Local Notes From Camp Grove And Whitefield Center
Community updates from Sparland area include visits by Decatur relatives to Sparland and Camp Grove. Church events feature Dr. Cox at Bradford, Rally Day, and a Ladies Aid bazaar planning. Mr. and Mrs. DeBolt hosted a young gathering, and local society treasuries rose. Obituary notices report Elizabeth Marone’s funeral and Camp Grove sadness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Sparland
Thomas DeBolt
Copcorn
Washburn
Jennie Swift
Jadley
Ladies’ Aid Society
Herr
Cox
Bradford
Menze
Fosdick
Lou Ely
East Peoria
Fannie Mallory
Henry
Evan McClane
Miriam Herr
Whitefield
La Prairie Social News Highlights and Visits
A local social roundup notes fourteen youths at a tag party in the Andrew Pringle tenant house. Visitors include A J McCullough family Mollie Smith Jessie Mitchell May Gray and Jack Kellogg. other residents and guests frequent area homes in Toluca Peoria Chillicothe Champaign and Steuben. A La Prairie Red Cross benefit at the town hall on Friday November 30 features a box social and shadow pictures with 10 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Toluca
James Collins
Mosler
Peoria
Charles Collins
Mentor
Champaign
Jock
N. D
Wilmot
Scott
LaPrairie
Leland Monter
Steuben Word
Mary Smith
Hannah Green Fe
Ss. D
Oval picture frames on display at new Fenwick location
Advert shows oval convex frames for enlarged pictures priced from 1.00 to 3.00. Window display invites readers to visit and note a new Fenwick address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick
New Location
Sunday Services and Classes at Saratoga M Church
Sunday notes show Sunday school attendance rising with $1.82 collection and a 37 headcount last year. Bible class was largest, junior class second, Rev. Waters explained the benevolence fund before the sermon. Evening devotional saw about forty present with topic Are We Fooling Our Selves led by Lester Lewis. Regular services next Sunday at usual time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga M
Waters
Lester Lews
Thanksgiving box social and church events noted
Box social for Red Cross on November 29 at the town hall with a good program. A meatless social planned by the Ladies Aid of the M E church on December 5. An all day M E Ladies meeting elected officers led by Mrs. Winship. Notices mention local visits, health concerns, and a hen party planned for November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Red Cross
Ladies’Aid Society
M. E. Church
M. E. Ald Society
Fred Wheeler
Walter Winship
Francis Murphy
Glenn Barnhart
Mary .Wheeler
herve-Rex
Tilton
George Wheeler
Orland
Edward Murphy
Peoria
Murphy
Deaconess Hospital
Caltern
James Keegan
Henry
School Activities Highlight Week in Seventh Grade Notes
Edith Clift advances to seventh grade while Mrs. Foster visits the school on Wednesday. High school teachers travel to Champaign for the annual conference. Agriculture students test seed corn showing about ten percent load. Domestic science classes prepared date pudding with whipped cream and cheese souffle with positive results. Monumenta and Markers have been produced byTriebel and Sona of Peoria for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Clift
Foster
Champaign
The Little American at Henry Opera House with Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford stars in The Little American directed by Cecil B. DeMille and James MacPherson. Wartime themes and spectacular war scenes are presented in a modern photo play style at the Henry opera house with both matinee and evening showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick
Mary Pickford
Artcraft Pictures
Cecil B. DeMille
Jearnie Macpherson
Henry Opera House
Election meeting of Country Women's Club elects officers
The Country Women's Club held its November 15 meeting at Mrs. Guy Davis's home. Mrs. I. B. Broaddus was re elected president with a unanimous vote. Mrs. Charles Rogers became vice president and Mrs. C. RB. Allen secretary. Relief work and sewing filled the remainder of the session, with a large box of finished articles ready for Magnolia headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Country Women's Club
Guy Davis
I. E. Broaddus
I. B. Broaddus
Charles—Rogers
C. RB. Allen
Lady of Learning
Miss Anderson
Misa Alta Atkins
Lippert
Clara E. Ash
Death of Mrs Adolph Renzi at Camp Grove
Mrs Adolph Renzi nee Theresa Owens dies in Peoria after a month long illness from heart trouble. She was daughter of the late James and Mary Owens of Camp Grove. Funeral at Catholic church Camp Grove this Thursday at 9:30. Survived by husband a infant child and several siblings. Coal hauler notes demand remains strong with four buyers for a load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Adolph Reunzi
Duta
St. Francia Hospital
Roach
M. B
Ria
Red Cross
Dunnigan
Herbert Wilson
Vna
Sener
Wilson Jaorge Kruger
Eureka
Northwest
Bradford Nelson
South Dakota
Morris Mann
Thomas ‘Riley
Peoria
McBroom
James Campion
St. Francis Hospital
Elsworth
Mamia Murphy
Peorla
John Elliott
Ashe
John
Herport Wilson's
Whitefield Center
Léo Hoffman
McKirgan
Mr. Ely
Henry Auklind
Thomas Seelye
Wisconsin
Adolph Renzi
Neo Theresa Owens Rays Hospital
Renzi
James Owens
Boone
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the Republican
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Anc
G. E. Penwick
Funeral Stars New Location
Putnam
Glenn E. Tilton
Putnam County
Hennepin
Helma Anderson
Marie Peradotti
General Barclay
Gladys Kays
Fern Hiatt
Elsie Bloom
Vera Allen
Mattie Anderson
Mark School
Robert Glass
Sarah Hammell
Granville Echo
Dave Lonto
Lontfe
Koteski
Lonie
Standard
Spring Valley Hospital
Dave
Thomas Parsons
Dave Lonie
Wenzell
Triebel
Sona—of
AUY
Advt
Brumsey Estate
Aeroratora
Irs
G. E
London
United States
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Mattleness
Springfield
Tenteen
Louis L. Emmerson
Cre Liage
John Gluntz
John Ao
Pence Freemen
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