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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
1
Sunday Masses at 7 30 and 10 30. Weekday Mass 8 00. Holy Days 6 00 and 8 00. Williamsfield Mass at 9 00. Father Thomas G Garrison, Pastor.
A Sunday schedule lists morning service at 11:00 with an Overseas Relief offering. A 2:00 Young People's Class is noted for membership. Midweek Lent devotion on Wednesday at 7:30. Pancake Supper March 26, 5 to 8 pm in Legion Hall. Broadcast of The ONS Great Mour program at 9:00 pm on major networks.
The Methodist Church schedules worship at 9 30 a m and again after Sunday school. Supt Paul B Noland leads the Brimpeecd Church service. A bake sale and food sale will be held at Wood's Store on April 9 from 2 30 to 4 00 p m with donations requested. Harper is the pastor.
Luther an church calendar lists 9:00 Confirmation Class 9:30 Sunday School and 10:16 Church Service led by Pastor Walter Obermeyer with service and teaching duties noted.
Plans for the second Annual Greater Peoria Home Show run April 3 to 16 at the Peoria Armor. The event features clinics on homemaking and meat cutting, afternoon and evening entertainment by national radio and theatre acts, and a large 80 booth layout with live demonstrations in painting decorating electrical plastering carpentry and masonry. Joan Jaeger a noted plaster craftsman will headline a trades exhibit and a $50 000 fully equipped kitchen display along with automatic washer and a talking range will be shown.
Mr and Mrs Ewalt hosted Absent Minded Card club members and spouses to honor the 93d birthday of Mr Wm Vogelsang born March 20, 1856. A 4:30 luncheon and large cake followed a 500 celebration at Ewalt Recreation parlors in Peoria with four generations present and best wishes for many more.
The American Meat Institute highlights how packer costs, by products, and shrinkage affect beef prices from steer to steak. It notes only a fraction of live weight becomes retail steak and explains the price structure driven by supply and demand amid recent price drops.
Frank Slayton arrived home Saturday from the sunny South with Ed Schulthes. He split his time between Tucson Arizona Brownsville Texas and Palm Beach Florida.
The Legion Auxiliary will meet this afternoon on March 24 at 2 o'clock. Members are urged to attend.
Citizens are ordered by the Police Committee to keep degs tied and dogs from running loose as stray pickups begin Monday March 7. The measure aims to remove strays and ensure public safety.
The exhibit features two show houses with interior and exterior views and miniature landscaping. More than 23,000 people from Peoria and nearby areas visited last year to see the latest home furnishings landscaping and planning developments produced with local merchant realtor and contractor cooperation.
Mrs Clyde Carter reports Mrs Fairy Carter ill at her Elmwood home. Ralph Carter and Eleanor Moore were recent callers after B Clark home. The French Grove Improvement Society meets Thursday at Mira Marilia Stickel home. Kellogg reports 33438 dollars collected to date in Millbrook township for the Rea rons. WL Oakes attended the Sinon Polley Shorthorn show and sale at Normal. W E Garter attended the Shorthorn sale at Abingdon. They consigned 3 head in the sale. W B Clark and John Shaffer attended a Presbytery meeting at Arcadia church in Peoria Sunday evening. We are sorry to report Mrs F M Oakes is quite ill. Loren Oakes flew from New York to be with their parents with Dr Harold Quakes from Los Angeles.
The Laura eighth grade hosts a bake sale on March 26 at 2:30 at the Laura elevator. Donations welcome. Items include cake pies and cookies. Organized by Connie Smith Raymond Morrissey and Dorothy Barrett.
The writer questions why people dump junk along roadsides and hedges after cleaning up their own property. They note farmers grant permission to place trash to curb erosion but insist it does not improve the area’s appearance or the community’s looks.
The April meeting of the Home Bureau will be held at Mrs Stanley Soper’s residence on April 2. An all day event starts at 9:30 AM with a pot luck. Morning session features Mrs Endrea presenting on care and repair of furniture, a topic omitted in February. The afternoon covers Our Responsibility to Children and a table centerpiece lesson. Members should bring a centerpiece for display.
The Union Cherie ladies sponsor a pancake supper at the Legion hall inviting all. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults. Gratitude is expressed to contributors, patrons, and workers aiding the church building fund and to the selling committee led by Rev. Thomas C. Harrison.
Laura Items Miss Ilene Muller of Peoria spent the weekend with home folks. Wayne Bachman of Washburn visited the Kalb home. Norman Decker and dinner guests in the Frea Jenea home. Bart Meacham and son of Ganton were Sunday dinner guests. Leura WSCS baked ham supper planned for March 29 at 2 00 PM. Multiple residents and relatives from Abingdon, Brimfield, Fort Knox, and Laura attend visits, shop, and community events. A Golden Circle Sunday School class hosted Reverend Sarper, and showers and donations were organized for Laura area churches and auctions at Hart's Hall.
Funeral services for Edward G Flynn are held at St Marys Sharch Kickapey at 9 30 this morning March 24 conducted by Father Meg. Rosary recited at Johnson Funeral Home Wednesday at eight. He died March 21 at his sister Mrs Manchester Doubet in Peoria after heart illness. He was a longtime Jol Jubilee township road commissioner. Born 1901 in Wyoming St Bee, son of Bernard and Mary Flynn. Surviving mother Mrs Flynn of Brimfield and several siblings. Burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Four Brimfield High School students head to the District Music contest in Farmington on March 26. Darlene Fussper with Mr Bushman will sing. Mary Ann Mulvaney with Mrs Sisney plays the Third Movement from the Violin Concerto in B Minor for the marimba solo. John Best as French horn soloist will play Andante Cantabile from the Fifth Symphony, Jim Mulvaney will sing The Song of the Vagabond accompanied by Mr Bushman. Division I winners advance to the State finals on April 29-30 at Macomb oranton.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Fisher and Roger Metamera hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Charlea Ekena. Afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs Bert McListener of Macknaw, Mr and Mrs Arthur Ekena and boys, Mr and Mrs Clarence Ekena and Virginia, Mr and Mrs Cecil Miller and boys, Mr and Mrs Wilbert Phillips, Jane and Russell of Peoria.
Cast completed for the junior class production And Mary Did a farce by Lawrence Orcester. Emma Stigall in charge of production with Walter H Baker Co. readies Apr 21 performance at 3 o clock. Tickets available from junior class members.
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