Spring Valley Council Debates Light and Bus Contracts
Spring Valley city council meets to review the new light and power pact with Illinois Power and Light and to defer final approval for clauses needing study by all four new council members. The body also discusses delinquent bus license fees, ex-service peddlers, and boulevard lamp exchanges amid lighting issues and pending lamp replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Illinois Power and Light Corporation
Foumer
W. J. Wimbiscus
Illinois Traction System
Spring Alley
John Prokup
Illinois Power and
De Pue saloonkeeper goes to jail at Christmas
Solich of De Pue faced bootlegging charges from last spring. A district court judgment in Peoria County sent him to jail for ten months, with the ten day start after the order was issued. The tenth day landed on Christmas, delaying earlier release plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mere Solich
de Pue
Santa Claus
Solich
Eotia
Peoria County
Elf
Krob Palmer Nuptials Honor Anna Krob and Merrill Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krob announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Krob to Merrill Palmer of Ottawa on December 26 in Peoria. Attendants were Marjorie Krob Hemmer and Harry Carter. Emily Palmer and William Hemmer attended guests. A noon luncheon followed at Webb's in Chillicothe before a southern Illinois honeymoon. The bride teaches at Grant school and will resume duties there. the groom is a traveling salesman. Mrs. Palmer will be at home January 4 at 405 East Devlin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Krob
Anna Krob
Merrill Palmer
Ottawa
Peoria
Marjorie Krob Hemmer
Saginaw
Michigan
Harry Carter
Emily Palmer
William Hemmer
Webb’s
Chillicothe
Illinois
Grant School
Palmer
East Devlin Street
Margaret McGarry Dies After Illness At 23
Margaret McGarry 23 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil McGarry of East Second street died after a two year illness that culminated with a brain tumor. She was born in Spring Valley in 1902 and lived there most of her life. Survived by parents two sisters Genevieve and Susan and two brothers Edward and Joseph. Funeral at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev P T Walsh and burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery.
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Margaret Mc Garry
Neil Mc Garry
East Second Street
Miss MeGarry
Spring Valley
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Chicago
Blanney
Neil McGarry
Genevieve
Susan
Edward
Joseph
P. T. Walsh
Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Mrs John Reynolds Called To Rest In Spring Valley
Mrs John Reynolds a longtime Spring Valley resident died at 508 East Third Street at 5 10 Tuesday morning after seven years with dropsy. Born in Ireland 70 years ago last April 5 she lived in Scotland before 1880 then moved to Mattoon and finally Spring Valley in 1895. She leaves John her husband six sons James Thomas Philip John Rock Springs Jasper Peru Spring Valley and daughter Mary Chicago a sister Mrs Rachael Sterling and a brother John Mulligan. Funeral details await word from Wyoming with Rev P T Walsh to officiate at Immaculate Conception church and Mt Olivet cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reynolds
Spring Valley
East Third Street
Reynolds
Ireland
Scotland
America
Mattoon
Ladies Auxiliary
John
Rock Springs
Wyoming
James
Jasper Wyoming
Michael
Peru
Thomas
Philip
Mary
Chicago
Rachael Sterling
John Mulligan
P. T. Walsh
Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Liquor Raid Finds Moonshine Cache at De Pue Parlor
The dry squad raided John Blatnick's soft drink parlor in De Pue Saturday night. No liquor was found in the saloon but a jug and a bottle of moonshine were discovered hidden in a yard cache. Blatnick posted bond in Princeton on his January county court appearance.
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John Blatnick
de Pue
Blatnick
Princeton
Bond
Valley Man Honored At Army Camp
Egbert L. Halladay of Spring Valley graduates from the Army Motor School at San Antonio earning a diploma as an automobile mechanic. He will be presented the diploma by Lieut. J. B. Luscombe before military and civic notables, then returns Friday to Camp Normoyle to complete his enlistment or pursue civilian work as a qualified mechanic.
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Gazette Office
United States Army Information Office
Egbert L. Halladay
A. H. Halladay
Spring Valley
Army Motor School
San Antonio
Texas
Halladay
J. B. Luscombe
Camp Normoyle
Gumuski Marries Oglesby Woman on Christmas Day
Thomas Gumuski of Spring Valley wed Miss Anna Morris of Oglesby at the bride’s home in Oglesby. Rev. Noyes officiated as family attended a luncheon and nuptial celebration. The couple now reside on West Third Street and will work at Westclox in La Salle after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gumuski
Spring Valley
Anna Morris
Oglesby
Noyes
Oglesby Union Church
John Sorenson
Mr. Gumuski
West Third Street
William Norris
Westclox
la Salle
Gumuski
Stacia Gumuski
William Battey
Riverside Club Holiday Dances Draw Large Attendance
The Riverside Club held a sequence of Christmas dances with high turnout and orderly conduct. Three more large dances are planned this week featuring the Peoria Collegians with seven piece orchestra on New Year Eve Bierman’s eight piece outfit on New Year’s Night and Dart’s Troubadours on Saturday January 2.
