Jubilee Sunday School Convention Opens in Lee County
Lee county Sunday school convention meets in Ashton Tuesday and Wednesday with a full program of music, sectional conferences, and sermons. Special concert directed by Mrs. E M Goodsell and a mission address by Rev. T L C Suhr highlight the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee County Sunday School Association
O. O. Lozier
Cork
Stooker
Chicago
Lina Miller
Dixon
J. M. Herbst Nachasa
Hugh Cork
M. E. Church
MraE_M_Goodsell
R. L. MacWherter
Ashton
Benediction
Jesus
Lee County
C. O. Lozier
Sublette
U. K
Ashton Jubilee Concert Program Recital Highlights
A historic page lists performers including Mrs Richardson Miss Ruth Zeller Rev R L Mac Whorter and Mrs Goodsell. Selections feature Messiah Handel scenes from The Rose Maiden and solo and duet pieces with devotional hymns and a piano address on county and state school associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Bae An Vale
Dixon
Richardson
Ruth Zeller
Ashton
R. L. Mac Wherter
Handel
E. M. Goodsell
Dixon Bridal
Frederick R. Cowen
Hugh Cork
Chicago
Alumni Reception Planned For Class Of 1916
A High School Alumni Association meeting set a June 7 reception in the auditorium to honor the class of 1916. Committees include reception refreshment decoration program and invitations with ushers and doorkeepers named. Dues payment rules and ticketing described along with Mother’s Day observances and praise for teachers and pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loala Quick
Cecil Knapp
Estella Krug
Rae Chadwick
E. J. Venerich
F. 8. Hart
Pearl Billmire
Roy Heidenthal
Fy ‘H. Boyd
Matilda Pfetzing
Tena Stephan
Ada Vogel
Alma Krug
Maud Knapp
Mary Lesslie
Eora Chapman
Luella Schafer
Otto Schade
Henry Vaupel
Katharine Griffth
Grace Williams
Ruth Zeller
John Charters
Grace Richardson
Lucy Hart
Clara Bode
Mildred Griffith
Wesley Yenerich
Harry Billmire
Sara Batchelor
Emma C. Krug
Plan for Second Community Picnic Set by Merchants
Community leaders approved a larger picnic to be held early June at Lafayette Grove with last year’s officers and new committee chairs chosen. Plans call for expanded activities, more prizes, and broader participation, with updates to follow as details are shaped. Special talks and local events accompany the notice, including a Bible prophecy lecture and a church bake sale. A birth and a visit from Peotone are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BL. Winders
Vie Nencreee
Wm. F. Klingebiel
Ralph S. Charters
Charles L. Hunter
Mortimer N. Glenn
A. M. Moore
Miss Eva Jones Weds J Wesley Dixon in Belvidere
Miss Eva M. Jones formerly of Belvidere and J Wesley Dixon married at the Congregational parsonage with Rev. E. W. Murray officiating. The couple to reside at 1519 South State Street in a cottage recently completed by Dixon and prepared for occupancy.
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Belvidere
Eva Jones
Ashton
Eva M. Jones
J. Wesley Dixon
E. W. Murray
Whitney Street
Fred Dixon
South State Street
Ann
Dixon
The Auction Block by Rex Beach
A newspaper notice notes Rex Beach's The Auction Block as American in tone and humor, praised by Cincinnati Enquirer Minneapolis Journal and Burlington Hawkeye for its wit and sharp social observation. Good Roads Day urged Illinois on Friday led by Governor Dunne with local highway staff to organize practical road work. Lafayette Band opens concert May 20 with a program of marches overtures and waltzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Cincinnati Enquirer
Minneapolis
Burlington
Hawkeye
Illinois
Edward F. Dunne
L. B. Neighbour
Lee County
Dunne
Good Roads Associations
Automobile Clubs
Lafayette
The
Conservator
al. Morton
Steven Foster
George Holmes
Rolling “Thunder
S. Angell
Doings at the High School Interesting News Items
Miss Alpha Attig and Miss Ella Hart have earned teaching certificates and secured schools Beach and Wiener respectively. Senior class music numbers feature piano solos violin and flute pieces. Various faculty and student activities are noted with poems and class progress in Latin geometry and literature. A nearby obituary expresses gratitude for condolences after the father’s passing. Residence for sale listed at 501f by S C Goup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Attig
Ella Hart
Miss Attig
Hart
Beach
Miss Hart
Wiener
Ella
Alpha
Helen
Celesta Kersten
Ethyle Knapp
Orva Moore
Iss Clara Bode
Iss Wyatt
Ernon Knapp
Vernon
Knapp
Ada Vogel
Mary Charters
Ruth Martinson
Grayce Walter
Miriam Fackler
Cicero
Lee Gentfa Pioneer Dead in Lee Center at 80
Lee Center resident Lee Gentfa Frost aged eighty died Wednesday at his home. Born July 19, 1836 in Cameron New York he moved to Illinois in 1858 and lived there most of his life with a spell in Kansas. Survived by six children Charles Jessie Flanders Mrs Alice Hann Ida Lewis Lillie Lewis and Arthur. Funeral held Friday from his home with Rev J G Eller and Rev H E Heyse officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery Nation. The Lutheran Orphan's Aid Society announces an Apron and Nation Sale with supper May 20 at Ashton High School Auditorium. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Frost
George Hann
Lee Center
Mr. Frost
Cameron
New York
Illinois
Kansas
Charles
Jessie Flanders
Alice Hann
Ashton
Ida Lewis
Folleys
Lillie Lewis
Grand Meadow
Minnesota
Arthur
Marengo
J. G. Eller
H. E. Heyse
Woodside Cemetery
The
Orphan’s Aid Society of the
Lutheran Church
Ashton High School
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Jubilee Sunday School Convention
Methodist Church
Methodist
Israel
Spicker
T. L. C. Suhr
China
United Evangelical Church
Alun
Horace E. Hollister
Rockford
Bradford
James W. Hager
Rex Leach
By Rex Beach
Frank C. Lowden
Ockie County
Adam Feldkirchner
S.C. Goup
Lee Gentfa Pioneer Dead
Peracles
A. W. Rosecrans & Comp’y
Chena Aplin
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