Magnolia social notes show wide circle of visitors
Magnolia residents report guests and travels as Miss Hattie Reymer visits Peoria, Emma Justice from Varna visits relatives, and many other locals—Ramsey family in Cedar Rapids, Wells relatives in Rockford, and trips to Chicago and Normal. Frequent callers, summer visitors, and local hosts mark a busy social week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wells
Leo
Rockford
Hattie Reymer
Peoria
Emma Justice
Varna
E. A. Mathis
Dwight
Josephine Phillips
Roy Johnson
Jessie Emans
J. W.etto
Reta Dean
Streator
Kenneth Allen
James Dean
Savannah
George Hull
Chicago
Roy Devore
Hennepin
Mark Hannum
Lillian Defenbaugh
Magnolia
Vivan Haws
Bert Smith
Edith Defenbaugh
Peoria Igs
George Ramsey
Gertrude
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Julia Marie Dagner
Dean
Orvalore
Berwyn
Gaylord Dean
A. W. Dean
Lorene Dean
IS. N. Y
R. J. Sivell
Henry
Augh
Villa Wells
Viola Glover
Pauline Stutzman
Normal
Adolphson
Fritz Westerlund
Robert Solomon
Ruth Brown
Long Point
Clarke
Wisconsin
James Phillips
Justice
Frank Funk
Oxbow
John Rolley
Frances
G. A. Buzzard
Frank Kirly
Will Dagner
Lostant
Fred Dagner
George Borgstede
Mildred
Clifford
Harvey Hiatt
R W. Spencer
Louise Phillips
Tressa Bayne
Paula
Beulah
la Salle
Community Notes From Venona Lacon And Starved Rock Visit
Local residents share visitors and events across Venona Lacon Peru and Starved Rock. Families like Amy Mathis R A Ward and Walter Skelton host and visit, with news of births, school plans, and Home Bureau Achievement Day where Venona and Magnolia clubs won prizes for stain removal and proper dress demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Mathis
R. A. Ward
Walter Skelton
Charles Hannum
Jas. McAllister
Methodist Hospital
Peor Via
George Hull
Warren
Marion
Mayme Ore
Ruth Jaworsky
Roberts
Asherton
Salina
Kansas
Clarke
Bernice Ray
St. Louis
Clarence Ray
B. Curtis
Ed. Curtis
Starved Rock
Tony Gallo
Dr. Weathers
Grace
Morris
Maude Chestnut
Orvalore
Ruth Javorsky
Anna Casteel
Frances Defenbaugh
Lela Barlow
Mirby
Loraine Trerron
Trerron
Mildredergs
Vivan Haws
Home Bureau
Lacon
Venona Club
Martha Ward
Mildred Paxson
Magnolia Club
Community Fest Ends With Music Games and Photos
After a meal the group posed for several pictures and enjoyed games before everyone headed home. The day concluded with happiness and a sense of shared community.
