Protests Grow Over Illinois Telephone Rate Hike
Illinois residents across 181 communities protest a blanket rate increase proposed by the Commercial Telephone Company. Local business leaders and patrons urge IC C to review service quality and rehabilitate equipment before any rate raise, citing high charges and poor telephony.
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Bradford
Buda
Camp
Edelstein
LaRose
Nces
I.C.C
Illinois Commercial Freing Pice
Mlinois
Varna Township High School Holds 1946 Commencement Events
The Varna High School 1946 graduating class will close activities next week with baccalaureate on Sunday May 26 at 8 p.m. in the Methodist Church led by Rev. Carl Jensen, and commencement on Wednesday May 29 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. Rev. Carl D. Kamemeier of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Washington IL will speak on The Springtime of Life, with valedictorian Val Antrim and salutatorian Jean Baker.
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Varna Township
Carl Jensen
Leroy
Peterson
Varna High School
Carl D. Kameyer
St. “Mark's Lutheran Church
Washington
Kamameyer
Norman Chamberlain
Edna ‘Armbruster
Jean Baker
Carol Carlson
Mary Jane Flesburg
Robert Lenz
Lois Laible
Katherine Pulliam
Shirley
Tipton
Rural Life Sunday Observed At Henry Church
Henry Presbyterian Church will host Rural Life Sunday next Sunday the fifth after Easter. The service honors Christ’s message for rural life and seeks God’s blessing on seed and farmers, with a soil consecration ritual and a pot luck picnic on the lawn after services.
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Henry Presbyterian Church
International Association of Agricultural Missions
Home Missions Council
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Settlement in Bureau County OPA Case for 33 90
The Bureau County OPA case against Arvid RK Larson Princeton furniture dealer ended with a full settlement of 33.90 after a $500 penalty was refunded and deemed in error. The case followed the mass resignation of 26 price panel members and involved the OPA board before the settlement.
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OPA
Arvid RK Larson
Princeton
Larson
Bureau County
OPA Board
Paper Drive of the Year Contest Held at Wade School
Wade School collects papers through the year and raises funds as faculty and students work under Principal Howard. The event, led by Grade Dupus, aims to honor the paper drive effort with a year end drive on May 28.
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Dupus
Howard
Wade
St Parochial School honors graduates and awards
Sunday afternoon exercises at St Parochial School featured graduates and awards. Rev Fr Andrew officiated as names such as Guimond Jean Mc Harold Schmitt Wunder appeared among attendees.
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St. * Parochial School
Sylomas
Yostor
Fr Andrew
Eurcation Merela
Pafter
Mayo
Atia Guimond
Jean Mc_ Harold
Schmitt
James Chert Wunder
Public sale of saddle horses and ponies near Wyoming Illinois
Public sale announced for Saturday June 1 at the DeBoer Brothers farm three miles east of Wyoming Illinois on Route 17. Consignments directed to Fred DeBoer Louis Kelly or Leo Murphy. Auctioneer Col Roy Camp Aledo IL. Managers Henry Community and Marshall Putnam Farr-er. Clerks Ben McAllister and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Marshall - Putnam Farr-er
Ht Monter
Francis Keegan
Ben McAlliater
DeBoer Brothers
Wyoming
Ill
Fred DeBoer
Louis Kelly
Leo Murphy
Wyoming Mt
Roy Camp
Aledo
War Is Not Over says 1946 graduates serendipity speech
The Rev Fr Andrew Schauer delivered the baccalaureate address at Henry gym May 19 for the first peace time graduating class. He urged reconversion of moral attitude, promoting the four freedoms, love, and cooperation while warning against hate and false pride. The ceremony included clergy, a high school girls chorus, and student delegates led by Margaret Hall and Darrell Longman.
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Henry Gymnasium
Fr Andrew Schauer
Ian
Father Schauer
Tnd
L. McCauley
Kenneth ‘Nelson
Green Cathedral
Bette
Joan Bauter
Margaret Hall
Darrell Longman
Gordon H. Downey
Navy Men From This Area Given Releases from Service
Names released by the U S Navy personnel separation center at Great Lakes include Walter D Hansen P Ho 2 c of Menab discharge May 12 1946 John F Wright R D M 2 c of Henry discharge May 16 Edw J Myszkowski AMM 3 c of Wenona discharge May 20 and Wayne R Brown A O My 2 c son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown of Henry also discharged May 20.
