The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
EXPECTING A BIG CROWD: A large crowd will be at Stronghurst on May 13th to attend the athletic, literary and musical contests which will be sponsored by the Henderson-Warren Secondary School League. This annual event finds Alexis, Biggsville, Kirkwood, Roseville and Stronghurst high schools competing. The meet will be held on the track constructed on Sanderson’s field at the southeast edge of Stronghurst. Other contests will be held in the High school Auditorium. Plenty of good music is assured, the Stronghurst band having been engaged for the afternoon…
CANNING FACTORY UPDATE: Mr. Zeigler of the United Foods Co informs us that the site for the Stronghurst canning factory will be secured this week. It is hoped that it will be possible to locate on the Santa Fe right-o- way about two blocks west of the depot, but after numerous interviews with railroad officials, nothing definite has been assured. Mr. Zeigler has two or three other locations from which he will choose a location. The buildings must be completed by July 1st and hence, work must be started soon.
Cabbage planting is going on full blast. Wednesday noon the company had finished setting six acres for Elbridge Fort and in the afternoon began setting eight acres on the E. G. Lewis home place
***OBITUARY***JOHN W. LAYTON: Mr. Layton, a former resident and business man of Stronghurst suffered a paralytic stroke on Saturday at this home in Dallas City. He never regained consciousness and passed away about six o’clock .
From the Dallas City Review: “John W. Layton, son of Baird and Margaret Layton, was born Oct. 20, 1852 near Burlington, Iowa and died at his home near Dallas City on May 1st, 1927. In his father’s family were eight boys and three girls who lived to maturity. He married Elizabeth Ramsey on March 13, 1884 and they began farming on the Ramsey farm about three and a half miles southwest of Dallas City. The couple joined the Methodist Church at Shiloh in 1888 and were faithful member. Twenty-five years ago they moved to Stronghurst where Mr. Layton became a partner with his brother George Layton in the implement business for a number of years. Four years ago they moved back to Dallas City.
Mr. Layton lived a good, honest and religious life. He leaves his wife, three brothers and two sister and a great number of relatives and friends to mourn his departure. His living brothers are George D. of Burnside, Ill.; Millard F. of Burlington, Iowa; and A. P. of Dallas City. His sisters are Mrs. Maggie Cather of Carthage, Mo. and Mrs. Clara B. Byler of Durham vicinity. Funeral services were held on May3 at the Methodist Church in Dallas City with interment in the Harris Cemetery.
***OBITUARY***FLORENCE CORTELYOU: Miss Florence Cortelyou passed away at the Burlington Hospital Saturday morning, April 30th. She was the daughter of Harvey W. (deceased) and Adriana Simonson Cortelyou born December 12, 1895 in Raritan Township. Her early life was spent there and she moved with her parents to Stronghurst in 1914 and lived here until her death. From her early childhood, she was suffered severe attacks of bodily ailments which increased with time until the last 12 years of her life was one continuous battle against disease and suffering.
Miss Florence was one of a family of four children; two brothers, David Earl and Gaius Edwin. Her faithful mother, one brother, D. N. Cortelyou and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Esther Cortelyou, three nieces and two nephews along with numerous other relatives remain to mourn her early death. She was a member of the Reformed Church at Raritan joining at 15 years of age and later a member of the Stronghurst United Presbyterian Church. Funeral services were held at the Cortelyou residence in Stronghurst with interment in the Raritan Cemetery. Relatives present from a distance were Mr. G. S. Cortelyou and daughter of Troy, Mo.; Mrs. J. E. Voorhees, Mrs. G. L. Long and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cortelyou and daughter all of Bushnell.
LEFT FOR SWEDEN: Hugo Johnson left by way of the Santa Fe May 1st for New York where he was sailing for Sweden. He will visit his parents at Ugglerum Forloss Kalmar and other relatives whom he has not seen since leaving the old country nearly 24 years ago. He will return in September and assume the duties as manager of the Henderson and Warren Counties Oil Company Division at Stronghurst.
