French Grove Farm Bureau and community notes
Community calendar and social notes from French Grove include the Farm Bureau gathering on the C L McClellan lawn, a planned July 4 basket dinner at French Grove school grounds, and visits by local residents. Shifts in guest lists, travel notes to Peoria and Urbana, and a sewing group event at Clara Reed’s farm are also recorded with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
C L McClellan
Grove Home Bureau Unit
French Grove
Gladys Carter
Washington D.C
Bertha Searles Powers
Washington
Dr. Searles
Chicago
H. L. Oakes
S. A. Kellogg
Peoria
Plorence Reed
Lydia Pursell
Reed
Pursell
Gerta Bodinus
Clara Reed
Kingdon
Erman Kirtley
C. L. McClellan
Industrial Society of the
Elmwood Presbyterian Church
Local notes report illnesses visits births and injuries
Dorothy Clark is confined to bed with scarlet fever. Mr and Mrs Bert Robinson visited Mr and Mrs John Andrews. Dewey Healen, Clarice Barr and family traveled to Birmingham Iowa for a few days with Clarice Barr. Ruth Kumps returned from Methodist hospital and is improving. Margaret Mulvaney and her mother and Nora King with Dorothy were Trivoli visitors. A daughter spent the weekend with J Healen in Leroy. Edward Bowen and wife welcome a second child born Saturday. Margaret Mulvaney has been ill. John Andrews and Helen Joyce plus Clarice Barr visited Elmwood. Mary Mulvaney Nora King Ed King and Tom King family hosted at East Peoria. Chester Clark suffers a broken foot from Sunday ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Robinson
John Andrews
Dewey Healen
Clarice Barr
Birmingham
Iowa
Burt Barr
Ruth Kumps
Methodist Hospital
Niceley
Margaret Mulvaney
H. Shepherd
Nora King
Dorothy
Mary Mulvaney
Dorothy King
Herbert Stenger
Tom King
East Peoria
Laura Items and Grange Events Report
The Millbrook Grange held its regular meeting Tuesday evening with the Orange Grange drill team presenting the first and second degrees to seven new candidates. The named couples and Miss Lois Carter were among the view candidates. Laura Home Bureau unit to meet Tuesday June 28 at Mrs. Clarence Emery’s home. Families of John H. Whittaker spent Sunday visiting Bert Bill near Sheffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millbrook Grange
Orange Grange
View
Robert Carter
Reed Carter
Hubert Barrett
Lois Carter
Laura
Home Bureau
Clarence Emery
John H. Whittaker
Bert Bill
Sheffield
Navy Wedding Exquisite at Church of City
A traditional naval wedding occurred at Flist Congregational Church on Saturday June 11 at 5 p.m. Mias Thelda Burnett daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Burnett became the bride of Lieutenant Richard Dewey Zern U S N with Dr Henry Kendall Booth reading. More than 300 guests attended the ceremony with organ music and wedding marches. The bridal party wore turquoise blue and pink, the couple exited under a swords arch, and a reception followed at the Pacific Coast Club. The couple plan a western trip then reside in Long Beach, expected mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flist Congregational Church
Mias Thelda Burnett
Howard L. Burnett
Nieto Avenue
Richard Dewey Zern
Henry Kendall Booth
Ferna
Pacific Coast Club
Lieutenant
Mrs. Zern
D. E. Burnett
Dayton
William E. Warren
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lieutenant Zern
John G Zern
Brimfield
Illinois
Long Beach
Mrs Catherine Cluskey of Brimfield Dies at 76
Mrs Catherine Cluskey born Catherine Ellen Day in Brimfield in October 1855 died June 1 1932 at her farm home. She married James M Cluskey February 23 1879 who died May 3 1932. Survived by eight children and seventeen grandchildren. Requiem Mass at St Joseph Church with grandsons as servers. Interment Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers listed from Brimfield Wyoming and Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Ellen Day Cluskey
Thomas and
Mary King Day
Brimfield
James M. Cluskey
James Albert
John H
Olive A
Margretta E
George W
Peoria
Mayme E
Wyoming
Virginia W
Thomas Edward
Cluskey
St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph Church
Rudolph Savage
Father Harrison
Calvary Cemetery
Purchase of Votes and Government Waste
The writer attacks government waste and the two billion dollar bonus payment bill, claiming Congress uses tax money to buy votes. They argue legislators resist economy until political pressure sways them, urging incorruptible officials who vote for what is right regardless of consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Card of Thanks Expressing gratitude for sympathy and kindness
We express appreciation to neighbors and friends for their sympathy and kindness during our mother’s illness and death.
