Community notes from Granville district January missing and events
Local brief collection reports visits, meetings, and social events across Granville and nearby towns. Highlights include WCTU session at W I Mills home, Swaney faculty travel to Ottawa, school closures, basketball referee Burdette Grittir, farm trips by C G Mills and C B Griffith, and a Magnolia Grange fair discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota
George
Carl Anderson
Granville
W. I. Mills
Swaney
Ottawa
Institute
Burdette Grittir
Dwight
Pontiac
C. GC. Mills
Decatur
W. L. Mills
Ralph French
Near Venona
Magnolia Grange
Lee Hamm
Ford
State Farmers’ Institute
Henry
Francia
T. J. Smith
Red Cross
Cumberland Church
A. B. Wilson
C. B. Flitcraft
Oak—Park
Camip Dix
Rhode Island
Ladd
PY “Mills
W. G. Griffith
Bumgarner
R. Bumgarner
Chicago
Springfield
State Association of Agricultural Fairs
William Johnson
L. H. Lassman
Lassman
Rev. Young
Magnolia
Roberts
Meredith
Dan McKirgon
Dorothea Lassman
Brokaw Hospital
Cloomington
Calvin Kerchantfhnt
Gibson City
Harry Johnson
Princeton
A. B. Smith
Whitefield notes thirties anniversary and local moves
Whitefield and corners report the Willing Worker society celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with an all day meeting at Bruce Fountain's home, plus a bake sale, ministerial visits, and fund drives. Listings include many family moves, sales, and local business upgrades, with Ed Murphy hosting a sale for relatives of Virgil Beedle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Worker Society
Bruce Fountain
Werall
Lou Ely
Menze
Wable
Smith Undertaking Rooms
H. Monroe
Mr. Morse
Hennepin
Harry Newman
Henry
Lucian Fosdick
Callie Brokaw
Cottage Church
Steven Snyder
Fred Ruenzi
Camp Grove
Harry Monroe
Morse House
Kaproun’s
Fred True
Harry
Crosby Watkins
Fred
Earl Johnson
Winship
Griswold Place
Ed Atkins
Fountain Home
Harold Ball
Pace Farm
Mrs. Atwell Benningfield
Ed Murphy
Virgil Beedle
Near Tiskilwa
Community society notes and church events in Putnam
The Ladies' Aid presented Mrs. Elliott with a silver berry spoon and members praised her church school and Red Cross work. A long list of attendees from Putnam M E Church gathered for a party and upcoming services were announced by Rev. Stocking for March 3. W W society elections were held with Mrs. Lou Ely as president and several officers reelected. Mrs. Herr concluded three years as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Carl Smith
Ida Davis
B. K
Raymond Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
May Condit
Peoria
Grady
Our Soldier Boys
Walter Reed
P. W. Schlosser‘s
Guy French
Hazel Downey
Lone Tree
Edward and
Orland Murphy
Walter Cook
Henry
Mary Wheeler
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
MBH, Church
George Freer
Bessie Barnhart
Kansas
Red Cross Society
Washington
Charles Wheeler
Pyles
Preston
Morgan
Mae Downey
Alice Ball
Olive Dawson
Putnam M. E. Church
A. M. Stocking
Neponset
Glenn E. Tilton
G. T. Wilson
John Morse
Duffield
Putnam County
Tomlinson
Hopewell Township
Harry Monroe
Logan Barrett
Bruce
Arizona
Kansas City
Paul Hughes
W. W. Society
John B. Anderson
Bruce Fountain
Lou Ely
Rev. Menze
Lindsay Anderson
T. Wabel
Roy Hill
Snyder
Herr
Advertising Aids for Farmers and Cautions from Thoreau
Farmers may gain from advertising seed corn seed wheat livestock and garden crops as shown by Missouri study noting savings from shared marketing. Examples include a 40 mile round trip avoided by one ad and time saved locating pasture. underscores selective promotion amid harvest cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Big
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