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Expert Repair Work
Telephone 23
Gifford, Illinois
FROM AN OLD PLATBOOK OWNED BY JAMES A. MARTIN Apparently published some time in the 1910 to 1920 era.
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Mary B. Ellis Frances Ells
Herbert W. Elle
Ellis Lumber Co.
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Lime and Cement, B.P.S. Paints
Frank D. Hamilton, Manager Gifford, Illinois
The Morse State Bank of Giflord Capital and Surplus $33,500.00 GIFFORD, ILLINOIS
ELMER A.WOOD RAYMOND L BURDETT LEROY CARPENTER
CLARENCE NEIN WILLIAM DECKER JOHN SJOKEN LLOYDE FILKIN
HARRY MINNIEAR ARTHUR BUSBODM JOHN HOCH KENNETH COLLISON WILLARD SIDDENS JR. BRUNE W. SCHLUETER HENRY CROCETTI ERNEST BUSBOOM KENNETN CORRLEY
ROBERT CARLEY
HARRY FOX
AUCTION SALE OF BUGGIES
We will offer at auction one car of Ames Buggies at
GIFFORD, ILL., SAT. MAY 12 (1918)
Every buggy offered, sold without reserve. All buggies guaranteed. Terms :- 3, 6, or 9 months to pay, notes drawing 6 per cent interest
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
AT GIFFORD MEAT MARKET
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AIR VIEWS OF GIFFORD - 1944
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The Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad Depot in Gifford? We are not quite sure, but we think so. If so, it was on the south side of the railroad, just west of the John Deere building-in the middle of
Howard Varner's garden. The man on the left is probably Major Vallandingham, and there is no doubt about the man next to him. He was known as "Shorty." At least that's what Joe Curtis says.
THE GIFFORD BAND PLAYS IN PENFIELD on Labor Day, 1911 Left to right, regardless of row: Clint McCoy, Jim Barnes, Jr., Paul Reagan, Edson Wright, Roy Mckinney, Winn Hennessey, Lock Carley, --- , Frank Oehmke, - Alcorn, Fay Wooldridge, , Floyd McCoy, Walker Turner, --- , Jim Wooldridge, Hallie McCoy, Gene Wooldridge, John Miller, Patsy Dailey.
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"Threshing oats-on the George Ihnen farm, about 1907." It was usually pronounced "thrashin"" in those days, and this picture catches it all. The steam engine, the long drive belt, the "separator," the bundle wagons, the men up there in the dust and chaff, stacking straw, the water boy-and the wo- men who've come to cook up a big dinner. Say what you will for modern combines, they will never create the glory and romance of a "Thrashin' Run."
Moving the rig from farm to farm, "thrashin'" might go on for six or eight weeks. The men en- joyed working together. The women tried to outdo each other in fixing big dinners. And the "water boy" got a chance to earn his first real money. Even though it was August, you had to haul out a load of coal to fire the engine, and the enginemen tended the engine all night long to have steam up for an early start next day.
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"MAKING HAY - 1922"
"CUTTING OATS - 1922"
"On rare occasions the farmer went traveling- This is how."
"BUTCHERING ON THE FARM - 1924"
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Mrs. Buenting's grandfather, William Schluter, cutting hay - 1921.
Mr. and Mrs. George Buenting have presented these views of farm life in the twenties. The captions are from the backs of the pictures.
Editor's Note: My folks and I made a trip to Iowa in 1928 in a car exactly like that one, } believe. We got up early and drove hard all day long-and spent the night in Sterling, Illi- nois. It took us three days to make the 500 miles-only 30 miles of which was paved.
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NEWS ITEMS
Rantoul Press - January 5, 1917
Mrs. Jim Barnes is on the sick list this week.
Dick Douglas of Champaign spent the weekend with friends here.
Miss Evenly Pierce of Paxton visited several days last week with relatives here.
Miss Edith Wood visited several days last week with Miss Mary Hormel at Rantoul.
