Elmwood Old Settler Times Notes and Local Updates
A collage of notes from The Files spanning 1894 to 1934 includes crop prices in corn oats wheat butter and eggs, references to Elmwood events such as the Old Settler's picnic and the 4th Annual Fair, church sermons and resignations, bicycle exhibitions in Pontiac, homestead filings in Wyoming, a high school registration and a storm sequence. The items mix price data with community happenings and infrastructure updates like a new telephone at Oak Hi camp grounds and local weather impacts.
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Elmwood
Not Too Early To Plan Christmas Mailing
Postmaster Walker urges planning Christmas mail for overseas Army and Navy personnel from September 16 to October 15. After October 15 a written addressee request is needed. Parcels must be securely packed, inside and outside addresses included, under 5 pounds and 15 inches, or 36 inches length plus girth.
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Army
Navy
Geneal Walker
Local Notes From Willamafield Area
Drant MreGray of Willamafield and Dr R R Claybaugh guests of Mr and Mrs R R Claybaugh. Rain ends drought after hail storms. Mrs Karl Scott visiting in Bodmer Missouri. Mr and Mrs Charles Kirchgeasner visit Edwin Gilles. Spoon River wading. Carol Ann Barbara Gensle visit aunt Mrs John O'Toole. new baby Patricia Mary born August 5, sixth Gilles granddaughter family. Red Grass dressing classes move to Grade school next Wednesday.
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Karl Scott
Sue
Dymer
Missouri
Chi
Atriruts
Hanna City
Charles Kirchgeasner
Peeta
Edwin Gilles
Spoon River
John O'Toole
Lucy Gilles
Siater
Patricia Mary
Genuler
Gillies
CATTON FAMILY TO HOLD ANNUAL REUNION AT KEWANEE PARK
The Catton families will hold their tent annual reunion on September 3 at Ghautaugua Park in Kewanee. A basket dinner at and other activities are planned.
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Catton
Ghautaugua Park
Kewanee
Nan
American Legion Buys Travis Building for Veterans Home
The local American Legion post has purchased the Travis store building on the west side, closing the transaction yesterday. Members urge support for veteran housing and memorial efforts, inviting donations to W. F Harding or Rudolph Savage and calling for waste paper, rags, and iron contributions to aid the post and the war effort.
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The
American Legion
Travis
Transactiona
W. F Harding
Rudolph Savage
Legion
Picnic Visitors From Amboy And Bradford Attend Event
Mr and Mrs E Travis travel from Amboy to Bradford for a local picnic. Brimfield meets Dunlap at 2 00 pm and Edelstein at 8 00 pm in today’s baseball schedule. New’a Cady and Mrs H Cady from Kewanee join the gathering to see the Stanley Cady family, while Mrs Kate McSherry and Mrs Dan Schmitt of Bradford are guests of the B F Flynn family. The two McSherry sisters plan to move to California where Mr Scarmoret serves in the army.
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E Travis
Amboy
Brimfield
Dunlap
Edelstein
A Cady
H Cady
Kewanee
Stanley Cady
Kate McSherry
Dan Schmitt
Bradford
B. F. Flynn
Mire. McSherry
Mrs Flynn
California
Scamrret
Brimfield Church Restored as Historical Monument
Brimfield preserves its 1845 Zion Episcopal Church with a restoration led by Godfrey Luthy. Locals recount how early pioneers funded and built the village church after friction over funding. The yard is cleaned, trees trimmed, and a new roof added while interior work awaits Luthy’s Canada trip return.
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Chicago
John Church
Godfrey Luthy
Brimfield
Peoria
Luthy
Canada
Local Social Notes Mention Peoria Visits and Reunions
Laura ltems Albert Noland spent weekend with home folks. Mrs George Moore and Mrs Bot Smith were Peoria visitors Thursday. Oldest son Bob of land, Mr Cordliss Laisure left for navy training. Pvt Charles Calhoun returned to Oregon camp after furlough with family. Princeville Homecoming and Knoxville Fair drew attendees. Chas Shawver and Abingdon guests at James Kemper home. Ilene Miller from Peoria weekend with Tom Miller family. Deila Leech and Charles Cornelius of Peoria were Sunday dinner guests. Sgt Bert Eberlee spent weekend with wife’s family in Kentucky. Burgess reunion in Kewanee. Clarence Emery group attended James Carter and Camilla Slygh wedding near Quincy. Greta Strickland and Hill picnic guests of Francis Bodious at Harry Holton Lake. Included: Walter Moore family of Dabiada.
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Clarence Emery
Emery
James Carter
Camilla Slygh
Qcu
Greta Strickland
Hill
Francis Bodious
Harry Hol
Lake
Walter Moore
Dabiada
French Grove Community News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Marty L Reed spent Wednesday at the Knoxville Fair. Mr and Mrs H L Oxonkes conducted business in Galenburg on Monday. Many attended the Princeville Homecoming last week. A county 4 H club show occurred at the Bar School last Friday. Mr and Mrs C L McClellan and Mr and Mrs Junior Capps with Donna Sue dined with Mr and Mrs Will Glark. Mr and Mrs Gies Marziluf returned from a wedding trip to Iowa and will reside with George and his wife. Friends in French Grove extend best wishes to the bride and groom.
