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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
2
Community notes report doll shops and posters in town, horse theft incident, shop ads and red hot prices for cold weather, local grain quotes for corn oats wheat butter eggs hogs, a church fire scare, shooting match at the old brick yard, a new photograph studio, and a hill test by a Reo auto on Vinnegan’s hill. Weather turns cold with snow and a four inch storm. January 3 1989.
A historic schedule shows Princeville, Orion, Yates City, Elmwood and Pekin facing losses and wins across December. Duoslap, Pekin, Elmwood and Chillicothe post victories while other matchups remain unsettled in late December and January. The document notes Danlap tournament, district, regional and state tournament dates in March, with multiple placeholder scores and locations listed.
Brimfield High extended its winning streak to four with a 38 to 20 victory over Chillicothe on Friday night. Two Chillimen fouled out and Brimfield’s Luthy also left the game. the second team won 21 to 20. Brimfield set to face last year’s senior group on Friday December 30 at 7 pm in the school gym.
The Illinois Agricultural Association safety director warns snow covered road driving demands care beyond practice. He cites locked wheels, skidding into lanes, and impaired visibility from snowed windows as common hazards and urges careful, steady behavior this season.
The page notes numerous Christmas visits and social trips across the Penfield region. Families including Kornmeyer, Gorney, Porter, Garson, Roth, and Kellstadt share gatherings with relatives in Elmore, Mt Pleasant, Davenport, and nearby towns. A birth is recorded as Robert Carroll and his wife welcomed a daughter on December 13.
French Grove families shared the Christmas season with relatives across Decatur Elmwood and Brimfield. Numerous dinners and visits occurred at the homes of the Kennedys Reed Kirtleys Welch Stubbs and Oakes with extended kin in Canton and nearby towns. A school program by French Grove pupils drew praise from parents and friends as gifts were exchanged.
Lutheras Church announces Sunday School at 10 am and preaching at 10 30 am. Bible Class and Christian Endeavor meet on the first and third Tuesdays at 7 pm. Genry Traub is the pastor.
Morning worship at the Methodist Episcopal Church runs 9:00 to 10:38 with church shop continuing service. Christmas ended and Sunday named New Years. FE will attend church services each Sunday this year. Board meeting scheduled Wednesday January at the home of Mrs Otto Schmidt, with C A Lee, pastor.
Christmas gatherings fill the region as Laura items James Kemper visit Peoria with the Leaches. Claude Lorance hosts Mary May Emery and others. families in Victoria Elmwood Sheffield Champaign and Detroit share dinners and visits. Notables include Edna Reen Mary Kemper and Lucile Carter among myriad locals spending holidays with kin and friends.
Mrs H M Woodard and daughter Gloria visited relatives in Seminole Oklahoma after leaving Friday. Clawile Lorance spent weekend with O T Weir in Galesburg. Frank Kemper visited his brother Ben Kemper near Mazquon for several days. Clarence Beiderbesk and daughter Phyliss with Mrs Gladys Wright spent Saturday in Galesburg. Mr and Mrs Join H L Whittaker and Mr and Mrs Ted Carter shared Sunday dinner with Melle McKows. Pign Beanie arrived Friday night from Des Moines to spend holidays with his sister Don Webster and family.
Norma Miller of Kewanee wed Duane Peart of Columbus Nebraska in Grinnell Iowa with Rev. Robert Inglish officiating. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Mills A Miller and a former Mewanee high school instructor. The groom works for Curtis Publishing Co in Nebraska. They planned to visit the bride’s parents in Kewanee for Christmas.
A Sunday family party at the Wa Gelling residence near Monica featured a turkey dinner and Christmas trimmings. Guests included the three sons of the hosts and their families, plus Ray and Gene Gelling, Ralph Gelling with Gwendolyn and Dorcas, Sadie Miller, Lena Staples of La Fayette, Alice Whittaker, and Fred Chichester and spouses.
The article lists multiple Peoria and Elmwood families sharing Christmas Day events including the Collyer, Hill, Blundy, Wagner, Nelson, Hanson, Bragg, Blandy, Pacey, Glute, Welbrock, Smith, Clute and Maher households. It notes Mrs Shissler's knee operation and a subscription drive incentive at the News office.
Monday and Tuesday holidays observed on December 26 and January 2 trigger no rural mail delivery and no window service after 9:45 at the post office.
Administrator of the estate of Matilda Whittaker deceased Peoria County Illinois gives notice of a probate hearing on February 6 1939 at the Peoria Court House. The undersigned requests proper claims be filed before the court as required by law.
Shys Nate David is cited alongside a pastor CN EG in a compact note. Details are fragmentary and shuffled, with unclear connections among names and places.
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