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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
5
Brimfield Township releases a financial report detailing budget status and expenditures. Williamsfield Mass at 9 00 indicates a service led by Pastor Thomas Harrison.
The notice lists Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00 led by Pastor G Hangreaves, followed by a Memorial Day Service and an 8:60 Baccalaureate Service in the Bagl School.
The Methodist Church schedules 10:00 a.m. Sunday school led by Supt. Fred Wyman. At 1:00 p.m. worship follows, with Rev. W. W. Harrington of Topeka, Kansas delivering the morning message on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse or Present Day Events Envisioned in Light of Prophecy. G. Harold Rasmussen, Pastor.
Zion Episcopal Church holds communion at 10 30 a m on the first and third Sundays with morning prayer and a sermon at 11 00 a m.
A Lutheran sermon and reflection on spiritual indifference. The piece contrasts a Nazi officer’s curt refusal to Bible readings with America’s broader, quieter rejection of faith through complacent belief without personal salvation. It urges personal commitment to Christ over polite dismissals.
A disruptive woman berates men on a bus and a store floorwalker feigns politeness. He then apologizes and claims to always give his seat to those who fare better, defusing the scene with faux courtesy.
This weekly Washington Bureau column answers questions from veterans and servicemen and their families. Questions go to the Washington bureau and will be addressed in a future column. Replies are not sent directly by mail.
VA expansion reports 73 service connected cases awaiting admission as beds top 100 000 with six new hospitals added to the system. The Q and A section covers discharge options for underage service members deafness disability compensation rates and survivors benefits including muster-out pay bonuses and pension rights with guidance to contact the VA or American Legion and Red Cross for details.
Livestock specialists report a new chemical dehorner using antimony trichloride and salicylic acid. The escharotic solution causes less pain, does not draw tissue fluid, dries quickly, and forms a durable film over the horn button. When the eschar sloughs, the horn comes out with it.
An old farmer must watch minutes and seconds to work during brief good weather. Mechanical power that completes field work in the limited time can determine whether crops profit or fail.
Veterans urged to choose farm land carefully with long term profitability in mind. Analysts warn high prices may not hold as wartime gains fade, advising against excessive borrowing and to keep liquid assets like savings bonds as a cushion against future income drops.
National Wildlife Federation warns that high taxes unfair mortgages and heavy debts block proper land use. It urges government action to raise farmers’ financial returns and relieve poverty before erosion problems are solved.
An eastern hunter recalls fishing stories with an Indian guide who responds briefly. On returning the next year the guide greets him on the platform with a single word fried.
Refund Wanted Tompkins was collecting donations when a woman hurried in dropped a coin on the plate then returned to grab it. Tompkins stopped her and asked why she took the coin after giving. The woman replied she was in the wrong church.
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