School News Highlights From Local Students
Absent students listed include Jer ald Williams Marcine Allen Fay Davis. Juniors postering for the school program. Sophomores study punctuation and Elizabethan figures. Freshmen cover Greece Sparta and American flag. Sixth through eighth grades learn suffixes and physiology Lookout Department notes. Program at the opera house Friday November 17 at 8 PM. Wilfred Grawe moved to Quincy to attend school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Inman
Lawrence Arnold
Lillian Williams
LaVerne DeWitt
Opera House
Wilfred Grawe
Quincy
Paul Beringer
Reading
Pleasant Grove Shower Honors Miss Virginia Tieman
Neighborhood attendees joined a shower for Miss Virginia Tieman as she nears marriage to Ruhl Meyer. A large group shared gifts while Mrs. Edward Hillebrenner sang two solos. Eileen Lohse received a birthday surprise at the Jos. Keith home in Bushnell on Nov 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Tieman
Ruhl Meyer
Edward Hillebrenner
Pleasant Grove
Cox
Ray Wheeler
Red Cross appoints Liberty Township committee head
Harold Scott named chairman of the Red Cross membership committee for Liberty Township with Gerald Frey and Earl Longs as other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Scott
Red Cross
Liberty Township
Gerald Frey
Earl Longs
Richfield Social Notes and Local Visits
Richfield residents host a birthday dinner for Roy at the Mason home with Lewis Mason Willard Wilds Archie Murry Jessie Fredricks Allie Mason Leta Beckman Ina Padget Mrs Walter Flick and Mrs Holeman in attendance Everett Uhland and family were Sunday callers in E Dara Mrs Hazel Uhland and children visited Wm Sherman Sunday A Ryan entertained at dinner with Orville Ryan and family of Galesburg Floyd Ryan and family of Abington Arthur Snyder and family of Taylor Mo Mr and Mrs Martin Schafer of Quincy Clarence Ihland and family Dennis Ryan and family Joe Whitney Everett Fengel and Kenneth Fengel were Sunday guests of Josh Whitney Mardell Ryan, seriously burned, returned home from Blessing hospital Sodom school community meeting set for Friday evening Nov 17th Mrs Albert Wagg and children visited Liberty Sunday Miss Ruby Morrison Wm Broer and Kenneth Morrison visited Loralie McCrory Loren Ryan returned home from Galesburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Roy
Lewis Mason
Willard Wilds
Bowen
Archie Murry
Jessie Fredricks
Quincy
Allie Mason
Camp Point
Leta Beckman
Ina Padget
Clayton
Walter Flick
Kingston
Holeman
Everett Uhland
E Dara
Hazel Uhland
Wm. Sherman
A. Ryan
Orville Ryan
Galesburg
Floyd Ryan
Abington
Arthur Snyder
Taylor
Martin Schafer
Clarence Ihland
Dennis Ryan
Joe Whitney
Ererett Fengel
Kenneth Fengel
Josh Whitney
Mardell Ryan
Blessing Hospital
Sodom
Local notes from Adams County dated fire and illness reports
Mrs Maude Hartrick reports Miss Mary Chandler confined to her bed with rheumatism. Mrs Theo Meyer visits the Albert Meyers family for several days. Mrs Mary Griffin of Quincy visiting Mrs Ida Elliott. Miss Reta Welsh listed as sick. The Herbert Grocery Store opened Saturday. Forest and field fires burned fiercely Sunday to the west as men fought to save homes and buildings. E A Hartrick and mother visited Mrs Greta Hunsaker at Camp Pt. Ab Cook of Payson ill at Ray Sims home and not better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Chandler
Theo Meyer
Liberty
Albert Meyers
Mary Griffin
Quincy
Ida Elliott
Herbert
E. A. Hartrick
Greta Hunsaker
Ab Cook
Payson
Ray Sims
Mrs Lestie Taylor Visits Jefferson City Kin
Mrs. Lestie Taylor of Jefferson City Missouri visits at the home of her mother Mrs. Nellie Mercer. The brief note records a family visit to the Mercer household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lestie Taylor
Jefferson City, Mo
Nellie Mercer
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Pathfinder
Maine St. Garage
Tiveness
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Jerald Williams
Marcine Allen
Fay Davis
The
United States
Queen Elizabeth
Gerald Graff
Merle Schrader
Henry Marshal
William Anderson
Greece
Sparta
George Schmalshof
Mr. Smith
Mr. Watson
Liberty Bee
America
Crystal Corporation
Willis Ave
Winifred Lytle
Eileen Lohse
Jos. Keith
Bushnell
Eileen
Carrie Chain
E. N. Wheeler
Chas. Lytle
Lucetta Hughes
Dritha Willis
Herman Teahouse
Geo. Doole
Earl Sims
Roy Switzer
Mildred Doole
Geo. Dean
Glenna Henderson
State University
Home Bureau
Mildred Tenhouse
Rev. Cox
Dean Sims
Edna Tenhouse
Pauline Harper
Ruth
Dorothy Sorrill
James Robert
Walter Thompson
Melvin Sims
Lloyd Harper
Richfield
Lee McCrory
Albert Wagg
Ruby Morrison
Wm. Browner
Kenneth Morrison
Loralie McCrory
Loren Ryan
Adams
Maude Hartrick
Reta Welsh
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