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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
1
On A K Ware farm Art Moore narrowly escaped danger when an old coal room caved in beneath as he harrowed the field. The incident occurred amid ongoing corn planting with many fields showing green rows and plans to start corn plowing next week.
Laura Winners 4-H met May 1 at Ruth Ann Oakes home with 13 members. D chie Noland ordered the meeting. Ward Harding reviewed records and tasks were assigned on calf burning pig feeding chicken care and garden powders. Dick Harding read Casey's Revenge poem. meeting adjourned. Reporter Dorothy Kellogg. The Lana Merry Makers 4-H met May 6 at Ruth Ann Oakes home with 13 members and guests. Treasurer Adna May Nolana reported over 33 dollars in bank. Ruth Ann Oakes elected federation delegate. Foods girls spoke on why milk is good food and batters and doughs. Page 5 continued.
The Brimfield Cemetery Association requests contributions this month due to gas and tire shortages avoiding house calls. Volunteers will solicit within the village, or donations may be given to treasurer D. H Johnson or Mrs Chalmer Forney. Funds aim to fund main drives with crushed rock and a decorative entrance. a fence may be removed for improved access. Local residents urged to dig deeper this year and distant supporters to send cash to offset volunteers' time and travel. Also notes Miss Maude Freeman of Chicago visiting, and Cpl Carl J Ayers stationed at Overseas Replacement Depot in Utah with wife in Rolla Missouri. he has served since May 12, 1942 in the Army Air Forces.
Official public record shows the March 30 1941 condition of Exchange State Bank Brimfield Illinois with cash deposits assets and liabilities detailed by category. Names Chas Clinch Ira Martin Benny and D H Johnson appear in the notarized statement sworn April 8 1944.
Laura area social notes list residents visiting relatives and local hospital stays. Names include Viola Beauchamp Edith Emery Ilene Miller Duffy Strickland Wycoff Ogle Taylor Leach Cornelius Webster Webster Kemper Leng Koeer Henback Barrett Greta Smiths and many others across Toulon Elmwood Peoria Williamsfield Monica Princeville Galesburg Springfield Jacksonville and Durham NC.
The Radley School diary party ended the year with a basket dinner at one o'clock Sunday May 7 attended by about eighty people. Mrs Gladys Aall teaches. Pupils performed chorus and speeches in the afternoon. Races with prizes followed and all ages enjoyed ice cream and cake. Secretary-treasurer Mires Alice Clark notes the district club plans another similar event next year.
Pvt John OToole returns from Camp Croft to visit his wife and children in town. Mr Hargreaves attends Centennial Meetings in Galesburg from Monday to Wednesday. Russell Moon on boot leave from Great Lakes visits wife and parents Mr and Mrs Boace Biocon. Martin E Reinhart spends a pleasant Tuesday afternoon with three cousins named John Henry and Utto Reinhart visiting from Pesatum Indiana.
French Grove residents join family and friends at Laura for the eighth grade graduation exercises. Mr and Mrs Archie Todd of Kansas City visited Mr and Mrs H L Reed during the afternoon. Archie discussed his move to manhood while chatting with Harry. S A Kellogg William and Dorothy joined Centennial meeting in Galesburg with Gol Kellogg, then later visited Kellogg relatives at the three day conference. A concert is planned at Union Church Sunday afternoon.
Brimfield High School has been recognized by the Northwestern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges for the current year. This accreditation means graduates will be admitted to colleges and universities without entrance examinations.
On May 3 Brimfield high school welcomed twenty nine eighth graders from Brimfield Grade School and nearby rural schools. The program gave a glimpse of high school life, covering requirements, campus tours, and freshman, algebra, and English classes. A noon box lunch ran by home economics followed a talk on alcohol and social issues by a Youth Citizenship Movement representative.
George Corney born December 28 1867 in Barnstaple England died May 1 1944 at Brimfield Illinois at age 76 after years of farming life in Illinois He became a citizen March 31 1899 married May Alice Weatherwax March 24 1903 and had six children Walter Nancy Willis Charlotte Emly Elmer Donald One grandchild sister Emily England brother Herbert England funeral May 3 with burial in Brimfield cemetery and a long list of attending relatives and friends We extend thanks from May Corney and family.
The paper announces a weekly column by Ernie Pyte Pyle, the American war correspondent and 1943 Pulitzer Prize winner for distinguished correspondence. Pyte will skip official briefings to share frontline impressions, daily life, meals, morale, personalities, and readers’ questions from the boys at the front.
Fred Trowbridge died suddenly from a blood clot Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock in Graham hospital Canton after an appendicitis operation Saturday. He farmed near Farmington and had lived in Elmwood and Maqnon areas. Survived by wife Frances Slayton, two children, parents Loren and Mrs. Trowbridge of Elmwood, sisters Mabel Shaw Peoria and Ann Brown Brigside, brother Cecil Trowbridge Peoria. Several services set for 2 pm today May 11 at Patterson Funeral Home.
May 18 and 19 are the dates for final examinations. Seniors juniors and faculty to meet May 16 in the Jefferson Hotel French Room for the Junior Seniors banquet with patriotic decorations. Program includes welcome by Fred Johnson and response by James Schmitt a vocal solo by Robah Wycoff and a speech by Mr Watts Miss Wilma Warner district supervisor for vocational home economies visited Brimfield high school Monday morning.
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