Sparland School Notes and Local Visits in 1918
The Sparland community reports measles among school children and notes several visits and events. F H Gohr bought a five passenger Ford last week. Mrs Tesnier Campbell and two children visited Peoria. Miss Myrtle Hastings stayed with her sister Mrs Charles Russell. Teachers attended a Peoria meeting. A funeral near Toluca involved M C Marshall and family with WN Macon and daughter Winnie. A community sing was planned for next Sunday. Elsie Trumpeter and Thomas Carrigan visited from Peoria. Mr and Mrs Orrin Frisbey, recently back from Ocean Springs MS, shared a pleasant winter with relatives. William Frank family returned from Peoria. the baby recovered from pneumonia and measles. The high school gifted Otto a khaki sweater and loggins. seventh grade gave a silver mess kit engraved Seventh Grade 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Gohr
Tesnier Campbell
Peoria
Mattie Stear
Pottsdam
George Simpson
Myrtle Hastings
Charles Russell
Sparland Corps of Teachers
M. C. Marshall
WN. W. Macon
Winnie
Toluca
Elsie Trumpeter
Thomas Carrigan
Willam Frank
Carrigan
Fort Dodge
Orrin Frisbey
Ocean Springs
Vernon Ketchums
William Frank
Otto
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Community Red Cross event in Sparland and area
Over the top Red Cross benefit session in Sparland includes program and auction with State Rep Shelton McGrath speaker, local bands, a Scotch bagpiper, and a dinner at noon. Also reports losses and obituaries, school notes, and community notices from Sparland in this wartime local column.
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Shelton McGrath
Peoria
Sam
Matt
Jeff
Marshall County
R M. Barnes
Lacon
Red Cross
Col
F H. McVicker
Whitefield Corners Social and Local News Briefs
Whitefield Corners notes list Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs A Shorts Els worth Clark and wife and others. Regional activities include church services local farm work marriages and court notices with county court actions and real estate transfers.
North Saratoga Community News Briefs Here and There
Frank Balensiefen and family visited with Jacob Beach south of Chillicothe. James Barry attended church in Henry and visited Frank Kennedy. Arthur Bornsheuer of Chillicothe stayed with Robert and John Yarger. William Yarger and family dined with William Kenney of Sparland. A patriotic meeting at the school was planned but the speaker did not come. George Kean spoke on war saving and thrift stamps. James Barry attended Mr Kennedy’s funeral at Lone Tree. The note ends with a sales pitch about local merchants and sacrifice for the war effort.
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Frank Ziegler
Lindsey Anderson
Carria
J. W. Anderson
M. Kane
Bernice
W. Spratt
Henry Eckoff
Tiskilwa
Kuhn
Laura Hufnagle
Henry Hufnagle
Clarence Anderson
Joyce
JB. Anderson
Maritel Wright
Hazel Downey
Hazel Petteys
John Carroll
Bradford
Henry Anderson
Bernice Kane
Marie Aarington
Mae Finnegan
la Salle
Harry Finley
James Cotter
Emmett Finnegan
Stapp
Bantel Anderson
Princeton
Spratt
Robert Shipp
Lone Tree School House
Frank Anderson
Putnam
Cleland Shipp
P J Finnegan
Marion Finley
Frank Balensiefen
Jacob Beach
Chillicothe
James Barry
Henry
Frank Kennedy
Arthur Bornsheuer
Robert
John Yarger
William Yarger
William Kenney
Sparland
George Kean
America
Kennedy
Lone Tree
Sid
Fen En
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