Brimfield News Items Mention Licensed Doctors and Local Developments
The Files May 26 1892 notes Albert L Corcoran licensed to practice medicine and surgery in Lio nois. Advertisers Moore's rent lawn mowers for 10c per lawn. Plans for a new brick building by Hayes & Cady nearing completion with lower mercantile space and upper hall for the M W A and Brimfield News home in the South End. Local grain prices listed and community updates include graduations from Garrett Biblical Institute and Memorial Day address by Everett M Derken. Brimfield forms a sugar rationing board and a weekly first aid class led by O Overen, with a Red Cross bloodmobile visit slated and local Qd John Clark chairing the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes & Cady
Brimfield News
Squinting Signs Early in Children Raise Myopia Concerns
Early signs of squinting appear in children as young as three, signaling potential myopia. Experts note that prolonged near work and genetics contribute, urging parents to seek eye exams for persistent squinting and blurred vision to prevent progression.
Brimfield High School Class of 1952 Graduates Named
A Brimfield Community Unit High School graduation list for May 23 lists 21 graduates. Names include Michaelin Antonucci Shirley Culbertson Wilma Peters Barbara Arbogast Jerry Doran Marilyn Phillips John Beat Betty Emerick Dick Schmitt Barbara Bradley Delmar Haszelbacher Bob Short Doana Clark BeRoy Johnson Marilyn Becker Harriett Clark Nancy Kniga Sondra Welsh Lorene Courtright Gileen Notske and Charlotte Geedrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michaelin Antonucci
Shirley Culbertson
Wilma Peters
Barbara Arbogast
Jerry Doran
Marilyn Phillips
John Beat
Betty Emerick
Dick Schmitt
Barbara Bradley
Delmar Haszselbacher
Bob Short
Doana Clark
beRoy Johnson
Marilyn Becker
Harriett Clark
Nancy Kniga
Sondra Welsh
Lorene Courtright
Gileen Notske
Charlotte Geedrow
Two New Teachers Employed by Unit
The Board of Education hires Ruth L. Jeffers for the erade school and Alice Anne Hettick for Home Economics in the high school. The teaching staff remains the same for the coming year aside from these two new entrants, who will be new to the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Ruth L. Jeffers
Mises Alice Anne Hettick
The Disappearing Spud and Its Market Shock
The New York Herald Tribune explains the potato shortage after the 1951 price support ended. Farmers cut acreage, yields rose too high, and surpluses collapsed. Now supply tightness returns, with an undersized new crop and lingering price trouble before market normalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook
Oonty
Maine
Erice
New York Herald
Tridane
Brimfield Home Bureau Meeting at Alma Endres Home
Brimfield unit of Bame Bureau met May 28 with 7 members and 8 guests including Ida Rein hart dra Maude Haseedacher Neva Goffman Cieo Hall Gloria Bennett. Secretary presided, Edith Coon gave 4H report and a major lesson on Seeing ourselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield
Bame Bureau
Alma Endres
Ida Reinhart
Maude Haseedacher
Neva Goffman
Dorothy Bennett
Raith Coon
Nora Hoffman
Hazel Collins
Ethel Shane
America
Residents share weekends with relatives in Illinois and Indiana
Laura Items describes multiple Illinois couples hosting friends and family over a weekend, including Wycoffs in Ohio and Peoria, Strickland and Barrett households in Williamsfield, and visits to Indiana and Minnesota. Names include Wycoff Beamer Strickland Barrett, Burgess, Magnum, Purcell, Leng, Steinaman, Miller, Douglas, Woodard, Riggen, Erickson, Navere, Keeley, Navere, McLain, Beauchamp, Schuyler, Miller, and Donald. The piece notes travel to Niagara Falls and Albert Lea while listing various familial gatherings.
Piano Recital Next Tuesday Evening
Pupils of Evalyn McCowan will be presented in piano recitals on June 16 and July 1 at 8 30 p m in the Union Church. Each program will appear in detail elsewhere in this paper and will be free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evalyn McCowan
Piace
Jome
Union Chuorén
Appreciation Note From Irving Bragg
My family and I wish to thank the inienda for their vista letters and cards during my time in the hospital.
