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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
5
The piece outlines rising drownings in early summer, urging parents to supervise children learning to swim under competent instructors, warns against unsupervised swimming, and cautions about canoeing dangers and cramps in deep water.
The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County Illinois will meet at the Court House in Lacon on Monday June 12 1922 at 1 30 PM. Each bill must be itemized certified by the town supervisor sworn and filed in the county clerk office by the Saturday preceding the meeting. Bills not filed or classified by noon will be carried over. Lawrence D Gregory County Clerk Advertisement (6-8)
Sparland residents share visits across Peoria Princeton and Milo. Chautauqua opens June 9 with four days of entertainment. Spring and graduation updates include Miss Elizabeth Belloft Henry’s commencement and Sparland school events. Town cleanup urged as lights and street oiling loom. town birthday dinner and community gatherings noted.
The annual commencement exercises were held Friday evening June 2 1922 at the M E church with large attendance extra seats and a speaker Rev J C Anderson. Miss Olive Hastings was absent due to measles and Miss Ruth Vincent substituted as salutatorian while the class motto Be Different was displayed on the rear wall.
The Sparland Public School eighth grade commencement was held on Thursday evening June 1 with green and white decorations and a large class of thirty, all but one in attendance. Programs included invocations, readings, solos, and diplomas presented by Co. Supt. W. B. King. several teachers and students are listed among the participants and performers.
Mitchell Miller haying near Hopewell and Blackburn & Feazel grading roads last week. Community members visit relatives and attend class events in Varna and Henry, including Miss Kreider’s 1922 graduates and a class program.
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