Henry high school recreates program with games and sports
The report outlines a busy program at Senachwine area schools with teams in softball basketball and volleyball. It notes a 17 to incident score, a close 27 to 26 boys basketball game, and plans for a municipal pool and water polo. Officials Ed timer Lord and Ed Wied, plus Mayor Rickey, discussed a recreation package for Henry and area youths.
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Ign
Moby Fintgeld
Pierson
Moby
Lary
Larry
Schlosser
Ralph
Lindgren
An ‘Hy
Larry Max Allard
Vernon Kallwm Ziegler
Charles
Bischler
Ph Lindgren
Lloyd's
Jock” Ingels
Bill Barry
Shorty Schnell Kenny
Lloyd 'Schlos
Henry
Senachwine High
Tee
Kenneth‘ Brumm
Senachwine
Rickey
Lord School
Wiedihe
Kenneth
Recreation program trips and road bond election details
A scheduling note outlines a recreation program closing for trips to Washington D C with a director to lead alternates. Mogam resumes June 14 and runs through July with make up games the week of June 17. A bond election is planned with a vote on road bonds at Per in favor of the measure.
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Cymbasium
Hety-recreation
Washigton
D. C
Mogam
Per
Funeral Services Held for Wayne Gilbert Former Stark County Adviser
At Toulon Mrs Leif Bogner accompanied Louis Bogner to attend the funeral services for Wayne Gilbert former farm adviser in Stark County. Gilbert arrived in 1931 to advise Stark County and Hager became assistant adviser in Marshall and Putnam Counties in 1929. The Gilberts and Hagers shared many business and silent associations through the years. Louis Bogner served as organization director with Gilbert in Stark County for several years. Attending the funeral from the community were R V McKee and Raymond Carlson of Varna who accompanied Farm Adviser Paul Laffey to Toulon.
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Leif “Bogner
Louis , Bogner
Toulon
Wayne
Gilbert
Stark County
Stark
Hager
Marshall
Putnam Counties
Gilberts
Hagers
Louis Bogner
Vaiso
R. V. McKee
Raymond’ Carlson
Varna
Paul‘Laffey
Touion
First Mass for Rev. Fr Sylvester Hoffman At St Joseph Church
Local relatives from Indiana attended the first solemn high mass of Rev. Fr Sylvester Hoffman at St Joseph Church in Dyer Indiana. He was celebrant with his cousins Father Meinrad Hoff man and Father Matthias Hoff man assisting. A Hoff man family reunion followed with about 175 people and a reception in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Neuhalsen
Lavori
George Hoffman
Virgil Hoffman
Agnes Stadel
Leo Hoffman
Lawrence Hoffman
Dyer
Ind
Sylvester Hoffman
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Hoffman
Meinrad Hoffman
St. Meinrad Abbey
Matthias Hoffman
Chicago
Gambling banned in Marshall County
Slot machines and other games of chance have been removed from Marshall County business places over the past days. The action follows weeks of discussion on how to handle wide device use in the county and is seen as a matter of public policy as owners removed or turned devices off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Henry
Miller at Boy Scout Camp Near Lake Geneva Wisconsin
Miller of Hen will spend Friday Saturday and Sunday at College Camp Lake Geneva Wisconsin for a Boy Scout training camp. Ten men from the Creve Coeur Council of Peoria area attend and upon graduation will be qualified to assist with training of Scoutmasters for the area communities.
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BSI
Miller
Hen
College Camp
Lake Geneva
Wis
Jia A
Creve Coeur
Peoria
Vari
Fire department to view training films tonight
Members of the Henry Volunteer Fire Department will watch a movie of training films at 7 30 in the basement of Duke Brothers hardware store on Edward Street in Henry.
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Iremen
Henry Volunteer’ Fire Department
Duke Brothers Hardware Store
Stag Smith Appoints Committees for Annual Affair
Commander Roland Smith of the Henry post of the American Legion appoints committees for the annual stag co sponsored by Henry and Legion posts. The event may be on the first Sunday in August at Henry possibly Marshall Putnam Fair grounds. Ed Brennan is general chairman. Committee chairs include Entertainment Gordon Hartley and others. Finance Leonard Ries. Arrangements Virgil Bogner. Refreshment Lawrence Newman and team.
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Henry
Legion Hall
Second Street
Henry Bridge
Woman's Relief Corps
Ilinois
Henry City Cemetery
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Boy and Girl Scouts
Hary- Senachwine-High-School ‘Legionnaires
Leo-Smith
Nello
Milanesi
Brennan
Guy Child
Louis-Keegan
Ned’Potter
Charles Baker
Roy Nauman
Eddie Barry
Herbert Mattern
Leonard Ries
Lawrence Newman
John Moline
Murray’ Goebel
Roland_Smith
Legion
Gharga
Roland Smith
7American—Legion
Henry and Legion
Ed Brennan
S Pe Egeke Brow
Gordon Hartley
Mark Allard
Louis Hofer
A.—V.stout
Murray
Goebel
Jim Williams
Forrest Wood
Francis McEvoy
Jim Tindall
Virgil Bogner
Louis Keegan
Jim Moore
Haddon Perdew
Gerald Wabel
J. C. Klein
William Duke
Vernon Keegan
Dick Downey
Dick Schneider
Jim McDonald
Joe Hagemann
Louis Henkins
Kirby Chapman
Hob Schmitt
Nelle Milaensi
Leo Smith
Henry City Pool Opens for Summer Season
The Henry City Municipal Pool opened on Sunday May 30 for the summer with 12 30 to 6 pm and 7 to 9 pm sessions. Monday drains and refills close the pool every week. Louis Hank returns as manager and Bud Barker serves as lifeguard for the season.
