The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
GOOD BUSINESS AT THE POST OFFICE: Increasing post office receipts are usually accepted as an indication of an increasing tide of business in a community. According to figures just compiled by Postmaster J. F. Mains, there is no reason to be discouraged with business conditions in Stronghurst…It may be a surprise too many to know that the business of the last three months on 1926 was the largest for a quarter in the history of the office…During the last three months of 1926, the office issued 1,276 domestic money orders and three international ones. The total receipt in this department including box rents, excess on sales of stamped paper and newspaper postage was $8,857.36, which is the record for any three-months period in the history of the office. The total cash receipts of the office for the quarter were $10,229.34.
ANNUAL MEETING OF GRAIN & MDSE. CO.: The Stronghurst Grain & Merchandise Co. met in the Community room at Stronghurst. The manager’s report showed the company to be in a prosperous condition. The shareholders were presented with a 7% dividend. C. H. Curry, O. W. Beckett and C.R.A. Marshall were elected to succeed themselves as directors for a period of three years. At the director’s meeting, O.J. Sanderson was elected president’ Wm. Hartquist, Vice-president; C. H. Curry, second vice-president’ C.R.A. Marshall, secretary and treasurer; and O. W. Beckett assistant secretary and treasurer. Glenn D. Marshall was retained for another year as manager of the company at a previous meeting of the directors.
POULTRY SCHOOL: The evening poultry school class met for its second lesson last night at the high school. The attendance showed a remarkable increase over the previous meeting as there were 41 present compared to 26 at the first meeting. Mr. Homer Kipling of La Harpe gave a very interesting talk on “Incubation.” He emphasized the importance of having eggs from hens in a strong, healthy and vigorous condition for hatching purposes…The film, “Selecting a Laying Hen,” was used as an illustrated lecture on culling. (Long list of attendees included in article.)
DOUBLE HEADER AT HIGH SCHOOL: A splendid crowd of rooter from both Stronghurst and Media gathered at the Stronghurst gymnasium last Friday night to witness the basketball engagements between the high school and independent teams of those two places. About equal enthusiasm was displaced over both games, but with a change in personnel of the “crowers” during the two contests. The Media High school quintet proved too much for the local high school boys defeating them by a score of 54 to 5. The Stronghurst Indees showed a very great improvement over their actions in earlier games of the season. Pete Hamilton kept his opponents in constant fear by repeatedly tossing the ball in the basket. He was the high point man for the Indees and the chief point getter in the game. Clifton Regan at guard proved a great asset to the Indees and prevented the Media boys from scoring many a point. Donald Chandler starred at center and played a very good game. James Sanderson was very fast on the floor and has a good eye for the basket. Mills also showed some very fast work, dribbling the ball down the floor several times and making a basket almost unaided. Few substitutions were made and these seemed to have no effect on the Indees commendable playing. The Media Independents did work which they need not be ashamed of. Playing in the large gymnasium seemed to bother them a great deal. Fans on both sdes will be looking forward to the third encounter with this team when the Indees play them in Media in the near futures. (Both Independent teams were made up of alumni for the schools.)
WILLS FILED LATELY: According to latest reports a total of six will have been recently filled for probate in the Henderson County Probate Court as follows: Lizzie J. Garrity, late of Biggsville; Rev. Harry T. Russell, late of Annawan, Ill., Mary C. Carothers, late of Stronghurst; William H. Myers, late of Terre Haute, Rev. Jacob Barr King, late of Lomax; and Sarah Louck, late of Oquawka.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT: little John Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Peterson of the Carman neighborhood met with a painful accident last Saturday when he fell under the wheel of his father’s light truck. Mr. Peterson was hauling a load of corn for a neighbor and was passing through the home yard. Like all active boys of his age, little John Edward ran to get ride with his daddy. He seems to have been warned to be careful, but mistaking Mr. Peterson’s intention about stopping, which the latter intended to do, he very unexpectedly jumped for the seat and with the above result. A physician was on the scene very quickly to examine the boy, but, although the truck apparently ran over the child in the region of the hips, no bones could be found to be broken. Naturally, there were severe bruises and a great shock, which cause him to be confined to his bed. It is though the little fellow well-nigh miraculously escaped permanent internal injuries. One factor in his favor was that the soil on the spot where the accident happened is very sandy so that it gave way, leaving an impression from the little boy.
BOY TRAPPER GETS STRANGE ANIMAL: Arthur, young son of Merlin Greening, who makes his home with his grandfather, George Greenig, east of La Harpe, and attends school in LaHarpe, is somewhat of a hunter and trapper in his idle moments. Last Saturday he brought to town the hide of a creature resembling a house cat, but so much larger than the ordinary than the ordinary feline that it put folks to guessing just what kind of mixed breed it represented. In color it resembled the ordinary tiger-stripped cat and also a coon. The skin from tip to tip measured 40 inches. The ears were short and stood up straight and it had a long-ringed tail. Arthur trapped the animal at the opening of a den where he had previously caught two skunks, and it was a fighting son-of-gun when cornered. A dog on the place that is a real cat killer would not tackle it. The boy had to shoot several times to kill the animal.