Over 450 Pupils 10 Get Diplomas at Camp Point
Bailey Park in Camp Point hosts the eighteenth annual seventh and eighth grade exercises with an expected 3,000 attendees. 205 eighth grade pupils graduate and 248 receive promotion certs after final exams. Noted speakers include R. H. Malcolmson and Bishop Edward Fawcett. Diplomas presented by County Superintendent John H. Steiner. 4:30 p.m. teachers vs Camp Point ballgame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
C. L. Hawkins
R. A. Omer
A. R. Grumman
C. A. Warner
Illinois
R. H. Malcomson
Township High School
Industry
Ill
Dickson Orchestra
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
L. L. Boyer
Bishop Edward Fawcett
John H. Steiner
Camp Point
Bailey Park
Adams County
John Steiner
Balney Park
Maplewood High School
Pupi
Iris
Dickson
Bishop Fawcett
Fifth Regiment
Lindley scholarship pupils named from township exams
The list names the top grade holders in each township for the Lindley scholarship entitling free four years at state normals. It includes North East Lois Willard Houston Mildred Reynolds Keene Chester Marshall Lima Marvin Whitney Lima Harry Jacobs Ursa Beulah Harris Mendon and many others, with 205 eighth graders also being awarded diplomas to enter county high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindley
Frances E. Waters
Plainville
Charles A. Warner
Henry F. Jacobs
Lima
Emry S. Simmonds
Mabel Carter
Florence Cunningham
Chester Marshall
Loraine
Fred Baldwin
Lois Willard
la Prai
Tie School
John H. Priepot
Agnes Hudson
Loraine School
Irma Graham
Coatsburg School
North East
Houston
Mildred Reynolds
Keene
Marvin Whitney
Harry Jacobs
Henry Rintzel
Ursa
Beulah Harris
Mendon
Dorothy Frazier
Honey Creek
Camp Point
Lola M. Reynolds
Clayton
George Marrett
Concord
Mary Orton
Columbus
Anna Mae Martin
Gilmer
Leota Stahl
Ellington
Emma M. Morton
Riverside
Letha Edwards
Melrose
Hilda C. Suseman
Alma Withers
Burton
Fay Bennett
Liberty
Dora Klarner
McKee
Robert Warner
Beverly
Lottie Mixer
Richfield
Mae Alexander
Payson
Frances Waters
Fall Greek
Emma Danhkaus
Quincy
Grace Scott
Winifred Alexander
Arnold Rosenboom
Mildred Blau
Gertrude Damrow
Lowell Cromwell
Curtis Robbins
Marie Covert
Alva Ihne
Carl Gillespie
Lester Schieferdecker
Inez Stead
John Schoch
Helen Leenerts
Ruth Nelson
Emil Sherrick
Agnes Fludson
Gladys Guseman
Alma Hary
Mildred Lummis
Irene Ross
Esther Guseman
Goldie Guseman
Otto Gabel
Delbert Davis
Lela Shriver
Lloyd Smith
Agnes Wessell
Theodore Fuller
Pearl Howe
Henry Jacobs
Harry E. St. John
Cecil Bolt
Erna Orr
Anna Montag
Frank Wallace
Irvin Griffin
Glenn Gunlock
Kenneth Yee
Bertha Herzog
Clarence Pribble
Paul Brady
Orwell Hastings
Claude Quinn
Gene Clair
Mildred Kells
Mildred Chant
Fred Frohn
Edith Finney
Victor Shriver
Mertie Nichols
Virgil McCready
Jessie Venter
J. Norman Frazier
Cecil Durfee
Ada Dickerman
Carl G. Koch
May Barnett
Chester Loos
Cecil Furry
Mildred Flack
Marl E. Flack
Charles Anderson
Birdie Ahalt
Anna Neadick
Florence Neadick
Fred Drakle
Erma Graham
Harry Corse
Harold Taylor
Myrtle White
Cora Jeffery
Ralph Hall
Goldie McArthur
Ruth Peters
Edward Beckett
Harold Beckett
Beulah Dickhut
Arlo Hillman
Olive Moore
Elwyn Bertholf
Ernest Amen
Dorothy Nitchman
Grace Fletcher
Russell Seibel
Harold Shank
Maxine Pevehouse
Bishop Wisehart
Clara Anderson
Mary McDowell
Howard Miller
Florence Bowen
Ada Higley
Arnold Williams
Laura Schmidt
Edna Schmidt
Reta Sharp
Esther Baker
Hazel M. Kindart
Herbert Simmonds
Anne Mae Martin
Iva BE. McNeall
Willard H. Wilke
Wesley Deege
Nellie A. Viar
Lucy M. Pracht
Ota Stahl
Florence Harer
Samuel Thomp
Second Honor Names in Township Listings
