Ashton High School Holds First Annual Graduation
The 1st annual graduation exercises of Ashton High School were held in the school auditorium. Eleven graduates, led by Wrae Durston who earned honors for naval service and Harvard studies, received diplomas as Dr. John Gordon spoke on community responsibility to public schools. Class Night followed with yells, songs, poems, and a gift of two large pictures for the memorial wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton High School
O. A. Fackler
Alice M. Gehant
Joseph A. Roesier
Mary F. Myers
Paul S. Moore
Supt. Fackler
Ore
Wrae
Loula Quick
K. Yeakel
United Evangelical Church
Lucile Randall
Janette Nickey
John Gordon
Rockford
Mary Myers
Roy Faber
Alice Gehant
Carrie Wendel
Miss Quick
Joseph Roesler
Mae Geyer
Martha Weishaar
Shakespeare
Stratford On Avon
Edgar C. Shippee
Knox Lecture Promotes Civic Duty at Chautauqua
Jas Knox, famed "Community Doctor," delivers "Community Efficiency" on the fourth Chautauqua night urging locals to know their community. A dinner with local business leaders is proposed to discuss improving civic life and progress with the times.
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Knox
America
Vaubel Nerstad Nuptials Tie Nerstad Bride to Vaupel
Miss Rose Nerstad, Strum Wisconsin, married William Winfield Vaupel of Ashton Illinois in Dixon on June 4. Rev Altman led the service with a ring ceremony. Attendants were Miss Atifia Nerstad and Miss Clara Vaupel. The couple will reside on a farm near Ashton after July 1.
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Rose Nerstad
John A. Nerstad
Strum
Wisconsin
William Winfield Vaupel
Jacob Vaupel
Ashton
Illinois
Lutheran Parsonage
Dixon
P. Altman
Atifia "M. Nerstad
Clara C. Vaupel
Mrs. Vaupel
Narrow Escape From Fire In Gazette Building
A Friday night blaze in Cleary's pool room under the Gazette Book Store caused heavy damage to a partition and ceiling. A kerosene stove lit near the Gazette press room likely started the fire, but closed doors and windows prevented air and kept the flames from spreading.
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Cleary
Gazette Book Store
Gazette Press Room
United Evangelical Church Service and Meeting Notice
The K L C B society asks all members to attend a Friday business meeting for six month officers. Sunday services include Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and K L B meeting at 7:00 p.m. led by Mrs Emma Killmer and Grace Schafer, followed by an 8:00 p.m. sermon The Message of Jesus to the Church at Sardis. A Children s Day program is planned at Bradford at 10:00 a.m. with recitations dialogues and music and missions offerings guest pastor Be Yeakel extends a cordial welcome.
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United Evangelical Church
K. L. C. B. Society
Bible School
K. L
Sardis
Bradford
BE. K. Yeakel
Reynolds
Reynolds Evangelical Sunday School
Dialogue the
Daisy
Emma
Zimmerman Amgress
Ccc
Pastor Mollentiot
de Weet
Mildred Danekas
Catherine Dyer
Edith Taylor Solo
Luella Danekas
Jesus
Alice Heibenthal
Wyone Heibenthal
Adbert
Canfield
Catherine Minkley
Perso Velma Taylor Mong
INO
Tha Ewald -Byalyn Pfeiffer
Ruth Doede Moloyas
Hilda Ewald
Blanche Minkley Roses
Fern Ewald
Gouw
Cole
Thorner
LeRoy Kersten
Lillian Over
Luella Walter
Mark
Lloyd Ewald
Clarence Hewert
Duei
Vdessa
Kersten
Hazel Pfeiffer
Bertha Zimmerman Bong
Cses Cee Sass
Sd Danekus Dial
Eos
Chautauqua Opens Next Week With Notable Speakers
The article previews Chautauqua week framing a lineup of entertainment and education. Ex governor Frank B Willis and James S Knox are named among the speakers with musical and dramatic acts including Harry Bennet and the Mozart Orchestra. Highlights include Hettie Dunaway in Just Plain Judy and Hawaiian Singers, plus the Victor Columbian Band. Reynolds Evan church notes promise Children Day services and Y P A events while St John’s Lutheran announces no Sunday service due to synod duties.
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Frank B. Willis
P. Bible
James S. Knox
Lake
Harry Bennet
Bennett
Harry
Bonny Land
Highlands
Te Cining
Hettie Jane Dunan
Judy
Miss Dunaway
Romance
Great
Victor's Columbian Band
Children's Day Programs at Methodist Church
The Methodist church hosts a Sunday Children's Day program at 11 o clock featuring recitations songs and class exercises by the children. Pastor W. F Kern invites families to attend and enjoy a full morning of performances followed by a prayer meeting Thursday and a relaxing drive afterward.
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Methodist Church
W. BE. Kern
Scerevers
Harold Faryer
Wesley McCrea
Frank Billmire
Edith Farrer
Walle
Ruby Shippee
Elmer Batchelor
the Robins
Lois Lake
Bible School
Valley
Glen
Hill
Vale
W. EF. Kern
For Sale Two Story Seven Room House in Town
I have sold my barber shop and will move to the country. I offer a two story seven room frame house built four years ago with electric lights city water and furnace. Includes lot and a half frame barn chicken house shrubs and 1512 Harry W Pierce Buy War Savings Stamps.
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Harry W. Pierce
Piano Tuning by William Petrie Ottumwa
Those seeking reliable tuning with careful tempering and standard pitch may leave orders with William Petrie. A. J. Petrie, 10 Tuner, Ottumwa, Town. For sale a Roan Shorthorn Boh 16tf. Charles Vogeler.
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William Petrie
A. J. Petrie
Ottumwa
Town
Charles Vogeler
Noted lecturer George P Bible at our Chautauqua
George P Bible brings a human, crisp humor and a broad message to the Chautauqua on the third afternoon citing months in France as the Community Chautauquas Red Cross representative.
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George P. Bible
France
Community Chautauquas
The
Red Cross
Chautauqua Tickets Go On Sale in City Stores
Tickets for the Chautauqua are on sale at city stores through the committee in charge. Buyers who purchase early aid organizers and save money compared with last minute prices. The event opens a week from tomorrow with the strongest program yet, and early purchases ease the workload for organizers.
Old Postage Rates Return Next Month
Post office officials announce the old rate of three cents an ounce or fraction thereof for letters and first class mail will resume on July 1. Postal cards will require one cent postage after that date instead of two. The wartime rate of three cents a ounce had been in effect during Ray War Savings Stamps.
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Postoffice
Federal Postoffice Department
Watches Identified in Cook County Store Robbery Case
Cook County authorities work to recover more stolen property from the Sandrock store robbery on March 7. E Sandrock and Deputy Sheriff John M. Krug traced jewelry and watches to a pair of burglars now in custody, including a paroled Joliet convict and a man named Walter French. French admitted details of the crime from his jail cell, while Sandrock reviews records to locate remaining goods scattered across Chicago. City events in Ashton interrupt business as Lee County soldiers visit Dixon with local school picnics.
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E. Sandrock
John M. Krug
Chicago
Walter ‘French
Mll
Nois
Wisconsin
Messrs
Sandrock
Krug
French
Cook County
Ashton
Big Hammer
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Wrae Durston
Glass
Vaupel
Nerstad
Reynolds Evan
F. W. Doede
ST. John’s Lutheran Church
Clinton
Iowa
Albrecht
Henry Foelsch
SHE Vesti Ees
Arland Wisman
Marie Evens
Stanley Jennings
Marguerite Bresson
Ray War Savings Stamps
Joliet
Lee County
Leeounty
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp
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