Brimfield News Highlights Local Sports And Graduations
The Brimfield item list covers a baseball game between Kickapoo and Brimfield, local declamation winners, and athletic results. It notes Miss Gertrude Arnold and Joseph Harder’s marriage in Peoria, Clinton Day’s Knox College graduation, and Brimfield High School’s two teachers and graduates. Other items include town improvements, new routes for Brimfield Transfer Co., and public events like Union Church services in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Arnold
Joseph Harder
Peoria
John Clark Dies Wednesday Afternoon
John Clark died Wednesday afternoon at his home northeast of town after a period of illness. He leaves twin daughters Mabel Wigh of Brimfield and Maude Harper of Log Cabin Wyoming. Funeral services are set for Friday at two o'clock at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Clark
Clark
Mabel Wigh
Brimfield
Maude Harper
Logt Cabin
Wyoming
Bock-Minor Wedding Unites Grace Minor and Albert Bock
Grace Minor elder daughter of Mr and Mrs John Minor of Brimfield and Albert Bock of Peoria wed on Saturday afternoon June 2 in a service by Rev G W Chessman at the First Baptist Church Peoria. A reception followed at the groom’s parents home at 218 Garfield. Mrs Beck, Brimfield native and Brimfield High graduate class of 1932, and Dickinson Secretarial School alumna, now hosts. Mr Bock works in landscape gardening. couple reside in their new home on Farmington Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Minor
John Minor
Brimfield
Albert Bock
Peoria
G. W Chessman
First Baptist Church
Ferdinand Beck
Garfield
Beck
Brimfield High
Dickinson Secretaria
Bock
Farmington Road
Walt Disney Grasshopper tale prompts living debate
Hollywood Tribune from Portland reviews Walt Disney’s new Grasshopper and the Ants story. It portrays a Grasshopper who expects the world to owe him a living, while ants work to store food for winter. The piece warns against government borrowing and urges responsibility as a reckoning approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Disney
Hollywood Tribune
Portland
Oregon
Grasshopper
Drought Impacts General Business and Auto Market
The drought tops current business concerns with farmers tightening purse strings as auto sales suffer in agricultural states. Prices rise, while some signs of activity uptick appear. Forecasters warn federal relief spending could threaten continued improvement as writers urge steady advertising to sustain commerce. Band Concert Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Annalist
Community Gossip from French Grove and Peoria
A local column records visits and social activity among residents of French Grove and nearby Peoria including the Angus Moore family shopping in Galesburg, Mr and Mrs W Carter, Merlin Purcell Jr visiting in Peoria, and a birthday party for Margaret Bowman. A lightning strike damaged the Harry Reed home but caused no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Purcell Jr
Peoria
Harry Reed
Frank Carter
Edith
Clinton
Gene
Brimfield Plans Deep Well Aid For Village
Dr R B Roberts and the City Council seek relief agency help for a public well project in Brimfield to improve drinking water. A large tank supply would aid residents and enhance protection. Supervisor M R Clark outlined the plan at the Peoria office. Justus Roberts and Brockway depart for medical internships in Detroit and Rochester after schooling here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.B Roberts
Relief Agency
Brimfield
Brimwell
M. R Clark
Peoria
Oak Hill News Notes and Local Visits
Oak Hill reports residents recouping from illnesses including whooping cough and measles. Visitors from Edwards and Gatesburg drop by as Carol Johnson visits her grandmother in Peoria. A July 2 ice cream social at Oak Hill school offers 7c admission with every 7th free, plus seven program numbers. Vivian Tuckey marks her ninth birthday with a party inviting neighbors and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Vivian Tuckey
Orie
Alys
Fheo
Billy Dean Shane
Juanita
Lorene Hartley
Virginia
Betty Keatster
Bob Keiley
Peoria
Emergency Workers In War on Chinch Bugs
Emergency Relief Agency of Peoria county met with county officials to discuss a chinch bug patrol. Four relief workers began work on four farms, with pay from the government and no grocery orders for a period. Brimfield Township led by M R Clark joined the plan, and the project aims to help farmers without additional cost to the community. Band Concert Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Superviso S
Ghe
Pest
Relief Commission
Brimfield Township
M. R Clark
Funeral Rites Friday for Miss Catherine Reinhart
Miss Catherine E Reinhart passed away at the family residence early Wednesday morning June 27. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's Church Friday morning at 9 30 o'clock. Interment will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until the hour of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine E Reinhart
St. Joseph's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Plane Crash Kills Two Sunday Afternoon
Dr. T Rovert Plumer a well known Trivoli physician and John Carl Ryan a local City pilot died in a Sunday afternoon plane crash. A Waco two seater bi plane purchased months ago by the men nose dived and spun into flames from about 300 feet. Dr Plumer was removed from the wreck and died at Proctor hospital at 1 55 pm. Ryan perished in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Rovert Plumer
John Carl Ryan
Plumer
Proctor Hospital
Ryan
Dr. R. B. Plumer Passes After Short Illness
Dr. R B Plumer born July 16 1915 son of the late Dr A Plumer and Mrs Mary Plumer he was Northwestern medical graduate and practiced in Trivoli and Farmington for four years eight months ago he married Helen Cornelius of Peoria she survives with his sister and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Plumer
Mary Plumer
Northwestern University Medical Acaool
Trivoli
Farmington
Helen Cornelius
Peoria
Motter
Funeral services for John Carl Ryan at Yates City
A funeral service was held Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church in Yates City for John Carl Ryan killed in an airplane crash on Sunday. Ryan, born September 26, 1910, lived in Yates City all his life. his parents John and Lizzie Longland Ryan, former residents, survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Yates City
John Carl Ryan
Mr. Ryan
John and
Lizzie Longland Ryan
Death notice for Harry Clark from Omaha inquiry
Authorities report a letter from Omaha Nebraska stating Harry Clark age 71 has died in that city. He is believed to be a native of Brimfield area and the public is asked to provide any information. The paper apologizes for an error in last week's edition regarding a left hand column credit to Congressman Everett Dirksen from his weekly letter The Congressional Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lamb
McCullough
Kickapoo
Brimifield
Cap Chichester
George Miller
Pete McGrane
Fisher
Charleston
Chicago
Duncan
Ancel
Fred Chiheater
Clark
Moore & Son
Omaha
Nebraska
Harry Clark
Brimfield
Everett Dirksen
Congressional Front
World’s Fair Dutch Village opens in Chicago exhibit
Land of Wooden Shoes at New Fair will reproduce Dutch dikes canals and windmills in a village for the World’s Fair opening May 28. It is one of fifteen foreign villages offering a global tour in a day. The fair will feature 84 miles of free exhibits, music, fireworks, and free public spectacles with lower visitor costs than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fair
Netherlands
Chicago
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Della Cowley
Harry Hayes
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Mary M. Finnegan
Clarence Maher
Wilbert Beat
Julia Middle
Holland Learned
Union Church
Brimfield Transfer Co
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Lorene Pacey
Galesburg High School
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Macomb
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Yerda Cady
Mary Jane Welsh
Justus Roberts
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Rochester
Grant Memorial Hospital
R. B Roberts
Helen McCoy
A. C. Carmichel
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Will Smier
Don ‘Miler
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Fred Antrim
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Betty Boop
Pat Patteraton
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John Boles
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Thelma Todd
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