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Riverside Club
Peoria Collegians
Bierman
Dart
Troubadours
Court Opens Monday for January Term in Bureau County
The January term of the Bureau County Circuit Court will open next Monday with Judge Joe A. Davis turning over to the grand jury the initial days of the term. Few major cases loom, and 858 cases fill the bar docket, including 27 criminal files mostly old. Annulments, divorces, and chancery matters appear among about 144 cases. jurors listed include Poeship, W. Fiste, Sibe Pottinger, and Debo, Flaherty, Hamer, Hollerich, Johnson, Lerch, May, and others from Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau County Circuit Court
Joe A. Davis
Grand Jury
Amonigh
Maintenan Lyyi Thehies
Evans and Burrell Orchestra Gains Favor in Circles
The Evans and Burrell orchestra wins rapid popularity with four engagements next week at St. Ann's hall Spring Valley Cherry Tonica and Peru. Notable feature is George Burrell's novelty piano accordion which has dancers moving. Other members include Peter Evans violin Frank Evans clarinet and saxophone Battista Falorino drums Thomas Segata banjo and George Bertotti piano.
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Evans and Burrell
St. Ann’s Hall
Spring Valley
Cherry, Tonica
Peru
George Burrell
Peter Evans
Frank Evans
Battista Falorino
Thomas Segata
George Bertotti
Post Office Handles Record Christmas Mail Rush
Spring Valley post office reports an unprecedented Christmas mail surge with record out mail on Monday and record incoming mail on Tuesday and Wednesday. Clerks processed parcel post and greeting cards as Gunther's delivery truck aided delivery, aided by nationwide Shop Early Mail Early campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Gunther
Post Office Department
Spring Valley Merchants Approve Progress on New East Highway
At the Spring Valley Association of Commerce meeting held in the library, members praised the highway project. Contractor Trumpeter advances through initial steps while a steam shovel works by hospital hill prompting a Cleveland street detour. The state highway department agrees to keep Dakota street grade, avoiding a lower concrete pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley Association of Commerce
New East Highway
Hospital Hill
Cleveland Street
R. B. Madison
A. L. Townsend
State Highway Department
Dakota Street
East Dakota Street
Pete Hollerich
W. J. Wimbiscus
Robert Acton
John Ferarri
Christmas Program at Con Congregational Church
A Christmas program before about 225 attendees showcased scene production, chorus and solo performances, and an organ music lineup led by Miss Matilda Harman. Roles included Bethlehems star, shepherds, kings, and a child, with readings and a second playlet Have You Any Room For Me directed by Miss Yearsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planes N ' Valley
National Church
Matilda Harman
Elizabeth Martin
Elsie Farnheim
James
Allen Dwyre
James Dwyre
MacLean Brown
Star of Bethlehem
William Harman
Susanna Burnell
Lucille de Costa
John Migilio
Herbert Wheeler
Edward Barr
William Buck
George Nerquist
Raymond Heilgeist
Sister Yearsley
Elsie de Costa
Frances Kleinfall
Esther Walker
Ruth Perkins
Richard Hill
Effie Buck
Beulah Rudiger
Nellie da Thomas Caveglia
Helen Jey
Leland Perkins
Lydia Weissenburger
Charles On
Jon Ees
Bureau County American Legion posts convene in Spring Valley
About twenty five visitors from five of nine Bureau County posts attended the Dom inie Oberto Post 182 meeting in Spring Valley. Officers were elected: James Doyle county chairman Harry Russell county adjutant and Tony Fenoglio finance officer. The next meeting will be at Princeton January 13 with W M Russell as speaker and installation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bureau County
Dominie Oberto
American Legion of
Spring Valley
Legion
James Doyle
Dominic
United States
Bureau County Post
Bureau County Legion Post
County Post
W. M. Russell
Sixteenth Congressional District
Dominic Oberta
Princeton
Catholic New Year Masses Planned With Choir Orchestra
Catholic service for New Year says it is a holy day of obligation not a fast day. Two masses at S. S. Peter and Paul at 8 and 10 with same music as Christmas led by Joseph Prokup. Immaculate Conception church holds services at 5 and 8 New Year morning.
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S. S. Peter and Paul's
Joseph Prokup
Immaculate Conception
Ladies Aid Meeting and Pot Luck Supper
The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church will hold a meeting in the church parlors on Thursday evening January 7. A regular business meeting follows the pot luck supper at 6 o clock. Members are asked to bring one covered dish bread and butter sandwiches and silver service for the family. All members and their families are urged to attend.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid
Married Monday wedding of Jackolovich and Halladay
Miss Mary Jackolovich wed Leroy Halladay Monday evening in a ceremony performed by Judge Dennis Conway. She has worked as a waitress at the Liberty Lunch room and the couple will reside on East Devlin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jackolovich
Leroy Halladay
Dennis Conway
Jackolovich
Liberty
East Devlin Street
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Council
Krob
Army Camp
Texas Army Motor School
Association OF Commerce
Valley
Catholic Church Service
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