Reminiscences From Maywood Resident Nettie Phillips
Nettie Phillips recalls church life, local families, and schooldays around Bailey settlement in the Maywood area. She details arrivals and staff at a chapel, Chicago injuries, wartime news avoidance, and memories of teachers, ministers, and Civil War veterans with vivid local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echoolhouse
Davies, Riley, Woodruff
Jennie Finlayson
Wynnewood
Oklahoma
Clarence Davis
Mattie Morton
Silas
Will Morris
Dakota
Haleys
Gleasons
Robert Dunshee
Grove
Ralph Atherton
Ed Smith
Bailey Settlement
Bailey
Elijah
Justin
Monroe
Smith
Wallace
Balcom
Cushman
Cosner
Phillips
Delano
Four Corners
Parsons
Monroe Bailey
Will
Lyceum
Kansas
Baileyville
Frank Gardner
Davis
Clarence
Jennie Carpenter
Charlie Lamb
Mollie Kenyon
Lafe White
Dan Fenlayson
Darwin Clock
Bluffs
Baptists
Argo
Billy Balcom
John Carpenter
Charles Carpenter
Hugh
Washington
Oregon
Uncle Tommy Spires
Dunshee
Life on South America's Pacific Slope Described by Mrs Saunders
Mrs Walter Saunders of Barquito Chile describes life near Chanaral and Potrerillos with Anaconda Copper. She notes desert climate, water pipeline from Cordilleras, copper shipments, an eight to ten family camp, and a terraced garden supplying fresh produce. She recalls cultural differences, local slang Ah la Gringo, and life at sea returning home to a distant coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Cordilleras
Santa Barbara
California
Walter
Oes
Antofagasta
Valparaiso
Potrerillos
South America
Pacific Slope
Walter Saunders
Barquito
Chanaral
Anaconda Copper Company
Saunders
Pacific
Alice Beetle
Dixon
Enie
Santiago
Letter from Alice Beede on Old Time Edition requests
Mrs Alice Beede writes from 222 Ottawa Ave Dixon Illinois to a subscriber about using a letter she sent earlier for the Carroll County Old Time Edition. She recalls Chadwick and Dix on and notes her daughter Saunders in South America and a Woman's Magazine feature. She offers to supply copies and pay for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Jim Bennett
Petit’s Mill
Mt. Carroll
Alice E. Beede
Ottawa Ave
Dixon, Ilt
Carroll County
Chadwick
Charles Beede
Sherman
Dixon
Saunders
South America
Dixon Evening Telegraph
Chilean Life and Market Ways on a Traveling Ship
The writer compares white strawberries to red wild berries and muses on shipboard commerce with cattle and produce on deck. She notes Chilean social classes, literacy gaps, and a government school sparked by fundos, while praising the cultured Chileans and warm, patient shoppers, especially mothers with sleeping babies in stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empleado
Senorita
Senora
Chile
Underground Plant A Ground Oil Refinery Sneaks In
A new British oil refinery built underground is planned to produce about 30 000 barrels of petroleum products daily, aiming to reduce surface footprint and improve energy efficiency.
Chadwick Falls to Lanark in Final Conference Game
Lanark defeated Chadwick 31 to 5 in the season finale as Keever brothers and Merchant led accurate scoring. The crowd packed the gym for one of the fastest games of the year and officials sparked confusion with calls and a disputed late score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick High School Carers
Lanark
Keever Brothers
Merchant
Carroll Confernce
Keevers
D. Keever
Chadwick
Rural Teachers To Hear EF A Man On March 12
The rural teachers reading circle will meet March 12 at 7:30 PM in the high school. A speaker from the public relations department of the LEA is expected to discuss pending laws affecting teachers. Milledgeville teachers are invited and the event is open to all interested educators.
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Bristol
Ben Brown
Jennie
Dunshee
Ed Smith
Robert Dunshee
Tryphena Dunshee
Florence
Brown
Lyceum
Hannah Nichols Schmaling
Will Durkee
George Holland House
Milwaukee Roundhouse Gang
Savanna
Hiawatha
P. Spinosi
Dewey H. Lahre
Pee Schroder
Frank Zubaty
al Notz
D. Gunn
L. V. Schwartz
W. G. McGowan
Stores Dept
EF. A
Reading Circle
Milledgeville
Dyson Couple Celebrates 53rd Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George Dyson of Lanark observed their 53rd anniversary at home. Their children Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dyson and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimmel also marked wedding anniversaries the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dyson
Lanark
Chadwick
Lee Dyson
Frank Kimmel
Substitute Teacher Stadel Replaces Absent English Instructor
Miss Mildred Stadel substituted Tuesday for Miss Miriam Barnes high school English teacher. Barnes was absent Monday and Tuesday due to illness and returned to work Wednesday morning.
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Mildred Stadel
Miriam Barnes
Miss Barnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nettie E. Phillips
Pine St
Maywood, Ill
Western Springs
Cook
Chicago
Tigner
Streamliner
Lewis Motor Co
Chadwick News
Brendon Kneale
Woman's Club
JC. R. Way
L. J. Gnngey
L. A. Frank
Velma Maul
Frances Shimer Bellege
Shimer
Scott
Keever
G. Keever
Aurand
Fry
Frommelt
Bittner
G. Weber
L. Weber
Martin
Mackey
Richard
VOGEL
The
Purina Man
Fulton
Ental Services
Hartman’s
W. A. Hartman
Prop
Fulton, Il
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