BALL TOWlfSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
VOL. V NO. !III
MAR. 12, 1934
The voters of the Ball Township Comm~ity High School District #206
of Sangamon County will be asked to vote on a proposition March 17 to
enlarge and remodel the present school - building under the Government
Public Works Authority plan.
After a long careful study of plans, whereby the present crowded
condition of the school could be reliev~d, the Board of Education
employed Mr. Harry Reiger, a c ertified architect, to draw up preliminary · pl:ans · ~or study and consid.eration. . A plan. that seemed the mo.st
a.dvisable fr.om the standpoint of convenienc-e , cost, and relief from
:Jresent crowded conditi ons, y;ras s e lected. _
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This plan was submitted, through Attorney Roscoe BonjEfah-~-· to the
State Public Works Board at Chicago, for ~pproval. After two
conferences, this plan for aid from t he Government to cover 30% of
the cost of such remodeling and bui l dir.ig , we>. ~ g iven their aporoval
and sent to washing ton, D. c. for tin ~ l approval.
In order to go ahead wi th th is ~lan , it is ne cessary to cal:l an
election of vot ers to give ap~roval to a bond issue for the full
:;.mount of the . e xpend iture , or St24 ,ooo, If, ·and when, the· Government
Public ~orks Authorit y Board gi v es itR approval, 3~ of this cost ._
~111 be oa id by the P.~.A., or a cost - to the district, of ~17,500.
The Government then , c-.f~(: r ;-~pproval of plans, will !grant approx- imately ~6,500 f or t his pro ject. In turn, the Board of Education
will sell the bonds n e c es sary for this $17',500 · indebtedneee tothe
Govermnent P.W.A. a t
per ann~~ . Retiring these bonds at the rate
of ~2000 p er year, nine yee.rs wi ll be taken for the payment of the
indebtedness. ~i th i nt e re st at 4% on ~17,500 (~700) and bonds to
retire ($2000) the total payment of ~2700 the first yea~ will be
necessP.ry.
This pe.yment be~ sed. upon the· asse ssed valuation of property in the
Ball Township Communi ty High School district of _ ~l,700,000, will
levy a- re.te of .15¢ per ~ 100 va luat ion fqr the cost of the -proposed
bonded indebtedness.
This June 1; 1934, the l est of . the present bonded indebtedness on
tpe present building will b e paid. This leaves the district out of
dobt .
While the total c ost of t he p l a n to be vot ed . upqn is - ~24,000~ the
~ctual b~nded 9xpenditure to t he di~trict will be only ~17,500.
By taking l".dvnnt nge o·f this o ff ~ r .under the P.W.A. grant the tax
rate to the d istrict .will be gre v.tly reduced.
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4%
FOR
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AGAINST
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The vot e rs of the District ~ ill b e a sked to vote on the following
bond issue :
BE IT RESOLVED THAT t went y-four (24) ne gotiable coupon bonds for
the purpose of -providing f1.,1.nds with which to. construct ru1 addition
r.s fl.n i mprovement. to the h i gh school building of :Ball Township
Go!lll1luni t :y" Hi gh School D'i st1,1ict No . 206, in Ra n'gamon County, . Illinois,
on the site whe re the Ra id b'.!ilding is now si tuat od ln s a id school
district, shr.ll be• i ssu'ud by sr,id t.:1chool district •: in the totFt.l
principa l sum of Tl'·ent:r-Four Th ousr.nd Dollars ($24,000.000)_, each
of said bonds to be in the d enomination· of One Thousand Doll~.rs
(~1000,00), and e:ll to be dated the Lst day of April, ·1934, b earing
inter es ~ r>.t four ( 4 ) pe r cent p e r annum, int e r est payable semiRnnur!.lly r .ft e r th e d a~.; e ther eof, the principal and int e re s t thereon
to be ur.yr>b~e r'...t the ':lffice of the Tovmship Treasurer of Bal.l Township, in Rp.n grx.:on Coun~Yt Illinois, ?S the - s ?..me becomes due , the
bonds to b e nwnb er,3d from o~~e · (1) to t wenty-four (24).. inclusive ,
bonds numbe red one (1) nr.d t'·!O ( 2 ) e~ch in the principr.l amount of
One Thousc:.nd Dolla rs (~1000.00 ) s h?.ll become due and be payable on
the 1st df:'..y of April, 1935; 0 ondR numb e_r ed three (3) and four (4 )
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WPAT TH:s; CJASSES ARE OOD.TG
ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 1929
Glenarm, Illinois
Published Bi-weekly
·rt is of interest to t h e commu
ity to know of the class activiti
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Ntunber 13 1 of the high school.
