Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-07
TONGA

Miss Sadie F. Newton from Grant
is visiting in the underhill home.
Mr. and Mrs Dan Plc,ch of Chicago
have been guests In the Nick Miller
home
d. C. Miller and wife have left Cat
fornia and are now living in Kansas.
Mrs. Millor's parents, Mir. and Mrs
lloldren, came back with them,
William Wolfe of Chicago Is visiting
In the home Of II j. Gum, west OF
Mount palatine. Mr. Wolfe hOilg
position In the Continental AMI 'Cm
mercial National aBnk In that city,
G. NJ. Keller and wife OF Chicago
have spent the past week with Mrs,
kelers sister, Mrs. SIENNA Ford,
George Dixon and wife Of Devils
Lake. y. D., are making their semi
annual visit In Tonica, guests Of his
sister, Mrs l.. A. lletrick.
Miss Arvllla ~ Bcardsey has lett
Minneapolis, MINI, and Is now 10.
Gated at Weston, Ontario. The firm
she has been with has has opened up
a branch office in Canada and Miss
Beardsley has been sent there 20 take
charge of the pen department.
Miss Irene Bassett, who has been
visiting her brother, Ira VI. liassett
the past few weeks, lett Friday for
Ames, Iowa She has accepted the
position for the coming year as head
OF the wCman's hall In the collie @
there
O1ier J. Keller died at his home in
Gibson City Tuesday ana was brought
to Lostant for burial Frh'ay Ths'
Masons were In charge T KelEr
lived in TOnca for several years dni
married Bird Hartonbower, Who pre-
coded him In death several ygars ag1
Albert A.-FS OF Gravenhutlt. OF
tarin sent the Tuulcano a copy ~ Inc
Toronto Globe " aieh las much pace
devoted 10 tine affairs OF the SO, ariegr
grand lodge Us odd Fellows and tho
grand lodge OF Odd Fellows Of On
tario. Both OF these bodies are f.
session at Toronto and about 5OOol
members from the United States ana
Canada are In attendance.
The second degree staff OF TonIca
lodge of odd Fellows went to Sand
wch Tuesday evening to put on the
second degree. The meeting was also
a farewell reception to Rev Hal Nor
ton, whom many Of our people arc.
privileged to know, and a request
came for as many as possible to a.
tend. Nearly fifty of the Tonica lodge
members attended,
Announcements have been received
Of hp ia o., HnP I'm
Palmer TO Colonel Harry Eugene
Wilkins of the United States army on
Thursday, Sept. q, at Evanston, H.
They will be at home after Dec | at
1912 IngersOl avenue, Des Moines
Iowa. The bride is a former TOuiCa
girl, born and raised In this com
munity. She entered the service OF
the government as a nurse during the
war and spent much time in the hos
pitfalls IN France Her strenuous work
there caused a breakdown in he"
health, from which she has not yet
entirely recovered
High School Notes.
A track meet between Hopkins and
Tonica was held Friday afternoon on
the new school grounds Hopkins
"copped" nearly all the honors.
School started off last Monday with
the new assembly seats all in position,
shaded up and Miss Merrill on the his
tory Job. The stoves for the dOmes-
tic science tables arrived Monday and
will be put up so that the food course
can start in earnest soon. The tables
for the agricultural room came Tues
day. and the agricultural boys will oc
cupy their own quarters from now on.
The animal husbandry class were
out Monday inspecting George Ebner's
excellent Poland China herd. The boys
are becoming amateur experts at pick
ing out good pure breds. The class
are making plans to spend Tuesday
and Wednesday at Peoria at the na-
tional swine show. This is the big
gest hog show OF America. All the
prize winners from the various state
fairs will be there to compete for the
highest honors Of hogdom.
The class culled a floci Of about
100 hens for Mrs George Morris on
Tuesday afternoon, They got about
thirty .hree culls. A few of these
were still laying, but were taken out
Gu account of age, The rest of the
flock howed excellent egg laying abil
ity Most of them were still laying,
not having stopped to mott yet, The
late molters are the good layers.
The crop class picked seed corn TO"
Hub Ryan Monday afternoon.
Some steps had been taken toward
lecture course on the part of the
school for this winter. But on &C
count of the financial stress it seems
better to keep the 1920 necessary to
secure the course at home, therefore
committees will be appointed in the
near future to arrange for cantata,
operetta etc, by home talent. Ar
rangements are being made with near
by high schools to exchange pro-
grams. All door receipts taken at our
building will be retained by our
school The above compilation, it is
hoped, will bring out the best there
is in our home talent. It is hoped,
further that this will meet with the
approval of the community.
Miss Hazel Merrill of F'inlay, Ohio
has been employed as the fifth teach
or. She is normal school and col.
iege graduate and has had seven
years experience. She began her
work here Monday.
Friends have recently received let
tiers from Miss Helen Clarke, who