Pioneer Relics Meeting and Local Graduations Highlight June
The Files dated June 4 notes a Bring your relics gathering for all settlers on Wednesday June 10. Nellie Darby graduates from Champaign University June 10, first Brimfield township woman to do so, among nine graduates this year. Memorial Day crowds fill Bowman's Hall for the program. Civil War veterans march in the parade. Water and crop figures appear for 1901 and 1921 entries, plus local railroad service starts between Peoria and Brimfield.
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All Settlers
Mise Nellie Darby
Champaign University
Misa Darby
Brimeid Township
Brimfield
Mebdert Porter
Peter Bower
Silent auction for American Legion ball fundraiser set evening
An auxiliary news item announces a silent auction for the American Legion ball from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm DST. Committee members Clara Marght Irene Cady Anna Moon Bertha Arcchobald invite donations to support a good cause. Nominating committee members Cathyra Cecil Anna Moun and Exesa are listed.
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Orn Juec9
Mra Clara Marght
Irene Cady
Anna Moon Bertha Arcchobald
Cathyra Cecil
Mra
Anna Moun
Mre
Exesa
Wedding Anniversary Observed for Peabody Couple
Mr and Mrs Chester Peabody of near Brimfield celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a pot luck dinner. Friends and relatives from Decatur Taylorville and Stronghurst attended along with thirty two others bringing gifts and cards.
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Mra Chester Peabody
Near Brimfield
All aboard for every where
Reading a newspaper book page becomes travel to distant lands and eras. The piece praises imagination and guide books as affordable voyages while inviting readers to explore places through literature rather than planes or ships.
French Grove Lyle Show joins St. Louis Browns in Aberdeen
The notice lists Lyle Show joining the St. Louis Browns and playing in Aberdeen South Dakota. It records visits by Mra S A Kellogg and her daughter Dorothy Kellogg, attendance at Vacation Bible School in Laura, and multiple local social visits including Mr and Mrs W B Clark entertaining her parents. Additional names mentioned include George Maxwell of Champaign and Anna Oakes of Bloomington.
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Lyle Show
St. Louis Browns
Aberdeen
Dakota
George Maxwell
Champaign
LF McCiellan
Glark
Weems
Newtonia
Missouri
Local residents enjoy weekend social visits across towns
Laura Items Pamela laisere and Patsy Cal houn are home for the summer vacation from Macomb college Mr and Mrs James Kemper spent Sunday in Proma with Mrs Myrtle Rowe and Paul Kemper. Mrs Bam Dopivaet spent Memorial day with her son Robert Dunivant and family in eecoria. Mr and Mrs James Kemper and Mr and Mrs Harvey Reed were Kewanee shoppers Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Merle Bermer and children of Galesburg spent Wednesday with Mrs Hannah Beare. Mrs Gale Gilharton Ba Rose spent Sunday with Mrs Viola Beauehamp and the Gerliss Laisure family. Mr and Mrs Cliff Underwood and daughter of Peoria spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Thomas Miller. Mr and Mrs Kenneth McKion v and children of Peoria spent Memorial day with Mr and Mrs Chas Thomas. Mrs Eva Percell, Mr and Mrs Bud Magnon and daughter Kathy of Peoria and Mrs Marie Hreeelbacher called at the E4aon Pu-cell home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Russell Purcell of Peora. Judy and David Purcell of Imwood spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Edson Purcell. Mr and Mrs Fred Steinman attended the Bherade graduation at Prirce vill Monday evening. Their grandson Richztra Purgess was among the graduates. Mrs Wilbur Semmronds and son Karien of Enat Peoria called at the Redweré Kalb home Saturday to see her mother Mrs Marvy Miller.
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Eva Percell
Bud Magnon
Kathy
Peoria
Marie Hreeelbacher
E4aon
Fred Steinman
Prirce Vill
Richztra Purgess
Wilbur Semmronds
Karien
Enat Peoria
Rédweré Kalb
Marvy Miller
Brim Field High School Class Receives Diplomas
The Brim Field Unit School District 300 held graduation in the high school gym on May 29. Eleven boys and six girls received diplomas from Board President Tom Maher after a program of band and vocal music and an address. The baccalaureate service occurred May 37 with Reverend Kenneth Redtearn of the Methodist Church delivering the address.
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Brimfield Unit
Boye
Don Greenfield
Rosemary Mather
Ball Biresell
Gerry Tosh
Dick Reinhart
Dale Rogers
Bleaver Wagner
Gerald Schmitt
Don Turner
Jack Powers
Sara Bleichner
Darrell Ebbing
Verna Baysinger
David Sheets
Donald Whelan
Betty Maher
Wayne Goose
Tom Ma
Peoria Suburban Line plans bus revival tickets sale
Peoria Suburban Line Inc announces the bus will resume operations after obtaining insurance. Advance tickets priced at 1 per ride to Peoria go on sale at Buckys in Brimfield this Friday and Saturday with a six month time limit. Sornberger, president, invites community support.
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Peoria
Brimfield
Bucky
Peoria Suburban Line Inc
Sornberger
Cancer Drive Totals $32449 for Bimfeld Township Benefit
Report shows a total collection of 32449 for the American Cancer Society from Bimfeld township. Thanks go to all contributors and to the many workers who helped solicit contributions in town and surrounding countryside.
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Bimfeld
Country Side
Appreciation note from Ollie Travis to friends
A brief note from Ollie Travis thanks friends for remembered kindness during illness. Dutch and Vera Pnares report selling their dairy ranch at Tar load Call and buying a new trailer home near their Pasadena children. En route they visited Mr and Mrs Taylor Keehlag in Bakersfield.
