Community notices from Ottawa area schools and families
Local residents and relatives visit in Ottawa area homes and at Streator, Toluca, and Peoria. Alumni events, school graduations, birthdays, and illness updates involve many families including Law, Haws, Chesnut, McKirgan, Simonton, and Dagner, with several outings and hospital stays noted.
Alumni Banquet Marks 24th Year At First Lutheran High School
The 24th annual alumni banquet was held Saturday evening June 1 in the high school gym. Agnes Lenz gave the invocation as 21 members and guests attended. William Koch Jr welcomed, Vale Antrim spoke for the senior class, and Principal Peterson introduced the seniors. Lawrence Quiram played music, Gurol Baker read a humorous piece and Dorothy Modro read a poem. Officers elected: President Helen Johnson, Vice President Richard Modro, Secretary Helen Louise Palm, Treasurer Don Condit. An amendment allowed alumni to bring a house guest or spouse. Decorations featured a spring garden theme with rose buds and trellises, and dancing followed to Les Gerber’s orchestra. Representatives ranged from 1920 to 1946. many out-of-town guests attended from Peoria, Melrose Park, Clinton, Manteno, and Saratoga.
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Diancilla Newcomb
Jeanette Tulderston
Minnie Dean
Margaret Dagner
Leona Matock
Roberta Hauger
Galesburg
Atesetary
John _McKirgan
John A
Marjorie
Hall Griffith
Quaker Lane
McKirgan
Billy Judd
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Clifford
Hartman
Donna Kay
Sublette
Granville
Simon Satterfield
Joe Bassi
McNabb
John Sammons
Mary Lou
William Chesnut Sr
Dr Robinson
Aledo
Nona Chesnut
Robinson
James Wilson
Jenna Thompson
D. G Judd
Goldie Kirby
Peoria
Jake Hahn
Monday Snath
Shelia Shinn
Chicago
Alden Dunn
Imelda
Bert Broline
Lawrence Bickerman
John Bonin
Ottawa
Eddie Bangs
Imother
Dora Kidd
Doss-King
Alden-Dunn
Alden Brown
Joe Kapraun
Henry
Virgil Mann
Mann
Harvey Hranshaw
Margaret Simonton
Tia
Prof
Robert Bunting
Ray Boyle
Marjorie McKirgan
Verda Annip
Herschell Kays
Contract Bridge Club
Jeland Cooper
2D Hartman
Subletter
Darre] Morphew
Gene Bishop
H J Bishop
August Larson
Leonard
Albert Stenfeldt
Millersburg
Peony Gardens
Princeville
Gerald Shearer
Lee Mayhall
Harlan Allison
Leon Steffend
Ariel
Keith Drager
Champaign
Keith Or Drage
Cedric Powell
Lostant
Hamm
Clarence Danoho
Ivar
Nelson
Onia
Darlene
Aoe Nelson
Schuyler Wells Sr
Bens Rie
Helen_Johnson
Richard Modro
Helen Louise Palm
Don Condit
Marian Lundgren
Barman
Gretchen Phibins
Helen Louise Palmer
Siegfried Fecht
North Brook
al Orth
Melrose Park
Nene
Kaye Hurl Bad Davotuy Eee Chieungo
Victor Gondalez
Margaret Lundgren
Warner Anderson
Jay Cotegon
Gerald Jo Rudd
Emma Otto
J.D McKibben
Clinton
Rudy Whalin
Manteno
Leo Stiles
Harald Stoner
Chillicothe
Richard
Elizabeth Forney
Whitefield
Viron
Leslie Gustafson
Saratoga
Donald Lundgren
LaRose
Ivan Schlosser
Bil Alm
Toluca
Lawrence Quiram
Streator
Upper Iowa
Floyd—Smith
Wallace
Ed Fairbanks
Charles Okerberg
Cher-Aigtar
John Wallin
Ehlért
Rockford
Leland
Heck
Washburn
Wiliam Harrstone
Lorraine Nelson
Augustana College
Rock Island
Reve Nelsong
Jay Myers
Roy
Brown
W. E. Brown
Eddie Welch
John Myers
Robert Myers
Tremont
Robert
Lloyd Myers
Gust Carlson
Williamnderson
Anderson Findson
Harold
Carlsons
Elof Hultin
Arold Carlson
Varna High School
Leroy Peterson
A. M. Trulin
Black Hills
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado Springs
Walter Leininger
Wedding Anniversary Noted by Martin Family Festivities
Mr and Mrs Charles Martin hosted relatives and friends at their Magnolia home on a Sunday evening for the 18th wedding anniversary of their son and his wife, Walter Martin and wife. A pink rose and miniature bride cake framed by June roses. Guests included Peggy Jean and Kathryn Anna Martin, Jo Ann Comstock, Harry Van Martin, and others. The event featured informal visiting and refreshments.
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Charles Martin
Walter
Martin
Magnolia
Walter Martin
Peggy Jean
Kathryn Anna
Jo Ann Comstock
Harry van Martin
Maghholin
Wy If
Johnston and Son
Charles
Henri
Rudolph Kindstrom
Lilttan
Albert Jidgard
Bud
Moron Cass
Princeton
Eileen Steffens
Tuluen
Leon Steffens
Sam Potter
Strandquist
Peoria
Ada Glover
John Simmitane
Granville
A C Mune
Warrensburg
Ralph Paxson
Martin Carlaon
John A. Mehargran
Jarson
Schuyler Wells Je O
Ottawa
Theodore Wells
Bilicothe
Oon
Jane Wells
J. .D. McKibben
Clinton
Brown
Gunnard Olson
Berwyn
Lorin Koch
Lina Selquist
Arthur McCandless
Herman Carlson
Fata Carlson
Rockford
Jefferson
Iowa
Wesley Shanklin
Browning
Mary Shanklin
Ed Jesse
Jesse
Wayne Brown
Navy
Wayne
Ralph Brown
Carol
Enos Odell
Jas Mia Willard Odell
Evar Carlson
Moline
Falmer Wallgren
Siegfried Fecht
North Brook
Ryan Petrick
Mra Burdette Palm
Billy
Kenneth
Arents
William Khlonsser
Toluca
Joe Bleull
Ralph Gustafson
Gail Bergsten
Rockard
Oliver Jensen
San Piero
Galifare
Col. Jensen
Vacation Bible School Aids Community With Weeklong Sessions
The article notes church activities including 10 a.m. service, 9 a.m. Sunday School, and a Vacation Bible School running Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 3:30 for ages 4 to 44. It also mentions visitors and numerous local families attending events and visiting relatives over Decoration Day and Memorial Day weekend.
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Unior Bible Clase
Our Church
Automobile Life and Fire Agencies at Brennan Building
An item notes an agency located in the Brennan Building on Edward Street operated by Henry Jit, covering automobile, life, and fire underwriting or services.
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AG N Aay
Brennan Building
Edward Street
Henry
Jit
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