Brimfield area notes and old harvest prices in The Files
June 13 1889 column lists corn 28 oats 25 oats hogs 410 wheat 65 butter 20 eggs 9 rye 35. Brimfield flour prices Brimfield 120 Big Loaf 125 Pride of Peoria 60 Pillsbury Best 175. June 8 1839 values include corn 28 oats 24 wheat 60 butter 10 eggs hegs 340. Mentions strawberry festival and local school merits.
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Petera
Pride of Peoria
Pillsbury
Frost
Gorn
Eggais
Richard Paesy
Ponemah
Galena
Srimfield Telephone Co
Auxiliary Notes for June 9 Diatries Convention
Auxiliary members planning to attend the Elmwood diatries convention must meet at the Legion hall at 98:00am. For reservations contact Ms kb by June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Legion Hall
Kb. F Waecy
Appreciation note from Mrs Pauli Jobusos hospital stay
Mrs Pauli Jobusos thanks all for cards and letters during her hospital stay at the Methodist hospital. She extends thanks for flowers and visits and expresses gratitude for all well wishes. Ralph Hall joins in sending thanks.
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Pauli Jobusos
George D Lester Shane funeral services in Galesburg
Funeral services for George D Shane will be held this afternoon at 2 00 from the Kimber and Weat chapel in Galesburg with burial in Memorial Park. He died Monday morning at 59 East Grove Street after a two year heart illness. He was born November 3 1883 in Simfield the son of Frank and Margaret Caldwell Shane and worked as a railroad conductor for 36 years retiring April 27 1943. He married Hil fret on January 1 1905 and eight children survive. He later married Eva Nobertson in 1931 and is survived by his second wife seven sons and daughters and many grandchildren. He also leaves two brothers and a sister and two steps. He served in World War II and his family span includes relatives in Galesburg San Diego Wataga and Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Shane
East Grove St
Slim Field
Frank
Margaret Caldwell Shane
Marinda BE
Savage
Walter Everett
Viola Pinkle
Vacation Bible School Starts June 13 at Brimfield Church
Vacation Bible School begins June 13 for two weeks at Brimfield Methodist Church from 9:00 to 11:30 each weekday. The program titled Jesus Lives offers entertaining lessons with a volunteer team and invites all children up to high school age to register Monday at 9:00 a.m. with dismissal at 10:00 a.m. the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield Methodist Church
Miemissal
Public Recital Pupils to Perform in June Recitals
Evalyn McGowan leads pupils in two recitals set for June 6 and June 24. Sylvia Gines returns after illness while a few new enrollees will miss the programs. The full program will be printed in the Brimfield News next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evalyn McGowan
Sylvia Gines
Thig Ao
Brimfield News
Brimfield Defeats Mindie Road Coalettes 1-0 In Extra Innings
Brimfield pitcher Jim Kazense stole second and scored the extra inning run to beat Mindie Road Coalettes 1-0 after a 0-0 seven inning tie. Norma Harlan struck out eight for Brimfield while McCarty fanned two for Middle Road. The Peoria team boosted Brimfield with a No-Hitter style win noted in this brief section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield Guns
Grillette
Mindie Road Coalettes
Elmwood
Norma Harlan
Brimfield
McCarty
Middle Road
Jack
Bill
Peoria Vv
Bimfield
Families Travel and Visits Across Midwest in Weekend Notes
French Grove MraB and Oakes family members drove to Mt. Vernon Iowa to bring Ruth Ann home from Cornell College. Elizabeth and David Shaffer’s party visited Urbana and Bloomington returning with aunt Anna Oakes. Diverse relatives including Mr and Mrs McClellan, Mrs Bond and friends from Champaign and Chicago gathered as guests of the week in a sprawling Midwest social itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrab & Oakes
Elizabeth
David
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Ruth Ann
Cornell College
Rudolph Broninga
Roy Mottra Jr
Vera Brittinghan
Boboris
A. R Moore
William Kelloge
Urbana
Dorothy
University
Anna Oakes
Bloomington
John Shaffer
Pant Shaffar
Jane Ann
Tudsamapolisa
Lod
Charlestonn
Virginia
Verne Shaffer
Oakwood
Abe
Margaret Andrews
C. L. McClelan
Blanche McClellan
Denver
Coio
Ethel Bond
Mario
Bond
Champagn
Mra Mian
Lana
Jessie Carter
Marenetta
Sarl Kemp
John Clark
Bonna
Jeanie
Juda Wora Lewand
Daia
Dissolution of The Service Spore business in Brimfield
Notice states the joint business relationship between Martin Genaler and Bernard J Woods in Brimfield Ninvis under The Service Spore is dissolved. Bernard J Woods will continue the business as an individual. Signed by Martin Genaler and Bernard J Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Gensler
Benard J. Woods
Brimfield
Ninvis
Service Spore
Sai
Bernard J. Woods
Martin Genaler
Bernard J Woods
Department of Labor
Europe
ERP
United States
A Town Without Stores
A Department of Labor publication shown in Europe highlights the role of U S retail stores in small towns. Photographs depict main streets, department store outlets, and shops illustrating community ties, commerce, and civic life tied to local welfare.