A long ledger lists Second Honor recipients across multiple townships including Clayton, Columbus, Gilmer, Honey Creek, Keene, Melrose, Lima, Liberty, Riverside, Richfield, Concord, Camp Point, Ellington, Fall Creek, Houston, North East, Mendon, McKee, Payson, and Area Townships. Names such as William Oltker Hazel Austin Clark Randolph May Hofmeister Edith Hufnagel Lydia Hoeckel Marie Pol and many others appear alongside township allocations and associated residents in a dense 1920s style roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Ellington
Genevieve M. Ohnemus
Mildred Hufendick
Arthur Dedert
Emma M. Morton
Edith C. Lucking
Clara H. Shriver
Laurence Talken
Olive Bagley
Paul Jackson
Elmer Sigafoose
Lloyd Erke
Ada Shriver
Riverside
Alberta Crawford
L. Marie Alexander
Louis H. Ostermuller
Albert Spindler
Leonard H. J. Ostermuller
Clara Heiland
Lara Shinn
Letha Edwards
George Oblander
Reanna Chandler
Melrose
Hilda C. Husemann
Luella Merker
Ida Vollrath
Pauline Fingerlin
Alma Withers
Burton
Martha Meyer
Ralph Zeh
Fay Bennett
Irene A. Haire
Laura Hopson
Alma Page
McKee
Robert Warner
Omer Kestner
Grace M. Warner
Gilbert Arntzen
Lilburn Arntzen
Selah R. Lane
Maude Likes
Beverly Township
Lotuis Mixer
Nellie Sims
Richfield
Leonard Harrison
Mae Alexander
Mabel Davis
Gladys Graybael
Pryson Township
Bertha Fisher
Lois B. Spencer
Ralph Howard
Maury Maise
Edwin Stieghorst
Frances Waters
Mabel Carter
Florence Cunningham
Clarence Wagg
George Hoskins
Margaret Bradfield
Louis McVay
Hilda Gray
Marguerite Hyer
Elmer Albsmeyer
Carl Hemps
William Oltker
Hazel Austin
Clark Randolph
May Hofmeister
Everett
Clayton Township
Elmer Campbell
Mary Altic
Robert Berthof
Nallie Ball
Louise Barrigar
Russell Fletcher
Irma Gibson
Leta Graham
Clyde Hodgson
Velma McGirr
William Purpus
John Peacock
Harrett Stevens
Hazel Shank
Leta Shank
William Moore
Merie Meatheringham
Charles Wear
Edith Hufnagel
Lydia Hoeckel
Marie Poland
Hattie
Everett Lummis
Keene Township
oOren Adair
Mildred Crank
Asia Lee Tate
Chrystal Nelson
Kenneth Hoyson
Ethel McGrinley
Catherine Campbell
Frederick Baldwin
Leora Reece
Mary Reece
Joy Myers
John Curless
Lucille Michael
Laurence Jenkins
Victorine Campbell
Coin Sears
Everett Shanks
Lyle McNay
Hamil Weidmyer
Mercedes Beckmann
Florence Meyer
Laura Brandes
Bertha Kingeald
Rena Reeder
Roy Gibbs
Florence Hentz
Nona Meyer
Fern Rosenkoetter
Lucilla Breckenkamp
Hilda Huosman
Carl Fingerlin
Florence Beehl
Gertrude Burgtorg
Mary Kingcaid
Ida Volbrath
Lima
Triman Watte
Cecil Jones
Nola Jones
Marie Miller
Kerschel Mayfield
Estella Bradford
Liberty
Jessie Mason
Joy Frey
Anthony Smith
Jerry Riggins
Jesse Kline
Fred Cunningham
Harry Blentlinger
Stannley Earel
Ida May Platt
Eugene Cobb
Otis Harrison
Cecil Spilker
Raymond Whitebread
Henry Hutmacher
Edith Sparks
Arnett Clayton
Kathryn Keyser
Fern Alexander
Neva Beckmeyer
Emmett Welton
Tina Ryth
Reda Ruhl
Blanche J
Earl Ginster
Eldon Ginster
Mariamander
Beauna Brigafoose
Alvera Koch
Harry Kooken
Wray Mclintyre
Fall Creek
Florence Peter
Margaret Schnollbecker
Esther Glasier
Marcus Thompson
George Klitz
Esther Albsmeyer
Alma Kaltenbach
Carson Heitholt
Carl Echterkamp
Verney Polltsch
Theodora Speckhardt
Lorn Bock
Thad Dunlap
Edna Keil
Inez Kinder
Willis Glass
Bessie Edwards
Frances Buttgen
Houston
Gladys Willard
Chester Cook
Charle Siegel
Vernon Miller
Cyrene Wills
North East
Alice Tft
Ruth Rose
Ethel Alexander
Blanche Dutton
Jakie Redenius
Ira Reynolds
Elmer Paxton
Willard Wood
Dorothy Biulderback
Clinton Carper
John Byland
Bernard Cain
William T. Dutton
Dorothy Vancil
Beatrice D. Dutton
Doria Sights
Ray Stopp
Mendon
Clyde Johnson
Editha Grady
Payson
Gladys Harris
Norwood Bradfield
Gladys Gilihouse
Dore Kennett
Everett Constable
