Argo School Notes Celebrate Scholars and Activities
The Argo School month end report honors 23 students with perfect attendance names and notes a sympathy message for the Haas family. It records tuberculosis fund stamps sold, a master salesman, posters for the Farmers Institute, and class prizes. The rural spelling contest at 2 pm Friday at Argo, with Pauline Carpenter as champion, is announced along with a Christmas operetta planned for December 22. An eighth grade mishap with barbed wire is recounted as a light human interest ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Green
Howard Johnson
Geraldine Smith
John Aude
George Bittner, Jr
Velma Johnson
Albert Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Patricia Yates
Lloyd Johnson
Lyle Mitchell
Lenora Yates
Anton Holmaquest
Bernice Aude
Delores Ann Hill
LaVonne Holm
Norma Johnson
Frank Manning
Leland Schmaling
Pauline Carpenter
Robert Smith
June
Richard Haas
Tuberculosis Fund
Lyle
Milton Miller
Janet Kenyon
Farmers’ Institute
Parachute Jump at New York World's Fair Aims for Safety
Visitors can try a parachute jump at the fair's amusement concession with emphasis on safety. The attraction promises a feel of free fall while ensuring precautions are in place for participant protection.
Spelling Bee Rules and Rural Preliminary Committees
The article outlines spelling bee rules for determining winners from a 50 word fret list, with ties settled by extra word lists. It lists rural school committees and chairs for Chadwick Thomson Lanark Milledgeville Mr Carroll Savanna Shannon, naming their chairpersons and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Irene Kness
Naomi Fisseller
Esther Zugschwerdt
Thomson
Thelma Schick
Grace Seim
Helen von Owen
Lanark
Laurel Schneider
Etta Horner
Paul Sweitzer
Milledgeville
Doris Beecher
Margaret Hawkins
W. Gossard
Carroll
Helen Swingley
Louella Weidman
Margaret Segal
Savanna
Marian Lister
Grace Middleton
Mary Frey
Shannon
Esther Haugh
Thelma Hardacre
Glois Schrader
Spectator Reflects on Illinois 120 Year Changes
The article contrasts Illinois in 1818 with present times, noting capital moves from Kaskaskia to Vandalia, a small archives wagon, sparse 1818 settlements north of Edwardsville, Fort Dearborn in Chicago, and Chicago’s growth. It muses on future changes in the next 120 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Vandalia
Edwardsville
Chicago
Fort Dearborn
Savanna Court Notices and Local Legal Steps
The will of the late Made H Schmidt of Savanna was admitted to probate Monday. Petit jurors for the November circuit term were told they were not needed Monday though earlier called. Irvin Schreiner of Milledgeville was released on bond after a charge of wife abandonment and failure to provide. An application to marry was filed by George Yost and Mabel Hartman. Real estate transfers in the week include several parcels in Savanna and Milledgeville. Informations filed against Marilla Fiser Henry Fiser and James Landt include DUI and disorderly conduct. Sheriff Westfall and Savanna officers arrested the couple. Fiser and bond posted. Landt released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Made H. Schmidt
Savanna Alea
Circuit Court
Irvin Schreiner
Milledgeville
George Yost
Fair Haven
Mabel Hartman
Carroll
Petit Jury
Ruth Tilton Schoen
Arthur Deets
Plumer
Chadwick
Fli
Savanna
Matilda Weeks
Elmer Lewis Dirks
Freeman’s Add
Caroline Mark
David Rice
Salem
Della Metz
John Sarma
Woodland
Home B. & L. Ass’n
Pauline C. Wurster
John L. Brearton
Marilla Fiser
Henry Fiser
James Landt
Lanark
Landt
Peace Bell Inscription for Belgium World's Fair Carillon
The largest of 35 bronze bells cast in Belgium for the Belgium exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair will bear a Latin inscription stating that Leopold names the bell and rings only for peace over the Atlantic. Grover A. Whalen announces the inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Grover A. Whalen
Leopold
Atlantic
Cotton goods feature at World Fair 1939 North Carolina exhibit
Visitors walk on cotton flooring and rugs as examples of new cotton uses show in the North Carolina section of the Court of States at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Court of States
The Shining Hour Opens at Capitol Clinton
A five star cast led by Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas and Fay Bainter stars in The Shining Hour the Cap itol theatre engages for three days in Clinton opening Saturday Crawford performs a dance sequence marking her first since Dancing Lady The plot follows a cabaret dancer through New York nightlife to a Kansas farm where she marries the character played by Melvyn Douglas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crawford
Margaret Sullavan
Robert Young
Melvyn Douglas
Fay Bainter
Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Miss Crawford
Tony DeMarco
DeMarcos
New York
Kansas
Douglas Ih
Angels with Dirty Faces heads to Rialto Clinton for six day run
The film features Pat O'Brien and James Cagney in a tale of crime and redemption. Cagney as a top criminal plots a life of crime while O'Brien becomes a priest guiding him away from sin. Humphrey Bogart and George Bancroft co star in a fast paced drama with dynamic climaxes and rough street scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Clinton
Pat O’brien
James Cagney
Cagney
O’brien
Humphrey Bogart
George Bancroft
Jimmy Cagney
Majestic Theatre Presents Men With Wings Aviator Drama
Majestic Theatre opens a new aviation feature titled Men With Wings starring Fred MacMurray Ray Milland and Andy in a big sky spectacle billed as the era’s premier flying picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Mr. Carroll
Fred Mac Murray
Ray Milland
Andy
Majestic schedules Technicolor lineup and repeats
Devine and Lynne Overman head the Majestic for a three night stand next Sunday to Tuesday in Technicolor. Friday and Saturday feature a return of The Plainsman with Gary Cooper Jean Arthur and Jimmie Ellison. Tonight is the final night of The Citadel starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell. Wednesday and Thursday December 14 and 15 offer The Great Waltz.
Three Lane Sisters Star in Four Daughters at Royal Theatre
Three real life Lane sisters Lola Rosemary and Priscilla play Thea Ann and Kay Lemp in the Warner Bros. film Four Daughters opening Thursday at the Royal Fulton. Leota Lane was to play Emma Lemp but a stage engagement blocked it Gale Page joins the family in effect as Emma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtiz
Lola
Rosemary
Pris
Four Daughters Cast Heads to Screen With Gail and Notables
Mrs. Cora Lane accompanies her daughters to the studio for their first joint take. The Four Daughters cast features Gale Coon and stars Jeffrey Lynn John Garfield Claude Rains May Robson Dick Foran and Frank McHugh in a Fannie Hurst adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cilla
Cora Lane
Gale
Jeffrey Lynn
John Garfield
Claude Rains
May Robon
Dick Foran
Frank McHugh
Fannie ‘Hurst
Obedience Defines National Greatness Beyond Law
The fragment argues that mere obedience to law, even from many people, does not show a nation's greatness. True civilization lies in obedience to the unenforceable, reflecting trust in citizens. A nation's existence and extent indicate how its people respond to that trust.
Antwerp Diamond Cutters at 1939 World’s Fair Belgium Pavilion
Expert diamond cutting will display skilled lapidaries oiling glittering facets in the Belgian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair 1939. Antwerp is showcased as the diamond industry center with diamonds valued in the millions on show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
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Beth Marion
Frontier Scout
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Hollywood
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Sue Z
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Rialto Theatre
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Savanna, Ill
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Morrison, Ill
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Louis Noble
MT. Carroll, Ill
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Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
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