The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Compiled and Edited by Virginia Ross
CALF SHOW HERE OCT. 1ST The second annual Henderson County Calf Club Show, sponsored by the county Farm Bureau and the Stronghurst Fellowship Club will be held at Stronghurst on Friday, Oct. 1. This year demonstrations by the county clothing clubs, sponsored by the Farm Bureau, will be a welcomed addition to the show. The day will be a big one; fifty baby beeves are entered for judging. Prizes offered total $300 ($5,226 in today’s values). A big parade, speaking, band concerts, merry-go-round, stands and a football game make a full day. Such attractions should pull all of Henderson County to Stronghurst that day. All of the public schools in the county will be dismissed on that day. At noon those who desire to do so may bring baskets and eat with their friends. Others will be cared for at the stands. The hotel, restaurants and the Christian Church will serve regular meals at noon and in the evening. (Long list of the program with time for events.)
Judging of the baby beeves will be done by Mr. W. J. Kennedy. In making up the prize list, it has been decided to follow the classifications used in the Junior Show at the International Livestock Exposition. Prizes will be offered as follows on three breeds, pure bred sire of predominance of breed type and character to classify in case of grades and crosses. Prizes are as follows: 1st-$15; 2nd -$12.50; 3rd-$10;4th-$7.50;5th-$5.00 with all others $4. Grand Champion will be $20 and $10.
The county champion will be awarded a medal given by the Chicago Producers commission company and will in all probability receive a trip to the International given by the Santa Fe Railroad. In making this award, four things will be taken into consideration: winnings in the show, interest taken in club work, record book and story.
Miss Mary McKee of the girl’s Club Dept. will judge the garments which have been made, examine the record books and attend to other details in connection with closing the work of the Clothing Clubs…
NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN: Mr. R. K. Bennington of Dothan, Ala. is planning to open a jewelry store in Stronghurst and expects to be open for business by October or sooner. He and his family plan to locate here. Stronghurst needs a jewelry store and is always good to have new residents
BIG BIRTHDAY BASH: The South Country Birthday Club and their September party in the form of a melon social on Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Negley. Nearly a hundred of the club members were present and Mr. and Mr. Paul Lagel of Raritan, Mrs. Tom Dodds of Stronghurst and Miss Mildred Negley of Chicago were special guests. Tasty sandwiches, pickles, coffee and luscious watermelons and muskmelons were served in cafeteria style on tables outdoors. The birthday table was prettily decorated with green and red and harmonized well with the color of the watermelons, making in all a bright color scheme of flaming autumn colors. Four of the six September birthday guests sat around the birthday table and delighted in the usual and pretty favors given them. Club members having birthdays this month were Mr. J. Ross, Master Wayne Livermore and Jack Brokaw, Little Doris Schenck who celebrated her first-year birthday, small Marie Reedy and the new Simonson baby boy. The hostesses for the September birthday party were the Mesdames Fred Brokaw, Dean Cortleyou and Buce Warner. A committee of club men looked after the entertainment of the evening which were chiefly games-many of them played last by the older folk years and years ago at school.
COLONA SCHOOL DEDICATED AS “SUPERIOR:” Last Friday the Coloma school was formally dedicated as a “superior” school with the following exercise; Mrs. Mildred Beall, County Supt. of Schools, presiding. The pupils presented two plays, “Hiawatha” and “Charm of the Old Album.” Four little boys gave a drill and in instrumental solo was offered by Ruby Swedeland. Prof. W.B. Hoffman of Springfield made the dedicatory address and presented the school the diploma and door plate with the “Superior” inscription. A history of the school, written by Judge McClinton of California, a pupil of the first school now in his 90th year, was read by Miss Viola McClinton, a former teacher. . Reminiscent talks were made by Dr. Robert Mekemson, Dr. Evina Mekemson of Biggsville and Mr. Charles McMillan of Coloma. Mrs. Rhoda Wolford who is entering her fourth year as teacher of this school deserves much credit for this efficiency of the school and ability to rank superior. (Anyone have the door plate or the history of the school?)
BROADCAST FIGHT: Broadcasting station WIAS, Burlington, Iowa, will broadcast starting at 5 pm, our time, news from the Philadelphia ring side. At about 7:45 o’clock, our time, occurs the world’s championship bout between present title holder, Jack Dempsey and challenger Gene Tunney so tune in and get the results first hand.
BIGGSVILLE RESIDENT WIN AT FESTIVAL: Biggsville exhibitors at the Monmouth fall festival who were awarded prizes were Mrs. Paul Erin, first on angel food cake; Mrs. Wm. Whiteman, second on spice cake; Mrs. Clyde Moffett, first on Chocolate cream candy and second on pinoche and second cookies, light; Mrs. Frank Olson, first on sunshine cake; and Mrs. Walter Carothers, first on canned Peaches. Weir Fruit Farm won 11 firsts and 6 seconds on apples. L. W. Curtis won seven firsts and four seconds on apples. Both Weir and Curtis had a booth for their apple display.
NEWS HAPPENINGS. Among the leading attractions Saturday, Sept. 25th is the concert in the evening by the Stronghurst Band 8 pm. Mrs. Harvey Warner, an elderly resident of Gladstone, fell from her bed and broker her hip. She was immediately taken to the Burlington Hospital. Mrs. Warner has been an invalid for the past few years. A funeral at Kewanee was delayed two hours recently when lightning struck a tree which fell on the canopy that had been erected over the grave. A bee tree was cut near Carthage recently which yielded several hundred pounds of honey and considerable bee’s wax. The swarm was located in a large sycamore tree about 40 feet from the ground. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Davidson and daughter of Davenport, Iowa are again residents of Stronghurst. Mr. Davidson recently purchased the Billups Cafe. Mr. Floyd Clark and Mr. T. C. Knutstrom moved Mr. Davidson’s household good here.
