Year 1966 to Be Long Remembered
The article previews a White County Fair annual events and celebrations. Highlights include Fourth of July activities at the White County Fairgrounds with bands, speakers, barbecue, parades and a large fireworks display. The Sesquicentennial August fair features an old fashioned wheat threshing. Kiwanis Corn Day is set for October 15 with pioneer street activities and the biggest night parade in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
White County Fairgrounds
White County Fair Association
Early Teaching Experiences of Malcolm Fairchild
Miss Helen Fairchild recalls her father Malcolm Fairchild a longtime White County teacher who taught about forty years until the 1925 tornado ended his career. He taught in Enfield and country schools, walked miles to classes, and last taught at Veatch School before the storm. Three of seven children became teachers, including Reba Helen and Ruth, with a 1909 letter applying for a winter term at Enfield Public School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen FE. Fairchild
Fafield
Malcolm Fairchild
Maud Melvin
White County
Enfield
Veatch School
T Fairchild
Reba
Helen
Ruth
Accident notice listing items of a Maude Tatr case
The notice reads like an inventory from an accident notify involving Maude Tatr, Noble Grand of Springer Lodge No. 178. It includes a watch case number 875094 and a long list of item weights and sizes such as tin live hat gloves and other apparel. It mentions different identification from and is continued on page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Tatrchild
Springer
Ton Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carms
Weet
Kate Farny
Carmi
Main
Fifth Streets
John J. Trodglen
Henry
Carrie Fumphrey Speer
Gordon Dagley
Walker Funeral Home
Infield
Board of Education of Dist
Enfield Public School
Malcolm Fairchild Enfield
Springerton
UNTY
Moose Nival
Illinois
Eereere Land Agaen
Ars Noam Kembes
Demon eGeou
Eyezur
East Main Street
Little Star Laundry
Third Street Laundry
John W Kirby
Jettie Ahlf
Anna Berry
McCullough
Third Street
Third
Stewart Street
Carmi Times
Leland Robinson
Walter
Gusta) Huber
WCET
Glencoe
Gultivators
Portable Elevator Mfg. CO
Glencoe, Minn
Bloomington
Uwlinols
Massey-Ferguson
Renshaw Implement Co
NORTH
Walnut
Carmi, Illinois
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