Social News From Wenona Area Rumors and Visits
Busy Bee Circle meets with Miss Florence Gustafs on Friday. Local residents share calls and visits from Henry to Peoria, Washburn to Chicago. Families like Broadduses, Hogs, and Smiths host and travel as neighbors gather for church, dinners, and weekend trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee
Florence Gustafs
Marshall Broaddus
Henry
Hervey Broaddus
Ray Stalzman
Fred Martyne
Washburn
Eddie Grill
Monmouth
Frank Grill
E. L. Weekes
Jot
Theresa Gassick
Chicago
Gus Krenz
Krent
G. R. Felkey
Harry Hayes
Peoria
Sidney Hoge
Gust Extrem
Nettie
Ed. Holmstrom
Miss Minnie
Axel Nyman
Joe Maleham
Denver
Colp
Cecil
Charles Stateler
Jennie Myers
Thompson
Orman Mudd
George Held
Des Moines
Will Lesch
George Myers
Anna Day
Miss Pearl
Harvey Walker
Chris Peterson
Minnesota
Baldwin
Tonica
Elizabeth Justice
Spring Bay
John Myers
Held
Venona
Peter Borquist
Frank Rassler
Anderson
August Clemons
Arthur Klingen
Emma Hoffert
Conrad Koch
William Koch
Miss Bales
George Smith
Cliff ‘ Jenkins
Mary Roberts
Ben Myers
Ella Sprague
Bloomington
D. R Smith
Mary Smith
George Hoppe
Frank Stoner
Wm. Morris
Lucinda McCuskey
J. Bueckler
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fred Arnodt
Bueckler
Warde Broaddus
Varna Community Notices and Visits Chronicle
Local residents report visitors and gatherings across Varna and nearby towns. People from Washburn, Peoria, Chicago, Magnolia, and Alexis stopped by for dinners, birthdays, and social events while several families traveled for services, reunions, and sightseeing in towns such as Galesburg, Seaton, and Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehlert Sand
Roc’sford
Duane Quiram
Wm. Quiram
Washburn
Pauline Quiram
Quiram
Carl Schwartz
Henry
Fred Martyne
Robert Peterson
Dakota
Marion Morris
Walter Guderjian
Lackland
Peoria
Magnolia
Varna
Willie Wright
Emma Hoffert
Conrad Koch
Wm. Koch
Lyle Allen
Toluca
John Heck
Ethel Wells
Rockford
George Bergsten
Louis Phillips
Chicago
Triune Tower
Albin Hultgren
Gordon-and
Anna Extrem
Minnie Ninne
Streator
Eric Olson
S. Herman Bade
Bade
Gust Pohl
Minesota
Allen Hultgren
Ethel
Charles Lundin
Alexis
Galesburg
Seaton
John Peterson
Floyd Austin
D. R. Smith
Helga
Carl Holmstrom
Leonard Monk
Wenona
John Holmstrom
D. L. Martin
Canton
Charles Martin
van Martin
George Metrers
Kessen
Decker
Mansfield
Peterson
Katherine Louise
Wm Harms
Ruth Jean
Marylin
Rock—Island
Meireis
Marie
Georgie Meireis
Ray Saltzman
Chris Saltzman
Curtis
Ed Saltzman
Dorothy
Julius Saltzman
Kathryn
Gladys
Ohio
Walter Bush
Shirley
Veda
Flanagan
Wilson
McNabb
Ed. Holmstrom
Lillian Broaddus
Arkansas
Arkansaw
Ozarks
Mountain Whites
Laura Wolcott
Harriet Comstock
Janet Stateler
Miss Babe
A. R. Wright
M. B. Wright
Gus Junker
Mr. Junker
Harry Chamberlain
Lawrence
Margaret Junker
Walter Junker
Ancona
Ida Junker
Fra Choepke
Varna Figures Highlight Local Families Mentioned
Mrs. Fred Nimke and the Kemnitz families along with the Winklers and Lenzes of Varna, listed among named residents and relatives in a community notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nimke
Wm. Kemnitz
Frank Winkler
Fred Kemnitz
Earnest and
Gerhardt Lenz
Varna
Graduation Exercises At M E Church Highlight Movements
Graduation exercises were held at the M E church Sunday evening. Graduates include Harold Schoof Freddie Quiram Marshall Johnson from Junior to Intermediate, and several in Cradle Roll to Beginners and Beginners to Primary groups. Berdeena Saxton and Ilene Hurl earned highest honors for completing the most Biblical references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Harold Schoof