Large Crowd Reunites Former Teachers at Oak Grove Picnic
A large crowd of 120 former teachers and scholars gathered last Sunday at Oak Grove school for a reunion. Attendees came from Brimfield Elmwood Yates City Farmington Kewanee Oak Hill Peoria Washington Chicago and Glendale California. A bountiful noon dinner and a lively old time bail game highlighted the afternoon. The event was deemed a success and a similar picnic is planned for the second Sunday of June next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Brimfield
Elmwood
Yates City
Farmington
Kewanee
Oak Hill
Peoria
Washington
Chicago
Glendale
California
Death of Gerald Savage in Florida shock locality
Relatives and friends mourn Gerald Savage who died Friday June 17 at his uncle Kenneth Garland’s home in Billiard Florida. He is survived by his mother Edith Garland Savage and sister Bernice of Peoria. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Wilton Mortuary with interment in Brimfield cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Savage
Kenneth Garland
Billiard, Florida
Kenneth
Lloyd Savage
Brimfield
Edith Garland Savage
Bernice
Virginia Avenue
Peoria
Wilton Mortuary
Farm Bureau Picnic Marks Dedication Day Across Illinois
Peoria County Farm Bureau hosts a July 4 program in Elmwobdd with cooperation from other Illinois counties. The event aims to mobilize farmers to demand fair prices, profits, and just taxation while pledging to use resources for better conditions. A band, parade, speeches, and burning in effigy are planned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria County
Illinois
Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Peoria County
Chi Gamble cites Peoria Star column by Electa Spangler detailing Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Peoria County. It lists Levin Powell, Dowden, Harkness, William Crow, Zealy Moss, John Dusenberry, John Montgomery, Phineas Bronson, Benjamin Miller, Paulette Maillet and notes markers by the D A R, graves in Springdale and Princeville cemeteries, and minor burial lore from Loudoun County records and local histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Gamble
Peoria Star
Electa Spangler
Peoria
Daughters of the American Revolution
Peoria County
Loudoun County
Virginia
Levin Powell
Harry Powell
Princeville
Phineas Bronson
Endfield
Connecticut
Benjamin Walbridge
Zebulun Butler
Lodge Notes Card Party at Community Building
The C. D. of A. hosts the third card party in a series at the Community Building Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. of A
Machinery moves to Oak Hill Southport road for guard work
Machinery is transferred to the Oak Hill Southport road where guarding for concrete has begun. The road is expected to be finished by fall. Bridge over the Kickapoo is moving rapidly. An overhead crossing at the Q tracks in Oak Hill may not be finished this summer. Mrs Eva Fisher visits Bloomington. Ervan Shane and Ellis Tucker haul lambs to Chicago in a double deck truck. Buel Root, from Brimfield, visits town for the first time in 35 years. now lives in Macomb after moving from Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Southport
Ervan Shane
Ellis Tucker
Chicago
Buel Root
Brimfield
Macomb
Denver
Peoria Star notes War of 1812 graves effort continues
Mrs. Spangler, active near the war, works to locate graves of War of 1812 veterans buried in Peoria County while also checking Revolutionary War veteran crosses. The notice reflects ongoing local historical efforts and memorial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria County
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. M. Carter
Margaretta
Galesburg
Joe Duncan
Angus Moore
W. E. Carter
New London
Anna Oakes
Urbana
Louisa McClellan
Sara Reed
Fairy Carter
Uarry Maher
Dorothy Clark
Mrs. J. Healen
Leroy
Edward Bowen
Helen Joyce
Ps Clester
Clyde Bateman
Chester Clark
Raymond Moreman
Beethoven
Grahan
Dubois
Noor
Wanda Burnett
Donald Renfew
Elaine Burtrand
Mildred Williams
James G. Sampson
U. S. S. New York
Harold Zemmer
U. S.S Caifornia
Howard Caldwell
Ray Mitchell
Corydom Kimball
Elwood Madsen
John H.willis
New York
Zern
Polytechnic High School
University of California At
Los Angeles
Annapolis
SF Hativari
Catherine Cluskey
Mary Elizabeth
John Moran
Joe McDonough
John O’ Connor
Frank O’rooker Peoria
Doug McDonnell
Monica
Albert Sloan
Iola
Kan
Kellogg
Harkness
Massachusetts
Harkness Grove
Elizabeth Edson
Harknesses
William Crow
Pottstown
Montague Hill
State Street
Spangler
Bradley Park
Crow
Peoria D. A. R
Tripp
Springdale
Zealy Moss
Lydia Bradley
John Dusenberry
New York State
White Plains
la Fayette
Bridge and
Washington Streets
John Drusenberry
John Montgomery
Benjamin Miller
Paulette Maillet
R. B. Roberts
J. E. Welsh
Brimfield, Illinois
LAW Office
W. E. Nolting
Xray
Frederick V. Arber
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis & Arbesr
Central National Bank
Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg
Geo. W. Cluskey
Undertaker
Winzeler Undertaking Co
Peoria, Il
R. R. Claybaugh
Brimfield, Ilinois
Lodge
Eva Fisher
Bloomington
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