Memler Bros Reserve Seats for Extra Tuesday Morning
Time 2 hours 15 minutes with admission 140 and 250 cited. Memler Bros reserves seats for 100 additional attendees on Tuesday morning.
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
Time 2 hours 15 minutes with admission 140 and 250 cited. Memler Bros reserves seats for 100 additional attendees on Tuesday morning.
The proposition to form a High School District embracing 45 sections across Brimfield Jubilee and Rosefield townships won by nearly six to one with 94 in favor and 17 against. The measure keeps country schools, uses existing buildings, and allows women to vote after establishment. Millbrook approved on Monday 82 to 22 and Princeville votes May 19, with Safford and Runlap on May 20.
Miss Robah Oakee returns from Champaign to care for sister Ella Will. Alex Reed attended a lodge meeting in Peoria. Melvin Hart funeral near Laura mourned by many. Ladies Improvement Society to meet this afternoon with Mr W A Jones. Anna Oakes and Marie McCoy rode to Champaign in Oakes Cadillac to bring Ella and Hubert home. Alex Reed and family from Galesburg visited relatives. Gaara township high school vote passed 82 to 22.
A double ceremony was held Wednesday May 10 at St Marys church Kickapoo. Veronica Loecher married John A Lan dolph and Rosella Loecher married George L Cahill. Families hosted large receptions and the couples plan homes near Brimfield and Kickapoo. Both grooms are prosperous farmers.
A pome by T W Gladnill warns travelers on country roads about railroad crossings. The piece describes hearing a distant whistle and the danger of not stopping to let an engine pass. It urges readers to slow down, not race, and to avoid risking their lives near tracks.
The Methodist Church schedules Sunday services as usual except the evening. Mr. Scott invites all to Congregational church for the evening service with Mr. Countryman of Peoria. Sun day school and morning preaching proceed as usual, Epworth League meets at 6 30 led by L N Tate on Capturing the Students of China. A memorial service is planned this year at the morning service May 28, with Grand Army Post, sister churches, and village citizens invited to honor our departed soldier and sailor.
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