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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1923
Page
2
The Chronicle is represented in Sycamore by Gilbert Nelson of 512 Washington Place who will take orders for delivery. Subscribers not receiving the paper regularly should notify Gilbert at telephone R 772.
R H Moss field man from state headquarters will visit Sycamore to boost Chamber of Commerce membership and establish a paid secretary. Goal is 240 members and a $6,000 annual budget. current 150 members. Moss to stay about ten days, meetings set at Elks Club to coordinate with local directors and a special committee.
Prize prizes for the Scouts who sold the most tickets at the recent movie show will be awarded at tonight's meeting. Estimates put the total around 125 dollars, though not definite. Verne Wetzel says the Scouts went after the effort, selling several hundred tickets to help cover summer camp expenses.
Members of the Lutheran Brotherhood will hold their regular monthly meeting in the church parlors next Thursday night. A luncheon will be served after the program, and organizers expect a large attendance from the community.
Beveridge Amsden Players opened in a new town to great favor with standing room only on West State street. They will tour Sycamore for a week with nightly changing bills including The Girl He Vied and The Whirlpool, plus Spooks and Ole and His Sweetheart.
Mystic Workers prepare a class of 20 candidates for initiation. Director John Rordon of Morrison will attend and participate. Mrs Chita Cookson of Sterling is also expected. Besides routine business a banquet will follow the ceremony.
Workmen report steady progress on the new Methodist church addition. Side walls rise nearly ten feet high as the contract organization aims to complete the construction by the agreed time.
Committee members plan to handle concession stands and picnic duties at Electric Park for July 4. Fireworks team seeks equipment. meeting to arrange offers. Commander Mondrey predicts record crowds and a large turnout on Independence Day.
Memorial exercises for the I O O F lodge will be held Sunday in this city and Helm Wood Cemetery Lorres TB Gore, grand patriarch of the state, will deliver the main address. The Woodstock National hand lag is secured for delegates from across the district. Mr Gare to give the cemetery address.
Karl Werzel, president of the Walton League, announced a National President William Ts letter for Dily arrival to deliver an address at Canghe National church. Ticket sale has reached 275 paid, 50 remaining held for owners to report to the secretary soon. Great preparations are underway to make the day a gala event of the year. SYCA Saturday Night club to continue dances at Woodaurn hall, Electric Park opening next Saturday with city members inviting friends.
Sheriff E. KB Crawford and the party Brown with families spent last evening in DeKalb for the carnival. Miss Gertrude Organda and others visit Chicago for business and shopping. Miss Mary Boynton returns home for vacation from the university campaign and hosts school friends. Several locals travel, work changes noted, and a dancing party planned for the Eastern Star hall tonight.
Reports attribute involvement and actions to Reverend Pry Miller of St Marys Church in this city with unclear details and fragmented phrasing. The terse note signals possible church related matter needing verification.
Hospital to receive new equipment soon as ordered items including a motorized device and a battery powered component arrive within the next week. The plan includes several accessories and attachments for the new electric machinery.
A benevolent donor from Sycamore has contributed a sum toward repairing and upgrading a room in the hospital. The project includes installing several new windows and arranging teams to make the space more comfortable and pleasant for patients and staff.
Odd Fellows district meeting in Lindenwood outlines a family picnic for members wives and children with DeKalb Sycamore Genoa Lindenwood lodges hosting. The session covered conferring of the first degree by Sycamore lodge and other routine lodge affairs. A good crowd from the area attended.
Sheriff Albert Reece of Esmond delivered Reece to Joliet yesterday after Reece was sentenced by Judge C F Irwin to the state penitentiary for arson fraud. Reece is to begin his commitment today as ordered by Sheriff Edwin E Crawford in the related proceedings.
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