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The-Henry-city-municipal
Louis Hank
Henry
Alvin
Bud” Barker
New Lacon Firm To Have Formal Opening
The Farmers' Feed and Seed Company Inc will open Saturday June 5 in Lacon in a Belsty building. Robert C Pringle Sparland Hilbert Metzger and Loren Guth East Peoria helped form the firm which will buy graded eggs and sell Ful-O-Pep Archer seeds James Way livestock poultry equipment certified farm seeds Smith Douglas fertilizer and other allied products. Company reps will attend representing Ful-O-Pep Archey-Daniels Armour Smith-Douglas and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
The
Archer
Jamesway
Smith- Douglas
Archey- Daniels
Armour & Company
Smith - Douglas
Downeys Present Suit To Customer
Incan advertising and sales campaign closed Saturday night a $53.00 custom-tailored suit was presented to Rev. Dale Pitcher pastor of the Methodist Church at Lacon. Harold Barry acted as judge at the presentation. Rev. Pitcher was in the store to make his selection when it opened Tuesday morning after the weekend holiday. Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Nelson and sons met friends from McCormick Theological Seminary last night at Starved Rock for a picnic supper.
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Dale Pitcher
Methodist
Lacon
Downey's Clothing
Harold Barry
Pitcher
Kenneth Nelson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Starved Rock
Magnolia Swaney High School Merger Rejected in Ward Vote
Voters in Magnolia district rejected the proposed consolidation with Swaney High School in a special election. Magnolia 794 to 126 favored, Swaney 89 to 1 favored the merger’s defeat, prompting a mass meeting to discuss next steps including potential joint operation, relocation, or new election.
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Swaney
Magnolia
Mapgnolian
Magnolia Dist
Magnolia Territory
Varna
Magnolia-acudents
Magnolia High School
Magnolia High
Magnolia Township
Swaney High School
Uist
Herbert Volker
John McKirgan
Leland Cooper
Arthur Miller
Joe Strode
George Martin
Larry Myers
Doss King
California
Ates John McKirgan
Community Welfare Service Meeting Invites Local Help
The Henry Community Child Welfare Service plans a public meeting Friday June 11 at 7 30 p m DST at the Legion Hall to discuss community problems. No speaker. attendees with problems or knowledge of issues are urged to attend. Officers note Pauline Swallow is president.
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Henry—Community—Child Welfare Service
D.S.T
Legion Hall
First Showing of the 1949 Ford Car in Chicago Coliseum
Harold Bullington owner and manager of Henry Motor Company Henry Illinois and Ford dealer attended the first showing of the 1949 Ford car at the Coliseum in Chicago on Tuesday May 25. The event was sponsored by Ford Motor Company for dealers from seven Midwest districts. Lunch was served at noon.
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Harold Bullington
Henry Motor Company
Henry
Ford
Chicagoton
Ford Motor Company
Midwest
May Banquet of Henry Alumni Association
The Henry Alumni Association banquet filled the gym Monday with 286 members and 34 graduates. Decorations featured blue and white, the class colors, while the menu included baked ham and ice cream. Gale Warner welcomed attendees, and Coriss Ingels spoke for the class of 1948. A one act play by the Henry Players and musical entertainment followed, with officers elected for the coming year and dancing to Joe Kilton's orchestra concluding the event. The piece notes strong school spirit and nostalgia as the year ends.
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The
Henry Alumni Association
Acho
M‘aalit
Henry Methodist Church
Kenneth Nelgon
Gale Warner
Alumni Association
Coriss
Ingels
Mra
Frank Cliftacy
Marcella
Doe McAllister
Bureka
Joe
Charles Dawson
Sby
Ellia Camery
George Harney
Wayne~ Huppe
Toya Monier
Calvin Starliper
Clyde Gregory
Gregory
Ft. Colling
Colorado
Tessa M. Sleater
Harold Mercian
Menu
Ray Hunt
Guy
Lawrence McCauley
Edwin Nader
Bill Duke
Walter Baldwin
Bruce Bauter
Neal Smith
Henry Players
Mia
Carl Williams
John Boore
M, Y ‘Allard
Joe Butler
Kathleen McCauley
Ed Barry
C. V. _Cronkrite
Leo Quinn
Joan Bauter
Leonard Ries
Joe Kilton
Peoria
Revival Meetings at Henry Apostolic Tabernacle
Evangelist Ruth Hayes and Dorothy Underwood will lead a revival at Henry Apostolic Tabernacle starting Sunday night June 6. Services are scheduled every evening at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend and hear the old-time Gospel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hayes
Dorothy Underwood
Henry Apostolic
Tabernacle
Stassen Impresses Editors at Peoria Meeting
Former Minnesota governor and Navy commander Harold E. Stassen spoke to 250 editors at the Jefferson Hotel in Peoria. He outlined firm policies toward Russia, endorsed limited communists, supported federal education aid with local control, and defended a housing program while stressing voter choice and future prospects for a presidential bid.
