Farm Bureau gains new home with major upgrades
The Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau has acquired the Bogner garage building for 15000 dollars, plans improvements costing over 10000 dollars including a 10000 dollar refrigerated locker plant, and will move offices within six weeks to create one of Northern Illinois best county Farm Bureau facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogner
Marshall- Putnam Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Marshall + Putnam Farm
Ba‘reau
Eir
Home Bureau
Oil Company
Cooperative
Soil Conservation Offices
Farm Bureau Building Committee
R. V. McKee
Clift
Elmer Quinn
Theodore Johnson
Ray Litchfield
W. A. Boyle
H. J.schumacher
Charles P. Green
Henry
Walter Curley Boyle
Hennepin
Illinois
Marshall
Putnam
New Funeral Director Opens in Henry City
J E Brennan buys the Henry residence from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation via Kelso & Sons Inc. He plans a funeral home with a 100 seat chapel in the front rooms. Brennan, a DePue native, is a St Ambrose and Worsham graduate with Chicago embalming experience and will live at the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Brennan
DePue
Henry
T. J. Segraves
LaSalle
Re Perser
Marshall, Putnam, LaSalle
Brennan
McVicker
Segraves
Mason City
III
DePue High School
St. Bede’s College
Peru
Ill
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Worsham College of Embalming
Chicago
Dunlap Mortuary
W. S. Knowlton
Resignation of Father Franklin at Two Parishes
Father Franklin, rector of St. John's Henry and St. Jude's Tiskilwa, announced during Sunday services he will end his affiliations on October 1. Under Bishop Essex, succession at both parishes remains undecided while Franklin may seek an assistant priest post in a Chicago church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’.DeHaven Franklin
St. John’s Church
Henry
St. Jude’s
Tiskilwa
Father Franklin
Essex
Peonia
Franklin
Benown
Eoria
Charlevoix
Mich
Rest Tent at Marshall Putnam Fair For Women
The Home Bureau and Fair Association will set up a rest tent for women behind the art building with seating for 100. Miss Margaret Murphy from Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company will lead a canning demonstration in charge of the tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Bureau ‘and Fair Association
Marshall-Putnam
Missargaret Murphy
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company
Strike Settled By WPA Workers
Henry WPA workers from Bell Plain Township met at Henry City Hall with Supervisor Roy Miller after a protest over the dismissal of foreman William Maubach of Hopewell Township. A grievance committee was formed, and workers agreed to return to the Bell Plain project, while an investigation into hourly discrepancies and a pending $250000 Marshall County WPA project approval were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Henry
William Maubach
Hopewell Township
Maubach
Henry Wpa
Bell Plain Township
Bell Plain
Roy Miller
Jess Jols
Ben Cook
Willard Henkins
Miller
Toluca
Princeton
Marshall County
Favorite Singer of Will Rogers Coming To Fair
Tommy Jones tenor soloist at Club South Bluff LaSalle is secured to perform at Marshall Putnam Fair Tuesday night. He will sing during intermissions and reprises Will Rogers era songs. Jones has weeks of local engagement and has appeared on Camel Caravan and other national radio programs with Curly Lloyd of Toulon accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Jones
Curly Lloyd
Toulon
Harold Lloyd
Carnival owner Joe Tilley Dies at Princeton
Joseph Tilley 52, owner of the Tilley carnival and amusement company, died of a heart attack at the Bureau County Fair Grounds trailer office. He toured Hen ry, Sheffield, and other areas this season, known for honesty and high quality shows. Survived by wife, son George of Clifton NJ, and three sisters. Funeral at Rolansler chapel Ladd with burial in Peru cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Tilley
Todd
Tilley Carnival and Amusement Company
Bureau County
Tilley
Henry
Bureau County Fair
Carnival
Sheffield
Mr Tilley
George
Clifton
Eost
Rolansler Chapel
Ladd
Peru
Henry Boy Serves as Dirksen Assistant Secretary
J M Onyun son of Charles and Mrs Onyun of Henry serves as assistant secretary in Everett Dirksen's Peoria office. He handles typing and general office work after completing Dickinson College secretarial training. The report notes his high school class of 1935 and relocation from Henry to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Onyun
Charles Onyun
Henry
Everett M. Dirksen
Peoria
Onyan
Henry High School
Dickinson Business College
Conexaman Dirksen
Henry Lions Club Elect Officers and Charter Night
Thirty men enrolled as charter members of the Henry Lions Club. Charter night program set for Monday Sept 26 with Arthur M Johnson Princeton district governor as principal speaker. Delegation from Princeton and Spring Valley clubs planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lions’ Club
Arthur M. Johnson
Princeton
