Illinois Yearly Meeting set for August at Quaker Lane
The Illinois Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends will gather Thursday through Sunday August 16 to 19 at the Friends Meeting House on Quaker Lane near McNabb Illinois. Program includes lunches, round tables, lectures by Leonard Kenworthy J Barnard Walton Joseph Karsner Robert Pickus Francis Hole Horatio Wood and Lloyd Bailey with visiting Friends, university affiliates and American Friends Service Committee teams.
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Ilnois
Society ‘ofsFriends
Friends
Quaker, Lane
McNabb
Quaker Lane
Leonard Kenworthy
University of Iinois
Urbana
J. Barnard Walton
Walton
Feld
General Conference
Philadelphia
Joseph Karsner
Robert Pickus
Karsner
Pickus
American Friends Service Committee
Chicago
Francis Hole
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin, Agronomist
Lloyd’ Bailey
Friends Committee On National Legislation
Washington, D. C
Abere
Alice and
Elmer Pickett
Langhorne
Pat Thornton
Price
Friends Meeting
Palestine
Eileen Roberts
American Friends
Woodstock
Audrey Whitney
Magnolia
Building and Loan Association Annual Meeting Report
A building and loan association notes a year of sustained dividends and assets. Directors including E ward J hold Bullington and Cy F are reelected with officers Jas president and Cy F second vice president. B Q Dy Fd Bullington reappointed treasurer and several dividends declared for the year. The building and loan reported extensive improvements to the office front and interior rooms and promised an early publication of the financial report.
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Henry Association
Escal
Lion
Science Properties
Cal
Esday
Hight
E Ward
J. Hold Bullington
Tore
Jas
Cy .F
Gelt
Robert * V. Dewey
William ‘Barry
Heldt
B. Q
Bullington
Epublican
Henry man to take over handle shop in Washburn area
Linus McFarlin plans to take over the Temperate handle shop in the Washburn area after buying the business from Clark. The sale involves paints and related products and is slated for August 5 under the Woman's Club auspices with Miss Bertha Caspers and Mrs. Myrtle P. Gill assisting. Local residents are invited to attend the event at 8 o'clock.
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East_ Park
Linus McFarlin
Clark
Tor McFarlin
Henry Web
Woman's Club
Arban Law
Bertha Caspers
Myrtle P. Gill
South Lawn
Mether Chicago
Telephone switchboard change ends local directory gap
The report notes a new telephone exchange setup near Point and August 1. Patrons lack a directory of numbers as Fonica switchboards switch to dial cards, a system in use for over 50 days.
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Panear Point Exchange
Fonica
4-H Show At Marshall Putnam Fair Grounds Tonight
The Marshall Putnam 4-H show runs Wednesday at the fair grounds starting 7 30 DST. Henry Senachwine band performs a concert, followed by a livestock parade and the Lincoln pageant by 4-H club members. Tickets remain available at the gate.
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Marshall-Putnam
Fair Grounds
Henry Senachwine
Henry Cub Scouts Visit Peoria Airport
Henry Cubs toured Peoria Municipal airport with airport manager DeWitt Collins and staff. Scouts saw a large plane, viewed National Guard fighter planes, and visited the control tower. Parents accompanying the group included Mr and Mrs Robert Miller and others. At 8 pm the pack met at Henry school gym where Webelos and silver arrow recognitions were awarded.
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Cubs
James Henderson
Peoria
DeWitt Collins
National Guard
Robert Miller
Dayne Farr
George Koehler
O. P. Child
Brest—Rose
Henderson
Henry School
Terry
Rose
Jerry
Farr
Funeral services for Mrs Vivian Parrish in Red Bluff California
Funeral services for Mrs Vivian Parrish 28 of Red Bluff California were held Saturday July 21 1951 at 230 oclock in Hoyt Chapel. She died July 18 in a local hospital after a short illness. Born November 18 1922 in Green Valley Illinois she lived in Tehama County three years. Survived by husband James S Parrish a U S Air Force member and son Tony parents Mr and Mrs O F Knaak Red Bluff two brothers Nelson and Dale Knaak Red Bluff also grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Knaak Richmond. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Relatives and friends mourn her death.
