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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
8
Society notes report Hazelmae Crain entertaining her teammate Marjorie Wright as a house guest last weekend. Brownies and Girl Scout activities at DeKalb Teachers College pause for two weeks of school before vacation.
Saratoga Cheerful Workers held their second meeting at the home of leader Mrs Omar Ringenberg on May 29. Aletta Lewis was elected secretary, plans for the coming year were made, and a pattern marking demonstration was given by Celestine Stotler. The group scheduled future gatherings every two weeks and agreed to gather materials by June 13 at Ed Finnegan’s home.
Mrs. Bentley Stoner hosted a Sunday pot-luck for her aunt Mrs. Josephine Annten from Adel Iowa. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, Mayme Massey, the Shearers and Yargers plus various friends and relatives. The event followed by a note on Mrs Daly’s club party plans and a 4 H Club meeting in Richland with program talks on food preservation furniture care teeth and bunco.
Family members gathered at the Kimble home in La Prairie on Sunday June 2 to honor the 57th TM wedding anniversary. Forty seven attendees spanning four generations enjoyed a cake inscribed 67 and a bed side table gift from the children. Several relatives in Maine Evanston and the Philippines could not attend.
Miss Arvilla Ahlstrom daughter of Mrs Axel Ahlstrom Magnolia wed Forrest Lutes Jr son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Lutes Putnam Sunday at 1 15 p m Henry Methodist Church Rev Donal Lemkau performed the single ring ceremony Attendants were Mr and Mrs Edward Ahlstrom The couple plan to live in Magnolia Lutes a Magnolia native graduated Magnolia High School Class of 1946 salutatorian He served in the Marines recently discharged
Six members and two guests attended the June meeting of the C L W Class at the Methodist Church. Mrs John Burton presided as two new members Mrs William Spinstoworth and Mrs Charles Salisbury were welcomed. Members sewed quiet blocks and shared a Vagack lunch provided by Mrs Lorena Wilmoth, with Rev Donald Lemkau dropping in for refreshments.
On Tuesday evening June 4 the Book Circle elected Walter Bayne as chairman Dayne Farr as secretary and William Aitchison as program chairman. Mrs David Madden reviewed Jorn Uhl by Gustav Frenssen a tale of Jorn the youngest son of a Schleswig Holstein landowning family. Follows his rise from adversity to factory manager engineer and locks builder. The group closed with refreshments and plans for September. The 30th annual Senachwine High alumni banquet at Putnam town hall drew 109 attendees with a three course dinner served by the Home Bureau and junior class. The program led by alumni president Mrs Robert Simon included welcomes responses saxophone solo community singing a six act drama solo and Auld Lang Syne. Retiring officers named new alumni officers led by President Shirley Morse with Bud Chesney Helen Eckard Lloyd Murphy Lois Jean Wheeler and others.
The text records a former secretary to the chief of the association, a 1940 Henry High graduate, who served in the Marshall Putnam Cooperative and received an above average discharge after years of service. It also mentions Irene Bogner and Marie Bogner attending a Hillendale wedding and a birthday party for Dimmie Shurts hosted by the Harold Ziegler home in Decatur reminding of local social events.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a birthday party scene with names Jimmie Hissa Ruth Sater and Mrs Shirts amid references to cake ice cream and a suspicious change in votes. The readable portion hints at a disturbance or accusation during the event with several people present and a twenty-dollar figure mentioned.
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