Brimfield News Roundup From Holiday Week Listings
December notices show mil schedule and manager John Rook resuming steam operations on Monday. Christmas tree at Cadys Hall and Jubilee Grange Hall dedication on Christmas. Local prices p rations corn oats wheat butter eggs hogs with recent values. Weather notes include subzero mornings and sleigh activity. Local residents and students home for holidays listed. A boy saved for Armenian children charity. Traffic collisions reported due to fog one night.
Use Your Library and Share the Value
A local notice urges residents to use the library now that the village tax passed. A three month family access costs 2 dollars per card, with open hours Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from two to five. Mrs Olive Cady is the librarian.
Appreciation for Donations to Winter Card Parties
The library board thanks all who donated prizes money and time to the winter card parties and to those who served on committees.
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Tne Library Board
Relief Fund Quota Announced for War Aid
An appeal asks for contributions to the Red Grass relief fund with a new war aid quota. Peoria County aims for 70 000, to be sent to Brimfield Back or to Mrs J E Welsh or Mrs C D Forney, with additional Red Cross members listed incl Jos Harder Charlie Buev Peter Lottman and others.
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War Relief Fund
Red Grass
Peoria County
Brimfield
J. E Welsh
C D. Forney
Forney
Cards donated for hospital use by Mrs C D Forney
Old greeting cards may be handed to Mrs C D Forney or left at the News office. They will be taken to the city hospital for the children to use in various ways.
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C. D. Forney
Princeville hosts invitational tournament schedule
An invitational tournament unfolds this week at Princeville with games listed including Dec 7 7 30 Chillicothe Glasford La Fayette Princeville Dec 18 7 30 Brimfield Dunlap Dec 19 winners and losers rounds Dec 20 7 30 Loser 5 Loser 6 and final matches for 1st and 2d place.
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Princeville
Chillicothe Glasford
la Fayette Princeville
Brimfield
High School Honors List Honors Straight A Students
The six week period ends with multiple seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen earning high counts of A grades. Notable names include Mary Frances Vaughn with eleven A’s and Jean Marie Sloan and Bernadine Ashley with four A’s each.
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Bernadine Ashley
Jean Marie Sloan
James Schmitt
Fred Johanson
Louella Blackmore
Carl Hasselbacher
Ruth Kasselbacher
Phillip Krummel
Margaret Ann Maher
Beatrice McCartney
Phyllis Ruck
George Shecker
Jean Marie Sioan
Marland Sollenberger
Muriel Stansbury
Mary Frances Vaughn
Grace Wagner
Kenneth Wyss
Richard Wyss
Gray Ghosts Lose to Locals in Friday Fray 37-23
The Gray ghosts from OQhillicothe lost to the local squad 37 to 23 after trailing 9-3 early. Lyle Johnson led scorers with 10 points. Also noted is the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs L K White on December 16 at Seven Oaks sanitarium in Princeville.
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Gray Ghosts
Oqhillicothe
Buriea
Mr. and
Mes. L. K. White
Seven Oaks Sanitarium
Princeville
Philicothe
Garsforda
Boresheuer Forbes Verrman
Henburger Browne
Staab
Local Peoria Visitors Busy Weekend Notes
Mrs Edson Purcell and Mrs Ray Douglas were Peoria visitors Friday. Paul Oxle of Elmore lived in the Zella Powers house day. Mrs Sandy Kneer and Ronnie spent Friday in Monica at Otto Kater home. Alan Dunivant family and St David spent Wednesday evening at Atha Dunivant home. Paul King and son of Kewanee spent Sunday with Silvester Lester family. Howard Pitersoon accompanied her folks to Galesburg Saturday. Wilbur Symmonds and Mary Miller family at Hast Peoria weekend. Wm McDonna family Virginia and Billy spent Sunday in Peoria with relatives. Mrs Wm McDonna visited Toulon last week helping care for Mr Lambertson. Wm McDenna and Mrs James Kemper drove to Abingdon Wednesday taking Mrs Wiley Reed home. They visited Chas Shawver home.