Misses Birdie and Frances Barnes spent Sunday with Miss Nellie Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Miles spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoch.
Miss Berneice Wright suffered several days last week from an attack of la grippe.
Mrs. E. B. Williams was operated upon last Saturday in a Chicago hospital.
Mrs. Charles Cain and son Charles returned to their home in Champaign Saturday after several days visit with friends here.
Miss Pearl Hogg of Potomac visited friends here last week.
Misses Flossie and Blanche Wood and Messrs Forest Rusk and Winifred Lovejoy were Rantoul callers on Sunday night.
Grandma Heffington from Rantoul spent Thursday with her son Clyde Heffington.
Prof. J. Miner was a Danville caller last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sprague of Hope spent New Years Day with Mr. and Mrs. Emory Otis.
Miss Guelda Wynegar from Henning visited several days last week with Miss Louise Wooldridge.
Miss Mildred Heffington was sick the first part of the week with la grippe.
The new officers were elected at the B.Y.P.U meeting Sunday evening.
Myrle Heffington was on the sick list the first part of the week.
Martin Oehmke of Champaign visited his mother, Mrs. Louise Oehmke, last week.
Mrs. John Hoch is on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Florence Strine returned home Thursday from a two-weeks visit in Paxton.
Mr. and Mrs. Rush Carley of Buckley were callers here last week.
Revival ineetings commenced at the M. E. Church Sunday night.
A special number on the program Sunday morning at the Baptist Sunday School was a horn duet played by Miss Minnie Hoch and Jim Morse.
Rantoul Press - February 21, 1917
Howard Rodgers spent Sunday at Sidney.
Elmer Hoch was a Rantoul caller Sunday.
Rev. E. B. Williams returned home Saturday. Earl Jeakins visited in Penfield last week.
Mr. Carley is visiting his son, Rush, at Buckley Miss Sabe Steward was a Rantoul caller Sunday.
Dennis Collins of Chicago is visiting friends here .. Allie Hoagg of Potomac called on friends here Sunday.
George Harweger and family were at Cissna Park Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Hedrick of Rantoul was in town Saturday. Miss Mabel Jeakins was a Champaign caller Thursday. Miss Pearl Hoagg of Potomac is visiting Mrs. Frank Stover.
Fred Miles and Dan Reardon were Kankakee callers last week.
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MORE NEWS ITEMS
Noel Exton of Detroit, Michigan, visited friends here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Rush Carley of Buckley were visitors here Saturday. Mrs. John Schoone spent Sunday with her brother, Clark Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. John Wood spent the first part of the week in Champaign. Miss Gertrude Newlin spent the weekend with her parents in Paxton. Mr. Pittman of Rantoul was working on the Telephone lines here Friday. A number of people attended the dance at Mr. Shubach's Thursday night. Miss Nellie Miles spent the weekend with Misses Birdie and Frances Barnes.
Rantoul Press - May 10, 1917
Miss Blanche Wood spent the weekend with relatives in Paxton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoch of Gerald visited here Saturday.
Misses Minnie Hoch and Dorothea Polin were Rantoul callers Wednesday.
John Schoone of Champaign spent the weekend here.
Miss Georgiana Hopkins spent the weekend at Hoopeston.
The Y.L.M.S. of the Baptist Church will meet Saturday afternoon with Miss Minnie Hoch. Miss Marian Johnson spent the weekend at her home in Normal.
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and family expect to leave soon for a visit in Nebraska.
Howard Rodgers spent Sunday in Sidney.
Mr. and Mrs. Park Beeler attended the Orpheum in Champaign on Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Siddens and Miss Georgiana Hopkins and Miss Berneice Wright attended the movies in Rantoul Wednesday night.
Miss Jessie Pierce of Champaign spent Friday and Saturday here.
"His Honor, the Mayor" will be presented by eight High School students at the Opera House, May 18th. Hiram Draper of Indianapolis, Indiana visited last week with his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Williams.