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: County Clerk, J. J. Barnes issued a marriage license on May 3rd to Chester M. Fackler and Beaulah May Wilson, both of Galesburg. Mr. Frank Crenshaw remains in critical condition. His daughters: Mrs. Florence Hunter of Elgin, Ill., Mrs. Eva VanArsdale of Raritan and Mrs. Ruby Bell of Seattle, Wash., are at his bedside. The pupils of Mapel Grove School will hold a Food and Bake Sale on May 7 at 1:30 pm at the Benteco Store. Proceeds will go to the school library. Several interested land owners met with the officers of Drainage Dist. No. 2 and railroad officials in behalf of securing an outlet for the ditch emptying into Pinkham slough.
GOOD SHOWING IN JUDGING: Ten boys from the Agricultural department of the high school were in Galesburg with 200 other students from high schools in Western Illinois in a live stock judging contest. Sixteen schools representing nine counties in the western agricultural district sent teams of 12-15 boys to the district meet. The competing schools included Blandinsville, Elmwood, El Paso, Eureka, Galesburg, Metamora, Minonk, Pekin, Princeville, Oneida, Roanoke, Stronghurst, Washburn, Washington, Alexis, and Bardolph.
The Stronghurst boys made an unusually good showing in the contest in view of the fact that our school is new with its agricultural department and that our boys were in competition with other boys of a much wider experience in judging, having been in previous contests. The Team championship was won by Pekin with a score of 2,321 out of a possible 2950. The next four schools in rank were Alexis-2,237; Stronghurst-2, 147; Princeville-2,118; and Galesburg-2,095. Although we did not win any first places, we are proud of the rank of the team and individual boys in the final fat stock judging. These placings were won by Walter Dannenberg, fourth and Frederick Rehling fifth. The dairy judging team from Stronghurst placed fifth. In individual in poultry, Kenneth Veech tied for fourth place with E. Rhachty of Blandinsville. The poultry team from Stronghurst placed third in that division of the contest. In grain judging, four boys from Stronghurst High School won third place. The boys representing the local school were Kenneth Veech, Lavern Leinbach and Rus Gibb, judging dairy cattle and poultry; Walter Dannenberg, Frederick Rehling and Ralph Peterson, judging fat tock; and Albert Peterson, Harold Nolen and Orval Jacobs judging the grain.
At 5:30 p.m. the boys enjoyed a banquet which was held in the reception rooms of the Galesburg High School given by the agriculture club of that school. They had the privilege of hearing Dr. W.W. Yapp of the Dairy Department, University of Illinois, and Dr. A.W. Nolan, head of the Agricultural Education Department of that same institution.
***OBITUARY***Robert McKEOWN: Mr. Robert McKeown, retired farmer and respected citizen of this village, passed away at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Burlington Hospital where he had been since Sunday, April 24th. On Monday, May 2 he underwent an operation and for a time it was thought he was improving, but his condition changed and death resulted. Funeral services will be at the Stronghurst United Presbyterian Church.
HONORED ON HER BIRTHDAY: Relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. Emma Cook Sunday to help her celebrate her birthday. All of her children that are living were present except two. A bounteous dinner was served and she received many nice gifts. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Huneke and children; Mr. and Mrs. John Seward and children; Mr. and Mrs. John Cook and children; Mr. Floyd Lewis and son all of Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. George Cook and son of Biggsville; Mr. Earl Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph James and daughter; Mrs. Cook, Stella and Jean Cook of Gladstone.