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U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Walter D Hansen
P. Ho
Menabb
John F Wright
Henry
Edw J. Myszkowski
AMM
Wenona
Wayne R Brown
A. O. My
Ralph Brown
Lowell Hagemann Takes Over Princeton Electric Shop
Lowell Hagemann son of Joe Hagemann of Henry takes over the former Faye Furlick electrical shop in Princeton. He was discharged in January as a mechanic, attended school, then worked for Mr Furlick, and after Mr Furlick's death assumed the business.
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Lowell Hagemann
Electric
Princeton
Joe Hagemanns
Henry
Faye Furlick
Hagemann
Lowell
Fullick
Wanted Living Quarters in Marshall County for Teacher
A notice seeks housing in Marshall County for a vocational agriculture instructor who is a war veteran. Any owner or agent with an apartment or house to rent or sell should contact W. Swanson, county superintendent of schools, Lacon.
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Marshall County
Vettrans
Co W. Swanson
Lacon
Ag Teacher to Instruct Marshall County Veterans
G E Newburn of Annawan is hired as vocational agriculture teacher for returned veterans in Marshall County under the G I bill. He will start July 1 but needs housing. anyone with an apartment for rent should contact Dr W Swanson, county superintendent, to assist about a hundred local veterans.
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G. E. Newburn
Annawan
Marshall County
Newburn
Annawsa High School
Childin
W. Swanson
Lacon
Ana
Henry to form a Cub Pack for Henry area boys
Field Boy Scout executive Hillard E. Park of Creve Coeur helps plan a Henry Cub Pack for boys aged 9 to 12 from St Mary's Parochial and Henry Grade Schools. The Henry PTA will sponsor and appoint a Cub Pack committee and den chiefs led by Boy Scouts. dens of six or seven with a den dad and den mother.
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Hillard E. Park
Creve Coeur
Cornell
Pearis
Henry
Ray Hunt
Donald Lemkau
George Koehler
Park
Parents - Teachers Association
PTA Foon
P- T A
Peoria Boy Scout Council
National
Boy Scout Organization
Henry P- T. A
St .Mary's
Wu F
Relatives in Berlin Notify Hennepin Family of Safety
Matilda Nash of Henry High School and her relatives in Hennepin received a letter from an American soldier serving with a hospital unit of the Army of Occupation. The soldier reports that her sister father and mother are well and hope to travel to America once transport is arranged. He notes the aged grandmother is alive and eager for grandchildren.
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Matilda Nash
Hennepin
Henry High School
Germany
Army of Occupation
America
Nashi
Nasi
Henry Postoffice Announces Memorial Day Closure
Postmaster Lee Wright announced that the Henry post office will be closed all day Thursday May 30 in observance of Decoration Day. There will be no window service or rural delivery that day.
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Lee Wright
Henry Postoffice
Henry High School Class of 1946 Commencement May 24
Commencement exercises for the Henry High School class of 1946 will be held in the school gymnasium at 8 p m Friday May 24. Principal Roy F Steele presides with Rev Kenneth Nell delivering invocation and benediction. Music by the high school girls chorus and solo by Bette Salisbury. Diplomas presented by Ben H Hauber. Class colors blue and white. motto Nothing is so difficult but that it can be done by soaking. Class roll lists graduates and salutatorian Lillian Kathryn Roth.
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Henry Righ School
Roy F Steele
Kenneth—_Nell
Edgar
Earl H. Hansen
Rock
Island
Hahn
Roy F. Steele
Ben H. Hauber
Board of Education
Bette Salisbury
Donald Leimiakau
Steele
Milas
Joan Bauter
Mary
Rud K Bogner
Frances Marie Clarence
Barbara M
Delsinger
Warren A. DeWalt
Bethany Jayne Dysart
Mary Helen Biy
James FE
Forrest
Rita Ann Glatz
Eugene Kaliher
Edith May McCauley
Agnes Kathleen McCauley
Mary Ellen McDonald
Robert E. Mercian
Donald_Henry_Nauhalsen
Lois Alma Pace
John G. Raffensperger
Lillian Kathryn Roth
Mary Jean Rowe
Robert G. Ryder
Helen Lucille Schlosser
Harold Schlosser
Doris Elaine Swift
Lois Irene Turpen
Barbara Allyn Tuttle
Doris M. Williams
Gertrude Ann Walf Tas N. Ziegler
Mary Ae Ya. Er
Capacity Crowd To Attend Alumni Banquet Tonight
The Henry High School Alumni Association prepares a large 1946 banquet at the Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau building. By May 21, 122 alumni had accepted. Returning veterans boost attendance. A dance follows the dinner with public participation and local music. Tickets available at merchants or the farm bureau.