STAFF
The Cloth ing Class is studying
Betty Stout 134
a unit of art. They a re now
Ed.-in-ch ief
Ellen Clark '35
painting.
Assistant Ed.
Jim Lar d 134
Food s students have finished a
j Sports Ed itor
George Ri shel t 35 cour s e 'in· tt Child Care and· Fa.mily
.
I Joke-Art Edi tors Ty~ ing II Class Relationship."
Eleanor Marion'34
The Physiology Class has start
1 Society Edi t9r
Marian Funderburk a very interesting experi~ent in
! English Editor
,! Business Mgr. Gene Cla.yton 135 nutri tio~; they have obta1ned
s even wh1. te rats for the expertCirculation Mgr. Grace Dambacher
1
Joe Spengl er '35 ment.
Soils and Crops boys are discu
Adverti s i ng Mgr. Frances St innett
I UK SPOT CLUB
~ ing and plating a hot bed, which
.Rel;)orte rs
Miss Stilli
will contain tomatoes, cabbage,
Sponsor s
Miss Hunt er
p epper plants and head let t uce •
..______________________J Al Qn g with this they will make a
cold frame which will contain on
GkEA.lfiNGS FROM
and lettuce for early use.
~--. THE READER' s - niGEST
AnimPl Husbandry pupils have .
fini shed a study of poul t ·r y. Th
II FO!tHARI} lL\R.CH"
sre at present i~terested in be
chick s and e!2'g procluction • .
March is a month most people
•What ma ke·s - thine:s hot• is the
dread . Remember what it held for
~ r ea te s t aue~tion before the
C..J.esar--ttBeware the I des of March t" Gen erAl sci eric e Cla ss. Heating
I t's name, coming from the Ood of
s yst ems end. ~ other practic? 1 uses
War, is quite appropriate, _for the heat a re oe"fng carefully s tudied.
God was troubleseeking ru1d
~
· To mor e fully - un ~ erstand the a~
boisterously unres~ful . So with
s en ce of heat they enjoyed a fr
the month itself! . Ma rch i sfue
of ice cream last week.
month the people of lei sure and
Fre shmen stu1ents are studying
wealth use f or vacation i n 11 s pringy s entence construction ,::~ n d applyi
climes" where March is in disguise gramm~ r rules which they have
as April or Ma y .
learned in the preceding six mon
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But the r e a re many thousands of
Sophomores have been debating
us who c annot wande r i n se a rch of
will soon take up the study of
the perfect climate, ~d who must
p?.pers. At that time the Engli
learn to exercise that quality of
Class will publish the Ink Spot.
'adj ustment to our own environment '
The Junior Class is startinga
- -that environment . include a the
study of 'The Tale of Two Cities
thirty-one days which sepurate
Along with this they are watchi
winter from spring.
with int ere s t Dicken's new edit
We take Ma rch's follies f a r too
'Life of our Lord', now being
seriously , and condemn hi m w~J.en we published in the state Register.
should onl y l augh a t hi:rp. If our
senior English students are
hats fl y off when Mnroh Winds blow studying Lowell's Yankee po e try.
t oo sudde nly -~P.on them, if w~ step_
The Biology Class is studying
on a froze n puddl-e-- only to f1 ud our-proper Foods and Human Hygiene,
selves up to our ankles i n ice
American· History people are
vu.1te r, we must realize tha t March
lea rning ebout the Reconstruct!
i s making a clumsy at t empt to be
p eriod followin g the Civil WP. r.
