Sycamore Municipal Park Swim Meet Planned Sunday
Announcement notes a 1:30 p.m. Sunday swimming meet at Sycamore Municipal Park inviting community attendance. Prizes will be merchandise from local merchants. Events include senior boys 14 and older in several 30 yard strokes and dives, a 9 to 14 novelty race, and a junior boys contest. The Sycamore Municipal Pack Swimming Club recently formed with 22 members and officers. The club aims to compete with St. Charles Elgin Aurora and Sterling and trains a girls team. Continued preparation for future meets and a Chicago Marathon trip are planned.
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Sycamore Municipal Park
Merchar
Sycamore Municipal Pack Swimming Club
McAllister Memorial
Margaret Marr
Helen Wetzel
Evelyn Peterson
D. Rogers
Mervi Doty
Randy Langlois
Hub Hampson
Orville Clutterham
St. Charles
Elgin
Aurora
Sterling
Berzel Hesterman
Lon
Chicago
Homecoming Sunday in Marsh's Park at Sycamore
Sycamore residents and former residents gather for the annual Homecoming in Marsh's Park. Free coffee and lemonade provided. picnic dinners welcome. Last year about 200 attended. this year an estimated 2,000 are expected to return to reconnect with old friends.
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Marsh's Park
Sycamore
New Chef Brings High Class Skill to Fargo Hotel
W M Jones is the new chef at the Fargo hotel arriving with his family to Sycamore. He comes from the Kankakee hotel after serving as assistant chef at Hotel La Salle. With 22 years of cooking experience he is praised as a high class chef and Sycamore gains a noted professional.
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Fargo Hotel
W.M. Jones
Sycamore
Mr Jones
Kankakee
Hotel la Salle
Jones
Fargo
Ford Car Hit By Trolley In Bongmeadow Crossing Tragedy
A Ford was struck and crushed at a Bongmeadow crossing by a trolley car. Four persons were killed and five injured in the fatal crash.
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Bongmeadow
Mass
Annual community events and society notices in Sycamore
June to July social calendar includes Marsh's Park homecoming picnic, Sycamore Chamber of Commerce banquet at Fargo hotel, Kishwaukee Country club card party, and Twelfth District American Legion Auxiliary convention at the Fargo hotel. Also reports from unit meetings, new member admissions, and plans for a September musical comedy.
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Chronicle OF
Marsh's Park
Sycamore Chamber of Commerce
Fargo Hotel
Kishwaukee Country Club
Twelfth District
American Legion Auxiliary
Fargo
Bessie Stuart Smith
Chicago
Sycamore
Don Underwood
Marie Underwood
Harry Astling
Anna Buell
Edward Swanson
Ford Touring Car Stolen From In Front Of Winans Cafe
A Ford touring car owner from Mortons Grove Iowa, deaf and dumb, left his lunch at Winans Cafe on West State Street Thursday. While he sketched a car part with a pencil, the vehicle vanished. Illinois license 1 116 774, engine 7 842 650. He may have relatives in South Grove and was seeking work with the pavers.
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Winans
West State Street
Mortons Grove
Iowa
South Grove
Pavers
Annual Meeting of Sycamre S S Society Next Monday
The June meeting of the Sycamcre Sunday School association will be held next Monday evening at 6 30 in the Methodist church. A pot luck dinner follows and the annual meeting and election of officers for the coming year. Reports on the Daily Vacation Bible school and Week Day Religious Education will be given. A speaker from a nearby town is expected. The meeting should attract a large crowd of Sunday school workers.
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Sycamcre Sunday School Association
Methodist Church
Sycamore Men Start On Westward Vacation Trip
Henry Lanan drives a car carrying Judge W L Pond Henry Decker and Adolph Lindstone on a four week Western tour. The party plans an itinerary through the west with possible emphasis beyond Yellowstone and potential continuation to California.
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Sycamore
West
Henry Lanan
Judge W. L. Pond
Henry Decker
Adolph Lindstone
Mont
Sycamore Men
Yellowstone Park
California
Steel Arrives for Two New Fronts on State Street
Steel arrived yesterday for remodels at Schuster bakery with a contractor plan to overhaul the entire storefront. Upper and lower sections have been removed and a huge beam will accelerate further work, giving State street a more metropolitan appearance.
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Schuster Bakery
State Street
Paving Plan Aims to Half-Open State Street
Reports say the Board of Local Improvements wants the contractor to pave State Street in halves to keep traffic on Route 23 open. If approved, merchants should face less disruption and the city gain ease of movement. Detours may route traffic from the east and north via Elm Street and DeKalb Avenue past the post office.
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Board of Local Improvements
State Street
Elm Street
DeKalb Avenue
Election of Directors Held At Chamber Meeting
Friday afternoon the Chamber of Commerce offices hosted the annual election of eight directors for the term and one vacancy. The chamber meeting is set for next week with Lester Colby of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce as speaker.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lester Colby
Ilinois
Sandwich Dentist Expected Here Next Week
E. C. Miller of Sandwich, who bought the dental business of Dr. O. M. Stewart, is expected to arrive here the latter part of next week to take possession on July 1. He has been in the county seeking a home and meeting local professionals.