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Vivian Parrish
Red Bluff
Calif
Hoytchapel
W Barney
Parrish
Green Valley
Tehama County
Page Parrish
Sparland
Evening Train Time Change Between Bureau and Henry
Effective Aug 1 the southbound evening train will arrive at Henry at 7 31 p m standard time instead of 9 26 p m The Des Moines Rocket from Chicago connections at Bureau for riders from Chicago arrive there at 6 45 p m No other timetable changes announced
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Henry
Bureau
Chicago
Des Moines
Scouts Win Ball Game at Camp Wakanda
Henry Boy Scout Troop 74 members spend a week at Creve Coeur council Camp Wakanda north of Peoria. Brucie Bauter fell ill and returned home while 21,000 Caterpillar workers’ strike surplus food fuels a 20 to 6 victory by Henry scouts in intercamp play.
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Henry Boy Scout
Creve Coeur Council
Wakanda
Peoria
Brucie Bauter
Henry
Brucie J
Bryan Williams
Williams
Henry Pool
Dick Nash
McNabb
Jeader
Nash
Dog Patch
Camp Wakanda
East Peoria
Wagon Wheel Changes Hands Under New Management
The Wagon Wheel at the Magnolia Four Corners is sold by Hurschell Kays to John Hartwig and Joel Barbich. Hartwig lives near Henry and Barbich hails from Spring Valley. They took over the business Monday of this week.
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Magnolia Four Corners
Hurschell Kays
John Hartwig
Joel Barbich
Hartwig
Henry
Barbich
Spring Valley
Wenona Farm Sold to Chicago Buyer at Auction
110 acres north of Wenona sold at public partition sale on Saturday July 28. Jeen .Woolf of Chicago was the high bidder paying 231 dollars per acre for unimproved land along Route 51 one mile north and half mile west of Wenona. Sale conducted by O B Pace Jr Special Masters in Chancery for heirs residing outside the county.
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Juin .Woolf
Chicago
Wenona
O. B. Pace, Jr
Swanson Attends State School of Instruction
C. W. Swanson Marshall County superintendent of schools attends a State School of Instruction for county superintendents at Pere Marquette State Park in Alton this week. Also present are William Glover newly elected Putnam County superintendent and W. S. Perrin of Stark County.
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C."w. Swanson
Marshall County
Pere Marquette State Park
Alton
William Glover
Putnam County
W. S. Perrin
Stark County
Servicemen Addresses From Fort Leonard Wood and San Marcus
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Merlé W. ‘Oltman
Air-Cca
Armored
Ft. Leonard Wood
Pic
Edward J. Mathis
Lqd
San Marcus
Afb
Texas
Spaulding Dies in Wenona at 66 After Illness
Jasper W. Spaulding 66, longtime Wenona resident and city employee, died July 31 at Rutland Rest Haven after a three year illness from Parkinson's disease. Born in Gratz, Indiana, he was married to Edith Campbell and leaves a wife, two stepchildren, a sister, and two brothers. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Thierry funeral home in Wenona with burial in Wenona Cemetery.
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Jasper W Spalding
Wenona
Rutland
James W Spaulding
Indiana
Gratz
Nona
Lafayette
Ind
Edith Campbell
Spaulding
The
Baptist Church In
Donald Gilpin
Amboy
Doris Gilpin
Flint
Mich
Marie Amos
Floyd
Marcus Spaulding
Thierry
Walter Rockenstein
Wenona Presbyterian Church
Home Bureau Executive Board Sets August Meeting
Mrs. Leo Quinn county president of the Marshall Putnam Home Bureau will host a luncheon Friday August 3 at 11 in her home. The August meeting of the Marshall Putnam Home Bureau executive board will follow. Publicity Chairman Dayne K Farr.
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Leo Quinn
Marshall-Putnam Home
George Smith Dies. Henry City Cemetery Sexton
George Smith longtime Henry City cemetery sexton died after extended illness at St Margaret’s hospital. Born June 27 1882 he served 11 years as sexton and is survived by widow Inez Reginald and many relatives including children Chester Smith Hazel Knee and Ray Smith plus stepchildren and grandchildren. Funeral held at Green Funeral Home with Rev John Howard officiating and interment in city cemetery.
