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Newspaper
Liberty Bee
Location
Liberty, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
3
A lively newspaper column lampoons Prohibition undoing and political muddle. It jests about a new civics term stened ocracy, laments Republican decline in state jobs, and riffs on social habits, taxes, and love of home entertainment with humorous vignettes about Grandpa, a boy tuning him, and a playful mistress of wit.
A discussion outlines steps to expand Liberty's trade territory. It proposes cooperative monthly sale days backed by intensive advertising, visible campaign cards, a live PTA presence, more Community Club members, a good band with weekly park concerts, a seven night home talent chautauqua in August, and greater personal time sacrifice for community benefit.
A Pleasant Grove gathering at Mrs. Wilbur Dee’s home planned this year’s Farm and Home Bureau music festival with final rehearsals by Dvorak of the University of Illinois. Burton Community Club program featured county chair John Meatheringham, Mrs. E L Anderson, and a Home Bureau Federation conference recap, plus singing, a duet, and talks. Fred Robinson Armstrong, ill in Iowa City hospital, was noted as improving. Friends celebrated Lee Horton’s anniversary with an oyster supper in Quincy, attended by local residents.
On Main Street Sandy night taxes growl as residents complain about municipal levies. Citizens warn the more you buy at home the more taxes businesses pay, while critics accuse officials of pushing higher prices and costs. Frank Graf notes dairy and cream churns rise, with 86 customers counted in 320 gallons of cream last week, reflecting widespread concern. Grounding appears technocratic amid the furor.
The funeral of Mrs Catherine Pullman was held Friday at 2 pm with burial in Burton cemetery. James Cook and sons of Quincy visited the John Reid home last Friday. Clarence Cook’s funeral was held Saturday at 1:30 pm at Daugherty Memorial. Pallbearers were lifelong friends Mark Tandy Hiram Scranton Lawrence Boger Emmett Hartrick Orville Garnett and Douglas Wells. Hurley Huffman is now able to sit up after a long illness.
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