Local Social Roundup Tracks Visits and Moves
Mrs Luella Gleason hosts relatives from Savanna for Sunday dinner. Willard Hartman leaves Tousley Brothers to join McPherson and Conners in Clinton Iowa, planning to move soon. Numerous regional visits, calls, and family trips from Clinton Savanna Argo Mt Carroll Lanark and surrounding areas noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Gleason
Russell Gleason
Henry O'Donnel
Savanna
Willard Hartman
Tousley Brothers
McPherson and Conners
Dodge
Plymouth
Clinton
Iowa
Francke and Switzer Hardware Store
Former Whiteside County Woman in Limelight as First Lady
The piece profiles Mrs. Wheeler née Lulu White of Albany Illinois, wife of Senator Burton K Wheel er of Montana, as a potential First Lady. It recalls their 1907 marriage, Wheeler's 1903 Whiteside county book selling visit, hospitality from the Smaltz family, and the couple’s enduring ties to Illinois. Wheeler’s presidential prospects are cited, with his stance on foreign conflicts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside County
U.S
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
J. W. Lasher
Morrison
Wheeler
Jacob Smaltz
Union Grove
Lasher
Express
Antony
Mr. Smaltz
Senator Wheeler
Smalta
Mr. Wheeler
Obituaries: two deaths from Chadwick and Prentice
Funeral services were held for Janice Elaine Kuhse fourteen month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dallas Kuhse of Milledgeville with burial in Chadwick cemetery. She died after a short illness in Chadwick. Surviving are her parents and grandparents from Lanark and Chadwick. Peter John Bro eighty five father of Albin C Bro president of Frances Shimer college died in Prentice Wisconsin. Funeral held there with burial in Prentice. He was a pioneer in Prentice lumber industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Janice Elaine Kuhse
Dallas Kuhse
Milledgeville
Frank Funeral
L. M. Phillips
Obbg
Frank Haugh
Lanark
L. J. Kuhse
Peter John Bro
Albin C. Bro
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Prentice
Wis
President Bro
New York
Peter Bro
Illness and Treatments Reported Across Community
Ailments fill homes as Aileen St. Ores and others suffer illnesses at home. Several severe colds and bronchial asthma affect residents, while chicken pox, ear infection, bronchitis, and a skin infection are noted. Hospital treatments occur for Don ald Kratz and Richard Robinson after medical care and recovery progresses.
Gone With the Wind to Play at Capitol Clinton
The Capitol theatre in Clinton will show Gone With the Wind soon in parallel with major-city runs. The film runs about three hours forty-five minutes and features reserved seating and two to three daily showings. Next Saturday the Capitol begins Spencer Tracy's I Take This Woman with Hedy Lamarr and a cast including Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Mona Marrie Paul Cavanagh and Laraine Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Capitol Theatre
United States
Des Moines
Capitol
Spencer Tracy
Spencer
Hedy Lamarr
Tracy
Verree Teasdale
Kent Taylor
Mona Marrie
Paul Cavanagh
Laraine Day
Beans Now Next to Corn in Illinois Agriculture 1939
Illinois records the largest bean acreage ever and beans become the states second most valuable crop in 1939. The bean crop rises 33 percent from 1938 while total Illinois farmland reaches 2 726 million acres, up 20 percent from 1938. Harvested beans make up 68 percent of acreage, above 64 percent in 1938, helped by favorable prices and a strong late growing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Newsy Notes From Ames High School Students
The weekly Ames High School notes cover better road conditions reducing absences, drama on the Hamlet play, grammar study, pre civil war history, Homemaking III lab, a student council decision on dancing rules, supervised gym dancing at 12 30 to 1 00, and penalties for declining requests. Reporters Frances Robinson and Lester Grim note hobbies, athletics, and student sketches while freshman Ray Kaufman and Glenn Turney file reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robinson
Lester Grim
Ray Kaufman
Glen Turney
Georgia Hogg
Ray K
Johnny H
Bob M
Joe M
Kathleen I
Bert
Janet K
One S
Harriet R
Donna F
Ames
