Sparland Social Notes and School Events
Sparland residents attend services and visits in Peoria and Henry. Commencement at Sparland High School, literary events, play Dot the Miner's Daughter, and eighth grade exercises at the Baptist church. Memorial services, cemetery upkeep plans, and local club activities noted. Numerous visits, illnesses, accidents, and community notices across Sparland Township and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Gehr
Peoria
Henry
Mary C. Riddell
Edna Riddell
Ed. ‘Garrett
Allison Garrett
S. Tanquary
Addison Tanquary
Jay Barnes
Near - Henry
D. Bolender
A. Kline
J. C. Ohlman
Louis Schumacher
Ralph Kemping
LaRost
D. R. Taylor
Sparland ‘Township High School
M. B
Della Taylor
Lesta Betts
J. L. Blough
Toluca
Wm. Frank
Sparland
Arthur Kehlenbach
George Wiley
James Mathias
Mabélle_Gehr
Madison and Orpheum
Eula Hoskins
I. B. Ransom
Bernice
Dot
Mabelle Watkins
Mary Fay
John Adams
Adams
George—Frank
Féin Frank
J. C. Peintner
Geraldine
Elizabeth
George Simpson
George Christman, Jr
Sparland School
Sparland Township
Baptist Church
Calvin Royce
Joliet
Arthur Kenyon
Elgin
E. E. Royce
Hanna
Wave Ray
Ladéon
Benson
Robert Brown
Washburn
Angie Baughman
Alta Bennet
Millard Crank
Wilburn
Fannie Ray
Lacon
Ladies Aid
Sparland Alumni Nanquet Held in Chillicothe
Sparland High School Alumni Nanquet was held at Mrs. Webb's in Chillicothe on Thursday evening with sixty seven attendees though seventy five reservations were made. Miss Della Taylor presided and gave a toast to the class of 1899. The opening address and toasts honored the class of 1922. Harold Monier filled in for the absent Raymond Powell. Various toasts, solos, and a piano duet entertained. Letters were read from several former staff and alumni across the country. The initiation of the class of 1922 was led by J. C. Duncan and R. H. Monier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. McLaughlin
The
Baptist Church
L. B. Wilkinson
Nellie Aitchison
Louie Ostiorné
Margaret Campbell
Olive Hastings
Frances O'Dell
Vivian Miles
Ruth Vincent
Raymond Powell
Harold Monier
Frank Campbell
Sparland
E. E. Royce
L. N. Osborne
B.S Tanquary
D. R. Taylor
F. H. Gehr
Geo. Frank
Sparland High School
Nanquet
Louise Russell
Virgil Barker
J. C. Duncan
Velma Campbell Antrim
Elva Campbell
Florence Buckley Waugh
Harold Root
Florence Wiley
Vera Kehlenbeck
J. R. Bouton
Sparland School
Sidell
Ill
Frank Russell
Ithaca
N. Y
Anna McFarland
Los Angeles
Cal
Elsie Gehr
Chicago
Lena Macon
Fort Bayard
N. M
Kate O’brien Hill
Peru
James O’leary
R. H. Monier
Roll of Honor of Soldiers in Spotland Cemetery
Roll of Honor listing soldiers buried in Spotland Cemetery with names and units including John Baggs Co F 85th Illinois Vol Inf and Isaac Cooper Co H 48th Illinois Vol Inf, among others from Civil War and Spanish American War eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Parker
Geo
W. Ray
J. B. Sparr
W. Tarbill
Norton. Thompson
Thompson
W. BE. Thompson
Hiram van Antwerp
Baward van Antwerp
ASG
Robert Waugh
D. C
Isiah Wilson
Navy
Spotland Cemetery
Ren. Russell
John Baggs
Jerry Cooper
Isaac Cooper
J. F. Compton
Cogswells
Travis Davison
John Dondican
S. A. Dye
Iowa
Isaac Eckwright
Wm. Hensley
Ohio
John Johnson
Wis
Gwkear
W. M. Mead
Ill
Wm. N. Osborne, Co
138Th NL
Local Hopewell Notes on Calls Meddling Mail and School Closings
HOPEWELL area reports indicate Tony Schlosser and John Austin shelling corn on different days. Several residents visit Toluca and Lacon, with Miss Lizzie Linderer wedding plans and a Sawyer school closure due to rain. Medical calls, mail deliveries, and social visits fill the week amid light travel and a late County Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Schlosser
John Austin J
Jack—Antrim
Marion Brown
Tillie Glant
Toluca
Carlson
Dr. Newhalsen
Henry
Jack Antrim
Henry Schlosser
Cleve Martin
Lacon
Mabel Steimle
Paul
Hopewell
Sawyer School
Hogue
Varna
A. M. Stoner
Astoria
Wm. Kalgenback
Kempton
Fréd Grothe
Peter
Lizzie T Linderer
August Linderer
Lizzie
Reece
Grace Antrim
Mabel Glunz
John Glunz
Nellie
Hennepin
Magnolia
Clarence Stoner
Mrs. Brown
Camp Grove Social Notes and Local Events Highlights
Camp Grove community news covers visits from Peoria and Toulon residents, Decoration Day plans, family gatherings, births at Henry hospital, and travel to Rock Island May Day. A hail storm damaged southeast farmland while a Wyoming beat Henry in a 3 to 2 ball game. Funeral notices and nearby visits mark the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Dewey
Frank Murphy
Camp Grove
Blough
O'Dell
Robert Nelson
Indiana
Bert Duncan
Bell Pearson
Ida McMullen
James Elmos Herberger
Peoria
John Barnes
Henry
Frank Bogner
Henry Hospital
James, Hickey
Celestine
Celista
Irene
Charles Cavanaugh
Marie Hickey
Mary Fennell
Margaret Code
Bradford
Rock Island
Wyoming
Celestine Hickey
James P. Hickey
Péoria
Robert J. Fennesl
W. F. LaFrenz
U. S. Navy of
Great Lakes
Gill
Fennell
Wm. Gill
Ralph Cox
Wm. Sager
Marie Kelley
Marie Gill
Supervisors Meeting Notice in Marshall County Illinois
The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County Illinois will meet at the Court House in Lacon on Monday June 12 1922 at 1 30 p m. Each bill must be itemized certified sworn and filed in the County Clerk's office by noon the preceding Saturday. Bills not filed for classification by the time will be carried over. Lawrence D Gregory County Clerk. Advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Illinois
Lacon
Lawrence D. Gregory
Radio Aerials Trouble Forces Company Restriction
The Public Service Co operating department notes many radio aerials near lines pose hazards. An order bans attachments for aerials on company poles and prohibits aerial installations over lines carrying electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Service Co
Daily Oklahoma brief on idiosyncratic local characters
A humorous note from Eufaula Totmat and Stonewall News describes a man known for always carrying a whisk broom to brush off his clothes after he rises and another man who growls daily proving he leads a dog's life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tekinge
Eufaula
Okla
Totmat
Stonewall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sparland Mews
M. & M. Club
M. I
American Legion of Lacan
G. A. R. Post
Rewley
Mge
Will Hollandsworth
Supervisors
Dunbar
NEW Hotel
Henry, Tle
Wm. Murrel
Colu Bell
Mbia
Columbia
Ford
Fahnestock
Columbia Pot
Eco
Henry News-Republican
the Owens and Lasley
Owens Douglas
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