The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Stronghurst Graphic. June 29, 1922
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mr. and Mrs. Al Berg and family left for Gorin, Mo. in their car. Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Cornwall are visiting at the Harry Ross home. Mr. I.L. Stone of Battle Creek, Mich. and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Slater and daughter, Helena, of West Point, Ill. visited in the home of Mrs. S. S. Slater. A junior choir has been organized in the M. E. congregation and will furnish music for the evening service. Miss Mary Dixson is the director. The Y.P.C.U. of the U.P. Church will give an ice cream social in the park. The Santa Fe road landed 300 track laborers at Galesburg with 60 bunk cars for their housing. They are to relay 65 miles of track from Galesburg to the Mississippi River with heavier rails. The W.F.M.S. ladies are going to give a lawn fete on the M. E. Church lawn June 30th. Misses Emma Marshall and Lura Speck returned from an extended visit in the East.
OLENA OBSERVATIONS: Children's day exercises were held in the Olena church with a good sized crowd attending. A splendid program under the direction of Misses Thelma Peterson and Hazel Hicks was enjoyed by all. The young people's class of the Sabbath school gave an ice cream and cake social in the church parlors to finance the lighting of the facilities. Although the crowd was not large, a neat sum was realized. Daryl, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dowell living west of Olena, has been very sick the past two weeks with what was diagnosed as Creek fever. Farmers are unusually busy with corn, wheat, rye, clover and timothy claiming their attention. A young son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs living north and west of Olena. Herman Burrell has greatly improved the looks of his dwelling house by a generous use of paint. Mr. Charter, north of the village has been enlarging his barn so as to accommodate more hay. Bernice, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Likely, was so unfortunate as to fall and cut her side. Medical care was given and at word received was recovering nicely. The young friends of Miss Elda Marsden gave a surprise 10th birthday party with ice cream, cake and wafers. The young girl friends of Miss Thelma White congregated at her home and helped her celebrate her 10th birthday. A jolly good time was in evidence. Light refreshments of fruit salad, cake cocoa and marshmallows were served. Judge Gordon of Oquawka delivered his famous lecture on the "Legal Aspect of the Arrest and Trial of Jesus" in the Olena church Sabbath A.M. H. S. Lant accepted a position as assistant instructor of the high school work in Gladstone school-a good position with a good salary assured. Mr. and Mrs. John Booten of Dallas City called on Olena relatives in a new Ford car which they had recently purchased. Chuck Heisler is erecting a new bungalow on his farm north of the family residence. Otis White and three of his children and an elderly man who is staying there took very sick Sabbath day and called a physician who said they were suffering from ptomaine poisoning caused by eating salmon. Dr. Wehman of Burlington was over to see Leslie Lyons and thought he had a chance for recovery but would be 6 months or a year before her regained his health.
MEDIA MEANDERINGS: The Sunday School baseball team beat Biggsville with a score of 25 to 7. Mrs. Wm. Drain, who has been in Los Angeles, Calif., for the past two years, arrived home accompanied from Pratt, Kans. by her granddaughter, Miss Nadine Fritchie who will spend the summer with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Drain expect to return to California again this fall. Miss Eleanor Kyle, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. J. Kyle, graduated from Monmouth College. Edwin Ericson is home for the summer from Augustana College. The homes of C. C. Sullivan and Wm. Drain also the M. E. Church are being treated to a new coat of paint. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard White are riding in a new Ford.
RARITAN REVIEWS: Ray Churchill received some blisters on his feet when he walked into some hot ashes shortly after a bonfire. Mrs. Rose Melvin had the misfortune to scald her limb when she spilled the contents of a boiling kettle of water. The State Sunday School convention will be held in the M. E. Church Sunday afternoon and evening July 2nd. The two churches of Media and three churches of this place will be represented. Maurice Torrance and family were greatly surprised by the arrival of 75 friends at their home to spend the evening. Ice cream and cake were served.
BIGGSVILLE BRIEFS: The Booster Club have been busy completing arrangements for the big 4th of July celebration. Miss Bessie Weir has returned from her school work at Ashton, Idaho. R. C. Barnes, chiropractor from Monmouth will be at the hotel Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Will Stevenson, Jr. is reported on the sick list. J. Y. Whiteman has been harvesting his wheat crop in the drainage district, having had 100 acres. Mrs. Nelson of Colchester is spending the week with her son who is an employee in the Hazen garage. A good entertainment was given last Friday evening at the U.P. Church by the Douglass Trio composed of Miss Annabelle Douglass, reader; Miss Evelyn Douglas, soprano and Miss Julia McCrackin, Mezzo Alto. The Misses Douglasses were former residents. A picnic was held in the park by some 25 of the Community Club members in honor of Mrs. Hubbard who leaves for her new home near Peoria.