Best Friends- White Oak School
Ed Brumley, one of our volunteeers, brought in a copy of the picture below on May 18, owned by Linda (Piper) Lentz, daughter of Mary (Moore) Piper. Ed’s mother Esther (Cunningham) Brumley and Mary (Moore) Piper identified most of the students. White Oak School, Fall of 1933 or 1934Ross I. Daily (1889 - 1980) - Teacher Front row, sitting on ground, left to right: Delbert Dale Ash (1923 - 1987); Ross Arnold Moore (1926 - 1998); Unknown - probably not Donald E. Lewis (1931 - 2
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May 252 min read
LAST CHANCE!
LAST CHANCE - CLOSING SOON! The Ladies of Lawrence Fashion Exhibit will be open for the final time on Sunday, May 24 from 1:00-3:00 pm at the History Center in Lawrenceville. This is your last chance to view the clothing before the exhibit is taken down and placed in storage. Don’t miss the opportunity to view this beautiful clothing worn by Lawrence County Ladies from 1850-1950. Free admittance, open to the public.
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May 221 min read
Contractor and Builder of the Newton Jail
Charles Guthneck was born in 1814. (On his son, Rev Father Michael Guthneck’s death certificate, his father’s birthplace was listed as Alsace, France with his mother’s birthplace given as in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) Charles immigrated to America in 1837 when he was 21+ years of age with a French colony, who made their headquarters at Vincennes, Indiana. He became a stone and brick contractor and built many bridges for the Baltimore & Ohio and Southwestern railroads. After
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Laura Childress
The ‘tombstone cleaning’ volunteers of the Historical Society have been working in the old section of Pleasant Hill, also known as White House Cemetery north of Bridgeport on the frontage road. (You are welcome to join us…just email a contact number.) In the process they are comparing the stones’ information with Irene Black’s Cemetery book. Some of the stones that were there fifty years ago and able to be read, are not there now. The older stones were probably difficult t
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May 182 min read
St Francisville History
An article in the April 1881 Rural Republican that sets forth the history of St Francisville as written by a correspondent named “Clodhopper”. Credible people tell us that this village known as St Francisville was settled by the French and Indians at a very early period of its existence. …The first entrepreneur was very popular with his neighbors for he sold whiskey at a nickel a drink while at Allendale and other places they charged a dime. The inhabitants emulate the saloo
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May 143 min read
History of St Francisville Christian Church
St. Francisville's Christian Church was organized in October 1894 under the leadership of Elder W. R. Couch of Wabash County with W.H Highfield as clerk. According to the records, a business meeting of the members of the Christian Church was called June 24, 1895, for the purpose of making arrangements to build a Christian Church in the village of St. Francisville. It is interesting to note that up to this time no provision had been made for a building; the 25 members met in h
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May 136 min read
Dale Moore
Born in Lukin Township October 1, 1904 Dale Moore was the son of Albert and Mary White Moore. After receiving his grade school education in White Oak School in Lukin, he graduated from Sumner High School and received his Bachelor’s degree from McKendree College. He also attended University of Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois universities. Dale started teaching in 1924 when he taught one term at West Point School in Lukin. During the 1925 school year he taught
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May 122 min read
Greetings:
When a country needs defending, everyone gets a job, and during WWI the jobs for men of the right age just happened to involve uniforms, marching, and being yelled at before breakfast. A letter from the Selective Service System, Springfield Illinois "A Message to Selectees (circa World War II) When in times of grave emergency, it becomes necessary for this nation to ask its people to share in the common defense, it is imperative that each man does his part. Every one of us
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