Local Home Bureau Meets In French Grove On June Second
French Grove unit of the Local Home Bureau meets June 2 with Mrs Miusie Lawa. The group to hear the lesson and elect officers. Roll call includes Current events. May Improve ment and Missionary Society notes from May 20 at Coe home with Mrs Annie Dimmick leading devotionals and Mrs Della Doubet singing Burleigh Little Mother of Mine. Other details include visitors, chicken pox cases, and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bureau
Miusie Lawa
W. EB. Carter
Improvement and Missionary Society
Coe
Annie Dimmick
Della Doubet
Jairy Carter
Ruth Oaken
Clara Reed
W. E. Carter
Edna Magee
New London
Iowa
Bob Hate
Winfield
Ellis Maul
Alice
Mt. Union
Edwards News Highlights Lightweight Local Folks
Local notes report social visits and family events in Edwards. Mrs. Mary Mulvaney and daughter Margaret joined Miss Mary Mulvaney of Peoria for a Sunday afternoon visit. Edwards ball team won 31 to 30 at Olin. A large crowd attended a Wednesday dance sponsored by the Edwards team. School closed May 13 with a picnic at Bradley park and a basket dinner for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Porter
Wm. Bowen Sr. Edwards
Olin
Wm. Bowen
P. Hoffman
Nora King
Ben Barr
Peoria
Edwards
Margaret Mulvaney
Nora Bing
Bradley Park
Mra
John Andrews
Joe Schmitt
Lucille Murphy
E. D. Parker
Williamsfield
Gelvin Woods
Spoon River
Grace Wolfe
Urbana
Delia Wycoff
Dave Smith
Monica
Hubert Barrett
Phylis Biederbeck
Bloomington
Frank Hanson
Memorial Services Plan To Attend Monday Plan
Plans completed for Memorial Day program to honor war dead. Brimfield Band performs 2:00 2:30 in front of Community Building, then ex service men and W R C march in. Flag presentation, songs, prayers, greetings by Post Commander, solos, and a grave decoration report followed by a procession to the cemetery. Veteran groups and school children to pass from the hall, ceremony to conclude with benediction, firing squad salute, and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield Band
W. RC
America
Harrison
Solo
Rudolph Savage
L. Donald Best
R. W. Newell
Harry Mulvaney
Legion Post
Cemetery Benefit Supper Planned for Decoration Day Costs
Cemetery Association prepares a large Decoration Day supper at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Building. Adult tickets 40 cents, children 25 cents. Menu includes baked ham or chicken dressing, potatoes, baked beans, cottage cheese, peas, pickles, bread, cake, pie and coffee.
Sunshine Makers 4 H Club Meets At Mrs McClellan Home
The Sunshine Makers 4 H Club met at Mrs C L McClellan's home on Saturday May 21 with Lucille Tucker presiding. Nine members answered roll call and Lydia Alexander spoke on fitting stockings. Work continued on undergarments, followed by half an hour of recreation. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday June 1. Club reporter Robah O Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Makers 4-H
C. L. McClellan
Lucille Tucker
Lydia Alexander
Robah O. Kellogg
Brimfield Home Bureau Meeting Set at Miles Home
Brimfield Home Bureau will meet at Mrs Earl Miles home on Thursday May 26. Roll call will be followed by a talk on short cuts in cleaning led by local leaders Mrs Rest and Mrs Noteke focusing on money time and energy spent on cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield Home Bureau
Earl Miles
Rest
Noteke
Social visit and school program reported
Mrs H Sherpherd spent Thursday afternoon at Mrs Mary Mulvaney s home where a school children program was given and enjoyed by mothers and outsiders. Mr and Mrs George White attended the Elmwood show on Wednesday evening. Mrs Grant visited her daughter Mrs John Friling Sunday near Brimfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Fields
George White
Ed Bowen
L. White
Olin
M. Lair
Elmwood
Mary Mulvaney
Margaret
Peoria
H. Sherpherd
Grant
John Friling
Brimfield
County Convention of R N A Here June 2
The Peoria County Royal Neighbor Convention meets in Brimfield at the Community Building on June 2 with sessions at 1 30 pm and 7 30 pm. Officials Mra Mary Arnholt Erna M Barthel Hada M Carl Edna Walker and Mollie E Ficht plan attendance and arrangements. The afternoon features a school of instruction and county camps present ritual work, while Arnholt Camp Brimfield will exemplify the ritual in the evening. Supper will be served by the W R N for visiting Neighbors.
