Magnolia news notes on visits and a town commencement
Magnolia residents host relatives from Oxbow and Piper City while visitors from Chicago, Springfield and Vermont call on locals. The community celebrates the Magnolia school commencement with eighth grade graduation, senior speeches, a May pole, and a centennial park pageant amid church and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faytima Pond
Springfield
Magnolia
F. A. Powell
Ellis
Henry
Hillabrand
Kathleen Dunne
Chicago
James Dunne
J. R. Vouton
Vermont
Bert Hillabrand
Near Lostant
Cowles
Hiltabrand
Mildred Borgstede
Lillian Defenbaugh
Mildred
Magnolia School
Frances Young
Reacher
Magnonia
Miss Young
Olive Chenoweth
Mabel Schureman
Josephine Vogelbacher
Florence Westerlund
Aldine Wolk
Miss Vogelbacher
Lillian Dofenbaugh
Beryl Roberts
Bernice Steffins
Murray Allen
Glen Deckard
Floyd Hnuger
Leonard Ziegler
Vera Allen
Cort Meredith
Gaylord Dean
Clifford Potter
Satyers
Borgstede
Uncle Sam
Kaiser
Illinois
Magnolia Church
Harvey Young
Dedication of McNabb M E Church Report
The Granville Echo details the June 2 1918 dedication of the M E church at McNabb led by Superintendent Newlands with ministers from Pontiac and McNabb and a strong local choir. A dinner followed the morning sermon and a 2 pm program featured more music and a sermon by Rev Young. The event drew a crowd from nearby towns and Danish Lutheran neighbors joined in. Harley Cooper legacy funded building plans with a $10000 bequest noted. Thirty two Putnam boys to training camp with ten more recent arrivals. County court convened with trivial cases. Union Express Company consolidates into Federal Express after July 1 under McAdoo with Adams American Wells Fargo Southern. expect payroll, operations merging across railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Echo
McNabb
John McNabb
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Newlands of
Reorta
Fitet
M. E. Church
Pontiac
Jens P. "Heede
Danish Lutheran Church of
H. Young
Magnolia M. E
O'Harra
Marie Pletsch
Nellie Hoyle
Ruth Travis
Elizabeth Gallaher
Fred L. Gallaher
Edwin C. Gunn
Wilson
Peoria
Solog
Harley Cooper
Putnam
Seasion
Lisle Morine
Navy
Clay Johnson
Camp Terry
N. Y
Horine
Hennepin High School
Red_Cross
Ira Ey Po Union Express Co
Union Express Company
United States
McAdoo
Adams, American
Wells Fargo and Southern
Federal Express Company
George C Taylor
The
American
Express
Great Western
Great Northern
Northern
Adams
Swaney and Area Commencement Notes and Local Events
Local notes cover college and university commencements in El Paso Normal Peoria and Chicago plus Swaney school exercises and a large turnout at a strawberry and ice cream event. Residents visit relatives in Henry Amboy Pekin Chillicothe and Oak Park with several families traveling for graduations and summer plans. A new high school building election is set for next Saturday afternoon and two fresh Jersey cows along with purebred Percheron horses are for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mitts
Inor College
Nancy Kelly
J. M. Bumgarner
Princeton
el Paso
J. B. Stansell
Verne
Walter Griffth, Jr
Harold
Eugene Flitcraft
Frederick Eversole
Starved Rock
Jesse Young Folks
Beatrice Massie
Varna
Ft. Smith
Enida Griffith
Flitcrafts
Oak Park
Oliver Wilson
Peoria
Swaney
Mary Griffith
University of Chicago
Mra
H. Laéssman
C.B. Flitcraft
Henry
Ruth
Phyllis Bealer
Fenton
Ida
F E Smith
Moses Reynolds
Abel Mills
Mary A. Mills
Oscar Conklin
Esther
Bennie Negus
Jacksonville
Lela Miller
Low Point
C. B. Pittcraft
Eugene
Eldon
A. B. Wilson
Greenlawn
Helen Stanton
Verna Stansell
Stork
Turner Mills
A. H. Lancaster