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Marty L. Reed
Knoxville
H. L. Oqonxkes
Galenburg
The
Bar School
L McClellan
Junior Capps
Donna Sue
Will Glark
Gies Marziluf
Iowa
Will
George Marziluf
French Grove
John Smith Returns from Great Lakes Boot Leave
John Smith arrived home from boot leave at Great Lakes after completing duty. The brief note confirms his safe return and time away from training, with no further details provided.
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John Smith
Great Lakes
Laura Winners 4 H Club Show Placings At County Fair
At the Burt school county show the Maura Winners 4 H Club announced placings across classes A and B. Patsy Calhoun led in Pen ot chickens with top entries including individual pullet and cockerel. Marjorie Emery and Renard Emery earned garden exhibits while Ruth Ann Oakes won market barrow. Dorothy Kelogg showed Shorthorn Cow and Calf, Golstein heifer, and Duroc litter. William Kellogg headed Holstein heifer, Duroc grit, and Duroc litter. Claus C Dick Noland and reporters Dorothy Kellogg also noted.
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Burt School
Patsy Calhoun
Ockerel
Marjorie Emery
Renard Emery
Ruth Ann Oakes
Dorothy Kelogg
Wiliam Kellogg
Legion Collects Your Waste Paper
The Brimfield Legion Post asks residents to join a salvage drive collecting paper magazines cardboard tin cans and rags for recycling. Include all waste paper to support the post and community efforts.
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Legion
The
Brimfield Legion Post
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously to Parents of Edwards
Mr and Mrs Oliver D Edwards receive the Purple Heart for their son Ensign George R Edwards of the U S Naval Reserve who was killed in action on June 6, 1944. The medal bears signatures of Secretary James Forrestal and Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs and honors meritorious service in action. The decoration recalls General Washington’s 1787 Newburgh ceremony establishing the Purple Heart.
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George R. Edwards
Oliver D. Edwards
Purple Heart
Ensign George R. Edwards
U. S. Naval Reserve
Secretary of the Navy
United States
James Forrestal
Lt Hargreaves of the Rippers Scores in Pacific Sky Battles
Lt. B. C. Hargreaves, Brimfield Illinois, of the famous Rippers squadron, shot down five Japanedge planes. The Grumman Helicate based unit, part of Task Force 58, helped demolish 6 Jap planes in one day near Saipan and totals over 300 aircraft destroyed when ground losses are included. One pilot was killed by anti aircraft fire and three others are missing in action.
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B. C. Hargreaves
U.S.W. R
Brimfield
Illinois
Saipan
Tokyo
Task Force
Manx Picnic at Bradley Park Draws Manx Descendants
The annual Manx Picnic will be held at Bradley Park on Sunday August 27. Manx descendants and friends are urged to attend for a basket lunch at noon followed by Manx songs and an entertaining speaker. Last year’s turnout was larger despite rationing, encouraging shared effort to preserve heritage.
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Bradley Park
Isle of Man
Sealed Bids Sought for Gravel and Stone in Mulbrook Township
Mulbrook Township Peoria County invites sealed bids to place about 15344 cubic yards of gravel or crushed stone on 203 miles of township roads and furnish loading for 1013 cubic yards. Bids due August 24 1944 at 10:30 AM at Grange Hall Laura Illinois. Plans available from Peoria County Highways Office for ten dollars.
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Grange Hall
Laura
Llinois
George More
Mulbrook Township
Peoria
Sept. of
Court House
Illinois
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Deckman of
LaSalle
Baptist Church
Sam Fisher
Pontiac
Nate
Butte
Oak Hi
H. B Cox
Baptist
Lamoile
Claude Miller
Wyoming
Drant MreGray
Willamafield
R. R. Claybaugh
R.R. Claybaugh
Moline
Jackson
Is Ge
Maine
Oglethorpe
Brazil
Lepro- Petrovek
1941
U—British
Bermyuda Sound
U. S
Duke of Kent
Wrro Skyice
Travis Building
Zion Episcopal Church
Charleston
Philander Chase
L. L. Guyer
Guyer’s
Mildollar
Brooklyn
N. Y
Guyer
Mildoltar
Laura Ltems
Albert Noland
George Moore
Bot Smith
Bob
Mra Cordliss Laisure
Charles Calhoun
Oregon
Princeville
Chas Shawver
Abingdon
James Kemper
Ilene Miller
Folka
Tom Miller
Deila Leech
Charles Cornelius
Bert Eberlee
Campbell
Kentucky
Nta
Lee Srown
Mra Pan Burgess
Merle Burgess
Wailliamsfield
William Kellogg
Claus C. Dick Noland
Jersey
Beifer
Dorothy Kellogg
George Washington
Newburgh
New York
Lt. Hargreaves
Famous “Rippers
Commissioner of Highways
Nillbrook Township
Aura, Lil
R. B. Roberts
Ilinois
J.E. Welsh, M. D
Telephone
Brinfield, iIllinois
Frederick V. Arber
Arber Johnson Attorneys
ATLAW
Central National Bank
Cluskey Mortuary Co
Madison St
DR. WH. Hearing
Walter Pacey
Bondi
Galenbury
Ilinote
Oscar M. Harding
Nat'ual Realty
Reppert
P.sweeneye
Peoria, Illinois
Palace Theater
Elmwood, Wlinois
Orson Wells
Joan Fontaine
Joel McCrea
Maureen Q’hara
Linda Darnell
Buffalo Bill
News and Cartoon
G. Robinson
Victor Moe Lagien
Tampico
Ginny Simms
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