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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
1
Agricultural guidance urges farmers to act now against chinch bugs threatening corn as winter survival left many bugs ready to invade. Plan a four part defense including distant field layout, early corn planting, organized action, and a trap crop to concentrate pests for destruction. effect.
Beginning the trial of May Brimfield merchants and professionals to resume a Thursday noon closing schedule after May 1. The move aligns with shorter hours benefiting home gardening, house cleaning, and fishing. Firms closing at noon include H O Cady Son Overen Cafe Membr a The Home Store Joe Fuchs Exchange State Bank Neikirk Dangao Lumbex Arnold Market Parkside Cafe McGuire Shoe Shop R B Roberts N D I Bragg Brimfield News W Burder Co M Travia J E Web Ralph Harder. They will stay open Wednesday evenings during this period.
The Laura Winners 4-H club will hold its regular meeting at the home of Charles Jaques on Friday evening May 4 at 8 o'clock. The talks to be given are Rations for young pigs Chester hunts and Pointe to consider in selecting a gift by Edmund Lauber. Emma Jaques, Club Reporter.
The CCC camp will be established at Jubilee College and occupied around May 56. The program focuses on campus improvement, planting about 5000 trees, soil erosion work, tree and grass planting, and building dams where needed.
L O Schriver of Peoria spoke to about eighty men at the Elmwood Methodist Church as the All Church Men’s Club was treated to a fine chicken dinner. He urged that wealth is best measured by health, youth, good name, friends, family, character, and the ability to help others. The club plans a May meeting in Williamsfield. Attending Brimfield members included Rev. R W Newell, R N Bragg, Rudolph Savage, L F Pacey, S H Nelkirk, H R Johnson, Henry Memler, Dr W E Nolting, Dave Wagner, Dr Johnson, Lewis Cady and Harold McNay.
A town suffered a destructive spree Thursday night with broken windows at six homes and glass shattered in multiple rooms. The Cahill school east of town had lights broken, desks overturned, and a fire started on a teacher’s desk prompting repairs and school closure. A bandit car fled at 1 30 am. locals W J McCowan Dr R B Roberta Gib Mendenhall Georg Sollenberger and George Reents reported damage. Andrew Cecil’s home was missed but brickwork caused interior plaster damage.
A meeting of the library board is set for Saturday May 5 at 4 o'clock in the library. The Better Book Service for Slijness read aims to assist the state survey of public libraries started this week with twenty Civil Works Administration librarians. Miss And May Price, Springfield, notes libraries nationwide face rising demand and strained resources, as Illinois libraries endure heavy burdens from education programs and reduced funding.
Local families host visits and social calls at homes in Williamsfield area. Reed school picnic draws large turnout with fine dinner and afternoon visits. Grove school basket picnic held at the schoolhouse with attendees listed. Miss Newtson’s class notes Richard Waormauest and Jack Welch with perfect year attendance. Spelling award pupils include William Robah and Gertrude Kellogg.
Residents and guests visit relatives across towns including Mrs Lizzie Miller, Mr and Mrs Al Stingle, Mrs Mae Reed and Elmwood, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Symmonds, and Wm Reed. James Kemper and Joe Meredith attend a show in Galesburg. George Taylor house burned. preliminary contest held at the church with winners in declamatory vocal and piano.
John Bitner of Brimfield called on his brother William Friday while Wm Porter hosted a birthday for James. Jessie Porter returned home from Proctor hospital Tuesday. Roy Briggs and Elmwood family visited Harry Driakell Sunday. Lowell Penn’s family visited Mrs Frank Wick’s mother Sunday. Angersoll and Harry Wolf of Peoria called on Southport friends Sunday. Harry and John Cramer attended their sister-in-law James Bateman’s funeral in Peoria Saturday. Other notes include catfish fishing on Kickapoo Creek, letters from Kansas, and a large Oak Hill school picnic with rehire of teacher Mrs Wilkinson. An electric clock debuted at Auto Sales. William Carter is critically ill with nurse in attendance.
A Peoria couple Mr and Mrs G M McKibben celebrated their silver wedding with a Sunday family dinner inviting 25 relatives observing their 25th anniversary. The couple, married April 25, have a daughter Evelyn. Mrs McKibben was Miss Nettie Johnson of Brimfield. Others at the table included Mr and Mrs A F Morrison with daughter Arta of Princeton and several families from nearby towns.
The May issue of Tile and Tul reproduces an 1841 Brimfield Illinois letter from Sam Goodwin of Waterville New York to Curtis Cady in Charleston. It describes Godfrey's Cordial or paregoric and notes two gallons of whiskey bought for 25 cents a gallon, with the letter serving as its own sealed envelope and a 25 cent postage date written by hand.
Patrons of the Radley school district enjoyed their annual picnic at the school house last Saturday. A noon dinner and complimentary ice cream followed by children’s races and a spelling bee brought together many families including Mr. Hazel Collins and Miss Dorothy Plack who was absent due to a trip to St. Louis. The crowd list features numerous local households such as the Gibbs, Hard ing, Beall, Cornish, Clark, Ekena, Porter, Lynch, Gibbs, Pacey, and Murdoch families among others.
Spring is the season to clean up vacant lots streets and yards for health safety and better appearance Civic clubs chambers of commerce or Boy Scouts should sponsor a campaign with one leader to mobilize others Cleaning streets parks and vacant plots can yield healthy playgrounds and gardens The movement boosts fire safety by reducing rubbish and litter losses nationwide totaled nearly 1 200 000 in 1932 Encourage community beautification to save money this year
The Brimfield Board of Trustees orders drivers to refrain from using alleys after midnight. A statewide survey of 277 free public libraries and 54 association libraries aims to assess educational resources and how public libraries relate to other educational agencies. It notes about 2,000,000 residents lack library service and ten counties have no libraries. The Library Extension Division seeks data to guide a statewide library development program to equalize educational opportunities.
Brimfield High School joins six schools Princeville Chillicothe Elmwood Dunlap Glasford for the Peoria County High School Music and Literary Contest at Timber Township High School Glasford on Monday May 7. Events include vocal declamation piano and chorus with one entry per school in the first three divisions. Brimfield contestants include Kenneth Pullen in vocal Thelma DeVries piano Kathryn Talmage declamation and a Brimfield girls chorus performing Butterfly.
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