Flora Journal-Record

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The Flora Journal-Record
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VOLUME IX      ™«tovKSAJn Vol bi.    no. i«
FLORA, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 12. 1921
NUMBER 34
FLORA CITY UGHT
PLANT ELECnOlf
Pikte !• gatnrdajr. May 21st, the De¬ cisive Honr Set for Progress io Oar CommiuUty
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IS     AN     ABSOLUTE     NECBSSIDT
A crisis In tbe affairs of the city ot Flora is here. . Tbe city electric light plant has been run continuously for 24 years and has proven to be a good plant, for tbe average life of a plant of this kind is 20 years. Now the city has outgrown the facilitlea tor light and po^er and the macbln ery. Is In such condition that a ser ious breakdown might occur at any hour and' we would be left without power, light or city water, for the water pumping system Is dependent on the power plant. Already over loaded, the city officials cannot furnish additional power and light to any more of our citizens and any f\iture extension of service is depen¬ dent on an affirmative vote for Im¬ provement of the  property.
Engineer Fuller, of St. Louis, Who bullded the plant 24 years ago, has made plans and specifications and these have been adopted by the city officials and were aproved at a meet¬ ing of citizens held at Library hall several weeks ago.
A bond Issue of practically $30,000 is to be voted on May 2Ist. Theee bonds are to run for 20 years, but ftre annual bonds, one each being paid off every year, thus reducing the  Interest payments.
No Increase in Taxation
The question of cost and extra taxation has been gone Into and it bas been ascertained that with tbe Improvement there will be a saving in coal labor and upkeep of about 9300 per month and with the added revenue from more light and power customers, tbere should be a gain of about $400 monthly. This sav¬ ing will be sufficient to offset the bond principal and interest pay¬ ments, and It will not be necessary to increase the city tax levy to pay for the Improvement. The saving on the coal bill alone Is estimated at  25  per cent.
Hnuill   Cost.   Better   Service
Under the plan of Improvement tbere will be a very small cost to power users and none to light users. The present direct current will be used in .the .business section and the new alternating current machin¬ ery used for the residence section because a. c. will give better service than direct current at greater distan¬ ces from the plant. It will not be necessary to change the wirings.or the fan motors In residences, but only motors of the washing machfue type, and they can be exchanged for alter¬ nating current motors at a very small cash difference. The improved ser¬ vice will more than offset the small outlay for motor exchange.
The future progress and develop¬ ment of Flora absolutely depends on an  affirmative  vote   May  21st.
REGARDING LEGAL
PUBUCATION8
FORD AGENCY CHANGES HANDS
Al Medley was In St. Louis on Tuesday and while there made con¬ tracts for the sale of Ford cars and tractors In this county.
Mr. Medley has taken a lease on the Glnder Garage, which has been heretofore headquarters , for the Fdrd cars and accessories and will take charge In a few days. His fam¬ ily will occupy tbe second story of the garage uUdlng.
His son, Victor Medley will be ae- soeiated with bim In the business.
PRESBYTKRIAN   CHURCH
We bad splendid services Sunday. Rev. MUler Is an eloquent and for¬ cible speaker. Hear him once and you will  want to  hear him again.
Our Sunday school has Increased over 100 per cent in tbe last month. Extensive repairs on the church building and also on tbe parsonage will soon be started.
Regular services nett Sunday. Choir  meeting Friday night.
ADDITIONAL  HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHERS   EMPLOYED
The Harter-Stanford township high school board met Monday night aad employed additional teachers. Prof. Rex Dale, coach for the past two years, was employed as princi¬ pal. H. L. Fogler, manual training and coach; Mrs. Mae Oibson, commercial department: A. D. Sizer, agricultural, Mlss Marlln Terhune, music.
ATTENDED    KENTUCKY    DERBY
Those wl^ attended the great Kentucky derby at Louisville last Saturday from Flora were: J^ N. Valbert, Matt Driscoll, J. W. vhd- sey, J. E. Puckett and' J. H. Ram- eey. A special No. 3 from Cincin¬ nati to St Louis on Sunday morning brought   bome   the   race   followers.
ATTENDED    MUSICAL
Mr. and Mrs A R Cor, Mlss Bllen Finty, Mrr. J. P. Tully, Mrs. C. B. Modlln and aoa, Bernard, of Xenla; Mrs, Maude Youngworth and Mrs. Mary Brock, of Fairfleld, attended the musical given by Mrs. Carroll Smith, of St. Louis, at Library hall in this city Monday evening.        '
NJeW ARRIVALS
Dr. John L. Young reports the following new babies: W. A. Thomp¬ son and wife, Saturday, a boy; Roy Ruger and wife, on Monday, a'lO-lb boy; Bert Purdy and wife, of near Rinard, a girl, on Saturday, tbelr other child being a son 10 years old.
Tbere are certain regulations and rates governing publications in Illi¬ nois required by the laws of the state. One ot these requirements Is that no newspaper bas the right to publish a legal until said paper has had at least six months continuous publication and all newspaper pub- Uahars are required to make a cer- tltlcAte of publication. In which It is stated that the paper has been published continuously for the past six mpnths.
