Bridal Showers Honor Suzanne McNutt Bride Elect
Washburn residents hosted a bridal shower for Suzanne McNutt bride elect. Mrs Leonn er and Mrs Leland Heck s presided with 22 guests from Burke El Paso Washburn. Attendees enjoyed cake and coffee and gifts toward the couple’s new home ahead of vows on Sunday June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye ‘McNutt
Suzanne McNutt
Washburn
Pigit
Leonner
Leland Hecks
Burke
el Paso
Washburn Washburn
Belsly
Frank Jr
Henry
Casey Will Teach in Germany for Year Ahead
Casey, daughter of Mrs. Wilbur Casey of Law, will teach in Germany next year as part of the army personnel program. She has a definite assignment and will be away from her duties as a grade teacher in Rock Island where she has taught for 15 years, to visit her brother Col Charles and his family already stationed in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Wilbur Casey
Germany
Col Charles
Rock Island
Miller Dies in Valley Hospital Roll
Rose Beschorner aged 67, sister of Mrs Ethyle Lacon, died at Valley Hospital at 1 30 pm after three weeks illness. Born April 18, 1888, she lived in Washburn. survived by husband Clarence Miller of Lacon and brothers George Webber of Washburn and another sibling. Services held at 2 pm in Washburn at Gray Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Beschorner
Ethyle Lacon
Margaret's Hospital Valley
Ter
Clarence
de. Webber
She Washburn
The
Christian
Hom
Bro Miller
Lacon
George Webber
Wash
Sunday School Promises Children's Day Exercises
The Congregational notes announce Sunday School will be held with Children’s Day promotion exercises for the class graduating from ary department. A 1:30 p.m. service change, choir rehearsal for the intermediate unit, and skating party arrangements are noted. Pilgrim Fellowship plans a bake sale to fund expenses for fans and delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ary
Jewell
Pilgrim Fellowship
P.feld
Knox
Mrs Elizabeth Scott Narrowly Escapes Deep River Dunk
Mrs Elizabeth Scott flipped from a surfboard into the Winds river near the Lacon bridge on a calm Sunday afternoon. Rough water and a failing tow line led to a midstream hazard but she was pulled into her husband Jessie Scott’s boat as her son Winston swam to assist. The family spent the rest of the day boating, while she joked about avoiding any water intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Scott
Winds River
Lacon Bridge
Mrs. Scott
Jessie
Winston
Larry Dunn
Scott
Shower Honors Janet Stateler Before July Wedding
Mrs. L. G. Grieves and co hostess Mrs. Charles Crocker entertained with a crystal shower for Janet Stateler at Grieves home on Friday night. Janet will marry Paul Robison on July 23. Guests played Fifty with Mrs. B. Griswold winning high and a gossip game won by Mrs. M C Schrock. Janet received a crystal place setting as a gift. centerpiece featured a heart with bride and groom figures. Cards table decor included white bells and candles. refreshments were open faced party sandwiches, frozen fruit salad and coffee. Attendants included Mesdames H K Gaither O T Stateler C B Stateler Sr Lorin Belsly Tom Adams George Grieves George Hacker B H Ramsey Joseph Allen Joseph Babington A B Griswold Frank Ackerholm Mitchell Wilson S M Garrett Roy Kamm Louis Phillips of Varna Ray Robison from Rock Island Hayes North Fred G Garrels D T Watkins of Saarland John Calhoun Wayne Howard Louis A Lenz M C Schrock Fred Neuhalsen of Henry James W Bennet Miss Jessie Ramsey and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell G. Grieves
Charles Crocker
Janet Stateler
Paul Robison
B. Griswold
M C Schrock
Miss Stateler
Harvey K Gaither
O T Stateler
C. B. Stateler Sr
Varna
Lorin Belsly
Tom Adams
George Grieves
George Hacker
B H. Ramsey
Joseph Allen
Joseph Babington
A B. Griswold
Frank Ackerholm
Mitchell Wilson
S M_ Garrett
Roy Kamm
Louis Phillips
Ray Robison
Rock Island
Hayes North
Fred G Garrels
Hiring of Two Teachers Completes Mid-County Staff
