The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
THE VOICE OF SHS (high school paper)-MUSICAL NOTES: SHS is proud of her musical advantages. Once a week Mr. Koerner comes over from Burlington and gives lessons. He plays almost every musical instrument but the piano. The SHS orchestra meets on Wednesday evening and has a good rehearsal. Mrs. Rice meets piano students once a week. Mrs. Dawson meets all aspiring songsters on Friday and the boys glee club on one week and the girls the next. Aside from these, the pupils have certain hours when they are permitted to enter the music room and have a quiet practice of their own. The Stronghurst band was a result of the musical talent first unearthed in SHS consisting of over half of high school students.
TRACK TEAM: Predicted is a victorious track season with the team almost the same as last year. The only members lost were Max Veech and Eddie Beardsley. Everybody knows how easily the team won the Bi-County and County meets last year.
MEDIA BROADCASTOR (local paper)-FREE TRIP- Club members in Henderson County are to be given a chance to win a free trip to the Sixth National Boys’ and Girls’ Club Congress in Chicago next December. The Santa Fe Railway has just offered 63 trips with all expenses paid to club winners in nine states. Illinois is offered three of these awards. It will be awarded to the boy or girl making the best record in crop or livestock projects in each of the winning counties traversed by the Santa Fe and having the services of a full-time extension agent who operates under the direction of the Agricultural College.
LOCAL MEDIA NEWS: If all the chickens raised that are being hatched for Media-ites, we are going to rename the town “Chicken Dale.” Media is becoming dotted with brooder houses. Whitney Dixon is tuning up his fliver (car) as sure indication that spring is here and fish are beginning to bite, at least at our local fisherman’s heartstrings. The Media Community will honor their high school basketball team and their coach at a banquet Friday evening, March 18th. Rev. Cross has recovered from an attack of the flu, but still no churches services Sunday due to his illness. Miss Anna Lavelle, teacher at the Barry school, wishes to announce that two of her students, Mildred Leinbach and Darlene Gibb have each earned five spelling certificates which means one hundred perfect spelling lessons during the school year. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cromwell are again Media residents now living in the Co-operative store property. An eight-pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McDonald at the home of the lady’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Lofftus on March 14th. Jules Genthon of Clifton, New Jersy is visiting at the John Gould home.
TRAGIC ACCIDENT: Clifton Duffy, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duffy of near Fountain Green, suffered a very serious accident on the way to school when he was riding through a swinging gate on horseback. His stirrup caught on the gate and threw him; the horse either stepped on or kicked him in the face. He was immediately rushed to the Phelps Hospital at Macomb, Ill. where five or six doctors were called to care for him. The upper jaw bone was broken on both sides with all the teeth and a two-inch silver of bone gone from the left side. The soft palate of throat was torn from center out into the tonsil, the cheek bone crushed through into the roof of the mouth, a large gash two inches long torn in the corner of his mouth, the left side of his nose torn off and a small wound made on his cheek and another on his left limb.
ROSEVILLE BOY SEVERED LEG: Upon jumping from a fast Santa Fe freight train near Smithshire at about 2:30 Saturday afternoon, Fred Gossard caught his right foot under the wheel which mangled it so badly that after being rushed to the Monmouth Hospital, the doctors were forced to amputate it just below the ankle. Fred is the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Gossard of Roseville. He and a friend, Clifton Manuel, had been employed since the first of last week on the Santa Fe Railroad at Chillicothe and were coming home to spend Sunday when the accident happened.
ON THE RADIO: The Misses Dorothy Davis, Winibeth Rankin and Edyth Salter of Stronghurst and who for the past few months have been under the musical supervision of Mrs. Fern Strickler Rice, were heard yesterday evening in a concert broadcasted from Station WIAS in Burlington, Ia. Each of the young ladies played several beautiful, well rendered piano solos and Miss Davis sang some pleasing vocal selections. Many of their friends report that they heard and enjoyed the program. The Misses Duncan and Campbell and George Barker of LaHarpe and Miss Bennington of Dallas City and Miss Fern Strickler Rice of Lomax also appeared on the program contributing greatly to its success.
ENJOYS 69TH BIRTHDAY: Mr. Doug Steffey celebrated his 69th birthday March 23 with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Layton, former residents of Stronghurst were present from Dallas City. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliland and Mr. and Mrs. D. Headen were invited guests. His sons, Arthur of Knoxville, Iowa and Chester of Basco, Ill. planned to be present but found it impossible but would visit later. Mr. Steffey and his wife came from Basco, Ill. on March 6, 1881 and for the past 36 years have resided at the same location on the northwest edge of town.
WEDDING BELLS- On Saturday, March 17th at Oquawka, Miss Esther Johnson of near Olena and Mr. Arnold Pence of Lomax were joined in hold bonds of wedlock. Mr. Pence’s mother accompanied them. The new Mrs. Pence, who is teaching in the Marshall District, will remain at the home of her parents and finish her term at school.