Local social notes from Laura area include visitors and travels
Mrs Sam Tidd of Chicago visited Barrett relatives. Mr and Mrs James Coe visit Mt Pleasant for four weeks. Mrs Charles Jaques attended Peoria County Home Bureau near Mogaville. Glen Doubet and children hosted by James Murdoch in Sheffield. Hugh Wycoff travelled to Peoria for an Illinois University scholarship exam. Carol Jones staying with Windsor Jones family in Rawson. Joan Hardy improving at St Marys hospital Galesburg. Mrs H E Reed and Margaret Peoria callers. Joe Wycoff and children Peoria shoppers. Ray Douglas Roy Hart visited Pedro Hart at Proctor hospital and reported him improving. Ed Kalb Wm Duffy Daffy Cecil Miller visited Alexander. Meridith Vance from Hulab visiting Jack Hart. Wilbur Symmonads, James Kemper and Margaret Reed at Elmwood show. John Reed of Elmwood visiting relatives. Wilfred Beamer of Persia visiting his mother Hannah Beamer. Clarence Emery and Richard attended church and lunch at West Jersey. Charles and Beulah Reynolds visiting Plymouth. James Singh family from Toulon visiting Wrycoff. Maurine Danivant visiting John Brown in Chicago. John Deldridge and family from Princeville and Andrew Mathers from Peoria visiting Mckowa. Laura Social Circle postponed June meeting. Ban Kuntz and family spent Sunday at Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coe
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Charles Jaques
Joan Hardy
St. Marys Hospital
Galesburg
H. E. Reed
Margaret
Peoria
Joe Wycoff
Ray Douglas
Roy Hart
Pedro Hart
the Proctor Hospital
Ed Kalb
Duffy Daffy
Cecil Miller
Alexander
Barry Schuyler
Meridith Vance
Hulab
Oklahoma
Jack Hart
Wilbur Symmonads
James Kemper
Margaret Reed
Elmwood
John Reed
Wilfred Beamer
Pesrtia
Hannah Beamer
Strawberry Ice Cream and Oaks Festival In French Grove
French Grove hosts annual strawberry ice cream and oaks festival at the church this Thursday evening. If roads are muddy the social moves to Hubert Oakes home. Grove Home Bureau elects officers for the year and plans to attend the Y W C A meeting in Peoria June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improvement and Missionary Society
Hubert Oakes
Grove Home Bureau
Miamnie Laws
Jackson Reed
Minnie Laws
Frank Carter
Margaretta Carter
S. A. Kellogg
Peoria
C. L McClellan
Coyle
W. E. Carter
William Edward
Remarkable R N A Meeting At Brimfield With Arnbolt Camp
The annual county convention of the R N A was held in Brimfield June 2 with Arnbolt Camp No 203 and a large delegation. Supreme Oracle Mary E Arnbolt Supreme Recorder Ern2 Barthel State Oracle Edna Walker and District Deputy Molly Febt attended. County Oracle Eva Clark presided and four beneficial candidates were adopted. The meeting featured a memorial for Peoria County neighbors and a formal welcome to visiting officers. Arnholt Camp conducted the ritual with Supreme Oracle Arnholt delivering the principal address and listing charter members. Two charter members Ellen Weeks and Carrie Arber attended and were presented baguets. The camp was named in her honor. The next county convention is slated for Hauna City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.N. A
Brimfield
Arnbolt
Supreme Oracle
Mary E. Arnbolt
Supreme Recorder
Barthel
Edna Walker
Molly
Eva Clark
George
Martha Washington
Dickie Savage
Barbara June Riggs
Peoria
Arnholt
Arnholt Camp. Supreme Oracle Arnholt
Arpholt Camp
Ellen Weeks
Carrie Arber
Supreme Oracle Arpholt
Arnholt Camp
Pradle
Grace Ayers
Hauna City
Edwards Items Note Local Visits and Social News
Mrs John Andrews visits her niece Gelen Joyce of Peoria for several weeks. Oak Hill game saw Edwards lose to Oak Bill. Funeral attended for Mrs Miller in Pottstown. Joe Bowen and wife celebrate 15th anniversary. Dunlap Home Coming draws 26 Edwards Sunday School members. Several families visit or relocate, including Burlington visitors and Kickapoo move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora King
Elmer Steeth
Miller
Pottstown
Joe Bowen
Edwards
Dunlap
Mike Cusack
Strawberry and Ice Cream Social at John Church Lawn
