Brimfield News Briefs Highlights and Local Ads 1895
Brimfield notes list mid June prices for corn oats wheat butter eggs hogs and soybeans and report local happenings. Richford and Albert Bowman travel to Brimfield. multiple tradesmen advertise services from furniture to harness and groceries. June events include high school commencement with small attendance and a band concert. various residents head to Gettysburg and Minnesota for markets and land tours. Local incidents include a shy girl in a grocery and moving operations by A Herriott and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons & George’s
A. Richford
Albert Bowman
Peoria
Brimfield
R. Hindle
Furniture and Undertaking
C FP. Burt
P. Kellogg
Millinery Co
L. Maxwell
Harness
W. W. Martin
City Express
B D. McCabe
T B. Enochs
Chas.Simons
W.W. L. Hayward
Wm Robinson
A Reed
H. J Wyman
J H Phares
Doug McDonnell
Whitg & Dryasdale
A.A. Knapp
J.C FF
Ollie Curran
Gettysburg
Galesburg
C. Winne’s
Waittméevay
Tully
Porter Rites Mark Brimfield Man's Death at 72
Edward C Porter 72 of Brimfield died June 6 1945 after extended illness in Peoria County He was born March 26 1873 in Keene New Hampshire and moved to Peoria as a boy He leaves wife Catherine Letterman Porter son Floyd Porter three daughters Mrs John DeVries Mrs Francis Brockway Mrs Ben Clarey sixteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren Two sons and two daughters preceded him in death Funeral was at Johnson Funeral Home conducted by Rev T C Hargreaves with hymns The Old Rugged Cross and Abide With Me Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Pallbearers included Glen Lindsey Francis Brockway John DeVries Ben Clarey George Tennery and Everett Catton Card of Thanks expresses thanks to neighbors and friends for support during bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Etta Porter
Keene
N.H
Peoria
Catherine Letterman Porter
Floyd Porter
Brimfield
John DeVries
Francis Brockway
Ben Clarey
Galenburg
Grand Ciildren
Johnson Funeral Bome
T. C. Hargreaves
Old Rugged Cross
Rudolph Savage
Carrie Cady Bursall
Oak Gill
Glen Lindsey
John DeVries Ben Clarey
George Tennery
Everett Catton
Alexander Parks Dies At Peoria After Long Life
Alexander Parks, known as Sandy, died at a Peoria hospital on June 4, 1045, at age 89 years 9 months. He grew up in Brimfield, married Sarah Goll, who preceded him in death, and worked for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. He moved to Peoria about thirty five years ago. He leaves a sister Nellie Bindle and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held Saturday in the Parks family lot at Brimfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parka
Peoria
Alyx
Sandy
Brimfield
Sarah Goll
C.B &O Ry
Nellie
Mra
Richard Bindle
Parks
Satur Stay
Lynn-Tucker Rites Celebrate Bride Marie Lynn in Brimfield
Mr and Mrs Homer M Lynn of Brimfield announce the marriage of their daughter Marie to Dale Tucker of Brimfield on Friday June 8 at 2 pm. The ceremony at Reverend E L Fernandes home in Pedria'inois used a double ring rite with immediate family present. Marie wore a street length salmon crepe dress. corsage was a white orchid. Helen Norman of Peoria was maid of honor in lime green with a yellow rose corsage. Harber Lynn Jr acted as best man. Both mothers wore corsages of yellow roses. The day also marked the couple's parents 27th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer M Lynn
Brimfield
Marie
Dale Tucker
Duane Tucker
E. L Fernandes
Pedria'inois
Helen Norman
Peoria
Harher/Lynn, Jr
Tucker
Local social notes from Kewanee and nearby towns
Mrs Gerald Webster of Kewanee called at the Don Webster home. Peoria visitors included Mrs Ed Kalb, Mrs Mary Miller, and Shirley Miller. Eva Collins visited Brimfield at Warren Ayres’s home. Frank Peterson of Victoria called at the Wom Duffy home. A family dinner at the A J Williams home in Toulon featured Mr and Mrs Sam Williams and child. Various locals visited Paul Burgess, Navy men in Rhode Island, and friends in Elmwood, Maywood, Circleville, Abingdon, Bradford, and Oak Park. The wedding of Marc Lafond to Thomas Fay of the U S Naval Reserve was noted at Saint Giles Church Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Collins
Brimfield
Warren Ayres
Frank Peterson
Victoria
Wom
Mvr
Sam Williams
A J. Williams
Toulon
Mygs
Lyman-Leng-and-Lester
Paul Burgess
Robert Smith
Navy
Chicago
Rhode Island
Willis Kneer
Margaret Kelley
Peoria
Wm Duffy
Presbytery attendance and local visits in Peoria area
French Grove Messrs W B Clark and George Shinsier attended Presbytery in Peoria Monday. Detta Lou Shaffer began work Monday at the Northern Regional Laboratory of Peoria. Mrs Owen Wiabel and son Kenuth of Canton were Friday visitors at the Shaffer home celebrating Mrs Wiabel's birthday. Miss Robah Oakes is expected home Friday for her annual vacation from x ray nursing duties in the Ok County hospital Chicago. The accident on Route 150 Sunday afternoon involving a soldier at 3a Joseph, Mo and injuring Miss Mary Holt at Galesburg was caused by fire blowing out. Mrs Bol was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
W. B Clark
George Shinsier
Peora
Detta Lou Shaffer
Northern Regional Laboratory of
Peoria
Robah Oakes
Chicago
3A Joseph
Mary Holt
Galesburg
Bol
Fatal Accident In Missouri Claims Lt Baraczek
