain Mrs. Henry Young Sergeant At Arms Mrs. Ed Andring. Meeting nights are the third Thursday of each month.
John Grimm son of Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Grimm of Clinton has been chosen as a student engineer trainee by Civil Service examiners at Rock Island Arsenal. He has begun on the job training at the arsenal and will pursue engineering studies at St Amboise College Davenport IA in alternating periods.
Carroll County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary met in Lanark on Wednesday evening. Thomson attendees included Mrs. Ed Andring Mrs. Harold Brown and Mrs. Lyle Greeley. Mrs. Harold Brown was installed as the new County Treasurer for the coming year.
York Baptist Church observed its annual Promotion Day last Sunday with a program at the start of Sunday School. The Primary and Sunshine Classes sang, Walter Holland led a recitation, and Mrs. John Sloan read "A Teachers Will." Gifts were given to Ruth Ann Hoff Delores Witt Vera Hickey Wayne Witt and Donald Groharing.
Mrs Isaac Gross and family of Orangeville visited Mrs Matilda Harney and Miss Nettie Stamm. Charles Dimolka and family and Leslie Kramer from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, visited Rev J W Gillespie. Harry Shoemaker sends the Thomson Review to his sister in Salix Iowa. Edward Whitney and Clint Whitney of Hastings Nebraska visited Mrs Lynn Curley. E N Giles of Peoria weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Earl Bennett.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Petersen of Maquoketa Iowa welcomed a daughter born Sunday September 26 at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Iowa weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces. Mrs Petersen is Beverly Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Marshall. S Sgt and Mrs David Bealer of San Antonio Texas welcomed a daughter born Wednesday September 29 at Randolph Field hospital San Antonio weighing 8 pounds 9 and 1/2 ounces named Vicky Leigh. Mrs Bealer is Geraldine Smith daughter of Lloyd Smith. Mr and Mrs James Mitchell welcomed a son born Wednesday September 29 at Jane Lamb hospital Clinton Iowa. Mrs Mitchell is Joye Hyde daughter of Floyd Hyde of Fulton.
The fall conference of the Carroll County Federation of Women's Clubs will be held Tuesday October 5 at the Lanark Methodist Church with members from all county clubs attending. Registration starts at 645 a.m. District President Mrs W F Wright of Sterling will speak in the morning and Mrs Frederick Siefert of Mt Carroll will give the afternoon address. Lanark High School will provide music. Luncheon reservations should be made with Lanark club president Mrs Hugh Pettinger by Monday October 4.
On Friday evening October 1 at 8 00 p m Esther Lehmaling will display photos from her Alaska trip at Argo church. A short program is planned and Live Wire Class members will serve a silver tea to aid the class treasury. Everyone is invited.
York Progressives Home Bureau unit holds a food sale Saturday morning starting at 10 o clock at Starrs Cafe in Thom son. Proceeds support local efforts. Members urge attendance and note available baked goods and hot dishes.
Mrs Heusinkveld's Sunday School class of the Thomson Methodist church will host a roller skating party Friday evening October 15 at the Savanna rink. Tickets are 2 he and 50c.
Clarence Bolhous resigns as Investigator for the Motor Fuel Division of the Department of Revenue covering Whiteside Carroll and Jo Daviess counties. J. F. Stiles of Savanna will replace him this week. Bolhous to devote full time to his insurance business.
The following students in Driver Training passed their tests for permits given by Mr. L R Shubert of the State License Department Monday morning at York Community High School Edward Hook Donna Haas Ann Holland Marlys Zenk Janice Smith Gene Brearton Eleanor Roberts Robert Williams Patricia Spencer Doris Feldt Jimmy Johnson and Ralph Stearns Jr
Mr and Mrs Martin Bielema and daughters visited the Bolsous and Marilyn on Sunday afternoon. Irvin Kilpatrick of Elizabeth Sunday with Rev and Mrs James Gillespie. Ray Brenneman and family spent Saturday in Port Byron visiting Sydney Brenneman. They toured the Quad City airport at Moline in the afternoon. Mayfied Harper and Mrs May Belp called on W A Adams Saturday. Maurice Sullivan Morrison George Sullivan and Mrs William Haines visited Albany residents Larry Sullivan and Merle Atherton on Sunday. Dwight Atherton and family hosted Thursday supper with Merle Atherton Jr. Gerald Reimers and Walter Burtis of Chicago spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John Cooper. They were accompanied home by Mrs A F Reimers and Mrs George Bush.
Mrs Merle Atherton Jr. was ill with the flu for several days last week. Jerry Brearton a York Community High senior recovers at home after a motorcycle accident near his home Sunday morning. He was released Monday evening after treatment for head injuries and facial cuts. M J Strukhoff is an observation patient at Mercy Hospital Clinton Ia admitted today. Mrs Walter King of Mt Carroll convalesces at home after surgery at Jane Lamb hospital. Mrs Harry Root was admitted to Mercy hospital after a heart attack. Vernon Rawlins of Morrison was taken by ambulance to Jane Lamb hospital Clinton on Sunday with a prior heart attack.