COLOMA NEWS: The many friends of Miss Mildred Swedlund, a pupil of the Coloma School, will be glad to learn that she received second place in the contest put on for getting the most words out of the subject “Economize with Economy Shoes,” the prize being a pair of roller skates. Mr. Harry Norris, assessor Gladstone Township, has been busy assessing this neighborhood. Liland Morris has been absent from school for several days on account of bee stings. The pupils of the 7th and 8th grades of the Coloma School are busy reviewing for the final examination to be held at the school on Saturday May 18th. Those to take the examination are Archie Morris, Lynn Curtiss, Loren Stevenson, Marie Malmburg, Ruth Gibb, Adeline Milligan and Mae Dye. Sunday was an ideal summer day and a large number of cars were seen on the roads which are getting in good shape again. Several picnic dinners were enjoyed under the Elms at Bogus Hollow camp. Mr. Charles Morris has employment at the home of his brother, Earl Morris of near Little York. Lloyd Curtiss enlisted in the Navy and has gone to the Great Lakes Training station. Mr. William Milligan is erecting a new filling station west of his farm on the hard road. Miss Fern Mills has employment in Burlington at the Dr. B. L. Ditto home. Misses Thelma Lyons and Adeline Stevenson attended the dramatized “Elijah” in Monmouth one-night last week. Mr. William Stevenson shipped cattle to Chicago and accompanied them there. Stone School with Miss Winifred Galbraith will close Saturday for the summer vacation.
RARITAN REPORTS: Max Veech is attending Monmouth College. Miss Agnes Ahlers is taking a brief vacation from school and entertaining the measles as special guests. The Stanley School taught by Miss Mary Hayes of Blandinsville closed on Saturday with a picnic. She will go to Macomb to enter the Normal to continue her summer school work. The Fitz school, renamed Crescent of which Miss Anna Ahlers was the teacher, closed on Saturday with a big picnic. Miss Ahlers will return in the fall. The patrons and pupils of Cox School and their teacher, Miss Helena Barry, enjoyed a picnic on Tuesday, the last day of School.
LOMAX LINGERINGS: Mrs. Frank Miller returned home after two weeks visit with her son and family in Oklahoma. Harry Pence is treating his home to a coat of paint done by Joe Mowers. R.E. Wyatt and L.E .Gamble went to Galesburg to see Mr. Gamble’s sister who is seriously sick. Mrs. Mary King is having her barn and house reshingled. G.L. Reams and R. H. Scott are doing the work.
CARMAN CONCERNS: On account of the measle epidemic, many children are absent from school. Mr. Peter L. Good who has been quite sick for some time was taken to the St. Francis Hospital in Burlington for further treatment. Mr. Thomas Dixon, who has been quite ill, is somewhat improved. Miss Garnet Hupp and Joseph Clover are students at Ft. Madison.
BIGGSVILLE BRIEFS: Miss Martha Smith will represent Biggsville High School at the Bi-County meet at Stronghurst on May 13th and Mr. Earl Rice will go to the Military Tract meet at Galesburg next Friday. Others who will represent the school at the Military meet are the following: Oration-Margaret Whiteman; Essay-Mildred Campbell; Piano-Miriam Person; and Vocal-Bertha Beebe. The athletic team will also compete in the track meet. The 8th grade pupils and the Sunday School class of Mrs. Sam Beebe each held a wienie roast on Saturday afternoon in the woods at the west edge of town. Outdoor games and a fine munch made the afternoon pass quickly. Chaperons were Mrs. Beebe and Mrs. John Gibson. John Hutchinson who for sometime a patient at the Burlington Hospital with an infected hand was brought home and accompanied by a nurse. Mrs. Frank Rowley was called to Burlington to see her brother, Harry Stanbarry, who is quite ill at the Burington Hospital. His mother, Mrs. S. C. Stanbarry of Lovilla, Iowa arrived in Burlington Saturday night.