Brimfield Township Tax Deadline Notice
Saturday June 7 is the last day for collecting Brimfield Township taxes. Cisie Wacy, Collector.
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Brimfield Township
Cisie Wacy
Free Movies At Park Saturdays Sponsored By UrimGield Merchants
Community event offers free moving pictures in the park each Saturday night with support from local merchants including James Hean and Mary Beth Hughes. Readers urged to bring blankets and enjoy the show under the stars.
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UrimGield
James “[Hean
Mary Beth Hoghes
French Grove Fath Ann Oakes Visit to Gall Sage Michigan
French Grove Fath Ann Oakes visited friends at Gall Sage Michigan last weekend. Mrs Verne Shaffer spent the past week with Mrs Everett Davia in Peoria. Mary Ruth Dikeman visited her aunt Mrs Ray Mottaz Jr and family from Wednesday to Monday. The Shaw relatives attended Raymond Shaw's birthday at his Cambridge home. The Ivde Bateman family hosted 20 neighbors for lunch after Chirlene Bateman’s high school graduation Wednesday evening. Atty and Mrs Loren Oakes and Elton Lewise of Detroit were among relatives at the Kellogg home Friday evening. Mr and Mrs E. B. Hawley called on Decoration Day at the W. B. Clark home. Mrs Clark reports Minnie Laws returned home after a rest stay with Rev Sternfeldt following eye operation in Bloomington.
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Mary Ruth Dikeman
Ray Mottaz Jr
Atty
Loren Oakes
Elton Lewise
Pretroit
Mick
Robab Kellogg
Rochester
Mion
Kellogg
Mra
E. B. Hawley
W. B. Clark
Mra Clark
Minnie Laws Ban
Rev Sternfeldt
Boomingtar
Prenuptial Shower For Bride-To-Be Mra Prorence Liery
A prenuptial shower honored Mra Prorence Liery, bride-to-be of Regis O'Toole, held Saturday evening May 31. Hosts served cake and fresh strawberries with coffee. Guests included Mrs Rhettman Lacy Gilles, George Edwards, Marvin Being, and others from Peoria and Oaxaca, who sent gifts from afar.
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Mra
Regis O'Toole
Mra Joba
Toole
Meadames
Peter Rhettman
Lacy Gilles
George Edwards
Marvin Being
Stanley Gilles
Joe Nauman
Carl Wirchgesseer
Robert Bragg
Wm Archibald
Edwin Gilles
Mize Antonacci
George Tenner
Bernadine Miller
Gertrude Sheppard
Anna Antomacc
Peoria
Mary Lou
Joann Nauman
Eleanor Kirchgessner
Miriam
Michbaelm
Marie Parks
Betty White
Mra Goon
Oaxz
Balu
Auxiliary News marks Flag Day 175th anniversary celebration
The article urges displaying an American flag at every home and business during Flag Day to honor the 175th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner. It notes a June 26 meeting at 2:30 CST and invites more members to attend to support rug rag rug sewing projects for the year.
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Jane
Lady Lizzie Schelkopf Dies on Farm at Brimfield
Mrs Elizabeth Schelkopf aged 85 died after a brief illness at her Brimfield area farm home Monday. She was born February 19 1867 in Mull brook township youngest of eight and widow of John Schelkopf. Survived by two children Johan Raymond Prinseville and Sister Mary Raymond Joliet three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Josephs Church May 28 with local and distant relatives in attendance.
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Elizabeth Schelkopf
Thomas and
Mary Cullen
Megan
Mullbrook Township
Brimfield
John Schelkop
Johan Raymond
Prinseville
Mary Raymond
Joliet
Mra
Richard Zepp
Peoria
Arther Guriey
John Sehelkopf
Kinda Loa Zepp
Dance Round and Square Dancing Sunday Night at Zwalt's
Round and square dancing Sunday night at Zwalt's Recreation, with Sulli van's orchestra providing music. This lively community event drew locals for an evening of social dancing and live entertainment.
