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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
2
Sycamore subscribers are asked to note that The Chronicle circulation will be managed by an office representative until proper service is established and a responsible agent secured. Subscribers are asked to send a card to The Chronicle in DeKalb if they fail to receive the paper.
The Methodist parsonage occupied by Rev. James O May near the new Catholic school will become housing for Sisters in charge of the parochial school this fall. O May may rent elsewhere. The school, completed last winter, opens in September with three instructors. Rev. Erdman Frenk announces Ascension Day services at St Johns Lutheran. Poony Day events by Girl Scouts benefit American Legion Auxiliary. May festival tickets for the Methodist gym May 28 promise early seating. Lady Gregory’s Riders to the Sea read by Dr Roger Motten is planned. Victors Chorus from Aida and Inflammatus from Stabat Mater by Rossini are highlights.
Members of the science class entertained faculty and board of education with a dinner and program showing a profitable year. Mrs John Button Mrs F E Lee Mrs William Campbell Mr Tra Wetzel and Miss Gertie West planned a Dundee sightseeing trip to Elgin parks. Misses Gladys Koenn Maude ee Hazel Rich attend a Friday glancing party with many invited from DeKalb. Mrs Phares Johnson went to
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Notices posted at the courthouse signed by A G Kennedy and L F Movdly announce a weekly half holiday for De Kalb County lawyers. From now until October 1 offices will close on Thursday afternoons.
State highway officials ordered the Sycamore DeKalb cement road abandoned May 15 delaying repairs. Widening will occur this summer as material is shipped to Route 23 sites. Patrolman Harley Self announced no interim work on near Groves farm. paving will resume with the widening program.
Work crews traveled toward DeKalb to complete needed pavement repairs. All cracks were filled and covered with tar, and the road is expected to be in first-class condition again soon.
Sycamore lodge Elks attracted a large attendance for their regular meeting last evening. Resolutions were discussed and the lodge favored affiliating with the Lincoln Highway Elk action. The annual festival was set for Labor Day, and six high school students provided a friendly show under Verne Wetzl’s direction.
The circuit court met this forenoon with Judge William J. Fulton presiding. A short session heard two or three cases. Most business was expected to be cleared early this afternoon and adjournment planned for next week.
The Sycamore lodge held a regular meeting last night with focus on the work in the third degree for four candidates. The session progressed smoothly and the degree work was above average, earning praise from new members and several visitors.
Arrangements completed for a Saturday afternoon baseball game in the city. Geneva High School will travel to face Sycamore, with local fans anticipating a competitive contest between the two schools.
Veterans on the home diamond say they have perfected their play and should beat the visitors. The contest is scheduled to be called at 2 30.
J Brush returned to his Sycamore home from Amherstburg Ontario where he was summoned by the sudden death of Mrs John Wt, an aunt. Everwood died Sunday evening at age 87 and funeral services were held at her home city on Tuesday. Brush noted that conditions there are better than the average for this time of year.
County Clerk Charles H. Talbot issued several bounty certificates from various parts of the county. Certificates were mailed in town vaults calling for payment. The total bounty orders at the clerk's office today amounted to $7.50 for the killing of 20 animals.
Izaak Walton league members from the local chapter will travel to Kingston tonight to outline plans for the upcoming district picnic next month. The gathering aims to coordinate duties across northern chapters to ensure a successful event. A DeKalb picnic proposal later this month may also be discussed.
Two inmates jailed for 36 day terms by Judge Adam C. Cliffe were released after serving their sentences. John Robey, convicted of violating the Harrison act, and William Niseh, who broke the postal laws, completed their sentences last night and were ordered to leave town at dawn. Rev Father Miller was in Aurora yesterday on business.
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