Pettits Say Goodbye Before Moving To Reynolds
A large crowd gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs G W Pettit Wednesday evening to bid farewell as they prepare to move to Reynolds. The town notes a union service planned for Sunday July 4 at the school park. Prices for corn oats and wheat are listed along with butter eggs and hogs. Local happenings include the new News office location and community events at the opera house and school.
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G. W. Pettit
Reynolds
School Park
Wrigley’s
Gady’s
R N A Picnic At Stenger Farm
In June a party of Royal Neighbors traveled to Bessie Stenger’s home for a woods picnic. Rainy weather moved the covered dish dinner indoors in Stenger’s dining room. Guests included Jon Stenger Eck Clark and Len Porter. The dinner was delicious and enjoyed by all. A woods visit added pleasure and neighbors praised Stenger as a delightful hostess.
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Bessie Stenger
Stengers
Jon Stenger
Eck Clark
Len Porter
Woods
Donald Hayes Attends Boy's State Program in Springfield
Donald Hayes, a Junior at a local high school, leaves for Springfield to participate in the annual Boy's State event. He joins about a thousand Illinois youths at the state fairgrounds to study citizenship and government, organized by the American Legion. W F Harding and Frank Clark accompany him from the local post.
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Donald Hayes
Springfield
Illinois
American Legion
Donald
State Capitol
Lincoln Airlines
W.F. Harding
The
Frank Clarx
Annual Judging Contest Near Laura Peoria 4-H event at Raymond Barretts
The Peoria county 4-H fat stock judging contest will be held at Raymond Barretts location near Laura at 8 a.m. on Monday June 28. Open to club members with three live stock projects. top three become club representatives. The two winning teams advance to the state judging contest at Urbana on August 2. Also on June 28 the 4-H softball tournament occurs in the afternoon while results are tabulated.
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Peoria County
Raymond Barrett
Laura
Urbana
County Home Bureau Elects New Officers
The Peoria County Home Bureau annual meeting was held at Union Congregational Church in Peoria on Wednesday June 16 with record attendance despite rain. Mrs Summer Livingston of Peoria was re elected president for the coming year and a slate of officers from Brimfield Laura Princeville Trivoli Hanna City Paradise and other locales was elected to lead major and minor projects recreation and 4 H club work.
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Peoria
Mary Louise Chase
University of Illinois
Lois Schenck
WLS
Summer Livingston
Charles Notzke
Brimfield
J. T. Bienerbeck
Laura
Ralph Wrigley
Trivoli
B. W DeBord
Princeville
Lloyd Capron
Hbva Adama
Roy Fimmons
Hanna City
H F. Waechter
Paradise
Laura Winners 4-H Club Plans Tour and Events
Laura Winners 4-H Club met Thursday evening June 18 at the Shaffer home. Members reported weights from 310 to 980 pounds for Angus calves. Plans were made for a club float stand at the Elmore Homecoming July 3 and the county judging contest set for Monday June 28 at Raymond Barrett's. A county 4-H Show was discussed for September 1 and 2 at Laura. Bernard Cluskey and Joe Carroll shared Urbana trip notes from the Annual 4-H Club Tour. A local project tour is planned for Monday June 21 at 1 30 starting at Shaffer's, visiting Carter Kellogg Donbet and Jaques, with a neiner roast to follow in Jaques woods. At 8 p m the ball team will play Williamsfield there. Iced fruit drink with cookies served after adjournment. Reporter Robah Kellogg.
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Laura
Shaffer
Elmore Bomecoming
Raymond Barrett
Bernard Cluskey
Joe Carroll
Urbana
Shaffer's
Carter's
Kellogg’s
Donbet’s
Jaques
Neiner
Jaques Woods
Williamsfield
Welch family visits in Galesburg and local 4-H tour
French Grove J K Welch family made several trips to see sister Mrs Fred Wyreman in hospital at Galesburg. Laura Winners 4-H club toured homes of Shaffer, Carter and Kellogg. Illinois Short Horn Breeders sale at Galesburg drew attendees including S A Kellogg and Oakes who bought a bead. Birthday lunch at Elmwood Methodist church. Susie Clark and William B Clark plan southern visits to Salome Springs Arkansas and Newtonia Missouri.
