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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
11
Local items cover enlistments at Peoria station, home improvements in Henry, and a large Woman's Club gathering at Cromwell home. Includes base ball and track hopes for Henry High, obituary notices for Mary Ann Owens and Mrs Tomlinson, plus school board actions and teacher reengagements.
At the Easton residence near New California Ohio, Kittie Easton married Willis R Aukland of Marion Ohio with Rev A L Roger officiating. The bride, a Watkin’s high school alumna, is active in the Christian church. the groom, a Hocking Valley Railway clerk, will reside in Marion. Attendees included many Easton and Aukland family members from Henry and Rankin.
D M Dean of Lacon has secured the contract for improving the Henry to Lacon road. His bond has been approved by the state highway commission and grading is set to begin next month.
Fred Ong and George Harvey visited for the county declamation contest while Joe Etscheid appeared among sophomores. Germany has finished the Higensian and begins Einer mus Heiraten, promising new translations unseen in English. Vera Adar passed grade eight exams and will attend the eighth grade commencement August 29. Francis Lindgren and Lolita Bell recover from illnesses as board members Fenwick and Steele visited. The Riddell family mourns Lydia Riddell widow of Archie Riddell aged 68, typhoid pneumonia. Funeral held at Benjamin Gallup’s home with Rev Rae W. Martin officiating, burial at United Presbyterian cemetery in La Prairie next to husband. Funeral director Fred H. Gehr in charge. Obituary next week.
The M E Church sets Sunday activities: Sunday school at 9 45 a m with Mrs Wheeler as superintendent. men’s Bible class during the Sunday school hour. public worship at 11 a m. pastor leads 7 p m sermon and 8 p m Epworth League service. The 28th anniversary of the Epworth League is observed with Walter Helper directing a good program and an invitation to all, especially youth. Prayer meeting Thursday evening followed by the teacher’s meeting. J EB Mercer, Pastor.
Dr Murphy will preach on Home Missions next Sunday morning at the Christian Church. May is the month for regular Home Missionary offerings, covering United States and dependencies including Alaska. He will preach at Putnam in the evening. A prayer meeting is planned Thursday evening. Everyone is welcome.
For the week beginning Sunday May 20 the Presbyterian Church announces Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 Christian Endeavor at 7 00 and evening worship at 8 00 Each evening prayer meeting is at 7 30 with choir rehearsal after Please note the change in time of Sunday evening services Read Martin Pastor and extend a cordial welcome to all.
At 7:50 a.m. Holy Eucharist, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. Matins Litany and Sermon, 7:30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Sermon. F W Haist Priest in Charge.
Masses at St Marys Church Sundays include 8 oclock English sermon and 10 oclock high mass with German sermon and 2 30 pm vespers benediction. Weekday mass at 8. Saturdays at 7. Rev Fr Andrew Schauer pastor.
Rev. M. J. Brennan, pastor, lists the parish schedule with first Sunday mass at 8 am, second Sunday mass at 10 am, and weekday mass at 7 30 am.
Arrangements for Memorial Sunday include Sunday schools marching under marshals to K P Hall then to the Opera House where Rev J E Mercer will deliver the sermon with special music led by H F Andrews. If weather permits, Memorial Day observances will be held at the bridge and cemetery with speaker Rev Homer B H Sala of the Central Christian church Peoria.
Farmers plant corms and debt duties are urged with a pep talk on self-reliance. Miss Sallie Disosway visits Henry, and Miss Mary Conlon attends the funeral of John Finnegan in Bradford. Mrs Fred Tomlinson’s funeral draws many neighbors to Henry cemetery. A potato growing tip and a Blue Grass trail roads booster meeting in Streator are noted, along with Margaret Hawkins’s death at Chillicothe and a Rock Island Mule tragedy north of there. Henry welcomes Louis Meyer, Buenos Ayres hardware man, and Paul Herschel, as they discuss retail hardware expansion for a future chain in South America.
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