:::.musing , f or . he is a. b orn practical ha.v e just finished a study of
_j oker, who like s to get a ri se out Lincoln's life.
of hats and s kirts. If we swear
France before the French Revo
inste ad o:f laughing it is the
tion is th e present int e r est of
:ault of January and February, who world History Class.
have fr azz l e d our nerves; breHzy,
Latin II s tudents have stert
ha.ppy-go-lucky ·Ma.rch is not really study of caesar.trying to irri tate us."
The Latin I Class is translat
Reall y, Mar ch has some beauty •
short stories and do1n~ some ou
It brings s i gns of Bpring . "March side reading of Romen life . and
b rings a ge ne r ~l consciousne ss that entertainment.
the back of winte r is t r oken".
The Economics Class is d.eeply
This mont h suggests the cl1anges
gaged in a. st~dy of deJ!land and
we make for the coming of spring-- supply.
prepa ring gardens and s t a rt house(Cont. Page 3t: Col. 2)
cleaning . "Beware the Ides of
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March whe n e ve r ybody's t emper--inRemember, March is but one s
cluding your otm--is eas il y lost t
to spring, and that there-are
Put a way winte r gri e v~nc e s in un
Wedding Marches as .well as Fun
air-tight bag. Snake out yc ur
sense of hmaor and hang i t whe r e
· Msrche·s . spring . i~~! just around
the ~orner, so be patient.
the wi nd can ·blow t hrough it t 11
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-each in the principal amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) shall
become due and be payable on the lst day o: April, 1936; bonds
numbered five ( 5 ) and oix ( 6) each in the principal amount of One
Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) sha ll beco~e due a,nd be payable on the
1st day of April, 1937; bonds numbered seven ( 7) and e i f h"ii ( 8) each
in the principal ~,,mount of 01!e Thousand Dollars shc.ll becom~ due and
be payable on the 1st day o:f. .April, 1938; bonds 1~mnbered nine ( 9) a~d
ten ( 10) each in the p:-incipo.l a:Jount of One Thousa.n1 Dolla.rG ( ~10()0 .. 00
shall become due u.nd ·'Je po.yn.ble on the lst day of Arril, 1939; b onds
numbered eleven ( 11) 1-nd t1.~·e J.ve ( J. 2 ) each in the pr~ncipn.l n.mcunt of
One Thousand Dollar s ~l$ l. G OO,UO) nhalJ. become due n.nd ·::-,e _r,ayaole on
the lst day of April , 1 9 4C; bonds numbe red t h irt e en (13) an~ fourteen
( 14) each in the princ i p o..l .~,:·Jc•unt o f One Thousand Dolla:re; ( $1000. no)
shall become due e-nd bo pn.yable on the 1st do.y oi J..pril> 1'341; bon ds
numbered fifteen ( 1 5 ) and. s lxte en ( 16) each in t:ne rr inc] p..il amount
of One Th ousand Dollar 13 ( $1800. 00) shall become due and b e payable
on the 1st day of Ap::r:-::1, 1942; bond s n,1mbered seventeen (17) and
eighteen ( 18) each i n the principal amount of One Thousand Dollars
(~1000.00) shall bec ome due and be payQble on th e 1st day of April,
1943; b onds numb e re d n i n e t ee n ( 19) and twent y ( 20) each j n the
principal amount of One Thousn.nd Dc·llurG ($1000.DO) shn.:i..l become due
and be p a yable on t h e lst day of April) l.S4:4 , bo::ds nu..-nbered twenty...
one (21) and twent v-t'."JO \t.~?. ) er.oh in t he pr:i.liCip!lJ. H<no·, .mt of One ·
Thousand Dollars ($100.j . 0 J) GI·<..:.ll become due c.nd ·o e f~yFt.ble on the
1st day of April, 1945 : b o.:.1d G n:J.r::'lbc red t went y-·t h :."ef; 2:)) and twentyf our ( 24) each in tte i,)rincJ.pal ar:1ount of One Thousand Dollars
($1000.00) shall b ecome du e n.rd. be payable on the 1st day of
April, 1946.
