The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Read Mrs. Ruby Crenshaw Bell’s tour of Europe in this edition.
SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB BOOSTER BIRTHDAY PARTY: One of the best and most successful of the many birthday parties given by the South Country Birthday Club was the August meeting held Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lindburg. The hostesses, the Mesdames James Lindburg, Arthur Roche and Glen Schenck are to be heartily congratulated upon the management of the affair, having made it one of the most pleasing social events ever held in this neighborhood. Among the outside guests were farm adviser Walker of Stronghurst, who contributed generously of his splendid talent to the program of the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Woodward and family of Roseville and Miss Gladys Youngstrum of Aurora.
A regular country supper was served with fried chicken, potato salad, and potato chips as the main dishes, but even with these, there was room for many other appetizing foods. Supper was served to all the guests in cafeteria styled. The six birthday guests were seated around a prettily decorated birthday table. Those receiving birthday favors were the Mesdames Fred Brokaw, Dean Corleyou and Earl Wickles, the Misses Esther Lind, Elise Ahlers and Madaline Lee and tiny Barbara Jean Reedy, who has the honor of being the youngest birthday guest. The Messers Asa and Lewis Worthington and Ernest Negley were the other fortunate ones to have August birthdays.
The principal part of the program consisted in a mock trial in which the Messers Morris Lee and Percy Veech were accused by James Lindburg in having stole his chickens the night previous to the commencement of the LaHarpe fair. Mr. Algert Nolan served as sheriff while Ben Livermore and Walter Nolan proved that they understood the tricky ways of the court in their capacity as lawyers. Mr. Claus Ahlers was the chief prosecuting witness for the state and it was largely upon his condemnatory testimony that the unfortunate men were given such a hard sentence. The Messers Harold Simonson and Glen Schenck were brought into court as minor witnesses. The jury composed of the Mesdames George Brokaw, Algert Nolan, Asa Worthington, Russell Woodward and the Misses Esther Lind and Lena C. Ahlers, after deliberate balloting, bought in the verdict that sentenced the men to 20 years of life in Hopper doing congeal work.
After Mr. Walker had favored the crowd with a number of pleasing solos, several contests and games followed. Some took part in a pop drinking contest, the paper walking contest, and a hog calling contest. Their sonorous voices floated out into the calm night air and anyone could have decided that all the champion hog callers in the world were members of the South Country Birthday Club. As a fitting close to such a joyful and unusual evening, Mrs. Percy Veech as a fortune teller sent everyone home happy and rejoicing in the entertainment arranged for them by the August hostesses. (In 1926 everyone had to make their own fun and this is how one group did it.)
NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN: Mr. H. C. Tutwiler has opened up a harness repair shop in the W. E. Hurd Building, first door east of the A.E. Moore carpenter shop. Mr. Tutwiler and wife, formerly of Grand Island, Nebraska have been making their home for some few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baker in the east part of town. Mr. Tutwiler, previous to his change of location to Stronghurst, was a traveling salesman for a wholesale grocer concern. He was very successful in this line of endeavor and no doubt will prosper here.
IN THE SOUTH: A postcard from former editor A.H. Kershaw who is now sightseeing in Florida staying at the villa Dora Hotel in Mount Dora, Florida, says, “This is the life! Florida is fine and not as hot as in Illinois.” A later card from Tampa tells of him having seen the Graphic at Peasley’s filling station.
SCORED A SUCCESS: The special band concert and artist’s concert given Saturday evening by the Stronghurst band, its leader Mr. J. H. Koerner, and Mr. Martin Bruhl, pianist of Burlington, Iowa proved a high source of entertainment. The band program was varied and well rendered. The popular songs sung by the young ladies proved very successful in pleasing the crowd. The bass and saxophone solos by Mr. Koerner were well received by the crowd. Martin Bruhl captivated all with his varied piano selections and playing with equal ability both classical and popular music.