The Y.L.M.S. of the Baptist Church will have charge of the meeting at the church Sunday evening. Elmer Hoch was a Rantoul caller Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ekblaw of Dillsburg spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Carlson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Draper and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morse were Champaign callers Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Newlin visited the weekend with her parents in Paxton.
B. Johnson of Danville was a business caller here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Standofer entertained at dinner Sunday Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Draper and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morse.
Daisy and John Chambers returned to their home in Chicago Wednesday after a week's visit with Hallie McCoy and family.
Earl Barnes quit school last Friday. He is working for Lynch Jones.
Miss Mary Stewart of Normal was hired as Assistant Principal for next year.
Misses Birdie and Frances Barnes and Miss Berneice Wright were visitors in Champaign Monday. John Busboom is working in a garage in Champaign this week.
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A Letter to
the "Bi Centennial Committee"
First of all, are you there? There are alarmists in our generation who are sure the human race will have blasted itself right off the face of the earth before 2075 A.D. Or that we will have so over- populated the globe that we will all have starved to death ..
But most of us are more optimistic. We think Gifford will still be here, and that there will be a a Bi-Centennial Committee.
In this book we have shown you something of how we were-and of how we are. Oh, how we wish
we could see what life and civilization will be like in 2075. Our space satellites and 747 jets may look as primitive to you as the wagons and walking plows of our great-grandfathers look to us. Most impor- tant, perhaps, have you eliminated the scourge of War? Has Man learned to live at peace with his fellow man?
Our heartfelt best wishes go out to all of you- the grandchildren of a generation not yet even con- ceived.
The Centennial Committee of 1975
THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEES
Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Donald Duden
Treasurer Mr. and Mrs. Vernon (Pete) Buenting
Members Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kopmann
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert (Pete) Sage
Special Assignments
The Centennial Queen Contest - Mrs. Evelyn Buenting Mrs. Linda Sage
The Centennial Pageant Scenes Kenneth McCoy
Writer Katie Flesner
Director Al Sheffield Committee Earl Smith Theda Smith Kenneth McCoy
The Now and Then Style Show-American Lutheran Church Women United Methodist Women
The Antique Display-the "Gifford Hobos" Citizen Band Club
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CENTENNIAL COMMITTEES, Continued
The Ice Cream Social - The Country Health Auxiliary The Culinary Arts - The Gifford Women's Club The Penfield-Gifford American Legion Auxiliary The Gifford "Busybee" 4-H Club
The Bicycle Races - The Gifford Lions Club, Joe Chalk The Kids and Pets Parade - The Gifford Homemakers
The Children's Games - The Luther League The Methodist Youth Fellowship
The Grand Parade - The Nu Iota Sorority, Barbara Busboom The Little League Ball Game - The Penfield-Gifford Little League, Charles Traficano
The Sisters of Swish - Epsilon Rho Sorority, Carol Severins and Jean Chalk The Brothers of the Brush - The Gifford Lions Club, Ernest Crozier
The Community Church Service - St. Paul's Lutheran Church Gifford United Methodist Church
The Centennial Book - Theda Smith, Earl Smith, Freda Behr, Emma Busboom, Gertrude Barnes, Bernice Albers, Rita Buenting, Jimmie Nell Duden and Donna Kopmann. William Jarret Hylbert, Editor - and a special "thanks" to all who contributed items.