The poll will b e ope n eC!. at c l e V-3!! o' :Jlock A.M. and will be closed
a.t seven o·• clock P . M, on t he c;:. te c·f ·~ i'. i.~ ele ction.
The INK SPOT, in pre senti n g the n.t ove information, is not attempting
to tell any pe r s on hmv to vote in t .c:is e l ec tion. It is merely an
effort to inform n.ll t he patron s of the district on the issue.
WHAT THE CLASSES ARE DOING
(Continued)
Friday, Februo.r y 3 3, Bu l l Hi gh
The Shortr.and I students have just
wa.s fortunat e i n he r.Ll'in -: r.n
comple ted the Manual a nd are startaddress by Miss Wieda , :i:'nt e rior
ing to review the entire book. They
de cora,tor with t he B. Moore
are al s o l e arning to read accuratel y
Company of Ch icago.
at si ght.
"Int er i o r deco:r a.tin g i s f o r !1o y s
The Shorthand II class is writin g
!'.B well o.s girl s ,!: l~:lss iiiieda s aid, and ori t i z ing letters of inquiry
"because boys ofte n have as l.'luch
and t he ir answers.
to do wit h t ho home c::.s girls . Th r e e The Typing I students are learnir: ts
easoptial factors in t he 1 h ome
to c enter articles on a whole sheet
beauti f ul' a: e : ? eo..ut ~~ pec::.c e , and of p a p e r.
co~fort," s a 1d M1ss W1 e da 5 "ru1d
The Typing II class has been
should b e sought in ~ ver y home ."
making and s e nding invoices. This
To illustrate her talk b e tt e r,
week they are typin g and mimeoshe ho.d with her a smal l t wo roor.a g r r..phing the INK SPOT.
!.<odel wi th __e.x.ee.llent color h ar!nony.
The Mt..sic students are listening
She al so had sr:1a11 equares of
to r e cords and are making two
linole ur:1, showing the d j ffere:nt
Mus ic Appreciation books on pieces
types of surfaces use d for the
the y have he ard.
walls and fl oor s o f t he ~< ome .
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The t al k wa s e njoyed by all and
North Crow's Mill School
we appreci a te h e r visit ve ry mu ch.
Mi s s Wi e da came to Ba ll t hrough
All of us a re trying to l e arn
courtesy . to:.!lis s Handlin.
news of the world by re a ding newspape rs and by list e ning to the
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GRADE SCHOOL i~EWS
Pupils of the third g rade are
wri t ing storie s about do g s. The y
Oak Ridge
are pla cing these storie s and
The Jun i or Rhythm Bn.nd is propi c ture s of dogs in bookle t s .
gres s ing nic e ly. Thef are p r e p a ring
.
No rth Cotton H1.ll School
t wo new p i e c e s--"The Snow Mu.n" a nd
"Hop, Hop, Hopn. Hele n Barbre i s
La st Fridn.y sorpeone knocked on t l: ~
the dir ec t o r a n d Be tty Clayton is door. Mi s s He len we nt to the door
the a c compani s t.
a nd a bunch of people came in to
The adva n ced b a nd is wo rk ing on s urp rise us with a party. The y h ad
two new p i ece.s- - IILa Czari ne '' and
u s pl.ny games and aft e rwards serve d
"Ma rch . of the Lit t l e Lead Soldiers ". r ef r e shn.e nts.
STUDENTS EE AR Ilr:'ERIOR DECORATOR
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IREHE BRANTLEY RECOGlH ZED AT
CONTEST
Irene Brantley placed first in
the preliminaries for Declamation
··hich were held at MacMurray
~ollege, Jacksonville, Ill. on
3aturday. Thirty-two girls entered. in Dramatic Readings. Eight
Girls participated in the finals.
Irene ranked high but did not
place in the final group.
