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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
5
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday Worship at 9 30 a m with public worship and Sunday School at 10 30 a m. A cordial welcome is extended by Pastor Henry Traub and Pastor Thomas Spencer to all attendees.
St Josephs Church lists Sunday masses at 7:30 and 9:30 AM. Weekday mass is scheduled for 7:30 AM.
The Union Church holds Sunday School at 10 and Morning Worship at 11. The Boy Scouts meet Thursday evening in the Community Building. Pastor R W Newell is listed.
Sunday services in Christian Science churches focused on the theme Soul and Body. The Golden Text from First Thessalonians speaks of sanctification and preservation of spirit soul and body for the coming of Christ. Bible selections from Psalms 63 and a passage from Science and Health discuss the nature of soul and the harmony of being beyond material sense.
A list of local firms will close their doors at 12 noon each Thursday after May 1 until further notice. Participating businesses include H. O. Cady & Son Overen's Cafe Member's The Home Store Joe Fuchs Exchange State Bank 8. H. Neikirk Dungan Lumber Arnold Market Parkside Cafe McGuire Shoe Shop R.B. Roberts M. D. I. Bragg Brimfield News J. W. Hurder C. M. Travis J. E. Welsh M. D. Ralph Hurder. During this period they will stay open on Wednesday evenings.
The C. D. of A. holds meetings in the Community Building club room on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. Sara Reed serves as Regent and Nellie Carroll as Historian.
The M. W. A. Corp No. 847 meets at the club room of the Community Building every other Tuesday evening. V C., Rudolph Savage, H. B. Bowman, Clerk.
Royal Neighbors Camp No 203 meets on the first and third Wednesday afternoons each month in the Community Building. Oracle Eva Clark and Recorder Carrie Arber are listed.
The WRC holds meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons each month at Cady's hall. President Stella Kelley and Secretary Alma Ellis are noted officials.
May honors list shows multiple students across grades 1st to 8th achieving averages of 90 percent or above. Names include Donald Hayes, Thomas Day, Curtis Reents, Earlene Reinhart, Gale Foster, Gwyneth Dungan, Frederick Johnson, Stanley Cady, Charles Carson, Betty Carson, Robert Dungan, Bernard Statler, Jack Webb, Bloise Savage, Beatrice McCartney, Jeane Collins, Barbara Riggs, Ruth Carson, Richard Savage, Willis Kingdon, Dale Catton, Bertha Reinhart, Roger Nichol, Wallace Overend, Jacqueline Riggs, and others. Yearly 90 percent averages also listed for many of these students.
A report from the U S department of Agriculture estimates that only 18 Illinois counties will receive more from wheat crop reductions than they pay in processing tax. The statewide tax burden totals 9 144 594 with farmers netting 1 732 344. Peoria county pays 169 912 80 in tax but gains 9 693. Winnebago county pays 140 817 60 and gets back 360.
The piece highlights a columnist who crafts illustrated feature articles on American history with lesser known chapters and side lights on nation building. History remains his specialty, but he also covers science literature and current topics, valued by teachers for classroom use and readers for entertainment.
The passage contemplates beauty as a universal realm and asserts that clear perception plus energetic action grant power over the world. It warns that wisdom must be shaped by knowledge through long effort, noting civilization survives only via personal longevity and tradition rather than mere reproduction.
A New York hospital patient recounts visiting a friend who just returned to town. The patient says he has been in six hospitals in a week, sparking a wry exchange about booking and misfortune in travel.
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