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Surrounant
Local families host visits and gatherings in Peoria area
Laura and Claude Gray and family traveled to Mins for a week of fishing. Leigh Beamer of Tingley Iowa visited the Don Webater family. Miller and Miller families and others joined visits in Peoria with various relatives. Ray Kemper celebrated his 21st birthday with kin. Decoration Day visits and a family picnic at Bappy Bollow are noted among Peoria and Galesburg families.
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Mra Leigh Beamer
Tingley
Iowa
Don Webater
Harold Miller
Chie Ren
Galesburg
Harr Schuyler
Glenview
Minnshar
Wilbur Symonas
Has
Brimfield Girls to Perform on WMMJ Peoria Station
Shirley Cubbertson and Marilyn Tucker, Brimfield High School freshmen, will perform piano solos on Station WMMJ Peoria at 10 30 AM on Saturday. Shirley plays Valse Arabesque by Back and Marilyn joins with Rock of Ages.
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Shirley Cubbertson
Arthur Kelley
Beard
WMMJ
Peoria
Shirley
Brimfield High School
Marilyn Tucker
Robert Tucker
June Home Bureau meeting at Manford Harding home
The June Gom Bureau gathering met at Manford Harding’s home with a morning session on metal and leather crafts followed by a meal. Mrs Lawrence Jones led the major lesson on health before and after 40. Officers for next year were elected: Chairman Mrs Merte Corn, Vice Chair Mrs Jhe Endresz, Secretary Mrs Gerald Plamb, Treasurer Mrs Macford Harding. The next meeting is set for September, charged to the fourth Wednesday each month.
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Gom: Bureau
Mrcs
Manford Darding
Pat Luck
Mra
Lawrence ‘Jones
Merte Corn
Jhe Endresz
Gerald Plamb
Macford Harding
Choir Tour to Chicago Delights Six Teen Members
Six teen members of the Junior choir of Unitom Church toured Chicago on a Sunday trip leaving Brimfield at six. They visited the University of Chicago chapel and its carillon, viewed 72 bells, toured the Loop and Magnificent Mile, and watched the Quis-Kids broadcast at WMAQ before a two and a half hour chartered bus tour and a late dinner at the Chicago Municipal Airport loud Room. Chaperones included Mr and Dr. Kenneth Hamilton Harold Pacey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitom
Chicago
Levaing Brimfield
University
Chapel
Lake Michigan
Museum of Science and Industy
Merchandise Mart
Wmaq
Quter Drive
Michigan Avenue
Chinatown
Ghetto
Maxwell and
Halstead Streets
Hell House
The
Loop
Chicago Municipal
Shirey Bennet Geraldime
Harold Camp
Yarv Baecree
Sue Hamilton
Roger Higgs Gearles Kellstadt
Frank and
Ralph Kingdoo
Karen Mulvaney
Gardee Pacey
Norma Powera
Beverly 8Loen
Margery Smith
Janet Super
Carol Whittaker
Kenneth Hamilton
Harold Pacey
A'chara Savage Haze Shaffer
Henrietta Memler
Honor Graduate Marcella Kingdon Receives Gold Sea Award
Marcella Kingdon of Whittier California is among thirty six of 465 graduates earning the Honor Student Gold Sea Award. She earned all A and B grades across four high school years and received life membership in the California Scholarship Federation. The award requires three A grades per semester and at most one C. The honors were given at a Senior Award Assembly. graduation is June 8. Kingdon is now secretary to the buyer in The Goodyear Rubber Co Purchasing Dept in Los Angeles.