Girls from all over the st a te
were at this contest. The experience g~ined . in a contest of this
sort is titne well spent. ·
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FREE-TOSS TOURH~Y IS COMING SOON
Gym. Mar. 8--At 3all Hibh each
year it is customary to have a
Free Throw Contest for the girls.
The ~ irl making the most free
shots out of 25 or 50 shots is
awarded a letter. In 1932 Slsie
3elanbee won the letter, and in
1933, Grace Damoacher. Entries
have been made and the girls areall practicing hard. Preliminaries
will Je held sometime during the
15 minute 6YID period.
This contest is held at the
time of inte~-class tournaments
which are to be held soon.
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SUPPORT TH~ AG CLU3
"THE WILD OATS 30Y 11
HOME EC HOLDS MEETIHG
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Room-2. "The Wild Oats 3oy will
Room 6. Mar. 7--The Home Eo
be presente~ by th~ ~oodsida
Club met March 7 in the Food LabDramatic Clu·o , on Friday ni{S·ht
ratory. The members of the Club
March 18 at 3all High School. Mrs. played a game which was won oy
Grace Dambacher, and Frances
Alfred Odiorne is the spon~or of
Stinnett.
The . girls had. to rejumble
the Club. The proceeds are to be
jumbled
words
which were things
divided oetween the Club a.ud the
in
Grandmother's
work basket.
High School Ag Club. T11e Ag boys
'I'he
5irls
were
then weighed and
are trying to raise money for
measured.
After
finding
their
their ·oanquet \7hich is to be held
soon.
normal weight, they fi ~ured their
percent of over ox underwei ght.
TJ.1e play is in three acts and
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It was ~ntexesting to se e how
offers a ~ood even1ngs entermany
perfect people there were in
tainment. Corne and se e liow the
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the
Club.
~ ith money that has
Wild Oats .:3oy gets a for tune
bc~n
earned,
the Club has purl ~ ft uy his uncle.
cDased the scal~s for · the de- ·
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partment.
ASSIST WITH H::l:ALTH P~OCrrtAM
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for
ihe
basis
of Miss Handlin's
Room 7, }{ar ·. 8--The 3all Tovmtalk, and packed three ty~es of
ship Hor,le Zoonomies Department
lunches
for rise Hapwo od 1 s talk.
assisted with the A.A.u. g ~ Health
Program for pre-school children
at the Sprin~f ield Y.~.C.A.
Thursday , Liar. 8. The afternoon
VERNON'S CASH STORE
session was centered entirely
FOR
around nutrition and diet. Mi ss
QUALITY
AND VALUE .,..
Handlin spoke on "Adapting .the
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Family 1~eal to the Child s Feeds.
ThE1 ,.Foocs .O.la~s 9repared the -Meriu
H~LP
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LAUREL CONFECTIONERY
A. V. BOUTWELL
Fiiling Station and Lu~ch Room
TEXACO GAS
Jim Lawley--Prop.
"AN OLD i1iEX.ICAN CUSTOM"
Good Chilli
114 West Laurel St. Springfield
Across From Lawrence School ·
SEED CORN
A g ood place to buy or sell grain.
Six standard varieties, early
selectod , fire dried and guarunt eed
to test 95% or better.
O.i~KIJ\ND SEED FARM
Chatham, Ill.
Phone 9322
A full line of flour and feed.
Bottom prices.
CHATHAM ELEVATOR COMPANY ..
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MURPHY'S SERVICE '
Glenarm, Ill.
Phillips Petroleum Products
Highest test gas at the price
of ordinary gas
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A full line of groceries .
Cl~RY
CHEVROLET
ShLES AND SERVICE
Trucking of all ~inda
Coal at all times
14¢ Per Bu.
Chatham, Ill.
