03 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
1
Memorial Day observances include a chorus of 50 singing war songs and a speech by Rev C D Rhosmaker. The Brimfield area reports on crops with corn and oats planting progress, notes on local businesses, and historic reminiscences from May 1918 and 1938 farming data.
Mr and Mrs Frank Daily and Mrs Howard Davia visited the Harry Maher home on Sunday afternoon. The DeVries and Thelma spent the weekend in Peru with the Kenneth Howe family. Arthur Angst from Little Rock Arkansas visited Tuesday with Dinn Meyer and the Roy Meyer family. Mrs James Guell of Peoria called on Monday morning at the Harry Miaber home. Ruth accompanied her back so Peoria was an overnight guest in the Quell home.
Sue Smith of Brimfield High School is chosen by Brimfield Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary to attend the Eighth Annual Girls State at MacMurray College in Jacksonville from June 27 to July 6. She will join 319 others for a week of instruction and recreation to learn citizenship rights and responsibilities in a government setting.
Fragmentary note asks for a name for Bay Harau and mentions teams of three and a prize. It references a committee and an evening event with unclear purpose. The text is incomplete but implies organization and competition.
The article lists numerous social visits and travel details. Mrs Ralph Garson, Mr and Mrs JW Clark, Clarence Moon, Dirk Meyer and Charles Meyer, and others are mentioned visiting Rushville, KRuduoph, Iowa, and nearby areas. Several families moved residences or leased businesses, including Floyd Porter to Cuba and Charles Matlus in Brimfield.
Local families from Peoria Princeville Abingdon and nearby towns spent weekends visiting relatives in Peoria Bloomington Fairbault and Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Trips included fishing in Wisconsin and Minnesota along with dinners and gatherings at relatives homes.
M Buber of Peoria visited relatives here on Wednesday, bringing a brief family gathering to the town. The visit marked a short stay with relatives before continuing their travel.
Brimfield FBL A Club announces a bake sale this Saturday June 5 at 10 a m in the Legion Hall. Proceeds fund two F H A girls attending the First National F A Convention in Wansae Missouri. All F H A members deliver baked goods to the hall by 9 30 a m.
A garbled notice states telephone business hours at the office start at 8 a.m. daily except Sunday and hot and that this does not change the regular 24 hour service. The text appears to describe standard, around the clock telephone availability despite limited daytime hours.
The Judicial election is set for Monday July 7 with Sex E Daily as the announced candidate for the position of judge in the State Supreme Court. Polling will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at usual polling places in the district.
Communities share weekend visits Memorial Day gatherings and church group meetings. Residents include Colleen Iaill, William Kellogg, Eleanor Shaffer, Gertrude Kellogg, Robah Oakes, Barbara Smith, and Barbara Armstrong among others with reports on cemetery work and a Christian service program. The group mentions relatives visiting from Eagle Grove Oneida and Sibley with attendance at a nurse association convention in Chicago.
The American Legion units meet at Glasford on Tuesday June 15 led by Captain Doug O Getchell with toastmaster N Custis Caton. County Commander John W Pfluge presides as 600 attend. Glasford Post 35 hosts lunch includes strawberries and ice cream.
Eighteen graduates received diplomas at the annual commencement held last Thursday in the high school auditorium. O Manley MacDonald spoke on living realistically as the theme, with the girls chorus providing muse.
Dr Clinton L Sears servant for Dr Charles Luther Sear of 5810 Stony Island Ave Chicago died May 4. Funeral held May 8 at 202nd St chapel with Revank era officiating. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Born Princeville March 5 1879, Northwestern University dentistry 1906. Survived by widow Ethyl Smith Searle, brother Harry R Searl, a niece Bertha Powers, uunts Rhoda Vaughan Jessie Carter, and many cousins.
The Union Church received a new Aeovine organ dedicated Sunday morning as a memorial by Mrs Penre-Member. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ear Stone and Barenr apert with family, plus a large crowd at the Walter Rae field home event.
Opinion letter arguing against federal aid for schools and warning that it would nationalize education and cede control to Washington. Mentions Senate passage, a proposed bill to spend 300 million dollars annually, and a visit by Bob Knight and friends to Normal.
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