It is noted that Mrs. Fern Strickler Rice of Lomax will start a class in piano and voice soon and that every two months Mr. Bruhl will conduct examinations for her students free of charge, thus giving them a chance to compete as soloists with Mr. Bruhl’s little symphony orchestra. Mrs. Rice and Mr. Bruhl will put on a concert here early in October and will use local talent for a glee club.
AGED STRONGHURST WOMAN IS HONORED ON 90TH BIRTHDAY: Mrs. Sarepta Slater, for many years a resident of this place, celebrated her 90th birthday Sunday, August 29th with a dinner at the Community Club Room. Fourteen relatives and friends were present...
UNDERWENT OPERATION: Pearl Kershaw, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kershaw, was taken to the Burlington Hospital Tuesday noon where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. It was found that her appendix was ruptured and she is in a very serious condition. Every effort is being made to locate her father who is on his way home from Florida.
CHAUTUAUQUA, A SUCCESS: President Mahaffey and his committees are to be congratulated upon success of Chautuaqua in Stronghurst-not so in neighboring communities. A profit of $88.60 was realized after paying Cadmean Bureau $775.00, agreed upon price. Money was saved by the school board extending the privilege of the use of the auditorium of the new school building for the program. Next year Cadmean Chautauqua promises even better talent and already $545 worth of tickets have been pledged and 33 guarantors have signed the contract for 1927. Do your part and buy a ticket. (This is how culture come to small towns.)
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mr. Herbert Fitz left for Chenoa, Ill. where he has been employed as the high school coach for the coming year, Mr. Gus A. Swanson and son Albert motored to Rock Island, Ill. where the latter will be a senior at Augustana College. Morgan Parish, who holds a position with Shaw Publishing Co. in Chicago, is home for a ten days’ vacation with his mother, Mrs. Ella Parish. Misses Evelyn, Darlene and Alice Maree Mathers visited at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wright at Fort Madison. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mathers enjoyed an excursion trip from Chicago Municipal Pier to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emma Gene Jones underwent a tonsil operation at the Burlington Hospital. Gilbert Simpson and family moved into their new home recently purchased from A. J. Steffey. Miss Pauline Marsden will enter the Galesburg Hospital where she will take a course in nurse training. Mrs. C. E. Harris of Corona, Calif. is a guest at the home of her sister-in-law Mrs. H. D. Lovitt.
Little Wallace Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson is suffering with an infected toe and has taken serum shots to prevent tetanus. Mr. Oscar Reynolds, who went to Colorado sometime ago on account of his health, is improving in that climate and his wife has returned here and sold her home in Olena. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Marshall received an announcement of the birth of a daughter on Aug. 28th to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pinkney at their home in Ford, Kans. The little miss will be called Bettie Frances. Mrs. Pinkney will be remembered here as Miss Beth Brook. Miss Margaret McElhinney of Burlington College of Commerce, is spending a week’s vacation at the home of her father, A. S. McElhinney, and her sister Jean. Miss Frances Worley has completed her course of nurse training in the Burlington Hospital. Mrs. Fern Strickler Rice of Lomax, Ill., piano and voice teacher, is organizing a kindergarten class in music. Miss Evelyn McCleery of Vegreville, Alberta, Can. had a brief visit with her grandmother, Mrs. John Carothers before going to New Concord, Ohio where she will enter Muskingum College. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pyle and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pyle, who are touring the U.S., visited in the home of Mrs. Pyle’s sister, Mrs. John Wassom. The Pyles made their trip from Pasadena, Calif. to New York by boat through Panama. After visiting places of interest in the East, they purchased a Buick sedan at Flint, Mich. in which are now traveling. They will visit in Nebraska, Yellowstone Park and Oregon before returning to their home.
WEDDING BELLS-DARRAH & McOLGAN: Miss Ruth McOlgan and Louis E. Darrah, two of Oquawka’s popular young people, surprised their relatives and friends when they drove in the groom’s car to Galesburg and were united in marriage. They were accompanied by Miss Mona Brown and Chester Facklor of Oquawka. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McOlgan and is a young lady of charming appearance and highly respected. She has been employed at the local telephone office this summer.
