The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY: Last Saturday afternoon a number of little class mates and neighbor friends of Kenneth Mudd gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mudd to help him celebrate his seventh birthday. The afternoon was spent in playing a number of indoor games. A peanut hunt furnished much amusement in which Dorothy Johnson, finding the greatest number, was awarded a prize. A large Humpty Dumpty puzzle was put together which when completed told the children it was time to eat. A large pink and white checkerboard birthday cake with seven pink candles was presented the guest of honor.
A delicious luncheon of angel food cake with pink frosting, ice cream, lemonade and candy were served by Mrs. Mudd and daughters. Master Kenneth received many pretty gifts from the following friends: Marta Jean Rehling (who could not be present), Dorothy Johnson, Dorothy Mae Holt, Ruth McClure, Katherine Magee, Leona May Shallenberger, Ruth Ayres, Dorothy Magee, Betty Jane Chandler, Hugh Marshall, Hugh Allison, Wayne Wilcox, Keith Sanderson, Manly Vern Wood and Boby Lukens.
STRAIGHTENING OUT THE RUMORS: Manager Grover Rehling of the Stronghurst and Inter-City Telephone companies gave the straight of some of the intended improvements to be made in the local office of the phone companies which had erroneously circulated by some misinformed party or parties. As stated in the real estate transfers in April, the Stronghurst Telephone Co. has purchased the fine large two-story brick building on the west side of Broadway from the First National Bank. Although not a switchboard will be moved, they will remain on the upper floor which will be known as operators’ quarters. The room formerly used as an office will become a terminal room. The two back rooms will be used, one as a rest room and the other as a bedroom for the operators. The manager’s office and the bookkeeper’s quarters will be on the first floor. Here the Inter-City Telephone Co. will establish headquarter jointly. The room in the rear on the first floor will be used by the bank as a director’s room and at the disposal of churches for board meetings and individuals for private consultations conducted by the telephone company in much the same manner and with same privilege extended. The garage at the rear of the building will remain unchanged.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mrs. J. A. Bailey and daughter, Bessie, former residents of Stronghurst and now living in Louisiana, Missouri sent word that they had lost their home and a large share of household goods by fire on Easter Sunday morning. Porter Hamilton of the Porter Hamilton Auditing Co. of Peoria has arrived in Oquawka to audit the books of the various county officers. Two transplanting machines were received here yesterday to be used by the United Foods Co. in transplanting cabbage plants for growers in this community. Fields are being examined and selected for work to commence at once.
Mrs. William Nolan is ill at their home south of town suffering from a nervous breakdown. Mrs. Zoe Salter and daughter have moved from their own home to rooms at the N. B. Curry home. At the Lutheran Brotherhood meeting Wednesday evening, an illustrated lecture on the Holy Land was given by Pastor Holt. Mr. Robert McKeown having been ill at his home here for some time, was taken to the Burlington Hospital in hopes that he might find relief by an operation. Mr. Chas. Swanson and Rev. Elmer Holt spent several days in Chicago attending the 75th annual convention of the Lutheran Illinois conference; they were delegates from the local Lutheran Church. Little Carolyn Sullivan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sullivan, underwent an operation for congestion of the lungs at the Burlington Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Billups, former Stronghurst residents but lately located at Davenport, Iowa, are now residents of Rock Island, Ill, where Pat has employment. Mr. Frank Johnson who has been home from the hospital for some three weeks was on the streets greeting old friends. Mrs. F. O. Tweed who underwent an operation at the Burlington Hospital is doing as well as could be expected. Miss Frances Worley is her special nurse.
Mrs. Clara D. Campbell who spent the winter in Florida has returned to Stronghurst for the summer and is rooming at the W. H. White residence while the upstairs apartments in her country home, the Vaughn place west of town, is being remodeled and redecorated. Ernest Putney, Clifford McKeown, Walter Woodward, Charles Wheeling and Bruce Warner took the Civil Service examination given last Saturday in Galesburg. Dr. O. Butler, a former dentist of Stronghurst and LaHarpe whose home is now in Kellsfield, Canada, has been critically ill with pneumonia. However, last report says that he has passed the crisis and in on the road to recovery. Mr. Frank Crenshaw, president of the State Bank of Stronghurst was taken critically ill at his home. Dr. I. F. Harter was summoned and pronounced the patient suffering from congestion of the lungs.
Stock shipments of one carload of cattle each were made by Lyman Ross, F. V. Brokaw and Cecil Brook; Mr. Ross and Mr. Brokaw accompanied the shipments to Chicago. On Wednesday the Co-op Shipping Association shipped one load of hogs and one load of cattle; J. M. Neff one load of cattle and Bert Yaley one load of hogs.
VOICE OF SHS, a high school paper: Wayne Claybaugh, the dashing young Junior and one of their point getters in the Inter-class meet, has the measles. The Seniors have received their calling cards to be places in their invitations. Several of the measly students who were out of school are back again this week. S.H.S. is going to win the Bi-County and County meets besides probably taking most of the medals in the Military meet. The Stronghurst band, best band in this section of the county, is to play for the Bi-County meet; this band is made up of over half S.H.S. students. Kenneth Sanderson is sporting a new Elgin watch and a new suit. Yes, he is a graduating senior.