NEWS OF THE COUNTY: Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Allaman of Rozella, Ill. on May 2nd at the Monmouth hospital. Mrs. Allaman will be remembered as Miss Louis Thompson, a former Henderson County teacher of the Reed Neighborhood. Miss Maree Johnson who teaches the Brooks school west of the village, closed the school year with a picnic. She has been re-employed for another year. Mr. Ed Stine attended a convention of salesmen of the Economy Cattle Co., Shenandoah, Iowa held at Galesburg the first three days of this week. Miss Dorothy Kemp had the misfortune to break and badly twist her ankle when she was thrown from a horse. Miss Ellen Powell and Miss Marian Chandler are the latest victims of the measles. Miss Stella Marshall closed the Peasley School with a picnic; she plans to leave for Normal, Illinois where she will finish her Teacher’s Training Course. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McMillan received word from their son, Leslie, an assistant superintendent of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. at Indianapolis had received a fine promotion. The Loyal Women’s Class of the Stronghurst Christian Church gave their “Five Day Chautauqua” at Raritan last night. Mrs. Fred Chandler was taken to the Burlington hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis.
EDITOR OF BURLINTON GAZETTE DIES: George Stivers, editor and publisher of the Burlington Gazette, passed away at this Burlington home. He had been ill for several months; his death resulted from heart trouble. His father purchased the Gazette in 1887 and the business of managing the paper passed to the son’s hands in 1913. The deceased was a good newspaper man and well-liked by his employees.
A WONDER IN STRONGHURST: The African lily owned by Mrs. W. C. Ivins deserves a high place among wonders as it is truly a thing of mysterious beauty. The plant differs from the ordinary varieties. Its stalk ascends from a bulb and in due season insists on growing at a rapid rate although the latter is not nourished by the earth or refreshed by water; it depends upon the food that it can gather from the air.
Upon taken from winter quarters, the lily was placed on a cement floor and then things began to happen. For a period of two weeks, the stalk shot up at the rate of two inches a day and at a height of 3 feet and 9 inches, the top broke out in a beautiful bloom. The flower measured eleven by nine inches and had ruffled edges. The petals were of a leathery grain and a beautiful maroon color. At present the flower is rapidly dying and will be set in the ground. Here it slumbers until removed from the earth the next season to again burst forth in a lively flower. Peculiar? Yes! The African Lily came from the land of mysteries. (Remember, such an oddity was news. Mrs. Ivins was known to look for the unusual.)
ABOUT THE TOWN: Little Carolyn, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sullivan underwent a serious operation in the Burlington Hospital; she is recovering nicely. Joe Long is redecorating the interior of the M.E. Church and covering some of the floors with new linoleum. Buy your Sunday dinner from the pupils of the Maple Grove School Saturday afternoon at the Benteco Kash Store. Miss Ruth Heisler entertained at bridge last evening at her country home north town. Prizes were won by Lucile Jones and Mrs. Clarence Hartquist. Miss Lena Morey has been employed to teach the Heisler School next year. Mr. Earl Taylor who is employed at Ormondo, spent the weekend with his family making the acquaintance of a new daughter which arrived in the home on Wednesday morning. The little miss will be called Sara Eileen.
Clarence Kern of Ft. Madison, Ia. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Kern. He is at present firing on one of the Santa Fe fast trains between Ft. Madison and Chicago. He is getting some experience as engineer, having made several runs the past few months. Mrs. C. E. Person and son Jon Edwin left for their home at Genoa, Nebr. after spending two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Graham north of Stronghurst. Gene Graham was also a guest and left for his home at San Diego, California. Little Marta Jean Rehling and Immogene Jones are numbered among the sick. Mrs. Minnie Peterson recently underwent an operation at the Galesburg Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Worley, Mrs. J. F. Mains and Mrs. Hurf Flanegin motored to Burlington to attend an organ recital at the Masonic Temple. The Roberts Chevrolet Co. received a shipment of four new cars Wednesday. One is a Landeau, another a Touring , a third a Coach and the other a Coupe which was sold to Ray Rankin of Media. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. Huldah Millen who has been seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur McIntyre in the drainage district. Mrs. I. F. Harter and Mrs. Joe Long have placed a large bed of cannas in the village cemetery in memory of our boys who gave their lives in the World War.