BIG DAY AT STRONGHURST: With Lester B. Colby’s visit the outstanding future speech and supplemented with a big rodeo Saturday, Sept. 25th is looked forward to as “the big day” in Stronghurst by both the townspeople and the inhabitants for miles around. Mr. Colby will already have visited the other towns in Henderson County when he is here and wishes to make his visit a fitting climax to the revelation of the glories of Henderson County. As previously published, Mr. Colby is from the State Chamber of Commerce and is here to receive facts for a write-up which will appear in 261 newspapers in the state. Those knowing of any especially good points in this community, or suitable stories of interest would do well to write them up and hand them to county chairman, Mr. Allen Annegers or present them to Mr. Colby themselves.
The Stronghurst Fellowship Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at noon at the NuVon Hotel at which time Mr. Colby will be present. Those wishing to attend this meeting and banquet dinner at that time should reserve plates now at fifty cents each from club present, Mr. Estel Mudd. Afterward, the group will adjourn to the school auditorium where Mr. Colby will speak.
Later, the rodeo is to be held at the D. Wasson farm grounds on the northwest edge of town. The rodeo with nine riders and a large number of real wild bucking bronchos will be worth coming miles to see. In the evening the Stronghurst band will give one of its splendid concerts. The community club rooms will be open all day so that those wishing to bring their lunches may eat them there.
OQUAWKA NEWS: Dennis J. Wodard of Hale, Missouri and Nellie M. Craig of Gorin, Mo. secured marriage license and were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace, Wm. E. Shorts. Earnest Wiegand is having his house newly shingled. Both Marion Pearson and Opal Fryrear are attending school at Macomb. Sunday at Schell’s field south of town was even better attended than last Sunday. The day was rainy but it had no effect on the crowd or ridders. The horses again put up some wild fight, but the reckless riders rode the nevertheless. Phillip Brokaw is attending college at Monmouth. Little Geraldine McClinton has been quite sick with malaria.
OLENA OBSERVATIONS: As Rev. Hubbs was attending the annual conference at Pontiac, no church services were held in the village on Sabbath Day. Olena met its finances very nicely and an earnest appeal was sent to the conference for the return of Rev. Hubbs to this charge. Mrs. Dan Burrell is reported as not quite so well again and her daughter, Mrs. Calvin Lant is at their mother’ bedside. Mrs. Ruth Lant and daughter were among those who spent a few days visiting in Monmouth. The tabernacle there has been completed and the Billy Sunday meetings opened last Sabbath Day. (Billy Sunday was a famous evangelist.) The ladies of the Olena Church have served dinner for the threshing crew of Mr. Vern Likely and to dinners for Mr. William’s threshing crew. They are asked to serve again as soon as weather conditions will permit.
Mrs. Lura Lant drove north to the hard roads Sabbath morning to meet her husband who was returning from a two-weeks run over the Wabash Road from Keokuk to Bluffs. He reports conditions over this run quite bad as many fine homes are surrounded by water and many fields bare of grain. The railroad facilities are quite crippled. Harvey only got to remain a few hours with his family leaving on the afternoon train for Quincy, Ill. Mr. Lizzie Reynolds and son left to join her husband, O.E. Reynolds, in Colorado; they went by auto. Everyone was shocked to read of the disastrous storm that swept parts of Florida recently. (A hurricane hit the state. They paid attention to Florida as several from Henderson County have moved there.)
LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: Mr. W. M. Potts and family of Moline are moving to Stronghurst where Mr. Potts will be the new agent for the Standard Oil Co. in this vicinity. Mr. A. E. Jones returned from his two-months’ vacation from England where he had a wonderful trip sight-seeing and visiting his brother, W. Melville Jones and other relatives. Miss Ruth Heisler was hostess to a number of ladies at her home last Thursday evening. The time was spent playing Five Hundred. Miss Ethel Hartquist received first prize and Miss Hortense Harbinson, the consolation prize. Chester Brokaw and Alfred Shallenberger are attending business college at Ft. Madison. Harold Bainter left for Ann Arbor, Mich., where he will study law in the State University there. Mrs. Ed Hurd accompanied her son Emeral to his home in Galesburg where she will care for her daughter-in-law who just returned from the Galesburg hospital where she underwent a surgical operation. It is rumored that a new bank “with money to loan” is to be opening in the future in the George Chant building recently vacated by the school.
MEDIA RECORD IN THE STRONGHURST GRAPHIC: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beresford have named their new son who arrived last week Billy Ernest. Miss Harriet Jaeger of Gladstone is caring Mrs. Shelby Vaughn. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Cavins and son Donald arrive home from Chicago. Mr. Cavins resumed his work on the rural route Monday morning. Miss Mary Anderson of Galesburg is helping with the house work in the E. G. Lewis home. The Stronghurst Boy Scouts and their assistant scout master, Edward Beardsley, enjoyed an all-day outing and picnic at Wever Lake Club on Saturday. The road oil for the Media Township roads has arrived and the good work will commence at once.
FASHION TIP: Lacy, sheer and extremely ornate-these are the three graces which cast a glamor of loveliness over the new lingerie. This delectable bit of black silk lingerie worn by Pauling Starks in her latest production, “Love’s Blindness,” charmingly illustrates the trend of fashion toward greater elaborateness for milady’s undergarments during the coming months. (Picture of the daring fashion included in this issue.)