Freddie Quiram
Marshall Johnson
Lola Pearl Schoof
Dorothy Saxton
Elberta Carlson
Lois Mai Nott
Betty Broaddus
Violet Aitken
Evelyn
Lillian Carlson
Kathryn Hurt
Imogene Kennedy
Joel Jenkins
Elton King
Robert Walker
Harold Davis
Olive Leckman
Philathea Class Elects Officers for 1925 26 at Home
The Philathea class met at Mrs Belle Myers with Mrs Grace Stateler assisting. Vice president Mrs Wolcott presided and the group elected Lorene Carlson president Marie Hoge vice president Ora King secretary and Ethel Walker treasurer. The class divided into three groups for bazaar work and agreed to skip Christmas candy to donate 3 to the Primary and Juniors fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Myers
Grace Stateler
Wolcott
Lorene Carlson
Marie Hoge
Ora King
Ethel Walker
Carlson
Willie Wright
Cordelia
Gertrude Broaddus
Varna High and Grade School Enrollments and Activities
Enrollment counts show Varna high school with 48 students across Freshmen eight Sophomores sixteen Juniors nine and Seniors ten. Grade school totals 55 with 22 in primary 24 in intermediate and nine in grammar. The Senor class sponsors an entertainment course, new lab equipment and books including Funk and Wagnalls dictionary, and an exhibit at Marshall Putnam Fair with ten blue ribbons and $10.25 in premiums. The orchestra rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays. baseball schedules are underway with games at Toluca, and a field trip for biology insects complements zoology studies. Report cards due this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Funk and Wagnalls
Toluca
Local notices list illnesses and social visits across South Whitefield
South Whitefield notes several residents under doctor care including Earl Johnson Robert Hogate and Mrs Fred Copple. The column records visits to hospitals homes and relatives with scattered family events and a newborn born to Mr and Mrs Bornsheler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Johnson
Robert Hogate
Fred Copple
Little Vernon Theilbar
Wm. Humphrey
Hayward Trobaugh
Miss Carter
Belva Moore
Ilene
Mary Roach
Pekin
C. Hill
Cecil Fountain
Bruce Fountain
Lucian Fosdick
L. B. Wilkinson
Sparland
Harry Blackburn
John Diverbiss
Peoria
John Loomis
Lucy Bean
Kewanee
Bert McKinney
Charles Bornsheler
Dorothy Jane’s Birth Noted with Nurse Retta Schultz
Dorothy Jane is welcomed with both mother and baby reported doing nicely. Retta Schultz, a nurse from Chicago, serves as the supervising nurse in charge of the delivery and postnatal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jane
Babe
Retta Schultz
Chicago
Princeton Township High School Cornerstone Laid
The cornerstone of the new Princeton township high school, valued at 3.85 million dollars, was laid Tuesday afternoon amid simple ceremonies. Music by the school orchestra and glee club accompanied a brief address by Attorney L A Zearing, with the cornerstone placed by school board president Mr. Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Township High School
L. A. Zearing
Bryant
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Peona
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Charles Faberg
Paul Coleson
Mervin
Ralph Coleson
Fairfield
Paul
August Coleson
Dave Anderson
Alma Holmstrom
Philathea
Fred W. Potter
Henry, Lil
South Whitefield
Princeton High School Cornerstone
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