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Dutch
Vera
Pnares
Tarload
Call
Pasadena
Mra
Taylor Keehlag
Bakersfield
Sale of School Building Notice on June 23 1951
Sale notices that the achue district 62 schoolhouse in section 4 township 1ON R 6E Jubilee will be auctioned to the highest bidder at 1 08 o clock. The property includes a 26 by 18 foot schoolhouse with two toilets a coal house and a good furnace desk pump and water fountain. Buildings are subject to removal terms cash. J M Bliss Ance Frank Netzke Trustees and Dagrins Willis Felton.
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Afancardéme
Achue District 62
Carrol
Ion R
Kingbird’s Keen Eyesight Noted By Observer
A report notes the kingbird’s exceptional vision enabling it to spot a tiny object at fifty yards. The remark highlights the bird’s sharp sight and quick tracking abilities observed in the field.
Cemetery Association Calls June 16 Work Day For Repairs
Trustees of the French Grove cemetery association urge volunteers for a June 16 work day to reset stones and corners and perform tasks to maintain the grounds. Donations accepted for those unable to work, lunch provided at noon, hoping for a robust sixty person crew.
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French Grove Cemetery Association
Piano Recital Plans For Evalyn McCowap Pupila
Evalyn McCowap Pupila will perform in piano recitals on June 8 and 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Union Church. The program details will be announced later and admission is free to the public.
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Evalyn McCowap
Union Church
Government power and responsibility in funding
A scrapbook quotation asserts that government financing always brings control and responsibility, arguing that spending power links to influence over recipients. It contrasts this with a view that liberty stems from limiting government power, not expanding it, citing Dr Alfred P. Haake and Woodrow Wilson.
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Alfred P. Haake
Woodrow Wison
How to Avoid Varnish Bloom During Re finish
The bloom on varnish appears cloudy from moisture. Rub the surface with an alcohol damp rag before re varnishing and choose a warm dry day for the project.
Local notables and visitors at Union church parsonage
Mra Verp J Stewart and her baby daughter of Des Moines spent the week with Dr and Mrs B W Nye. Mr Rar McGuire and two others visited Terry and Vibkiot Omanba. Prorence Wilew Harmon of Pasadena Calif is visiting Mr Irene Cady and relatives. M18 Warmon left Grifield to reside in Peoria after marriage in New Jersey and California. Mrs Joe Nauman and Mary Lou Mrs Pete Lottman visited. Mrs Lucy Gilles and Edwin Gilles attended St Mary's Cathedral commencement with Eleanor hrchgeigner of Peoria and Jo Aon Lottman of Morton in the class of 84 girls.
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Mra Verp J. Stewart
Babdy
Des Moines
Towa
B. W. Nye
McGuire
Tera Terry
Vibkiot Oqmaba
Nebracka
Union Church Parsonage
Bloomington
Prorence Wilew Harmon
Pasaqdens Calif
Irene Cady Ando
Warmon
Grimfield
Peoria
New Jersey
California
Joe Nauman
Mary Lou
Pete Lottman
Lucy Gilles
Edwin Gilles
John
Mickey Antonacci
Academy Turaday
St Mary's
Eleanor @hrchgeigner
Jo Aon Lottman
Morton
Brimfield 4-H Girls Hold June Meeting at High School
The Brimfield Girls 4-H club met Friday June 1 at Brimfield High School. Dorene Smith Elaine Hamlton Deorene Smith Jean Heinz spoke Judy Tusker Shelby Dunvant played piano. Next meeting set for June 15 at 2:00 daylight time. A bake sale by Brimfield 4-H planned for June 16 at 10:60 a.m. DST at Daogan's Sales 100m.
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Brimfield Girls
Dorene Smith
Elaine
Sue Hamlton Deorene Smith
Jean Heinz
Talke
Judy Tusker
Shelby Dunvant
Ineedeen
Brimfield Wirta
Daogan
Brimfield Essay Second In District
The Brimfield Auxiliary placed third with 14 members at Elmwood meeting. Members listed include Mesdamea Mande Klingert Aumaoon Catherine Cecil Bessie La Follette Clara Knight Mary Sollenberger Myrtie Frank Elizabeth Skene Lucile Harmison Esther Thomas Lathe Baler Caroline Pacey Grand Savage and Harriett Blundy. Donald Turner’s essay America the Key to Freedom won first in the local high school senior contest and took second in the district.
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Brimfield
Elmwood
Mesdamea Mande Klingert
Auma ~Oon
Catherine Cecil
Bessie la Follette
Clara Knight
Mary Sollenberger
Myrtie Frank
Elizabeth Skene
Lucile Harmison
Esther Thomas
Lathe Baler
Caroline Pacey Grand Savage
Harriett Blundy
Donald Turner
America
Freedea
Date McBeth wins pork production contest
The Supervised Farming Committee announces Date McBeth as winner of the pork production contest. Dale kept accurate records and used good practices to produce a large pork quantity in a short time and received a medal. FFA plans summer meetings, with the first in late June to view project photos. Gary Lee Beat, Reporter
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Date McBeth
Dale
F. F A
Jane
Gary Lee Beat
Open House for Foster Willer Twenty Fifth Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Foster Willer invite friends to an open house at their home in Gemera on Sunday June 1 to celebrate twenty five years of marriage. Hours are 2:08 to 5:00 DST and 7:00 to 8:06 DST.
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Mrc Foster Willer
Mons
Oath
Port Gemera
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