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Sandwich
E. C. Miller
O. M. Stewart
Knutson Wins Refund After Multilingual Dog Hearing
In Medicine Lake Minnesota A E Knutson sought repayment for a dog he bought claiming it was deaf. A court interpreter translated through Greek French Scandinavian and Yiddish but the dog showed no response. The judge awarded Knutson his money back.
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Medicine Lake
Minn
A. E. Knutson
Knutson
Mayfield area social roundup highlights community events
Over the weekend Mrs. Walter Wilson hosted the Five Points Social club with seventy ladies gathering for sewing, visiting, and lunch. Attendees included Mrs. George Klein, John Swanberg, and Rev Otis. several families hosted visits and attended services and weddings in nearby towns.
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Hampshire
R. T. Thomas
Sycamore
Sumner Townsend
Mayfield Sunday School
Roy J. Snell
James Byers
Gertrude Driscoll
Alfred Dutton
Mayfield Congregational Church
Deverell
Mayfield Social News and Visits Around Town
Mayfield residents travel for visits to West Virginia and Rockford. Beulah O'Brien of Sycamore visits the Moyers. An Anti Saloan League speaker led Sunday services at the Congregational Church. John Wall Sr revises his residence and farm buildings. Franks King and Ronald visit Earl Roush in Rockford. Dorothy Hall of Hinckley spends week at B Johnson home. Ed Cloener ill with appendicitis at parsuenis home. Churner improving. Emma Francisco of Sycamore summers at John Wall home and attended party near DeKalb for Miss Ida Pigott. Joy Sneil and son Juddie visiting.
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Hobart Weaver
West Virginia
Beulah O'Brien
Sycamo
B. Moyer
Charzge
John Wall
Frank King
Ronald
Earl Roush
Rockford
Dorothy Hall
Hinckley
B. Johnson
Ed Cloener
Harry Shott
Churner
Emma Francisco
Sycamore
Ida Pigott
DeKalb
Joy J. Sneil
Juddie
Local Social Notes From Milan Area
Milan column records events including Charles Knutson ending the Sanderson reunion in Rochelle last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Truman Johnson and children visited DeKalb. Miss Clarabelle Lindans of Esmond visited Mrs Walter Sanderson and returned home. Mr and Mrs Charles Hart and Mr and Mrs Tommie Hart traveled to Chicago Wednesday. Clifford Knutson broke his ankle playing ball. Anna and Violet Sanderson attended.
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DeKalbi
Kinnie Sanderson
Rochelle
Seward Sanderson
Curtis Sanderson
Melas Sanderson
Francis Hart
DeKalb
Charles Knutson
Sanderson Re Union
Truman Johnson
Clarabelle Lindans
Esmond
Walter Sanderson
Charles Hart
Tommie Hart
Chicago
Clifford Knutson
Anna
Violet Sanderson
Former Grid Star Visits Parents Here
John Remsujeff, once a standout in high school football and basketball, visits his parents for a few days before returning to De Kalb. He has been at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he is gaining recognition as an athlete and could become a letter winner. He brings greetings from Stuart Anderson and notes the health of the James Lewis family as others move west with James E. Lewis after his recent return.
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Grid
John Remsujeff
DeKalb
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington
James Lewis
Stuart Anderson
L. Anderson
Stuart
James E. Lewis
Building and Loan Members Meet Tuesday
An adjourned annual meeting of the Building & Loan Association stock holders is set for Tuesday evening to elect officers and directors for the coming year and address other business. Members are urged to attend as the session will cover the annual business and other items.
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Building & Loan Association
Power Company Lights Up DeKalb Street With 5 Million Candle Power
Elmer Reese and team installed 15 Golden Glow projectors on the Gurler and Kennedy buildings to flood Fourth Street with bright light. Engineers J. M. Shute V. Root and F. S. Simms oversaw adjustments achieving about 5 000 000 candle power, equivalent to 230 000 per unit. Local observers compare the display to Chicago s great white way.
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DeKalb
Chicago
Elmer Reese
The
Power Company
Gurler
Kennedy Building
Kennedy Canaea
J. M. Shute
Houghton, Pyle Hardy Company
Electric Service Corporation
V. Root
Simms
Root
Fourth Street
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Sycamore News
the Chronicle
Seeaneye Inn
Sceaneye Inn
Fidelis Society
Salem Lutheran Church
Verna Samuelson
George Tykert
E. H. Wells
Hon
Bridge
W. E. Giffin
H. W. Hennis
Harry Lewis
Rhinelander
Wisconsin
Martin Rogers
Cassius Poust
Frank Strand
George Hunter
William Pratt
George Holland
S. S. Society
Ivan Chatowsky
Olga Mariewa
Moscow
Sterling Post’s Drum and Bugle Corps
Srennie
Sterling Post
Mlinois
Leela Ape Liter Eee
Yellow Cab Garage
North 4Th Street
Sinclair Service Station
DeKalb's
Betty Davis
Northwestern University
Betty
Milan
Building and Loan
Lincoln
A. Carlson
TRY Oun Service
DeKalb Fuel & Mercantile Co
Electrical Contractors
Corey & Evans
N. 7Th Street
H. A. Beacham Hardware
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