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Peoria County
Brinfield
Supreme Oracle
Mary Arnholt
Erna M. Barthel
Hada M. Carlaon
Rock Island
Edna Walker
Oracle
Peoria
Mollie E. Ficht
R N
Arnholt
Brimfield
W. R
Dr Wheadon Mercer Died At 49 In Peoria Hospital
Dr Wheadon Woorley Mercer 49 a Chillicothe Illinois physician died at 1 50 pm Friday at Proctor hospital He born October 5 1882 in Waynesburg West Virginia son of Rev and Mrs James Mercer He was a Methodist pastor and once superintendent of the M E hospital in Peoria He married Katherine Giblin Survived by widow two sisters Ruth Mercer Oklahoma City and Mrs Lloyd Sampson Cheyenne Funeral held Sunday Boland Mortuary chapel Peoria burial Springdale cemetery He first studied Brimfield before his father served at the local M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheadon Woorley Mercer
Chillicothe, Il
Proctor Hospital
Doctor Mercer
Waynesburg
W. Va
James Mercer
Mercer
Methodist
Peoria
Katherine Giblin
W Dow
Ruth Mercer
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lloyd Sampson
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Boland Mortuary Chapel
Springdale Cemetery
Dr. Mercer
Brimfield
M. E Church
Plans for Childrens Day program at local church
Community event planning underway for Childrens Day on the second Sunday in June at the local church. The Church School aims to involve all area children in the program, with Howard hired to teach upper grades at Trivoli school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Trivoli
Stores announce Wednesday and Saturday night hours weekly
Notice lists Griggs Travie H R Johnson Son H O Cady Son Memler s The Home Store S H Neikirk and says the following stores will be open every Wednesday and Saturday night of each week until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs, & Travie
H.R. Johnson & Son
H. Oo. Cady & Son
Memler’s
S. H. Neikirk
Brimfield Township High to Hold 1932 Commencement
Seventeen graduates of Brimfield Township High School will graduate Friday May 2 at 8:00 PM in the Community Building. The class includes H Keith Cady president and Margaret Bowman vice president with an all clear four year course. Event features processional invocation solos salutatory and valedictory by Bowman and Cady, quartet, address by Thomas Pearman, Y M C A chorus, diploma presentations by Supt E L Coberly, and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield Township High School
H. Keith Cady
Margaret J. Bowman
Grace M. Minor
Hazel G. Bell
Eileen C. Bragg
Minnie M. Coon
Eugene C. Coyle
Dorothy J. Clesson
Mildred E. German
Paul J. Garding
Genevieve E. Maher
Murray E. Miller
Russell J. Moon
Robert L. Sdlienberger
Wilbur A Tucker
Dorothy K. Welch
Louise Whittaker
Baccalaureate Service Well Attended
A large audience gathered for the baccalaureate at Union Church last Sunday evening. Rev. R W Newell preached on using knowledge wisely, warning that wisdom, not mere facts, leads to success. Special numbers were offered by the choir and Miss Efner sang a solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
R W Newell
Ol'times
Efner
Chillicothe Wins Peoria County Meet in Chillicothe
Chillicothe easily tops the Peoria County field meet in Chillicothe last Thursday afternoon. Chillicothe scores 106 to take first, Elmwood 59 1 2 for second, Brimfield 27 1 2 third, Princeville 17 fourth, Dunlap one. New Chillicothe records in relay and 120 yard high hurdles. Brimfield highlights include Shanet winning the mile and second in the half. Lottman fifth in 220 yard low hurdles and third in 120 yard high hurdles. Blandy fifth in 100 and third in 220. Johnson second in shot put. Lottman tied for third in high jump. Rogers fifth in high jump and third in pole vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Peoria
Elmwood
Brimfield
Princeville
Dunlap
Shanet
Lottman
Blandy
Johnson
Rogers
Glasford Legion Event Highlights County Meeting
Glasford hosted a county Legion gathering, with the Peoria Post Band opening and Attorney Robert Cavanaugh of Peoria as the featured speaker. Members enjoyed a Strawberries feast, making the evening an annual favorite for exservice people and legionnaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
Glasford
Administrators Notice for James M. Luskey Estate
The Administrators James Albert Cluskey and John H. Glaskey of Peoria Illinois announce a July 4 probate court appearance in Peoria County. All claimants must attend to have claims adjusted and all debts owed to the estate paid promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert, Cluskey
John H. Glaskey
Peoria
Poppy Sale Saturday by Disabled Soldiers Fundraisers
A community drive sells poppies made by disabled soldiers in hospitals who have no other livelihood. Local girls under Helen Clark supervise the sale. If you miss Saturday, another sale will occur Monday for those who still seek a poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Clark
Executor's Notice in Peoria County Estate
Benny A Blundy executor declares before the Peoria County Probate Court at the Court House in Peoria for the August Term on the last day of August next. All persons with claims against Jane Act de Réed deceased are notified to attend for adjustment. Peoria Illinois May 23 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. €Luskey
Peoria County
Illinois
Peoria
Jane
Réed
State of Illinois
Elastic Language and Morning News Snippets
A jumble of satirical lines on language, jazz, and culture. A note on the shoe industry forming a $4,000,000 fund for advertising. A quirky aside about Mussolini’s announced policy and a garbled Larry Story vignette. The Georgia printer anecdote ends with a pun on an inheritance tax.
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Jackson Reed Jr
Ruth
Wilburta Moore
Kewan
Francis Bodius
Galesburg
Charles Powers
Frank
Ruth Moore
Ethel Duncan
Velma
Mary
Douala Thomas
Kellogg
Dorothy King
Bette
Mrs. C. Lair
Mrs. M. Lair
Carl Patton
Clarice Barr
Walter White
Luther White
Mrs. Wm. Greenfield
Bluebell Hunt
Monk
Everett
Dirksen
Pekin
The
Cemetery Association
Billie
Lim
Dr. Wheadon W. Mercer
Laura
Mrs
Wilbur Symmonds
A. T. Steele
Mae Heed
DeLong
H. E. Reed
Kalb
William Duffy
Orville King and Family
String Town
Raymond Jordan
Melvin McCoy
Girls Glee Club
Keith Cady
Thomas Pearman
Peoria Y. M. G. A
E L. Coberly
Efnor
Chillcothe
Glasford Entertains Legion
R. B. Roberts
J. E. Welsh
Brimfield, Illinois
LAW Office
W. E. Nolting
Frederick V. Arber
Todd
Morgan, Pendarvis & Arter
Central National Bank Bay
Ilinois
Walter Pacee
Bank of
Geo. W. Cluskey
Undertaker
Winzeler Undertaking
Cscorta
R. R. Claybaugee
Clyde Birkett
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis and
Arcer, Attorneys
Benny A. Blundy
Peoria, Iil
Evalyn McCowan
Peoria Conservatory of Music
Brimfield, Ii
Mussolini
Larry Story
Meee
Georgia
Lamar
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