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Marcella Kingdon
Whittier
Calfornia
Marcella Alan
Califonia
Stugen
Marcella
8 F. Goodrich Rubbe Co
Los Angeles
Peoria County Nome Bureau Plans Nineteenth Annual Meeting
Peoria County Home Bureau will hold its nineteenth annual meeting Thursday June 16 at the First Presbyterian Church Peoria. Registration begins 9 30 CST with a morning program then lunch served for 25 cents by church ladies. Afternoon program opens at 1 18 with music and a talk by Dr Garry C Chowpn educator. The meeting usually closes by 3. Elizabeth Krumpe is county chorus director and James K Van Slyke will direct 1919 rural chores at 8 pm on June 16 in the Farm Bureau Building. Chorus rehearsals June 13 invite all interested. Members and guests welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria County
Nome Bureau
First Presbyterian Church
Peoria
Garry C. Chowpn
University of Filtasis
James K. van Slyke
Washbern Monicipal Uorversity
Topeka
Kansas
van Slyke
D E Lindstrom
Urbana
Ill
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Alice Cady
Norma EB
Yoakam
John
Strieder
Franz B Garson
W. E. Gadmuse
P. Beachland
T. Cady
W. Hoseter
Poud
Grigga
Green
Eimwood
Gernelia Murdoch
Lois Menden Ball
George Neizirk
Rolland Griggs
Edward Ibecz
Paul Gark Aniehed
Elwood Kelley
Gorimer Foley
Muriel Gattos
Biise Roberta
Marie Baraing
Leland Plumer
France
Germai
French Grove
Roscoe Pullen
Northwestern
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Millbrook Grange
Methodist Hospital
Aise
Tom Miller
Ralph Hall
George D. Lester Shane
George D. Lester Stave
Kimber and Weatchapel
Sourial
Memorial Park
Robert Minightas
Lollinola
Noma University
Bob
Kenneth Campson
Mira Charles Gamp
Monica
Glifford
Gasselbacher
Bradley University
Bradley Fieldhouse
Ralph W Sockman
New York City
National
Clifford
Ave Hasselbacher
Sia College
Vacation Bible School
Diamond News
Galesburg Y
Laura
Mra Claudius Gray
City
Willie Tolly and Son
Mins
Thomas Miller
Donald Miller
Sandra
Feoria
James Kemper
Aspen Sanday
Pella Leach
Sam Whitcomb
Galesbore
Frank Riel
Fact Carmody
Kenneth Mc
Jinney
Peori
Thoma S
Ray
Warry Schuyler and
Chidren
Edson Purcell
Mra Rosse
Judy
Navd
Don Webster
Leigh Beamer
Wilen Reed
Harley Rea
Reed
Brimfield Girls
WMM
Home Bureau News
Joseph M Ketay
M. D. Medical Clinic
Johnson ‘Funeral Service
Walter Pacey
Bondi Building
Galesburg, Ilinda
Farmers’ Auto Insurance Association
Eldon McKown
Fillnmois
Bark S. Bliss
Mutual Insurance
C. W. Porter
Karl Easland
Arcadia
Illinois
Palace Theaters
Claw Ogd
Illencis
Roy Rogers
Trigger
William Bendix
James Gleason
Eyes of Texas
Sun-Mon-Tues
Rosemary DeCamp
Bill Goodwin
Beulah Bondi
Meg Randall
Riley
Cartoon and News
Robert Taylor
Ava Gardner
Charles Laughton
Vincent Price
John Hodiak
Babc
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