Mid County schools finalize staffing as Supt L T Schubert secures two teachers to fill vacancies. Miss Rosemary Ronald from Eureka joins the high school home economics post after student teaching at Wenona. Mrs Carolyn Faye fills the Lacon grades vacancy left by Mrs Betty Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T Schubert
Rosemary Ronald
Eurek
Wenona
Bowboth College
Enona Schoo
Lacon
Betty Scott
Carolyn Faye
Gerald Faye
What Does God Expect What Does God Expect
First Methodist Church announces Sunday events with 945 a.m. Sunday School 1045 a.m. Worship and a sermon on What Does God Expect. MYF meets at 5 pm. Vacation Bible school runs June 13 to 17 from 9 30 to 11 30 am with over 150 registrations. Jnols Annual Conference held in Jacksonville June 8 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jnols
Jacksonville
Kay Bean and Melvin Eilers Wed in Chillicothe
Miss Katherine Elaine Bean and Melvin Lee Eilers exchanged vows at First Methodist Church Chillicothe in a Sunday ceremony. The couple announced a wedding trip to Michigan then will reside in Roswell New Mexico where Eilers is stationed with the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Bean
Melvin Eilers
Chillicothe
Carol Bean
Meadows
Jayne Owen
Lacon
Kathy Hancher
Kevin Hancher
Ronald Lenz
Jack Bean
Robert Decker
Minonk
Tjark Rients
Flanagan
Shirley Cameron
Sharon Mead
Laura Lee Gallup
Veronica Jurkovich
Theresa Pence
Michigan
Eilers
Chillicothe High School
Liberty School of Beauty Culture
Ejlers
Lacon Schools
Air Force
Roswell
Local Nurse Roberta Holler Graduates From Methodist School
Roberta Holler daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Holler of Lacon graduates from Methodist Hospital Nurses Training School Peoria with a class of 55. Commencement speaker Vera M Binks of Kewanee outlines future plans to work in Peoria and attend University of Colorado. Family members and friends attend the exercises including LaVerne Holler and numerous Lacon residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Holler
Methodist Nursing
Frank Holler
Lacon
Methodist Hospital Nurses’ Training School
Peoria
First Methodist Church
Vera M Binks
Kewanee
Illinois Department of Registration and Education
Holler
Peoria Methodist
University of Colorado
LaVerne
Mmethodist Hospital
Childrens’ Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Beverly
Katherine Davidson
George Holler
Lyle Schlosser
Glen Hattan
William Blackburn Jr
Gloria Crouse
Larry Sheppard
Herman Guede
Bill Guede
Dean McAlister
Arthur Head Jr
Alice Harshbarger
Edith Springer
Constantine, Mich
Harshbarger
Janet
Miss Halfer
Michigan
Frank Haller
Local Hilltop Grocery to Close Unless Leased
Mr and Mrs Selby Folbigg expect to close their neighborhood store Hilltop cash grocery on June 12 unless a lease is arranged. Mrs Folbigg will assist her husband who is caretaker at Lacon Country club. Mrs Ann Diebel spent the weekend with daughter Mrs Glen Rachman near Low Point. The Kenyons went to Toluca to help move Mrs Frank Hall Sr. They returned with Janet Marshall who visited until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selby Folbigg
Hilltop Cash Grocery
Folbigg
Lacon Country Club
Ann Diebel
Glen Rachman
Low Point
Rollin Kenyon
Toluca
Frank Hall Sr
City
Kenyons
Janet Marshall
Mia
Irwin Marshall
Maroa
Peoria
Lacon Public Library Annual Report Filed
The Lacon Public Library board met with Mrs. Edward K. Craig as new president and appointed committees for the year. Librarian Miss Virginia Lane presented the annual report for the year ending April 30, showing 838 borrowers, 5 776 volumes to start, 213 added, and a grand circulation total of 7 102 with receipts totaling 2 173.42 and operating expenses of 1 512.44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon Public Brary Board
Edward K. Craig
Eddington
Vernay
Pace
Uschold
Craig
Ace
Allen
Eddigton
Nelson
Holler
Vernay, Garrels
Virginia Lane
Minors State Library
Springfield
Ibd
Mrs Stateler Plans California Trip With Chicago Start
Mrs O Stateler travels to Chicago this Thursday to join Mrs J A Runyan for a three week trip to visit relatives in California. They depart Friday by train, stopping at Palo Alto then Los Angeles Burbank and Pasadena. During the absence her daughter Mrs Dave Watkins and two sons Davy and Jimmy will stay in Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O . Stateler
