Sparland Social Roundup and Memorial Plans
Sparland notes cover visits by residents to Lacon Henry and Peoria, church and cemetery events, a township high school vote tally, local club gatherings, and upcoming Memorial Day services. The piece also honors J. Klida and mentions illness updates and community improvements around the grain elevator and stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. BE. Royce
Toulon
Rebecca Sparr
Mamie
Lacon
J .S. Walls
A. L. McLaughlin
Cecil Ruth
Peoria
Sparland
Owen Comrine
BH. H. Harreson
Flossie Frisbey
Spring Bay
Arthur Anderson
Chicago
Irma Riddell
M. C. Marshall
Mabelle
Myron Lester
Marion
Frank
C. D. Marshall
Charles Sellers
South Whitefield
Coggshall
Henry
B. E. Royce
S. Vv. Hodge
Zetta Gehr
Frank Johnson
Union
M. E. Church
J. 3. Wails
Rufus Barton
Bloomington
Henry Olson
J.acon G. A. R. Post
Klida
Elsie Gehr
Roggy
Princeville
Mary Riddell
Robert
California
Leland Stanford
Valo Alto
Megers
Osborne
J. H. Riddell
Steuben Township
Bethel
Center
Senachwine
Yankee Street
Drake
la Prairie Township
Hull
Smith
Forest Grove
Whitefield Township
Bonham
Burson and
Kaiser
Mamie Campbell
Lida Sparr
Mary Watkins
Ethel Watkins
Rena Tanguary
Miss Campbell
Mrs. Sparr
Margaret Blackwell
Our
Governor speaks on roads and farming at Ivy Trail visit
About the Ivy Trail visit the governor addressed the crowd from the band stand. Dr. N. B. W. McCartney introduced him as president of the village. He noted Illinois has only 10 percent good roads and ranked 23rd, urged convict labor for road work, praised Pennsylvania roads, and lauded Illinois fertile black soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
N. B. W. McCartney
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Camp Grove News Briefs Include Local Travels and Play
Lucy Landers buys a Fora touring car for Earl as a reward for good behavior. Various locals travel, visit relatives, and attend the Camp Grove Dramatic club performance of A Poor Married Man. An accident injures Charles McMullen. he is treated and vows recovery. A township high school election note and funeral details for John Monier of Annawan are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Lucy Landers
E .N. Bogner
Earl
Marvin Tanquary
Sparland
A. M. Walden
Mackinaw
L. B. Sapp
Athens
Wm. Epley
Edelstein
Kate Hickey
Peoria
O'Brien
Speer
James Hickey
James Corcoran
Celestine Ryan
E. N. Bogner
Harry Hulbert
Wyoming
Sara Murphy
Charles McMullen
Ross Troxell
Henry
Ross
Charles
Murphy’s
Edn Hickey
Spencer
John Monier
Chicago
Saratoga Cemetery
Annawan
Saratoga Church
Jacobs
Monier
Old Home Place
Whitefield
Nellie Prather
Naill
Urickville
Margaret Roberts
Vivian Morrissey
Miss Large Monier
Wm. Monier
Harry Monier
Champaign
James Monier
Children's Day Preparations at Saratoga M. B. Church
Attendance last Sunday was 47 with 86 cents collected, compared to 29 and 65 cents the previous year. Chil dren's Day committees were named including program chairs Mrs. Salisbury Mr. Hawksworth Mrs. Lombard and Mrs. Elliott and music chairs Mrs. Sweert and Mrs. Doyle. A strawberry and ice cream supper June 1 at Karl Doyle's barn will fund the pastor's salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jacobs
Milan Holmes
Harry Scott
Cora Scott
Mary Turnbull
Peoria
John Turnbull
Ben Davis
Speer
Albert Longman
South Dakota
Otto Eichstaedt
John Wilson
Castleton
Sarah Armstrong
Lewis
C. M. Calder
Alvin Calder
Estella Calder
Chillicothe
la Prairie
John Monier
Annawan
Saratoga M
M. E
James Burnett
Violet of
Saratoga M. B. Church
Charles Salisbury
Gus Hawksworth
George Lombard
Joan Elliott
Wm. Sweert
Herbert Doyle
Epworth League
Karl Doyle
Nrea
Riley Diverbiss
William Smart
Lester Lewis
Leslie Aukland
Wm, Smart
Maggie Kelley
Carter Shearer
Albert Newman
Wm. Diverbiss
Frank Baker
M.N. Holmes
Albert Neman
John Burton
Robert Kelle
Zenas Graves
Wim. Kelley
Henry Auckland
Local residents attend visits and social events
Several neighbors and relatives gathered for visits over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Harry Fischer of Broadmoor visited Byron Allen. Miss Anna Lundeen stayed with her sister. Numerous calls were made to Herbert Goodale and John Thompson's homes. Max Goodale and Hazel Mc Feeley wed in Chicago on May 16 1916. A social shower for Miss Arleene Hunter featured gifts and companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fischer
Broadmoor
Byron Allen
Anna Lundeen
Rude Miller
Charlie Anderson
Sparland
Clell Anderson
Putnam
Joseph Hunter
Geneseo
Herbert Goodale
Edmund Jardine
Kewanee
Jardine
Clara
Peoria
Marion Charles
Mar- Sucrite
Lela Montgomery
John Thompson
Bureau
P. W. Reynolds
Ernest
Clarissa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moore
T. J. Segraves
Ill
Dr. King
Scott Aitchison
Co. P. Smith
Claude Doran
Perry la Masters
W. C. Jesseman
Franconia
N. H
Arleene Hunter
Frank Libeck
Brand
Zephyr
J. P. Siewers
W. A. Quiram
Eichstaedt, la Prairie van Antwerp & Osborn
Folken
Held ‘Utnam
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Henry, Ill
G. J. Fenwick Co
G. E. Fenwick
Herron
B. L. Hudson
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
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