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Sandy Kneer
Ronnie Spnt
Monica
Otto Kater
Mes
Alan Dunivant
St David
Atha Dunivant
Paul King
Kewanee
Mra
Silvester Lester Dire
Howard Pitersoon
Clyde Naslund
William Fiema
Galesburg
Wilbur Symmonds
Charlies Homes
Mary Miller
Hast Peoria
Mra Wm
McDonna
Virgina and
Billy Spen
Peoria
Mr McDonna
Mra Wm. McDonna
George Lambertson
Toulon
Mr Lambertson
Wm. McDenna
James Kemper
Abingdon
Wiley Reed
Chas Shawver
Jolly Neighbors Meeting Noted at Schoolhouse
Local social notes record the Jolly Neighbors planning a gathering at the schoolhouse on Tuesday night December 23. Other items mention visits among families including Bet Coolidge with McClellan home and Carl Peve with Jesse Peve and Lucille.
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Jolly Neighbors
Early Mail Dispatch Times for Christmas Day Service
The note states morning dispatch should depart by 10 o clock and afternoon dispatch by 1:00 p.m. No rural delivery on Thursday December 25. There will be a morning service between 8 and 9.
Candlelight Christmas Vesper at Union Church
A candlelit Christmas vesper service is planned Sunday at five o clock at Union Church. The girls robed choir will perform in a festive setting with evergreens and candy decorations. After the vesper, the high school glee clubs will carol door to door, bringing Christmas music to homes. Archer Johnson has been transferred from Ft. Warren to Camp Crowder in Neosh, Missouri.
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Union Church
Archer Johnson
Ft. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Camp Crowder
Neosh
Bragg Named Deputy Clerk In County Registration Plan
Robert N Bragg former postmaster was appointed deputy clerk by County Clerk Lonara T. Louis. He will manage the county wide permanent registration of voters outside Peoria city, effective June 1, 1942. Bragg has worked in the county elections office for months. the appointment marks a stable standing in the office. Also announced are two new feature columns, one by Grantland Rice and another by McShan, plus existing features Grass Roots, The Washington Merry Go Round, Who’s News, and News Analysis. Almanac feature begins January 1 with an historical review.
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Robert N Brag
Lonara T. Louis
Bragg
Cty
Peoria
Grantland Rice
McShan
Washington
Plan to be at the park for a 7 30 program
The note plans attendance at the park around 7 30 to catch a shot program before the arrival of Saint Nicholas. The brief mentions timing and the holiday visit but offers no further details.
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Jolly Old Saint
Mrs Lena NotzkeNotzke dies at 90 in Jubilee Township
Mrs Lena Notzke, 90, widow of the late August Notzke, died at 2:30 Tuesday at her Jubilee township home, three miles east of Brimfield. Born in Stettin Germany September 15 1852 she came to Peoria in 1869 and married August Notzke in 1840s. Surviving are daughter Elizabeth and four sons Edward Frank William and Charles and six grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at the residence conducted by Rev A A Lee with burial in the family cemetery on the farm.
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Mra Lena Notte
August Notzke
Jubilee Township
Brimfield
Mray Nitzke Was
Stettin
Germany
Frederick and
Wilhelmsina Lemxze
Peoria
August Nozke
Notzke
Elzabeth
Aliness
Edward
Frank
William
Charles
Louis Lemke
Moston
Thursda
A. A Lee
Rudolph Savage
Old Rugged Cross
J. M
Navy relaxes physical standards for enlistment
The Navy Department announced a relaxation of enlistment standards during the emergency. Men previously rejected for minor defects may reapply for regular Navy or Naval Reserve duty. Conditions waived include varicose veins, hydrocele, hernia with fitness, seasonal hay fever, and minor nasal deformities.
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US Navy
Navy Department
Regular Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy
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American Legion
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Mr. Notzke
Emma
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Burlington, Iowa
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Louis Srebo
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