Chicago
J. A. Runyan
California
Stateler
DT Watkins
Sparland
Dave
Indiana
Robert R. Boekhout
Vicksburg
Mich
Melvin Flers
Air Force
Albuquerque
Africa
Ellery
Kay Bean
Henry Eilers Algo
Ellers
T H Ellers
Mason City
Miss Marilyn Schrock and Robert Loy Wed June 26
Miss Marilyn Schrock daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin C Schrock and Robert Loy son of W P Loy will be married Sunday June 26 at 5 o clock in the First Methodist church of Lacon The couple will establish their home in Lacon where Mr Loy is in business with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Schrock
Melvin C Schrock
Robert Loy
W P Loy
Lacon
Mr Loy
Lacon Bible School Gets Off to Fine Start
Attendance at the first day of Union vacation Bible school sponsored by the Methodist and Congregational churches exceeded 130 with the second day over 150. The program included nursery, kindergarten, and junior sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon Bible School
Union Vacation Bible School
Methodist
Congregational Churches
Church Department Classes Hold Sessions and Plans Event
The Methodist church hosts department meetings while the largest group in the primary section holds sessions at the Congregational church. Nursery and kindergarten teachers and helpers are listed with names. the primary and junior departments assign multiple teachers and craft leaders. The junior group will tour Peoria on Monday visiting a Jewish synagogue and a Catholic church, with Bible school closing crafts show and films on June 17 and a Johnson's park picnic to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Congregational Church
Dorothy McAllister
Evelyn Westefer
Martha Drake
Mrs. Davis
Dotty Jo Kief
Sherrill Conzelman
Kathy Kline
Shirley Stroup
LaRue Spangler
Pattibell Strong
Eileen Baier
Kathryn Ehzinger
Chrystal Russell
Susie Schrock
Lois Winklepleck
Jo Busch
Betty Fleming
Diane Kief
Beverly Glunz
Bonnie Anderson
Nedra Barr
Judy Gauwitz
County Supervisors Meet Monday June 13
The county board of supervisors will meet on Monday June 13. Gerry D Scott and Katie A Fisher traveled to St Louis for a bankers convention from Wednesday to Friday. Barbara Cowan, daughter of R F Cowanns, will perform ballet and tap at a Buckingham dance studio recital in Chillicothe Friday night at 8 pm in the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Gerry D. Scott
Katie A Fisher
St Louis
Barbara Cowan
R F Cowanns
Buckingham
Chillicothe
Chillicothe High School
Sunshine Quilting Club Meets At Florence Hatton
Mrs Florence Hatton hosted the Sunshine Quilting club at her home last Wednesday afternoon. After sewing for a profitable period the ladies served ice cream, cake, coffee and tea. The dozen industrious members meet biweekly to craft plain and fancy needlework, sometimes selling items for charity with proceeds to the Methodist church building fund. Guests included Mrs Harold Bean and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Hatton
Sunshine
Harold Bean
William Baum
Robert Cowell
Sylvia Crank
Carl Scudder,Jr
Finne Guede
John Morse
John Ohligschlager
Oliver Smith
William Kenyon
Clark Witherapodn
Two Decrees For Divorce Granted In Circuit Court
Judge Henry Ingram of Peoria presided at a circuit court session granting two divorce decrees. The proceedings named the couples and noted legal actions finalized during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ingram
Peoria
Divorces granted and indictments in county cases
Wilma Wood received a divorce from Robert Wood on cruelty and custody of minor children with $17.50 weekly support. Louisa Noll was granted a divorce from Verland Noll on adultery. they wed in September 1953. Delbert Pressley, indicted May 27 for robbery tied to Denbo market and Sparland burglary, pled guilty and seeks probation. judge deferred ruling until June 21. bail set at $4,000. Motions for new trials in Danhof v Osborne and Williams v Lewis denied. defendants have 20 days to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Wilma Margaret Wood