Lt . A Baraczek of Philadelphia stationed at a quartermaster corps station in St. Joseph Mo was instantly killed when a tire blew out and the car he drove overturned on Route 140 near Mulbrock township Sunday afternoon June 10 His companion Miss Mary Irene Holt 21 369 W Flist Street Galesburg sustained facial and head injuries She could not attend the hearing at the Peoria county Court House and her testimony was taken at the hops The car a four door sedan was owned by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Baraczek
Philadelphia
Quartermaster Corps
St. Joseph
Route 140
Mulbrock Township
Misa Mary Irene Holt
Flist Street
Galesburg
Peoria County Court House
Public Notice on Removal of Manure and Garbage Piles
Notice is hereby given that all manure piles and garbage piles must be removed at once from all property within the corporation of the Village of Brivofiel ia, 7 SaBY in order of 41 Re Beaded Of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brivofiel Ia
Steer and Coon Wed in Washington Likely May 29
Elmwood Gazette reports F 1C Jack Steer and Carrie Coon quietly married in Washington DC on Tuesday May 29. Jack works in experimental Navy labs. Mrs Steer remains in DC awaiting assignment. Their daughter Letti2 also moved to Washington to join them. Friends Lovett attended the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Jack Steer
Carrie Coon
Washington,d.c In
Jack
Washington
U.S Navy Exprimental Laboratories
Mrs Steer
Letti2
Chau Lovett
Marines Accept Only Twenty Year Olds for Enlistments
The Marine Corps will enlist only individuals reaching twenty years of age for four year regular service. They continue accepting women for the Marine Corps Women's Reserve with the main requirement being at least twenty years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Marine Corps
Regular
Marine Corps
Usmcwr
Watch The 814th Engineer Aviation Battalion News
Private John Rook, formerly employed by Dad a Old Fashioned Root Beer in Peoria, serves with the 874th Engineer Aviation Battalion at Perse Luzon. He earns Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon, battle stars, Good Conduct Medal, and Glide Warge. Rook joined October 25 1942 in Peoria, son of Mr and Mrs Buel Rook Brimfield. He studied in Peoria schools, bowls for leisure, and belongs to the Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nedl Clark Field
John Rook
Peoria
Perse Luzon
Rook
New Guinea
Buel Rook
Brimfield
The
Eagles
Meritorious Service Plaque Awarded to Italian Campaign Group
The Fifteenth Air Force announces that Orapance Supply and Maintenance Company under Captain John A. Scott has earned the Meritorious Service plaque for meritorious support of combat operations. The unit aids in supplying and maintaining all ordnance materiel used by the Air Force in European and Mediterranean missions since January 1943. Technician Fifth Grade Lyte B. McCoy of Oak Hill is authorized to wear the insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Air Force Service Command Service Group
Orapance
John A. Scott
Fifteenth Air Force
Air Force
Inaigoia
Lyte B. McCoy
Oak Hjil
Velde Johnson Jr writes from France May 1946
Velde Johnson Jr reports from Marseilles and surrounding areas in May 1946 detailing travel through liberated France and occupied Germany. He describes hunger, crowd scenes around meals, ruins from battles, gains in the Rhine region, and brief impressions of locals, towns, and the Riviera as a staging area for CBI troop processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
St. Nazaire
Peoria
Koblenz
le Mans
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
Champ de Ellevuete
Verdun
Versailles
Irter
Morell
Europe
Serene
Rhine
Saarburg
Erance
Luxembourg
Belgium
Marsellin
Metz
Nancy
Lyons
France
Switzeland
Italy
Mediterranean
Marseilles
Riviera
CBI
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P.M Lynch
Minnesota
Northwest
W. H. McCartney
Joseph Littlefield
F&f
A & Herriott 1
Littlefield
Jerry Griggs
Brimfield High School
Emily Ellis Shichester
Margaret Arvilla Weeks
Mitared
Adeline Foster
C. M. McPaggar
Johnson & Son
Monica
Gorn
Miiis Corney
Maz Hayes
Abingdon
Bcott Powell
Peota
Nel
Gatland
Washington Bivd Rospital
Milared
Mia Garland
Alf
West Ena
Peoria County
Curtis Reenta
Chas,f., Carson Robert M'nor
Wilbur Tully
John Bradres
Edward C. Porter
Edward Charles Porter
Tia
Olivia Cook
Alexander’ Parks
Lynn-Tucker
Lyon
Laura
Gerald Webster
Kewanee
Don Webster
Ed Kalb
Mary Miller
Shirley Miller
Mrz
Doc Willard
Normal
Melba
Doris Jones
Maywood
Fred Jones
Wm. Clinch
Marian Clinch
George Moore
Vaden
Couchard
Circleville
Ohio
Paul Noland
Oren Couth
Harley Reel
Andrs James Kemper
Charles Shawver
Harley Reed
Wiley Reed
Charleston
Carolina
Selfridge Field
Mich
John Cole
Washigton
Atha Dunivanr
Alan
Owen Wiabel
Son Kenuth
Canton
Shaffer
Mrs Wiabel
Velde Johnson Jr
LE. Welsh, M
Brimfreki
Illinola
Frederick V. Arber
Arber Johnson
Attorneys AT Law
Central National Bank
Cluskey Mortuary Co
Madison le Peoria
Illinois
Branfield
DR. WH. Hearing
Yates City
Lilinotz
Walter Pacey
Bondi
Galestate
Oscar M. Harding
Qak Jill Llinvis
Nat’nal Realty Auction
Reppert’s School
Vecatur
Brimfield Phone
McCormick-Deering Sales and Service
Palace-Theater
Elimiis
Smiley
Sunset Carson
Sun-Mon-Tues
Dorothy McGuire
James Dunn
Joan Blondel
Lloyd Nolan
Brooklyn
Ann Baxter and
John Hodiak
Ate
OUR
Son, Velde Jr
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