Snowed-in school delays and progress report
The storm blocked roads delaying classes on Monday January 15. For the first half of the year four of 13 students were never absent or tardy Floyd Stiles Harold Warfield Lenora Yates and Roy Warfield. The record is being finalized with carbon copies sent home to parents. Mrs Greeley asked John a history question about respect for women and he answered Kiss them. Sixth and seventh grades took their physiology exam. it surprised teachers how much they forgot on exam day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Stiles
Harold Warfield
Lenora Yates
Roy Warfield
Girl Represents State in D A R Citizenship Contest
Darlene Shoemaker, a Hazelcrest student, is named as the state representative in the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Pilgrimage contest. The winner, chosen from high school seniors, earns a Washington trip with expenses paid by the DAR and visits to national sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Shoemaker
Hazelcrest
Misa
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington D. C
D. A. R. Congress
Washington
National Society
Congress
White House
Library of Congress
Museums
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Kness Visits After Twenty-One Years Reunion
Thomson Briefs Elizabeth Kness of Clark South Dakota visited Tuesday to see her brother Lou Kness and family for the first time in more than twenty one years. Hubert Williams and son of Stockton will visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Pape this Saturday. Robert and Jean Demaree return from the University of Illinois for semester exam break. A reflective line notes that actions matter more than words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon McGinty
University of Illinois
Chas. McGinty
Earl Shoemaker
Hazelcrest
Ill
Chas. Groharing
Leroy Foltz
Chas
Hogg
Eugene Murray
Rhoda Green
Morrison
Floyd Hartman
Jim Broderick
Clinton
Elizabeth Kness
Clark, S. Dak
Lou Kness
Hubert Williams
Stockton
Arthur Pape
Robert
Jean Demaree
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nestle
R. B
BOY Blue
Omar
Valentines
Thomson Locals
Francke and Switzer’s Hardware Store
Harry Diehl
Clarence Foltz
Frank Brown
Robert Groharing
Yukon
Harriett Yates
Argo
Chas. Behr
Charles Sack
Kenneth Kemmer
Galesburg
Fen Stage
Donald Smith
Kyle Melendy
Leonard Stece
Florence Collinson
Merle Stage
Lyle Williams
Carol
Stage
Theodore Storm
Wacker
Allen Witmer
Elmer Davis
Harrison Wheeler
Arpo
Blanche Seim
Cornell College
Harvey Seim
Laura Geisinger
Hollywood
Calif
Belle Atherton
Walter Switzer
Chas. Switzer
Paul Rogers
Clinton Herald
Joe Isenhart
Joe
Melvin Johnson
Scott Roberts
Dan Sack
George St. Ores
Ben Walling
Geisinger Cafe
Glen Leavens
Hubbard Ranch
Ccc Camp
Company 1685
Wells
Nevada
Lydia Armstrong
Curtis St. Ores
Dittsworth
Victor Roggendorf
Henry St. Ores
V. C. Fenley
Roy Smith
Moline
Paul Lewis
Waukesha
Ray Machael
Albert
Frank Potter
John Smit
Elmer Smit
Ustick
Agnes Sikkema
Amando Benedetti
John Hook
Andrew Hook
George Balk
Fulton
Jenkins
Robert Herrity
Carl Johannsen
Chas. Sack
Clarence van Buskirk
Wheeler I
Lulu White
Albany
Aileen St. Ores
Mrs. Leonard Stage
Helen Wentling
Fern
Pearl Evelyn Rawlins
Diana Lee Diehl
Mrs
Johnnie and
Allan Grimm
Mr. and
Mrs. Ford Grimm
Darlene Ashby
Sy Valena Bothous
Ray
Sidney Brenneman
Marie Robinson
Carl Robinson
Vera Warfield
Frank Warfield
Savianna
Reeves Kratz
Donald
Freeport Hospital
Donna Kratz
Clarence Bolhous
Davenport
Richard Robinson
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
J. D. Morse
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
McCleary Sanitarium
Mr. Morse
Considine’s “Filton
Lincoln Way
Newsy
Senior News
Mt. Morris
Bill Wagner
Plum Grove School
G. H. Thompson
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Clinton, Iowa
J. H
Daify
M. G
June G
Arlene S
Rafe R
Florence K
Laura
Davidll Dimmick
Eleanor Stearns
Helen Johnson
Illnes
John Simpson
Bears of
Blue River
Bertie Jean Stainbrook
Trip
Thomson Briefs
Johnny Brown
Billiard Hall
Hampshire
Lucky Chance
Wisconsin
Firestone
Clan
Ralph Farwell
Port Byron
H. L. Bowman
Mgr
Hute, Herard
Seeberger &Hads
Will
Carload
Eastern Coal
Francke & Switzer
Thomson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!