Towns and Notables of Putnam County in 1839 Era
Fragmentary OCR history lists incorporation laws of Putnam and surrounding counties, names dates and officials. It mentions Wenona, Marshall, Laton, state secretary and various civic groups, with obituary notes and local religious society references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettlendis
Srehk
ST Ato
Chale Leg Ichirpentier
Laton
Marshall
Rae
Wenona
Putnam
County
Hennepin's
Sm Mills
January Schedule of Home Bureau Meetings Announced
Miss Hazel Barackman Marshall Putnam home adviser announces January meetings across Magnolia Hennepin Roberts Bennington Stebben Henry Senachwine Bell Plain Granville Saratoga Whitefield Richland and La Prairie with special feature on Mental Health and Meat Carving. January events include executive board tea stockmen banquet and local leader training while county Farm Bureau plans wills inheritance laws discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Barackman
Marshall
Putriam
Jesson
Bien
Johnson
Robert Clausen
Bpecal
Roberts
Es ‘Myers
Bennington
Russell Porch
Jack Keeéhan
Raymond ‘Ehrthauer
Stebben
Hutiett
Mattingly
William- Downey
Horace-Morse
Bell Plain
Clyde Winkler
William ‘Morris
Glenn Rith‘miller
Granville
Edward Coss
Joel Whitaker
Saratoga
James Burt
James Green
Whitefield
William Holler
Mae—McGlory
Helen Laible
Marshall - Putnam Home Bureau
Home Bureau
Local Social News Highlights From Streator Area
Community notes show visitors and New Year greetings across Streator and nearby towns. Names include the Nader family, Marilyn Barker, Chuck Henkins, the Fox and Waughop households, Ziegler and Fountain families, with travel and hospital visits among relatives and friends.
McAllister Seeks Marshall County Sheriff Nomination
McAllister age 52 announces Republican bid for Marshall County sheriff subject to the April 13 primary. He has served on the state highway police, as sheriff for four years, and as chief deputy of Marshall County. He is married with eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Henry
Marshall County
McAllisters
Marjorie
A. P. Rossetti
Tom
Peter
Community Personal Notes Share New Year Visits
Local social pages list Mr. and Mrs Elmer Divelbiss and many relatives visiting in Saratoga, East Peoria, Henry, Peoria Heights, and Henry over New Year and weekend. Numerous calls, dinners, and gatherings with the Fountain, Ziegler, Goebel, Smith, and Taylor families across Illinois. several trips to Chicago and Los Angeles noted.
William Rickey Wins in Weekly Appreciation Draw
Rickey of Henry wins 20 percent of the treasure chest totaling 272.75, amounting to 54.55, from the weekly inAppreciation program held at 9 30 Saturday. Becky Shearer drew the winning ticket from a barrel. other merchandise awards went to Roy Hurd of Henry and Anne DuBois of Henry Hatchery. Hartley led the gift from Henry Hatchery. the chest for next drawing will be slightly under 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rickey
Rich aWillamee
Rickey
Henry
Astrick
Sa Rickey
Becky Shearer
Mr. Sand
Harold Shearer
Drew
Anne As DuBois
Henry Hatchery
Hartley sWas
Roy Hurd
Eddie Daubs Broadcasts From Streator Station WIZZ
Eddie Daubs hosts a Sunday 12 30 p m program on WIZZ 1250 in Streator titled Agriculture This Week and Next. The fourth airing on January 31 features farm policy and Congress plans for a low farm program with reviews and comments. Sponsored by Daubs poultry farm and Streator Hatchery, both locally owned.