Lottie Fulton
Ralph Stewart
Ruth McCullum
Omer Langan
Doyle Bennett
Florence Wasson
Helen Stewart
Florence Waack
Twilah Hood
Theodore Hollemboak
Everett Watters
Kenneth Cantrell
Marla Long
Beulah Hood
Elizabeth Seymour
Glen Parrac
Army Picnic for French Officers in France
Associated Press reports an American regiment in France hosted a picnic for French instructors and American enlisted men sharing meals from field kitchens. French officers enjoyed fried chicken while marines consider khaki uniforms. Paris to supply trained artillery horses and pack mules for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hag
Quincy youth earns second lieutenant commission at Plattsburg Camp
Joseph W. Emery Jr of 1677 Maine street Quincy has received a regular army second lieutenant commission after training at Plattsburg reserve officers camp. A Dartmouth College class of 1917 graduate and former Quincy High School football star, Emery was noted as a top halfback and Phi Gamma Delta member. Camp Point’s David C. Liggett also received a commission at camp’s close, as 13 local men remained in contention for second lieutenancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Emery, Jr
J. W. Emery
Maine Street
Plattsburg, N
Emery
Quincy High School
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Phi Gamma Delta
New Hampshire College
David C. Liggett
Camp Point J
Regular Army Reaches War Strength and Quota Status
Washington August 1 The war volunteers of Thursday raised the regular army to its full war strength of 300000. Since April 1 more than 183898 volunteers have been enlisted. Twenty three states filled quotas while 25 did not. The roll of honor lists California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Utah Washington and Wyoming. Recruiting will continue with steady volunteer flow into the reserve. As a child Adam made no mistakes but he made up for it during his honey moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wyoming
War Department
Press claims master press knows as Democracy Peace talks
San Francisco August 11 conference for democracy and peace heard Daniel O Connell a lawyer arrested on conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft law. Speaker John D Works of Los Angeles warned that the Associated Press would suppress coverage to serve moneyed interests in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Conference For Democracy and Terms of Peace
Daniel O'Connell
People’s Council of America
United States
John D. Works
Los Angeles
Associated Press
New York
Explosion Wrecks London Chemical Works Killing Scores
An explosion and fire at a large chemical works in East London on Thursday night wrecked the building and left many workers dead or injured. Thirteen women’s bodies have been recovered, with many others treated at police stations as search efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Feared Draft Victim Doldrina Found in Illinois River
The body of 28 year old Joseph M. Doldrina, listed in the first draft call, was recovered from the Illinois River at Henry with a stone tied to his neck. His home was in LaSalle. A public moral line about questioning a child is quoted but unclear in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ill
Joseph M. Doldrina
Illinois
Henry Friday
Doldrina
LaSalle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burton Township
William Deere
Carson Kuhn
Myrtle Bliven
Joy Mollenhauer
Grate Hartman
May Selz
Homer Barry
Laura Tenhouse
Leta St. Likes
Francis E. Watters
Plainville School
Edward Fawcett
Lima School
Joseph W. Emery
Adam
BIG Chemical Works
T. M. Wilson
H. C. Channon
Quincy Gas, Electric and Heating Company