Two Chicagoans Hugh Cleary and wife killed near Evanston
Hugh H. Cleary 58 and his wife Helen 56 of Chicago died in a Sunday afternoon automobile crash west of Evanston. Five others injured including Katherine McKeon and Edwarda Smith as a truck hit their overturned Ford. Coroner exonerated the truck driver. Clearys survived by son Edmund and daughter Katherine. Corpus Christi Sunday and church notice follows.
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Hugh H. Cleary
Chicago
Evanston
Mr. Cleary
John M. Cleary
Chicago Tribune
Milwaukee Avenue
Dempster Street
Wilcox Avenue
Wilbern
West
Madison Street
Helen Cleary
Cleary
St. Francis, Hospital
Katherine McKeon
Keystone Avenue
Casa
Ee Edwarda Smith
Monroe Street
Frances McKeon
Ford
Corry T. Sims
Campbell Avenue
Howard Klehm
Niles Center
Hoffman
Leggett
Sims
Clearys
Edmund
Katherine
McKeon
Frances
Optometrist Dr Berkshire to Visit Ashton Fridays
Dr D C Berkshire an optometrist and manufacturing optician from Rochelle Illinois will visit Ashton on the second and fourth Friday of each month at Dr Hanawalt's office. He will meet residents with eye strain or in need of new glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed. Remember the date 1713 Chicago zet te office.
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D. C. Berkshire Optometrist
Rochelle
Ilinois
Ashton
Hanawalt
City water safe for drinking say city finds
Mayor J. C. Griffith announced city well water was analyzed by the chemist and deemed safe for drinking. Report shows very low turbidity and sediment, but notes higher nitrate content with hardness mainly from calcium and magnesium bicarbonates.
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J. C. Griffith
Ccscocaesaivteces
Repealed June Ordinance At Village Board Meeting
The June village board meeting approved the annual appropriation of 14 650 dollars. The junk dealers ordinance was repealed and license fees of 15 dollars refunded to two dealers. The light committee to sell gas plant machinery, water committee to buy a 20 horsepower motor, and a five year power contract with Illinois Northern Utilities Company were approved amid move to switch from kerosene to electric power.
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Illinois Northern Utilities Company
Ashton sees record crowds on busy Saturday night
Out of town customers flocked to Ashton Saturday causing unusually large crowds this year. At nine pm last Saturday downtown counted 146 cars and 29 buggies with about 20 visiting autos, indicating roughly a thousand nonlocals in town for shopping.
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Ashton
United Evangelical Church Weekend Services and Projects
The church schedules worship at Bradford 10 30 a m and Ashton 7 30 p m next Sunday June 13. The Ashton children's program was a success with good rendering and promising offering. Bradford program delayed to late June. An improving Ashton orchestra led by Faust Boyd plans first public appearance at Sunday school next Sunday morning. Labor week at Oakdale Camp Meeting features a children tabernacle built largely by donation labor with the pastor on the ground crew. Thursday prayer meeting at 7 15 p m precedes 8 15 graduations. attend both. Gazette and Chicago Tribune 9 00.
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Washington Grove Church
B. C. Gheding
United Evangelical Church
Bradford
Ashton
Faust Boyd
Oakdale
Presbyterian Church
C. D. Sanders
Evelyn Messer
Edwina Berry
Wilbur Hilliard
Frances Wood
Elaine Rogers June Basford
Hazel Moseley
Lillian Ericch
Jesus
Glayds Meister
Leonard Sanders
Sanders
Arnould
Heavenly Father
Conrad Pfeiffer
John Dale
Bode Foy
Cere Toren
Estette
Paul Glenn Rechatom
Ccc
Janet Ogle
Little Workers
Fern Rogers
Carrol Fowle
Christ
Paul
William H. Manshardt
Chautauqua Ends With Chimes of Normandie Feature
The five day Community Chautauqua opens June 17 with the Chimes of Normandie as the closing night feature. Acts include the Clifford Foote Trio, Abrose Wyrick, Jeannette Kling and the Floyds with magic and mind readings. The Boston String Quartette and Rudolphs Swiss Entertainers headline the midweek and fourth day programs.