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Henry High School Alumni Association
Marshall- Putnam Farm Bureau
Maay Lloyd
Merdtan’s Drug Store
Strawberry Lane
Farm Bureau
Hopewell Child Recovery Hindered by Spoiled Fever
Marjorie Schwiderski four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Le Roy Schwiderski on Schultz sisters farm Hopewell remains ill at St Margaret s hospital Spring Valley after serum treatment failed Doctors report a medical and blood plasma therapy showing promise on a prior patient may aid recovery A wood tick is named as carrier of the infection and officials link the source to a past local outbreak that proved fatal in one case
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Marjorie Schwiderski
Leroy Schwiderski
Schultz Sisters
Hopewell
St. Margaret's Hospital
Spring Valley
B. Q. Dysart
Frank Grisell
Marion Schultz
Bailey
Schultz
Joyce
Dick Cook
Schulz Farm
Mr. Bailey
Sparland Hi School Hires Shirley Stateler English Teacher
Shirley Stateler will teach English at Sparland Township High School next year after graduating from the University of Illinois College of Education in June She is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs OT Stateler of Lacon and previously taught at Champaign High School while completing practice teaching in Urbana.
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Sparland Hi School
Shirley’ Stateler
College of Education
University of Illinois
Sparland Township
Miser Stateler
Lacon
Acon
Champaign High School
Paper Out Early Next Week
The Henry News-Republican will publish Wednesday May 29 to close the office on Thursday May 30 for Memorial Day. Correspondents contributors and advertisers are urged to submit copy a day earlier to allow a one day ahead reprinting schedule.
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Henry News - Republican
Memorial Day Services Planned at Putnam
The Putnam Memorial Day committee announces the program for the service at Putnam cemetery at 10 a m with the Senachwine Community School Band leading a march from Putnam to the cemetery The program includes America School Band prayer by Rev Gaylord Mullins reading In Flanders Fields by John C Read a Doris Mac Wright solo music by the School Band addresses by Rev Gaylord Mullins a Band Rifle Salute by the American Legion and master of ceremonies Walter Wright Papsy Legionnaire
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Putnam
Senachwine
America
Gaylord Mullins
American Legion
Papsy
Memorial Day Services Planned in Henry
Memorial Day events in Henry will begin at 1 p.m. with Legion commander Bryan Chapman leading Legion members and auxiliary groups in a procession to the Henry ridge. A rifle salute and taps will follow, with services at the Henry bridge and cemetery announcements by Rev. Mullins and others.
Bailey Fire Tragedy Leaves Publisher and Two Children Dead
Coroner jury unable to pin origin of May 18 blaze that killed John W Bailey III and his children John W Bailey IV and Nancy Jane at their Summer home southeast of Princeton Arispie Township. Witnesses describe frantic escape efforts and survivor Mrs Bailey's testimony while sheriffs and neighbors recount discovery of bodies and efforts to contain the fire.
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William Dennis
Bureau County Republican
Bureau County
John_W_— Bailey IlI
Republican
John W._Bailey IV
Nancy Jane
Bailey
John Bailey
Princeton
Arispie Ternsnlp
John W. Bailey II
Nancy
Johnnie
John
Sau
A. A. Meyer
Doris Peterson
Verna Palmer
George O. Smith
Clifford Thompson
Forest Mercer
William
Dennis
Foreman
Mexico
John W. Bailey IV
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Val Antrim
Rev
Karl D. Kemmeyer
Rural Life Service
Henry Church
Berlin
Plan
Bryan Chapman
Legion
Ial
Womiun’s Relief Corps
Legion Auxiliary
Bo Scouts
Girl Scouts
Hig
Legion Hall
Henry Ridge
Woman's Relief Corps
Fr. Schauer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Gaylord J. Mullins
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cCnouwley
The
Fundamental Bible Church
Methodist Church
Charles and
Lawrence McCauley
Arthur Blocher
Henry Bridge
the Beautiful
Sharon Sivell
Ripforette
American Legion Committee
Murray Goebel
Virgil Borner
A. F B. Ertle
Harold Barry
Woman's Relief Corpu
American Legion Hall
Legion’ Hall
Will Schultz
Richard Cook
Richard
Hillway
Samuel Traynor
Princeton Fire Department
John, Jr
Gan
John W. Bailey III
Sitterly
Watson F. Lawton
Keelen
Walnut
Pearin Life Insurance Company
Bail
Bail~eys For Years. Mr. Sitterly Is Head of the Western Sand and Gravel Company
Lawton
Baileys
Trimble Law Firm
Mary P. Bailey
Veel
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