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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
2
The Exchange State Bank will operate on Standard Time through the summer months. A series of local notices mention events from Millbrook to Wyoming, including births at St Francis and Methodist hospitals, a hake sale, and a lightning strike devastating a farm barn while livestock survived.
Report notes district convention set for Thursday June 5 in Wenona with officer elections and reports. Veterans hospital workers seek three large shirts and used clothes. eye class frames requested. Poppy Day is May 24 with volunteers collecting for disabled veterans and families. Brimfield unit aims to sell 500 poppies to aid veterans and orphans.
May 18 picnic at Lake Storey chosen by Sophomore class with teacher invitation and one guest per student. Gara to provide transportation, each student brings a dish. School closes May 27 to compensate two days lost to bad road conditions. FAA Chapter officers named for next year. Baccalaureate May 18, grade school graduation May 21, high school graduation May 23. All times Central Daylight Saving Time.
St Josephs Church schedules Sunday masses at 7 30 and 10 30 and weekday mass at 8 00 with Holy Days at 6 00 and 8 00. Williamsfield mass is at 9 00. Father Thomas C Harrison is pastor with Church School at 10 00 am. Henrietta Memier is Sunday superintendent with 11 00 am morning worship and Pilgrim Fellowship Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30 pm. The Wans Agitation meets Thursday in the church basement. State conference in Galesburg alters meeting date. Mexican luncheon served at 12 30 with Mexican artifacts exhibit and voluntary donations. Mothers Lesson Led by Mrs Kenneth Hamilton after luncheon. Devotions by Mrs Geo Wagoner. Recreation hosted by Mrs Chalmer Catton. Hostesses listed. Parsonage phone number 3461.
Howard G. Welch, Pastor publicizes Sunday School at 9.30 and Divine Worship at 10.30. Tuesday 8pm Christian Doctrine Class and Saturday 9am Confirmation Class. Brimfield 2611 contact number included.
Sunday 9 30 a m worship service preached by Rev A L Steinfeldt and 10 30 a m Sunday School led by John Kosjlius Brimfield 1070 a m Sunday School Sunday 1 0am worship service WSCS meets Thursday March 1541230 DST with Mrs fetage and Trenchler hosting program featuring Mabel Gina and others in a local church notice.
A mixed page announces for sale items including motor acopter Gall 3597 and Holmes hybrid seed corn by Lester Kingdon, a Brimfield building jet, registered Curoe fall boars for Brucellosis accreditation, and seed beama options from Tsotox 25 treater. Also notes Hawkeye seed varieties, grubworm protection, Pathfinder Magazine promotions, and Brimfield township tax book dates May 13 20 27 with Elsie Muey as collector.
For sale items include a 6 quart electric churn a 3 gallon churn and a water separator Mrs HP Tully also a 30x12 foot rug in excellent condition priced reasonably Mr Oscar Harding contact 2161 SHARP SAW SERVICE offers pickup at Carsons Brimfield Kalb Brimfield 2873 One of the best building sites in Brimfield nicely located with food drainage M R Clark also septic tank cleaning by Otto ceaspools and outside vaults New ones built Modern equipment Enquire at News office More farmers plant Pioneer each year for larger yields Call Roy Emerick Son Route 1 Elmwood Illinois 662
A fragment describes leaving a radio at Johnson Archer store in Brimfield or at the Elmwood location for repair. It mentions a former WWXL radio engineer trained and equipped to repair radios.
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