O E S Initiates Two Candidates At Wednesday Meeting
At the meeting of the O E S on Wednesday evening Mildred Borgstede and Helen King were initiated. The chapter room featured cut flowers in baskets supplied by Mrs Celia Spencer. New chair covers were used for the first time. Refreshments of apple pie a la mode were served during the social time. Visitors included Mrs Treasa Bayne Worthy Matron of La Salle chapter Mrs Effie Hart enbower Worthy Matron of Hope Star chapter Lostant and Mrs Hollis Dugan and Milton Harten hower also of Lostant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Borgstede
Helen King
Celia Spencer
Alamode
Treasa Bayne
la Salle
Effie Hartenbower
Hope Star
Lostant
Hollis Dugan
Milton Hartenhower
Epworth League Play Delights Audiences At Two Venues
The Epworth League presented An Old-Fashioned Mother at the Masonic hall on August 1 and in Varna on August 8. A fair-sized audience praised the cast including Deborah Underhill Clara Hefner Alice Ward Dorothy McKirgan Martha Ward Dorothy Devore John Underhill Earl Devore and Bert Hefner with Quintus Todd as county sheriff and the village choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Masonic Hall
Varna
Deborah Underhill
Israel
Clara Hefner
Widder Bill Pindle
Alicé Ward
Lowizy
Dorothy
Family Reunion Held At Magnolia Home Of Casteel Family
A large family gathering occurred Sunday August 9 at the Magnolia residence of Mr. and Mrs. D L Casteel. Attendees included Hannah Casteel Elmer and Amos Casteel Warren Hull Oklahoma City and others from Berwyn Streator Peoria Minonk Lostant and nearby towns. A long noon table was set on the lawn for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
D L. Casteel
Hannah Casteel
D. L. Casteel
Elmer
Amos
George Hull
Marion
R. L. Defenbaugh
Frances Defenbaugh
Fred
Warren Hull
Oklahomsity
Okla
Orvalore
Louise
Martha
Berwyn
John Javorksy
Elizabeth
Streator
Edith Defenbaugh
Littan
Peoria
Harold Casteel
Carol
Maxine
Minonk
Carol Satterfield
Sally Jo
Robert
Lostant
Cliff Haws Donates Historic Rifle to Hopkins Museum
Clifford Haws of this city presents a Black Hawk era rifle to the Hopkins township high school museum in Granville. The firearm belonged to his father, Captain William Haws, who led a volunteer company in the Black Hawk war. Captain Haws also helped organize Putnam County in 1831 and died in 1885, buried in Magnolia cemetery after travels across the US and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Haws
Hopkins Township
Granville
Haws
William Haws
Abraham Lincoln
Putnam County
Hennepin
Galena
California
Mexico
Magnolia
Izaak Walton League aims to clear carp and buffalo from canal
The plan to remove carp and buffalo from the Hennepin canal received approval from W J Stratton of the state Game Conservation department after a Springfield conference. Major Dunn pledged U S Army engineering support if the state handles removal, with a survey to gauge fish quantity and work focused near select locks. Delegates Beldon Long Walter Brown and Os Osborn attended from Tiskilwa and Spart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton League
Hennepin Canal
Buffalo
W J. Stratton
State Game Conservation Department
Springfield
Major Dunn
U.S
Canal
Congressman Hull
War Department
Beldon Long
Walter Brown
Tiskilwa League
W Os Osborn
Spart
Wenona Bank Employee Injured by Accidental Gun Discharge
Ralph B. Work assistant cashier of the First State Bank of Wenona sustained painful injuries when he picked up a gun and it discharged. A 45 calibre bullet passed through his right hand just behind the first and second fingers tearing the back of the hand but no bones were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Work
First State Bank of
Wenona
The Man to Watch by Rudyard Kipling
An essay urging recognition of a person who rejects wealth for its own sake. The author predicts money’s dominance over most, except the rare individual who values principle over profit, and urges readers to study or become that person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudyard Kipling
Devil's Hole Duck Shooting Site Modernized on Springs Farm
Victor Brasfield and Neil Monroe buy the Springs farm near Saw Mill Lake for 34000 dollars to develop duck shooting ponds. Richhard Paddock, Army engineers veteran, dams headwaters to feed five shallow ponds with corn fields and a gentle riverward slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
Victor Brasfield
Chicago
Hennepin Road
Saw Mill Lake
Captain Market
Halbleib
Brasfield
Neil Monroe
Putnam Dye Company
Quincy
Monroe
Richhard
Army Engineers
Beheaded snake bites man in East Peoria farm incident
A mower severed the head of a snake which remained alive and bit Harry Frye in the hand. Frye, a farm hand from East Peoria, collected a bundle of oats with the head. A physician said the snake was not believed poisonous and the wound swelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Frye
East Peoria
Frye
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Cliff Haws
Hopkins Museum
Devil’s Hole
Wyatt-Demoure CO
S. Adams St
Central National
Lacan
LaPage
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry Cleaners & Tailors
R. Klug
Hudson
Studson Essex
Hudson- Essex
Worl
New and
Brougham
Chas.e. Matter
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