Sycamore Chamber Aids Chief With Holiday Meals
The Chamber of Commerce helps aid unemployed men by coordinating short term jobs and donations from local businesses. Police Chief Dewey Weklund cooks breakfasts for jail sleepers while Swanson Brothers Electric, Olson & Walred, and area bakers donate essentials. Scouts repair toys for distribution to needy children as Christmas nears. The town rallying cry proclaims Let every Sycamore child have a Santa Claus this Christmas.
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Chamber of Commerce Employment Service
Sycamore
Dewey Weklund
Ed Swanson
Swanson Brothers Electric Business
Ben Olson
Olson & Walred’s
Mr. Seeley
E. J. Schuster
Chamber of Commerce
Act
Sycamore Charity Call Seeks Aid for Hungry Men
A go-between asks Sycamore residents to donate at the jail to supply daily rations for the hungry. With limited jail capacity, organizers appeal to Chief Ecklund for aid and urge the Chamber of Commerce to share charitable ideas or work for the unemployed.
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Sycamore
Ecklund
Chamber of Commerce
December Society Events Highlight Local Gatherings
The Dec 10 society column notes a pancake supper at the Methodist church and a Biks lodge supper Monday at 6 30 pm. Men Only dinner is listed for Tuesday at 6 30 pm. Elks memorial service, collaboration with DeKalb lodge, is set for tomorrow at 3 pm. Christ mas party plans by Business and Professional Woman's Club for Guild Hall Tuesday evening. Sycamore Woman's Club fine arts party Tuesday at 2 80 pm with a three episode sketch and music. Fire Chief Charles Button home ill with grippe for days.
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Elks
Sycamore Lodge
DeKalb
Guild Hall
Woman’s Club
Fine Arts
The
Sycamore Woman's Club
Sycamore High Toppers Alumni 80 23 in Openers
Sycamore high school defeated Alumni 80 to 23 in the opener at the gym while the high school lights won 26 to 18. The games were rough and not true tests, with better results anticipated after next week's Genoa matchup.
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Sycamore High School
Genoa
Sycamore Pageant The Staff of Life Ends With Standing Ovation
The Sycamore Community Center closed its pageant The Staff of Life with a Friday night show that drew a large crowd after a matinee. The production featured Chinese scenes, dances, and a woven story, setting all-time attendance records in DeKalb County and drawing letters from Canada and eastern cities.
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Sycamore
Life
DeKalb County
Canada
Chronicle Delivery Guarantee and Service Notes
Chronicle promises complete responsibility for its delivery service in Sycamore. If a subscriber misses a paper, call Mr Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420 to arrange a copy by special delivery. Complaints will be investigated and remedied. Carriers are to be paid weekly to cover bills and ensure profit.
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Me Venaip Vais Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Sycamore 420
Two pageants tell agriculture history in city visits
In 1929 and 1930 two pageants about corn and wheat drew crowds, becoming a standout storytelling effort on agriculture. The criticism credited Dr. E. Barrow and the professor of rural sociology for directing and promoting the event, predicting many would attend and enjoy the displays.
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E. B. Barrow
Five Winners In Rural Window Display Contest
Five prize winners announced for a rural window display contest judged Thursday and Friday with names withheld. Winners reflect school efforts with teachers and pupils creating art using farm products and posters, showcasing originality and teamwork across Genoa Malta Clare Cortland districts.
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Genoa
Pearl Madison
King’s Store
Grace Duval
Beckman & Wallmark
Malta
Marcella Mace
Wells Drug Store
Clare
Kelvin Saunders
Wells Store
Cortland
Evelyn Firkins
Sycamore Pharmacy
Captain Rooke to Speak at Community Center Tomorrow
Captain Dennis Rooke, soldier and flyer born in India, will recount a flight in a tiny Moth plane from England to India at the Community Center tomorrow evening. The free Stevens Lecture and Concert Courses event promises an engaging talk from a well seasoned naval and military background.
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Captain Rooke
Dennis Rooke
England
India
Germany
France
Egypt
Stevens
Community Center Association
Rooke
Wetzels and McNamara Tame Radio Interference
The Wild And Wooly Noises On Radio are Lassooed by Wetzel brothers and their radio engineer John McNamara who have developed an interference finder. Sycamore residents troubled by radio racket may get relief with the device, with cooperation from Illinois Power's Superintendent Dallas in DeKalb.
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Wetzel
John McNamara
Sycamore
Dallas
Illinois Power
DeKalb
Wetzels
McNamara
Sycamore Artist’s Painting in Chicago Exhibition
Hans Fieldseth of Sycamore has a painting selected for an exclusive Chicago show. His work is among 226 Illinois artists displayed on the Stevens Hotel third floor, with the exhibit running through December 20.
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Hans Fieldseth
Sycamore
Chicago
Illinois
Stevens Hotel
Lunch Room To Open In Holmquist Building
A new lunch room will be established in the Gates building, replacing the old candy and ice cream shop. Fixtures have been ordered and will arrive soon. Also reported are local social visits, a Sunday church service with baptism and member reception, and a 7:30 p.m. debate. Steady corn shelling continues. wheat pageant attendance closed school Thursday and Friday.
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Esmond
Donald Adee
Edith, Adee
Rockford
Nellie Gibson
Edith
R.ick. Duell
Emmet Rand
Lavona Eychaner
W. G. McKenzie
Kenneth Ohlinger
W. Rogers
Aurora
Jepp Jorgensen
Rochelle
Grandpa Udesen
Peter Larson
Lps Cn
Holmquist Place
Wart Perry
Lind- Tt
Enwood
Joe Schnee
Gates Building
Gladys Rand
Ivan
Pollard
Leonard-Parke
Holmquist Building
Northwest DeKalb Community News Bits
Northwestern DeKalb notes recap weekend visits farm banquet and church events. Wilbur Parker from Adventist College in Aurora stayed with Alfred Dresser family. Oscar Wallin attended a DeKalb farmers banquet. Swanson family hosted Thanksgiving dinner with relatives from Evanston Rockford Sycamore and Shanahan. Local pageant and missionary meetings reported.
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Northwest DeKalb
Wilbur Parker
Adventist College
Aurora
Alfred Dresser
Oscar Wallin
Innovation
DeKalb
P. M. Swanson
Arthur Swanson
Evanston
Arthur Johnson
Rockford
Ed Swanson
Sycamore
Phillip Swanson
Eunice Wailin
Shanahan
Roy
Harold Griswold
Walter Dresser
Joseph Homan
John Carlson
First Lutheran Church
Helpers Union
Elmer Harmes
Judge Fulton Returns From Indiana Today
Judge William J. Fulton expected home this afternoon after a week of sad duty at Hartford City Indiana where his late brother George Fulton lived until his death Monday evening. A German scientist says women talk more than men due to lighter vocal chords requiring less effort.
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Indiana
William J. Fulton
Hartford City
Ind
George Fulton
Valve to stop gas flow if stove pilot goes out
A safety valve has been invented to shut off the gas supply to a cooking stove if the pilot light is extinguished, preventing gas leakage and potential hazards.
Chenette Praised for Wheat Pageant Orchestra Work
Ed Chenette of this city, noted musician, earns wide praise for training a 40 piece county pageant orchestra for Sycamore. He recruited college and high school talent from De Kalb and within weeks produced a hit with thousands at the county seat. The score for the Sycamore pantomime is described as unusually difficult.
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DeKalb
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