Our attention has been called to the Clay City, Advocate, which began publication Jan. 21st, 19J1, under a Mr. W. F. Carder. Several legals have been published In said paper, one of tbem being an adoption notice, None of these publications have beeu legal and In case any question should come up regarding them In the courts, they wo\ild be so declared. After July 21sl the Advocate will have a perfect right to legal publica¬ tions, but until thak date the publish¬ er has no right to publish legals and he Is simply imposing on the publtc because they do not know of the existance of the state law.
NUSICAL TKEAT
FAST    WORK    IN    DUAL    MEET WITH  FLORA
The dual meet with Flora last Sat¬ urday was a pretty fast affair and most of the events were hotly con¬ tested. Capt. Stanley, ot Olney, led the Olney scorers with firsts In the 50-yard dash, hurdles and 440- yard dash. Blotter of Flora was the individual star of the meet, making 24 points with firsts In the broad jump, discus and 220 yard dash and second In the Javelin, high Jump and 100 yard dash.
Pittman, of Flora had his own way In the mile but was forced to step in the half mile hy Walden.
Coach Dale, of Flora, refuued to run the relay for points, as was done In the Bridgeport meet, and then his team won it in the fast time of 1 min 87   4-6  sec.
Summary of Events
60-yard dash—1. Stanley, Olney; 2 Lambert, Olney; 3, Mlsenhelmer, Flora. Time 5 3-6 sec.
Rntalng Ibroad Jump—1 Blotter, Flora; 2 Lambert, Olney; 3 Mlsen¬ helmer, Flora.     Distance 20 ft 2 In.
220-yard hurdles—1 Stanley, Ol¬ ney; 2 Guthrie, Olney; 3 Frost, Flora. Time 27 2-5 sec.
Shot put—1 Gray, Olney; 2 Walk¬ er, Flora; 3 Nelson Olney. Distance 39 ft. 4V4  Inches.
220-yard dash—1 Blotter, Flora; 2 Gray, Olney; 3 Weber, Olney; Time 23 3-6 sec.
Wia run—1 Plltman, Flora; 2 Walden, Olaey; 3 Tolliver, Olney. Time 5  mln.  10 2-6 see.
High Jump—1 Koertge, Olney; 2, Blotter, Fljora; 3 Mlsenhelmer, Flora,  Height   5  ft  4   In.
440 yard dash—1 Stanley, Olney; 2 Walker, Flora; 3 Frost, Flora. Time   63   4-6  sec  .
Discus throw—1 Blotter, Flora; 2 Nelson, Olney; 3 Pittman, Flora. Distance 98 .^t  9  in.
100 yard dash—1 Gray, Olney; 2 Blotter, Flora;; :3 Mlsenhelmer, Plora. Time 10 3-6 sec.
Javelin throw—1 Nelson, Olney; 2 Blotter, Flora; 3 Moore, Olney, Dis¬ tance 146 tt 6% In.
Half mile—1 Pittman, Flora; 2 Walden, Olney; 3 Tolliver, Olney. Time 2 mln 16 sec.
Pole  vault—1   Runyon,  Olney;   2 Guthrie,   Olney;   3   Meyer,   Flora. Disunce  10 ft.
Half mile reUy—1 Flora. Time 1 mtn.  37 4-6 sec.
—Olney Dally Mall.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
The following teachers were select ed by the board of education of the public sdiooie Honday nlgbt of last week, for the ensuing year;
O. O. Lewis, City Sup't. Schools;
E. C. Jacobs. Principal Grammar School. Youthel Combs,- Sth grade; Clara Shumaker, Sth grade.
Main building—Lura Shumaker, 6th grade; Ethel Huff, 5tb grade; Affa Myers, 4th grade; Una Winters, 4th grade; Elsie Winters, 3rd grade; Edith Lamp, 2nd grade; Esther Lewis, Ist grade;
South side—Estella HIggason rooni 1;   Ora  Boyd,  room  2;
West side—Mary Blankenship, room 1; Helen Brock, room 2.
Mlss Mary EUls, Supervisor of music and drawing.
The 6th and 7th grade teachers are yet to be supplied.
MB. AND MRS. LAWRENCE
SMITH    ENTERTAIN
An enjoyable social affair of the week was an evening party given Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs.Smlth at their pretty home on 4th and Mill streets. The evening passed In play¬ ing the popular game.ot 600 and a general good tltaa enjoyed. Mrs. Smith served dainty refreshments of ice cream and cake. The guests Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Duff, Mr. and Mrs. L. E-Pixley, Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Finch, Mr. and Mrs. H. E Southwlck, Mr and Mrs. R. J. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Bunch. '
TWO NBW FLORA RBSIDEVTS
A Ilttle son made his arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ward, of this city, Sunday, May 9, 1921
A boy came Into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Tullett, of this city, making his arrival Monday, May 11, 1921.
ATTEN-nON:
Special bargains In Aluminum ware: BOWMAN'S    HDW.    STORE.
ThIs'Saturday, see ad on page 3 in this Issue.