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Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Jefferson ‘Hotel
Peoria
Walter—Bayne
Clifford
Anderson
Finfgeld
Marshall’ County
Stassen
Illinois Press Association
Russia
Stalin
State‘ Department
Kremlin
Rugala
Issos
Philadelphia
Leslie Scott
Lacon Home Journal
Truman
Vacation Bible School opens with 70 enrolled at two churches
Seventy children enrolled as Vacation Bible School opens Wednesday. Primary and beginner sessions run at the Presbyterian Church while juniors and intermediates meet at the Methodist Church. Rev. Donald Lemkau leads the school with assistants and teachers named for each group. The program runs through June 18 with a Saturday picnic and Sunday evening closing exercises at the Christian Church.
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Churely
Methodist
Donald Lemkau
Kenneth
Nelson
Clyde Britton
Ed Rickey
Marion
Belle Cronkrite
Christian
Henry Stores Hold Huge Fall Sale Event in Henry
Henry merchants join forces for a major week long sale in Henry and nearby counties. Watercott's department store reopens after remodeling with a grand opening sale led by manager George Koehler. Shoppers in Henry and Marshall Putnam counties are urged to visit for substantial bargains and savings.
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Henry
Henry’ News- Republican
Henty
Alven
George Koehler
Watercott's
Watercott’s
Marshall- Putnam Counties
Truck Trailer Uncouples On Third Street
A. F. Bud Deininger of Henry had 15 tons of feed for Grampp and Sons when his semi trailer uncoupled on Third Street Henry. The trailer fell to the pavement and blocked the street until a Klein Motor Company wrecker and railroad ties lifted it. No damage to the trailer. the load was moved to the depot for unloading.
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A. F
Bud” Deininger
Hennepin
Third Street
Henry
Deininger
Brank Grampp & Sons
Chicago
Harry Moline
Grampp's
Delninger
Editor's press tour highlights distillery visit and industry hopes
Report describes journalists flying from Decatur and Champaign to Peoria then to Springfield Mo for a press meeting. Editors toured Hiram Walker distillery described as the world's largest with escorted groups and a cocktail hour. A company spokesman sought favorable rural press publicity while noting liquor uses and grain impacts on hog feed and animal vitamins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Decatur
Champaign
Springfield
Hiram Walker
Mquor
Triple Funeral Services For Fire Victims In Henry
Funeral services were held at Greene Funeral Home in Henry for three victims of a California Avenue apartment fire that killed Lyle Wilkins 53, his wife Loretta Poling Wilkins, and their son Leslie Eldon. Interment was in Henry City Cemetery with three hearses. Survivors include two sons Phillips and Virgil and daughter Vera, plus multiple siblings and relatives.
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Vic
Tims
Chicago
Greene
Henry
Lyle Wilkins
St. Anthony's Hospital
Wilkins
Toretty
Sele
Leslie Eldon
California Avenue
Green Funeral Home
Leon Appel
Toluca
Arvid Magnuson
Earle Blackwell
Lyle Leslie Wilkins
Hiram
Clara
Phillips Wilkins
Magnolia
Loretta Polling
Wheaton I
Peoria
Phillips
Virgil
Vera
Ahd
Mra
Olive Davis
Amboy
Mildren-Brown-of
May Crowning at St Marys Church
Impressive May crowning services were held Sunday evening May 30 at St Marys Church Henry. Miss Gertrude Wolf the May queen crowned the Blessed Virgin. Judy Nichols crown bearer Donnie Nauman train bearer Marilyn Barker Barbara Nichols attendants about forty girls wore formals. Father John Schumacher preached the sermon and the exercises closed by benediction. St Marys choir sang. About seventy five children of the congregation enrolled in the scapular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Henry
Gertrude Wolf
Judy Nichols
Donnie Nauman
Marilyn Barker
Barbara Nichols
John Schumacher
St. Mary’s Choir
Rain Lacking Hurts Marshall Putnam Crops
Rising temperatures and nearly three weeks without rain raise concerns for crops in Marshall Putnam areas. Oats, meadows, and pastures show hardy resilience but corn and potatoes face definite setbacks if dry conditions persist. Ed Prather and Mrs Clarence Barnes of Putnam attended funeral services for Mrs Charles Alpaugh in Princeton on Sunday.
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Marshall
Ed Prather
Clarence-Barnes-of-Putnam
Will Prather
Henry
Princeton
Charles Alpaugh
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Phil Kenny
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Perdew
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Phil-Kenny
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Henry Stores
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