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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
9
Summary covers recent town happenings including a demolished old wheelwright shop, weather damage to crops, farm activity like mowing and plowing, and plans to extend lines into Monica. Also notes hospital training, band concerts funding, airgun warnings, and a radio broadcast by Dorothy Pilack and Mildred Tully.
Neighbors and friends are thanked for kindness during illness and hospital stays. Flowers, cards, letters, and assistance brought comfort and shortened recovery time.
Evalyn McGowan announces half hour piano lessons for children under nine and forty five minute lessons for those over nine. The annual piano recital is scheduled for June 24 at 8 30 p m in Union Church Brimfield. Program to appear next week.
Public officials should tell the truth about gas, tires, and supply worries to sustain confidence during wartime. Conflicting reports from Washington confuse motorists about rationing, requisitions, and new tire technology while citizens fund the war effort and demand transparency. James Beck shows improvement after tetanus treatment, and Eva Cady Colwell visits Bria held cousins Faresday in Monmonth.
Laura items report Betty Garter at the Laura elevator and Mr Don Webster with children calling in Galesburg Saturday morning. Frea Jones and family attended a Jones reunion in Abingdon. George Moore and Marianne visited Walter Andrews, while James Kemper and Della Leach spent Sunday in Peoria. Several families travel to Victoria and Bloomington with relatives, and neighbors visit near Brim Bel.
Local notes report Little Miss Nancee Heinz visiting relatives in Peoria. Eugene Coye and Bob Daum traveled from Scott Field for Sunday. Bob Daum received a furlough after returning to Camp Sunday evening and arrived Monday for a longer stay. Vern Gatton, at Scott Field, earned a new Army rating after four months service. A card party hostes Mrs. Howard Beall entertained Idle Bour Club with three tables of pinochle and a lunch. The Princeville group of ladies attended. Frank Tiegs and children visit Mrs. Tiegs' parents in Miller. The Miller clan gathers for a long-awaited family reunion at the Miller home.
Betty Carter assists with book keeping at the Laura elevator. John Wagner visits Mrs Baril Carter. Mrs Wm Carter expedites Sugar Purchase certificates for canning. Attendees at a Polled Shorthorn sale in Abingdon included Angus Moore Harry Reed Hubert Oakes Ruth Ann Kellogg and William. The Missionary Society program at Elmwood Church features Mrs 3 A Kellogg with Chinese articles from Kellogg sisters. Despite rain French Grove Festival Appreciation praised the program baked goods and yawberries. about $26 was raised for the Cemetery Association.
The Laura Winners 4 H Club held its fourth meeting at the Forest Oakes home with nine members and five visitors. Garden projects will be scored this month by the leader and fat stock and dairy judging contest were to be held in July. Ruth Ann Oakes led games after adjournment. Dorothy Kellogg reported.
Brimfield Girls 4 8 club met at leader Mrs Julius Shaw home on June 2. President Earlene Collins opened the meeting with all members present. Arlene Shaw spoke on club objectives and Mrs Shaw reviewed food and clothing classes from training school. Shirley DeGroot read, Anna Maher played electric guitar, games followed, refreshments served. Next meeting set for June 15. Arlene Shaw, Reporter.
Rules for proper flag display by William T. Kerr founder of the Flag Day association. Guidance covers flag orientation in processions place in churches on vehicles and handling to avoid ground contact and maintain dignity. The blue field faces forward in flags carried horizontally and banners align with speakers.
The Sugar Board reports 208 applications filed at the Brimfield office before blanks ran out. New blanks arrive and staff are back on the job with certificates expected this month. Those lacking a registration number can apply to O D Edwards after 6 p m, while Mrs Gonella Carter and Mr Fenntry manage registrations 9 to 4 on Tue Wed and Fri.
A nostalgic piece from the Christian Science Monitor celebrates a return to quiet rural life in New England. It depicts horse and buggy scenes, slow traffic, church bells, market baskets, and peaceful Sundays as communities rediscover simple routines and small pleasures amid postwar rationing reflections.
Bits of news report visitors and family calls in the area. JoAnn Kingdon spent last week in Peoria with Mr and Mrs Pan Lotiman. Sandra Kay Allen of Toulon visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs Irving Bragg this week. Calls and visits involve the Catton family Elinor May of Kewanee Ira Porter and others. Corporal John Binnay and Private Albert Miars returned to Scott Field after a weekend at home. Jackson Reed enjoys a fifteen day furlough from Florida station returning by motorcycle. Residents Maude Oberholtzer and Minnie Tennery hosted visitors from Peoria Terre Haute Indianapolis and Williamsfield complicating local social life.
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