Phone 1P6 or 4
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BALL DSFEATS FARMERSVILLE
BALL DROPS CLOSE
GAME · TO :JHATHAM
Farmersville--In a. hard fought
and fast game the Ball spee-dsters
Oym·. Feb. 27--Chatham High
took a 20-11 victory over . Farmers- rallied here 'Iast Tuesday ni g!r!-: i
ville High cagers .
the last half minute to n0se z:;u.t
In the first half Farmersville
Ball, 18 to 17 in onE:: of the h
led most of the way but Bal l play- est fought games of the sea~:.-Jn.
ed a b ette r brand of basketball
The game vm.sn' t close un"t .Ll Libout
and was content to tie the score
four minutes lef~ in the las t .
at the half 9-9. In the second
quarter for Chatham led l1 to 3 at
h alf Bal l piled up 11 points while the qu~rter and 9 to 3 at the
Farme rsville only dropped in a
The third quarter fowJd - Chat.ham
pair of fre e-tosses.
on top 12 to 4. Then the fireDurL1g the last th]:'e·e minutes of works began. Ball be ~an to hit
play F.::~.rmersville never had hold
the basket from all angles and t
c f the b a ll although they were
a 17 to 16 lead with Cl minute . ]
f i ght i ng gallantly for it. In
to play. Then Evoy came through
three minutes Ball had Farme.rsvillewi th the winning basket that gave
standing on her ear.
Chatham the victory. Mottershaw,
Bridgewater led the Ball squad
McClernon, and Evoy led the
with t_en points, Miller, Lard, and · Chatham attack while Bridgewater
R~she1 ·also figured- in the scoring. and Miller bore the brunt of the
Although Treat didn't tm.ke a point Ball attack with 6 points u.pi~cc.
h~ played a good floor grune and
Ball seconds won q.n e-a-sy-·23 to
wltipped the ball around the floor 5 prciim.f nary over Chatham's .sec
~ - accurately and swiftly as anyClayton l ed the attack with 8
b*dy. .
.
jTne seconds took a closely con• • * •
t~st e d fi ght from the Farmersville
seconds in an overtime.
A woman moto rist was driving
alon g a country road when she
not iced a couple of repair illen
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climbing telephone poles. ..
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BALL WINS GAME FROM PLEASANT PLAI!IS
tt·Fools! 11 she exclaimed to her
companion, "they think I never
Gym. · Feb. 23--Ball" ·con'\ir::u.e d to
drove before."
win by taking a. 23-16 dec~.s iO!l
from Plenso.nt Plains on t :.-1e h <'. rd
He:
"I like a girl who can take
court last Friday ni ght. Ball tookjoke."
an· e arly lend o.nd l e d t h roughout
She: "Then you stand a good
the game, leading 4 to 2 at, the
of being accepted."
quarter and 9 to 7 at the half.
The third ~eriod ended with Ball
GLENAru.t GRAIN COMPANY
on top 13 to 9. . The· · last per lod
Grain, Coal and Foods
3aw Ball run away from Plains and
Phones&
. Springfield
M· 4744
by the final whistle Bull had run
Cha.t~m
3111
26,34
up, a score of 23-16. Mill er and
Pawnee
Bridgewater led Ball wi th r.iix ·
l'ivornon
970
po1nts apiece while Kundi g wns the
best bet for Plains with 8. Th is
was the - s e cond win of the year over
. Plains, Ball huv.ing won 13 t-o 11 in N.R.A.
the first meeting.
GLENARM .
The second t eam. lost a sloppy
OIL
SERVICE STATION
20-14 de cision to the Plains seconds
Crovm
in a preliminar y .
Rod
Su'perfual
Atlas Tires
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CARY'S GARAGE
Chevrolot Salos and 'Sorvice
Repair Work, Painting and Storage
Car Wn.shing-Tiro Sorvico- Groasing
Gn.s
Oil
Gr on.so 1 s ·
Cha tham, Illinois
Phone 106
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CHhTHl~
Ioo Cren.m
CAFE
Buy your
GROCERIES
CJf .
ROBERT lAWLEY
Glenarm, Illinois
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M. :.J.i. BRADLEY
Soda Pop
Drugs, Photographic Supplies
Crosloy Rndios--Sch ool Su ppl
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