Local social notes and visits span Henry county
John Crone buys a touring car. Neighbors and relatives from Varna, Rutland, Tonica, Venona, and nearby towns visit, shop, or attend services. James McAllister and family enjoy an over Sunday visit. 4-H Girls Clothing club holds meetings and plans a University tour for June 16 19. Burdette Evans undergoes adenoid removal at Streator hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John_ Crone
Haugens
Chicago
Clyde ‘Brown
McNabbb
Herbert Johnson
Es Bisivest
I Henry
Sharp
Grace
Dunlap
Anna Swartz
Kelly Swartz
Rutland
Charles ~ Scott
Varna
J. “Wilkins
Emerson
Dundap
James McAllister
Lawrence-—-Hawse
Ivan Stowe
Lone Tree
Venona
R. W. ‘French
Coun
Snappy Stitchers Meet to Showcase Sleeveless Aprons
The Snappy Stitchers met Saturday June 6 at Mrs Virgil Mann home with Leo nore Berg as hostess. The leader reports the girls are getting along well with their sleeveless aprons and are very enthused over their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieader
Virgil Mann
Leonore Berg
Local Social Notes and Memorial Day Observances
Mrs Katherine Arnold and Mrs Roy Bailes among La Salle visitors. Harry Charles buys Minnie Jensen place now Mrs Concrum. Rebekahs No 498 invited to Bradford June 11. Bible study class led by Rev Dornhauffer. Mr and Mrs John Thurston visited Blue Island with James Boyd family. Curtis Thurston of Amboy and relatives in Bureau. Teachers picnicked as school closes. Memorial day exercises held May 30 at Bureau with parade to cemetery. Program includes invocation by Rev Dornhauffer and Joseph F Skinner address. Decoration of graves and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Katherine_ Arnold
la Salle
Roy Bailes
Bert Lamphere
la Salle Scallers
Harry ‘Charles
Minnie Jensen
Concrum
Rebekahs
Bradford
Starcely
Dornhauffer
John. Thurston
Blue Island
James Boyd
Curtis Thurston
Amboy
Cornelia
Clyde
Bureau
John Thompson
John Thurston
Marion Charles
Miss Church
Miss Crowe
Miss Dow
Ong
America
aAll
Joseph FF. Skinner
Bureau County
Fraternity Weather Sparks Quiet Gathering
A colloquial exchange hints at fraternity life with humor about gatherings and social dynamics. The dialogue references warmth, social restraint, and the spectacle of many women remaining silent, suggesting campus social culture.
Local News and Family Updates From Crow Meadow
Sunday visits occur at George Efferding and Harry Green households. Edna Gray returns from Proctor Hospital Peoria to her parents Nick and Edna Gray. Bonita Claire, born May 18, joins Leland’s new sister. Louis Scaggs greets a son born Saturday at the hospital. Reed family welcomes a ten pound daughter last week near Bensonville. Walter’s project nears completion as house work continues. Otto and Edna Gray welcome an eight pound daughter with grandparents Nicholas and Mrs Gray. G C Wabel of Peoria visits family. farm plans east of Magnolia discussed with Theodore Rinehart and future tenancy for Billups.
