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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1955
Page
7
A summer reading program at Henry Library will open in June with a sealed box and slips to count votes. Readings feature Gentle tales for children with titles such as Little House, Cay's Birthday Book, and That Goes to School, celebrating reading and imagination.
Henry Explorers Terry Rose Jerry Farr Jim Koehler Dick Nauman Bill Child Ernest Rose Guy Child toured Keystone Steel and Wire Co in Peoria. They viewed four furnaces melting 1,400 tons daily, ingot molds, the 375 foot rolling strand, and the wire mill producing Red Brand fence nails and barbed wire.
Mrs. Donald Nelson of McNabb attends the 18th annual Illinois Home Bureau conference at Bradley University Peoria June 14 to 17. Programs include citizenship training recreation and fellowship with a theme on home as a central interest.
Illinois state sales tax collections in May totaled 18 155 781 dollars. The five month total reached 329 221 744 dollars, up 4 855 361 dollars from the first five months of 1954, per State Revenue Director Richard J Lyons monthly report.
Roger Lundgren, a May 26 graduate of Mid-County High, received the American Legion school award from Edward N Lundgren Post American Legion of Varna during commencement exercises, presented by Jock L Jenkins.
Lacon businessmen protest plans to close the collector of Internal Revenue office in Lacon, citing long trips to a distant center for tax help. Harry Woolford, in charge, is ordered to relocate headquarters to Kewanee, and says if Lacon closes the office will be run by another official.
Henry Grade School logged 313 students with total absences below last year. Average daily attendance was 271.17 and 2,546 days were missed. Attended days totaled 5,016. Grade totals range from first through eighth with varying pupil counts.
A Ruralite low-cost newspaper insurance program sponsored by Henry News-Republican and Old Republic Life Insurance Company of Chicago paid a claim Friday. Mrs Kirby Chapman of near Henry sustained an eye injury from a particle entering the eye during an incident.
The M P Home Bureau announces the appointment of Miss Georgia Anne Stehl of Granville as youth assistant for the summer months. Stehl will assist the home advisor with the 4 H program which is in full swing during the summer. She will be in the Home Bureau office after June 22, and the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m.
Rabies clinics will be held at Toluca City Hall on Thursday June 9 from 3 to 7 pm Sparland Steuben Town Hall on Friday June 10 from 1 to 4 pm Lacon Fire House on Saturday June 11 and Saturday June 18 from 2 to 4 pm Dogs may be charged 3 dollars each.
The Georgette Werner dance school presented a 30-number revue for 290 pupils at Peoria’s Shrit Mosque on June 3. Phyllis Rebholz and Pamela Rebholz from Henry performed tap duets and trios with Peoria dancers, while Connie and Laertie Shearer and other Henry and Brimfield participants joined in multiple tap and ballet numbers. The show featured graduating hats, a large cast, and music by Ken Landon and the Paragotts, with alumni nurses from Methodist Hospital also attending a Peoria hotel event.
The Marshall Putnam Home Bureau executive board hosted 4 H club leaders at a dinner in the Farm Bureau building. Mrs Aman Wilson and Mrs Lawrence Ransom provided musical entertainment between courses. Mrs Donald Nelson welcomed guests with Mrs Warren Toliver replying. Miss Ross Davidson read a book review of Mr Dodd's Vacation. Mrs Nelson introduced Marcel Lauffray of France, a guest of honor visiting with a group of 40 French women, focusing on housing.
A demonstration of nine days of work from the Henry Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School will be held at the church on Friday June 10 at 8 o'clock. Displayed will be hand work and work books with lessons from each department. Certificates of recognition will be awarded at the close and the public is invited.
Mrs Iaule Fo Magill of Woodhull Illinois is named home adviser for Marshall and Putnam counties. She will move to Henry on June 11 and start duties July 1. A University of Illinois graduate, she taught home economics at Woodhull Junior High since 1948. Her husband, a state high school principal, died recently. Her daughter resides in Rock Island.
A Wenona crop and weather observer notes heavy but brief rainfall from last week’s storm and steady warmth. Farmers report cultivating corn and planting beans, with some fields being reduced under government corn programs. Oats, clover, and slick wheat look healthy as weeds recede, and farmers discuss best vat varieties amid strong growth.
Floyd Robinson of Toluca, former Marshall county treasurer and Bennington township supervisor, takes a role as traveling auditor for the Illinois State Youth commission. He will receive training in Springfield until July 1 and then audit records at St. Charles, Geneva, and Sheridan youth correctional centers and visit forestry camps at Marseilles State Park and Grant City Forestry camp in Robbs in Southern annals.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Wright of Saratoga attended the Rotary International golden anniversary convention in Chicago. The event at Hotel Sherman and Chicago Stadium drew 14000 attendees from 8500 clubs in 90 countries. Highlights included Fifty Years of Community Service, a Spalding School demo, and remarks by Canada’s external affairs secretary Lester Pearson.
Judy Damm daughter of the Herberts will showcase ballet and tap at the Gene Buckingham recital in Chillicothe High School gym Friday at eight. She attends Buckingham studio and friends are invited. The article also notes info on poultry leukosis from a University of Illinois vet.
The Lacon Volunteer Fire Department in Lacon Alabama, with the Marshall County American Red Cross, offers a nine session standard first aid course totaling 18 hours. Instructors include Robert L Brandstat ter of Hennepin Illinois and Sheriff James Evans attended by Marshall County officials.
The Union Vacation Church School of Henry will present a public program Friday night at 7 30 in the Methodist church announced by publicity chairman Mrs William Forrest. Each department will show a phase of the teaching program and crafts will be displayed after the program. The school has met two weeks in Christian Methodist and Presbyterian churches with Saratoga Methodist joining. About 175 children are enrolled this year making it the largest group in the school’s history.
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