The groom’s home is in Monte Vista, Colorado, but he has been employed for some time at the Carlson farm at Bald Gluff. He is an industrious young man of sterling qualities and is well liked here. The couple left with his aunt, Mrs. Frank Baldwin of LaGrange, Missouri and will go from there to Monte Vista where they will make their home.
OQUAWKA NEWS: Frank and Walter Stults were called to Monmouth by the sudden death of their brother, Cad who was found dead in his bed Saturday morning. Heart attack had caused his sudden passing. Miss Mona Brown left for Chicago where she will go in training to be a nurse at the Englewood Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McClinton are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Raus Cooper, Miss Etta Johnson and Mrs. Lina Roberts attended the Rebekah school of instruction at Monmouth.
GLADSTONE GLEANINGS: A meeting will be held at the town hall to make preparations toward having a homecoming picnic here. Willie Green had the misfortune of breaking his arm while cranking a Fordson. (This is not an usual happening.) The Ladies Aid had a booth at the Biggsville Picnic and took in a good sum serving a roast beef dinner.
BIGGSVILLE BRIEFS: Mr. Young of Monmouth is doing some repairing on the porches and painting the U.P. parsonage. One of the heaviest rain showers of this season struck here Sabbath shortly after nine o’clock. Creeks were out of their banks, but no damage was done by the falling hail. The 74th birthday of Mrs. Ellen Gibb was celebrated at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Sterrett by most of the family members. Mrs. J. M. McIntosh moved into rooms in the home of Miss Rachel McDill; sale of the stock and farm implements was held Tuesday.
MEDIA RECORD IN THE STRONGHURST GRAPHIC: DOLLAR DAY IN MEDIA$$$$-On Saturday, Sept. 11th Media is to have her first Dollar Day. Watch for ads next week. The whole town is united. Start a bank account, see the lumberman, something at the elevator, don’t forget the garage, get a shave or a hair bob, eat lunch at the restaurant, bring your plow shear to have it sharpened, sell all your old roosters, bring your cream and trade for groceries, and help ship a carload of clover and timothy seed. $200 in one prize free. (Reading this ad, one now knows what business were operating in Media in 1926.)
MONEY FOR ROADS: On Sept. 1st all State Aid Roads in Henderson County go under supervision of C. R. A. Marshall, superintendent of Highways for Henderson County. This is what should have been done ten years ago. Henderson County will now have better roads than we have had in the past because of the united effort through the county. Two different companies in Media Township have offered $100 each to buy oil. If other people will donate in the same proportion, we can in a few years have our roads graveled instead of oiled.
An effort was made last spring to vote a small tax to oil roads in Media Township, but was turned down because the people preferred to let a few carry the burden rather than pay their part. When roads are oiled, graveled or paved, somebody pays the bill, and if you crow because you get to use the road and did not have to pay any tax for it, you admit you are a thief who has escaped the penitentiary.
LOCAL NEWS: Miss Mildred Martin will again have charge of the commercial room at school this year. Mrs. Chas. Pogue assisted by Mrs. Thomas Richey will entertain the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Thursday afternoon. The topic for discussion deals with “Home Mission Interest.” Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Powell, Harold and Miss Faye left for St. Louis, Mo. where they will visit relatives. M. D. Drain is taking care of the farm duties at the Powell farm. Clarie Lukens and family are driving a new Chevrolet touring car. Ed Wisely is the owner of a new Star car. Mrs. Shelby Vaughn who has been very poorly for some time does not seem to improve in any way. Mrs. Mary Gram who injured her foot in a fall last week is not so well at this time. Miss Maizie Disdell, a niece of Rev. Wm. Cross, arrived here from England where she intends to make her home. Special services at the United Church next Sunday will be called “Go to Church” Sunday. Communion services will be observed. Rev. Cross announced his sermon to be “Knowledge” and hopes to impress his audience with the importance of the opening of the school term. Every effort is being made to have a record attendance both at Sunday School and Church.