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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
9
A jumble of reader recipes and cooking tips is presented, including hints for oven timings and warming casseroles. The notes mention spaghetti casserole with hamburgers, American cheese, and tomato soup, plus a chicken salad dish with mushrooms and pimento.
A fragmented reading describes a Henry News-Republican feature from the early century era showing ads with cotton flannels ginghams muslin sheets and blankets priced 2 to 65 cents. The piece notes posters and vivid pictures aimed to lure buyers with casual catchlines urging daily purchases.
The Union Daily Vacation School for 1950 opens Monday at 9 AM with about 120 boys registered. Mrs Bennett, along with 26 young women, will lead the children in activities in the building while Charles A Bennett directs the program. The husband will be away, but he will be there next week to supervise.
An invitation announces a meeting at 8 30 p m DST on Tune 9 at the Dan efan church. Pastor Appel of the Christian church will lead a discussion on minority issues with invited attendees urged to participate.
Oak Park visitors Gene Smith and niece Shirley stayed with the Emerson Smiths while Mrs Florence Kearney of Sparland joined for meals. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Lacon Wenona Sparland and Peoria attended dinners, baptisms, and Memorial Day events.
Mrs Leta McNally district librarian announces the June bookmobile runs across Marshall County with stops at Toluca Bank Della Taylor home Sparland Hopewell town hall Varma post office LaRose Grade school LaPrairie school house Brown Run school Doyle school Camp Grove bank Norman Crossroads Wilson school Wilbern post office Tax school Washburn Grade school Pattonsburg Toluca bank and Della Taylor home Sparland with times from morning to afternoon on June 15 to 28.
Reverend W F Powell and two East Peorians received deeds for land from Caterpillar Tractor Co for church building use. Louis B Neumiller presented the deeds. A 15 acre parcel goes to First Methodist Church and will become an East Peoria community center within five years, starting with a sanctuary for 600. An educational building and recreation hall follow.
Memorial day services under the Magnolia American Legion post 264 were held with an escort from the Legion home to Magnolia Methodist Church and a cemetery service. Participants included Chaplain John Kidd Buglers Richard Kenney and Charles Bunting Color bearers Alan Glenn Nicholas Cimei Clarence Donoho Leland Cooper firing squad led by Commander Walter Billups with members Keith Stansell Ezio Bennini Carl Carlson Robert Satterfield Lawrence Bickerman Gale Sivell George Biszak John Hoetz Hoetz and assistants Paul Rehn Alden Dunn Harold Griffith Homer Stephens William Chesnut Ellsworth Bishop Marion Turner Paul Frye.
Henry city council renewed five tavern licenses Monday night for Louis Henkins Nelle Milanesi Garth Reinbeck John Wagner and Mable Willams. A Class B package store license for non consumption on premises was issued to Mrs Jennie Friday at 100 a year.
Reverend L H Appel of the Toluca Christian church will speak at the Lutheran church in McNabb on Friday evening June 9 at 8 30 CST under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Refreshments and a silver offering will follow during the social period in the church basement. All are invited.
The Henry branch of the American Red Cross seeks clothing for a seven year old girl as they have not enough to fill the request. Donors may contact Miss Gladys Sivell. An Oregon Holstein set a new record for twice daily milking, yielding 1141.8 pounds of butterfat in a year.
The Hennepin high school 1950 graduating class includes Valedictorian Albert Urnikis and Salutatorian Gudmund Jessen. John Glenn Zenor is noted for athletics and student leadership while Thomas Jeppson and Lois Brandstatter earned Legion awards.
Funeral services for Nels Olson 81 were held at the Dysart chapel in Granville with Rev. Roy W. Johnson officiating. The Sweden native died May 7 1950 at his daughter's home after six years bedfast, survived by his wife two daughters a son eight grandchildren and relatives in Sweden.
Mrs Anna Olson and Family express sincere thanks for kindness shown to their husband and father during his long illness and for sympathy and assistance at the time of their bereavement.
Congressman Harold H. Velde of Pekin assailed President Truman and the administration for whitewashing the Amerasia case. He urged reopening the affair to reveal the truth, citing Amerasia magazine and stolen State Department documents uncovered in 1945. He condemned the administration’s attitude toward law enforcement in espionage matters and urged a tougher, clearer policy.
Principal Charles K. Jenkins announces the 1949 1950 honor roll with High Honor names Loss Brandstatter Grimund Jessen Jr Albert Urnikis Mary Jeppson Marilyn Morine Emma Joe Stewartson Norma June Treatch. Anton Urnikis is valedictorian and Gudmund Jessen Jr salutatorian for the 1950 graduating class. American Legion awards go to Thomas Jeppson and Loss Brandstatter.
Among 725 Waolg State Normal university spring enrollees state scholarships go to Marshall county future teachers: Mary Ries Elaine Held Martha Watkins Jean Baker Dale Hultgren Nancy McCully Joan Umphress Jacquelyn Brown Marilyn Barker Norma Neuhalfen and others from Sparland Toluca Varna Wenona and Henry.
City council named Mrs. Walter A. Boyle and attorney Robert Swengel to the Henry Public Library board. Reappointed to the board were Mrs. J. B. Raffensperger and Mrs. Robert Ingels.
A Henry businessman living in a conservative area reports strange behavior from neighbors since moving to Green Street. Men leave a store daily to cast in the grass and outside, while another runs a motorboat in the family tub. A young earthworm fascination adds to the curious summer rumor.
Commencement for the Hopkins Township high school Class of 1950 was held Monday evening May 29 in the school auditorium. Chester Novak awarded diplomas to seventeen graduates and Principal Roy Pyatt gave National Honor Society awards to Inez Anderson Betty Lodigiani and Margaret Youngblood. Dr Claude E Vick of Springfield delivered the address.
Henry council discussed adding several acres north of current limits across four owners Raleigh Fisher D K Farr William Prather and Marshall Putnam Oil Co to city limits to raise taxes for water mains and spur development If extended water mains and federal grant of 23100 could fund housing area improvements the council planned another meeting June 12 and considered FHA interest in buying lots
Marshall county judge D. M. Gregg announces the library election on Saturday June 24 to decide dissolution of the Minois Valley District Library. Sparland precinct No 6 voters will cast ballots at Sparland grade school from noon DST to 7 pm DST.
The piece records multiple social events around Princeton and nearby towns. Families attend reunions at city park and a Pekin Country Club luncheon, with notes on guests, artwork, and an oil painting owner. Several relatives travel from Chicago and Peoria, while others visit cemeteries, churches, and parks.
The narrator recounts a cross country drive from Cuba Missouri through Oklahoma to New Mexico along Route 66. He cites 458 miles to Oklahoma City, encounters tumbleweeds and whirlwinds, notes desert heat and cold nights, observes changes to Native Americans, risk of speeding tickets, and repairs as the trip continues toward Santa Rosa New Mexico.
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