Henry News Notes and Local Highlights
Community updates cover hospital stays, visits, baptisms, and social events in Henry Illinois. Highlights include Mrs. Fred Townsend ill with gall stones, Miss Marie Smith hosting a slumber party, Mrs. Mae Burkhart's home trip to Champaign, and church activities at Presbyterian and Christian parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Townsend
A. B. Smith
Frances
Chicago
Lee Stickel
Putnam
The
Christian Church
Mae Burkhart
Champaign
Presbyterian Sunday School
H. J. Gregory
M. A. Riser
Marie Smith
Frank Baer
Big cut reduces steep grade on Peru Spring Valley road
Grading began Thursday on the Peru Spring Valley link of the Ivyway improvement. Contractors Trumpeter & Sons work from the east end near Webster Park, with a concrete culvert and a 16 foot cut planned east of the gravel pit. Winter closure expected. road to open in spring with gravel highway bed ready for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Park
Peru Spring Valley
Old Hill
Trumpeter & Sons
Spring Valley
J. L. Townsend
Church Schedules And Banns Announced In St Josephs
St Marys Church lists Mass times Sunday 8 10 a m and 2 30 p m benediction with weekday mass 8. St Josephs Church shows Sunday masses 9 and 10 a m and weekday 7 30 a m Rev M J Brennan. Banns of matrimony announced for Alvin Barry and Cecelia Herry at St Josephs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
Father McCarthy of
Chilileothe
J. H. Dew Brittain
Henry
A. Schauer
M. J. Brennan
Alvin Barry
Personal News From Peoria and Surroundings
H Haines visited Peoria on business Tuesday. Miss Evans taught and filled the pulpit the past two Sundays. Edmond Harney, homebound, adds a bathroom. Orrin Fulks installs city water furnace and new porch floor. Frank Barker replaces a resigning coworker at Hunter Lumber yard. Evan Deal renovates the Miller place he bought. John Hennessey visits from Scranton after his father’s death. Several local families visit and host. weddings, births, illnesses noted. Road, bank, and community updates conclude with a Putnam county bankers’ gathering at Granville October 23 and local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Haines
Peoria
Miss Evans
Edmond Harney
Orrin Fulks
Frank Barker
Clel] Anderson
Hunter Lumber
Evan Deal
Miller Place
John Hennessey
Scranton
William Chesney, Jr
Walter Boyle
William Merrit
Peter Etscheid
Joe Stadel
John Stadel
Frank Woods
W. J. Carpenter
Hans Otto
William Merritt
Earl Eagleston
Henry
A. R. Shreffler
St. Louis
Canton
A. G. Hillabrand
Charles Anderson
Charlotte Anderson
Barney Schwarz
Thomas Finnegan
Grafton
Neb
Patrick Hennessey
Hennessey
Mary Stadel
Hallowe'en
Jack Frost
Harold Helper
Quale,& Son
Rey
Martin
Bushnell
Art Montgomery
Chicago
Panama Canal
Garfield
Putnam County
Granville
Hopkins Township
J. O. Pletsch
Granville Bank
R. W. Spencer
Magnolia
A. W. Hopkins
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Roy Bracken
Henry Christian Church
Mary Deck
H. H. Leech
Leech
C. A. Camp
Princeton
Northern Illinoig Co-Operative Burial Association
Newport
Sweet Innocence
Anna Burt-Jenks
Savanna
George Burt
Jenks
Ted
Illinois Agricultural Association
Emmerson
Publc
F. Bernard Smith
Peoria Daily Star
Republican
Mr. Smith
Peoria-Henry
Peoria Boat Club
T. H. Webb
Bernie
Star Sporting Page
Illinois
Toluca
Dayle May
Dicenzo
O. Heininger
Daniels
Henry Toluca
Heininger
L Vallino
McLamarrah Ball
Bernardi Downey
Flaminio
Henry Bridge Company
Henry Bridge
E. R. Barnewelt
J. M. Arnold
Hollowayville
Charles Balleweg
Baden
Germany
America
Elizabeth Flynn
Peru
Anna
Fred Shafer
Lucy
Eugene Herr
Mayme
Lawrence Turner
Violet
Anthony Holler
Lacon
Lily
Rose
William Marks
St. Joseph’s Church
Father M. J. Brennan
B. J. Emery
Western Catholic Union
Mr. Balleweg
Father Brennan
Frank Stewers
William Kuss
Julius Watercott
Lott Sullivan
Willian Peterman
Peter Toemmes
G. E. Fenwick
St. Joseph's Cemetery
William Balleweg
Breighton, Neb
John Balleweg
Minonk
John Merdian
Ruth
Los Angeles
Cal
Alvarado St
California
Rob Law
Hodge
Rob
Clifford Haws
Wilfred
Griffith’s Park
Hollywood
Real
Capt. Real
Townsends
Long Beach
Mary Real
Levi Carse
Carse
Thomas Runnells
Josephine L. Townsend
John Hartley
Anton Mallman
Saratoga
Second Street
Charles Hofer
R. K. McColl
William W. Clement
William Wellington Clement
Niagara County
New York
Randall Clement
19Th
New York Light Artillery
Army of the Potomac
Petersburg
Grant
Mr. Clement
Ilinoig
Clara E. Clark
Stephen Clark
Wheatland Township
Tiskilwa
Clement
Emma Louise
A. E
Wright
Spokane
Wash
William Wellington, Jr
Millers, Ia
Lora Hstelle
Jesse
Winifred
Saratoga Township
Marshall County
Leroy Glen
Bradford
Eva Claire
C. M. Lucas
Leslie Clark
Lillian Gertrude
F. W. Turner
Wahoo
Flora Belle
Hennepin Canal
Dickenson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Bloom
Charles H
Ireland
Opeseete H
Torrance
ByoYosty Do
Magoon Barnes
Opera House
Gus Johnson
Gus
AM Pbis - Presbyterian Church
H. G. Dusenberry
Christian Endeavor
Methodist
Uges
M. B. van Leer
ST. John's Church
Renee
Pa F. Pay — ST. Mary's Church
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