The Old Timers Games . F. 1. Baseball League The " iris' Softball Game Carol Severins and Linda Roberts The Cean-Up - The Gifford Cub Scouts, Pack 27
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Centennial Days Program
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1975
Friday Morning
Set up Culinary Arts Exhibits and Antique Displays
Friday Afternoon
Judging of Culinary Arts Exhibits
Friday Night
7:00 Opening Prayer, Mayor's Speech Crowning of Mr. & Mrs. Pioneer, Honorary Citizen and Centennial Queen
8:00 Free Movies
Square and Round Dancing (Reitmeier Brothers Band) till 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 19, 1975
10:30 a.m. Displays Open & Bike Races
11:00 - 2:00 Dinner
12:00 Noon Kids and Pet Parade
12:30 - 2:00 Games and Rides Open
12:00 Gifford Hymn Singers
2:00 Centennial Grand Parade
4:00 Little League Game - Gifford Pee Wee vs. Penfield Pee Wee
4:00 - 6:00 Games and Rides Re-open
4:30 Judging of Sisters of Swish and Brothers of Brush
5:00 - 7:00 Supper Hours
6:00 Centennial Historical Pageant
8:00 Free Movies
Square and Round Dancing (Bob Ackerman Band) till 11:00 p.m.
Sunday. July 20, 1975
9:30 10:30 a.m. Community Church Service
11:00 a.m. Displays Open and Bicycle Races
12:00 Games and Rides Open
11:30 - 2:30 Dinner Hour & Music by the Rantoul Township High School Band
1:30 p.m. E. I. Old Timers Game at the E. 1. diamond
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Games and Rides Open
2:00 Mixed and Chorus and Sing-a-long
2:30 Girls Softball Game at Gifford Grade School diamond
4:30 Centennial Historical Pageant Closing Ceremony after Pageant
Dinners and Snacks served by Robert Glazik Family
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Other Sponsors
Em's and Rhonda's Beauty Shop Gifford, Illinois
Boots' Bowling, Billiards, Tavern and Lunch 201 East Grove, Rantoul, Illinois
Carpenter's Pool Hall Gifford, Illinois
Springer Ford, Inc. 406 North Century, Rantoul, Illinois
Bull's Upholstery Shop Gifford, Illinois
Farlow Studio 410 South Century, Rantoul, Illinois
Grant City Route 136, Rantoul, Illinois
Village Floral Shoppe 505 East Champaign, Rantoul, Illinois
Rantoul Home Beverages 204 East Grove, Rantoul, Illinois
Frazier's Pontiac and Buick 109 South Tanner, Rantoul, Illinois
Rantoul Western Auto and True Value Store 120 North Garrard, Rantoul, Illinois
St. Joseph Drugs, Inc. St. Joseph, Illinois 469-2232
Waters' Ben Franklin Store 123-5 East Sangamon, Rantoul, Illinois
State Bank of St. Joseph St. Joseph, Illinois 469-7631
Tarte's T. V. Route 136 East, Rantoul, Illinois
Ray's Market Ogden, Illinois 582-2560
Johnson Ace Hardware 110 East Sangamon, Rantoul, Illinois
Buck's Painting Penfield, Illinois
Robert Chapman - Honey and Vegetables Transplants in Season Gifford, Illinois
The Oasis Penfield, Illinois
Jim Head Appliance 111 West Plumb, Gifford, Illinois
Gordon's Grocery Penfield, Illinois
Paul's Radiator and Air Conditioning Service Route 136 East, Rantoul, Illinois
Copeland Real Estate Rantoul, Illinois
Dean Rule Service Center Route 136 and Maplewood, Rantoul, Illinois
Harry Ellis - Roof Mowers Gifford, Illinois
Geo's Gas Service 217 South Maplewood, Rantoul, Illinois
Duitsman Driveway Chimes and Harrogator Sales Ogden, Illinois
Tim's Pharmacy 109-111 East Sangamon, Rantoul, Illinois
Jim's Barber Shop 108 Sangamon, Rantoul, Illinois
The First National Bank 201 East Sangamon, Rantoul, Illinois
Rantoul First Federal Savings and Loan Association 121 North Garrard, Rantoul, Illinois
John Parks - Livestock Dealer Penfield. Illinois
Elmer Bergman Rantoul, Illinois
Lincoln Land Foods, Inc. Home of Teenrite Pizza St. Joseph, Illinois
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