Andrew Bielema 42 of a farm west of Mt. Carroll died at Savanna City hospital from injuries in a tractor accident Saturday. He was mounting a corn picker when a cow touched the reverse lever and backed over him. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Fulton with burial in Fulton cemetery. He leaves a widow Jeanette and five children, plus siblings. His parents and a sister preceded him in death.
The First Reformed Church of Fulton Illinois begins its Sunday evening service broadcast October 3 from 7 30 to 8 30 p m over radio station K R O S 1340 kilocycles Clinton Iown The Rev S C De Long will lead each weekly program The Radio choir performs with the Ladies Quartet Mrs Henry Bielema Mrs Kurene Sikkema Mrs Peter Balk and Mrs Andrew De Boer also featured Mrs Leroy Smith will sing on other broadcasts
Riverview hosts the annual Ross Reunion at Jackton State Park Sunday. Milledgeville visitors Dr. and Mrs. Brand hosted callers Carl Wagner and Mr. Yockem. Several families clanned in from Moline, Sterling, Mt. Carroll, Racine, Blue Earth, and Milwaukee area for visits and birthday celebrations across the region.
The Savanna Illinois Moose Lodge donated 4 1 2 tons of watermelons to Mooseheart children. Melons were picked by John Shaner Robert Hebeler Sylvester MecWorthy Sr Walter Storm and Sylvester McWorthy Jr and transported by Robert Hebeler and Sylvester McWorthy. Hebeler is junior governor and McWorthy lodge governor.
On September 24 Thomson FFA members Jerry Brinkman Les Prins and Larry Geerts with agriculture teacher Melvin Stengel joined a third annual Carroll County Livestock tour. They visited farms of Stanley Fintrock Paul Diffenderfer Stanley Welch Dennis Schriner and Donald Anderson. A free lunch was served at Donald Anderson farm and Schriner farm hosted a weight guessing contest. An after dinner drawing awarded Les Prins a free bushel of seed corn.
Lt Harvey Housenga earned his aircraft observer wings at Harlingen Air Force Base after completing 42 weeks of observer training. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve on July 14 1954. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Housenga of Route 1 Thomson Texas.
The Thomson review section was the main speaker of the afternoon program. Commission men commented on market situations. Jerry Brinkman visited the University of Illinois as a guest of the Illinois Farm Electrification council for their second annual meeting, following his Section 2 Farm Electrification Foundation Award win.
Miss Marilyn Joyce St Clair and David Young exchanged wedding vows at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church Clinton Iowa. The ceremony featured nuptial music and a reception for 250 at the bride’s home. The couple will reside in Thomson after a wedding trip. guests traveled from Wisconsin, Illinois and surrounding towns.
The Thom son Community Consolidated Grade School sixth to eighth graders will visit Chicago sites including Maxwell Street Ghetto, Museum of Science and Industry with U-505, the Planetarium, and possible Loop stops. The one day trip, using two buses, runs from about 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with teachers and the superintendent accompanying.
The Foltz family thanks all who helped during the farm fire including the Carroll fire department and water haulers. The Thomson Community Consolidated School District 174 notices vacancies in the Board of Education and petitions must be filed by October 9 1954 with secretary John Sloan.
A flurry of visits and meals mark the week with Mrs. Harrison Kroh of Garwin staying with the Coopers and Henricks visiting Creighton. Various relatives from Clinton Fulton Morrison and Chicago joined dinners and Sunday gatherings as neighbors attended a food sale and noting a marriage license issued in Morrison for Jane Mensinny and William King.
The clipping lists numerous local families hosting and visiting relatives across towns including Lyndon Shannon Lanark Fulton Clinton and Mt Carroll. Guests mentioned include Mr and Mrs Paul Ottens Merle Bicker the Tit eworths and many others with extended family ties and birthday observances noted.
A patient expresses thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for acts of kindness, cards and visits received during hospital stay and after returning home. The message emphasizes deep appreciation for support.
Sunday gatherings and visits brighten many households from Mt Carroll to Clinton and Fulton. Families including the Geisz and Petersen clans hosted birthdays and meals while relatives from Chicago and Iowa joined kin in town. Several members attend a Scout Camporee in Charles Mound and plans recall a Starrs Cafe sale and local visits to hospitals and relatives.
A string of Sunday and midweek visits ties together residents from Yates City Chadwick Clinton Hastings Savanna Morrison and Lanark. Guests include Mr and Mrs Herbert Blodgett Mrs Smiley and Barbara, Mr and Mrs Harold Schroth and family, Mrs Marion Wheeler, Frank Welch, Frank Will Frank, and many relatives and friends. Delores Wilt entered Thomson first grade after six weeks illness.
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