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Chautauqua
Attra
Clifford Foote
Abrose Wyrick
Wyrick
Albert Hellutiedly
Jeannette Kling
Ixning
Floyds
Win
Boston String Quartette
Little Symphony
Rudolph
Continents
Switzerland
America
Normandie
Makins
Doings of the High School Chrissen Day at Presby
A summary of the Presby High School class night exercises in the auditorium praised for effort and attendance. The article notes seniors and juniors, a class poetess, and a display of work in Manual Training and Sewing. It also lists Children’s Day program details at the Presbyterian church and upcoming school events including a Friday picnic and Friday sermons.
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Chrissen
Presby
Auditorum
Thf
May
Myers
Cornel
Land of Friends
Ue Laboratory
Ghades
Wen
Ashton High School Holds 32nd Annual Graduation
The 32nd annual graduation exercises of Ashton High School take place this evening in the school auditorium. Eight graduates receive diplomas including Evan D. Mond, Mildred Bemis, Elma Faber, Gertrude Empen, Eva Bresson, Birdie Hanson, Melinde Wiener, and Alice Hawthorne. Rev Ira P Berry of Morris delivers the address. the school orchestra accompanies the ceremony.
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Fadt
Ashton High School
Gass
Evan Drummond
Mildred Bemis
Elma Faber
Gertrude Empen
Eva Bresson
Birdie Hanson
Melinde Wiener
Alice Hawthorne
Ira P. Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Morris
St John’s Lutheran Church Announces Anniversary Celebration
St John’s Lutheran Church in Muscatine Iowa marks the 25th anniversary of its charity institutions with a June 13 celebration. Sunday school at 9 30 and English services at 10 30 are listed, with choir rehearsal and teacher meetings at the stated times. Infant Harold John Gleim baptized at the parsonage with Pastor Henry Foelsch officiating.
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St. John’s Lutheran
Institutions of Charity
Muscatine
Iowa
Harold John
Edward Gleim
Henry Foelsch
LaVina Jones Weds William Perkins at Geneva Parsonage
Miss LaVina Jones and Mr. William Perkins married in Geneva on Tuesday June 1 in a ceremony led by Rev. B A Snyder of the Methodist Episcopal church. The bride, a former Ashton girl, lived with her aunt and uncle in this city. the groom works as a salesman for Vulcan Tire Company of Chicago and has resided here recently.
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LaVina Jones
William Perkins
Geneva
B. A. Snyder
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashton
W. H. Bates
Perkins
Vulcan Tire Company
Chicago
Lee County Delegation Backs Edwards For Circuit Judge
Lee county hosts State's Attorney Edwards at a noon dinner at Lowell Park lodge while the Lee County Republican Central Committee names twelve delegates and twelve alternates to the June 17 Freeport convention to nominate two circuit judge candidates. The delegation aims to present a solid Edwards front in the contest created by the death of judges Farrand and Haton.
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Lee County
Republican Central
Court House
Dixon
Freeport
Richard 8. Farrand
Ralph Haton
Mt. Carroll
Harry Warner
Harry O. Wheeler
Warner
Atty
Martin Gannon
Edwards
Howard Johnson
Howard F. Keigwin
Hamilton Township
Earnest Dysart
Nachusa
H. C. Warner
Clyde Smith
J. B. Crabtree
P. M. James
W. J. Leech
C. F. Preston
J. P. Vetter
F. G. Dimick
W. C.thompson
Bradford
Howard Weece
James
E. H. Brewster
J. B. Moyer
W. A. Webber
A. B. Wicker
R. J. Dean
R. R. Phillips
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Hugh Cleary
Chicago Zette
City Water Safe Beverage
Griffith
Gazette
Ashton Public School
Pearl Billmire
Bernard Fowle
Asc
Mary Moseley
Stanley Hart
Gitta Fous
Ab Millard Cole
Birdies
Alice Pfeiffer
Hazel McCade
Marian Meister
Kenneth Eal
Tag Hee
Aoa
Miss Hart
Charles Lake
States
Lowell Park Lodge
Noticy
Percales
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
Illinois
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