Ladies Aid of the Methods Church hosts a strawberry and ice cream social on Saturday evening June 11 on John Church's lawn. Ice cream 10c, strawberries 5c, cake 5c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
John Church
Strawberries Fc
Cake Sc
Callister School Reunion Picnic Invites Alumni
Callister School announces a reunion picnic inviting all former scholars and teachers from the school's origin era to attend at W. W. Cowly's on Friday June 10 at 1 00 PM Bring lunch for a simple old fashioned picnic supper It notes over 40 alumni from fifty years ago and extends Gilbert school invites with a prompt to bring launches for participation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callister School
W.W Cowly
Gilbert School
Leila Oertley Weds Orville Smith In Quiet Princeville Ceremony
Miss Leila Oertley daughter of Myr and Mrs. Robert Oertley married Orville E Smith son of Mrs. Emma J Smith of Jubilee in a home ceremony Monday afternoon May 30 at 3 o'clock attended by family Rev J C Craine officiated They will reside on a Jubilee township farm after June 10 with both well regarded in the community The bride wore blue crepe and the groom a dark blue suit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Oertley
Myr
Robert Oertley
Orville E Smith
Emma J. Smith
Jubilee
J. C. Craine
Princeville
Princeville High School
Princeville Telephone
Farewell Party for Shirleys Nearing New Home in Aledo
On Saturday evening June 4 the Sunshine Club and neighbors held a surprise farewell for Mr and Mrs D G Shirley who depart today for their new home in Aledo. G Shirley has served the community 23 years as agent for the CB&Q. Friends wish the couple happiness and success as they move. An electric iron was given to Mrs Shirley and a pen and pencil set to D G. A light lunch was served later in the evening as guests said farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sunshine Club
D. G. Shirley
Aledo
C. B&q
Shirley
Oak Hill Visitors and Community Notes
Oak Hill items report Mr and Mrs Elzia Kratzer of Beardstown visiting his father and relatives. Mrs Clarence Dixon and son Jimmy attended Commencement at Manual High School in Peoria. Hartleys and related families attended the Royal Neighbors Convention in Brimfield. Arthur Hartley underwent appendicitis surgery in Peoria and is reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzia Kratzer
Beardstown
Clarence Dixon
Jimmy
Peoria
Manual High School
Florence Hartley
3. Hartley
Elmwood
Royal Neighbors
Brimfield
P. A. Kratzer Sr
Grover Nixon
Loreta la May
Princeville
KE. WeCoulter
Dorothy
Galesburg
Carye Coulter
Marjorie
Delmar
Yates City
Flora Coulter
Arthur Hartley
Life Long Brimfield Resident Elzia Yoakam Dies
Elzia Yoakam died suddenly Monday afternoon while gardening at his Brimfield home. A coroner's inquiry found the cause an attack of cerebo apoplexy. He was 75, survived by his wife and three children, Harry in Ohio, Kenneth in California, and Norma Cook of Galesburg. Funeral services set for Thursday at 10 30 a m at the home conducted by Rev R W Newell of the Union Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzia Yoakam
Mr. Yoakam
Ape
Brimfield
Harry
Ohio
Kenneth
California
Norma Cook
Galesburg
R. W. Newell
The
Union Church
Sunshine Makers 4-H Club Holds Sewing Meeting
The Sunshine Makers 4-H club met at Mrs. C. L. McClellan’s home on Wednesday June 1 with three members present due to muddy roads. Members Marjorie Jones Ruth Ann Moore and Edith Carter sewed. Next meeting is June 22 when Mrs. Carter asks girls to bring dress goods and patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Makers
C. L. McClellan
Marjorie Jones
Ruth Ann Moore
Edith Carter
Mrs. Carter
Rebah Kellogg
Happy Go Lucky 4-H Club Meets at Baptist Church
The Happy Go Lucky 4-H club met on Wednesday June 1 at 2 pm at the Baptist church. Louise Whittaker presided as president. June and July meeting dates were set. Secretary Lenora Ekena read two letters from Miss Swig about the University club tour. Each girl received a new record book. Plans were made for the outfit. The group sang club songs and yelled. Next meeting is set for June 8 at 2 pm and Friday June 10 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Go Lucky