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Ath
Eddie
Ae McNabb
Eisenhower
Streator Hatch‘ery
Bloomington ‘Street
Strgator
Daubs
Henry Rotary Club hears Erle Derry on Farm Bureau program
Erle Derry, director of the Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau, presented a Henry Rotary Club program highlighting cooperative farming and youth Farm Bureau activities. Boose gave a Rotary information talk and discussed ethical standards and the four way test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle Derry
Marshall-Putnam’ Farm Bureau
Nhon
Henry Rotary Club
Derry
Henry Club
Harold Frey
John Boose
Dayrie Farr
Roy W. Miller
Charles A. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Knoxville
Ill
Knoxville Methodist Church
Roy Miller
Dayne Farr
Howard Tolley
Lloyd Murphy
Gordon H. Downey
Robert V. Dewey
Rotary
Boose
Rotary Club
DeKalb County
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Tunots Farm Supply Company
Associated Companies
Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau
Henry
Harold Q. Frey
MPO l Company
Drought nationwide, Townsend reports from Hollywood
Sewall Townsend, back from a holiday visit, says 1953 drought is nationwide with critical water shortages in California's Imperial Valley and arid conditions across states. He notes California forest fires and warns water supply concerns worsen as home and industrial use rises, especially in reservoir towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall Townsend
Mary E. Townsend
Hollywood
Calif
Imperial Valley
California
Peoria Journal
Tllinois
December adds sixty four new News-Republican subscribers
A holiday offer drew many December subscribers to the News-Republican. The list includes numerous names from Illinois towns such as Lacon Varna Toluca Granville Bradford Sparland Hennepin Lostant McNabb and nearby states plus several subscribers from Mitchell. The item notes some renewals and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lst
Henry” ‘News-Republican
Charles Brizgis
Magnolie
Carl Moritz
Bureau
Edward Anderson
Lacon
Vertis Thompson
Varna
Harvey Dorff
Toluca
Tanner Orchards
Speer
Til
Lawrence Kunkel
Granville
Robert Pratt
Lostant
William Erickson
Robert Arnikis
Sparland
Hilary Skaggs
Rutland
Carla Wabel
Bradford
Edwin Magnuson
Tiskilwa
Edward Burnell
Jefferson
Mass
Vernon Kerner
Magnolia
Forrest Rennan
Chillicothe
Ill
Marjorie E. Haws
Jil
Inéz Peterson
Eugene Cook
San Francisco
Calif
Key
Leland Short
Athens
Eugene Krafft
Hennepin
Chester Selbert
Howard C. Johnson
al ‘Trobaugh
Clifford Herridge
P.C. Barber
Enwin—Winkler
Ray’ Watson
Lacon, al
Mawaclia Granga Quartette at Farm Banquet in Sparland
The Mawaclia Granga Quartette will perform at the annual livestock banquet in Sparland. Howard Tolley reports attendance near 4400 with arrangements for meals at the Magnolia range and high school auditorum, featuring Mrs. Gustafson of Saratoga as livestock committee chair.
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Mawaclia
Granga Quartette
Robert J. Riddell
Elon Orla Jarket
Fans Bureau
Giennual Livestock Banquetters
Hanis
Howard
Tolley Peets
Atte - Fhe
Conmin
Jy Butea
Mes
Auditorum
Viron
Gustafson
Saratoga
Ma Arenas
Putnam
Aea
Vermont
Maurice
McGirley
Harold
Carr
Robert
Whitney
Tommittea
Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Canada
Riddell
Peorls’’ Association
M.of
Mercé
Tueeday
Teoh
Adult Farmers to Study Farm Drainage in Mid County
The Mid County Adult Farmers' evening school holds its second class Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mid County High School. Experts from the Anno Farm Drainage Company will discuss modern drainage methods and erosion control for farms, inviting all local farmers and interested residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-County
Eving School
Vatnay+ soch
Es Anno
Sana
Bob -Lenz
Varnaratate’s
Lacon Rotary set to host Kamm on farm income plan
Lacon Rotary will host A C Kamm Pratt county farm adviser as speaker for a Wednesday noon program, detailing a seven county soil fertilization and land use project aimed at raising Platt county income by a million dollars annually. Gerry Scott chairs the event with advance reservations requested for large groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon Rotary Clubs
Gerry Scott
Lacon Banker
A .C. Kamm
Pratt County
Myinthel
Kamm
Platt County
Platt
Marshall County
Atoe Se
Scott
Magnolia native Mrs. Dean celebrated 94th birthday
Former Magnolia resident Mrs. M J Dean celebrated her 94th birthday Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs W G Comstock in Lima Ohio where she enjoys holiday time with family. Her daughter Miss Jeannette Balderston of Chicago and her grandson William Dagner of Evanston attended after four years apart. Another daughter Mrs Margaret Dagner of Glenview joined on Saturday. The group rode in a car, she received gifts and cards, and she is grandmother to Mrs John Moline Mrs Gordon Hartley Henry and Mia John Stewart Bethany.
