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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
4
Community tidbits report a poor stand of eleAverel? elements, with social visits across Ottawa Greenboro Joliet and Yates City. Millbrook Township approves 139 to 92 bonds for a $50 000 road program while local dinners and Grange meetings fill the week.
Patsy Aon Johnson thanks friends neighbors and relatives for cards letters and gifts that have aided recovery and eased fatigue during convalescence.
Srimfeld parish announces Sunday Masses at 7 30 and 4 30. Weekday Mass at 3 00. Days Masses at 6 00 and 8 00. Williamsfield Mass at 9 00. Father Thomas C Garrison is pastor.
Union 10:00 Sunday School Genrietta Member Sept 11 00 The Morning Worship Sermon theme Family Life Special Mothers Day activity by Junior Choir Woman's Association meets May 13 at 2 30 pm with Mrs Kenneth Hamilton Guests Mesdames Robert Wasson Bert Robertson Francis Vale Floyd Porter Program chairman Mrs Lawrence Jones Devotional teacher Mrs Bert Siocum and Sirs H P Tully in Charge of social hour Roll call A mother's thought CG Bargreaves Pastor.
Worship at Laura Methodist Church at 9 30 a m with Sunday School immediately after. Supt Paul E Noland Brimfield Burch SS S Supt Mesa Fred Wyman Sunday School at 10 00 a m Worship Service 1 00 p m If you are not attending services anywhere you are invited to come here.
Notice notes a church event from 1845 with a sermon at 4 60 p m on the first and third Sunday of the month. It references Bev Dow Heermans as vicar.
The notice states there will be Sunday school and church service as usual on Sunday. No other details or events are provided.
The bulletin shows prices corrected every Wednesday with confirmations pending for several commodities. Corn rose to 218 percent, oats to 109 percent, beans to 383 percent while soybean and other items show smaller changes. Prices reflect market shifts for the week.
A seedy mix of classified ads lists for sale items such as a Majestic cook stove and a Lincoln and Richland soybean seed, plus requests for roof work, garden plowing, and farm seeds. Also included are notices of lost cattle, horses for sale, seed corn, and local business contact details across Brimfield, Elmwood, and nearby towns.
Velde Johnson the Jab Lee township tax collector will begin collecting immediately. He will be at Yale's Store Saturday afternoon and evening until further notice. Susan E. Camp, collector for Beanfield township, will collect at Earson's Market until June 6. Lydia Purcell, collector, will collect Millbrook township taxes at the Laura Strate Bank on weekdays through June 6.
Notice to all persons that June 7 1948 is the claim date in the estate of Neva I Fornev deceased pending in the Probate Court of Peoria County Illinois. Claims may be filed on or before the date without issuance of summons. Chalmer D Forney Executor Archer Swain and Johnson Attorneys Peoria Illinois
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