Newspaper Guy and the Fire Fiend Mystery
A narrator recalls a scene of crowds and cops as a “fire fiend” shines while a reporter is mistaken for a star. Through dialogue the piece questions identity and fame, ending with the line that a reporter carries a pass and is seen as a “news paper guy” by Benjamin Scoville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. K. O
Prd
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock
Gold
Peter
Class Prophecy of Senior Class of 1932 Chicago to New York voyage
A senior class prophecy follows a graduate from a Chicago department store clerkship to a May 1936 visit in New York. The narrator recalls encounters with Dorothy Clesson preparing for Paris theater and Universal film work, Hazel Ball as a shipboard nurse, and Keith Cady in Paris medical study. The tale weaves travels through Paris, London, and New York with glimpses of Mildred German, Dorothy Welch, and Paul Harding, a Scotland Yard detective, ending with a reunion in New York before continuing to page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Wilbur Tucker
Wilbur
Fords
Cunard
France
Dorothy Clesson
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Albertina Rasch
Universal
Mildred German
Dorothy Welch
Geneveive Maher
Paul Harding
Scotland Yards
America
Stores to Open Wednesdays and Saturdays Each Week
Notice that Griggs and Travis H R Johnson and Son Bg Cady and Son Memler s The Home Store S H Neikirk will be open every Wednesday and Saturday night of each week until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs & Travis
H. R. Johnson & Son
Memler’s
S.H. Neikirk
Strawberry Festival at French Grove Church
The annual festival will be held Thursday evening June 9 at the Church. Ice cream is home made and berries home grown with cones for those who wish. All are invited to enjoy the evening with friends. If roads are muddy the event moves to Hubert Oakes residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Oakes
Keighan School District 1% Basket Picnic Invite
Oak Grove School known as Keighan School invites former teachers and scholars to a basket picnic on Sunday June 19 with dinner at noon. The event is at the school two miles east of the brick church. attendees should bring their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Keighan
Farm Bureau Mass Meeting Set at Pere Marquette Hotel
A Farm Bureau mass meeting is to be held in the ballroom of the Pere Marquette hotel on Monday evening June 13 at 8 o clock. The Peoria and Tazewell farm Bureaus cooperate in arrangements. George E Metzger secretary of the Illinois Agricultural Association will be principal speaker to discuss important farm problems arising from current business conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Pere Marqnette
Péoria
Tazewell
George E. Metzger
Illnois Agricultural Association
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Laura
Sam Tidd
Barrett
Clarence Emery
Richard
West Jersey
Churc
H Charles
Beulah Reinolds
Plymouth
James Singh
Toulon
James
Delia Wrycoff
Maurine Danivant
John Brown
John Deldridge
Andrew Mathers
Ban Kuntz
Morton
Angus Moore
Adams
John Clark
Otis Bennett
John Shaffer
Amy Moore
Robah Oakes
Florence Reed
Lydia Porsell
Reed
Oakes
R.N.A
John Andrews
Gelen Joyce
Harry Boyer
HB. Shepherd
Mrs. Thomas and Son
Burlington, Iowa
G. Kumps
George Snider
Kickapoo
Tom King
Ben Barr
Carl Gillis
Dorothy King
A. J. Dunlap
Mrs. Smith
Shirleys
Oak Hill
Crook
Benjamin Scoville
Hazel Ball
Akron
Dupryrtren Museum
Conn Ction
University of Paris
Keith Cady
University of Illinois
London
Adirondack Mountains
New York City
Mountain
Margaret Bowman
R. B. Roberts
Illinois
DR. J. &. Welsh
Brimfield, Illinois
Co. W. Hamilton
LAW Office
W. E. Nolting
Xray
Frederick V. Arber
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis & Arber
Central National Bank Bldg Peoria
Hiinois
Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg Bldg
Galesburg, Mwinois
Geo. W. Cluskey
Undertaker
DR. RB. BR. Claybaugh
Bg. O. Cady & Son
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