Brimfield and area update from New Year notes
Roy Rogers returns from army air service for a brief visit while local residents enjoy New Year's gatherings. Reports cover community events, illnesses, club meetings, and new job moves within Brimfield, Wyoming, Peoria area, and nearby towns, with several family visits and a betrothal announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Rogers
Army Air Service
Johnn Bridson
Thawville
Brimfield
Will Slattery
Sons
Peoria
Pretty home wedding unites Ruth Whyte and Hubert L Oakes
Miss Ruth Whyte daughter of Mr and Mrs James Whyte of 320 Center Street became the bride of Hubert L Oakes son of Mrs Robah L Oakes of Laura Illinois in a candlelit home ceremony at the Whyte residence. Rev J B Martin of the First Methodist officiated the single ring service. The setting featured rose and carnation bouquets with pink and white decorations. Mr Harlan Wilson sang a solo and the couple exited to Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Miss Jessie Whyte. The bride wore white satin crepe with chantilly lace and pink rose bouquet. A three course luncheon followed and the couple left for a Michigan honeymoon before settling in Laura Ill where Mr Oakes farms. Guests included relatives from Rawlins Wyoming Elgin and Laura. The bride a 1919 Elgin High School graduate later trained as a nurse in Chicago and has worked in public health nursing in Aurora. Mr Oakes attended the University of Illinois after high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Hall
Albert Joseph Zimmermann
Peoria
Miss Hull
Minnie Day Hull
Madison, Wis
Albert Zimmermann
Callendar Avenue
Florence Bonties
Moss Avenue
Country Club
Missea
Edna Dean Proctor
Clara Zimmermann
Florence Zimmermann
Eunice Polhemus
Alice Carey
Charlotte
Elizabeth Nelson
Florence Hammel
Julia Dunlop
Frances Radiley
Marion Oates
Ada Roszell
Peoria High School
Alpha Sigma Sorority
University of Wisconsin
Theta Sigma Phi
Phi Kappa Phil
Zimmermann
University of Illiois
Price Waterhouse
Hd Co
Chicago
Peoria Star
Ruth Whyte
James Whyte
Center Street
Hubert L. Oakes
Robah L. Oakes
Laurash
J. B. Martin
First Methodist Church
Harlan Wilson
Miss Whyte
Mendelsshon
Jessie Whyte
Oaken
Michigan
Laura, Ill
Elgin High School
Presbyterian Training School For Nurses
Aurora
Oakes
University of Illinois
Elgin Daily News
Brimfield News Highlights Health Vote and Road Plans
A year-end health report notes 1925 into 1928 promising prosperity with few deaths and many births. State surveyors arrive to work on the P and (. trail state aid road around Brimfield for the week or ten days. Community effort and cooperation are urged as key to local progress. Ads announce coal, hay, Jersey bull, and farm items from local vendors and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac D. Rawlings
State Dept. of Highways
Brimfield
Rosé Pirpoises
Wisconsin's Largest Nursery Seeks Help Wanted
A garbled recruitment note from a Fort Atkinson Wisconsin nursery advertises steady work with good pay. The text mentions sending a free colored circular and addresses to apply, though the fragmentary OCR obscures exact company name and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gidrantéea
Bilesman
Coe
Acd
Ise Wards Co
Nursra
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
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Dayton
Hie Johns
Overen
West of Exchange Bank
Atwater
Kent
RADIO
James Colgan
Wyoming
Nellie Bristol
Irv Bragg
Nettie Murray
Chas. F. Kelsey
Muriel Catton
Will Hicks
Farmington
Donald Cluskey
Mrs
Willis Babcock
Rushville
A. T. Babcock
Milan Claybaugh
Peoria Clinic
George Davis
John
Centralia
Davis
June Bandy
Marcell
A. Cecil
Relief Corps
John Zern
Bernice Purcell
Walter Purcell
Proctor Hospital
Community Gymnasium
Princeville
Elmwood
C. D. of A
Anna McDonough
Nellie Carroll
Jane Powell
Sarah Reed
Alice Dawson
Edna Christian
Charlotte Appleby
Margaret Appleby
Dora Maher
Irene Finch
Grace Ayers
W. G. Irish
J. L. Moore
Ben Haden
Florida
Jeff Goudy
State of Michigan
George Ridge
Champaign
Illinois
Murdock
Minnie
Louise. Chambers
Brother Holland
Daily Democrat
Tallahassee
Fla
Bernard Fuchs
Atlanta
Emma Farnum
Thos. Pacey
O. E. Overen
Ben Clarkson
H. A. Blundy
Johnson’s Creek
D. H. Johnson
Roger Pacey
Leland Pacey
Elise Roberts
Mr. Johnson
Lee
Linda Pacey
Roger
Worsham School For
Frank A. Lewis
University of Illinois, College of Agriculture
Christian County
Linois
Grant Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Peoria County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lewis
Fred
Nettie Prouty
Prouty
Nettie
Taylor Keeling
Keeling
Brimfield High School
Climax Engineering Co
Clintor. In
T. L. Keeling
Leader Building
Cleveland
Ben Davis
Rawlings
Wyo
Anna Oakes
Robah Oakes
F. m. Oakes
Mpan Ant Nagh
Neikirk’s
Kansas
Fussner
Ollie Curran
Oliver Curran
Price
Cornelius Bienemann
Knoxville Road
Kickapoo
Ill
C. L. McClellan
Vuear Laura
Meeda
Porter & Co
Elmer Porter
Farrow Chix
America
D.T. Farrow
Brimfieth News
Brimfield, Ill
Brimfield Ilinois
Addison Pacey
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