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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1924
Page
2
Williamsville prepares for a high school basketball clash at the gym Friday night. The game features two brothers coaching rival Williamsville teams in a downstate spotlight, drawing fan interest as Christmas break nears and players stay sharp in daily practice.
Waltonians plan Monday gathering at the council rooms to select a nominating committee and slate delegates to the state convention in Streator next year. The Sycamore chapter expects many members to attend as delegates and a program for the annual meeting is being formed with details arriving soon.
Notices announce the Chamber of Commerce meeting for January eighth to be held in the Universalist church. Members are urged to bring wives or lady friends. The January session will be the first regular meeting under President S. M. following Mr Mott’s resignation for a Minneapolis position with a farm implement concern.
Gash Poust and Frank Moudrey reported back from the Illinois State’s Attorneys Association two day convention at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago. Poust was elected vice president for the coming year and spoke on recent Illinois Supreme Court criminal decisions.
The session focused on enforcing state laws and was deemed one of the most important in the history of the association, highlighting key aims and reforms.
Reports say the charity dance at Pierce Hall by the Womans Club was a great success with many attendees. Bailey's orchestra drew Sycamore dancers as tickets sold well in advance and many neighbors joined the event to support the yearlong charity effort.
Friends report Mrs N E Spicer shows steady improvement after a kitchen fall injuring her shoulder blade and arm. She has been homebound for several weeks but is now able to accept invitations to visit friends and may travel to hear city news.
Luther League plans a wake service tonight at Salem Lutheran Church after the eight o'clock program. An oyster supper will be served after the service and a midnight prayer will close the observance.
A young man from Lee obtained a marriage license at the clerk's office. Dorothy J. Ahlberg of Malta is involved in the record and the event details reflect a formal licensing process.
Word from the Spicker family mother states rose bushes were planted on Christmas day. Drs. S. C. and J. A. Spickerman report their mother and sister are wintering in California and note such news lifts their spirits during cold spells.
The new firm will occupy the East Lincoln Highway residence on the same property as greenhouses and be led by Glen W Reynolds. Reynolds, known as a shrewd street figure, gains local support as Harold Wahlquist from Chicago will head design work. Wahlquist, formerly with Schitler Floral in Chicago, brings hotel and wedding decorating experience and returns to DeKalb among friends.
Roll o Mr and Mrs D N Cory and Mrs J W Cory spend Christmas day at the Rowley home in Lockport. Mrs Newman and daughter Rose Mery visit Roy Benson home. Leon Foiles and Blanche Wixom visit H H Bullis home. Wixom, Gertrude and Belva Mendota shop Saturday. Nets Peterson family spend Christmas at Dooling home Bartville. Powell Simmons visits Margaret McCleare home north of Sandwich. David Rice runs screaming through a hotel lobby. detective pursues and learns Rice burned his nose with a lit cigarette.
The American Legion and Woman's Auxiliary held a joint installation with Thornton installed as post commander, Alvin Lenz as vice commander, Py Lundberg as adjutant, and officers to be named later. Auxiliary officers were sworn in by J L Johnson, with Latimer, Trebbe, Heagrs, Talbot, Gray, Taylor, Wing among inductees. Past President Cora Siex received gifts. remarks by Rev L L Hammitt and Commander C P D Thornton closed the event. The gathering included a substantial luncheon and a nod to future work for 1925. A side note mentions boxing champion Curly Muldoon’s knockout and a banquet invitation mishap.
Esmond W H Asneitora attended the timber land sale at Byron on Saturday. Creston resident Ray Wooley was calling on friends Saturday. James M’Allister visited Rockford friends then returned Friday. Various local families shared Christmas dinners and holiday visits amid illnesses including mumps. More than 1000 of Liverpool’s 1380 registered money lenders are women.
Announcement by L. L. Lyon of the DeKalb County Poultry Association says a meeting will be held Friday evening in city hall. Exhibitors urged to submit entries to Lewis Carbaugh promptly to ensure proper number of cups. A Hawaiian proverb about the world being made from a gourd ends the piece.
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