Engagement of Lois Kingdon Announced
Lois Kingdon announces the engagement of Misa Lota Kingdon to Frederic Mathews son of Mr and Mrs Carl Mathews of Twacola Ill Brandiey University alumna and Cat Omega of rerity attended attended Brandeis University the couple plan an October wedding both employed at Caterpillar Tractor Co in the treasury and merchandise departments respectively Alpha Delta Phi affiliation noted.
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Misa Lota Kingdon
Frederic Mathews
Mra
Carl Mathews
Twacola, Ill
Willis BE. Kimgooe
Srimfield
Silas Kingdon
Brandiey University
Cat Omega
Rerity
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Mathews
University of Illinois
Treasury Department
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity
Public Hearing Notice on Bromfield Budget and Roads
Notice of a tentative budget and appropriation ordinance for road and bridge purposes in Bromfield Town Peoria Illinois for the fiscal year 1952 53 with a public inspection at Brimfield Village Hall starting May 72 1963 and a public hearing at 7 30 PM CDT Monday June 23 1952 at the Town Clerk Office Brimfield. A highway commissioner meeting follows at 8 30 PM CDT the same day.
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Srin Field
Peoria
Illinois
Brim
Eid
Lineis
Bromfield
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Lionois
Albert L. Corcoran
Moore's
Chester McGows
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
L. OG. Pulaipner
Cady
Eaco Pleur
Memler
Gamase & Sanborno Coffee
Bigo
Everett M Derken
O. & Overen
Bria
Red Croas
John Clark
Brimfield Community Unit High School
Moeing
Home Bureau
Onevieve Clark
Rona Gampson
Laura
Davie Wycoff
Ohio
Dave Wycoff
Whifred Beamer
Hannah Beamer
Wilbur Symmonds and Son
Edward Kaib
Andre Francis Bodinus
Greta Strickland
Paul Noland
Pau! Noland Jr and
Family
Fayetteville Ark
Wallace Emerick Jett
Niagra Falls
Mra Lee Burgess
Near Monica
Jennie Barrett
Ira Magnum
Oon
Baron Purcell
Lyman Leng
Williamsfield Apent
Fred Steinaman
Paul Miller
Chicago
Ray Douglas
Mve Sntton Erickson
Song Byran
Timothy
Jeane Keeley
Jacqulipe
John Navere
Jamea
Dyncan
Leon McLain
Monroe
Ind
Corliss Baisure
Viola Beauchamp
Indiana
Thomas Miller
Donald Miller
Sandra
Albert Lee
Mina
Harry Schuyler
Fath Ann Oakes
Gall Sage
Mich
Verne Shaffer
Everett Davia
Shaw
The
Ray
Mond Shaw
Cambridge
Raymond Shaw
Mrs
Lizzie
Princeville
Mary Raymond Joliet
John Hutchison
Wesley Iowa
Albert Lawler
Donois
Margaret
Mirs Everett Lawler
New Providence
Iowa
Raymond Drew
Donald
G Iman
Mable Lawler
Anastasia Cullen
Frances Huot
Kewanee
Paul Cullen
Abingdon
Wm Stuckey
Pekin
Elsie Megan
Franke Bart
Lois Kingdon
Joseph M Ketay
M.D. Medical Clinic
Walter Pacey
Bondi Building
Galenburg, Illinois
Bank OF Brimfield
General Banking
Skating
Ewalt's
Illinois Mutual Casualty Co
Eldon McKown
Elmwood
Earl S. Bliss
Mutual Insurance
C. W. Porter Brimfield, Illinois
Palace Theater
Elwwood, Illinois
Lew Ayres
Marilyn Maxwell
New Mexico
Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru
St. Loui
Robbie Driscoll
Robert Preston
Martha Scott
Charlie Grapewin
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