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Willis
Bensonville
Chicago
E—Rinehart
Frank—Eckard
Henry Hospital
Frank, Jr
Walter
Stork
Otto Gray
Nicholas” Gray
Theodore Rinehart
Magnolia
William ‘Billups
Putnam grade school holds Wednesday Wheeler grove picnic
The Putnam grade school held a picnic in Wheeler grove on Wednesday. Mr Norris suffered a stroke Friday night but is slightly improved. Mrs Alice Wabel spent Sunday in Peoria with Mr ite and the G C Wabels. Louis Hofer sent hogs to Peoria Monday and shopped there with his family. The Quinn school closes Friday for vacation. Miss Virginia Bill rehired for next year. Walter Wood and a Peoria friend stayed with Mr and Mrs Charles A Wood along with Misses Myrtle and Babe Chard. Henry Kapraun shelled corn for several farmers. others named also had corn shelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Mann
Chicago
Olive-Sharp
Rutland
Burdette
Evans
Floyd Evans
Streator Hospital
Edd. Haugéns
Bernard Keldey
Varna
Phillip Martin
Lacon
Eli Davis
Lulu Clifford
G. D. Butcher
Elmer Fasbender
Chicago Heights
Sheldon Kemp
A. W. French
West Evans
Robert Solomon
Magnolia
Henry
Miss Scott
Henry National Bank
Putnam Grade School
Wheeler Grove
Norris
Alice Wabel
Peori
Ite
G. C. Wabel
Louis
Hofer
Peoria
Quinn
Virginia Bill
Walter Wood
Myrtle
Babe Chard
Charles A. Wood
Henry Kapraun
Louis Hofer
Heinrich Bros
Henry Bell
Bert Bill
Elmer Henkins
Barry Bros
Barney Bergantz
Chief Sanitary Engineer Speaks to Kiwanis Club
Dr. T. C. Coggshall chaired a Kiwanis meeting with 35 members present as H. F. Ferguson, chief sanitary engineer of the State Health Department at Springfield, spoke on town sewage disposal proposals and the feasibility of such plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
T. C. Coggshall
H. F. Ferguson
State Health Department
Springfield
Ferguson
Granville Factory Contract Set This Month
Granville Merchants Association plans a one story brick and steel building for the Eastern Raincoat Company. Sherman Thompson leads the project and bids are to be submitted soon with a goal of completion by August first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Eastern Raincoat Company
Granville Merchants Association
Eastern Company
Sherman Thompson
la Salle
Mishel
Eastern Rain Coat Company
Lacon Monument Co Changes Hands in May
Thomas G. Breen assumed full control of the firm of Coker and Breen on May 1 in Lacon. The company, long known for granite memorials, will operate under Breen who has spent 25 years with the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Thomas G. Breen
Coker and Breen
Breen
Granville Man John Dipple Dies at Spring Valley Hospital
John Dipple of Granville died last Thursday at Spring Valley Hospital after two years of illness. He lived most of his life in Granville, moved here about age twenty, and funeral services were held at his brother’s home and the Congregational church with interment in Granville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dipple
Granville
Spring Valley Hospital
Dippet
Springs Valley Hospital
Congregational Church
Spontaneous Combustion Destroys Pontiac Farm Cribs
Fire at Howard Schott's Pontiac farm destroyed two large corn cribs and about 300 bushels of corn along with farming implements. Cause believed spontaneous combustion in stored wet corn. Loss covered by insurance on structures and implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Schott
Pontiac
Schott
Little Florence Jean Wy lie Escapes Serious Injury
Two year old Little Florence Jean Wy lie of Minonk fell from an upstairs window onto the sun parlor roof and tumbled about 14 feet to the ground. She suffered bruises to her foot and hip but no bones were broken and she escaped serious harm. The screen, recently reinstalled but not fastened, gave way as she leaned and toppled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jean
Fst. Wylie
Minonk
Playmates Die in Hayloft Chest Tragedy
Noble Lundquist Jr of Bloomington and Bernard Riser aged 6 were found suffocated in an old chest in the hayloft of the Riser barn during a game of hide and seek. The clasp locked over the staple and the bodies were discovered after frantic searching, believed to have died about an hour earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Lundquist, Jr
Bloomington
Bernard Riser
Riser
A Dig Into The Lock Won't Make Newspapers
Over the past year more than 1,100 newspapers died or were absorbed as wartime costs rise. Government postage hikes and rising publication expenses pressure survival of the fittest in local press. Wealthy backers in Champaign found sustaining young papers costly and unsustainable.
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Belinet Fea
Republcan
Champaign
Rolling Stone Adage Refuted by Polished Charm
An old saying about stones and moss is flipped by a quip praising polish. The line suggests that even rough beginnings can achieve shine with effort.
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Myrtle Helander
Evelyn’ Peterson
Grace Dunlap
Lucy—Bentline
Tea Saya Een
Webster’s
Crow Meadow
LACON_ MONUMENT CO
Firner
Grany ‘Ville
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Matthew Steele
Henry, II
Murrel & Hoff
Pumbers
Henry News
U.S
Royal Cord
USCO
United States Rubber Company
Royal Cords
le Usco
United States
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