.4 Splendid Musicaie Given at Library
Hull,  Monday  Evening  By
Vocalist  of   Ability
An unusual musical treat was pre¬ sented on Monday evening. May 9, when Mrs. Carroll Smith, of St. Louis, a vocalist of ability, appeared at the Library hall.
Mrs. Smith Is an artist of amazing versatility, whatever she sings, from the most difficult operatic aria to the simplest heart song, Mrs Smith gives tt with a voice that Is bright, musical and pure. She Is charming, not only by her singing, but by her graclousness of manner. After she has been heard it Is entirely obvious why Mrs. Smith is generally re-en¬ gaged wherever she appears. She has been requested to return to Flora In the near future and Flora folk and others will have the pleasure of hearing  her sing again.
Mr. Vernor Henshle, of St. Louis, accompanist, is a splendid performer on tbe piano, also on the pipe or^an, and Is a sympathetic accompanist. He has won for himself an enviable place in musical circles. Mrs. Smith's and Mr. Henshle's music as well as the readings by Mrs. R. D. Finch, violin solo by Mlss Ethel Fry ac¬ companist Mrs. W. I. Terhune and the orchestra numbers were greatly enjoyed.
The Vnuslcal ,waB ^tven b^ the Library Association for the benefit of the public library. The entire proceeds baving been donated to be used In beautifying the Interior of the library. Every patron of the library certainly appreciates the generous efforts of Mrs. Smith, Mr. Henshle and our . local performers. Following  Is  the  program:
ORCHESTRA Romance From Rosamond, Schubert
I Love   Thee Grieg
OevoUon    Schumani
MRS.  CARROLL SMITH Sextett frora Lucia Di
Lammermoor  ...'. DonivettI
MISS   ETHEL   FRYE
II est doux, II est bon
(Herodlade)    Massenet
MRS  CARROLL  SMITH Sellna Morrow's ''To Home"
 J.  L.   Harbour
MRS.  R.  D.  FINCH
Morning Oley   Speaks
The  Spirit  of  Wanna Lleurance
Indian   Love   Song	
MRS  CARROLL  SMITH
Piano   Solo Selected
VERNOR HENSHIE
Lovers  Call..... Anton  Ruckaut
Tally  Ho!! Franco  Leonl
MRS CARROLL SMITH ORCHESTRA Piano, Miss Irvin: VloUn, Mlss Frye and Mrs. L. E. Pixley; Cornet, Mr. Colclasure, Mr. Duff; Saxaphone, Mr. L. E. Pixley; Trombone, Mrs. Harold  Southwlck.
ONE HUNDRED CLUB
TO BE FORMED
ENTERTAINED THE J. U. G. CLUB
The members of the J.'U. G. club were entertained Monday evening at the home of Mrs. James Handiey on South Main street. Tbe cozy home was the scene of a gay group of girls, games were played and a splendid time enjoyed. Delicious refresh¬ ments were served consisting of brick cream and angel food cake.
Those present were: Misses Ollve Dale, Thelma Harwood, Dorothea Bowman. Marguerite Kachrofske, Lesle Taylor, Viola Tllton, Maude WUson, Ruth Wolfe, Gladys Young; Mesdames Abe Noblltt, Robert Stan¬ ford, Rolla Bunnell, Maurice Shroyer
MUSIC   CLUB
On Saturday aftemoon Zula Boyd entertained the members of Mlss Ri¬ der's musical club, of which she Is a member, at her home on East North avenue. The Ilttle hostess was assisted by Mrs. P. C. Clark and Betty Boyd in serving Ice cream and cake. The time was enjoyed by the following; EInore Mann, Imogene Gilliland, Lorena Parton, Margarite Cox, Oeorgia Kller, Evallne Kller, Bernice Hettiger Carmellta Myer, Zula Boyd and Ruth Edwards.
1925 ENCAMPMENT TO BE HELD IN CENTRALIA
Centralla was the chosen city for the 1926 Illlnolq State Encampment of the M. W. A at the encampment recently held at Galesburg.
J. E. Coggan, E. E. Melvin, Ralph Clipptnger were chosen as bead camp delegates from District 24 for the Head Camp Convention to be held In St. Louts In June.
James Hunter, of this city, was a delegate from this camp to the state encampment at Galesburg.
DIED AT LOS ANGELES CALIF
Mrs. A . M. E. Martin, who for¬ merly lived north of Xenia. died at Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, May 4th ,and the remains have been ship¬ ped to Xepta, where the funeral will be held Sanday, May 16th. Deceas¬ ed was the mother of Mrs. Chas. FIckes, of this city. -
DIAMOVps AND HEARTS
The A sectlb.n ot tbe Christian church Ladles' Aid will give a com¬ edy-drama entltSpd "Diamonds and Hearts" Tuesday Evening, May 17th, for tbe buUdIng fund. A home tal^t play  you  will  enjky..- .
Seats on sale g^ Prince's Drug Store. ,
THE MISSES MONItAL-.
ENTERTAI.V
Misses Opal and Et\el Monlcal en tertalned  with  a six d'clock  dinner Sunday evening the foil >wlnK •'no«*