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Audrey Child
Fetlimmen
Universitys
Tlinois
Champaign
Argeha
Jeanne Forney
Dona Noder
St Margaret's Hospital
Sping Valley
Cpl
Nader
Ameélia
Guy Child
Wayne
Hoyack
Bradford
Gsl
Spenting
William Fox
Peggy
Ann
Billy
Fox
Mark
Henry Myers
Peru
Albert Heinrich
Earl Alexander
Peoria
William Hoscheldt
C. M. Mouch
Sandusky
Ohio
Frank Wade
Elmwood Park
Ray Merdlan
Louis Fiedler
Granville
Elmer Depk
Verla Waughop
Peuliste
Péoria
Leslie Waughop
Edson, Blackwell
Thessle Blackwells
William Reeve
Clarence Tuttle
Windom
Minn
Marion
Ind
Tuttles
Keith Reeve
R. W. Barickmah
Streator
James Kofold Jr
Washburn
Chris Olsen
William Nilsen
Magnolia
Olsen
Tlen
Charles McCauley
Mary. Ford
Jefferson Street
Springfield
Kroger
McCauley
Lynda
Vicky
Gene Rowe
Michael Lee
Susan Bullington
Louis Hank
Rudy Siira
Paul Snow
LaVern Snow
Charles Snow
Tiskilwa
Paul Clark
Bud Erpenegger
Dubuque
Iowa
Lawrence Ransom
Jimmy Austin
Roy Ransom
Will Carroll
George Ziegler Sr
Clifford—Fountain
Sheryl
Daryl
Royale Cye
Princeton
Cal Schlosser
Schlossers
Mrl Cyes
Gerald Palton
Zamfly
Elmer
Divelbiss
Saratoga
Laura Divelbiss
Pearl
New
John .Ziegler
East Peoria
Frank Ziegler
Willie ‘Briner
Linda Magnolia
Alsvin Fountain
Louis Ely
Joe Butler
Jo Ann
Glenn Eklund
Spring Valley
William Titus
Denny
Moline
Guy Alan
George Ziegler Jr
Linda
Fountain Home
Russell Stewart
Murray Goebel
Guy Smith
Goebel
Caro*lyn
Howard Tolley
Fred Cline
Abingdon
Stevie
Galesburg
Avon
Harold McKays
Christie
Lan Snow
Lyn Cexie
Morton
Roland Smiths
William Rouths
Charles Perdew
Luella Delsher
Edwin Deisher
Jimmy
Barbara
Peoria Heights
George Haun
Frank Dalrymple
Lacon
Clarence Schneider
Willis Brown
Ernest Brown
Elgin
G. M. Brown
George Ziemer
Brown
Guy-Smith
Russell Stewarte
urray-Goebel
Spalding Gym
Willard Rickey
Don Flinner
Henry Hawksworth
la Vern Snow
Lester Bland
Dunlap
Wayne Rickey
Patsy Rebholz
Peggy Schlosser
William Schlossers
Slster
Willis Shearer
Ethel Benefiel
James Stickler
Charles Bennett
Elmer Diverbiss
Emory Tuttle
Los Angeles
California
Fred Ford
Mary Ford
Satters Sisters
I. E. Boyer
Charles Schedler
Rt Barth
Ants
James Steele
Norman Gisler
Arnold Parker
Ruel Lingle
Anna
Anna Parker
Dixon
Parker
Gene Perdew
Haddon
Henry
Lucian Fosdick
M. J. Dean
W. G. Comstock
Lima
Jeannette—Balderston
Chica
John Moline
Gordon Hartley
Mia
John Stewart
Bethany
Frankie Wilson Thanks Santa in Christmas Letter
Frankie Wilson of Sparland writes to Santa Claus thanking him for gifts including a cattle truck a big wagon and a tool set. He expresses gratitude for a healthy family and a wonderful Christmas shared together in Sparland on December 31 1953.
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News-Republian
Santa Claus
Frankie Wilson
Sparland
Santa* Clauss
La Prairie County Mutual Fire Insurance Announces Meeting
The LaPrairie County Mutual Fire Insurance Company will hold its annual meeting in the basement of LaPrairie town hall on Tuesday January 26 at 1 30 pm. Directors and officers will be elected. Past officers include R N Turnbull president Frank Wilson secretary and R H Montier treasurer. Board members listed are R N Turnbull Charles Coster Leigh Theodore Bogner Francis Read Leland Mbnier Wills Bhaster William Gill and Frank Clift.
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Frey Yy
Franik
Wilson
Sparland
LaPrairie County Mutual Fire. Insurance Company
LaPrairie Town Hall
Secite
R. N. Turnbull
Frank Wilson
R. H. Montier
Charles Coster
Leigh
Theodore Bogner
Francis Read
Leland Mb‘nier
Wills Bhaster
William Gill
Frank” Clift
Pfc Bernard Orsen On Rest Leave In Japan
Pfc Bernard J. Orsen of Wenona Illinois, son of Mrs. Alice Orsen, spent a seven day rest and recuperation leave in Kokura Japan with Company EBpitade 22nd Infantry Division 9ther regiment. He stayed at a resort hotel and enjoyed luxuries unavailable on the peninsula.
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Bernard Orsen
Wenona
Japan
Nokura
Bernard J. Orsen
Alice Orsen
Jil
Kokura
22Nd Infantry Division
Orsen
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Lacon Rotary
Santa
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