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Green Funeral Home
George Smith
Henry City
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Frank P
Mary Mae Smith
Charlie Smith
Tyne
Maude Hardy
Chester F. Smith
Hazel Knee
Kansas City
Elmer Smith
U. S. Air Force
Washington, D. C
Josephine Jones
Ray Smith
Butler
Wis
Opal Creel
Olathe
Kan
Betty Lou Namba
Wichita Kan
Inez Reginald
Davenport
Iowa
Henry Reginald
Lacon
Lewis Reginald
Morocco
Calif
Mabel Talima
Chicago
Edith Mavity
Bureau
Smith
John Howard
Charles Pagemiller
Gordon Downey
C. A. Bourdette
City Cemetery
Roy Miller
Arthur Pratt
E. E. Liljequist
Lester Knight
Delbert Gillespie
Floyd Knee
Billy Jane
Cree
Roy Smith
Chester’Smith
Mavity
Henry Reginold
Charlies Regihnald
Schultz
Sparland
George Smith Family Thanks for Kindness and Sympathy
The George Smith Family expresses sincere thanks for the many kindnesses and expressions of sympathy and assistance during their time of sorrow.
Henry Boys Begin Air Corps Training in Las Vegas NM
Henry Boys and Clarence G. Mattern receive basic airplane and engine mechanics training in a 16 week United States Army Air Forces program on the New Mexico Highlands University campus. The course aims to create 300 airmen working eight hours daily in classrooms hangars and shops with a clerical-typist track also underway.
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Las Vegas
New Mexico
Pfe
Robert. E. Herry
J. E. Herry
Richard St. Henry
Clarence G. Mattern
New Mexico Highlands University
Lacon votes down $20,000 road bond proposal
In Lacon township a special election last Friday July 27 defeated a proposed $20,000 bond issue for road improvement and highway equipment. 122 opposed 62 in favor with precinct tallies 71 to 26 and 51 to 36. Heavy rainfall worsened washouts and bridge damage prompting debate on funding versus using current taxes.
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Lacon Township
Lacon
Washburn Invites All to Centennial Celebration
Washburn officials and citizens visited Henry to invite attendance at the centennial August 16 to 18. The delegation included Mayor H. M. Tjaden and editor Clyde Schneider with a pageant queen chosen from Washburn High School. A dress revue and carnival are planned along with local talent and professional acts at Grant Memorial park.
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Washburn
Henrytes
Good Will
Henry
Metamora
Eureka
Minoak
Rutland
Varna
Toluca
Roanoke
Lacon
LaRose
H. M. Tjaden
Clyde Schneider
Charles Tweddale
Kenneth Condit
Betty Barnes
Mary Ann Gardner
Joyce Faw
Sharon Elhousen
Ann Kelly
Miss Gardner
Washburn High School
Mary Bammann
Bette Barnes
Nora Lee Herington
Queen’s Court of Honor
Barbara Shurtleff
Florence Luedecke
Ralph Winn
Walter Thurman
Peoria
Grant Memorial Park
Mary Jane Glaub
Gert Sue White
Shirley Zenzen
O. B. Pace, Jr
Lucy Ann Patterson
Favorable Weather Helps Local Oats Harvest Progress
Tractors cut and haul oats while occasional rains and dew slow work but harvest moves forward. Wheat has finished and oats will follow if weather stays favorable. Corn and beans look strong and moisture in the ground supports an expected good to excellent crop.
Detasseling Nearing Finish at Monier's Hybrids
Detasseling in the fields of Monier's Hybrids is nearly complete with four machines used earlier. Now only one machine runs as muddy conditions limited work. staff includes local youths and a Bridford crew, with no hogshoes operated from Henry this year and locals arranging transport for detasseling.
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Monier
Monters
Bridford
Henry
Mrs. Percy Taylor Dies at Lacon in Illinois
Mrs. Percy Taylor died at 10 am today in Lacon at the home of her daughter Mrs. Percy Kuhlman Jr. after a year of failing health and a period of bedrest since April 14. She is survived by her husband and her daughter and granddaughter Susan Lynn Kuhlman.
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Percy Taylor
Percy Kuhlman, Jr
Lacon
Kuhlman
Susan Lynn Kuhlman
Hamilton County Picnic At Morris Gould Park
Mrs. E A York of Varna announces the Hamilton county picnic will be held at Morris Wisconsin in Gould park on Sunday August 12 All former Hamiltonians now living in the area are invited to attend.
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E. A.york
Varna
Hamilton County
Morris, WI
Gould Park
Henry Pool Sees Big July Attendance Despite Poor Weather
Henry municipal pool drew 2458 swimmers in July despite dreary weather. Peak days included July 26 with 269 attendees and July 15 with 196, as pool officials forecast further records. Water was refreshed after drainage and refill, with temperature around 70 degrees and family monthly tickets priced at $4.00.