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J. K. Welch
Galesburg
Fred Wyreman
Laura Winners
Shaffer
Carter and
Ethel Duncan
Misa Barbara Smith
Methodist Church
Elmwood
Annual School Reunion Program Delights 105 Attendees
A large crowd of 105 picnickers from Dunlap Peoria Abingdon Brimfield Elmwood Oak Gills and East Peoria gathered at the Best school Sunday for the annual reunion. A fine program by school members and visitors followed the dinner and a happy afternoon. Highlights included a Tap Dance On a Drum Phyllis Arbogast readings Gold Mounted Guns Helen Scheeler musical selections and more performances by Marna Dean Kidden Little Old Lady Marjorie and Martha Schiots Song A Lullaby Dad's Boy Bobby Schenck Acrobatic Dance and Phyllis Arbogast among others.
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Dunlap
Peoria
Abingdon
Brimfield
Elmwood
Oak Gill
East Peoria
Marna Dean Kidden
Little Old Lady
Marjorie and
Martha Schiots
Peoria visitors and local relatives share a weekend
Laura Items and Marcella Whittaker spend time with relatives in Peoria and nearby areas. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wycoff and children visit Nye, Wisconsin relatives. Lois Weir stays with sister Claude Lorance in Galenburg. Aldrichs of Bloomington call on Fred Jones. Local residents visit family and attend the Dodworth reunion in Jacksonville. others travel to Lemont and Mt Sterling for family visits.
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Ben Wycoff
Nye, Wisconsin
Mise Lois Weir
Galenburg
Mrs
Claude Lorance
Joe Slygh
Toulon
Harriet Reed
Jacksonville
Dodworth
Bernadette Short Marries Peoria Man
Miss Bernadette Short of Sparland weds Clarence Gilman of Terre Haute Indiana in Peoria on May 29. The bride, oldest Belford Short daughter, formerly worked at the Marshall County courthouse and with the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission. The groom works at Gatton's garage in Peoria. couple to reside there.
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Sparland
Clarence Gillman
Terre Haute
Indiana
Peoria
Gilman
Albert
Mary Belford Short
Marshall County Court House
Lacan
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Mr Gilman
Gatton's
Matilda Richards Rites Held in Pleasant Hill Area
Funeral services for Matilda Caldwell Richards, born April 5, 1866 in Brimfield Illinois, were held Wednesday at Cookes funeral home. Survived by husband John Richards, son Froma Marie and Warren Caldwell, brothers and sisters, she passed June 14 after influenza and declining health. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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U Cookes Funeral Home
Matilda Caldwell Richards
Ezekiel and
Eliza Jane White Caldwell
Brimfield, Ill
John Richards
Froma Marie
Warren Caldwell
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Horton Gilbert
Everett Ramey
John Harty
Leslie Farr
Walter Rohde
James Tweedy
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Alumni Dinner Set With Banquet And Reunion
Everything is ready for the alumni banquet on Wednesday evening June 30 at the local high school gym. The Lutheran Church ladies will serve, followed by an entertainment program and informal gathering. Tickets are selling fast and reservations due by Saturday evening. Reserve through any ticket committee member. Officers J Donald Best president Clarence Shell vice president Lenoa Stkena secretary treasurer.
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High Adhcol
J. Donald Best
Clarence Shell
Lenoa Stkena
Patricia Ann Celebrates Birthday at Williamsfield
Patricia Ann Tucker daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Tucker celebrated her birthday on Wednesday June 16 A pink cake six candles and a gathering of family and friends including Mildred Donna Geraldine Gioria Donald and Patricia Tucker grandmothers Mrs Thos Tucker and Mrs Stella Maher Mr and Mrs Fred Dawson and Mrs Jessie Lansing attended a luncheon of ice cream strawberries cake orangeade and coffee A Union service preacher Rev David E Todd will speak at Elmwood Methodist church Sunday evening.
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Everett Tucker
Williamsfield
Mildred
Donna Tucker
Geraldine Diekmann
Gioria German
Donald
Patricia Tucker
Thos. Tucker
Stella Maher
Fred Dawson
Jessie Lansing
David E. Todd
Elmwood
Methodist Church
Paradise 4-H Club Sees June Meeting at BurCham Home
The Paradise 4 H Club held its final June meeting at Betty Bur cham’s home, with dresses checked, refreshments served, and games played. The next gathering is set for July 1 at Maxine Callister’s home, and a High School Band concert will be in H gym Friday evening July 2.
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4 H
Betty Burcham
Maxine Callister
Brimfield High School Band Concert Next Friday
The postponed Brimfield High School Band concert moves to the High School Auditorium Friday evening July 2 at 7. Admission is 25c for adults and 15c for children. The band rehearses twice weekly to make up for vacation caused by illness, with two soloists Joe Blundy on Baritone and Roger Nichols on Xylophone.
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Joe Blundy
Cleveland
Ohio
Roger Nichols
Roger
Ralph Manley
Gaiesburg
Brimfield, al
Earl King
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ufder
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the Lad
Barker
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