Robert Wood
Louisa Jane Noll
Verland Noll
Delbert Pressley
Denbo
Sparland
Pressley
Danhof
Osborne
Et al
Williams
Lewis
Garrels Return From Rotary Convention in Chicago
Mr and Mrs. Fred G. Garrels returned home from Chicago after Mr Garrels attended Rotary’s 50th anniversary international convention. About 2000 Rotarians attended sessions in a stadium and two organizers of the first Rotary club were present along with Mrs Harris, founder’s widow, and living presidents. The event concluded with a grand ball at the Conrad Hilton hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Garrels
Chicago
Garrels
Rotary
Lake Placid
Rotary Club
Harris
Conrad Hilton
Probate Will of Mary Barnes Stith
The will filed in Marshall county probate court lists 1000 dollars in personal property and 100000 dollars in real estate. Richard Barnes Stith is named executor and chief beneficiary with life tenancy and power to dispose of property after her death to blood relatives or charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Barnes Stith
Marshall County
Richard
Robert A Barnes
Richard Barnes Stith
George W Smith
B F. Shafer
Stith will provisions restrict heirs and grant incomes
The will directs undevised property pass to the decedent’s natural child or children and be held in trust by Robert A. Barnes and Rudolph Danhof until age 35. It restricts encumbrances on real estate, outlines income shares for Rudolph Danhof and his widow Louise, structures a special bequest to Theresa Groh, and imposes penalties for probate opposition or recusant behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Barnes
Rudolph Danhof
Devisee
Devisees
Foley
Stith
Barnes
Magoon
Newell Family Attends Lorene Newell-Sgt John Bailey Wedding
Mrs James Newell and Richard Duane Newell of Bradford with Grace Taylor and Pat Ziegler left Saturday for Fort Knox Kentucky to attend the wedding of Lorene Newell and Sgt John Bailey. After the ceremony and supper the Newells Grace and Pat began their return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Newell
Richard
Duane Newell
Bradford
Grace Taylor
Pat Ziegler
Ft Knox
Lorene Newell
Sgt
John Bailey
Newells
Grace
Pat
Local residents recount trips after car accident and family visits
Orval Taylor drove to Kentucky Monday night to bring a group home to Henry after an accident requiring repairs in Louisville. C V Cronkrite and John Burton spouses went to Champaign to fetch Margaret Cronkrite from the University of No is, who had just finished exams. Maude Waki of Springfield spent Sunday and Monday with the Barker family. Pearl Wagner of Chicago is visiting the Claude Pembrook home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Louisville
Orval
Taylor
Kentucky
Henry
C. V_ Cronkrite
John Burton
Champaign
Springfield
Clarence Barker
Pearl Wagner
Chicago
Claude Pembrook
Sparland Centennial Fund Nears 3000 in Contributions
Sparland’s Centennial celebration set for July 22-23 is approaching $3,000 as the finance committee reports receipts from Sparland organizations, individuals and former residents, boosters sales, and businessmen in Sparland Lacon Chillicothe and Henry. Total funds recorded amount to $2,933.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparlana
Finance Committee
Sparland
Sparland Businessmen
Lacon Businessmen
Chillicothe Businessmen
Henry Businessmen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fthyle Miller
Valley Hospital
Ak. Wyatt
Til
Grim-Reaper
L. G. Grieves
NRY Lumber CO
Alden Brown
Katherine Elaine Bean
Orville Bean
Melvin Lee Eilers
Henry Eilers
K. V McConkey
Richard Lyon
Fea
Peenal Andl Ecoli Olny Anse
Lacon Public Library Files Annual Report
Sunshine Quilting Club
E. de T. Murphy
M.D Boyahan
Third Street
Watercott’s
Henry, Illinois
John Helgoth
Jefferson Street
Henry, MI
Henry Depot
Lombard
Thenry
Keegan & Son
Duke Bros
Aplinr
D&d
Henry, Ill
Total
Nee Evans
William Garry
Hunt's
Heinz Catsup
Calif
Dox
Jumbo
Celery
Ashione
Harry L. Shanks Jewelers
Ellsworth Bishop Farm
Palm Implement Co., Varna
Foster Implement CO
Henry Tractor CO
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