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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1956
Page
1
The June 4 commencement for Mig& School is announced. Heavy showers are forecast. farming notes list crops with quantities including wheat butter eggs hogs and other grains. County contest declamation results mention Margaret Lackland and May Weeks placing in Bigh School. Country schools are closing.
Lex Barker appears in a free preview screening at Gatties of Chief Pontiac this Saturday night as part of the cinema schedule. The event promises a Legion of fans and a look at upcoming film offerings in town.
The Fitzgerald family extends heartfelt thanks to relatives friends neighbors and the Cherches for the kind moral offerings cards and many kindnesses shown during the passing of a loved one and during hospital stay and after returning home.
Fourteen Brimfield students competed at the State Final Music Contest for Class D schools at Bloomington's State Normal University. The group earned nineteen medals including First Place Blues and Second Place honors in cornet solo and baton twirling events, with Denise Harder, Jeannine Martzulli, Ann Bedd, and others highlighted for top finishes.
The piece applauds President Eisenhower for vetoing the farm bill calling it courageous and necessary. It argues the bill was a flawed mix that would worsen surpluses and cost taxpayers while not solving farmer problems. It urges moving funds to consumer households and endorses free enterprise and promotion over government controls.
Five Brimfield agriculture class members Larry Dengan Bolland Brena Robert Bamerick Bart Neten and James Johnaos are named as successful candidates for the title. The loss of 1956 is noted in relation to the event.
The school calendar lists events including an HA Style Show on Friday May 1 at 8 pm, an Awards Banquet, a district tournament on Monday May 14 at 4 30 pm at Princeville, an Instrumental Music Display in the HS gym on May 15, a Senior Trip May 19–23, and a School Board meeting May 21. Also noted is a final exam period May 24 with related activities and a faculty or parent meeting on May 2.
Mr and Mrs Charley Thomas visit relatives in Iowa this week. Mrs Hannah Beamer joins Mrs Lawrence Hassecloacher in Peoria. Mrs Viola Beauchamp spends weekend with Mrs Gayle Gulliatt near Ga Rose. Mrs Florence Reed of Elmwood visits Edon Purcell couple Friday and Saturday. Myrtle Rowe and Paul Kemper from Peoria dine with Mr and Mrs James Kemper. Mr and Mrs Lewis Hasselbacher of La Fayette call on Edeon Purcell Sunday.
Coach Bix Morley head basketball and track coach at Western State College will give the main address at the all awards banquet Saturday night May 12 at 6 50 in the school gym. Awards in commerce science music and agriculture will also be presented in a program described as popular. Attendees are asked to bring a service and a hot dish dessert or salad. Morley is known for his outstanding college teams and is in demand as a speaker.
The Junier Prom The Dutch Treat honoring the Senior Clans of S6 was held May 5 in the high school gymnasium at 6 30 pm. Banquet served to 100 guests by staff in Dutch costumes. Decor included blue and yellow candies a wooden shoe filled with tulips and two giant tulip tables. Centerpieces were hand painted with batches of costumes. A windmill display and crepe streamers decorated the gym. After dinner guests enjoyed punch and cognac while a short program featured toastmaster Bob Courtritzgat and Senior Class members reciting poems and tributes.
Mr and Mrs Garrett Applegate and Nyla with her mother recently visited in the Clark home. Roban Kellogg returned home after a public health assignment. Charlene Satemania completed studies at Children's Memorial in Chicago then resumed training at Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Brimfield fifth graders and teacher Mrs Georgia Shaffer joined a trip to Peoria. Tacy visited the post office and Armory while WEEK Mrs Verne Shaffer hosted guests Mr and Mrs Dave Moore of Ithaca New York. They were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dao McCoy and Mr and Mrs Joe Secu. The Shaffers anticipate a visit from Paul Schaffer of Miami, Iowa, this Thursday.
Mrs Shelton Zern News reports the death of Mrs Shelton Zern who passed away Thursday May 3. She was the wife of Brigadier General Shelton Zern of the OU and Marines, based in San Diego after retirement. One daughter survives, serving in the U S government in Germany.
The polio vaccine will be offered to children over one year and under five, and to pregnant women. Availability will depend on current and future vaccine supplies, with third-dose timing advised not before July 1, 1958.
John Strohm argues in The Reader's Digest April issue that heavy government price supports failed to help farmers. He warns surpluses, price drops, and costly policies hurt producers, urging varied, realistic farm laws and Eisenhower era reforms to balance production, consumption, and taxpayer burden.
A Sunday school event called a Wiener Roast and potluck is planned at the Maro d Cecil nome on Thursday evening, with a gathering starting around 4 o'clock. Local attendees are invited to join the social occasion hosted by the Methodist congregation.
Legion Auxiliary bulletin lists a community ad event with names and dates. Readable details indicate a local meeting moment, with emphasis on auxiliary support and cordial civic involvement.
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