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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
5
Courtesy to the Stars and Stripes notes the rising prominence of the American flag during wartime. The article pictures demonstrations of proper display and behavior, listing dos and don’ts in preparation for the Fourth of July.
A reader condemns desecration of a flag as a speaker’s tablecloth and as a car hood decoration, urging proper respect during parades. The note criticizes repeated disrespectful displays and echoes a call to avoid such behavior, referencing a dance scene and urging decorum.
St Josephs Church holds Masses every Sunday at 7 30. Another Mass at 10230 is noted. Father Thomas Garrison serves as pastor. Williamsfield hosts a 9 00 a m service each Sunday.
Union announces 10:00 a m Sunday School with Earl Scott as new superintendent. 11:00 a m Worship service highlights Children's Day on Sunday July 9. Committee chair is Mrs Tom Culley with program planning. Pastor Hargreaves presides.
Methodist Church holds Sunday school at 10:00 and church services begin at 10:45. Ghas E Danlevy is the pastor.
A church notice outlines a 9:30 a.m. Lutheran service with a 10:00 a.m. Lord's Supper and reads on discipline for armed forces personnel. It stresses self discipline, Christian virtues as fruits of faith, and that grace enables self control. Denry Fraud, Pastor.
A Sunday lesson in all Churches of Christ Scientist centered on the Bible passages John 14 and Isaiah 2 and the Christian Science text Science and Health. The citations emphasize belief in Jesus as guide, the Comforter, and the healing power of divine Principle through Truth in sickness and sin.
A sprawling list of local happenings details Dr. R B Roberts clinic closure, Mr and Mrs Blundy visiting relatives, Cpl Joseph Carroll on furlough, and A Legion charter for Brimfield. Includes church recognitions, school and university ties, and a curious tale of an owl disturbing a brood.
Diverse small ads list items for sale including a fresh cow with calf a metal ice box 150 lb a 20 acre alfalfa cut a kitchen range and a purebred Hampshire mate hog Also housing rental a 5 room house and storm building and a job call for help wanted to pull tassels starting mid July with contact details including Oak Hull Brimfield Elmwood and Elmwood Illinois and names Hartley Caxes Barne tt Maher Porter and Shiessen Bro
Laura Merrymakers 4 H club met June 16 at Mrs Walter Smiths with thirteen members and six guests. They set Laura church as venue for the local 4 H achievement program and appointed Ruth Jaques to arrange transportation to Peoria on June 27. The group split into two segments for a program including demonstrations on pastenings pressing muffins cottage cheese use and more with multiple members contributing poems piano solos and a scrapbook talk.
A man bitten by a dog develops hydrophobia after doctors determine no serum can save him. The dog’s newborns prompt grim talk as the man, facing death, writes a list of people he plans to bite, while physicians try to comfort him.
A skit-like exchange shows a teacher quizzing students about ages and homework while a painter and doctor metaphor contrasts mistakes and consequences. The dialogue hints at finances and confidence in lending money amid casual conversations.
A playful exchange between Harry and Jerry about speaking before an audience. They note Harry’s polished delivery, while Jerry remarks the audience perspective shifts as the talk unfolds. The dialogue captures humor about performance and perception in public speaking.
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