Urbana
Lancaster
University of Illinois
W. G. Griffith
Shirley
Mary
J. Smith
Mary W Smith
Laura Smith
Amboy
Lostant
W W Smmith
Edna Wilson Wolf
East St Louis
Swaney School
McComack
LaSalle Schools
F. E. Smith, McNabb, Vv
Wenona Brevities Describe Local Wartime Visits
Local residents and relatives return from Camp Dodge and San Francisco while war effort events headline a large war foods demonstration led by Miss Taylor of the University of Illinois. A service flag honors three band members now in Uncle Sam's service as others register and visit from Des Moines and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brunski
Camp Dodge
Deg Moines
Iowa
Svith
F. Brunski
Anna Winter
Lacon
Wenona
W. E. Monser
Elizabeth
Dorothy
San Francisco
Cal
Miss Taylor
University of Illinois
W. B. Shoop
Des Moines
G. T. Love
Louise
Gallatin
Texas
Ed Effting
Chicago
Wayne
Willard Kane
Leroy Cain
Arthur Kuhl
George Rauscher
Arthur
Local Notes Reflect Visits and Illnesses in Lostant
Mrs S Robison from Chicago plans a visit with local relatives and friends while Mrs Milton White visits from Normal. Mrs G Hartenhower attends funeral in Peru for Elizabeth Koehler. Lawrence Merrifield is at Camp McArthur Texas. Dagner’s grandson Dale Keilly recovering. Red Cross treat for local ladies. John Matheney and Kathrine visiting southern state relatives. John Skeet at Grand Army encampment in Peoria with granddaughter Mary Bell. Mrs T H Hehir returns from Streator hospital improving but under care. Lorraine Hehir also improved after three weeks’ illness. Joe Liska resigns NY Central job to volunteer in country service and visits relatives. Mrs William Clark of Fonta arrives with sister Gladys Phillips now nursing near Bloomington. Fred Phillips and baby visiting parents near Peoria. more kinfolk gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Robison
Chicago
Milton White
Sam White
G . Hartenhower
Elizabeth Koehler
Peru
Lizzie Merrifield
Lawrence A. Merrifield
Camp McArthur
Waco
Texas
Grand Army
Peoria
Hewit
Mary Bell
T. H. Hehir
Streator Hospital
Mia
Hehir
Joe Liska
New York Central Railroad
William Clark
Fontis
Phillips Gladys Phillips
Tanine
Brokaw
Bloomington Sanday
Fred Phillips
Baby Ot
John Henning
Untitled Notice Fragment on Schedule for June Meeting
Fragmentary OCR shows a schedule note stating Tuesday June 18 with a time period from a.m. to 1 p.m and a cadence of every third forenoon in month. No clear event or organization is identified.
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J. A. Swemn
Mlinois
Schmitt
Williams’Grocery Store
Main Street
Pelephones
D. Willett
Whitefield
W. A. Smith
O, D. Maulfair
M. D
Ddian
Granville, DL
DR. R
Bayne
Henry, I
Fred W. Potter
Henry, D
Henry E, Jacobs
Henry, l
Gqhary
Stibgen
LaSalle
Til
RM Barnes
J. H. Magoon
W. J. Black
W. W. Dewey & Sons
New City
Marley John Hartley, Jr
WM. E. Green
Phono
Henry, TH
R. K. McColl
Phorie
TH. Lisle Smith
Maulius
H.w.may
Thompson Farm
A. J. Koumonger
Heary, TI
Henry, Illenois
Magnolia Department
Arthur Spencer
Oxbow
Walter Horton
Misa
Piper City
G. J. Clemens
la Rose
William Titus
Missen
Minnie Pruismer
Nettle Meee
Miss. Minantes Rolley
Misgr Goldie Simington
William
McNabb Chuigh
M. T. Church of
H. R Morris
B. O. Gunn
H. P. Alleman
Nettie McNabb
John T. Ward
William Foster
Co. N. Tyler
Uranville
H. R. Morris
E. O. Gunn
Ea A Hennepin
Quaker Lane
Pia
Kuhl
Fred Uebler
Julius
Frank Dillon
Lostant Local
J. E. Garlaon
the Kaiser
Beast OF
Berlin
Tiskilwa
Ill
Alene. Smith
Bute
Matthew Steele Poultry House
Henry, Ill
Aimee
Lial
Henry Loewenstein Whitefield, TH
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