Brimfield Township Notes and Farm Prices Report
In Brimfield area farming prices show Corn 40 oats 28 wheat 90 butter 32 eggs 17 hogs 650 while other figures include 65 51 135 20 17 625. A Brimfield meeting April 3 1850 elected S W Pulsipher supervisor and listed officials. Village water works bond proposal up for vote April 20. Brimfield district tourney results: Brimfield beat Yates London Mills Fairview with Catton Cady and others scoring. Robins singing as snow melted. Beth Cobb to Moody Institute Chicago for further study.
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Peoria
Kansas
Nebraska
Brimfield Township
S. W. Pulsipher
Bobt Mcormuck
Joseph Slocum
Artie Cady
Dwight Steadman
Millbrook Grange Hosts Feb Meeting and Photo Presentation
Millbrook Grange met February 22 at Bail for a pot luck supper and open meeting. Mr and Mrs C. C. Kendall of Ellwood shared travel photos of the Queen Mary voyage and European views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millbrook Grange
C. C. Kendall
Ellmwood
Pierce
Brotherhood
Rev Pierce
Millbrook
Local Social Notes from Galesburg and Nearby Areas
Laura Items and other residents hosted, visited, and travelled across Galesburg Peoria Princeville Kewanee and Indiana. Citizens Laura James Kemper Harley Reed and others hosted dinners guests and moved homes in a sequence of social updates with several family and travel mentions.
Laura The Baura PTCC Dance at School Gym
The PTCC sponsors a Saturday evening dance at Laura The Baura school gym on March 5 starting at 8 30. Both round and square dances with Loyd Doubet calling. All are invited.
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Baura Ptcc
Loyd Doubet
Red Cross Drives Milbrook Tow nship Fund Initiatives
Red Cross aims a $250 quota for Milbrook township with every family to become a Red Cross family. Neighbors can expect door to door visits from local Red Cross workers including Mesdames Bilentt Callender Claude Gorance John Manock Clar Biederbeck Everett Bucer Corliss Laisure Wallace Emerick James Kemper Carl Fai h Mabel Shane Wilbur Talor Lee Stckett S A Kelloge Victor Dean Bernard Camp and Mrs Fred Jones as chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millbrook Township
Bilentt Callender
Claude Gorance
John Manock
Clar& Biederbeck
Everett Bucer
Corliss Laisure
Wallace Emerick
James Kemper
Carl Fai'h
Mabel Shane
Wilbur Talor
Lee Stckett
S A. Kelloge
Victor Dean Bernard Camp
Clarence Biederbeck
Fred Jones
Legion Auxiliary Announces Essay Contest Winners
The Brimfield American Legion Auxiliary reveals winners of the What Freedom Means To Me essay contest. Senior division winner is Roger Higgs, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Higgs. junior division goes to Jana Mae Miar. Thirty seven essays were submitted and thanks are extended to all participants.
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Brimfield American Legion Auxiliary
Roger Higgs
Ordeat
Gerald Higgs
Jana Mae Miar
Auvilary
Grange Extends Sympathy and Well Wishes
The grange offers heartfelt sympathy to the family of Mrs Sarah Maher and mentions members Earl Maher and Nellie Packer. It expresses hope for Nellie Packer’s speedy recovery from her illness and a return to good health.
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Grange
Sarah Maher
Broner
Ainter Earl Maher
Nellie Packer
French Grove Delores Gailet Out Of School With The Mumpa
French Grove community notes Delores Gailet out of school with the mumpa. Mr and Mrs Jobo Shaffer helped the Tant on Moore family move near Galesburg Friday. The French Grove Improvement Society met at the home of Mrs Georgia Shaffer with a pot luck dinner and reports.
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Delores Gailet
Mra Jobo Shaffer
Tanton Moore
Galesburg
French Grove Improvement Society
Thurnesay
Mra
Georgia Shaffer
Moon
Lydia
Purcel
Mesdamee Leuelia Garter
Georgia Shafer
Kila Kellogg
Eleanor Assen
Robah Oakes
Mesdames Eath Shaw Verne Shaffer
Florence Reed
Beth Oakes
Mac Moore
Minnie Martzlat
Anna Learned
Gladys Hawley
Isabelie Doubet
Lucille Gaies
Mia Roletta Mottaz
Victoria Mar 24
Funeral for Mrs E M Maher in Elmwood Presbyterian Church
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Elmwood Presbyterian Church for Mrs E M Maher born January 22, 1860 in French Grove. She died Wednesday in a Peoria hospital. Surviving are two children Louella Ballard and Marl Maher, a sister Gertrude Schiota, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery with six named casket bearers.