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Henry Municipal
BI Forrest
Lawrence Newman
City Council Swimming Pool Committee
Henrykes
Wenona American Legion Post installs officers
At the July meeting Wenona Post No. B installs World War II veteran Dar win Frank as commander succeeding Edward Koman. New officers include Hilton Janu sick first vice, Hans Lambourn second vice, Charles Hamilton finance, Walter Wenzloff chaplain, John Isaacson sergeant at arms, George Hall service, Kenneth Grimm graves, John Marks historian. The group cites four prosperous years and improvements to the Legion building. Civic projects include safety signs and a merit award program in schools. Four Schweidler purple maple memorial trees are planted near the building for the four Venona boys.
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Wenona American Legion
Legion
Venona
Man Electrocuted Trimming Telco Wire in Lacon
Walter Buchold an employee of Northern Tiee Surgery was killed about 1 50 p m when he touched a high tension wire while trimming trees for the telephone company in an alley in Lacon Ill His un married status and Savanna Ill home are noted A second worker was shocked but survived Public Service cut the line Firemen and Dr J H Siegfried treated him The body was removed by the Lenz mortuary 13000 volts were involved.
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Walter Buchold
Northern ‘Tiee Surgery Company
Jada
Lacon
Charles P. Smith
B. T. Fisher
Telephone Company
Buchold
Savanna
Ill
Public Service Company
Lacon Fire Department
J. H. Siegfried
Henry Residence Damaged by Vandals
A Sunday night vandalism attack in Henry damaged a new Market Street home built by Harold Hartady and John Martin with help from Percy Clift and son Philip. Four home made creosote bombs smeared tar on roof and siding, prompting roof and siding replacement and an estimated loss in the hundreds. No suspects identified as neighbors heard a commotion and planners focus on unknown motives.
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Henry
Paul Snows
Market Street
Harold Hartady
John Martin
Percy Clift
Philip
Hopkins Township High Hires Industrial Arts Teacher
Delmar Davis of Normal has been engaged by the Hopkins Township high school board as Industrial Arts Instructor. He replaces Robert Thomas and will occupy the residence vacated by the Thomas family who are moving to Springfield Valley. Davis earned a Bachelor of Science degree from a university last month.
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Delmar Davis
Normal
Board of Education
Hopkins Township High School
Robert Thomas
Thomas
Spring Valley
Davis
Services Friday for Mrs Mary G Foster
Mrs. Mary G. Foster of Saratoga township died at noon Tuesday July 31 at St Francis hospital Peoria after two months as a patient. She was born July 26 187?, at Parsons Kansas daughter of Henry and Mary Chambers Sheffer and married William L Foster in Kentucky in 1910. he died in 1915. Surviving sons are Ralph Peoria and Alvin Saratoga township with six grandchildren. Funeral services at Cumerford Endsley funeral home Thursday evening and Friday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at Saratoga Methodist Church. Burial in Henry city cemetery. Rev Charles A Bennett to officiate.
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Mary G. Foster
Saratoga Township
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Foster
Parsons
Kan
Henry and
Mary Chambers Sheffer
William L. Foster
Kentucky
Union Mothers’ Club of
Saratoga Home Bureau
Saratoga Methodist Church
Saratoga
Henry News-Republican
Ralph
Alvin
Cumerford-Endsley
Peotin
Cumerfordendsley
Henry City
Charles A. Bennett
Arthur OBrien Buys Wayne Rickey Farm
Arthur OBrien purchases the Wayne Rickey farm, a 225 acre property in South Whitefield, from Wayne Rickey. The list price was $190 per acre, with the deal handled this week by Snow agency of Henry.
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Snow Agency
Henry
Wayne Rickey
South
Whitefield
Arthur O'Brien
O'Brien
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Rat ‘McNabb
Lore
Deting
Stanton
Wyoming Post
Henry Cub
Mrs
Vivian Parrish ‘Paes
California
Eddie Bear
Wagon Wheel
Wenona Farm
Jasper W. Spaulding
Home Bureau Executive Board
Sexton
Air Corps
Darwin Frank
Wenona Legion
Lenz Mortuary
Hopkins High
Saratoga Church
Arthur O’brien
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