The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
Media Broadcaster: EASTER CELEBRATION-On Easter morning one year ago the United Church Sunday school set its record attendance at 171. Superintendent Howell asks everyone to come out and bring a few friends so that the entire community may set a new mark of attendance.
A special sermon preparatory to the Sunday Easter services will be held in the Media United Church Thursday evening at 8 p.m. A full day’s program is planned for Easter Sunday here with the regular sermon with special music to take place in the morning. Rev. Cross has requested that the Media congregation go to the Raritan Baptist Church for the afternoon meeting, In the evening an Easter program will be given here in the church.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS: Coach Paul E. Clarke entertained Garland Gilliland and Roy Baskett in Galesburg over Friday and Saturday; they visited Knox College and athletic field. Mrs. J. P. Mink will lead the meeting of the Women’ Home Missionary Society Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Alice Schroeder. Mrs. Mildred Bealle and Roy Rankin were elected to serve on the high school board. Charles Pogue was re-elected to act on the public school board with Harold Gram and Cleve Hickman. J. P. Heap accompanied a shipment of two carloads of hogs to Chicago. Mrs. E. G. Lewis is resting at Hinesdale Sanitarium near Chicago and has improved slightly.
Mr. Clyde Lamb, formerly of Media, and Miss Annabelle Davis of Ray, Illinois were united in marriage April 11th. The couple have come to Media to make their future home where Mr. Lamb will work in the new saw mill. They are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lamb. The Senior Class will give the play, “The Little Clodhopper,” at a future date. Don’t miss the big picture at the Media Community Theatre this Saturday night-Colleen Moore will be seen in “Ella Cinder.” The directors of the South Prairie School have hired Miss Leota Hutchins to teach the next school year. Mrs. C. S. McClure’ A.T.S. Class of girls of the M.E. Sunday School made 20 dozen fancy frosted cookies and sent them to the Baby Fold at Normal, Ill., this week.
ESCAPED SOME OF THE STORM: Considering 35 lives were lost and 100 injured in the state as a result of Tuesday’s cyclones, this community as well as many neighboring towns may consider themselves lucky that they fared so easily. Tuesday morning and afternoon quite a wind and storm passed over doing little damage. South of town the wind uprooted trees but the houses were not damaged. The wind played a few pranks on Broadway. The revolving top of a chimney of I. F. Harter’s drugstore was taken on a long journey and for all we know is still traveling. Foster Lazear‘s awning on his drugstore was badly torn.
However, the damage wrought to the Illinois Power and Light Corporation’s lines was most keenly felt by the people of this community, for it kept the town in darkness Tuesday night and without power from about Tuesday noon until noon the next day. Three poles were down between Stronghurst and LaHarpe and the wires coming together had burned. Thirteen poles were down between LaHarpe and Dallas City. With no power the Graphic was rendered practically helpless during the time of outage. The lineograph has not had much rest since the power came on yesterday noon.
FACTORY COMING TO TOWN: “Stronghurst will have a canning factory, “announced President Geo. W. Zeigler of the United Foods Co. after about twelve weeks of irregular acreage and stock sales campaigning in this community. “The citizens of Stronghurst and the farmers of the community have almost without exception been boosters for the factory and business men in many neighboring towns, especially Media and Raritan, have generously aided by purchasing stock and in some cases promising to grow produce,” continued Mr. Zeigler in appreciation…
A noteworthy characteristic of the sale of stock here was that so many people of lesser means purchased as many shares as they possibly could. President Zeigler was pleased that it was the major purpose of the stock sale to see if the community (not just a few financiers) were purchasers. The last requested amount of acreage had been pledged several weeks ago with tomatoes being the chief produce desired. One million and fifty thousand tomato plants will be shipped from the New Boston greenhouse within the next three or four weeks all of which will be used in planting the 500 acres to be grown in this community. Three hundred and fifty thousand cabbage plants will be required for fifty acres of cabbage to be raised for the factory here. A small acreage of cucumbers and pumpkins will also be raised.
Preparations are being made for planting. Hot beds are being constructed in a field just southeast of the Del Dixson residence in the east part of town. Transplanting machines have been ordered. Cabbage plants will be set out as soon as the ground can be gotten in shape. Tomatoes should be set out by May 15th.
Mr. Ira Mooris, traveling freight agent from Ft. Madison, representing the Santa Fe Railroad, made arrangements with President Zeigler for the factory to be located on the company’s right of way about two blocks west of the depot and just southeast of the C. H. Davis residence. Three factory buildings, one story in height, constructed of concrete blocks and with cement floors will be built. The process building will be 50 x 140 feet and will run north and south. Just west will be a warehouse of similar size but with the length parallel to the track running east and west. A power house 30 x 40 feet will be constructed too and a construction date of the first of July is hoped for to allow ample time for the installation of the complicated machinery as the factory must be operational by August 1st this summer. All is to be actively engaged in canning about nine months out of the year, which is longer than the operation period of the average cannery. This is brought about by the manufacture of a few special products such as catsup, chili sauce and tomato puree in addition to the staple products of canned tomatoes, sauerkraut, pumpkin and pickles. About 85 men and women will be employed during the nine months of operation and a few laborers will probably receive employment year-round.