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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
6
A flood of social activity fills the area as Ralph Jenkins travels from Chicago for a family visit. many relatives host dinners and attend church and confirmations. Local gatherings include meals at the homes of the Jensens, Nelsons, and Schumachers, with trips to Princeton, Peoria, and Toluca for events and funerals.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Koch and others attended a Sunday dinner at the Galesburg Club House with the J D Bullman family near Galesburg. After dinner they visited the Bullman country home and spent the afternoon together. Joan Brown celebrated her seventh birthday at a lawn party hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy Brown with guests including Fr Drown Welsch and others.
A long, lively account describes a 13th wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Earl Croft and a wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs Albin Palm. Guests included numerous family members from Peoria Lacon Minneapolis and Chicago. A bond issue passed for school improvements and a Sunday Luther Hall gathering featured songs piano duets and a lunch on the lawn.
John Umphresa marked his birthday with two recent celebrations. Friday dinner at the home of his son and wife Mr and Mrs Jick Umphresa seated close family. Sunday chicken dinner at his own home hosted by his wife with guests including brothers Bob Var nay Henry and Russell now in training at Rantoul.
Former Varna boy Raymond Nagel marries Vera Nayrel of Girard at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Farmersville. Ceremony read by Rev W L Peterson. maid of honor Florence Nagel. best man Raymond Kelin. organist Burton Bates. Reception at Girard home. both graduates of local and Illinois universities with ties to Wesleyan.
The article records a welcome at First Lutheran Church for new class members who declared their faith before God and the congregation. It lists names such as Cla Clark, Austin, Richard Benson, Harriet Flesberg, Donald Holmström, Leonard Larson, Gladys Nelson, Robert Nelson, and notes class mottos and songs. Invites extended include a marriage shower for Vera Call, and mentions family news from Varna and Long Point. a Seventh Day Leave homecoming for Vernon Chamberlain and Dorothy Chamberlain plus visitors and local club activity.
A brief Rotary International meeting discussed charter night and road signs. Louis reported treasurer results, and a debate over a permanent site for the club continued. Attendance issues due to holidays led to canceling a Wednesday meeting while Fred Garrels shared a report from the Aurora assembly.
Kenneth Holmstrom reports Varna Chapter Future Farmers of America held a June meeting to plan a father and son banquet before summer end and outline sectional vocational agriculture fair entries. The state fair moves to Saturday August 26 to ease crowds. Members and speakers included Jaric, Edward Rinaldo, and many local youths. Loren Nelson and others attended Illinois Valley Guernsey Breeders meeting in Peoria. (Continues with county honors and a Guernsey Show planned at Farmington. pictures by Arthur Smith shown.)
In the Varna Rotary Club roster each member represents a business field. Names listed include Rev Carl Olson, Inez Peterson, Robert Jamieson, Louis Phillips, Lorin Koch, L H Brown, Andre Tralin, Ford Schoepke, Roy Brown, Leroy Peterson, Mauritz Stromeren, William Stute, Ed Benson, Clarence Austin, Carl Johnson, Dr J P Johnson, Oliver Strom, Olner MMyrel.
Loren Nelson, Varna Township High School student, presents a Future Farmers of America speech on soil erosion and conservation. He links soil health to national strength, urging contour farming, crop rotation, and education through extension services to halt land degradation and secure lasting American agriculture.
A group of Spring Valley women will head the Service Men's Canteen in Streator on July 12. About 35 to 40 volunteers are needed to operate the five serving shifts from five thirty to ten thirty am, with around 2,000 service members served on a normal day. The plan emerged from a Monday Red Cross meeting in Spring Valley as a community wide effort not sponsored by a single group.
Gilbert Jenkins, A.M. 2/C, has arrived in Wenona to visit his mother Mrs. Glada Jenkins and relatives. He served aboard the U.S.S. Block Island, torpedoed in the North Atlantic on May 28. Only six of the men on the torpedoed ship were saved. Air Force reports note over 7,000 airplanes of many types, with roughly all combat aircraft deployed overseas.
Miss Mildred Coleman and Marian Cook of Milwaukee visited Mrs. Francis McEvoy from Friday to Sunday. Friends and relatives from Evanston Janesville and Bloomington spent weekends with local families, with several calls to St Margaret's Hospital and gatherings at the Wood and Mounts households in normal and nearby towns.
Subscriptions and applications pour in as residents back a new bank in Tiskilwa. Large share sales and rapid purchases indicate strong local support for the financial institution.
The message notes an expected sale of an additional 50 shares soon. Committee members in charge of arrangements for the bank include E. B. Pettegrew and Wendell.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Keener and Harry Quick Edwin with phrases like Drive-Back the Atty and Slogan of The Finn. More Than Before appears as a stray caption fragment. The readable text is sparse and lacks coherent event details.
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