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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
5
Sunday School attendance suffered in seven below zero wind but many attended and found it worthwhile. Next week’s lesson, Acts 12:1-19 Peter Delivered from Prison, with study on What the Bible Says About Future Retribution. Activities listed include Junior League, Epworth League, preaching, and a forthcoming social and lecture events.
Extreme cold forced Bible School and Church service to rear winter quarters. The pastor will preach on The Power that Pries Open Prisons. Kandoo Club meets February in the church social rooms. Pilgrim Reading Circle cancels next Wednesday due to High School entertainment. Last meeting was with Mrs J C Pinkley. Wanted for housekeeper in Gazette.
Acknowledgments express gratitude to friends neighbors and Rev Mills for support after the death of William Hand. Updates note A LaDue illness improvement and travel of Alfred Bayliff for his Aunt Coleson's funeral. Mrs D Neis visits from Ohio Station, Wm Hollerich to sell and service electric appliances for Spring Valley Utilities Co. or similar brands.
Supervisors Cadwalader push for specific court house plans after a decade of rejection. He urges the Drayton committee to detail costs so voters know what they approve. The April election will decide if the proposal reaches the people as the special committee reports.
The county board of supervisors backs a plan to issue about half of the current bonds to fund a new courthouse and remove some members from the board. Reelection in April and potential shifts could derail the Norton program if new and old members fail to act.
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