Lions’ Organization
Spring Valley
Henry
Ere Club
A C. Lindbloom
Leo Klein
C F. Merdian
Bruce Bauter
Floyd Robert Chappelear
Harry Moline
Richard Finfgeld
B. Dysart
Walter L. Bayne
A A. Smith
Ray Hunt
Conrad Ericson
L. B. Cullen
H. J. Barnes
Corliss Ingela
L. E. Thomason
Fred Ford
P. B. Shaver
L. J. Hager
Claude Davis
Geneseo Community Sale and Henry Stock Yard Angus Auction
Geneseo hosts a weekly Community Sale at Stockyards every Saturday led by manager Ive Kidd. Henry Stock Yards in Henry Ill hold an Angus cattle sale Monday Sept 12 featuring 600 head of calves from Masterson cattle JY brand. Henry Community Sale next on Friday Sept 16 with no sales Sept 2 and Sept 9 due to Marshall Putnam Fair. Gilman Beatty to publicly auction Milch cows cattle and hogs Sept 7 along Route 92 between Ohio and LaMoille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stockyards
Henry, Ill
Masterson
J. T. Dauber
Henry
Ill
Marshall - Putnam
Kidd
Gilman M. Beatty
Ohio
LaMoille
Extension Sought on Hennepin Bridge Time Limit
The War Department was asked to extend the completion deadline for the Hennepin Bridge over the Illinois River. The original date of November 21 was moved to September 1, 1939 due to remaining work. Steel has been erected on the Putnam County shore but long reaches over low Bureau County ground delay finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Illinois River
U. S&s. War Department
Putnam County
Bureau County
Demolitions and Danger Star in Marshall Putnam Fair Show
Ace Lillard and his death defying team bring a two hour program of stunts to the Marshall Putnam Fair on Friday September 9. The act features four car head on wrecks and a fire enveloped Ford V-8 run through flames. Speed Teske and other riders perform wall crashes leaps and high speed ramp jumps with vehicles. Precautions include crowd separation and no insurance for the acts due to cost. A driver was killed recently in Wisconsin and another injured in a prior accident in Princeton, prompting hospital beds on standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Putnam
Marshall- Putnam Fair
Ace Killard
America
Ace
United States
Wisconsin
Princeton
Lillard
Marshall - Putnam Fair
Ace Lillard
Speed Teske
Sterling
Tll
A Fairy
William Wilcox
Perry Memorial Hospital
Poset Vicult
M P Fair Announces Office Open and Labor Day Events
The Marshall Putnam Fair Grounds opens a new secretary office under the grand stand led by R H Monier and assistant Mrs Virginia Dauber Finnegan. Season tickets are sold at Meridian and Tronmonger drug stores with Labor Day features by WLS including the National Barn Dance. Ace Lillard and his death defiers perform two hour show with 35 cent amphitheatre admission. Concessions chief John Fehring arranged noon closings for Henry businesses and Henry Exchange for Labor Day and fair days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall-Putnam Fair Grounds
R. H. Monier
Virginia Dauber Finnegan
Henry
Meridian
Tronmonger Drug
WLS
Fair
Ace Lillard
John Fehring
Henry Business Men
Henry Exchange
Billy Hoscheidt Visits William Wolf Home in McNatjb
Billy Hoscheidt is visiting at the William Wolf home in McNatjb this week, having gone over Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Hoscheidt
William Wolf
McNatjb
Marshall-Putnam Fair Opens Labor Day With Record Exhibition
The 17th Marshall-Putnam Fair begins Monday at the Fair Grounds west of Henry for a five day event. Exhibits and programs promise superior quality with new buildings and upgraded displays. A big Labor Day program features the WLS National Barn Dance, drawing crowds from Peoria La Salle Streator and surrounding areas. Four racing days, Democratic and Republican Day events, and a large free acts lineup including the Merrill troupe and Konrad Simmons highlight the week with premiums totaling 3060 dollars and preparations led by President John Garvin and Secretary Halsey Monier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Association
WLS
Eighth Street Theatre
Chicago
Peoria
la Salle
Streator
Terriory
Marshall-Putnam
Ilinois
Spee
McAllister
George A. Burt
Clifford Haws
The
Fair Association
John Garvin
Halsey Monier
St Marys Parochial School Opening Set for Sept 6
Sisters arrive from Immaculate Conception Center Peoria to staff St Marys Church parish school in Henry. School opens Tuesday morning after the 8 oclock mass with Sister Martina succeeding Sister Margaret in upper grades and Sister Helen teaching intermediate grades along with Sister Coletta in primary grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's School
Immaculate Conception Cenver
Peoria
Hetry
Martina
Margaret
Henry
Helen
Coletta
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New
City
Will Rogers
Georgie Goebel
Georgie
Radio-Land
Joe Tilley
Carnival Fame
Henry Boy
Dirksen
Orville ‘Smith
George Wheeler
Canada
Downey
Smith
Wheeler
Michigan
Geneseo
M.P. Fair Announcements
Merrill
Konrad & Simmons
Saloiat
de- Siers
Emil Goetz
Howard Turnbull
St. Mary’s Parochial School
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