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Sparland Notes Mention Local Visits and Outings
Sparland society page records Mrs. Rae visiting Wilmington Illinois and family visits by Miss Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard of Kansas, and Glenn Harreson’s return from Sullivan. The column notes basketball tourney attendance, a postponed stereopticon lecture, Red Cross knitters, and the community’s reaction to deaths including Harry Mathias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rae
Wilmington
Ill
T. van Antwerp
Della Taylor
Delbert
J. E. Harreson
Coleta
L. B. Dennis
Robert Hubbard
Kansas
LeRoy Newell
Porter Wood
Lacon
Hazel McLaughlin
Peoria
Glenn Harreson
Lois McQuilken
Mabelle Simpson
Henry
Herbert Pace
Dr. Jones
William Hill
James
Paris
William Riddell
Chicago
Clara
Josephine Ely
Sparland High School
Blaine Blough
Myrtle McQuilkin
Beulah Kemp
Alice May Monk
Wenona
Red Cross
E. T. Harmeson
A. B. Harmeson
Glenn Harmeson
Oscar Hill
Mildred Bonham
Toluca
Lucan
Mabelle Marshall
Grace Aitchison
F. H. Gehr
Frieda Marshall
Joseph McCluckey
Ernest
David Aitchison
Sparland
F. H. Gehp
U. P
LaPrairie
Jane Rae
Ethel
Frisbey
Burson
Bethel
Sparland High
Royal Neighbors
Blaine
Parsons
Otto
Camp House
Township
M. B
Harry L. Kelly
Elmwood
Mary C. Riddell
Robert Riddell
Angers
France
Heu
Harry Mathias
Chillicothe
Henry Sargent
Lena
Winnie Macon
Velma
Elva Campbell
Ruth Vincent
William Hoadley
O. M. McLaughlin
Dr. McCartney
William Aitchison
L. N. Osborne
N. W. Macon
Arthur Fleming
J. F. Schureman
Lacon Home Journal
Johnson
Rev. Johnson
David
Mary Mathias
la Prairie Township
Myrtle Russel
Hazel Marie
Russell David
Mathias
Baptist Church of
Steuben Township
Dan
Mary Jacobson
Libbie Bateman
Elmyra
N. Y
Margaret Hensley
Chillicothe Baptist Church
Jesus
Savior
Ernest Kearnar