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Mra E. M. Maher
Elmwood Presbyterian Church
Richard Chase
Mra Staher
French Grove
Richard C
Margaret Kevneravis
Edwin W. Maher
Brimfield Township
Peoria
Mra
Louella Ballard
Woodland Hills
Cait
Marl Maher
Elmwood
Gertrude Schiota
South Pasadena
Galif
Edwin Hasselbacher
Keith Morse
Martin Maher
Verr Glark
Aung
Ads Ramsay
Rascell Remmele
George Shisaler
Harold Shisaler
Griffora Waibel
Clare Arbogast
Ted Bragg
Bolland
Services for Fred Goetze Held at Bethel Luther
Funeral services for Fred Goetze, father of Wm. HH. Goerme, were conducted Monday at Bethel Lutheran in Bartonville with Rev. Frederick Range officiating. A retired farmer, Goetze served 16 years as a director of the Peoria County Service Company. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Florence Becke Mapleie and Hasel Winkler, three sons Edwardes Carl Goetze Mapleton and Jacob Osise Pekin, 10 grandchildren, including Wayne Goetze, and a Mary in Guam.
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Fred Goetze
Wm. HH. Goerme
Bethel Lutherage
Bartonville
Red Frederick Range
McGeeise
Peoria
Mra
Florence Becke
Mapleie
Hasel Winkler
Goewue
Edwardes
Carl Goetse
Mapleton
Jacob @Osise
Pekin
Wayne Goetss
Mary
Guam
D A R Awards Mariiella Cox From Ed Cox Family
The DAR selected Mariiella Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Cox for the award chosen by faculty from three finalists in the Sentor class. Joan Nauman Jean Hayes were finalists while Roger Best earned the Good Citizen award. Other candidates included Charles Cluskey and Mart Maher.
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Mariiella Cox
Ed Cox
DAR
Joan Nauman
Jean Hayes Oeing
Roger Best
Charles Cluskey
Mart Maher
School Board Petitions Now Available
Petitions for candidates seeking the Board of Education or District 369 may be secured from Charles T. Dayes, secretary of the Board. All petitions must be signed and returned by March 19, 1965. Section will be held on April 9, 1955.
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Legislative Committee
Brother Biederbeck
Board of Education
Dist
Charles T. Dayes
Brimfield 4 H Club Holds Second Meeting
Brimfield 4 H met February 26 at 2 00 PM in the high school with 22 members present. The group planned a next meeting March 17 at the third school from 7 to 9. Mothers are invited. Afterward games and refreshments were served by Betty Rae Harlan and Joanne Anton. Peggy O Toole reporting.
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Toe Brimfiela¢H
Thirh
Betty Rae Harlan
Joanne Antonacci
Galesburg Chorus Marks 10th Anniversary With New Cantata
The Galénburg Community Chorus of Galesburg plans the April premiere of Lars McKinley praised cantata Fire Kia conducted by Knox College’s Thomas W Williams. Grace Foote of Illinois sings key alto role as the chorus, founded in 1946, celebrates a decade of community choral culture. The group traces its roots to 1885 under William Bentley at Knox Conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulises Praiie
Galenberg Community Chorus
Galesburg
Uiiels
Lars McKinley
Fire Kia
Thomas W. Wallam
Department of Music
Knox College
Grace Foote
Univerrsty
Ilinoia
Galén
Community thanks for cards and visits during illness noted
Messages from Mrs ER B Roberts Irene Day and others express heartfelt gratitude for cards letters and gifts received while in the hospital. They acknowledge support from Brimfield friends relatives and the community during their illnesses and expenses.
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Carda
Settera
ER B. Roberts
Gitta
Irene Day
W.F. Barding
Camasera
Thomas Maher, Jr
Nell Carroll
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Robins
Beth Cobb
Chicago
Moody Institute Wetere
Northern Baptist ‘S Theological Seminary
Wavrnl
Weca
Ecompelica
Manual
Brimfield
Ern
Cate
Whet
Denna
Hege
Santen
Peora
Ariag'tor Théig
M@areh
Yates @by
London Mills
Fairview
Anes
Walter Mulvaney
Fie
Gale
Grimm
Casief
Arrivar
Srires
Cuba
Master Grimm
Mia Grimm
Maude Carter
Mary, Beth
Danny McKown
George Washington
Mary Beth
Kerdall
Germany
Rome
Paria
Mia Kendall
Thomas Harrison
Laura
Harley Reed
Fioman Miller
Mra Wm. Jones
Toumie
Myrtle Rowe
Paul Kemper
Wire Leonard WeBrom
Kewanee
John Albert Heffendick
Weldon Riggen
Princeville
Riggen
Misa
Permila
Mire Dan Wusts
Los Angeles
California
Mra Frank Reed
Asdeen Cheater
Famly
Millbrook Red Cross
Red Cross
Milbrook Township
Legion Auxiliary
Carrol Applegate
W. B. Clay
Tor Lars Sarat Maher
Kellogg
Susan
Indiana
E. M. Maher
D.A.R. Awards
Brmfield
Peggy O'Toole
Joseph M. Kenny M.D
Gale Avenue
Forrest Hill
Peoria Illinos
Taylor
Brimfield, Maccia
Taylor Funeral Home
D. H. Johnson
Johnson Asher
Walter Pacey
Bondi Building
Galesburg, Lliinole
BANK
Gener Bank
toSp
Richard R. Savage
Madison
Mutual Insurang
Co. W. Porter Brimfield, Dinos
General Insurance ‘Notary Public Office
Kellstedt& Young
Allstate Realty
H.T
Sam” Compton
Calliam Compton
Brim Field
Theate
Sun Mon- Tuet
Ronen
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