19 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
1
August entries report corn, oats, wheat, butter, eggs and hogs prices, with local happenings. Notable items include a concert attendance, a new grain elevator, paving at Oak Hillcamp, and ground breaking for the Johnson store. Various residents and visitors are listed with movements and visits.
The library will be closed during August. Brimfeld held a mice shower Tuesday evening that cleared the air of weekly dust buildup and left humanity and vegetation refreshed.
Laura and Mr and Mrs Thos Riggen visited relatives in Nebraska and South Dakota. Dave Wveoff spent several days last week with his son Hugh near Havanna. Mr and Mrs Don Webater drove to Devils Lake Wisconsin for a few days of fishing. Mrs Paul Noland and daughters Anna Mae and Claree visit Homewell Missouri. Mr and Mrs Earl Fauth returned from a trip through New York and eastern states. Mrs C McKinney of Brimfield and Mrs Kenneth McKinney and children visited Chas Thomas home. Wilbur Symmonds of Proria called on Edward Kalb. Mary Miller accompanied home. Leland Whittaker and family and Mrs Lijord Whittaker visited Ed Jessen in Monmouth. Mrs Greta Strickland returned from Whither Calf where she visited Everett Barrett and family.
Several crews of line and cable men are on strike delaying the reconstruction of the local telephone line. The vacant switchboard area shows partial progress while Walter Muller and Pete Lottman oversee a face lifting of the exterior and interior public areas.
The TaftHartley Act faced opposition from SIOPAC and labor allies who vowed to defeat supporters. Yet 147 Act backers faced re election, with 1317 winning and only one major northern district losing. Miners gain a liberal pension tied to a high wage, and the short workday remains, while other industries report similar advances. Workers view the law as not weakening labor and see benefits accruing to labor’s rank and file.
Report of several gravestones and monuments at Calvary Cemetery damaged or broken. The act desecrates memorials erected in memory of loved ones, with the community expressing shock and sorrow at the vandalism.
French Grove George Reed and daughter Miss Edith Reed of Keokuk visited A. K. Moore and attended memorial services for Mr John Whitaker on Monday. The Clark and Hawley families traveled to Champaign Urbana, while W. E. Carter and Mary Lou joined others at the State Fair where William’s FFA beer project placed third.
Brimfield sent several performers to the Midwest Music Festival in Chicago. Mary Ann Mulvaney and Karen Lou Mulvaney played marimba with the Peoria Accordion Band, Mary Lou Mulvaney entered the solo marimba contest, and the group joined a large marimba orchestra at Stadium and a 40 piece marimba ensemble at Railroad Park. Virginia Stickles and Sylvia Hines also performed with the ensembles and Hammerettes. Families accompanied the daughters to the city and the large marimba group was entertained at a Lagoon Restaurant dinner hosted by Prot Musser of Northwestern University.
A regional debate features farmers and townsfolk criticizing rising prices and government spending. A plan to cut taxes and reduce debt is proposed while concerns about national policy and its effect on daily life are voiced amid a sunset scene described as vivid and striking.
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